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3 Setting up Equipment

4 Pre-Production Material

5 Hand drawn Drafts (Front Cover)

6 Hand drawn Drafts (Double Page Spread)

7 Mood Board

8 Location Recce

9 Test Photography

10 Test Photography

11 Production Process

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12 Production Process

13 Production Process – Evidence

14 Production Process – Evidence

15 How I will go about manipulating these photos

16 Step by Step

17 Step by Step

18 Step by Step

19 Step by Step

20 Conclusion

Setting up Equipment

Here is my test photography. I have set this up specifically to make it

easier for me to capture the image of the artist. Moreover, I have used a

white background to save time with editing; also to keep the image intact

and not edit unnecessary object within the framing of the image.

Pre-Production Material

Hand drawn Drafts (Front Cover)

Hand drawn Drafts (Double Page Spread)

Mood Board

Location RecceLocationTimeDateWhy?

School fieldI am going to take the pictures on week 18th and 20th of October because of the leaves changing which I could use an effect into my magazine especially in my double page spread.

Public parkThe pictures will be taken somewhere week 21st and 25th as there will be less people because of work/school and the pictures will be taken somewhere in the morning or midday.

School studioI will take the pictures in the school studio as this will give the images a professional look. The pictures will be taken somewhere week 18th and 20th. This has to be done after school between 3-4.

Picture needed/requiredShot typeProps/EquipmentLighting CostumePerson/People

The shot will be a long shot to convey the location. I will have to use a tripod and camera. As it is set outside the lighting will be neutral. The costume will be casual.

The shot will be a mid-shot so the focus will be on the artist. I will have to use a tripod and camera. As it is set outside the lighting will be neutral. The costume will be casual.

For the shots, I will be collecting varieties of shots from long shot to close up. I will have to use a tripod, camera, backdrop and studio lights. The costume will be bold.

Permission NeededContact needed to be madeEvidence of this?

I will have to write or send an email to the head teacher of the school if it is okay if I can take pictures of the school premises.

I would not need any permission to take images here as this is a public place.

I will have to send an e-mail or write a letter to the head of Photography department to ask if I can use the studio.

Potential Hazards/RisksLocation specificWhy?

The editing will be hard when using Photoshop because of the background.

The change of weather and the public itself as I just want the artist/band not the public in the background.

The risk of fire from the studio lights.

Photos of the locations that I will be testing

Test Photography

Here is my test photography. The reason why I have created a test photography is to have a varieties of images that will fit for purpose into my magazine such as my Front Cover and

Double Page Spread.

Test Photography

Production ProcessWeek beginning: Monday 3rd November 2014

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Assembling the writers, photographers, and editors who will help produce the content for the magazine.

Editorial and budgeting decision.

Budget all the content within the magazine with the budgeting team.

Setting suitable date for the interview and photos.

As an editor I need to make decisions about the aesthetic of the magazine.

Contacting the artist/band the suitable date for them to do an interview

Plan the competition prize and subject.

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Tuesday 4th Wednesday 5th Thursday 6th Friday 7th Saturday 8th Sunday 9th Monday 10th

Week beginning: Monday 10th November 2014

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Plan on where to put the adverts.

Collecting celebrity gossips.

Collecting more celebrity gossips.

Interview. Photoshoot for the front page.

Photoshoot for the double page spread.

Check through all the images making sure there is some good quality ones.

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Tuesday 11th Wednesday 12th Thursday 13th Friday 14th Saturday 15th Sunday 16th Monday 17th

Production ProcessWeek beginning: Monday 17th November 2014

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Grouping all the images that we thought that will be suited for the magazine.

Choose the final image for the front cover and double page spread.

Edit the interview and making sure it is fit for purpose.

Adding the images and the interview inside the double page spread.

Researching the top hits for the month.

Researching anecdotes that is suited for the magazine to make it interesting.

Continuing researching anecdotes that is suited for the magazine.

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Tuesday 18th Wednesday 19th Thursday 20th Friday 21st Saturday 22nd Sunday 23rd Monday 24th

Week beginning: Monday 24th November 2014

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Create an album for the puff promotion.

Make sure the layout of the album is appropriate.

Start planning front cover by making headlines and choosing the layout.

Finalizing the editing for front cover and double page spread. Making sure it is fits for purpose.

