Photoshoot Pictures

Inspire Magazine: Cover,Contents Page and Dps

Inspire Front Cover: Idea 1

 I tried out a few ideas before choosing a final front cover for my music magazine to keep me on track and make my final front cover look attractive and presentable.

Inspire Front cover:Idea 2

I changed the colour of my masthead and cover lines to red because it was suitable for my RnB genre than the yellow masthead and cover lines.I also changed the font of my masthead completely

and I also changed the font because once again it suited my RnB Genre than the first.I also gave the coverlines white and black backgrounds and made the text on the red background white and the text on the white background so that it stood out.

Inspire Front Cover Idea 3:

I just took out the white and red backgrounds and made my cover lines either red or white. I've chose this idea for my front cover because it makes my magazine look more RnB genre compared to my other ideas so I just need to develop it,add a few cover lines and add the price to make my magazine look professional.

 

 

 

Final Front Cover

I developed my front cover idea 3 for my front cover as it suited my RnB genre compared to all my other ideas. I  changed the font of my masthead as well because I asked various people what they thought of my masthead and they said they couldn't see my masthead properly. Also, I enlarged some of my cover lines and added the price of the magazine to my front cover.

 

                                          

                                                     Contents Page :Idea 1

This was the first idea I had for my contents page.

 

 

Contents Page:Idea 2

I changed the red text on my contents page to yellow. Even though the text stood out, it wasn't for my type of genre.

 

 

Contents Page Idea 3:

I changed the  yellow text back to red on my contents page because it was suitable for my genre.

 

 

Contents Page Final

Again, I chose idea 3 for my final contents page. I added a bit of text to the side because I realised the space next to the image on the left was blank. I also changed one image on my contents page because Sammah was in an image with a group of other people and that made her look like she was in a band which she isn't in for my magazine.

 

 Inspire Dps :Idea 1

Again, this was the first idea for my dps.

 

 

Inspire  Dps: Idea 2

In Idea 2,i changed the colour of Sammah's part to red whilst in idea 2 ,the whole interview was black. I did this to add more colour to my dps.

 

 

Inspire Dps: Idea 3

In this idea, I used green and red for the interview to distinguish between Sammah and the interviewer so that it made it easy to read.

 

 

Inspire  Final Double Page Spread 

I didn't really choose any of my ideas for my front cover. I changed the background to red because it matches my colour scheme and makes my dps look attractive. I also changed the column arrangement because it looked better and also had the page number of my dps at the bottom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

magazine proposal presentation

Audience Research feedback for my magazine proposal presentation(main task)

I did a magazine proposal presentation in front of my media class and it was videoed by my media teacher and I asked different people what they taught about my presentation. This is what they said:

Anita:

What was good about my presentation?

·         Presentation very detailed

·         A variety of fonts for audience to pick the best

·         Confident ,planned magazine

Improvements:

·         Could have faced the audience more

·         Could have spoken louder

·         Engaged with the audience more by asking more questions

Sammah:

What was good about my  presentation?

·         Used Prezi ,background nice

·         Interacted with audience

·         Asked questions, took opinion into account

Improvements:

·         Don’t read off the board too much, look more at audience

         Zak:

What was good about my presentation?

·         Very clear

·         Connecting with audience

·         The presentation is colour-coordinated ,consistent

Improvements:

·         Look at audience more

·         Try not to read what’s actually written ,say it in your own words

Natasha:

·         Used Prezi

·         Layout good

Improvements:

·         Speak louder

Audience Research feedback from my magazine proposal presentation
At first my genre was pop music but then my case studies were hip pop or R&B magazines so I have now changed my genre to R&B

Masthead: I asked the audience’s opinion because I was unsure about what name to use for my magazine. Majority of the audience said I should use INSPIRE for my masthead not ROCKAZ since these were the two names I had come up with but wasn’t sure which one to use. The reason why the audience told me to choose INSPIRE was because they believe it is fun and will be a good name for an R&B since that is now the genre of my music magazine. They didn’t choose ROCKAZ because they said ROCKAZ was more suitable if the genre of my magazine was rock music .I’ve decided to use INSPIRE for the masthead of my magazine and not only because majority of people liked it but I liked it too.

Fonts: I chose three fonts and asked the audience which one they thought will be appropriate for my masthead and a huge number of them said the magneto font because they said it was stylish, bold and clear. I’ve decided to use the Magneto font because I think it’s really stylish and also most people have approved of it.

Layout of whole magazine: Most of them said they liked how I had planned the layout of magazine because it was detailed and said the layout of my music magazine was going to look organised because of the way I had planned it.

Target Audience: Some of the audience said that my target audience was too grown for my genre of music because I said young people from 25 to 27 years but now I’ve reduced it to 18 years to 27 years so that young people from all stages can buy and enjoy my magazine.

