This task is another part of planning on what I would like to be featured in my magazine. This specific task I believe is important readers will only buy the magazine if it appealing to them. In aiding my final product, I know strongly what props I will be using as well as the outfits which will similar. These are important features as they can portray easily the magazine.
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Wednesday, 8 January 2014
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Contact Sheet
This has allowed me to view all of my images in a small format to pick what images I like best for my final creation. After producing my contact sheet using Photoshop, I decided to print of my contact sheet and by using a magnifying glass I could clearly see the detail within all my images and able to pick my favourite outcomes.
I decided to do so, as seen in many other professional photoshoots, this technique is used to be able to demonstrate how the image will look once printed out in a real life copy of the magazine. After doing so, it was clear that several of the images would be suitable for my magazine by attracting my target audience and suiting the genre of my magazine through the clothing and body language shown.
From my contact sheet it is clear that I have used a range of shots from close-ups to long shots, moreover the use of outfits I have used and facial expressions/body language from my model make it clear what type of magazine I have created. Although nearly all of my photos were appropriate to use in my actual product, some were harder to edit due to the background being patterned and very detailed therefore were not included in the final production.
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Location scouting
Before doing my photo-shoot I decided to head up into London
to find a perfect unique location that would fit my quirky magazine. I spend a
lot of my time up in London so I had a rough idea of some really distinctive
locations that would fit in perfectly with my magazine genre. I firstly went up
to Shoreditch, whilst looking around I came across loads of street art and mosaic
walls. I had never seen something so eye catching and bold before. It was so
colourful and something a little different. That is what I wanted my magazine
to be ‘different’ it was going to be aimed at a smaller audience and only released
monthly so I could afford to print all of my images with a high use of colour
on double page spreads. I took a few snaps of my model posing with the street
art and different textured wall work. Instantly when I saw the photographs I took
I knew this was going to be a great success with my magazine. The photos looked
so colourful and crazy; that’s what I wanted and I found it.
Instead of keeping my photo-shoot in the same location I decided I would also take a trip to Camden. I go there regularly so I already knew that it was a funky place to take photographs for my magazine. I actually went into derelict building that was full with graffiti and peoples unwanted rubbish. I came across an old trolley that I decided to use as a prop. It worked really well with my model. I asked Charlotte to get inside the trolley. It made her seem rebellious, fun, young and a confident artist for her music. Camden was also a great location because the whole vibe of placed came out in my photos. We also took photos in the market, I got my model to pose in front of a shop that was selling music records of famous rock artists; it helped reinforce the genre of my magazine and which audience I was particularly aiming my magazine at.
Instead of keeping my photo-shoot in the same location I decided I would also take a trip to Camden. I go there regularly so I already knew that it was a funky place to take photographs for my magazine. I actually went into derelict building that was full with graffiti and peoples unwanted rubbish. I came across an old trolley that I decided to use as a prop. It worked really well with my model. I asked Charlotte to get inside the trolley. It made her seem rebellious, fun, young and a confident artist for her music. Camden was also a great location because the whole vibe of placed came out in my photos. We also took photos in the market, I got my model to pose in front of a shop that was selling music records of famous rock artists; it helped reinforce the genre of my magazine and which audience I was particularly aiming my magazine at.
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| Camden and Shoreditch my two locations |
Thursday, 5 December 2013
Promotional Methods
Promoting my magazine is one of the best way to make it a huge success if this is done correctly. I have started to think and plan out way to do this the best that will suit my target audience; it has to be appropriate for both genders and also be suitable for a wide age range. The more ways I promote my magazine, the more chance of my readership increasing and becoming more well known.
Bus shelters, Festivals, Social networking and Billboards are all great ways to promote my magazine. When choosing my promotional methods it is important that i choose something what would appeal to my target audience and be suitable for a music magazine.
One of the most popular ways to promote a business or product is on a billboard which will be found in a large city, near shopping centres or busy roads. This will be a very effective way to promote something brand new because they are overly large so they will attract a lot of attention because there and are located in a busy area to gain a lot of attraction. I want to create a very funky, unique and bright billboard as this will stand out from the other well known billboards it will draw the audience into my magazine. The billboard will display important information about my magazine such as the release date, networking sites that we will be using and talking about subscription deals! I will have to keep it in areas where my target audience are mostly likely going to be so i will have my billboard in places Camden, Shoreditch, Oxford St, Westfields shopping centre I decided these where a great choice of location because most of my target audience are out going confident people who enjoy going into central London and browsing shops. Camden is a perfect place because they tend to have a lot of gigs held in the Round house of the Indie/rock genre.
