Friday 25 March 2011

Final Music Magazine

Front Page and TOC

DPS

I put my final magazine images onto www.issuu.com so that it looks like the the Publication above.

Test- Using issuu.com

Inspirational Magazines being put into one document (test):

.......... And it worked :)

Monday 14 March 2011

Final TOC




This is my final TOC; I waned to keep the theme with using the same fonts and colour scheme throughout my three documents to keep it consistent and allow the audience to know what we offer to them. Also as my magazine is targeted at a younger audience, my images were taken at a party/gig that I went to which also the images would have gone into the gigs/events pages; this allows the audience to see what the party’s are like and see if it appeals to them by the different use of images.

Monday 7 March 2011

TOC Mock Up



Content - The content that i am going to put into my contents page will be about:
  1. Events
  2. Artists
  3. Inteview 1
  4. 20 best
  5. Interview 2
  6. Reviews
  7. Awards
  8. Gigs
  9. News
  10. Subscription

Friday 4 March 2011

TOC PhotoShoot Plan

Headline: Table of Contents

Image 1
Item/Model: Group of Friends (Jay, Ben, Robyn, Tayna, Katie, Bill, Daniel)
Shot Type/Angle/Distance: Landscape, Eyelevel
Macro,Flash and Lighting: Flash and Florescent Lighting
Background: Plain (Black, Washed out by the use of flash and florescent lighting)
Position: TOC (Left)

Image 2
Item/Model: Lizzy Green
Shot Type/Angle/Distance: High Angle, Head to Waist Shot
Macro,Flash and Lighting: Flash and Florescent Lighting
Background: Plain (Washed out by the use of flash)
Position: TOC (Left)

Image 3
Item/Model: Another Group of Friends 
Shot Type/Angle/Distance: Landscape, Eyelevel
Macro,Flash and Lighting: Flash and Florescent Lighting
Background: Plain (Black, Washed out by the use of flash and florescent lighting)
Position: TOC (Left)

Friday 18 February 2011

Project Plan


This is what my Project Plan looked like when i planned to produce and finish everything but before the half term i had to make some changes which i have explained and included in this slide.

Friday 11 February 2011

Final DPS


This is my final DPS, i asked my teacher for further feedback to tell me what I could do to improve my final draft; he told me to:

  1. Add images next time of the artist in the white spaces.
  2. Change a spelling mistake: Visi to Visit.
  3. Delete repeated word: 'Around'.
  4. Remove shapes: White square, two thin rectangles.
  5. Add another image box.
  6. Change font size from 17 to 12 as it is too large.
  7. Add more content to the interview: As i have changed the font, i will need to add more in the interview with the artist.
  8. Make a finger width around the DPS to add a slug.

Friday 4 February 2011

DPS Draft 1

This is my first draft of my DPS; as my images are courrupted there are blank spaces where the image would be but i will get feedback for my next draft which i will ensure to use images that will work and i might get feedback to change content or to add content.

DPS Photoshoot Plan

Headline: Interview with Madz Hartley
Item/Model: Madz Hartley
Shot Type/Angle/Distance: Portrait, Eyelevel, Head to Thigh
Macro,Flash and Lighting: Natural Light but Flash to Blurr the background
Background: Plain (Washed out by the use of flash)
Position: DPS (Left)

Monday 24 January 2011

DPS Mock Up


This is two examples of how i want my DPS' layout to look like.

2x DPS Analysis

Slideboom wasn't working properly so i uploaded my PowerPoint on www.ussuu.com.




