Research and planning: cover page contents page and double page spread so far December

my progress so far for December 

my front page and double page spread link well togther and they look as though they are from the same magzine which is good as they should do this

Research and planning: cover page contents page and double page spread so far November

This is my progress so far for November

Research and planning: music collage

Research and planning: music shot type examples

These are some examples of different shot type that indie music magazine have used

Research and planning: costume and props list

These music magazine show that the girls where hats and very natural looking makeup they also appear to look very sophicated as well and they have a dark or pale colour scheme.

For my magazine I will be wearing something typical of a fan so just jeans and a t-shirt as they style tends to be very casual and not overtop something that is personified in the images above.

Also I will be adding an image of the game you can win as well.

Research and planning target audience presentation

This is my target audience presentation

Research and planning: software list

software list

Tripod: I will use this to hold the camera in place and to move it around while I take the photos i need for  music magazine 

Digital Camera: I will use this to take the photos I need for my magazine 

Photoshop: I will use this software to create my magazine as it produce the best results and is the easiest to use 

Lighting: I will use this to improve the quality of my photo and make it look better 

Research and planing: production plan

This is my production plan for my music magazine cover, content page and double page spread.

Research and planning test shots medium close up

This is a test shot for a medium close up to see what it would look like and wheather it would be appropriate for my music magazine

Research and planning: test shots group shot

This is a test shot for a group shot  to see what it would look like and wheather it would be appropriate for my music magazine

Research and planning test shots closeup

This is a test shot for a close up to see what it would look like and wheather it would be appropriate for my music magazine

Research and planning: test shots long shot

This is a test shot for a long shot to see what it would look like and wheather it would be appropriate for my music magazine

Research and planning: music magzine drafts (1)

These are my drafts which i will use a base for my music magzine cover,contents page and double page spread.

Magazine production tagline and title

this is the title and tagline i decided to go with and the font and colour scheme i went with 

Research and planning: masthead designs and colour schemes

These are some design of masthead with colour schemes 

Magazine key conventions

Magazine key conventions

Research and planning: indie magazine key feature for double page spread and contents page

these are my key feature for a double page spread and a contents page 

Reasurch and planning shot types

These are my drawings of shot types

Research and planning music magazine analysis

This is my music magazine analysis that I
did in indesign

Research and planning: font and name for music magazine

These are some examples for music magazine titles and fonts that I may use.

Research and planning: music genre magazine cover research

These are some examples of magazine covers within the pop and rock music genres.

Evaluation

evaluation 

For this task I was asked to create a college magazine and contents page using Photoshop for my magazine cover and InDesign for my contents page. The first thing I did was researched other magazine so I could generate some ideas for my magazine I looked at how they were laid out the types of images they used the fonts and the types of stories that they contained. I then drew my draft a basic outline of what I wanted my magazine to look like, I also did some research into possible names for my magazine and fonts that I could use after this I set about creating my magazine trying to use any many key features of magazines as possible. I also did and interview q&a to improve my magazine further.  I took a picture of myself in Photo Booth for the main image. When I was happy with the final design of my front cover I set about creating my contents page in InDesign I carted a basic pages using my research to come with the stories for each page when I was happy I upload both of these to my blog. In terms of what went well I feel that my magazine uses a lot of key feature that magazines should have such as a barcode and a main image. I also feel that my magazine cover makes good use of colour with colours that complement each other being used for the font and the background, also it uses a layout which is simple and so it does not look confusing to the eye. To improve may magazine I would make the images and background blend to gather because when I look at real college magazine the images looks as though it belongs on that background not sticking out harshly in the middle. I would also come up with a more inventive name one that represents the feel of what it is like at college more. And finally I would retake my main image to one of better and quality and one that fits the purpose more clearly. Overall I think that my college magazine look good but it could be refined to suit its purpose more clearly.   

Contents page

this is my contents page for my college magazine

College magazine

This is my final version of my college magazine.