Preliminary Photos

These are the photos i took for my preliminary task some of which i used and others i didnt. Underneath are my preliminary photos are they reasons why i did and didnt use them.

I used this picture for my front cover image. I thought this was appropriate for the front cover as it has a eye line match and the model is looking into the camera. It is also a medium shot like most professional magazines. I had to edit the lighting to brighten the models face slightly as i felt it was to dark. I placed the model on a plain white wall so the masthead, sell lines and advertisements would stand out clearly.

                                          

 

I chose these four pictures for my contents page as they all gave information about each separate page. I also chose these images for my contents page as contents page images didn't need to have eye line matches which is one of the reasons why they haven't been use for my front cover image. I made each image slightly brighter to fit in with my front cover image as i lightened that up as well.

At first i was going to use this image as my main front cover image. I thought it was a good image as it has a clear background and good lighting but i then realised the models weren't looking into the camera meaning they didn't have a eye  line match meaning i would have a got lower grade than i did.

I didn't use this image as one of the models wasn't focused and was talking mid shot. If one of the models wasn't talking i think this would have been a good image as the lighting is good and it is advertising the college which was the aim of the task, to make a college magazine. I wouldn't have used this on my front cover as the models are to far away from the camera and aren't medium shots.

I didn't use this image in any part of my magazine as i thought the picture was to dark and out of focus. I also feel as if the model wasn't ready for the photo and it looks as if it was taken as the model was laughing.

Simpsons Movie Photoshop Task

This is my Simpsons movie poster which I created during my lesson using photoshop. We were given 2 hours to complete this task and it helped me gain my photoshop knowledge. Underneath is my finished product. This exercise helped me with my final product as I was constantly gaining more knowledge of photo shop and of the Mac computers. I was also comparing my poster to the professional Simpsons poster so I had a good idea of what i needed to do to make my poster look professional. I took this into mind when creating my final piece. I thought about space, colours and positioning when creating my final piece.

Musical Influences.

Underneath are my musical influences and the music i like listening to. I aim to put these types of music forward in my magazine.

Pink-Try

      Kate Nash - Foundations

Paloma Faith- 30 minuet love affair.

Lana Del Ray - Video games

Ellie Goulding- Explosions

Magazine survey.

We had to create a magazine survey to find out the target audience for our magazine and the music they like and can relate too. Underneath is my survey of which i will ask 20 people to find out my result. The results from this survey will help me  wit my final product as i know what they like and what they will enjoy in a magazine. For example I found out that my target audience notice the attractive model on the front of the page before anything else there for I made sure i had a young pretty model on the front.  I also made sure my magazine was of a reasonable price as my results told me they would pay anything up to £3.00 if they enjoyed reading it.

Feedback

This is a example of a filled in questionnaire.

1. Are you male or female?

2. What is your age?

For this question i asked people from the age of 16-21 because thats who i aim to target my magazine at.

3. What is your favourite music genre?

4.What is your favourite musician/band?

The artists that came up included:

• Rhianna
• Radiohead
• My Chemical Romance
• Nivana
• Swedish House Mafia
• Robbie Williams
• Coldplay
• Kasibian
• Mumford and Sons
• One Direction
• Florence and the machine

5. What makes a good front cover image?

6.How often do you read magazines?

7. What would compel you to buy a magazine?

8. what colours would attract you most?

9. How much would you consider paying for a magazine?

10. Whats your favourite music festival?

This is me interviewing one of my peers.

Jarvis Cocker Task.

We all had 2 hours to come up with a basic front cover for a magazine using the Pulp star Jarvis Cocker. This task was given to us so we got used to using Photoshop and understood the tools on it. We were given 2 hours to complete the task. At first I found the task quite hard as i didn't know how to use the tools but after following the Jarvis Cocker workbook we got given I was able to complete the task a lot easier. Overall I found the whole task useful as i gained a lot of knowledge about the program. Underneath is my finished product.  

I was very happy with the grade given to me for this task. The task helped me with my final product as i had been gaining my Photoshop knowledge throughout. It gave me ideas on how to layout my final product and the different tools available on the software. It the negative feedback given to me for the piece also helped me massively as it helped me realize the front cover image needed to be a mid-shot or close up and not a long shot like i used on my Jarvis Cocker task.

Preliminary Task.

This is my front cover. I made sure i used a eye-line match for the front cover image. 

 

This is my contents page. I used colours which would make the text stand out and included images to make it more interesting for the readers. 

For this task I got a grade B. Underneath is my mark sheet from my teacher.

Doing this task helped me with my main product as it helped me understand the layout and the basic structure of a magazine. The feedback given to me by my teacher made me understand the positives and negatives of my preliminary product and made me realize what i would have to change for my final piece. I found this task very helpful as it helped me gain basic Photoshop skills which helped me with my final piece.

Possible Photos For My Magazine

Possible photos i could use for my magazine:

The three photo above were not acceptable for my front cover as the models head is cut off meaning it would be hard to postion the masthead. My teacher told me they would be sutibale to use for a contents page image. She also said I had done well with the eyeline matches and quailty of the photos.

The photo above is the photo i chose to use for my front cover. I chose this because my models head is fully on the photo and the eyeline match is perfect. I also thought this was a better photo as the model is holding a guitar which in linking into the theme of music. I editing this photo on photo shop and zoomed in making it a more acceptbale image for my front cover. I was aware the image needed to be a mid-shot which is why i zoomed in and made my model bigger. You can see this on the 'working in my magazine' post.

I chose the image above for my double page spread. I thought this would be a good image as it can take up one side of the double page spread. Also the image has a eyeline match once again, and i thought it would be a good idea to have a pull quote on the fence behind the model where there is alot of blank space.

I used this image for my main contents page image. I based the colour scheme on my magazine on the colours on this image, the colours being dark red, black and dark purple. You can see this on my working on my magazine post.

I didnt use this on my contents page but i shared this image with the peers in my class and 3 of them used this as a contents page image.

I didnt use this image at all as  I thought it was to negative having the word 'Hate' across the page to put in a professional magazine.

 

 This is just an idea of what I could have as my masthead. I didnt choose i use this as my final piece.