Contents Page

Print Brief

Key Features of a Magazine Cover

Music Magazine Deconstructions

Inspirational Texts

Preliminary Task Flat Plans

Contents Page Deconstructions

Photoshop Skills Development

Preliminary Task - Front Cover and Contents

Analysing Previous Student Work

Coursework Stage 1 - Proposal

Coursework Stage 2 - Proposal

Double Page Deconstructions

Institutional Research

Audience Research

Main Task Flat Plan and Written Rationale

Photoshoot Planning

Risk Assessment

The Conventions, Producer and Target Audience

Photo Choice

Font Choices

Colour Palette


Progression of my Magazine:
> Front Cover 1
> Front Cover 2
> Front Cover 3
> Front Cover 4
> Front Cover 5


> Contents Page 1
> Contents Page 2
> Contents Page 3
> Contents Page 4
> Contents Page 5
> Contents Page 6
> Contents Page 7


> Double Page 1
> Double Page 2
> Double Page 3
> Double Page 4
> Double Page 5

Evaluation Question 1
Evaluation Question 2
Evaluation Question 3
Evaluation Question 4
Evaluation Question 5
Evaluation Question 6
Evaluation Question 7

Final Magazine Pages

Question 4

Who would be the audience for my magazine?

The audience for my magazine would be young teenagers, preferably aged around 11-15. I chose this age for my magazine as I made my magazine about boy bands and their hot new music. I developed my magazine into this theme by adding bright colours into my pages and using simplistic headlines such as ‘NEW single released!’ to keep the reader’s attention. The reason that I am using simple sentences is that I know that at that age young teenagers don’t want to read on forever, they want to see many pictures of their favourite celebrities and bright colours, making the pages look as colourful and fulfilled with information they will actually want to know and read.

Final Magazine Pages

These are the final front cover, contents and double page spread that I have chosen for my magazine;

Progression of my Magazine Double Page 5

Here in my improvements I have addressed all the improvements I wanted to change in my last update. I have changed the pull quotes font so that it matches the font ion the front page, I have also changed the font of my story to match the same font on the contents page and also added in the page number on the right side of the double page with a light yellow box in the background so you can easily read the page number. I have also changed the first half of my story by changing it so that the first word of the actual story is in big bold text and so that the opening of the story is above, in different font so it's separated from the story. I have also smudged the green background across, behind the logo and added in 'Interview' beside it. I really like the layout now and I don't think I will do any more improvements on this page.

Progression of my Magazine Double Page 4

Im my improvements I have added in another single band member image and also put the border around him so they all stand out. I have also added a shadow around the border to make them stand off the page more. I think for further imporvements I will possibly change the story's font to the same font used on the contents page, and maybe change the font of the pull quote to the same font as the front cover's headline, making the fonts on the magazine link together. I think I will also add in the page number to the magaine so then the audience will see where abouts in my magazine the main story is placed.

Progression of my Magazine Double Page 3

In this update, I have added two of the images I wanted to put into the background to help make it look more busy, but now I think I would like to put a boarder around the images to make them stand out a bit more. I have also added more text and lightended up the start of the story so it's easier to see and so it also links to the theme and colours.

Progression of my Magazine Double Page 2

Im my update, I have changed the colour of the font in the story and added more of the story into the text. I think for further updates I would still like to add more images into the background to fill up the page, but not too much.

Progression of my Magazine Double Page 1

Here I've started my double page and for my improvements, I think I would change the colour of the font in the story to make it stand out more and also add in some more images of the band so that the page looks busy, but not too busy, so it looks like the teenage magazines I saw in my research.

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 7

In my improvements i have made the back yellow box even lighter to, changed the circle around the singer to a much more smoother surface and also bolden the text on my contents page so the text stands out further. I have also added the extra bit of information on the top half on my contents page and played around with the text in the 'Poster Pagez' section so that the text its on an angle, which I am happy with. I am really happy with the outcome of my contents page, I don't think it needs any more imporvements, however I'm not 100%.

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 6

Here in my improvements I have lightened the background yellow box to make it easier to read the text. I still have to make a few more chnages including the circle around the singer and also add extra information to the top of the contents page.

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 5

Here I have addressed the improvement I wished to make by changing the layout of the text on the bottom half, and also changing the font and size of the page numbers to make the text easier to read. I think for my next improvements I would like to make the background yellow box lighter, again helping the audience to read better and maybe also change the circle around the singer, as it is not as circular as I would like.

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 4

Here in my improvements I have added a 'Busted Jr' title to let the audience know who the band is, and also added in a yellow box in the background to make the text stand out more. I think for future improvements I would like to change the layout of my context's text and maybe change the font or colour to make it stand out more.

