Main Task - Production Schedule

Mapping Out the Future!

This production schedule will give me deadlines in which I will need to finish each part of this magazine. For each of the points, there is a date, and a description of what I will need to do. Also, for the creating of my magazine I have given myself 4 hours of lesson time to make each page, and lots of time at home. Each page is done within two weeks. After that I have given myself time to go over what I've done.

 

Main Task - Original Copy of Double Page Spread Article

The Main Article

Below is a screenshot of my articles that will be on my double page spread. The first one will be about the main artist the magazine is covering, which according to my research, it is best to be an interview, which I've managed to write. The next one is the section at the bottom of the double page spread called WeeklySnap! This section of the magazine engages with the readers making them want to get involved with the magazine.

 

Main Task - Shot Plans

Pictures

According to my research, pictures are the main aspect of a music magazine as it draws people in to look at it. To do this my shot plans will give me an idea of what and how to take a picture to get the best final product. There is a shot plan for each of the pictures that you see on my draft page.

Shot plans from reidyluc

Main Task - Drafts of Page Layouts

What It'll Look Like

With all the research done, the drafting starts. This will help me when I'm creating my final product because this gives me a clue of what my music magazine will look like, and also I can change things on it when making it. Here I have a preliminary draft for each of the three pages and then a final draft.

Front Page

Contents Page

Double Page Spread

 

Main Task - Title Block Analysis

Analysis of Pop Magazine Titles

To make sure I get a title that stands out the public I will go through existing pop magazine titles and analyse them which will show me how to get the best possible title design as possible. I will focus on types of font, colour, size and other properties.

Main Task - Costume/Props Planning

Starting to Come Together!!

I have to now think about what my front cover is going to look like, with all of the images that I will photograph. Already due to my audience research survey I know that the main focus on the front cover will be a single artist.

The next question is male or female? To answer this question I will now look at real pop magazines, at least 10, and take the most popular gender to get my answer. The 10 were picked at random and the final ratio was 7 females to 3 males.

So as you can see I will focus my magazine front cover on a female, which will also now help me with the costuming of this single artist. The female will be the main artist in which my magazine will focus the most on but there will be a little article on a male artist, which I will need to do some costuming as well. To conform to a pop music magazine my artist will look stylish, maybe with a medium shot which will show the top half of the body and the face.

This is a possible shot for the front cover of my pop music magazine. It  shows from the waist up, which is a medium shot.

Female Artist

As you can see from the drawings below, the character will be positioned in front of a wall, or another prop such as a tree, surrounded by grass which gives the magazine a fresh feel, and will also link in with the colour scheme of light blue, dark blue, light green and dark green. The costume has to represent a new artist, who is fashionable and looks good. To represent this in the costuming I will put the female in a knee length dress. This can give a feel of a pop music magazine as it shows them as fun, but not to classy. If I were to put them in an ankle length dress it would feel more like a classical music magazine. She will wear a white dress which will contrast with the colour scheme making the magazine stand out.



This will be the type of dress I will use for my main female artist

The artist is against the wall. The picture shows a general feel of how the character will be positioned and where about it will be taken

This is the dress that the character will wear, but not in red. The red is to outline the dress, making it easier for the costuming to be done. 

 

Male Artist

This character will be part of the sub story which will be found on the double page spread of my magazine. He will wearing plain clothes, maybe a random t-shirt and a pair of chinos, giving him a casual but smart look. I will position him indoors, maybe pretending to record music, which means I will need to use a microphone as a prop, or might have an action shot of him walking, which I can make a section in my magazine about celebrities in public. Here are some illustrations;

This shot can show the character walking in the streets, in front of some shops which is where I may take this picture. This can show a section in the magazine where some celebrities are out and think there is no paparazzi about. It can be called 'Reality'

This is the smart/casual dress code for the male

Main Task - Designing a Title

How Can I Make This?

Now I've got my reader profile done, I will need to start designing my title in order to do the next task; Title Block and Analysis. To make the magazine I will need to download the most popular font from my questionnaire and then design it on Adobe Photoshop CS5.

The font that I have chosen to use is Harabara instead of Champagne & Limousines due to the fact that Harabara looks more like a pop music magazine font that the other one.

This font is more formal, which is the reason I'm not using it in my final product

This is more of a sans-serif font, which makes the magazine look more fun, and informal which is what a pop music magazine should be

I CANT DO THIS TASK UNTIL I DOWNLOAD THE FONT FILE