my finished contents page

my finished front cover page

my finished double page spread

I need to finish my flat plan because I believe I need to add more features and I also need to finish my contents page.

I had to change the size of the page as I was working with A4 when I was meant to be working with A3, so I had to copy and paste the work I done on the A4 work and re-size the font of certain words. I need to finish fully my dps, the questions and answers.

I will be finishing off my dps. 

My final front cover page but my contents page is not complete

I just had to resize the image as the other image looked stretched. I have to do my masthead according to my image. 

I changed some parts of my front cover, I looked at another image because the full body picture was not appropriate for my front cover page.

Ideas for front page

I looked up at the magazine Clash and I really liked the organasation of the front cover page and how they dont have a lot writing as the image is very colourful and attractive.

 

Call Sheet for Photography

I tried some different techniques on the Adobe Illustrator. This is a basic masthead I tried on the Adobe Illustrator. 

Notes for Adobe Illustrator

Task 7- audience research task

For my audience feedback I have been told that my magazine will look like a lot of the magazines, that I am copying a lot of ideas from other magazines that I have looked up at. They asked me what will be the difference between my magazine and theirs. I gave the answer with that how I will be using these magazines as an example to try make it different to what they have produced.

Task 8- Studio:photoshoot

• white backdrop 
• the person has to be 5-6 feet away from the backdrop
• the room lights have to be off because it will effect the flashhead
• when you press the 'test' you are testing the light in the flashheads 

Lighting:

• 1-6, 6 is brightest and 1 is the dimmest
• godox is the transmitter
• you will put it on flash on the godox and the other one
• when you press the top button it tests the whole lighting 
• 3 point lighting, 3 lightings: 

1. key light is the main light 
2. fil light 
3. hair light 

• soft box 
• 3.1 ratio
• snoot

Camera:

• DSLR
• nikon D7000
• 2 cards
• A and S, A- aperture priority S-shutter priority
• shutter captures the movement
• aperture is for everything else
• 18.05 lens  

Task 8- pictures

These are the pictures I have picked to use for my magazine, I've chosen these images in particular because they all look 'cool' so this links to the genre I am basing my magazine on. When I did some research I saw that there was a lot of serious looking images, so I wanted to base mine a bit similar to there images but I added different shots, for example for my front cover image it is my main model wearing a white dress just above her knees and she is wearing black ankle length converses, this shows her femininity but also her seriousness by her facial expression she is giving.

This is the image I will be using for my front cover page.

Task 6- Magazine Proposal slideshow

Task 5- magazine newsstand task

When I look at this newsstand I realise that magazines like Elle are at eye sight levels, this is because the magaine Elle is a very world wide magazine and they sell a lot to costumers, so they put this to eye sight so this would be the first magazine that anyone will see. Elles age audience is Age 18-34:45% Age 25-49:55% and so they put it around the middle of the newsstand as it will be seen first by them. They have been placed behind each other but put into separate sleeves, this makes the customer easier to pick a magazine they would like.

Magazine Proposal video.

Task 4- feed back and evaluation on college magazine

By my peer I have been said that I should stick to 3 colour scheme, however they like my colour scheme I have used. She has also said that I should have carried on the branding on the contents page by keeping the same font on both pages. Tree key points that I will use for development for my music magazine: -keep to 3 main colour scheme -have my font the same on all pages -images shouldn't be squashed on my contents page.

Task 3- Preliminary Task- LCS magazine- front cover and contents page

 This is my college magazine front page.

This is my college magazine contents page.

Task 3- Preliminary Task- LCS magazine- plan for college magazine

This is my plan for my college magazine cover page.

And this is my plan content page. However, I am not finished with this, but I have an idea to what is going to be on my content page. 

Task 3- Preliminary Task- LCS magazine (planning looking into college magazines)

 

The cover page for the magazine College has the big and bold masthead of the name of the magazine. The masthead is the biggest font, it is also in the colour red. The red colour gives a more eye catchy look to the magazine. The image on the front cover is also a girl wearing a red shirt this makes the magazine automatically becomes eye catchy for the audience they have set which is for the college students and their lifestyle in American colleges. There is also some subtitles and small features that will be in this magazine, it is in a simple layout so both the subtitles and features are both on the right hand side and also the left hand side so this makes it easy to read and understand. The date and issue number is not next to the barcode, the date and issue number is under the masthead and the barcode is on the bottom right hand side of the magazine with the price next to it. The image is a medium CU image so it is from waist and up. There is also a edition so this means that the makers of this makers are shown also right under the masthead. The colour scheme for the front cover is red, blue and black with a bit of green in the background of the image. These colours are bright and catchy colours but the colours are in a formal order and there is a bit of every colour on the magazine.



The content page is simple, it has three columns with  the numbers in order. There are also some images with the page they are on. In one of the image there is the front cover image which is one of the important part of the magazine. There are also some links at the bottom of the content page to give more support to the students.