Notes
Slide 3
Published by the American Entertainment Publishing Company Has a website: billboard.com which attracts more than 4 million unique visitors each month in more than 100 countries Readers relay on the site for music news, videos, charts etc. It is a quality magazine with a high cost of £5.50 in the UK
Slide 7
The dominant colour scheme of this double page spread is black, white and pink.The black is used to give it a more edgy, darker side to her, the article and her personality. The pink is used to give the article and the artist: Rihanna a feminine and innocent side.
Slide 8
It crosses over into both pages of the spread. The text: being bold and larger then the article text so this allows the pull quote to stand out from the rest, it is striking and add a controversy with the artist boasting about how she can only do a certain type of songs. Has no headline however the opening line of the first paragraph is in bold and a lot larger font size from the rest of the article which allows the reader to go straight into the article and allow the reader to know where to start reading from.
Slide 9
Colour image Landscape Indirect contact: the artist The colour of the tank is the way to contrast against what tanks are used for (also being painted pink), they are sued for war and killing whereas the pink is a feminine and soft colour. Another addition to the sexual image is that Rihanna has a lot of skin showing with he thighs, cleavage and other flesh being exposed and she is wearing fish net tights which is an icon of sex and attraction to males. Also to contrast against the idea of war is that Rihanna is wearing a helmet that features "Mickey Mouse" ears. The helmet is an iconic of childhood and Disney, this contrasts childhood and innocence against violence and war. It also adds a playful and fun element to the artist, who isn't affair to express herself through her clothing and likes taking risks and it looks like she has a duel side to her.
Slide 10
Typical conventional DPS The picture is on the right so it catches your eye Effective by drawing attention to the picture and then to the text
Slide 12
Features interviews with artists, actors and other entertainers The magazine is sold in more than 20 countries Been nominated for two awards The magazine was an online compendium of hip hop news, gossip and top ten music lists
Slide 16
The dominant colour scheme of this double page spread is white, green and pink. Green is associated with new growth which can connect with the ‘New Attitude’ . Money/Wealth: Show the growth of a new upcoming artist who will earn a lot of money in the future and become successful. Also R n B/ Urban artists generally tend to show of their wealth and money by putting cars, expensive jewellery or scenery in their music videos or in their photo shoots. The pink is used to give the article and the artist: Mary a feminine side. The white is used to give it: innocence, purity, virtue and clarity to the artist. The green is used to give it: new growth, connotation with wealth and money.
Slide 17
“NEW ATTITUDE” is in pink but in contrast to the black and white of the rest of the quote but from the quote, the magazine has come up with a word to sum up what this artist is like. The quote picked out: she has realised that she is good enough and she deserves what ever blessings come her way  Shows her new attitude to her profession and has changed as she has come back.
Slide 18
Colour image Portrait Indirect contact: the artist Colours: White- This shows purity and simplicity which allows another colour such as green to not clash with her clothing as she is wearing not a striking colour. Green- This could show either new growth/fresh air/clean or jealousy/envy, by the title saying ‘New Attitude’ it could show the artist’s new sense of growth or jealousy by not looking at the camera with a serious face on her. Clothing: She is wearing a white long sleeve dress with black shoes, she has accessorised the clothing very simple so that it doesn’t clash with the green.

Friday 21 January 2011

Magazine Front Cover Draft 3

I asked my teacher for further feedback to tell me what I could do to improve my second draft; he told me to:
1.      Remove some of the splatter brush as there is too much and makes it look unrealistic: I did this by erasing some of it on Photoshop.
2.      Re name the band as the name is inappropriate and doesn’t fit with the magazine’s theme: I did this by changing it to S.A.S which stands for Stop and Stare.
3.      Rearrange the ’20 Best Videos’ content as it looks unprofessional and too large: I did this by making the content fit into a square so that it looks like a block as it fits in together.
4.      Change the coverline as it shows that you are introducing ‘Madz and Nadia’ instead of the band: I changed it to Stop.And.Stare
5.      Space out the artists as they are too close to each other and look squashed which looks unprofessional: I spaced them by leaving a line space between each other by using a grid.
6.      Add a date line as this is what conventional magazines do to inform their audience which date goes with which issue: I added text (horizontal) on the left hand side near the title.   

This is my Second Draft:
  
This is my Third Draft:

Friday 14 January 2011

Mock Up and Annotations for Draft 1 and 2



This is my mock ups form both my drafts and this explains the fonts, where i have positioned the content, size of the text and the content i have used and changed and the next slide explains the changes i have made on draft 1 to create draft 2; it explains the changes i have done and the Photoshop skills i have used.

Magazine Front Cover Draft 2

This is my second draft of my music magazine, the PowerPoint underneath explains my changes and the PhotoShop skills i have used to produce my front cover.

Friday 7 January 2011

Magazine Front Cover Draft 1

Front Cover Photoshoot Plan


This PowerPoint explains my Photo shoot plan for my font cover of my music magazine and a mock up of my front cover explaining what I am going to put in my selling line, my magazine name, adding brush tools to make my front cover look professional, what main image I am going to pick, my headings and kickers and my barcode.

2x Front Cover Music Magazine Analysis


This PowerPoint shows my magazine anyalysis for two magazines of my choice: Rap Up and RollingStones, i have explained and gone into depth about many different areas e.g. coverlines, language, fonts and talk about the image analysis.

Mood Board


This powerpoint explains my inspiration for my magazine; it explains what fonts i am going to be using, explains my genre in more depth, shows images of current artists to do with this genre, shows images of their albums which i might be talking about in my magazine, magazines the artists have appered in and explained into depth about the colour scheme, layout etc, images of model inspiration poses and explained these images, current fashion in this genre and explained the fashion on artists from my list at the beginning of this presentation.