Another promotional method that my magazine will be using is advertisement on the side of a beer box. With a coupon that will give you a half price magazine for the first issue. This is a very effective method as my target audience enjoy drinking in there free time seeing as they are in the social class of A and B they can afford to drink on a regular basic men are associated mainly with beer, but men are 70% of my target audience with females only being 30%. I thought this would be a successful way of promoting my magazine because this beer will be sold in all supermarkets and worldwide. Many people will be able to see this and also with the half price magazine on the first issue this we wheel my audience into buying regularly. By using very vibrant colours and bold overasized fonts it will illustrate to my audience what my magazine is all about.
Another promotional method that my magazine will be using is advertisement on the side of a beer box. With a coupon that will give you a half price magazine for the first issue. This is a very effective method as my target audience enjoy drinking in there free time seeing as they are in the social class of A and B they can afford to drink on a regular basic men are associated mainly with beer, but men are 70% of my target audience with females only being 30%. I thought this would be a successful way of promoting my magazine because this beer will be sold in all supermarkets and worldwide. Many people will be able to see this and also with the half price magazine on the first issue this we wheel my audience into buying regularly. By using very vibrant colours and bold overasized fonts it will illustrate to my audience what my magazine is all about.
I personally think the promotional methods chosen for my music magazine will be very effective as they will appear across the country and are most likely to be seen in people's everyday life. When I design these adverts i will include bright colours, oversized bold font, strong pictures that will stand out against the already well known companies and products. It is very important that my advert are a perfect match for my target audience otherwise my magazine will not be a huge sucess.
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Equipment
I have
my own Canon SLR so I decided to do my photo shoot myself out of school, from
using a high quality camera it makes the photo-shoot much easier as it enabled
me to take hundreds of photos at great quality that could simply be look back
on so I can select the best images for my magazine. For my photo-shoot outside of school I only used one piece of equipment what
was my camera. However I prefer my photo-shoot from outside of school; the
images are more unique and fit in my magazines target audience more than my
photo-shoot that took place inside of school. However for my photo-shoot inside of school my images came out at a better
quality because I used a high professional camera, a white back drop and lights.
It took me a few minutes to set my photo-shoot out and to decide where I wanted
the lights to be placed to reflect the best lighting and shadow on my model.After uploading my photos from my camera and putting them all together in a
folder I singularly went through each individual photo and decided if I thought
it was a good image. I had 80 photos to go through in total, so it took some
time. I am now creating my magazine on Indesign.
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| Schools camera |
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| Schools lights |
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| Indesign Software |
Monday, 2 December 2013
Colour Scheme
After creating both my name and masthead for my music magazine, i decided another key concept for a music magazine is the colour scheme. Magzines will use colour scheme to make there magazine recognizable and attract readers. Throughout my magazine i will use black, white, red and purple. I want my magazine to stand out from the shelve a be a unique indie style. This will appeal strongly to my target audience as they prefer things that are slightly different.
I am most likely to use red and black in my magazine as it connotes darkness and violence what is a big thing involved in my particular genre. Indie music magazines are most stereotypically viewed. For example, in both KERRANG and NME magazine they use a very similar colour scheme of black,white and red this is a stereotypical colour scheme of indie and rock magazines.
I am most likely to use red and black in my magazine as it connotes darkness and violence what is a big thing involved in my particular genre. Indie music magazines are most stereotypically viewed. For example, in both KERRANG and NME magazine they use a very similar colour scheme of black,white and red this is a stereotypical colour scheme of indie and rock magazines.
Friday, 29 November 2013
Image Ideas
Using PowerPoint I collected images from a social network Tumblr and also Google. To display to my audience a brief idea of what they will be seeing in my magazine‘GRANITE’. For my photo-shoot I would like to aimed to recreate some of these images. With the way the models are dressed and there funky appearance E.g. coloured hair and rock style fashion sense. These photographs have inspired me for my magazine; they look unique and eye catching and this is something I want my magazine to be seen as by my audience. I think these images are successful because the models and young and fresh faced, with tattoos and piercing. These are things my target audience are interested in.