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 3

In this update, I have made the fonts bolder. I think that if I am to improve this any further, I would change the colour of the inside of the bubble featuring the guitar singer, but only if I have enough time at the end of the magazine.

 

 

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 2

 

 

Here I have added extra sub headings to my contents page. I think for improvements i would like to bolden the fonts to make it more eye catching.

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 1

This is my Progress on my Contents Page so far:

 

 

 

 

 

Here I have started the Contents Page for my magazine and I have put an image in the background and placed my Masthead's on the Contents page and also put in a yellow box for the background. I still have to put the Contents information on the page and insert some more images.

 

Progression of my Magazine Front Cover 5

Here I have changed the background and font, and also added in more text to the side headlines to make the cover look a bit more crowded and more like a teenagers pop magazine.
I am very happy with it's final outcome and I don't feel like I would like to make any other improvements to this front cover.

Progression of my Magazine Front Cover 4

Here I have taken away my background as I am going to put in a new green background to make the pages lighter. I think I am also going to change the font of my headline so that I am showing a variety of fonts.

Progression of my Magazine Front Cover 3

 My Progression So Far:

 

 

 

 

Here I have added the price of my magazine and the essential detail on top of the Barcode to help finalise my magazine front page. I don't plan to make any more updates until i've completed the full magazine. 

 

Progression of my Magazine Front Cover 2

This is my progression so far;

 

 

 

Here I have improved on the masthead and coverlines and also moved the head from behind the masthead to on top. I still have to add a price and other essential info to the page.

 

Progression of my Magazine Front Cover 1

 This is my progress so far on my magaznie cover:

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I still would like to move the head that is currently behind the masthead, in front of it and make the masthead bigger. I would also add drop shadow to the back of the texts on the coverlines and possibly the masthead to add more depth and make it look better.

Colour Palette

Colour Palette:

Here I have created a colour palette to help me put together the colours which I would like to use on my magazine as part of my theme.



On the first row, I have selected different shades of blue as I will be taking into consideration when choosing the colours for my theme as blue is a common colour used in magazines. I have chosen these shades because depending on which one I pick, I think I'd use it for the background colour of images or texts. I really like the last two colours because the bright blue is something I would associate with youth, and the second colour because its light, so it would go really well together with the brighter blue and the lighter blue could be used for a possible glow of an outline on pictures or headings / coverlines.

On the second row, I have chosen different shades of purple because, most teenagers who read music magazines are female, and have been proved in my research, so, I have chosen a quite, girly yet uni-sexual colour which may go really well with the background of texts and images. I really like the first, darker shade of purple and the third shade of purple as I think they would also look really good together. I really like the colour of purple and think I might continue this colour in my theme for my magazine.

In the last row, I have demonstrated a selection of shades of yellow. I have  chosen this colour because its again, a bright colour which I would associate with youth and teenagers. I really like the first shade of yellow, because its very bright and eye catching. I think if I was to use this in my magazine i would use it in my theme so the colour scheme would carry on throughout the magazine and make it look professional and so it would appeal to my target audience.

I think, for my magazine I would like to use the colours purple and yellow for my theme with maybe colours of blue and green in my pictures, to break up the theme slightly to make the pages more colourful and bright. I have decided this because due to my research of teenage magazines, they like the pack the front colour with bright co,ours such as pink, yellow and blue so I think for my magazine I am going to use purple - to appeal to both sex's, but to mainly appeal to females, yellow - to brighten up the magazine and make it look like a teenagers magazine, and colours of blue and green in the pictures to add more colour and to make it look appealing and eye catching.

Font Choices

Font Choices

Adobe Gothic Std B: I like this option because its simple and plain, but i think it may be a bit too plain for a teenagers magazine so i don't think it would be appropriate for my magazine.

 

Font Choices

Gill Sans Ultra Bold: I really like this style of font. It's funky and different and it would appeal to young teenagers, but i don't think it will look very professional on a magazine. I think it may be a bit too child like.

 

 

Font Choices

Algerian: This font choice is different, and does appeal to me as though you'd find it on a magazine, however i don't think you would find it on a Pop magazine, more like a Puck, or Rock 'n' Roll magazine.

 

 

Font Choices

Bauhaus 93: I quite like this font, its funky and i think it would look really nice on a music magazine related to Pop. I think i would trial this out on my magazine to see if it would go. I think it will go very nice with the style of magazine and genre of the music.

 

 

 

Font Choices

Blackoak Std: I don't particularly like this font. Although it could possible look decent for a coverline or heading, it's too stretched out and i don't think it will look very nice on a teenagers Pop magazine.

