Online Portfolio

Here is a selection of my 
Online Portfolio Materials;

I am a 17 year old fashion enthusiast and aspiring journalist.
The Print Based Media course I am currently studying during my second year has been motivating, fun and progressive. I have learnt camera skills, editing skills and media insights that I never knew before the course. I have gained social skills and life experience by completing deadlines and creating articles to a children's book. I have thoroughly enjoyed the course and hope to pursue a career in Publishing or Fashion Marketing once the course has finished.

Portfolio opening piece:

Children's Book: 
Danny The Dinosaur and the Magic Spots'

Band Images:

'Rumour Has It'

Olympic Interview:

'Para, Para, Paralympics'

Disney Land Paris Assignment:

'Pennys Pizzas'

Photography Student Final Piece:

'A Messy Breakup'

Rio De Janiero Poster 2016 Olympics:

Reality TV Article:

'The Fashionable Fame Game'

Olympic Photography:

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Evaluation

 I used the software Thimble Mozilla which I created my website on.

From studying individual websites and what they are aiming across to their audience, the colours,the layouts and the fonts have a huge impact on what the website is based on. For example a Publishing website like Vogue, has a completely different target audience in comparison to a News website like the BBC. Looking at Official Music websites for bands and artists showed me the genre of the music that really had a big input with how the website looked. So I tried to use colours that would go with the genre of my band.

What benefited me the most with whilst working on my website was looking at different band websites that have the same genre as my band so it gave me guidance. I looked at Maroon 5, Two Door Cinema Club and Beyonces. It showed me different layouts and genres of music which portrayed a successful website to their fans and target audience.

I enjoyed making my own website however i experienced problems had never used Thimble Mozilla format. i also got confused with individual codes such 'CSS' and 'color' I also had to get used to using codes in American.

I kept changing my website and to make it the best i possibly could to try and make it match the genre of the band. I Experimented with fonts and where to place them and the size of my images used.

I found everything quite successful about this project, it was just getting used to using the website I was having difficulty with the most. 

The main things I have learnt about this Project was that creating a website is difficult and needs a lot of patience. It defiantly is harder than it looks and takes some time to get used to the format  and to figure out how you want to arrange each individual section. Also to include little details like a contact button. 

Thimble

I have created a website for my Band 'Rumour Has It'
Here is the link: https://thimble.webmaker.org/p/firp/
Thimble makes Web Design easy, with a combination of CSS and HTML codes.
It is easy to customise your page by using Font and Colour codes.

• I used a Youtube link to show a Cover of a song that the Band have sung.
• I also attached a JPEG image of the Bands Album Cover.
• I then created a unique logo in Photoshop to portray the Bands Genre.

I enjoyed using Mozilla Thimble as it was an alternative way of using a piece of Social Media.
However I struggled using the codes at first but when I learnt how I found it easier and I am now happy with my outcome.

Creative Commons

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Rumour Has It Logos

Band Photos

Band Websites

Here are my top 5 favourite Band websites;
The Saturdays
I liked this simple centred layout which structures in neat way. 
It advertises their new programme and what they are up to in the industry, the turquoise colour scheme is also girly and suits the genre of Pop music. Also the Band logo and Band photo clearly states their band.


Coldplay
I liked this Neon Electronic theme throughout, i liked the font colour and the quirky video that is playing in the centre. Everything is clearly advertised in columns from left to right. The tour also reflects the urban feel of the website which i enjoy.


One Direction
I loved this childlike primary coloured website. Its perfect for their target audience of 14+ screaming girls. I also like the effective use of a map in the foreground as it portrays the boys touring. It also shows recent news and events that fans like to keep up to date with which is useful.  I also liked the collaged background and the post it note vibe of the website.

Taylor Swift
This website portrays the Country Genre of music that Taylor Swift is successly known for. The Bold logo and the lemon coloured font is girly and combined with the background makes a pretty website. The quirky images of Taylor are also exclusive to the website which draws fans in. Every piece of information is neatly organised at the top of the website. Neat and sweet.

Azealia Banks
A quirky rap star needs a quirky website. Azealia Banks' artistic website portrays her persona perfect. with a Cartoon illustration of the one and only. It advertises her new album artwork and shows Azealias latest tweets. I love this crazy aquatic themed website.