The creative process, additional information

Before I made my Front Cover, Contents Page and Double Page spread for my magazine, I had to think about the genre of magazine and what type of pictures I was going to take. I decided to make an Indie Magazine, because Indie is my favourite type of music and I think there is a lack of indie music magazines out there, so I wanted to give myself a challenge. I then looked at existing indie magazines and created a mood board while mainly looking at front covers, and in most of the ones I saw, the front covers were very minimal and the music artists mentioned were all very ‘indie’.

I then began to plan my photoshoot and I picked my model. On the day I decided to take most of my photos outside because most pictures of indie singers are usually taken against a brick wall or in an outside setting. I also took some photos in front of a green screen, but in the end I decided not to use them because they ruined the look of my magazine and they did not match up to the quality of the photos I had taken outside.

I then selected my photos very carefully, and mainly picked the photos that had some space in them, so there would be space for text.  Before putting the text on Photoshop, I had to adjust the brightness/contrast on the photos, and I also used selective colour which enhanced certain colours. Other effects I used was the blur effect, because I wanted my model to be the centre of attention of my photos, and because the background of some of my photos (e.g. double page spread) had an extremely distracting background, so  had to blur it out slightly. I also used a gradient on my contents page so my models face was the focus. In addition, I used the dodge tool to enhance the brightness of my models eyes, so the quality of the photos were improved.

When I started adding text, I had to think about what types of fonts would be appropriate for my genre and I used the website Dafont to get a lot of my scripted fonts. I wanted my text to look moulded around my model, so I used the rubber tool to erase the parts of the text which were overlapping my model, and the end result looked like I had put my model on top of the text and that it was behind it. One problem occurred with my text, which was that it looked extremely washed out against each image, so I decided to make a border around the text so it would stand out a lot more, and the colour of my borders were mainly different shades of purple because that was part of my colour scheme. I also added a drop shadow behind the text, so it would stand out eve more.

Magazine Evaluation - Video

My magazine evaluation video (link)

My Final Magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread

Modes Of Adress

NME Magazine Analysis:

-The title is a song lyric 'got the love', from the artist (Florence) modelling on the left.
-The introduction includes a rhetorical question 'Why is Florence Welch lying on her floor attacking     herself?'
-metaphors are used, such as 'A tornado of crimson hair and black chiffon'
-A lot of descriptive words are used, such as gagmeister, blitz, forest nymph
-There are expletives
-The article starts off with a big letter, to make it look more interesting
  e.g.  Article

front cover additions

magazine front cover changes

photoshoot schedule

Indie Magazine front cover mock up

Indie Magazine Survey Results

50 people answered this survey

1. What's your age

13-15: 20
16-18: 25
Other: 5

2. What's your gender

Female: 35
Male: 12
Other: 3

3. What kind of colours would you prefer for an indie magazine

Bright and bold colours: 15
Pastel and pale colours: 35

4. What kind of photos would you prefer in an indie magazine magazine

Heavily edited photos which were originally taken in front of a green screen: 11

Photos taken on set with no green screen included in the process: 39

5. What type of font do you think is suitable for an indie magazine:

Scripted and smart looking fonts, to give a sophisticated look to the magazine: 46

Bold and comic texts: 4

6. What kind of language would you prefer for an indie magazine:

Informal language: 16

Formal language: 3

A mix of both: 31

7. What type of effects would you prefer for an indie magazine:

A lot of photo editing and a lot of effects on text: 0

Minimal editing, very simplistic: 16

A mix of both: 34

8. What type of extra content would you prefer in an indie magazine:

Free Posters: 15

Contests to win concert tickets and prizes: 35

9. What kind of updates would you like to see in an indie magazine:

Festivals: 27

live interviews: 23

10. What kind of format would you prefer for an indie magazine:

A lot of text and interviews: 30

A lot of images and less interviews: 20

I will use these results to help with my magazine 

Indie Magazine Survey

1. What’s your age:

13-15

16-18

Older

2. What’s your gender:

Female

Male

Other

3. What kind of colours would you prefer for an indie magazine:

Bold and bright colours

Pastel and pale colours

4. What kind of photos would you prefer for an indie magazine:

Heavily edited photos which were originally taken in front of a green screen

Photos taken on set with no green screen included in the process

5. What type of font do you think is suitable for an indie magazine:

Scripted and smart looking fonts, to give a sophisticated look to the magazine

Bold and comic texts

6. What kind of language would you prefer for an indie magazine:

Informal language

Formal language

A mix of both

7. What type of effects would you prefer for an indie magazine:

A lot of photo editing and a lot of effects on text

Minimal editing, very simplistic

A mix of both

8. What type of extra content would you prefer in an indie magazine:

Free Posters

Contests to win concert tickets and prizes

9. What kind of updates would you like to see in an indie magazine:

Festivals

Live interviews

10. What kind of format would you prefer for an indie magazine:

A lot of text and interviews

A lot of images and less interviews

Hand drawn flat plans

Front Cover

 

Contents page

 Double page spread

DTP Blocking

 

music in the 1960s

my indie magazine analysis

My Indie Magazine Moodboard

My school magazine evaluation (preliminary task)

Here is my final school magazine cover and contents page


To construct this cover, i used the results from my survey. I used quite bright colours, but they also stuck to the colour scheme of the school. I also used the font calibri as that was the most voted font style. The contents page also continues the theme of the cover and the font. I also included some topics which were voted for in my survey. e.g. an advice column

On my cover, I then mentioned some extra content that was voted for by the people in my magazine. people wanted to see event details, so I put that here.

I think this magazine cover and contents caters to the specific category of educational magazine's. It has a very basic layout, with the cover having the school logo at the top, and both the cover and contents it uses very basic pictures, with info about the school and upcoming events. In addition, they both cater to the audience of students, as it holds basic information, and not too much detail, as students don;t want to waste time with reading information which doesn't apply to them. I engaged the audience by having titles which would grab their attention, with little text and more images.

Analysing pictures (student magazine)

I decided to use this image, because it was very professional and it showed off the building.

I used the second image because it was just a simple landscape. I did crop it because I thought that there was a lot going on in the background.

I used the third picture as it is one of the main parts of the school and lerner.

I didn't use all of my photos, as they didn't all really represent the entire school, and what i talk about in the magazine concerns the whole school

my survey results (school magazine)

survey link : https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X366GZJ

I made this survey to collect data for my school magazine cover and contents page

and here are my results. I asked these questions, so I would know how to set out my school magazine. I needed specific details in order for my magazine to appeal to a wide audience 

Magazine Analysis

In my pair we decidied to reserach the doctor who magazine, in order for us to make our school magazinen for our preliminary task