 

 

 

Font Choices

Charlemagne Std: This font style is quite nice, i think it might look ok on the magazine, but i think the style is a bit too thin and the magazine could do with something thicker, too stand out and so it would be easier to read.

 

 Font Choices

Showcard Gothic: I really like this font, i think it would be perfect for the magazine. I think it matches the genre of magazine perfectly and i think it would really appeal to teenage readers and also make the cover look really funky and fun. I would like to also trial out this font on my magazine as i think it could be the font i will use overall.

 

Font Choices

Stencil Std: I also really like this font as it's cool and would look really good as part as a coverline. I think this would look really cool maybe on the double page story for the coverline or maybe as a heading for part of the story to the side of the page. Although i think this font is a bit too Rock 'n' Roll for a Pop magazine, however i think it would fit in with the band that the magazine is covering and might fit in very well. I would like to trail this font to see if it goes.

 

 

 

Photo Choice

These are the images which I have taken and are going to use:

 

 

I think I am going to use this image for the front cover, because its got everyone in the image and its got really good light for everyone. The only thing I need to do is lightern up the images slightly because of the middle person's face is shadowed a little.

 

 

I really like this image because its amusing to look at and it's really good light once again. The only thing I think I need to do is take away the shadows.

 

 

I like these two images because they are relevent to the theme of my magazine and also because I think it looks really good.

 

 

 

I like these three single images of the band members because, alike in my research, the double page shows single images of each band member, relating to their personality. I like these because they are fun and friendly and look really good.

 

 

 

These are the photo's I am not going to use:

 

I'm not using these images because of the shadowing getting in the way of the light in people's faces and also the positioning of the singers.

 

Conventions, Producer and Target Audience

The Conventions, Producer and Target Audience:

 

For the conventions in my magazine, I plan to keep my main image and a masthead because they are the most important features on the front page of any magazine; a main coverline spreading across the front page on a slant so that it will hopefully tie in with my theme and target audience of Pop teenagers; smaller coverlines and bubble to help display and sell other stories on the front page along with the essentials of publish date, price and barcode dotted around the magazine to make the front page look bright and full of multimedia, but not too full where it’s unclear where the main story is. I think I might use a sub-image on the lower left hand side of my magazine to put with my smaller coverlines. However my decision is still undecided. I will decide when I am making my magazine, and I will see what looks better by trailing the magazine with and without sub-images. I plan for my font use to be teen related, either have the font in some sort of graffiti writing, or maybe bubble writing, so then it will hopefully appeal to the target audience. For the contents page, I again plan to use a masthead and main image along with other headings and text boxes holding extra information and also a similar layout of the front page for my double page. I plan for my colour pallet to include bright colours to make it youth like and funky, and I plan to use them colours all the way through my magazine to make the theme consistent. The colours in my colour palette will include colours such as yellow, purple, blue and maybe green. I think this will depend on the images taken, as I will need my ‘band’ to dress appealing towards female audiences and also to make them look young. This may include colours such as blue and grey to make their outfits match each other’s so none of them look out of place. If I was to change any of this, it would be due to trial and error when making my magazine, because if the theme of colours doesn’t look right, then I will change that so it does, and so on with the colours of outfits, and conventions included on the front page.

I think that if my magazine was to be sold, I think my producer would be the Publisher, Bauer Media because they cover huge music magazines and have many magazines aimed at different ages and styles of music.  I would also like Bauer Media to produce my magazine as they don't already have a teenage magazine, so this would widen their variety and this would also mean that there would be no competition for my magazine within the same publisher. I have chosen this publisher because they produce very successful magazines such as 'Q', 'Kurrang' and 'Empire', and if my magazine was to be sold, I would want mine to be just as successful as these music magazines.

 
The target audience of my text is aimed specifically at younger teenagers, possibly aged from 11-16. The magazine is mostly aimed at females, as most stories will cover the top Boy Bands of the current date, however my magazine will not be sexist, it is aimed at males too. I think the audience could be characterised into social lovers, who would want to read the magazine to find out when certain bands ans singers are in concert and if their gigs are sold out, and want to find out about all the new top bands.

If my magazine was going to be broadcasted to get publicity, I think I would be interested in the magazine being advertised on teenage tv channels so then it is somewhere teenagers will definitely see the advert. For example, if my magazine was advertised on Disney Channel and Disney Channel XD, teenagers with similar tastes in music will hopefully be persuaded to want to buy the magazine. I think it would also be useful having the magazine advertised on music channels which display the same music style so then the advert would be relevant and the target audience would be the same as the music channel.

 

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment:

 

This is the risk assessment I had to fill in in order to get the images taken for my magazine in the photography studio. I used the backdrop, soft box light on flash and a reflector in most of my images.