Photography Call Sheet

Photography Call Sheet

Date: 20th November 2013

Time: 2:30 to 1:30

Assignment: Inspire! Magazine Photo shoot.

Location: LSC Photography Studio

Media: RAW Capture for 300dpi & web resolution

Compensation: Trade

Primary Shoot Contract: Billboard

Photographer: Stephanie Omari-Amoako

Hair Stylist: Anita Ofori

Wardrobe Stylist: Anita Ofori

Model : Sammah Shariff

Special Instructions: The following are requested items that each model has for wardrobe:

1.brown blazers and black tops

2. gold and black dress,
lack scarf

Timeline-subject to change

1:30pm

Make-up, hair ,wardrobe selection

2:25pm

Sammah meets me at LSC Photography Studio

2:30pm

Photoshoot begins

1:30pm

Photoshoot ends.

Few notes on learning how to use cameras in the photography studio

A FEW NOTES ON LEARNING HOW TO USE CAMERAS IN THE STUDIO LIKE THE DSLR CAMERA

•                 There’s two backdrops when you want to take pictures in the studio and that is either white or black.
•                  There’s flashlights as well but fans go on and off them so that nobody burns themselves.
•                 There’s the softbox which softens the light.
•                  There are light umbrellas which prevents light from hitting the one being photographed.
•                  There are reflectors in gold and white to give warmth and to hide shadows reflectively.
•                   Always be 6 foot in front of the backdrop.
•                  DSLR cameras can take pictures in black and white.
•               The compact camera has two settings A and S settings that is Aparture and Shutter.
•             Every time   you change a setting on the DSLR camera the settings change automatically.

planning of my music magazine(main task)

PLANNING FOR MY MUSIC MAGAZINE (MAIN MAGAZINE)

My model is:
Sammah Shariff

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·       My model is going to be Sammah and she is  going to be  an  R&B  artist. She is  going to be on the front cover of my magazine dressed as an R&B  artist and her costume will be black  so that it matches my colour scheme since my colour scheme is black, red and gold. This is so that the layout of my magazine will be consistent.

PLAN OF COVER FOR MY MUSIC MAGAZINE:

annotations of using illustrator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was introduced to Illustrator with the rest of the students by my teacher. First ,I learnt what all the tools on Illustrator were used for so that I will know when or when I shouldn't use them. We did this so that when we are creating the cover of our music magazines we will know  how to use this program and what fonts to use and how to edit them using layers.

 

I learnt how to put strokes on my font and by this I could put strokes of any size on my fonts depending on how thick or thin I wanted my fonts to be. I decided to use 4 or 6 strokes on my font since I was just experimenting and I quite liked the outcome of it.

 

I also put outlines on my text so that I was able to move them individually and together as a group by the direct form tool select or the select tool respectively. I learnt how to use gradients on my text as well to either add a tint to the colour of my font or a shade. I also used effects on my text .I went to the warp effect and used 'squeeze and twist' because I thought it looked good on them.

 

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Magazine Proposal

Magazine newsstand task

 

 The images above show us magazines of different types arranged on  bookshelves. As seen in the images, the magazines are placed in a neat and pleasant order to catch the customer’s eye. Also the magazines are placed in such a way that you can see the mastheads clearly, This is a smart way to make money because even for some people, looking at the masthead will attract them to buy the magazine. The magazines are not stacked on top of each other but rather placed on the shelves individually. The more attractive and eye-catching covers of the magazine are placed in front of the other magazines and the top shelves. Usually, shops at sell magazines have copies of the same magazine following each other on shelves so that other customers can get hold of the same magazine and so that there isn’t a limited supply of magazines.

 

Distribution of magazines:

 

Every Magazine has a publisher for example the publisher of XXL magazine is Harris publications. These publishers decide what they want in the magazine and even create it.Newsagents or supermarkets are the main shops that sell magazines. Newsstands use the sale or return system and any copies not sold are returned to the distributor with no cost to the retailer and this was beneficial to the retailer because no wastage or risk is involved but however it is a very wasteful and environmentally damaging system for the publisher.      

 

Another distribution method is giving out free issues which are normally given out at stations and other public places .Regular readers of the magazine can either have the magazine posted to them usually at a discount and this encourages the audience to buy more and more magazines. Others prefer electronic distribution and these are delivered to the customer’s inbox or tablet.

 

Some magazines are ezines which are online magazines and they are free and usually have video clips and hyperlinks that can direct the audience to another source. The benefits of this is that it is cheaper, saves transportation cost ,saves ink and paper as it doesn’t have to be printed out. Now, most magazines extend their brands with social networks like Facebook and twitter through advertisements.