Billy Simmonds.

2. Setting up equipment for my photo
shoot
 Firstly, in my photo-shoot I used a specific
camera which was called the d3200 Nikon
DSLR camera, which is a top of the range
camera which specifically focus on getting
the best photographs as possible by using
a setting called autofocus , this camera is
worth roughly around £230 where as the
tripod that I used to hold the camera cost
around £20 this tripod was called a
Velbon DF-41 tripod. Lighting is no issue
for this camera with its advanced settings
as you can change the time of day on the
camera so therefore it will need more
lighting gin the night where as if the
picture was taken during the day.

3. Pre production material
 Pre-production materials work done on a product,
especially a film or broadcast programmed, before
full-scale production begins. Hand drawn drafts were
changed so it looked more professional and attractive
for the audience. You essentially do pre production
material to plan for your product, it is essential
because it helps you to gather information on what
you want to do an gives you rough guidelines which
could save you money in the long term as you may
have prevented a mistake from occurring. Also my
rap theme in my magazine article was conveyed in
my cover stories but I didn't’t used any props to
illustrate this to the audience.

4. Production Plan
Monday: get a office
which you will be
able to set up the
business and be able
to get work done.
Tuesday: Go and get the
equipment for the set up
for the business
Wednesday: in this stage you
will need to buy computers,
desks and chairs for the
employees to work.
Thursday: create time and
dates for employees to
come and do job interviews
to join the business
Friday: Create the job
interviews for roles such as
an editor and a writer.
Saturday: Create the
job interviews for
roles such as an
editor and a writer.
Sunday: Set the office up
with all the desks and
computers, ready for the
first working date.
Complete by:
Monday 1st of
December
Complete by: Tuesday
2nd of December
Complete by: Sunday 7th of
December
Complete by: Sunday7th of
December
Complete by: Sunday7th of
December
Complete by: Sunday
7th of December
Complete by: Monday 8th
of December
Week beginning: Monday 1st December 2016
Monday: explain to all
your employees in the
business the plan and
regulations
Tuesday: first an artist
to feature in your
magazine that has been
answering the
questions in the
interview.
Wednesday: get the writer
that you have hired to find
some questions to ask the
artist in the interview.
Thursday: hire a reporter
to meet up with the
featured artist and ask the
questions that need to be
asked
Friday: write up the
answers to the interview,
ready to go into the
magazine.
Saturday: Arrange a
photoshoot with the artist
and then take some photos
for the page of them in the
magazine.
Sunday: start of designing
the magazine with the
layout first, then the
background ad including
colors
Complete by: Monday
8th of December
Complete by: Sunday 15th
December
Complete by: Thursday 11th
of December
Complete by: Saturday 13th
of December
Complete by: Sunday14th
of December
Complete by: Tuesday 16th
December
Complete by: Tuesday16th
December
Week beginning: Monday 8th December 2016

5. Production Plan
Monday: Get some
employees to find
more information on
what is happening in
the rap life today.
Tuesday: the pictures
that have been taken
of the artists need to
be edited and inserted
to the magazine.
Wednesday: insert the
interview write-up with
the artist onto the double
page where the section of
the artist is going to be.
Thursday: try to find some
companies that would
want o be advertised in
the magazine.
Friday: start finding
some stories that
relate to and about the
specific rapper you
have chosen.
Saturday: Weekend off Sunday: Weekend off
Complete by: Friday
20th December
Complete by: Saturday
21st h December
Complete by:
Wednesday 18th
December
Complete by: Thursday
19th December
Complete by: Wednesday
18th December
Monday: Finish designing
the magazine.
Tuesday: Find more short
stories about artists you
can also put in the
magazine.
Wednesday: Find more
short stories about artists
you can also put in the
magazine.
Thursday: Find more short
stories about artists you
can also put in the
magazine.
Friday: Send the magazine
of for production
Saturday: Weekend off Sunday: Weekend off
Complete by: Friday
27th December
Complete by: Friday
27th st December
Complete by: Thursday
26th December
Complete by: Friday
27th st December
Complete by:
Saturday the 28th of
December
Complete by: Complete by:
Week beginning: Monday 15th December 2016.
Week beginning: Monday 22nd December 2016.

