Unit 14 LO3

Gus Devlin
Candidate Number: 4032
Unit 14 LO3

Contents Page
 5. Setting Up Equipment Evidence
 6. Setting Up Equipment Evidence
 7. Where I have Followed Production Process
 8. Production Process
 11. Photography Plan
 12. Mood Board
 13. Mood Board
 14. Locations Recce for Images
 15. Locations Recce Pictures of Potential Hazards

Contents Page
 16. Locations Recce Pictures of Potential Hazards
 17. How I Will Manipulate Photos on Photoshop
 20. Test Photography
 23. Final Images Ready To Edit
 24. Final Images Ready To Edit
 25. Step by Step (Front Cover)

Contents Page
 31. Step by Step (Double Page Spread)
 38. Conclusion

Setting up equipment evidence
These images demonstrate the sort of interview that we are aspiring when interviewing such a
global star such as Eminem as we want to make him feel at home and we want ourselves to be
organised in order to feel confident and secure about the interview we are conducting with
Eminem.

Setting up equipment evidence
We needed to make sure that the camera was correctly fitted and therefore it was fit for
purpose for the interview we were conducting in order for the interview to not only be
formal but also professional in the sense that we would get the entire interview on
camera so we could either take pictures of the interview or film the interview so we
could maybe input some of the film onto a trailer which would lure the potential
customers in.

Where I have Followed The
Production Process
 Pre Production: Within this, I have created a detailed plan for each story as I
need to know what I am talking about so that the editorial team will know what
type of articles they should be writing about in terms of the content and also the
context within the article. I would also need to create a contents planning page in
order to format where everything will be and this is everything from the Front
Cover & DPS designs to the advertising pages.
 Production: The production part of this process, I needed to produce the Front
Cover & DPS and these designs were created on Photoshop along with the
magazine flat plan in which I used to base the ideas from the magazine flat plan
and turn the designs into a much better version which we are very happy with.
When I had finished the designs for the Front Cover & DPS, I had to proof read
the interviews to see if there was any silly grammatical errors or contextual errors
as we could have serious consequences as fans and music magazine critics
might write in and complain of poor grammatical errors and it might even become
embarrassing.
 Post Production: In order to follow the post production, I would double check
the content is suitable which is within our music magazine whether that is the
album reviews, tour date information and DPS interviews with music star. I would
normally get 2 colleagues to do this in order to make sure that there are no
grammatical errors and other errors that may be within our music magazine.

Production Process
 Source: http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2011/08/6-steps-for-producing-a-custom-
magazine/
 Prior to the production and the printing of Smash Music Magazine, Smash would need to
create a production schedule in order to help to oversee the production in the time slot
available. Additionally deadlines need to be punctual in the sense that Smash must be reliable
with the deadlines so that Smash get the story submitted to the editors on time, this is
important for Smash to be punctual in order for our reputation to stay intact.
 Conventionally, a content plan needs to be created which Smash should illustrate all of the
pages within a music magazine such as Smash for example the front covers and double page
spreads will be within the content plan along with the advertising spaces & posters. Therefore,
this plan would need to be confirmed by all of the team involved in the content of Smash Music
Magazine .

Production Process
magazine/
 Smash would need to create a detailed plan for each story that they are planning to
publish and print, therefore Smash would need to seriously consider the content of a
story to check if it matches the target audience in hand. Additionally, aspects of the
music magazine for Smash would also need to be considered before publishing &
printing articles, interviews, news stories which would need to be considered to make
sure that they are fit for purpose in reference to the target audience. Furthermore, the
mock-ups is one of the most easiest processes within this actual process as Smash
would need to communicate well with the author to both be on the same page with
the quality of the design, the last part of this aspect of this production process bit part
is that the authors need to correctly select which author is the best fit for purpose &
once this is done, deadlines can be submitted.
 Next, Smash would need to proof read their stories to see if they are breaking any
ethical & legal codes with the content that they are submitting along with any spelling
errors which really should not be occurring at this level in the music magazine
industry.

