Jude McMichan is creating a magazine for their final production. They are considering creating a magazine about football, skateboarding, fashion, or hip hop as those are topics they are knowledgeable and passionate about. Football would be a smart choice as they have extensive experience and knowledge of the sport. However, the other topics could also work well since they appeal to a specific audience. Jude will make a final decision after further research and creating mind maps. They have also created mood boards to influence the style, colors, and content of their magazine. The mood boards show a repetition of black and white photos and images with subjects looking away from the camera, which Jude plans to replicate in their magazine's photos.

1. Initial Plans
Jude McMichan

2. Initial Reaction
• After taking a brief look at what I need to complete for my final production, I feel very
confident that I will be able to complete my work very successfully.
• There was several different routes I could have taken for my final production and I am
choosing to create a magazine as it gives me some great experiences for future references as
I want to pursue a career in this aspect of media.
• After deciding that I want to create a magazine, I then have to decide what my magazine will
include. I have several ideas that I could use currently, which include football, skateboarding,
fashion and Hip Hop.
• The reason I have decided to consider these ideas is because they are the topics I feel most
confident and comfortable using as they are all part of my day to day life.
• I believe choosing football would be a very smart decision because I have lots of knowledge
on the sport which will help me create a detailed magazine.
• Also, I have lots of experience creating magazines that include football content as I chose this
route in my previous Print rotation where I gained lots of new skills.
• However I could also create a magazine that includes skateboarding, fashion and Hip Hop as
they all fit into a group in society, which would give the option to include lots of information.
• I will decide what my magazine will include after weighing up my options from the use
research and mind maps.

3. Mind Map Idea 1

4. Mind Map Idea 2

5. Mind Map Idea 3

6. Mood Board - Content

7. Mood Board – Colour Schemes

8. Mood Board Analysis
Is there any repetition in the images you have collected? Repeated
colours/images styles/fonts/tone/mood
• The repetition that I notice first is the use of black and white images throughout the mood board. This is very
similar to the magazines and websites that also study in these topics, which makes me believe that it is a trend
amongst the people who live in these societies. I also notice that in some photos such as the Ski Mask, ASAP Rocky
and Travis Scott photo they all look away from the camera. This could be a possible trend when placed in front of
camera which seems pretty clear with Ski Mask and ASAP Rocky but I believe Travis Scott is looking away because
he doesn’t want to be publicized.
• In my second mood board I notice that most images include a contrast in colours. The reason why I included these
images is because when using a range of diverse colours it helps everything stand out.
• How will your mood board influence your final product?
• After collecting a range of different photos throughout my mood board, it has influenced me to use some of the
features included. The first feature that I will be replicating on my magazine is looking away from the camera when
a photo is being took. Not only is it a current trend throughout the society of fashion, but I also don’t like looking
directly at the camera so it works entirely in my favour. On my mood board I also advertised several different
brands on the first row, many of these brands will be advertised on my magazine as I will be showing them off in
the photos that we take in the photo shoot. Finally, I will also include photos of myself skateboarding which will
hopefully replicate the photos shown in my mood board.
• My second mood board will also influence my final product as I intend on applying the colour schemes I included
in my magazine. This includes using colours in a diverse manner and also applying peach - like colour layers over
my images so that they hopefully look similar to the images shown in the previous slide. This process can be used
on Photoshop to edit my photos.