1. Candidate Name: Thomas McEnaney
Candidate Number: 4096
Center: St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Center Number: 64135
OCR –
Level 3 Cambridge Introductory Diploma in Media
Unit 14:
UK Media Publishing
5. Mood Board – Analysis
The reason I have chosen The colours that I will use in
my magazine will hold consistent of red white and the
image background as it is for my front cover of the
magazine. I will have red text for the headline which will
be on the top of the page and spread across the middle of
the page. Hopefully when my magazine becomes more
popular I will be able to cover some of the masthead like
Kerrang and NME do. Red- It is associated with energy,
power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love.
White- It is associated with purity which is what Shutters
want to be as we produce an honest interview in our
magazine with hard working musicians to get there story
across.
6. Font style Ideas
This is the masthead font style I have chosen
because I believe that it is similar to my magazine
of inspirations font and Steve Neale repeat 1980
has proven that this is a popular style of font.
I did select this font as a potential font style
however I think that it is too much like the Kerrang
style of music and heavier rock music than my
rock/indie music magazine
This is similar to the Lemon Milk font however I
did not chose this one as my final font because I
see it as being too young to appeal to my target
audience age group.
7. Other Font Styles
The main headline font style I have used for my
magazine is Myriad Pro in bold text style. I have
used this font style for my magazine because I
follows the Steve Neale ‘repeat’ 1980 of NME
magazine. Following on as NME have used a very
similar font style for their headlines for many years
shows that it is a successful and well respected font
to sue for headline and easy to read for the reader as
it is very clear bold and sharp look to the work
Myriad Pro-
8. House Style
On the front cover I will have the social media and
contact information in the bottom right corner
The bar code will also be in the same corner so that it
is all in one place and if anyone wants to get in
contact with me they can find it easily by the bar
code. The date of the magazines release date will be
in the same place as other magazine like NME do
this i.e. 12th April 2014 Finally the name of the issue
will be on this white tab at the bottom of the page
9. House Style
The colours that I will use in my magazine will hold
consistent of red white and the image background as it is
for my front cover of the magazine. I will have red text
for the headline which will be on the top of the page and
spread across the middle of the page. Hopefully when my
magazine becomes more popular I will be able to cover
some of the masthead like Kerrang and NME do.
Red- It is associated with energy, power, determination
as well as passion, desire, and love.
White- It is associated with purity which is what Shutters
want to be as we produce an honest interview in our
magazine with hard working musicians to get there story
across.
10. Hand drawn Drafts Front Cover
The masthead for my magazine
will be SHUTTERS and will be in
the Lemon Milk font style I am
going to make the font colour white
as it follows the house style of
magazines of inspiration like Q and
NME
The puff promotion I have
included on the front cover shows
that you have a chance to win a
prize if you purchase and read the
magazine. By having the prize near
the middle of the magazine it
makes the reader read the whole
magazine until the end.
The strapline for my magazine is
new music discovered in which I
want my magazine to focus on
new artist and bands upcoming in
British Music industry
The main Headline I have chosen is
`The Killers` This will be in a bold red font
across the middle of the page which
follows the house style I have created for
the magazine also by using red it also
symbolises love and passion which my
magazine is for music.
The barcode is in the bottom right
corner with the social media sites
my magazine will be on keeping
readers up to date with latest news
and information about what's going
to be in the next issue
By having another two images in
the top right corner it can quickly
establish what other bands feature
within the magazine and are
available as a poster. This is
another way of getting readers by
offering free posters inside the
magazine
The main image on my magazine will
be one of the leading indie/rock artists of
the last ten years `The Killers` this gives
the magazine the star appeal to
attract a early large audience to the
magazine.
11. Hand drawn draft (DPS)
The main headline for my
magazine I have chosen is `Alex
Turner` on the myriad pro font
style because it is very simple
and basic which Alex Turner
represents about the way he
makes music and doesn’t want
the attention on him as it is a
band. It will be in black font
colour because this is matches
his band logo.