Production Process
magazine/
 The last stages include checking to see if there are any grammatical errors and this
could be anything from punctuation to actual word spelling or just words in a sentence
which just don’t make any sense at all. Furthermore, once all of this completed the
distribution technically starts from Smash sending the prints to the warehouse in
which the warehouse take part in the main distribution and then sell to the public.

Inspirations (Clash Magazine, Mood Board)

Locations Reece for Images
Location (Time, Date &
Why?
Picture
Needed/Required
(Shot Type,
Props/Equipment),
(Lighting, People &
Why?)
Permission Needed
(Who & Why?)
Potential Hazards/Risks (Location Specific &
Why?)
Location of the images
was firstly done indoors,
but then after some
consultation with the
artist, we decided to
proceed with the
pictures outside near a
school.
The dark tone to my
double page
background image
connoted a certain
degree of Eminem’s
home in Detroit as a
signal of intent and
information for the rest
of the double page
spread.
In relation to the double
page spread, I needed
permission for Jordan to
impersonate Eminem &
an example of this is in
similarity to Eminem to
make my music
magazine look more
formal. I further needed
permission from Mr
Mitchell to use the
school car park/grounds
to shoot some images
for my double page
spread.
Individuals that are partaking in this particular shoot
must be aware and responsible for the potential
hazards/risks that could occur during a shoot. As a
result of this we must take care of ourselves but
people that may be susceptible to hazards must be
fully responsible for their actions therefore safety
measures must be taken through, an example of
this is risk assessments.
Image was
photographed in a
school car park (6th
December 2014) We
took the pictures in the
school car park as the
artist was happy & the
background could be
accustomed to suit the
DPS.
The image on the front
cover was taken in the
car park which I outlined
in the text to my left, and
due to the fact that is in
Eminem we wanted his
rap fans to know of his
story and his journey to
the top.
In relation to the double
page spread, I needed
permission for Jordan to
impersonate Eminem
and an example of this
is in similarity to Eminem
to make my music
magazine look more
formal.
Individuals that are partaking in this particular shoot
must be aware and responsible for the potential
hazards/risks that could occur during a shoot. As a
result of this we must take care of ourselves but
people that may be susceptible to hazards must be
fully responsible for their actions therefore safety
measures must be taken through, an example of
this is risk assessments.

Location Recce Pictures of Potential
Hazards
As you can see we took these
pictures within school grounds
in a forestry school car park &
we had to grant permission
from the head teacher. The
main hazards were the twigs,
bits of trees that were on the
floor in which we could of
along with the music star
could of fallen over, moreover
as you can see the leaves on
the floor were hazards in the
sense that the music star
could of fallen over as it was
particular wet day.

Location Recce Pictures of Potential
Hazards
The background of this picture illustrates an
element of hazard as he could of collided with
the brick wall if we decided to shoot with his
head leaning on the wall. Furthermore, we
decided to improvise to make sure that we
eradicated this hazard and therefore decided
to shoot a fair distance away from the wall to
make sure that the music star had no sort of
hazard that he was self consciously worrying
about whilst shooting for these images for our
Front Cover & Double Page Spread.

How I will Manipulate Photos on
Photoshop
 One of the ways in which I will manipulate photos on Photoshop would be to get rid of the
spots/acne that Eminem had so it would make Eminem look better in terms of his appearance.
This is essentially important for us as for our debut issue we need to get the fans to get to the
realisation on what our music stars that feature on our music magazines should look like and
therefore we have done this.
 The way you do this is to click on the Spot Healing Brush Tool which enables you to simply
click on the music star’s face in order to remove the spots/acnes, however you can either
increase or decrease the size of the cursor which makes it more easier/harder for you to remove
the spots/acne.