6. Production Plan
Monday: Distribute
magazines to stores, shops
and online websites that
have permission to sell
your magazine on their
website.
Tuesday: Set up social
media accounts and
posters around your local
area. Help gaining an
audience before you
actually release the
magazine.
Wednesday: Product
Launch
Complete by: Monday
5th January
Complete by: Tuesday
6th January
Wednesday 7th January
Week beginning: Monday 29th December 2016.
This is a detailed production plan for the development and creation of
$tackz magazine. Included in this section is pre-production, production
and post production. The production plan is overall a time based over
two weeks and the last day Wednesday the 7th January is when the
product will be due to launch to the public. I feel like two weeks is long
enough for the product to be launched a I do have a lot of employees
working on the magazine so it should be good for the deadline.

7. Test photography
 For my test photography I took several different pictures in
different locations so that I could see which looked the best.
Then I will use this photo in Photoshop where I may add an
edit before it gets transferred in to my main double page
spread or front cover. Also test photography helped me to
build up ideas of where I am going to take my final picture as
the previous photos where just a practices to how well I
looked in front of the camera etc.
Final photo for my
double page
spread after being
edited with
background has
been taken out by
using the quick
selection tool.

8. Operating desktop publishing
skills.
Firstly, to start of my front cover I had to set up the page which is A4, then adding ruler lines so that everything
that you are inputting is in line. Then I started of my creating a box so the barcode could easily fit inside of it,
with the social media links such as: instagram, Facebook and lastly twitter, I done this by getting the images of
the internet and transferred them straight to my front cover which I had to make them smaller, so they could
therefore fit inside the box. Also I had to include the issue date which I done this by using the T button on the
tool bar and then created the text box which I then typed the date into the text box.
Secondly, before starting to do any other conventions it is essential to insert your background this
is due to the fact that it will be easier later on when finishing of the front cover. I started of
creating my background. Firstly by setting up a page then going format background then choosing
the color and gradient that you want.
Now you have added a background and barcode, you can add in a masthead to the front cover. This can be done by
downloading a specific font that you want from a website called ‘da font’ this will be installing in the downloading
section of the mac, click on the font that is downloading and press ‘install font’ and then you can type the title that
you want.
Then this step is when you need to take a picture of whoever you want to feature in your
magazine. This needs to be done by a picture being taken on a hd camera and using the memory
stick that you insert to the back of the computer. To neaten up the edges of the picture use the
quick selection tool which will get rid of the background as well.
To make the front cover look more like a magazine, you can add a headline, puff
promotion, quotes, featured artist

9. Operating DTP tools continued
The quick selection tool is a specific tool that is used
in adobe Photoshop when you have and image with
a background that you may want remove, this can
furthermore can be used in my project when I took a
picture where the background decrease the quality
of the photo, so in this case I used the quick
selection tool to remove a brick wall background
which I ended up with this photograph on the right.
Also the airbrush tool was used in the photo above as well which
is the photograph that I used for my double page spread. The air
brush tool was used to make my photos smoother and softer
round the edges which makes the photo look a better quality
making it more professional.