The Main Interview will be
on the right hand side of the
page because it is split up
evenly with half of the page
and makes it easy to read.
The font colour I will be using
for this will be Read for
questions which matches the
background colour for
SHUTTERS masthead and
black for the answers to
establish the difference.
The stand first font my magazine is a
introduction about what the Arctic Monkeys
have done over the past year and just
recapping what s happening and an
introduction what the interview will be
about
The page number I have
chosen for the double page
spread is 49-50 because this
is directly in the middle of
the page and it is what NME
also do `Repeat` Steve
Neal 1980 By having the
dps in the middle of the
magazine it allows the
reader to reach the middle
and then carry on reading
the whole magazine
The main image for the DPS
is the artist with their arms out
with no background which will
convey the simplistic life that
the band want to live but are
getting frustrated with
everything the media attention
they are getting for things away
from music
The pull quote is at the top of the
page below the main headline to
introduce the start of the main
interview with the band
12. Hand drawn Drafts Front Cover
The masthead for my magazine
will be SHUTTERS and will be in
the Lemon Milk font style I am
going to make the font colour white
as it follows the house style of
magazines of inspiration like Q and
NME Repeat Steve Neale
1980
The strapline for my magazine is
new music discovered in which I
want my magazine to focus on
new artist and bands upcoming in
British Music industry
The barcode is in the bottom right
corner with the social media sites
my magazine will be on keeping
readers up to date with latest news
and information about what's going
to be in the next issue
By having another two images in
the top right corner it can quickly
establish what other bands feature
within the magazine and are
available as a poster. This is
another way of getting readers by
offering free posters inside the
magazine
The puff promotion I have
included on the front cover shows
that you have a chance to win a
prize if you purchase and read the
magazine. The promotion I have
offered on this draft are tickets to
see Alt-J live which is a very
popular band after there newly
released album being very popular
across the country giving the
Richard Dyer Star Appeal to
Readers purchasing the magazine
The main headline and
image for my magazine will be
one of the leading rock/indie
artist e.g. Arctic Monkeys with
lead singer Alex Turner being
the focus of the interview
inside the magazine and
double page spread.
13. Hand drawn draft (DPS)
I have decided to place the main
interview on both the left and
ride hand side of the page
because the interview has a lot of
content I believe the reader will
want to know about and this is
the only way it can be put onto
the DPS. The font colours will be
red for the questions and black
for the answer as red is the house
colour of my magazine and black
is and easy to read colour on a
white background.
At the bottom of the page in the
middle I will have the social
media sites and issue no. to
show where to get the latest
news and information for the
magazine and what other issues
they can purchase if the have not
read the magazine before.
The page number I have chosen for the
double page spread is 49-50 because this is
directly in the middle of the page and it is
what NME also do `Repeat` Steve
Neal 1980 By having the dps in the
middle of the magazine it allows the reader
to reach the middle and then carry on
The stand first font my
magazine is a introduction
about what the Killers have
been doing for the last ten
years and what they have
done to get where they are
now and the interview will
lead onto what they want to
do in the future.
The main headline for
the double page spread is
`A decade of history` as I
interview about what hey
have done in the last ten
years and what they are
looking to do in the future
and goals the y have set to
reach.
The main image for the DPS is to be in
the middle of page as it represents that
the artists tis the centre of attention and
everyone is looking to him to see what the
future of The Killers holds.
The pull quote is at the
top of the page below the
main headline to introduce
the start of the main
interview with the band
15. Graphic Layout Front Cover (SHUTTERS)
Puff
Promot
ion
Secondary
Headline
Barcode
Masthead
Cover
Lines
Main ImageCover
Lines
Cover
Lines
Strapline
For my main image on the front
cover it will be the leading
singer from The Killers as for
the first issue I release of the
magazine it will generate a large
target audience due to the
Richard Dyer Star Appeal
With the puff promotion
being in the top left corner
below the strapline in a bright
circle it stands out from the
page being bright and eye
catching because if someone
Is deciding what magazine
they are going to read and
they have a chance to win a to
prize which is eye catching
they are more likely to
purchase my magazine.
