Institutional Research

Institutional Research Worksheet

This is a table of magazine publishers, I've used two music magazine publishers and two woman's magazine publishers. I won't be using Egmont or Baeur Media to publish my magazine as they already publish Pop music magazines and  my magazine will have competition in selling. So, I'm actually going to use Cande Nast Publications as they don't publish any Pop magazines, yet they are successful already in selling magazines. So maybe this will help my magazine to sell and get noticed.

Analysing Previous Students Work

Looking at Previous Student Work

This is a table where I looked at previous students work, took not of their strengths and weaknesses and ensured what I will do to apply this in my own work.

AS Coursework Proposal Table- Stage 1

As Coursework Proposal Table - Stage 1

This is a table based on what I am going to base my magazine on, including genre, target audience and selling point. It includes what I my "theme." will be, so in my case it is going to be an interview with my main artist.

Preliminary Task Flat Plans

The first image is of my front cover flat plan for the college magazine, which included the masthead which is placed at the top of the magazine as it is where it normally goes and is the first thing people look at when they buy a magazine. Main image is more dominating than everything else on the page as it usually is on other front covers of other magazines, however the coverlines, main coverlines and barcode will be in front of the main image.

The main coverline is on the right hand side, this is because people are supposed to read from left to right, so they will look from the masthead, down to the image, then sideways to the main coverline. The other coverlines will be near the bottom of the page, which is what the readers will finally read. The barcode is there because all magazines have one, however I will have additional information there, like the price, and maybe even an email so the readers can enquire anything in the article. Especially for this audience as it is based on college students, they can email the magazine writer about anything that they are interested in, that was in the article. 

The second image is of my contents page flat plan for the college magazine, which features three images, however one of them will be a faded background image behind everything on the page. It will be faded enough so that it won't contrast with the smaller images. Linking this with the smaller images, these will simply be of places in the college, with a small caption underneath each one to give a small description of the images. The contents that will be included in my magazine will be listed on the right hand side, including the page numbers. The contents that are shown on this page will be brief, so that not too much information is given away before the reader actually reads the magazine. The content's page coverline will be placed at the top of the page, purely because it will let the readers know they are on the contents page, this will probably be the largest feature on the page.

Photoshop Skills Development

 

 

This is my magazine that I created to develop my Photoshop skills, instead of creating a music magazine like my actual magazine will be, I decided to create a beauty magazine cover.

 

The fact that the genre was beauty, I decided to use more subtle and natural colours like pink, grey etc,  that weren't as harsh and "in your face." as the colours you would tend to see on a music magazine such as red, yellow etc. So I decided to use a main theme of nude/pale pink and black, these colours are quite popular in the beauty genre, as pink is seen as a natural colour and black is what is used to be striking- which is what women's looks should be. I done this simply by using the colour panel on photo shop, when I created the background.

 

I used the text tool to add text to my magazine, as well as change the font, size and colour, I changed all font colours to black to link into my theme. I used different fonts-but not too many so it has "too much going on." and can be an eye sore, I chose from the same three fonts for different sections of text, this gives the magazine a more professional look as other well known magazines use this technique too. Also using the text tool, I put the Masthead in front of the image, so readers would be able to see the name of the magazine, it is also black to fit in with the theme.

 

I used the magic wand tool to crop out the main images' background, this allowed me to change the background colour to create my theme, but it again gives the magazine a more professional look. This tool helped to crop the image with more accuracy, for e.g. the hair of Jennifer Lawrence has no colour between the strands from the previous background, so it looks like the image was purposely took for this cover, it looks better than it would if I used the rubber tool, where it looked messy and unprofessional. I also used the refine edge tool during this process so the image would have better quality.

 

In addition, I used the transformation tool when adding and enlarging my barcode, including my main image, this allowed me to enlarge the images without making them more pixelated and messy. This has kept both images tidy and effective.

 

Finally, I used the simple eclipse tool when creating my bubble to advertise a free sample of perfume, I realised that other magazines use these to draw more readers in- offering free goodies, so I decided to use it too, again I used the colour panel to change the bubble colour to black to link into my theme.

 

 

 

 

Inspirational Texts & Mood Board

I have been thinking about what genre of music I would like to create my magazine about. Here are some examples of Pop music:





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Here is a mood board relating to the Pop genre, I have added all of the previous artists such as Ellie Goulding, Bastille (The whole group, not just him), Charlie XCX, Demi Lovato and One Republic, some lyrics from Charlie XCX "Boom Clap." One republics band logo, Ellie Goulding's recognisable logo. I have also added pictures of the pop audience, featuring one based on Demi Lovato's concert.

The artists that I have chose for both my videos and mood board are probably the ones I will also use to feature in my own magazine as they are recognisable and well loved artists that will help my target audience feel more attracted to buy my magazine.

Front Cover Deconstructions

This is a PowerPoint based on magazine front cover deconstructions, I used two rock genres and one pop genre, then on the last slide I have a summary based on what I liked/disliked about the magazines, understanding of key features and what I will do on my own magazine.