10. Step by step summary
Double page spread.
You will have to repeat the same process that you would of done with the front cover by setting up the canvas that you would like and add in
your ruler lines to make sure that your layout is all in line. Also you can change the background if you would like to change it.
Like you would have done for your front cove you need to add in your masthead, but not the strapline this is because this is only convention
for the front cover. At the bottom of the page you can add page numbers to make it look like a double page spread in a magazine.
Now that the basics are in place it will be time to add in your main image, you can do this by going to file, place and adding in the picture you
want and also edit it to how you like it and until you think it looks up to standard.
After adding in your picture it will be time to add in your text for your article. The first section of the text can be the quote this is because if
you want to put text around the quote you can do this easier if the quote is already imputed.
By adding in your quote in first, this can also allow you to add in the stand verse, when adding in the stand verse you will need to create a drop
capital, you will do this by creating a text box and type in the first letter of the word that is going to start your text. And then you will need to
go down the pen tool(15th) bar down and click around some of the sides of your letters and then carry on making a text box where you want
your stand verse to go. And then after that type all of the rest of your text for the paragraph.
Use the text tool bar to add in any text that you would like that may boost your magazines appearance, also another convention that you may
want to add which will also boost your magazines appearance will be to change your text colour to any colour that you think looks the best. If
you want to change the width or height of the writing in the magazine front cover, highlight over it and click ‘windows’ at the top of the screen
and go to the characters.
For puff promotions, repeat the steps of adding a shape then place the text on top, and follow the previous steps before if you feel like you
need to change the colour of your writing or the length and width of your writing which will overall boost the appearance of your magazine.

11. Step by step guide Front Cover
Firstly, to start of my front cover I had to set up the page which is A4, then adding ruler lines so that everything
that you are inputting is in line. Then I started of my creating a box so the barcode could easily fit inside of it,
with the social media links such as: instagram, Facebook and lastly twitter, I done this by getting the images of
the internet and transferred them straight to my front cover which I had to make them smaller, so they could
therefore fit inside the box. Also I had to include the issue date which I done this by using the T button on the
tool bar and then created the text box which I then typed the date into the text box.
Secondly, before starting to do any other conventions it is essential to insert your background this
is due to the fact that it will be easier later on when finishing of the front cover. I started of
creating my background. Firstly by setting up a page then going format background then choosing
the color and gradient that you want.
Now you have added a background and barcode, you can add in a masthead to the front cover. This can be done by
downloading a specific font that you want from a website called ‘da font’ this will be installing in the downloading
section of the mac, click on the font that is downloading and press ‘install font’ and then you can type the title that
you want.
Then this step is when you need to take a picture of whoever you want to
feature in your magazine. This needs to be done by a picture being taken on
a hd camera and using the memory stick that you insert to the back of the
computer. To neaten up the edges of the picture use the quick selection tool
which will get rid of the background as well.
To make the front cover look more like a magazine,
you can add a headline, puff promotion, quotes,
featured artist

12. Conclusion
 Furthermore, in conclusion I have covered what equipment I
am going to be using for my magazines photo shoot and the
prices of the equipment that I have been using which could
make my magazine look more professional due to the
advanced equipment that I may be using. Additionally, I have
a step by step in how I made my front cover and dps and
how I went about doing the edits that I done on my front
cover to teach someone who maybe doesn’t know how to
do some of t.hese key skills.

14. Deadlines
to have my deadline for the launch of my magazine in the
production plan in previous slides it is seen as Wednesday the
7th January 2017, which I would have come to the terms that I
have met this deadline. The longest part of creating my
magazine was doing the planning out for my magazine because
I had very few ideas of how I was going start it and what genre I
was going to do, who I was going to interview ect.

15. Post Production Skills
 Photoshop CS5.1 was the application that I used to create my front cover and double page
spread. This is furthermore because the editing on Photoshop is advanced and therefore it
will make my front cover and dps as professional as possible. I used advanced skills like
pushing test past pictures which attracts the reader to want to read the interview because
it looks more attractive and interesting for the reader of that specific magazine.
Furthermore, in my dps I used a drop capita to attract the audience to want to start to read
the cover stories/ interview as the big ‘H’ draws the reader to glance at this section of the
dps. Also the eraser tool and vertical type tool are two specific tools that I used within
Photoshop to create my front cover and dps which both of these were used. The horizontal
type tool is used to create text boxes which allow you to type information on to your page
but horizontal will be seen as a text box that goes further across than down. Where as
vertical is seen as down more than across.

