Text for Feature Article 1

This is the text I want to go on the second page of my double page spread, the other pages I still need to write up the text to go on my other double page spread.

Production Diary 11

This week I haven't been in school as I have broken a bone in my foot and I am unable to walk at the moment, but I am going back to school on Thursday and I will be staying after school and in my free's to get up to date with the work I have missed, as I was not able to do any work on my contents page at home. I have booked a few gigs to go and see with my friends, and we have also planned to go up to London and see the lights with my models and take photos there as I think that it would be a nice setting for a picture which could go on a double page spread. Areas like south-bank suit my style of magazine perfectly, so we have plans to go down their and take photographs too. I have also asked a few of my friends that are boys to do another photo-shoot for me as I need a mix of girls and boys in the magazine. However for homework we have been set the task of writing of first draft of the feature article, which I am almost finished with.

Magazine Contents Page Text

This is all the text that I want to appear on my contents page, I have written it out first on a word document as I makes it clearer for me to see what I have written. It is also alot easier for me to write it out on the document and then copy and paste it onto InDesign.

Audience Profile

This is a model that I created, who is my target audience. By identfiying my target audience I now know exactly what my audience like and what they expect from the magazine which will help me when I create my own.

Production Diary 10

So today I have continued doing my contents page, I have added some of my own pictures in which I have taken from my own photo shoot with Paige and Daniella. I have also added photos which I have found on the internet of artists I would like my magazine entails. I have decided with a few of my other friends that we are going to go to a few small gigs and take a few pictures that I can use on my contents page. I have also done most of my text that needs to go on to the contents page, however I am going to finish it at home then put it onto a separate document so you can read it all. I did change the layout slightly so I could add some more sections onto the page, like the 'Gigs of the Month' section and the 'Editor Note' section. Lastly my next step is making all of my pictures my own and then moving on to my contents page.

Existing Mastheads & Names

 

 

Existing Mastheads and Names

I researches into come of the existing masthead's of very succesful music magazines. I discovered that red is a very common colour used. Researching these magzines gave me an good idea about when creating my masthead.

Photoshoot 1 - Timelapse

When I did my first photoshoot I had a camera set up behind the shoot, and set it so it took photos every so often. I then decided to create a small short video showing you my shoot. You can see me directing the girls, taking pictures, the cotume changes, and me changing the sets.

Photoshoot 1

 
This is the contact sheet which contains all of the pictures I took from my first photoshoot with Daniella and Paige my two models. Originally I asked Daniella and Siena to do my shoot, however Siena was unable and so I asked Paige who I was going to use on my contents. I have stuck to the idea of having them as seperate artists, however there are photo's of the girls together as this made them more relaxed at times, and they did produce good photos when together.

So when we got to the room where we was having the shoot, I sent the girls to go and get changed and with some help from my teacher I set up the black background, the lights and the camera. I also set a camera behind me which had a full view of me and the girls, which was set to take photos every 15 seconds. I had this set up so I could make a timelapse of the whole shoot, so you can see me changing over the set and also directing the shoot. When the set was ready and the girls where back and in costume, I had them take photos by themselves and then together, and when they were taking photos by themselves I sent the other off to go and get changed. However I could tell they felt slightly uncomftble and not very relaxed, so we put some music on and just had fun with it. The girls then appeared to be more relaxed which helped us both take the pictures. I took a varitey of shots, using stalls and clothing for props. I took photos from differnt angles using the different backgrounds.

Overall the shoot went well and Im pleased with the pictures that I took. I am going to book another shoot in with my contents page models hoepfully in the next week or so, and I am going to take a camera out of school and take some outside shots, and hopefully go to a gig or something so I can get some live music pictures.

Production Diary 9

Today we started doing a basic layout for our contents pages, that will go into our magazines. By starting with the contents page I get the most complicated part of the magazine done first and then hopefully the rest of my magazine will work out around it. So far I have figured out the colour scheme I want to go with, which is the classic red, white and black, because I think it gives it a more professional feel. I have done a simple layout using boxes and text which will be the base of my contents page, I will most likely change the layout around however this will give me a simple idea of where everything can go and how much I need to include. The next thing to do is to add real pictures into my contents page, and the text I am actually going to use.

Props and Clothing Ideas

Here are some pictures I have found online of clothing that I want my models to wear, this is the sort of image I want my models to give of.