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Final Draft: Historia Obscurum

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Post Production 1 - Magazine Revision Objectives

 After having received peer reviews, I compiled a list of tasks to do to refine my magazine. The following is the list:  1. Create a timeline for the feature article to make it more elaborate, seismic map from wikicommons 2. Use photoshop to illustrate a tsunami behind the pharos tower. 3. Include more articles to fill up content page. 4. Remove highlights on contents page for simplicity. 5. Place text atop Cover photo.

Peer Review

  The reviews I received showed what I did well and where I can improve. I received reviews from six people.  The first person said that our magazine was barren and that there should be more elaborate in its text and photographs. My reason for this was that we wanted the design of our magazine to be simplistic in nature. One of his suggestions that I will consider implementing is the creation of a timeline for my feature articles as well as those of my partner.  The second person described our pictures used as underwhelming. My reasoning for the use of these pictures was because we encountered the problem of creating original content because the events take place in foreign countries. To address the issue of citing photographers, we used public domain images. To address the absence of original content, I will make use of photoshop to create illustrations for my magazine.  The third person said that I should use a cover photo to capture the reader (I will make an illu...

1st Draft: Historia Obscurum

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Production 6 - New Magazine Cover

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  Over the past weekend, my partner has been working on a new magazine cover to make our magazine look more simplistic.  The icon in the upper right corner is cuneiform script for the Babylonian deity of wisdom , Nabu .  We agreed to use this icon as many college  educated individuals (our target audience) are familiar with certain cultural features of Babylon  such as the hanging gardens and the tower of Babel, few are familiar with the  Babylonian   panthe on .  Through the use of  this icon, we  achieve  some level of obscurity while leaving some extent of familiarity with the subject for the  college educated.