Audience feedback of my magazine in progress.

Here is the audience feedback I got from my music magazine, people in my class commented on my front cover, contents page and double page spread. There was a lot good feedback about the masthead and the colour scheme as well but there was negative comments about the images that it looks stretched and not right so I need to fix that, and because my double page spread was not finished at the time they gave me feedback based on the images and they said that it was good progress.
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My front cover, double page spread and contents page.

Here is the front cover, double page spread and contents page its not exactly finished especially the double page spread I need to add the text to the double page spread and I am currently typing it up on word to make sure  that there is no grammar mistakes and everything is good before I put it on InDesign. I have an idea of what I'm going to do for that I'm thinking of doing a Q&A asking her questions about her music career and make sure the fans get to know her more.
 

Work in progress contents page.

Here is the contents page work in progress so far I am adding fonts and pictures, I am happy with this so far and its looking really good and next lesson I'm planning to add more images and more pieces to the contents page like more names. I have started the subscription box that will be at the bottom on the right side. The contents page is on InDesign and I'm not used to that so I'm a little bit struggling with text boxes and images but I'm getting used to It and the contents page is going very well this will help me with the double page spread. I have changed the images and the cover story because I thought that the images I took with one model was not good enough and I deleted the guitar that was behind the title because I thought it was a bit to much and looked better with out it.



Work in progress : Front Cover

Today I started to work on my front cover adding the main cover line and adding a puff on it showing the page number of that article. I am still figuring out the colour scheme I might just keep it as grey and white and just stick with two colours, I still have more cover lines to add and I will add this next lesson using different layers to move the cover lines a bit better maybe make some bigger than the other so it have more focus points.

Contents page in progress

I started to make progress on my contents page adding images and text as well also added page numbers so that the reader has an easy access to the pages and so that there not flicking through. I got a location shot on brick lane for my collection's review bit of the magazine which will involve things like concerts articles and feedback on artist what they have got up into the month I chose this image because it is rocky and edgy and I added it to the contents page today overall it has been a pretty decent lesson and I made a lot of progress on the contents page. I'm not sure about the guitar behind the contents page title and might look at it in more detail next lesson.

Front cover in construction

I started to make my front cover and added the image I will change my picture on the front cover because I am not happy with it but so far so good, I added the masthead as well I will edit and make progress on that next lesson. I don't really like it because of the shadow in the background there was complications with the lighting but I have booked the photography for another time and I am planning to make improvements on that as well but I have started to make the front cover and just give it a start just to see what it would look like or so I could get an idea.

My contents page (In progress)

In today's lesson I started to layout my contents page to see where all the pictures and text was going to go. I also added the masthead as well just to see what it would look like on the contents page and I like it a lot especially with the guitar in the background give it a edgy and rocky effect to it and that is exactly what I wanted and going for. The bigger the boxes the bigger the article I decided that the biggest box will be the cover story so it stands out and speaks to the reader almost and that is the first thing they see but I have also made my collection's review box bigger so that stands out to the reader as well.

Booking the photography room.

I booked the photography room so I could take pictures for my front cover and double page spread. This was on Friday lunch time I will be using professional equipment to take pictures for the magazine I will be making.

Masthead idea along with the contents page title.

In today's lesson I designed a possible idea for the masthead and the title of the contents page on adobe illustrator. It was very fun and I enjoyed it, but I haven't taken my pictures for my front cover yet so I do not know what colours will go with the main picture but this is my idea for now and I like it.
The title of my magazine will be the collection I was in a debate whether I should add the 'the' in the title but I just felt like it sounded wrong without it I might change my mind depending on the picture I take on Friday lunch time in my photoshoot.

Front cover, contents page and double page spread plan

This is my plan for my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I might change it as I go along making the actual final product but this is a draft plan of them, I might change the double page spread in just a picture on one side and the text on the other but I decided to do on the plan the picture covering on side of the page and some of the other page but that might be changed as I said. Everything else should be fine and I am confident in making the actual thing now.

Call sheet: Main photo shoot

This is my call sheet for my main photoshoot and my only photoshoot it will be held in the photography room and it will be for my front cover and double page spread and some of my contents page pictures. I am planning to go to brick lane and take some pictures of the art there as well to see if I can incorporate it into my contents page.

planning my double page spread

Planning my double page spread

Questions on a Q&A

·         What makes your music different?

·         How does your music link to your audience ( any special meaning)

·         What makes you love music especially indie rock/RnB

·         Who inspired you?

·         Does your music inspire your fashion?

·         What are we expecting from you and this up and coming album?

This is the type of questions i will be asking my main cover star in the interview and just getting to know them as well i have done my reasearch and i have told to ask them questions that they have never been asked before and i will try to add that information and advice into my Q&A when i am asking them.

Flat Plan of my magazine

This is my flat plan for my magazine, this helps me to plan out what I am going to do and helps me with page numbers when making the contents page. I made this on word so it was easier to make because of the use of shapes, I also learnt about flat plan and how it helps different music magazines.   

Presentation of my Proposal

Evaluation

Overall this went very well and I am happy with it. In this video I am presenting my proposal to my media class I talk about the title of my music magazine and the artist I am going to use. We also took a vote of which title is better for my music magazine to give me idea which on the pick. I chose my publisher and introduced them to my target audience.
This helped me to figure out the name of my music magazine, and that led me picking people that could be my model on my magazine.
I was nervous to present but I got it over and done with and it was alright the one thing I could of done better was explain myself more as to what my music magazine was actually about and to maybe just branch out more and speak more clearly.  
I think I what went well for me is that I got good feedback and I was challenged by my teacher saying how was I going to make it unique that is and was my biggest challenged and I am willing to defeat that challenge.

Video on learning the photography equipment

This is in today's lesson relating to my previous post, this is a short video of the teacher explaining the 4 key aspects of what we have to watch out for in the photography room when taking pictures for our front page and double page spread. This was like a tutorial on how to use the equipment in the studio this was very vital because we didn't want to break or harm any of the equipment or not know what were doing so it was very important to take notes.

Lesson on using the photography room.

 In today's lesson I got a lesson on how to use the photography room and the equipment that is in it. This will be used for my front cover and DPS and some for my contents page. A photography teacher was teaching us the basics of using a camera and setting up the lights and using and changing the settings, showing us how to use manual focus and auto focus. The images here will be the equipment that I will be potentially using. The camera, soft boxes, 3 point lighting set up, snoot (this separates the backdrop form the model of object. I learnt that the white and black backdrops will be once a week so one week white and the other week black so this means that if I want a certain background I need to plan ahead. The teachers taught us to reduce and increase the lighting depending on the genre I will focus the front cover on the lighting will be a very key aspect of this. There is a light called the key light and this lights on bit of the models or objects face, and the other light is called the fill light and this will light up the object or model.