Weekly Update: Week 8

This week, I began construction on my magazine; I started with my front cover. I used Photoshop to create the page and then I placed my image on top of it. I then began placing the text over the image and moving things around to make sure it looks just right.

However, I don't think this should have taken me as long as it did. Although I'm still on schedule, I think I could have completed this section a little quicker than I actually did.

Weekly Update: Week 7

This weekend, my models and I went to the Southbank for the photo shoot, we took pictures in the skate park which I think reflects the type of music of the magazine. I feel the day was a success because I got many images that are suitable for use ion my front cover and the double page features article.

Shooting Location

My chosen shooting location for my photo shoot was the Southbank. Firstly,  I went to the skate park, I chose this location specifically because of its edgy look. This goes with the edgy, rebellious image of rock music.

Weekly Update: Week 6

This week I found the people who would make up the band that I have created for my magazine. After asking my friends about their favourite type of music and whether they would be willing to be in my magazine, I got to three people. As soon as they agreed to take part, I told them where the photo shoot was taking place and what type of clothes they should wear. To cohere with my genre of music I told them the type of clothes I wanted them to wear. I showed them a few magazines with bands on the front, and then they let me know what items of clothing they had that they wanted to wear. At the end of the week, I know what all three of my models are going to be wearing when we do the photo shoot next week.

Casting Decisions

Rebecca B., 16

Christian L., 16

Natalya M., 16

I chose all three models because they are accesible to my target audience. They are all within the age range of my target audience, which would make them more likely to read about them. Also, all three enjoys listening to music (especially of the rock/indie genres).

Weekly Update: Week 5

I have decided on a name for magazine. Amplified is the name I have chosen, I came to this decision after looking up different music terminology on the internet, and this wasn't just specific to my genre of music, but many. However, amplifiers are an integral part of any live rock show. If there weren't amplifiers then no on would be able to hear the music. This leads to another reason I have chosen it, if people don't buy the magazine, there is no way of them 'hearing' the music, which in the magazine's case is gig listing, interviews with musicians, and band news.

Also, I have completed flat plans so I have some idea of how I'm going to set out everything in my magazine.

Flat plan

Front Cover

 Mostly everything on my front cover was the same as I'd prepared on my lay plan. Even after construction, I still thought the placing of the components still looked good and professional.

Contents Page

 After doing the flat plan for the contents page, I kept almost everything the same except for the type of picture on the page. In the flat plan it is shown as a wide shot. But after going out and taking the pictures, I looked at the images and saw that one I hads taken which was an very wide shot looked better and I so I chose it instead.

Features Article

 When constructing the features article on Photoshop, I rearranged where certain things would go. For example, I'd originally planned to do a strip of images at the bottom of the second page, but after looking at various other magazines, I decided to move the strip so it was along the right hand side of the second page. in my opinion, it fits very well there. Another thing I changed was where the splash containing band information was placed. I put it was the end of article because it was a way to wrap up the article, so people could finish reading it and then see where they couldc contact/find out more about the band.

Mood Board

Mood board

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