Photoshop
 As you can see from the screenshot below, you can adjust the settings for the Spot Healing
Brush Tool and these settings consist of what mode, the size, the hardness the
spacing and the angle. All of these settings can suit what you want to, for example if
you are zoomed in 300% on a picture of someone you want to remove spots/acne
you would keep the size down to the minimal so about 2-5 PX. Different people may
be at different zoom ins as well as zoom outs and therefore would need to use
different settings in order to fit their requirements in Photoshop when using this tool.

Photoshop
In order to manipulate this photo to the
best of my ability I needed to use a tool
called the Quick Selection Tool which
allowed me to crop out the background of
the image by selecting the area that I
wanted to keep and then going to press
Select-Inverse. What this does is that
deletes the background that you have
selected. This is vitally important as this
allowed me remove parts of the
background that I did not want when editing
this photograph.

Test Photography
 These were some pictures that were taken place which are known as “Test
Photography” which would give us an idea of a potential music magazine idea in the
future, as you can see this is held in someone’s house & if this front cover was going
to be printed it would most likely be in the music star’s house.

Test Photography
 As you can see, this is yet again the picture of a music star who in which the picture was not fit
for purpose in accordance to the content as plan of the imagery prior, so therefore we decided to
scrap this picture.

Test Photography
As you can see, this is the final batch of “Test Photography” images in which the music
star stares down at the end which demonstrates the significance of the content which is
planned for a later issue but not for the debut issue.

Step by Step (Front cover)
Firstly, I had to select my background colour which would need to be
“repeated (Steve Neale 1980)” from my magazine of inspiration
which is “Clash Music Magazine” and I found this colour by utilizing
the paint bucket tool.
Next, I had to draw out the grid lines so I knew where
the masthead was going to go. I used www.dafont.com
in order to select the font which was fit for purpose for
my proposed music magazine. The text I ended up
selecting was “Myriad Pro” in which I made the outside
shadow to look more conventional.

In order for the cover lines to not look confusing for the customers of our music
magazines we needed to separate the cover lines and therefore by using the ruler
tool drew a line under Iggy Azalea to prevent confusion from the other music
artists.
To make sure that I did not have to select ruler tool and press this, instead I held
down shift on the line that had already been created and simultaneously press
(CTRL +C) and paste the line to where it should go. This is essentially important
as it gives our music magazine a certain level of consistency through the form of
our Front Cover.

Within various Front Covers of music magazines you need to have barcodes
in terms of the legal obligations you have to abide by in order to sustain
ourselves as a formal and professional music magazine and this will be
demonstrated through our Front Cover & DPS.
By adding into the barcode, logo of distribution company, issue 1 text and
social media sites. It enables our barcode to look more tidy and more
presentable when in a pitch to a publisher who we want them to invest in our
music magazine. I had to link these together in order to move these and I did
this by selecting one of them and then pressing (CTRL) and then selecting all
of the layers that I want and then right clicking any layer and pressing link
layers. This helped me a lot as it was more fluid and easy for me to move
these layers collectively.

Due to the background of the clothing that our cover music
star was wearing this text was difficult to read from our
perspective so we knew that we needed to use a particular
tool which would change this and therefore we used the
rectangle tool in order for the text to be more recognisable
for the buying customer.
Now by adding a shape which is done by selecting the
rectangle tool and inputting the shape needed around the
text, this allows the text to therefore be more easy to read
for the human eye when the customer purchases a copy of
our music magazine.

This is an old masthead in which we created in
order to see how we could develop this into
something better, we then found out that we should
add some effects and drop shadow was the one
particular effect we paid much attention to.
We added these effects by double clicking on the
layer which is attached to this particular text and
adding the Drop Shadow effect which enables our
masthead to look more conventional and hopefully
it will reach out and appeal to the customers in
which then we will generate more sales.

