Research and Planning: DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD NEAR COMPLETION!

My double page spread is looking nearly ready! I might change some of the fonts and add a few more things to it but I am very happy with this.

Research and Planning: SHOT LIST

This is the shot list of the different types of shots which I will use for the photos throughout my magazine. All of these will take place at the college photography studio.

Research and Planning: PLAN FOR MY DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

This is the plan for my music magazine double page spread. Because you cannot really read the article, I have typed it out and the next post will show the full interview and article.

Research and planning: PHOTOGRAPHS FOR MY MUSIC MAGAZINE

I will use this image on my contents page.

I will use this image on my contents page.

I will use this image on my double page spread.

I may use this image on my front page.

Research and Planning: INTERVIEW AND ARTICLE FOR MY MUSIC MAGAZINE

This is the interview and article for my music magazine. I cannot include the article on the double page spread because I prefer the interview to take up all of the pages.

Research and Planning: CONTENTS PAGE AND DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD SO FAR

This is my double page spread so far.

And this is my contents page so far.

 

I have adopted the idea from a base magazine which I have been looking at which is Billboard. On the contents page of their magazine, they have a top 20 charts list and this is how I wanted to do this on my contents page.

 

Research and Planning: DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD EXAMPLES

Here are 4 examples of music magazine double page spreads.

Research and Planning: TYPICAL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Here are 10 possible and popular interview questions which I found online for Music Magazine Interview questions. I will use these as a springboard to creating the interview questions for my music magazine.

Research and Planning: SANS AND SERIF FONTS

Here is some research I have conducted regarding the different types of fonts. Serif fonts are used in articles and interviews because it makes it easier for the reader as it flows smoother.

Research and Planning: SHOOTING SCHEDULE

This is my schedule for shooting the photographs for my magazine. These photographs will be all shot at the college studio and have all been confirmed to take place. The first two sessions will be for images for the contents page and double page spread and the final session will be for the front cover.

Research and Planning: MAGAZINE SHOT TYPE EXAMPLES

From Billboard Magazine, I found a close up, a medium shot and a group shot

Research and Planning: SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT LIST

This is a list of the equipment and software I will use to produce my music magazine.

Research and Planning: TARGET AUDIENCE PREZI

Research and Planning: HOW TO USE STUDIO LIGHTING

We had some problems with the lighting when we were completing the pre-production photography. Therefore, I decided to do some research into how to get the best lighting for taking photographs.

I found that there are a few methods which I could use because we do have the equipment to do so in college.

One is using flash heads. These are connected to the camera and as well as the flash on the camera, you also get a flash from another light. To make the lighting even better using this method, you can add an umbrella or a softbox to the light.

Both of these methods help light to be concentrated which will make the pictures brighter.

This equipment is now set up in the college studio so when it comes to taking some of the photos for my production, I will use these methods.

Research and Planning: POSE RESEARCH

After doing some pre-production photography, I have decided to do some research into different poses for photographs. I will use this research to help me decide to positions for when I take my final photographs.

Before taking my main photographs, I conducted some research about different poses which could be used.

The first pose is this one:



I decided to use a variation on this pose for my main model on the contents page. She will be seen to be playing with her hair whilst not looking straight at the camera.

Another pose which I may use is the following for my front page.

This would look good on the front page because I would make it as a medium shot with mainly my models face being the centre of the page.

The images in this post were taken from the following website:
http://digital-photography-school.com/21-sample-poses-photographing-female-models/

Research and Planning: QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTIONS

Are you male or female?

How old are you?

What genre of music magazines do you read (print/online)?

What colours do you associate with this magazine genre?

What would you expect to see on a front cover?

How much would you be willing to pay?

Research and Planning: AUDIENCE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Can you identify the genre?

What do you think of the layout?

Does it look like a …………magazine?

How much would you expect to pay?

What would you change/add?

Research and Planning: PUBLICATION PLAN

Publication Plan

Here is my publication plan in the form of a PowerPoint which has been uploaded to Slideshare. I have included information about the choice of the name and reasons for this, the price and the content to be included in the magazine.