The first set of images portray a powerfully and unique vibe, this is what i want my front cover to be like. The body language of the models highlights a confident and lively atmosphere. This is what i want to portray + throughout my magazine. In my photo shoot I want to have a urban/grunge setting in my photo shoots it will be set out in Camden and Shoreditch. I will have graffiti walls in the background, with paint and art work on the walls. This will portray my magazine as a unique style. Rock music is more popular in the male audience, but I have chosen to have female models; I want to enhance how my magazine is unique.
The first set of images portray a powerfully and unique vibe, this is what i want my front cover to be like. The body language of the models highlights a confident and lively atmosphere. This is what i want to portray + throughout my magazine. In my photo shoot I want to have a urban/grunge setting in my photo shoots it will be set out in Camden and Shoreditch. I will have graffiti walls in the background, with paint and art work on the walls. This will portray my magazine as a unique style. Rock music is more popular in the male audience, but I have chosen to have female models; I want to enhance how my magazine is unique.
Masthead Designs
This power point displays how all the name ideas I generated. These words are related to the specific genre of music I have chosen, Indie and rock style magazine. I have decided to go with the name GRANITE. This word is short, catchy, simple and meaningful. This type of music genre has a strong heavy sound and beat. It will straight away will give the genre of music to the reader, making them easily recognise what music magazine it is.
I had the chance to show the different types of font I could use for my Masthead. To get access to these unique and different font, I went on DaFont.com and have a surf on which fonts would be suitable for my magazine. I downloaded over 15 different font, saved them and dragged them into NexusFont. NexusFont was a great application to use to open up all the fonts at the same time. I used the possible colours I will use for my magazine. This task is part of planning my magazine and the first bit is to think of a name, and making a brain storm with ideas of the magazine name I want as well as the type of masthead I want to use can be easy into producing my final product.
I had the chance to show the different types of font I could use for my Masthead. To get access to these unique and different font, I went on DaFont.com and have a surf on which fonts would be suitable for my magazine. I downloaded over 15 different font, saved them and dragged them into NexusFont. NexusFont was a great application to use to open up all the fonts at the same time. I used the possible colours I will use for my magazine. This task is part of planning my magazine and the first bit is to think of a name, and making a brain storm with ideas of the magazine name I want as well as the type of masthead I want to use can be easy into producing my final product.
Name ideas
I have came up with 7 name ideas to help me choose for my Indie / rock magazine. I thought that these where good choices; they give me a wide varity of different types E.g a acronym, phrase and a compound. In the end i chose the name 'GRANITE' for my magazine because i think it has a unique meaning. Because it's physically a rock, however i am using it to name a rock/inide magazine because it's something strange, quirky and different.
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Box out text
Smart, edgy and touched by genius, the London artists newalbum is an absolute triumph from start to finish. And the best part? She's just getting started...
Young's fifth record is absolutely and unarguably the most incredible album of their career. It might also be the greatest record of the last decade. It’s not, however, the work of the artist operating at their absolute peak – that’s yet to come. It’s the work of an artist still growing, still fine-tuning, still learning and still experimenting; a young girl who will not look back on this record as a career high, but the moment she stops being defined by genre and instead became a artist. Think Florence and the machine, think Daughter, think Birdy think Lorde point on, Charlotte young can do what ever she want, sound however she likes and always be herself. She's a idiosyncratic and that's what her fans love about her.
But that;s all for another day, sometime in her stupidly bright future. For now, we should celebrate this record for what it is - 41 minutes and 54 seconds of near perfection. It's the sound we've need to our ears. Let's begin with the details. Twelve track, recorded at Silence & sound recording studio in London, featuring guest appearences from Kings of Leon, The XX and Alt J. It was produced by Mark James and co- producted by Ross Orton, with the magical mixing done by Tchad Blake, who worked on The Killers 2010 breakthrough album 'Day & age'. It's a record about lust, heart breaks, isolation, friendship and just day to day life.
Young's fifth record is absolutely and unarguably the most incredible album of their career. It might also be the greatest record of the last decade. It’s not, however, the work of the artist operating at their absolute peak – that’s yet to come. It’s the work of an artist still growing, still fine-tuning, still learning and still experimenting; a young girl who will not look back on this record as a career high, but the moment she stops being defined by genre and instead became a artist. Think Florence and the machine, think Daughter, think Birdy think Lorde point on, Charlotte young can do what ever she want, sound however she likes and always be herself. She's a idiosyncratic and that's what her fans love about her.
