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- 1. Plan For LearningAim B&C Unit 14: Digital Magazine Production Beth Potter
- 2. Features for thefront cover Folio -Price -Issue Date -Website https://images.app.goo.gl/hUhGSq8U4kB1pgsz9
- 3. Potential Names forthe Magazine -Indigo Leaf -Music Vanguard -Clash -Alt. -Indie-cisive -Indie Wire -Record Fonts
- 4. Photography for theFront Cover
- 5. Inspiration Slide https://images.app.goo.gl/xZH3dxi45zaKXeUw8 https://images.app.goo.gl/2BX7SBk94ekZ3iQu5 https://images.app.goo.gl/Gx4SpDPfRAEDSa8FA https://images.app.goo.gl/eYsvwrmRr5iYWszM7 For thefront cover of my magazine I have gathered a range of ideas from these published popular magazines. From the magazines I have used the same layout for the headings and the main cover line of the cover. Instead of putting the name of the coverstar/key signifier above the main sell line like NME’s, I have put the coverstar/key signifier of my magazine underneath my main sell line instead, so that the audience can see that article is important and is worth reading which will increase the readership of the magazine and increase the fanbase of the cover star. In doing this, I could be challenging this codes and convention as I am doing the opposite of what the magazine has done.
- 6. Sell lines andsubheads for the front cover - Exclusive! Frank Turner Destroys Wembley -Lana Del Rey inside the first UK show -World exclusive new album preview -Can Morrissey Strike Again? -Taking Music to New Heights -Live Unsigned Artists and Bands
- 7. Photography Planning -Location: Collegestudio -Close ups and mid-shots -Ambient or high-key lighting -Model: Friend - Annalise Johnston -Props: Box to lean on, -Posed -Purple/blue low lighting -Serious facial expression, using direct mode of address -Subimages- aesthetic images from google
- 8. Features for thedouble page spread https://images.app.goo.gl/H43By5gmkhTzZpbN8
- 9. Image/layout Ideas forthe double page spread https://images.app.goo.gl/SPohz3F7mtaocZ626 https://images.app.goo.gl/3BL8BJsukre5iMKh8 https://images.app.goo.gl/M72X2tVw66X15eiQ6
- 10. Print or DigitalMagazine? I will be producing a print magazine as it has more targeted marketing based on the readers common interests and it is not expensive to produce. In society today, digital is more popular compared to print due to social media and the levels of technology and what you can do with it. However, people have started using old- fashioned items again such as house telephones, record players with vinyls etc so there is an opportunity that print will be big again and has a chance to become collectable without having limited readership. The magazines will have control over a fixed price but cannot handle the advertisement placement and not being eco-friendly. By using print magazines the reader will not have any issues with internet connections, viruses/scams or need to zoom in and out to read the article properly.
- 11. Reader Profile Key Stats: Male:66% Female: 34% Median age: 23 Student: 35% Circulation: 23,924 Readership: 289,000 The audience have a strong relationship with Indigo Leaf and enjoy their pieces of work. “I enjoy reading their magazines regularly” “The magazines are almost like collectables” “We know that the artists enjoy collaborating with Indigo Leaf” The Indigo Leaf audience is very supportive of the magazine and tends to have a high connection with it over social media. The audience are completely obsessed with Indie music. Their favourite artists tend to be the Arctic Monkeys, The Smiths,The Kooks and Kaiser Chiefs. Indigo Leaf readers are influential when it comes to social media. This is because social media is a big part of society today an everyone tends to use it therefore they are promoting the magazine whilst talking about it online. Interests: -Vinyls -Vintage Clothing -Chain Necklaces -Converse -Vans -Guitars -Magazines -Taking aesthetically pleasing images Aspirers- Materialistic and geared towards image and appearance. Typically younger people as there is emphasis on persona and fashion. They seek status. Social grade D/C2
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- 13. Legal & EthicalConsiderations When planning and making my front cover and double page spread, I have used my own images therefore I don’t need to worry about copyright issues and don’t need to ask for permission to use any photos as I took them myself. If i was to use someone else's images without asking for permission, I could credit the photographer in my work or underneath the image otherwise I would face copyright issues and the owners of the work might think that it has been plagiarised if not credited. Furthermore I will also need the model’s permission as well as copyright.
