2. Contents
1. Equipment Costs
2. Setting up Equipment
3. Pre – Production Process
4. Production Plan
5. Operating Desktop Publishing Tools
6. Step by step for Front Cover
7. Step by step for Double Page Spread
8. Conclusion
3. Equipment costs.
This camera is all the photographer will need because it is a good quality and simple
to use camera. The cost of this ‘cannon 700d’ is £569.99 there will only need to be
one camera because there is only one photographer.
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For the computer the employees will need something that is easy to edit the
magazines on and has the software that best suits the job role they will be carrying
out for this I have chosen an ‘IMAC’ this is because they are easy to use and have
everything they will need in order to carry out their jobs. The cost of one IMAC will
be £1,049.00 I will need 9 of these for all the employees so it will cost £9,441
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For the office space I have selected an office in central London that is reasonably cheap
for the location. It will cost £495 per month for one person. I will only be renting the
office for a couple months (only for the duration of making the magazine. This means it
will cost £8910 for the 2 months for everyone.
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4. Setting up Equipment
Equipment Cost
Office space outside London £891,0
Apple IMAC x9 £9,441
Cannon 700d camera £ 569.99
Printer £79.99
Stationary pens/paper £34.99
Office furniture (chairs and desks) £ 1508.95
When it comes to setting up equipment for the photo-shoot I used the cannon
700d camera valued at £569.99 due to its high quality resolution images. There
was only own photographer so only one set of equipment was needed. The
camera is simple and clear to use with an autofocus setting, flash and a LCD screen
so you can review the images as they are taken. That allowed more time to
capture the image and less time worrying about the focus and lighting.
5. project The denotation of the masthead Beat connotes that the
information in the magazine is going to inform the user
about music and the artists that produce them. If a
magazine is up beat it means it will be a positive magazine
to read for people who enjoy listening to music.
Project description For the project I will be analyzing my magazines of
inspirations double page spreads and front covers. I will
also be looking into how they advertise these magazines
and the techniques they use to do this.
Photographer For the photos I had another class member named
‘Jonathan Carter’
Reference images and ideas The idea to take the photos came from the images
displayed below.
casting The cast I used for this was myself and Jonathan (the
photographer)
6. model requirements The model has no specific requirements however
whoever the the person is being interviewed has
to be the photo on the front cover
Wardrobe requirements For the wardrobe requirements the clothes have
to be relevant to the genre of magazine. For the
clothing it was ‘puma X trapstar’ which is well
known in the grime/trap scene
Appearance in the photo Along with the correct clothing the pose used for
the photo needs to look relevant to the type of
music in the magazine
Hair and makeup The was no hair and makeup in the photos
because I was wearing a hat and it was at night.
Where and when The location for the photograph has to be an
urban place because it is a representation of
where grime originated from. It also would help if
it was dark so it adds effects to the photo.
7. Week beginning: August 8th
2017
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Meet all the new
employees and tell them
about my initial ideas for
the magazine and what I
plan to achieve in the
short and long term
Search for a artist to
interview for the first
addition of the magazine.
Ask the writer to come up with
good ideas to ask the artists that
we have chosen for the magazine
Get the reporter to
interview the chosen
artists with the questions
the writer came up with
When the
answers have
been collated the
they can be
written up into
the magazine
Do a photo-shoot of the
artist for the front cover
and DPS for the magazine.
Get the designer to
design the layout of
the front cover and
DPS.
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Get reporter to look up
the latest stories in the
music industry that are
related to the chosen
genre
Edit the photos that were
taken to make them look
good for the final cit of
the magazine
Insert interview into the DPS of the
magazine.
Ask businesses if they
would like to advertise on
the pages.
Insert the articles
that were found
into other pages
of the magazines
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The production plan shows me the dates that things need to be carried out and
completed by. It is useful to have a production plan made before production because it
gives yourself and employees a guideline when making the magazine
8. Week beginning: August 22nd
2017
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Do the final touches to
finish off the magazine
and make it appealing for
the audience
Find more short stories
about the artist that
people will find
interesting.
Find more short stories about other
artists that are featured in the
magazine that people might not
already know.
Try to find any other
additional information
about the genre of music
that people will find
appealing
Send finished
magazine to the
printing company
for printing
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Week beginning: August 29th
2017
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
The magazines should be
printed and if they have,
we need to find places to
distribute them too so we
can sell them
Distribute magazines to
stores and other shops
that have said they will
have them.
Set up a social media account that
can help kick start the advertising
for the magazine and will boost the
amount of readership.
Set up social media
account and advertise the
magazine on there
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9. The tools that I used in InDesign was tools like
the eye dropper tool to keep a consistent color.
I also used tools like the quick selection tool so I
could crop the background out of the image and
insert a different background. I used the text
tool to get my masthead and I also used the
bucket tool and gradient tool so I could get an
interesting looking background.
Operating Desktop Publishing Tools
10. Step by step for the front covers
• The first thing that I did was select the background color of the magazine and the size of the
page. This would be the base of the whole front cover so I needed the color to be dark so the
lighter colors would stand out more
• The next thing I did after this was made the masthead, I used a font style of my choice off of
the website DAFONT. I downloaded the font and used the text tool in order to insert it onto
the front cover. I used to font style for the cover lines also so it looked professional and
consistent.
• I used the ruler tool to make everything in line and to make it look professional and neat.
• After I selected the image I wanted to use for the font cover I used the quick selection tool in
order to cut around my silhouette, this helped me to completely get rid of the background in
the image and use the background that I selected in the first step of making the front cover.
• In order to resize the image so it looks better on the page, I dragged the ouse to the top
right/left of the image, held down shift and resized it, holding down shift made sure that the
image would not get warped whilst im resizing it and therefore making it look stretched or low
quality.
• After I added in the photo and the cover lines and I was happy with it, I added in the barcode
that I found offline. I added in social media logos that I resized in order to fit into the box that
I made for the barcode at the bottom left of the page.
• In addition I also added in a date of issue to make it look more professional and to inform the
reader of when the magazine was issued.
11. Step by step for the double page
spreads.
• The first thing that I did was select the correct dimensions for the double page spread and
make sure that the page was the correct size.
• Secondly I typed up the interview into word and organized it how I wanted it on the
double page spread.
• After that I made text boxes on the double page spread ready for the interview and then I
inserted the interview into them and made sure everything was correctly spelt and it
looked professional.
• I then added in the photograph that I had taken and edited ready for the doable page
spread. I used the resizing tool in order to make it fit neatly onto the page.
• I added social media logos and links onto the bottom of the page so people are reminded
that they can find the magazine on the social media platforms displayed.
• On top of the interview I added the pull quote from the front cover so the reader knows
the article is related to the front cover
• Finally I added in drop capitals so the reader knows where to start reading and then I
added in the page numbers and a web adress so the reader knows what page they are on
and they are also shown how to access the website of the magazine.
12. Conclusion
In this unit I have illustrated the essensials to
making the magazines like the cost of the
equipment in order to make the magazine and
the cost of running it for a small business. I have
also included a production plan to highlight the
plan of production and the timeline from start
to finish . Finally I have shown a step by step
guide on how I made the front cover and double
page spreads.
