2. I decided that I wanted to take my photos in the
green room as this would enable me to change
the background easily, and the photo’s would
remain in good quality- like a professional music
magazine. In the green room I was also able to
adapt the lighting to get the best and most
effective photographs. In the preliminary task I
took my photos in front of a building which
looked much less professional. To do this I had
to book the green room a few days in advance.
In addition to this I had to borrow the prop from
a member of staff, during the photo shoot.
Specific black
acoustic guitar
used, that was
borrowed as a
prop for my
model.
The use of
the green
room.

3. I used two models for my music
magazine, and so I had to arrange and
book a time that would be suitable for
both of them.
I also wanted both of the models to wear
black clothing with an edgy appeal to suit
the rock magazine. I also needed to
communicate to the models, particularly
the one on the left to wear bold lipstick
and to have “wild” hair to add to the
reckless theme of a rock music magazine.

4. I needed to have quite good time management in order to
reach the deadlines. I also needed to use appropriate time
management to arrange a time for all of my models to get
together for the photo shoot.
I managed my time better than I did in the preliminary
task, as I needed a specific theme for my magazine and I
made sure the photos were much more professional in order
to do this I had to organise and book the green room which
took good time management skills.
In my opinion my time management was much better in the
main task, as I was able to take good pictures in a
professional environment, however I think I spent a lot of
time on little things, which meant it took me longer, in this
case my time management could have been better, because
if I had worked at a steady pace I would not of had to
rush, but I did manage to reach the deadline in time, so
overall my time management wasn’t too bad.
The green
room, and a clear
view of how the
lighting was used
effectively.

5. Preliminary Task
My preliminary task consisted of a model standing in
front of a brick wall holding a blue folder. I then had
matching blue font cover lines on the front cover.
Everything on my contents page was really basic and
looked very unprofessional.
In the main task I decided to use another prop, in
the form of a guitar, to fit the music theme. I also
matched the colours to create a professional look. I
used more effects, such as a more interesting font
and smashed glass.
My contents page was also quite basic with just one
photo and a list of what is inside. For my main task I
have used boxes, different fonts, and more photosbut in different boxes. I also kept the broken glass
theme in the contents page.
Main Task

6. My masthead is in an interesting font and is
clearly recognisable as a rock magazine. I
have used diverging fonts for my cover
lines, as well as having a unique position
for my model, I didn’t want the photo to
just be simple, I wanted it to have some
character, as a normal rock magazine
would.
I created a double page spread for my main
task. For this I used a Q magazine for
inspiration. I used different, interesting fonts
and placed them in an original way. I also used
two photos, and with the main image I had the
writing go around the model, to make it look
more aesthetically interesting, instead of just
having basic straight columns.
I have taken inspiration from other
magazines to create a conventional
contents page. I wanted it to be quite
simple and clear, so that the reader was
able to use it effectively. I had unique fonts
and a broken glass effect to make it look
different and a little more edgy, to make it
stand out as being a rock magazine.

7. The curls in her hair made it
difficult to get rid of any
green.
I used the green screen so that I could easily get rid
of the background. However, I had a lot of trouble
getting one of my model out of the green screen, for
a few reasons, firstly the blonde hair at times blended
in with the green screen and was harder to
separate/take out. Also, I wanted her hair to be quite
large and frizzy, to keep with the rock effect, however
the green was hard to take out of the curls in her hair.
Therefore, instead of just cutting around her using
the quick selection tool, I had to make it content
aware, and use the colour range to pick out the
background and eliminate the green.
Quick Selection
tool, normally used.
Instead I had to use the colour range to
delicately get rid of any green still left in her
hair.

8. Even though I used both the quick selection tool and colour
range to get rid of the green, it wasn’t always completely
gone, instead I had to use the eraser tool to
delicately, erase the green from around the model and
difficult shapes, for example around the guitar.
There was still green around the edges
of the guitar that couldn’t easily be
taken out by the quick selection
tool, and I needed to overcome this
problem using another tool in
Photoshop.
This is a picture of the eraser
tool found in Photoshop, I
used this to erase the green
in areas where it still was not
gone.