The main headline I have
chosen for my front cover is
The Killers in a bold font
Myriad Pro with a drop
shadow effect on it. In a red
font colour with signifies love
and passion which the band
have for music and want to
express this through the
interview in my DPS.
The strapline for my
magazine is New music
discovered which is what I
want to feature my magazine
as I feel that there a lot of
artists and Bands in Britain
who are not signed yet who
should be and I want my
magazine to give them the
audience the should have.
16. Graphic Layout DPS (SHUTTERS)
Main Headline
I
n
t
e
r
v
i
e
w
I
n
t
e
r
v
i
e
w
I
n
t
e
r
v
i
e
w
Interview
Pull Quote
Date &
Issue
Date &
Issue
Date &
Issue
Page no. Page
no.
I have included social
media links at the
bottom of the page so
that readers can keep up
to date with what new
content will be in the
magazine for next
months issue
The page number I have
decided to use as the
same place as NME also
by placing the DPS in the
middle of the magazine I
am Repeating Steve
Neale 1980 by following
this brand identity it
conveys the realism
between NME and
SHUTTERS
I have split the interview over both pages because
I feel that if I just used one page for the interview
it would look to cramped and unprofessional.
Also by using both sides of the DPS it enabled me
to ad more questions and answers from the
interview
The main image is going to be in the centre of the page
because I believe that by having the image in the middle it
puts the focus on the artist or band. Also I will look to do this
for future issues to give the brand identity I am looking to get
The main headline
for my interview is The
Killers in the Myriad
Pro font because I like
to keep it simplistic for
the reader with the font
being easy to read and
setting out how the
interview will be with a
simple Q and A.
The stand first for
my DPS is about
the previous ten
years of where they
have started and
where they are now
leading into the
interview about
where they want to
go in the future
after they just
picked up best
festival act award.
19. Test Photography
As part of my test Photography before I met the
artist I wasn’t too sure on what location to use so I
tested out the locations to see which one was fit for
purpose I found that these images (Test
Photography) would not suit the style of the
magazine and interview which I was going to carry
out.
20. Final Idea
I have chosen the name SHUTTERS for my magazine
because I feel that with this it represent being away
from people just focussing on the music and
discovering new bands which you can be proud
about before the mainstream audience have heard
them. Also the price of the magazine £.50 which I
believe is a cheap price for a monthly music
magazine with the latest news and interviews with
upcoming bands compared to NME who are a weekly
magazine that charge £2.50 which is £10 a month.
21. Prop List
Tripod DSLR Camera
Camera Flash
Collapsible Reflector
Providentially with the schools equipment I was able to loan the
equipment to take the fit for purpose images as well as the test
photography images.
22. Prop List
Camera x2 One for each of the photographs my
magazine will be starting with each camera costs
£279.99
Tripod x2
One for each of the photographers these are priced at
£69.99 each
Sources
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/products/hahnel/triad-c4-
compact-tripod-94294/show.html
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2598077.htm
23. Prop List
Office Desk x2
so Images can
Be edited and made to
fit the magazine
Office Chair x2
For photography editors to work
on at their desk.
