Jack Edwards proposes creating 3 issues of a music magazine called Weekly Music. He will design magazine covers featuring relevant articles and a double page spread in a readable layout. Colors will create contrast against text. Merchandise like clothing with the magazine logo will also be created. Research on existing magazines and products will help identify conventions to make the magazine look professional. The project will be evaluated through screenshots, peer surveys, and self-reflection to identify areas for improvement.

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Centre Name and Number:
York College 48357
Student Name and Number:
Jack Edwards
Project proposal title and date:
Weekly music
Main area of activity:
Print and photography
Rationale:.
Throughout the year I have found the rotations helpful. This was because I got to see what I really
liked and what I didn’t like as much. The rotation I liked the most was when we were doing print.
This is because I felt like the research and the other power points went very well and set me up for
production the best out of the 3 rotations. This was because I felt that it was the easiest for me too
look and analyse magazine covers and double page spreads, this was also because I enjoyed
them the most. The skills I have learnt from this is that by looking at possibly 3 similar products no
matter what area you can start to recognize specific conventions. I also learnt many skills during
production those of which will be used in this product. These are those in Photoshop. The one
process I have learnt in Photoshop and will be used in this was to remember to line up my tech
and the images. Using the ruler tool does this.
Project Concept:
The possible products I am going to create are possibly 3 issues for the same brand of magazine.
This will be my own name of magazine. Some examples of magazines names are NME and
Billboard. The concept of this is to create and aesthetically looking product which will appeal to the
audience. This will be done by including bright colours and including the conventions of
magazines. These are things such as a masthead; cover lines and also some headings. The
magazine covers will also feature a double page spread. The concept for this is to include relevant
information that conveys to the genre type, for example I am making a music magazine so I will
include music articles. This is because this is what the audience want and also because this is a
convention. The double page spread will also be laid out in a readable manor. By this I mean it will
be set out so that the audience can easily read it. The colours included will be colours that do not
stand out to much. This is because I will most likely included white or black text so I will need to
include colours that create a contrast against the text. Another product I plan to create will be
some merchandise for the magazine. This will be similar to Thrasher magazine. This is in the
sense that I will create a magazine and will include merchandise based of the, magazine
masthead weather this is a logo or possibly the name. These will be colours of clothing, which
appeal to my target audience and also are aesthetically pleasing to look at. This is because people
don’t want to buy clothes that don’t look good. For this I will also conduct some advertising weather
this just be for the merchandise or possibly both the magazine and the merchandise as a whole.
The research I will have to conduct will be to look at existing product. This will help me, as I will be
able to identify the possible conventions. These are elements that I will also want to include. This
is because it will make my magazine look more professional.
How will the project be evaluated and reviewed:
I plan to evaluate my work by taking screenshots of my production and also the research I have
conducted. From this I will be able to look at and compare this to exiting products. Another way I
will do this is to get peoples opinions. Myself conducting and sending out a survey could do this by
peer feedback or possibly. This will give me an Idea of what I need to include or change.

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Bibliography:
1. Communicating with rough visuals (Alan Swann)
2. MAGAZINE COVERS (Mitchell Beazley) (David Crowley)
3. A history of British magazine design (Anthony Quinn)
4. Magazine design (William Owen)
5. Photographers guides to Photoshop (Barrie Thomas)
NME magazine (Theodore Ingham) (1952)
6. Billboard magazine (William Donaldson)(1894)
7. XXL magazine (Fredo Ali) (1997)
https://shop.thrashermagazine.com/clothing/shirts/t-shirts.html Thrasher (Eric Swenson) (1981)
Week Tasks to be Completed: Specific Tasks
1 Initial Ideas and Proposal  The specific task will be to create a mood board
and also look at key influences and look at why
they influence me and also how they will
influence my products.
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2 Research  The task will be to look at exiting products that
are similar to the ones I am going to create.
These will be in my case exiting magazines,
exiting merchandise and maybe some adverts.
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3 Research  The task will be to look at exiting products that
are similar to the ones I am going to create.
These will be in my case exiting magazines,
exiting merchandise and maybe some adverts.
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4 Pre-production & Planning  When doing experiments I will have to create
similar products. But when doing this I will try
new skills and different ways of doing things.
5 Production  In the production the first week I will most likely
gather all my recourses. These will be things
such as collecting images and also editing them.
This will be done with a camera and will be done
most likely in the studio.
6 Production  In the second week I will most likely start and
possibly finish my magazine cover and double
page spread if not I will carry this on in the 3rd
week. In this week I will create backgrounds,
write an article and also create headlines.
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7 Production  In the 3rd week I will be most likely finishing my
magazine covers and double page spread. In the
3rd week of production I also plan on starting to
create my merchandise and also create an advert
for my magazine and merchandise.
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8 Production  In the final week I will be finishing off my
merchandise and going through my other pieces
and correcting them or making sure there is not
anything wrong with them.
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9 Evaluation  In the evaluation I will look at the screenshots I

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will have taken. This will allow me to do some elf
reflection.
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