- 14. Images Suitable forFront Cover and Double Page Spread I thought that these images would be suitable for the front cover of my magazine and double page spread because they challenge the typical Indie genre magazines. They do this by the type of low-key lighting used as Indie magazines tend to use high-key lighting and use a more basic pose, for example: a close up of the artists face and a plain front cover. I thought that the lighting which I have used would attract audiences as the colours mix well together and tend to create some sort of vibe. The blue and pink colours are stereotypical of genders (blue for boys and pink for girls) so I have used both to represent both genders and indicate that the music is for anyone and not targeting a certain gender. They are suitable for the double page spread because I am able to make the portrait images to fit on one side of the spread and use the landscape images on the article side to separate the text/columns to make the page seem more aesthetically pleasing and not too busy. A typical Indie magazine would look like this: https://images.app.goo.gl/goCGxS3 iHnn5umcs6
- 15. Front Cover -Before & After
- 16. Tools Used OnFront Cover On my front cover I decided to use the same style font to keep it consistent rather than different types. I used different font sizes to change the headline and subheadings. To insert the picture into Photoshop, I had to drag and drop the image from my desktop onto my Photoshop document then the image did not fit the full document so I had to use the eyedropper tool and fill in the empty space with colour from the image which created a border on the left side of the image. In addition to this, to include the barcode on my front cover, I had to copy and paste the picture of the barcode on Microsoft Powerpoint then drag it across onto my Photoshop work and resize it to the correct size and place it needed to be in. I mainly used the text tool on my work to create the main headline, subheads, folio and the title of the magazine resizing them each time.
- 17. Double Page SpreadIdeas/Draft Headline- From Nothing To Everything. Subhead- Topping UK Charts. Article- Question based? QnA style? Interview questions: 1. Who are your major influencers in music? 2. When did you write your first song? 3. Is your family musical? 4. What is the most difficult aspect of being a musician? 5. What is your favourite thing about being a musician? 6. How would you define ‘success’? 7. What advice would you give to your fans that want to achieve their dream goals? 8. Are you planning on doing anything big in the next year or two? 9. What would you be doing now if you hadn’t become a musician? 10. Lastly, is there anything you’d like to say to your fans?
- 18. Why I ChoseTo Do A Q&A I chose to do a Q&A (question and answer) as it is targeted towards the late teenage demographic to early 20 demographic. This appeals to the target audience as they will be more interested in reading the article as it is short and snappy and you won’t need to pay full focus on reading as there is only short parts of text to read. By using a Q&A for an article which will attract late teens - early 20’s it will increase the readership and make the magazine more mainstream as people will be taking it around college/work to read on their break as it printed and not digital.
- 19. Double Page Spread-Before & After
- 20. Tools Used OnDouble Page Spread I inserted the picture on the right side instead of the left to make the article on one half of the double page spread. Text tool- Folio Text tool- Folio Text tool- Columns to create an allie and space the text out which makes it aesthetically pleasing. Text tool- Different fonts to separate the fonts and change the article around to make it look different. Text tool-Folio
- 21. Double Page SpreadDraft In this article draft, I have spelling mistakes in my paragraphs and grammar mistakes as I have not used capital letters in the questions. Also in this draft, there are 10 questions whereas in the actual article on my double page spread, there is 9 questions as I wanted to keep the columns inline and to keep it aesthetically pleasing.
- 22. To decide onwhich layout and colour I wanted to use for my double page spread, I created another double page spread to help me decide and overall I have decided with the purple, white and pink colour palette rather than the purple, black and white colour palette. In doing this, it allowed me to use different pictures which I took rather than just one and let me decide which one looked best on the double page spread. When creating this, I used the same techniques of what I did on the previous one with the eyedropper tool, paint bucket tool, shape tool and the text tool.
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- 24. Production Log24/10/19 -Decided whethermy magazine was going to be print or digital. -Took pictures for front cover and double page spread. 25/10/19 -Decided which photographs to use for the magazine. -Added the photographs to the powerpoint. 07/11/2019 -Completed magazine front cover. 08/11/2019 -Added before and after of front cover. -Added a slide about which tools I used for the front cover. -Spoke about which images I thought would be suitable for front cover and double page spread. -Think about reader profile. 15/11/2019 -Completed reader profile. -Start thinking about double page spread. -Started double page spread in Photoshop. -Explained legal and ethical considerations. 18/11/2019 -Started thinking about ideas for my double page spread and the layout of the article and noted them down. 22/11/2019 -Added draft of double page spread. -Worked on double page spread, working on creating the article. -Started article. 29/11/2019 -Carried on with double page spread writing my article. -Had a lot of technical issues so didn’t get much done. 06/12/2019 -Made the text on my double page spread left-aligned instead of centered. -Completed double page spread. -Added a before & after of the double page spread. -Started the slide on the tools I’ve used for double page spread. -Completed the slide about the tools I used for my double page spread. -Explained why i chose to do a Q&A for my article 13/12/2019 -Added the draft version of my double page spread and annotated the things wrong in the article. 20/12/2019 -Added an inspiration slide to show the codes and conventions I have followed and what I have learnt from the research. 09/01/2020 -I have created a second double page spread to help decide which one looked best. -Discussed why I created another double page spread.