But that;s all for another day, sometime in her stupidly bright future. For now, we should celebrate this record for what it is - 41 minutes and 54 seconds of near perfection. It's the sound we've need to our ears. Let's begin with the details. Twelve track, recorded at Silence & sound recording studio in London, featuring guest appearences from Kings of Leon, The XX and Alt J. It was produced by Mark James and co- producted by Ross Orton, with the magical mixing done by Tchad Blake, who worked on The Killers 2010 breakthrough album 'Day & age'. It's a record about lust, heart breaks, isolation, friendship and just day to day life.
Monday, 25 November 2013
Cover lines
. 100 greatest gigs ever This is a good cover line because the genre of music indie/rock that my magazine is tend to spend a lot of there free time attending gigs and wouldn't mind spending the money. They would also be very interested in reading about some of the best gigs; if they attended them it would be something they could be proud about and have thing to talk about to their friends.
.Win tickets to Glastonbury This will help my magazine have a wide readership; people would buy my magazine just for a chance to win a free ticket. However they will then start to find out about my magazine. This could wheel them into buying it monthly. When having competitions in magazines it will intrigue people into buying it. Especially because Glastonbury is one of the biggest indie/rock festivals in the UK.
. The band you need to hear right now.
. 16 page GIG blow out!!!!
. NME awards tour 2016.
. Free 1975 posters.
. World exclusive the strokes return to the UK.
.Win tickets to Glastonbury This will help my magazine have a wide readership; people would buy my magazine just for a chance to win a free ticket. However they will then start to find out about my magazine. This could wheel them into buying it monthly. When having competitions in magazines it will intrigue people into buying it. Especially because Glastonbury is one of the biggest indie/rock festivals in the UK.
. You me @ six's new album People who enjoy the indie/rock genre of music will be wanting to read this article on YM@6's new album release. Because it's something brand new and a mainstream artist in this particular genre. People will want to hear my magazines opinion. However they can also tell us what there opinion is by commenting on our website!
. Lordes new EP released today check out our interview! Exclusive interview from GRANITE my magazine with Lorde talking about her brand new first ever EP that is released today. This will persuade my audience into buying this magazine because we would have been one of the first people to have interviewed Lorde with her new music career. Lorde is a up and coming talented artist that my target audience would really love. My target audience like to see artists/bands names they havent heard of before; it's new music for them to find out about and talk about with friends.
. Lordes new EP released today check out our interview! Exclusive interview from GRANITE my magazine with Lorde talking about her brand new first ever EP that is released today. This will persuade my audience into buying this magazine because we would have been one of the first people to have interviewed Lorde with her new music career. Lorde is a up and coming talented artist that my target audience would really love. My target audience like to see artists/bands names they havent heard of before; it's new music for them to find out about and talk about with friends.
. The band you need to hear right now.
. 16 page GIG blow out!!!!
. NME awards tour 2016.
. Free 1975 posters.
. World exclusive the strokes return to the UK.
Monday, 11 November 2013
Model release
Last night i met my model for magazine Charlotte. This is the model release form for my photo shoot. I had to make sure that Charlotte was going be confident and unique in my photo shoot; also feel comfortable with being in front of the camera. This release form also states that, if necessary, a re-shoot is needed then the model is happy to take part in it. This illustrates that Charlotte, my model is pleased to take part in my photo shoot and is happy with me using images of her in my magazine. I decided to take three photos one of Charlotte holding the release form, Charlotte about to sign it; then a image of the released form signed.
A model release, known in similar contexts as a liability waiver, is a legal release typically signed by the subject of a photograph granting permission to publish the photograph in one form or another. The legal rights of the signatories in reference to the material is thereafter subject to the allowances and restrictions stated in the release, and also possibly in exchange for compensation paid to the photographed.
Publishing an identifiable photo of a person without a model release signed by that person can result in civil liability for whoever publishes the photograph.
In short, photo journalists almost never need to obtain model releases for images they shoot for (or sell to) news or qualified editorial publications. Photographers who also publish images need releases to protect themselves, but there is a distinction between making an imageavailable for sale (even via a website), which is not considered publication in a form that would require a release, and the use of the same image to promote a product or service in a way that would require a release.