Start editing the photo shoot and interview to be uploaded on the social network.

Sending off the final magazine to be produced and published to be sent off for distribution.

Distribute the magazines to be put on the shelves for Monday and upload the teaser video.

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Tuesday 25th Wednesday 26th Thursday 27th Friday 28th Saturday 29th Sunday 30th Monday 1st

Production Process – Evidence

Day Information Complete by: Evidence

Monday 10th

Plan on where to put the adverts

Tuesday 11th

Thursday 13th

Interview Friday 14th

Friday 14th

Photoshoot for the front page

Saturday 15th

Saturday 15th

Photoshoot for the double page

spread

Sunday 16th

Production Process – Evidence

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Evidence

Tuesday 18th

Choose the final image for the

front cover and double page

spread

Wednesday 19th

Tuesday 25th

Make sure the layout of the

album is appropriate

Wednesday 26th

Wednesday 27th

Start planning front cover by choosing the

layout

Thursday 27th

Thursday 28th

Finalizing the editing for front

cover and double page

spread. Making sure it is fits for

purpose

Friday 28th

How I will go about manipulating these photos

The way I will manipulate these photos is through Photoshop which is an image editing software developed and manufactured by Adobe Systems Inc. where all the tools that I need to edit my photos need; Photoshop allows users like me to manipulate, crop, resize, and correct colour on digital photos. The tools that they provide can go beyond the limits of creativity. Once you start exploring, you will certainly explore more and learn to use them for your designs. Moreover, you can even edit some parts and change the colour or even add effects using gradient and other tools. Each of the tools has its own job, for example, the Crop Tool (C) crops your image to the size of a box also takes off unnecessary background details that you do not really need. However, any information on the outside of the box is not permanently gone, you can still undo.

Step by StepSimple template

Firstly, I used a blank template to help me to design the pages of the magazine. This helped me as it guide me where to locate the information and how much space that I need to cover. I have also used a Ruler tool so everything is in-line with one another.

Outline

Before importing the information into the template, I imported my hand drawn drafts so I know what information goes where and to see it for myself if it is fit for purpose.

Barcode

I started off with adding the barcode with the details that goes around it such as the social

networking, date, the logo, price and the barcode itself.

Step by Step

Interview & quote relates

I have added the text from the interview and picked the most interesting line from the interview and made them bigger and bold to make it interesting. I used a Pen Tool to wrap the text and to make easier for the reader to read and follow the text around it.

Main image on the double page spread

I have displayed the main image and created another a wrap text by using Shaping Tool underneath the image about fun facts of the artist.

Headline

I have added the headline (main story) beside the main image to connote that the headline is announcing the artist and to have a title illustrate that he is important.

Editing

As you can see, I have edited the main image of the front cover. The reason why I have done this is to be able to have the same image quality as Mojo magazine front cover.

Step by Step

With the ‘key facts’ I have added a photo of the artist, added a title and lastly, his birthday name, the date he was born and his hometown. Moreover, with the text I have stuck with the colour scheme such as pink, blue

and white to ‘signify’ (De Saussure) brand identify within the magazine.

You can see the contrast between the old brand identity and the new

brand identity. The reason why I have changed the brand identity is to make

it more noticeable.

I have changed the ‘dead space’ underneath the main image from “Facts about Jake Miller” into an

advertising for his new release album “Lion Heart”. This ‘signifies’ (De

Saussure) that this will attract more audience and be willing to buy his new album which raise the unique selling point of the artist and to the

magazine. Moreover, I have added his social media account such as Twitter,

Instagram and Snapchat.

New

Old

Step by Step

Main image (Double Page Spread)

The denotation of the main image as you can see from the screenshot is that I have change the background into a forest type of background to make it as if it was a window (right image) rather

than leaving the background with the school building (left image) and I have applied more colour to the artist to make him stand out and added a stroke effect around him to portray he is important.

Additionally, I have changed the caption (above-left) to make it more readable and noticeable towards my target audience.

Conclusion

In conclusion, LO3 is about being able to produce materials for use in an original print media product. LO3 contains all the production process that will help me build my magazine from beginning to distribution through brainstorming ideas such as what needs to contain in my magazine, what the layout is going to be, test photography, the location of where I am going to take pictures of the artist.