Thursday, 27 February 2014

Font & TypeFace

Fonts- Fonts can be used as a representation for an entire franchise through text.

Typeface- Type face is the entire grouping of a specifically named font E.g. Calibri (Body), Calibri (Headings) and more.

Styles(Size)- Styles are the size and basic shape of the font and can be changed and edited constantly by you.



Didot- Didot was the old way of measuring the kerning's and character spacing in between letters. it was 1/6 of a traditional French inch

Serif and sans- Serif and sans serif are different styles of text, Serif has strokes at some or all of the ends of the letters, where as sans serif is without E.g. Serif, Sans serif.

Size- the maximum size when writing a professional magazine should always be 14 point

Compatibility issues (PDF)- if you download or create a font and then send a document with it being used in to someone who does not own the font, it will be changed to a random font.

Leading-


Thursday, 13 February 2014

To plan photoshoot for my dps by researching images and evaluate the last shoot for my front cover.

1) How could you  have taken better photos for your front cover?
  • One way I could have made my front cover photo-shoot better is by making the models wear more "indie" styled and fashioned clothes to and a lot more colour to the image and make it more eye catching.
  • another thing I could have done to make my front cover photos better is by using a better shooting location, like a indie location in Brighton

(This picture is the edited version of the picture on my front cover and Is not my full front cover )



2) Which made up act will feature in your DPS?

I am in the process of planning a new band to feature in my DPS

3) Who will model and why?

My models will consist of my friend from school and who is available for when I need to do my photo-shoot during the half term

4) Which settings in Brighton could you use and why?

For my photo-shoot I will choose an indie venue or location know in Brighton, or a location that will give a good presence and act as a good background for the band without taking to much attention from them. E.g. Brighton pier, the beach by the west pier, Preston park or the graffiti wall in the lanes.



Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Unit 51 Task 2 – Digital Copyright & Permissions

(Information taken and altered from http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guide/copyright-and-digital-images/%20-%20cp2)

Copyright.

Copyright and digital images overview-


  • There is no such thing as electronic or digital copyright - it is a convenient term that people use to imply machine-readable form. It is not a legal or copyright term. However, copyright will still protect digital images by applying the same criteria in which copyright is applied to in the analogue world, although it can often be less straightforward to apply the concepts at the heart of copyright to certain types of digital content such as machine-generated materials and multimedia.

  • New technology is progressing so quickly that the legislation is not able to keep pace with the developments in this area.

  • Digital technology lends itself very easily to opportunities for sharing images and the potential to be used across different multi-media platforms. This is very important because copyright infringement may occur when images are shared with appropriate authorisation but are subsequently copied from one format to another (which has not been authorised)

  • Despite the meticulousness and detail of the copyright legislation, many terms relating to the use of content, including digital images, such as: 'reasonable'; 'non-commercial'; and 'substantial' remain undefined. This creates more complexity in interpretation and the necessity for reliance upon case law, best practice and pragmatism

  • copyrights relevance to digital images-

  • In the UK, copyright is an automatic right afforded to creators of original works giving these creators exclusive economic rights to control copying, adaptation, issuance of copies to the public, performance and broadcasting of the work that they create.In return for licensing their materials the creators are entitled to receive royalties.

  • The Intellectual Property Rights family: patents, design rights, performers' rights, copyright, trademarks, database rights

    Copyright legislation-

  • Copyright law in the UK is based upon a number of pieces of legislation, case law, directives, treaties and conventions, as well as interpretation. For further details on existing copyright laws visit the Copyright Licensing Agency or the UK's Patent Office.

  •  If a photograph is of an artistic or literary work, then there may be two copyrights: one copyright in the original object and one in the photograph.

  • If the original item was in copyright at the time the photograph was taken, then the photograph is an infringement of copyright if permission was not granted. This may mean that you can own the copyright in the photograph but you can't do anything with the photograph because you are infringing the copyright of the original object. If you want to take a photograph of an object in copyright, then you should apply for permission, stating with absolute clarity what you want to do with the photograph. This means that if the copyright owner grants permission they will be giving 'informed consent'. If you leave the details ambiguous and you exploit the photograph, then the copyright owner can sue you. Thus it is in your interests to fully inform the copyright owner of all details

  • If you are unclear of the authorship or copyright status of photographs in your collection, JISC Digital Media recommends seeking specialised legal advice.

  • Copyright protection of databases-

  • Databases have the potential to be protected both by copyright and the new Database Right which was implemented in the UK under the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 and took effect on 1st January 1998. These regulations amended the CDPA 1988.

  • In order to qualify for copyright protection, both analogue and digital databases need to fulfil the following requirements. They need to be:
    • A collection of independent works, data or other materials including digital images
    • Arranged in a systematic or methodical way
    • Individually accessible by electronic or other means

    What does copyright protect ?


  • Digital material, such as 'Multimedia' or 'Web sites', are separate categories, these media platforms are likely to comprise of one or more elements which will be protected by copyright. These will include digital images, digital sound recordings, films and digital broadcasts and e-books, which can be classified in accordance with the existing definitions of works that are protected by copyright