Louis Biddles proposes creating a Harry Potter magazine as his initial project idea. He feels knowledgeable about the Harry Potter topic and confident in his graphic design skills, though acknowledges some of his ideas may be too complex. He has created a mood board to influence the dark theme of the magazine. His schedule outlines weeks for research, production, and evaluation of the project.

1. Initial Plans
Louis Biddles

2. Initial Reaction
• My initial thoughts on this project are mainly positive. My first
initial idea is a harry potter magazine. This is because my
knowledge of this topic is very good and I feel I could create a
clean and aesthetic magazine on this topic. The magazine would
include a large prominent image on the front and would be quite a
dark theme to match the harry potter series. I am good a coming
up with ideas as I am quite a creative person. My Photoshop skills
have also improved a lot however, sometimes some of my ideas
are too complex for my ability.

3. Mind Map

4. Mind Map

5. Mood Board

6. Mood Board Analysis
Is there any repetition in the images you have collected?
Repeated colours/images styles/fonts/tone/mood
In the images I have collected, there is some repletion. For example, many of them
convey a dark theme. This is a good techniques as it highly attracts the target
audience. The mood of the most of the images is also quite dark but some include
coloured lighting in the background. This creates a focus on the band and makes them
the most significant thing in the picture.
How will your mood board influence your final product?
My mood board will influence my final product as it has given me and idea of what
different bands look like. This will allow me to create a band which looks realistic
whilst sticking with the dark theme of my magazine. Some of the magazine covers
which I collected will help me as it has given me some ideas on layout and different
text styles to match my theme.

7. Schedule
WEEK OVERALL PLAN SPECIFIC TASKS
1 Research, Initial Response,
Audience Research
 Research different products
 Initial reaction
 2 mind Maps
 Modd board
 Schedule
 Audience research
2 Production Experiments,
Proposal, Planning
 Experiments
 Target Audience
 Proposal
 Pre production
 Cover layouts
3 Production  Creating background
 Taking images for the magazine
 Deciding different text styles for
different sections
4 Production  Adding images onto the product
 writing the different information I need
 Adding more little details like bar
codes and extra borders
 Production reflection
5 Evaluation  evaluate: Research
 Planning
 Time management
 Technical qualities
 Aesthetic qualities
 Audience appeal

8. Bibliography
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5. . Victoria. (Unknown). 25 Best Music Magazine Layouts. Available:
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