I then had to add more grid lines so I could fit in the picture onto
my Front Cover, I then had to go out of my way on school grounds
and take this picture. Furthermore, I utilized the Quick Selection
Tool to get rid of the background from the original picture.
In order for layers to work for your Front Cover of your
music magazine you must design grid lines to enable
the strapline to be fit for purpose for our music
magazine. This is done through the form of the text tool
so I can type in the text that I want.

Step by Step (Double Page
Spread
For the Double Page Spread, I selected a background
colour which was white as it is plan and it makes the main
image stand our for the reader. I did this by using the paint
bucket tool and the gradient tool in order to do this and we
chose such a plain cover as a result of our magazine of
inspiration.
Next, I needed to design the grid lines so that the picture
that I have taken is fit for purpose in terms of its placement
and selection for this Double Page Spread. I purposely
informed the music star to stare away in which we will
“repeat (Steve Neale)” in order for our Double Page Spread
to become more conventional.

Spread)
I had to design some grid lines to create some
space for the masthead to go, furthermore I used
the text tool to input the text in which I wanted for
the masthead. The site in which I imported the text
from was: www.dafont.com and this helped me
create some ideas for the masthead.
Brand Identity is vitally important for us as we
need our music magazine to be conventional in
terms of the house style, colour scheme & page
numbers. All of these aspects which I have just
listed are taken inspiration from Clash Music
Magazine which will be “repeated( Steve Neale
1980)” throughout my double page spreads.

Spread)
As you can see there is very little text as there is only the Drop
Capital & the pull out quote from DPS interview with “Eminem”.
Therefore I needed to put text in as this interview needed content
to solidify it as a professional music magazine DPS interview.
Now by using the text tool I was able to create the text boxes
that were necessary in order for the content to be available to
be inputted so that our DPS for our debut edition would look
more professional and formal.

Spread)
You can just about see the text that is used for the pull out quote
but obviously due to the fact that you can’t see this and we can’t
afford to let this happen as fans might not be able to see this pull
out quote.
Therefore I used the rectangle tool to create a shape which
would act as the background for this text as it would not only
look conventional but also to make sure that the text is readable
by adding a rectangular shape and a black background.

Spread)
As you can see we need the masthead/title of this DPS
interview to firstly be conventional in the sense that it does
not look out of place from rival music magazines. This is very
important as we need the masthead to stand out but at the
same time not become too wacky and out of the ordinary.
With the utilization of the eye dropper tool I was able to take
the colour from the Drop Capital which has made it able to
change the same colour for the Drop Capital as it is for the
Masthead in order to retain the consistency of he house
style and repetition throughout our music magazine.

Spread)
This music magazine has everything such as Masthead, Social Media, E-Media
Links & Drop Capital to just name a few except for a puff promotion to excite the
fans with an opportunity to win something. Therefore I decided to add a puff
promotion and I did this by using the
Rectangle tool and then changing the tool so I could draw a circle and this would
be where the puff promotion would go.
I decided to use bold text to lure the customers in and therefore using similar
colours to the colours that I am using within my music magazine to give us a
sense of convention and repetition. The main reason behind this is that it gives
the reader a fantastic opportunity to win some prizes and all they have to do is
buy our music magazine.

Spread)
As you can see from the screenshot to the left of this text,
I used the Pen Tool to make sure that the text would
not overlap into the main image on this Double Page
Spread. With the utilization of the Pen Tool, I was
able to make a text box using the pen tool and I made
sure that some of the pointers from the Pen Tool
was an CM to make sure that the text would definitely
not overlap on the main image on the Double Page
Spread. This is essentially is important as it would look
utterly unprofessional and completely informal if the text
was overlapping on the main image as it would be very
difficult for the customers to read the text & we would look
very poor here in terms of our rival competitors laughing
at us on our debut edition.

Conclusion
 Within this particular unit, I have mainly learnt about the Production
Process which is involved when producing and planning a music
magazine, what I mean by this is that I have learnt a lot about how
music magazines go through the stages of the Pre Production Process,
Production Process & Post Production Process. I know this because of
research that I have conducted.

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