2. This is an image that I took of
one of my models on the
green screen.
To use the green screen and the
cameras I had to book them in
advance to ensure that I had them for
the specific time slot that I wanted. If I
didn’t do this I would have had to keep
rearranging times with my models
which would have been quite stressful.
I also had to manage the lighting of my
shoots so that it was similar to that of
a real magazine.
This is me taking a photo of my
model on the green screen.
This is me adjusting
the lighting of my
shoot.
3. I managed the people involved in the
production of my magazine – the
models – accordingly. So that I would
have them at the same time as I had
the camera and the green screen
booked. I asked the models what time
was best for them before going ahead
and booking as otherwise if it didn’t
work for them I wouldn’t be able to
use the equipment when supposed to.
I also managed the styling and the
costumes worn by my models. This
allowed me to have full control over
them to ensure that they went with
my genre of magazine – Indie.
For my preliminary task I did not
manage my models as well as I did not
style them or anything I just took
images of them around college.
Image that I took of one of my models that I
styled to the genre of my magazine.
4. I managed my time a lot more
efficiently for my main task
than my preliminary task.
This is because for my main
task I had a lot more elements
to think about –
genre, styling, props, lighting,
background, colour
scheme, shot and
composition of my model.
I think that my time
management was successful
as I had all my images done
very quickly and efficiently.
Also, I finished my magazine
on the deadline.
5.
6. The colour scheme I have used is
purple, blue, yellow, white and
burgundy. I used these colours I gave my masthead –
because purple is the colour of Christ ‘Christ the King’ – a drop
the King. I chose blue and yellow shadow so that it stood
because they stand out as they are out from the background.
primary colours. I used white for the Also it helps to grab the
explanation line of the cover-lines readers attention.
because it doesn’t take attention
away from the cover-lines. Finally, I
used burgundy because I colour
matched it to the cardigan that my
model is wearing – which makes my
magazine look stylish. Instead of my puff being
a circle, I used a splatter
shape instead. I used this
I chose to take my main image outside because it is less formal
of the college. I done this because I than a circle and helps to
wanted to incorporate natural colours attract my target
of the grass and the sky in my front audience – college
cover – instead of using the green students.
screen to make a plain background.
7. I have carried on with the
purple colour that I used in
my masthead to show
continuity. As well as the
yellow and white. I
I asked a student in the college to specifically used yellow as it
act as if they are opening the compliments the colour
door to one of the corridors. I purple
chose to do this because it will
give the reader the perception
that reading on will open new
doors for them. Also, it makes my
magazine appealing as it gives a
personal touch.
8. I decided to use a plain grey
background so that it did
I have chosen the colour not take the attention away
scheme burgundy, grey, black from the main
and white. This is because I image, cover–line and
feel these colours represent masthead.
the indie sub culture and they
attract both genders.
I chose to incorporate only
three cover-lines because I
I chose for my model to hold a took the less is more
prop – a vinyl – because it goes approach which is similar to
with the indie theme and shows NME.
that it is a music magazine.
I decided to have my main
cover-line in the same style
I added stars at the gutter of my
as my masthead as I
magazine and at the top. I chose
thought that it would make
to do this because it gives my
my front cover look too
magazine a hint of glamour and
packed if another style was
fills an empty gap.
used.
9. I decided to put the title of
my contents page oppositely
from the style of my smaller
version of masthead. My
masthead is burgundy with a
black outline whereas a the
I got the idea for the layout of
title is black with a burgundy
my contents page to be like this
outline. I have done this so
by looking at one of ‘Q’
that the readers can clearly
magazines contents pages. I like
tell the difference between
it because it is organised so my
the masthead and the title.
readers know exactly what they
are looking at.
This confirmed expectations as
my audience all said that they
liked how it is easy to read and
organised well.
10. I got the inspiration for
my model to wear a mask
from my models
bedroom. Originally it
was just an experiment
just to see what it would
look like, but it worked
I got the idea for the title of my
and I think it works well
dps to be laid out like this from
with the rest of my
an example of a dps of a music
double page spread as
magazine that I found on
the title is ‘ROCK OR ROLE
Google. I liked it because it
QUEEN?’
attracted my attention straight
away so therefore I thought
that using it for my music
magazine would be a good idea
as it will draw my reader in.
Audience feedback confirmed
expectations as they all said
that they really like the title of
the double page spread.
11.
12. The flash also reflected on
my models face which made
her face appear shiny. I
solved this problem by using
the clone stamp on
Photoshop which disguised it
well.
The original image that I
used on my front cover
reflected a flash on the
vinyl. I solved this problem
by using the clone stamp on
Photoshop so that I could
efficiently cover it up
without it looking silly.
13. Green from the green screen
reflected on my model so I had
to remove this as it would look
strange if I had kept it as no one
has a green face. I removed this
using the clone stamp.
14. Originally I wanted to use this style of font as the masthead of my
magazine. However, when I asked my peers and target audience
what they thought it there was a unanimous vote that it is not very
appealing or attractive as other music magazines style of masthead.
I solved this problem by experimenting with other styles of font.
The font which I have shown above is the font which worked the
best and is the font which I used for the final masthead of my
magazine. This font worked best with my colour scheme so was
therefore a lot more successful.
15. It was important that I drafted my music magazine as it allowed me to plan what I wanted my
music magazine to look like and not just go out on a win and create a magazine that did not
develop from anywhere.
However, I did not keep to my drafts for all areas of my magazine as I found that some areas
didn’t work as well as expected.
The only part of the draft that I used for my cover was the selling line. I attempted too
use the same style of masthead but this did not work as well as I expected it to so I
changed to a more normal and appealing font. I used a different style of image to
predicted as my image is different and not often seen on a front cover so may be more
appealing than just having a close up of an artist.
16. I have fairly kept some of my ideas for the contents page as I have done the headings
in the same way as I planned to. However, I changed the layout as when I tried to do it
similarly to my draft it didn’t work as well as expected.
17. The only thing which I have kept is the positioning of the headline and the drop
capital. I did not keep everything the same as my draft because having the title
on the main image made it look too cluttered and over powering. I also
switched the sides (text on left and image on right) as I thought that this would
work a lot better.