Source
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3387139.htm
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2134864.htm
24. Prop List
Apple Macbook pro
x2=£2398
Source http://store.apple.com/uk/buy-
mac/imac?product=ME087B/A&step=config#
Software
Adobe Photoshop x2 for one Year £1272
25. Prop List
X792DTSE A4 Colour Laser Multifunction
X2=£6937.28
HP 55X Black Laserjet Toner Cartridge
High Capacity | CE255X = £450 for 3
http://www.findmysupplies.co.uk/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1
70&Section_Id=1634&Product_Id=128494&gclid=CN_htaLZ0MUCFSrJtAod
BzgAZA
http://www.nigelohara.com/x792dtse-a4-colour-laser-
multifunction-47b1185-
pid87949.html?gclid=COXvtMPY0MUCFUsOwwodD7AAZg
26. Prop List
Sandisk 128GB Micro SD Ultra Class 10
£79 each x3= £237
http://www.digitalrev.com/product/trancscend-rdp9-otg-card-
reader/MTEwNDAwMQ_A_A
27. Magazine planning (Week 1)
Week beginning: Monday 16th March 2015
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Take the
pictures for my
front cover and
double page
spread so that I
can start to
produce the
magazine
Who:
Myself and a
friend who is a
photographer
Edit the pictures
so that they are
the right size and
image to use for
the front cover
and double page
spread interview
Who: Editing
team
Make sure that
the lighting and
any other effects
needed for the
image to suit the
magazine style
Who: Editing
team
Use the images and
put them into the
written double page
spread and front
cover and trying to
work out on which
image will go best for
this months issue
Who: Editor
Finish any other
details on the
front cover i.e.
puff promotions
and main
headline with the
masthead
Who:
Myself and the
editor
Office Closed Office closed
Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by:
16/03/2015 17/03/2015 18/03/2015 19/03/2015 20/03/2015 21/03/2015 22/03/2015
28. Magazine planning (Week 2)
Week beginning: Monday 23rd March 2015
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Gather celebrity
gossip
information
Interview bands
for my cover line
stories
Take images for
the magazine
from spotted
celebrities in
public
Gather celebrity
gossip
information
Interview bands
for my cover line
stories
Gather celebrity
gossip
information
Interview bands
for my cover line
stories
Take images for
the magazine
from spotted
celebrities in
public
Gather celebrity
gossip information
Interview bands for
my cover line stories
Take images for the
magazine from
spotted celebrities in
public
Gather celebrity
gossip
information
Interview bands
for my cover line
stories
Attend a new
indie band artist
gig
Write up the
article about the
new band one of
our writers just
seen
Office Closed Office Closed
Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by:
23/03/2015 24/03/2015 25/03/2015 26/03/2015 27/03/2015 28/03/2015 29/03/2015
29. Magazine planning (Week 3)
Week beginning: Monday 30th March 2015
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Write up the
interview for my
cover lines and
picking out the
best quotes for
to attract the
readers
attention
Carry on with the
interview write
ups and starting
new the new
interview
Take pictures
from the
interview to add
interview page fro
that months
Attend a new
indie band artist
gig
Write up the
article about the
new band one of
our writers just
seen
Take images for
the magazine
from the gig
On this day the work
that has been
produced so far by
the writers will be
proof read before it
goes into next week
as it does not mean
the proof readers
have to rush their job
and carry it out
precisely
Attend a new
indie band artist
gig
Take images for
the magazine
from the gig
Office Closed Office Closed
Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by:
30/03/2015 31/03/2015 1/04/2015 02/04/2015 03/04/2015 04/04/2014 05/04/2015
30. Magazine planning (Week 4)
Week beginning: Monday 6th March 2015
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Edit any pages
and icons that
have not been
completed
previously so
that it can be
included in the
magazine
Proof read all of
the magazine that
has been written
and look for any
changes that can
been changed
before it is
printed and
released
Edit any of the
changes that have
ben noticed by the
proof readers so
that it is mistake
free for the reader
Proof read the
changes that have
been made on
Wednesday
Print the
completed copies
of the magazine
Distribute the
completed
magazines to the
shops to be sold
Office Closed
Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by: Complete by:
06/04/2015 07/04/2015 08/04/2015 09/04/2015 10/04/2015 11/04/2015 12/04/2015
31. Conclusion
After completing this learning outcome I feel that I
have been able to create fit for purpose content as
pre production material to assist me when creating
the magazine during the production process. To help
me with the magazine pages the graphic layout will
help me insert interview strapline and images in
specific locations that I have planned which will save
time as the plan has already been created for the
work.