16. Colour
Colour in my front cover and my double page spread, it is
essential that all the colours that I am using are exactly the same
colour and even the same tone. This is essential because if you
are trying to use the same colours in your front cover but some of
the colours are darker than others this will therefore make the
audience, or who ever is looking at my magazine this will make
them think that it my magazine is unprofessional.

17. Fonts
 When I was picking fonts for my front cover and double page
spread. I thought it through as much as I could, due to the fact
that I wanted my font to link to the genre of my magazine for
example if my genre was ‘HIP HOP’ then I would have had a
smooth and chill font. Where as if it was ‘RAP’ then I would of
used a font that was more graffiti type and also maybe a bold
font. All of these font that I would have been looking up would be
found in website called www.dafont.com. Which this website has
a variety of different fonts. One of the fonts that i used for my
magazine as 28 days later which is a bold and dark font which I
used due to the fact that it symbolizes my genre as it is rap. And
lastly for my other magazine which is $TACKZ I used a font called
‘Obelix pro’ this is because this font is bold and stands out to the
audience which will attract them to want to read the rest of the
magazine.

18. Proof reading and sub editing
 On my double paged spread, I made sure that I proof read
my work to ensure that there was no errors. For example if
there was a spelling mistake I would of noticed this when
prof reading and changed to this to make sure that I get a
good grade because if there are spelling mistakes or
grammar mistakes this could furthermore lower my grade.
For example when proof reading my work I found a spelling
mistake of presentation as u can see in the bottom left
which then I furthermore corrected to ensure that I I didn’t
drop marks due to spelling mistakes.

19. Safe working practices
 When inserting pictures that have been created ands used in
Photoshop the easiest way to remove the background in that
specific image is going to the eraser rubber on the tool bar in
photo-shoot and click on this tool and then it should allow you to
remove parts of your background, the best way to do this is to hold
down on the mouse and slowly click everywhere that you don’t
want which this then should accurately remove the background.
Also by removing a background this could furthermore make that
page that your creating a little bit boring, so what I would do to
cover up for this space is put some text boxes in which would take
up more room, this is due to the fact that the background is
missing which a background does take a big section up of a picture
so to cover up from this will be to cover it up by adding several text
boxes.

20. Final changes to double page spread
I have also added in
magazine credits at
the top of the
double page spread
to convey to the
audience who has
helped me to build
up this page also I've
added in credits to
the interviewer of
my double page
spread and the
photographer. I also added in a page number because in my magazine inspiration
there was a page number, and in the process of creating this spread I
was told to use my magazine inspiration to get small ideas and copy
them over to make my double page spread look better and more
professional.

21. Changes
For one improvement for my front cover
magazine Also another improvement that I
changed form my front cover was that my
‘$TACKZ’ headline was too far down the front
cover behind the main image. So to change this
I had to raise the masthead a little margin
higher so that it look a little bit more profession
so that the main image wasn’t covering the
title.
‘On your front cover all your cover lines on the left and right
hand side must line up, this is an essential correction
because if all the cover lines don’t like up it makes the front
cover look unprofessional and makes the front cover not
look as good as it should do, so therefore I moved the cover
lines so that it meets up with the ruler lines/margins which
this now looks much better as you can see in the after
picture.
One of my changes production plan and my front cover, I had a different launch date from which I put on my front cover-
01/02/2017, when really the product will be getting launched on the 07/01/2017. Furthermore, this is an essential
correction due to the fact that if I uploaded my magazine with the wrong launch date then this will make my business un-
professional due to the fact that the magazine would have come out on that specific date.

22. Conclusion
 In LO3 and LO4 unit 14 to conclude it as a whole in this unit I have
been talking about improvements from my front cover, the fonts
that I have used in my work, also furthermore talking about the
fonts that have been used in my front cover and my double page
spread this is significant because I have used fonts that have a
meaning and symbolizes something. For example my fonts are
mysterious which could convey what my genre is which can be
seen as ‘rap’. Also i have been talking about safe working practices
and when inserting and enlarging and image you need to make
sure that you hold the control button to prevent it from becoming
warps which looks unprofessional to the target audience.