Task 2- Case Studies-press pack

The press pack I looked at the on the magazine Vibe and the audience they base there magazine on is 55% for men and 45% for women, so they base there magazine more for men than women. The main age they go for is 21+ at 82% and they go least for 35+ at only 29%. They also show the employment rate at 65% of employed. There education at any college is 55% and currently in college is 20% so this shows that there are more in any college than currently in collage. The main race they go for is Black/African American which is 75% at the most percentage and the least at 1% for Asian. Vibe's press pack also tells us the annual subscription , rate base, single copy and readership.

Vibes publisher is SpinMedia, they are based on the pop culture. They started blog in 1999 and they got announced in 19 March 2009. It was published by Anthony Batt, Marc Brown, Kevin Woolery, and Steve Haldane. 

Task 2- Additional Case Studies- Magazine review: Q

For this magazine front cover the masthead was also the largest font as the name of the magazine is only one letter they had to make sure that the name was seen by the audience. The main cover line is also in a really big font and it overlaps the main image in the cover page this shows that the main story is about 'Madonna'. The main image for this magazine is of the famous artist Madonna and her body is facing towards the left hand side but her face is facing towards the audience and she is making direct eye contact with the audience, in similarity the magazine VIBE there image of Nicki Minaj was was direct eye contract with the audience. For this magazine the main colour scheme is red, black and white, the same is with the magazine VIBE and there are only three main colours. On the front cover it also says that there is a free '70-PAGE SPECIAL WOMEN IN MUSIC' and it gives some names of women artist that are in that 70 page book they magazine is giving for free, eveyone likes when there are some freebies and this automatically makes the person want to buy the magazine. There are also some bold writings for the main information. The barcode for this magazine is on the middle right hand side. On the other hand the barcode for the magazine VIBE is on the bottom left hand side with the price. 

The content page for this magazine is also very simple to read and understand and it is listed in numbers and they are in chronological order. There are also some images with numbers which show the main storys and informations. For the content page the information is also put in categories, they are: features, women in music, every month and Q review. These categories are based on what the story they have used, for example for the Q review they write about the music based information.

  

Task 2- Additional Case Studies- Magazine review: Vibe

When I went to research some music magazines I wanted to use the music magazine VIBE. When I was analysing the front cover of this magazine I saw that the masthead was the biggest font in the background of the image they have picked for this magazine. This shows the brand of the magazine. The image they use is an image of the famous artist Nicki Minaj. The image is a medium shot and she is giving a side look towards the audience. The colour code for the fromt cover is mainly orange, white and black. The fact that this magazine has used orange is very eye catchy, this is because normal magazines will prefer colours like red or blue. The orange gives a calm view to the magazine but also a classy look. Nicki Minaj's hair is also orange so they have made sure that the shot was perfect for the colour scheme as well as grabbing the audiences attention. For this magazine there are also some other small information around the cover page, it is in a simple format for everyone to read easily. For the writing on the cover page I analysed that some words are in bold and some are not, then I saw that the famous artists names were in bold, now this automatically caught my eye because the bold words made me read them and see what the small informatiom was giving me. There is also a main cover line which does say the name of the image, the font for the main coverline is the second biggest font as this is what is meant to catch the auiences eyes straight away. Also at the top of the magazine, on top of the masthead there is also some other informations like artists names that will be in the magazine. 

The content page for VIBE is very simple amd set in a formal way. For the content page I analysed that there is the main image filling up the whole page of the comtent page. There are also the page numbers and what are on that page, this is all set in chronological order from 1 up to when the pages are ended. This information is all on the right hand side. There are also set in categories: Features, and also Fashion, so it is very easy to find out what page you are looking for. Next to the image on the content page there is given a little information, as I could not find a proper image of the content page I cannot read what is writen on that information, but I am guessing it is about Kanye West in the image. In the backgroud of the image there is a big 'V' with writing 'CONTENT' the V represents the brand of the magazine so it is 'VIBE'. 

Task 2- Research/case studies- magazine review

 This is the front cover of the monthly magazine XXL. As it is shown the name of the brand is there in bold, in red and white. Also the name of the artist is written in the biggest font, this is because this is what catches the audience's eye, and people who like JAY-Z will automatically get drawn into the magazine and will want to buy it. The front cover also has a big image of the main person of the magazine. The image taken links to the sub-heading which is talking about JAY-J after 10 years later and how he does not regret anything he did within the 10 years of his career. The colours for this magazine is mainly black and white but the brand of the magazine is red.

 

For this magazine they use two content page and in between the two content page there is two pages of content pages there is adverts a double page advert. The first part of the content page it has a background picture of a man with tattoos and diamond ring and bracelets, this makes him look strong and powerful. However, the other content page has a background image of a women and she is half naked, this also shows that she is happy with what she is doing because she is smiling. Both contents show that this magazine is for relevant for both men and women.  

Task 1- Planning the project-timetoast