Monday, 23 September 2013
Proposal
I
am going to create a half indie and half rock magazine; I decided to do this
because I will then make more money as my magazine is open to a bigger
audience. My target audience is male/females that are teenagers or young adults
that enjoy going to festivals and reading news and articles about their favourite
bands. My magazine will have a colour scheme or black, white and green. I decided
to go for these colours because it reflects on the genre of the music; the
colour black represents the darkness and heaviness in the rock music. By having
the colour green being used it makes the magazine jump out from the shelf and
catch the reader’s eyes, it’s also unisex.
My magazine deserves a place in the shops today because it’s something unique and different what will have something inside for nearly everyone. Its unique selling point is having a QR code and having my pages coloured at the top corner either with a red dot a blue dot, or a green dot. This is to represent how heavy the music it is so the audience can read articles on the genre of music there interested in and become aware of the new up and coming bands. My magazine will be very stylish however it will also have a rocky, messy edgy vibe within it. I will display this with my photographs by dressing my model in a unique way, with strange patterned clothing with big bold hair and make-up. The location of my photo shoot will probably either be in Camden or Shoreditch; these are full of the target audience for my magazine and they will be more attracted to my magazine with Camden and there favourite shopping places in the background. It will make them feel a part of my magazine because they would have been in the same location. My magazine will be sold monthly, each month it will include photography pages of concerts that have gone on in that month, articles from festivals and gigs, and how to get the look page.
I will also have monthly a competition to enter to win a ticket to an up and coming concert or festival. This will make my audience want to by my magazine because concert tickets are very expensive; by my magazine giving out one for free many people will just by my magazine to enter the competition. The price of my magazine will be £4.00 the reason it is so expensive is because my magazine is aimed at teenagers and young adults, most of my audience will be working and from a middle class. My magazine is only produced monthly and has many pages inside so it’s really worth its money, especially if you win the competition. Each month my colour scheme will slightly change, it will always be black and white however the bright colour will change each month. I’ve decided to do this because It’s something unique, it will make my magazine stand out from the rest and look funky and bright.
I think what I’m about to develop will be highly successful because it’s something unique and exciting.
The purpose of writing a proposal is so that I can put down all my ideas of what I would like my magazine to be like. This is very beneficial for me when it comes to making my final product, as I can use the proposal as a reference to what I have decided to include in my final product and whether or not i've been following them.
My magazine deserves a place in the shops today because it’s something unique and different what will have something inside for nearly everyone. Its unique selling point is having a QR code and having my pages coloured at the top corner either with a red dot a blue dot, or a green dot. This is to represent how heavy the music it is so the audience can read articles on the genre of music there interested in and become aware of the new up and coming bands. My magazine will be very stylish however it will also have a rocky, messy edgy vibe within it. I will display this with my photographs by dressing my model in a unique way, with strange patterned clothing with big bold hair and make-up. The location of my photo shoot will probably either be in Camden or Shoreditch; these are full of the target audience for my magazine and they will be more attracted to my magazine with Camden and there favourite shopping places in the background. It will make them feel a part of my magazine because they would have been in the same location. My magazine will be sold monthly, each month it will include photography pages of concerts that have gone on in that month, articles from festivals and gigs, and how to get the look page.
I will also have monthly a competition to enter to win a ticket to an up and coming concert or festival. This will make my audience want to by my magazine because concert tickets are very expensive; by my magazine giving out one for free many people will just by my magazine to enter the competition. The price of my magazine will be £4.00 the reason it is so expensive is because my magazine is aimed at teenagers and young adults, most of my audience will be working and from a middle class. My magazine is only produced monthly and has many pages inside so it’s really worth its money, especially if you win the competition. Each month my colour scheme will slightly change, it will always be black and white however the bright colour will change each month. I’ve decided to do this because It’s something unique, it will make my magazine stand out from the rest and look funky and bright.
I think what I’m about to develop will be highly successful because it’s something unique and exciting.
The purpose of writing a proposal is so that I can put down all my ideas of what I would like my magazine to be like. This is very beneficial for me when it comes to making my final product, as I can use the proposal as a reference to what I have decided to include in my final product and whether or not i've been following them.
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