This is also the email I sent to Gary to book in the studio for me:

 

Photoshoot Planning

Media Studies – Foundation Portfolio

Photo shoot planning document

What emotional impact do you want your photography to have upon the reader and how will you achieve this?

I want my images to have a pop genre so that when teenagers read the magazine, they will see all their singers and bands inside. I will achieve this by taking images of a young band and making the pictures look as fun as possible. Maybe having images of the band laughing and just looking genuine.

 What personnel do you need? Who are you going to photograph?

I am going to use a group of the friends for my images of the band because they are all young, and would mainly appeal to the female viewers.
 

What props will you need?

I am going you to use a guitar in my props for the sub images I a going to have on my double page is then there are close up images of the band in action.

How are you going to emphasise colour?

I am going to emphasis the colour by having the band were youth like clothes, so colours such as blue, red and black. This way they will all look like a young boy band that appeals to young teenagers.

Have you briefed your personnel/models?

Yes, I have talked to all of my models and they know what type of clothes they need to wear and what type of pictures I imagine to be taken.

 What lighting will you need? Any other equipment?

Depending on time in the studio, I might need a micro phone but that decision is still undecided. The lightning will just need to be light so then the lads look young and light.

 Where will you shoot? Will you need a backdrop?

I will need a white and green backdrop so that in the studio where I’m taking the image4s, when I’m ready to photoshop the pictures the lighter colour of green will be easier to differ from the clothes.

 

Mise-en-scene - Make-up? Costumes? Props?

I won’t be using any makeup on my models, if I have a problem with detail; I will just sort it out on photoshop. I won’t need much more props from the guitar and possibly the microphone

Main Task Flat Plan and Written Rationale

 

FLAT PLANS

 

I have created some flat plans for my magazine planning out what I'd like my layout of the magazine to be.

 

FRONT PAGE:

 

 

The is the basic outline of how I plan to layout my magazine. I have decided for this plan to out the masthead in the top right hand side of the page and layered over the main image so that the masthead can be recognised to the readers. I have planned to put the Essentials with the masthead so that its easy to see along with the name of the magazine and also because its typically where the essential information is for other professional magazines. I have planned for the Main Image to be based in the background of the magazine so that the other information can be laid on top so its easy to read. I thought this might also be a good effect for the magazine as the people in the main image will be in the main focus in the blank spaces where there is no extra information on top. For the Coverline, I have positioned it slanty, to make it look youth like, to it will appeal to the younger readers of this Pop magazine. I thought that it would make sense if i placed the sub heading underneath the coverline as again, it is typical for young music magazines. I am also planning on having the smaller coverlines to the left side of the magazine out the way and a Skyline and bubble to show the readers what else is in the magazine.

I am planning on using the colour scheme of yellow throughout the magazine because its a quite young colour and the brightness of it makes it appealing to young teenagers, however the colour scheme is still undecided. 

 

 

 

CONTENTS PAGE:

 

 

 For the Contents page I am planning on having the masthead in the same position, side and size as the front page because based on my research its typical as it reminds the reader who the magazine belongs too. I plan to have the name 'Contents' beside the masthead in a smaller font size so that the name of the magazine is still one of the main focus' on this particular page. From my research I found it quite popular to have the main image on the front page, to have a relating image of the same person/people on the first half of the contents page to draw in readers. Underneath the main image for the contents page I plan to have two columns of page number information for the readers followed by sub images to show the readers whats on the other pages.

I definitely plan to continue the colour scheme in the background to make the colour constant and to make the music magazine have style.

 

 

DOUBLE PAGE: 

 

In my flat plan for my Double page, I have planned for the main image to again be spread across most of the two pages, leaving a little column on the left side for other information. I want the main image to be behind the headline and text of the story so then it links with the front page of the magazine and because due to my research, most magazines I looked at made the main  image apart of the background. I also plan to have other sub images around the boarders of the main image so that all the images are close together so they have a clear link. I would also like the Headline of these pages to be tilted to the right slightly, just the the coverline of the front page so that the theme of 'Pop' and youth like is carried out. I think it might be important to have the logo in small on the top right hand corner of the magazine as again due to my research, on magazines such as 'Q', they keep the logo in the top right hand corner so that the readers know its a 'Q' magazine, a 'Q' story, so the readers will want to read their story because of their name.

I would again like to carry out the theme of the colour yellow if I decide to go with that colour, possibly on the boarders of the images and in the background column to keep the colours quite bright and exciting to look at.

 

Audience Research

I have created a PowerPoint based on the answers off a questionnaire I designed for the public to answer about what type of magazines they like to read and how much they pay for them etc...