Research and Planning: PRE PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY AND SLR TEST SHOTS

Close Up Shot

Group Shot

Long Shot

Medium Shot

Research and Planning: MUSIC MAGAZINE SURVEY RESULTS SLIDESHARE

Questionnaire Results Slideshare

I conducted a survey on Survey Monkey to see what people thought about music magazines. It shows that most people would pay between 50p and £2 for a music magazine and that most people read pop magazines.

 

I will use these results to help me when creating my magazine and evaluate how I have used this towards the end of production.

Research and Planning: MODEL RELEASE FORMS

Here are my model release forms which are needed before I begin to take the photographs for my magazine.

Research and Planning: COSTUME AND PROP LIST SHAPED BY RESEARCH

I have done some research into the props and costumes which my models could wear. I based my research on two front covers of the Billboard magazine which my magazine is based on. I have analysed on the image how the item of clothing should be worn.

 

I have decided not to have any props because of the two examples of front covers I have chosen do not include any props.

 

Research and Planning: MAGAZINE DRAFT AUDIENCE INTERVIEWS

I conducted some interviews regarding the initial drafts of my music magazine. The interviews have showed me that the price for the magazine should be between £2 and £2.50. I have also learnt that the magazine does look like the genre it is supposed to be representing which is a charts music.

 

From the interviews, the improvements I need to make are that the cover lines should be repositioned and maybe changed and that there needs to be some more images which I will consider when producing my magazine.

Research and Planning: MASTHEAD AND SELLING LINE

Welcome to the official start of my account of AS Media Studies coursework. I will be creating a music magazine of the genre charts magazines.

My magazine will be called Spotlight and I am going for an informal but classy look. 

I have used a play on words for my selling line - The UKs number one charts magazine - which relates to songs in the charts being at number one.

Research and planning: DRAFTS FOR MY MAGAZINE

These are my drafts for my music magazine. I have done a detailed draft of the front cover, contents page and an exclusive interview double page spread. I added colour of what I want my final magazine to potentially look like.

Research and Planning: PLAN FOR OCTOBER HALF TERM

Unfortunately, I am not going to have access to Photoshop over half term and therefore will not be able to do any production work. However, there is still some research and planning which I will be doing over the break.

I will continue to develop the drafts for my music magazine adding some colour to the drafts and I will document this here.

Research and planning: MASTHEAD FONTS AND NAMES

I chose 4 potential names in different fonts for my music magazine. In the end, I decided to choose In The Charts in that font and colour.

Research and planning: CONTENTS PAGE ANALYSIS (KEY CONVENTIONS)

This is the contents page of the famous charts magazine Billboard. I have annotated all of the different features of a typical contents page which this magazine includes.

Research and planning: DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD ANALYSIS (KEY CONVENTIONS)

This is a double page spread of the famous charts magazine Billboard. I have annotated all of the different features of a typical double page spread which this magazine includes.

Research and planning: MAGAZINE FRONT COVER ANALYSIS

I analysed the front cover of rock and pop magazines are research for my front cover.

Research and Planning: MUSIC COLLAGE

To help me with planning to create my music magazine, I created this collage. I had to wait a while to get a copy of Billboard Magazine from my local newsagents because it had to be ordered in.

 

The purpose of this exercise was to aid me in creating my magazine. I looked at the typical artists associated with my genre and see what colours. There are colours of red, blue and yellow used throughout the magazine and some stars include Jesse Glynne, Meghan Trainor, Rihanna and John Legend.

 

I also added some features to my collage such as a drop capital, a barcode, an issue number, price and barcode and a pull quote.

Research and planning: SHOT TYPES

I looked at different shot types which I could use for the front cover of my

Music magazine. We also did this as part of the TV drama exam unit.

Research and Planning: LOCATION RECCE FORM

This is my location recce for when I am taking my photos using the college studio at the college.

Research and Planning: RISK ASSESSMENT FORM FOR COLLEGE STUDIO

This is one of the production risk assessment forms for when I take my images in the studio. I will also fill out one a bit later on when I take the images for my front cover in an external site other than the college.

Research and Planning: GENRE RESEARCH (1)

Research and Planning: GENRE RESEARCH (2)