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Charlotte, Eleanor and Lucy

Model And Poses Research

Model and Poses Research

Inital Design Idea:Confide

This is my design idea for the cover page of the Confide magazine of which I would like to make. I have labelled what each feature is significant to for my magazine and have evaluated what relation it would have to music. 

60 Minute Magazine In Steps

These are the 7 different steps that I went through to make my magazine cover in just one hour. I started with just a basic image of Paloma Faith and for the image there was a slight gap at the top between the picture and the top of the page. 

In this step I put a coloured box at the top so that there wasn’t a white area. I made the colour the same by drawing out the colour from the background of the image of Paloma Faith.

Next I just simply added the title. I chose to use this font as I felt it was bold and would stand out to the market. I made it to size 140 as it was what fitted best without it looking at all squashed. 

For this step all I did was put Paloma’ hair over the top of the heading, this in my opinion makes the cover look much less block laid out and slightly more professional. 

 Now I added the barcode to my cover. I decided to put in the bottom left hand corner so that it wouldn’t stand out to much over the other features of the magazine. A barcode is only going to be used on purchase so it therefore didn’t need to be too big or prominent.

In this step I just added the text of the issue number, the month of the issue and also the price. I feel this is important to have on the cover however it doesn't need to be too big.

Finally I added the text about the cover girl, Pamola Faith, and I wrote her name and something related to her. Having her name on the front would to begin with attract any of her fans but also anyone who likes that style of music.

Animoto Pitch

Upcoming Task

Monday 19^th Jan - Fri 30^th Jan

• Lessons to pitch idea to class and receive feedback
• Evaluate class feedback
• Gain further feedback from initial audience feedback sample on your mock up
• Test shots of work on magazine elements
• Complete mock version of cover/ contents page/ double page spread (1 lesson)
• Write draft article
• Begin composing cover/contents page/ double page spread (draft version)

The Schedule

Completed Last Week

• 25 Word Pitch
• IPC Media Analysis
• Photographer Research
• Audience Profiles
• Mood Board
• Inspired by the charts
• Fashion and Style Research 1
• Development of My Magazine Title
• Analysis of existing Magazine Titles
• Language Register
• Initial Research On Chart Magazine/Styles
• Font Style 1
• Colour Palette 2
• Colour Palettes 1
• Double Page Spread Analysis
• Contents Page Analysis
• Cover Page Analysis
• Prelim Activity
• F, H and Z Magazine Layout Designs

Need To Do

•Audience research (use uktribes.co.uk)-this must be conclusive and you must show evidence of responses from at least 10-15 people

•Read and comment on peer blogs (extension task)

What I Have Learnt

From completing all this work I have learnt how to do research that can help me extend and elaborate on particular ideas that I have previously come up with. When it came to analysing existing magazine titles, it helped me learn how to create a suitable name that would be right for the target audience that I have selected myself.

Organisation and time management

I think that I have adapted to the demands of the schedule well as I put in a minimum of 1 hour of work a day. On top of this I also put forward the use of my study periods within school to ensure I can get as much work done as I can. Alongside other subjects it can be a struggle to get all work done to a high standard within the deadline time however on other occasions it can be manageable. I set myself daily targets of perhaps getting a particular amount of posts done to ensure I don’t have too much to do the night before the deadline set.

Research and Planning

For my music magazine I have taken ideas and have learnt about the particular features that I have to include in my magazine. I feel that I could replicate layout in some ways so that it will suit my target audience. Furthermore I have learnt how some magazines are covered in information and images and then others have minimal features so perhaps one image, little writing etc.

Technology

I feel that the technologies that I have more of a strength with would include the camera as I have used one outside of the course. However Photoshop is something I that will require work on as I have never really used it before and need to improve my speed when using it so I can complete more complex tasks within and on my magazine.