Research and Planning My thoughts on my magazine cover, double page spread and contents page

As I was looking back at my cover, contents page and double page spread, I came up with some good things about them and the things I wanted to change and what I wanted to keep on the magazine. The information is below.

Cover

On the cover, I found that I wasn't liking the background colour because it didn't make the magazine look professional so I looked on Google to see if there were any RnB magazines that had black backgrounds on them and compared them to my magazine cover.

The picture above shows the magazine cover I found on Google and I compared this magazine cover and my magazine cover.

This is the comparison I have made for both magazines and it seems that they both stand out but I just need to change the font for the red writing as I can't read them.

Contents page 
I find that the contents page stands out a lot although maybe I should change the background colour as I don't want to stick with a black background for all my pages. On the other hand, I find that the black makes everything stand out and if I put a white background, the page would look too bright and I don't want that I want the magazine to be serious and formal and not too playful.

I thought this contents page looked very original and fun and I thought of putting some of these features on my contents page.

This is the information of what I want to add on my magazine contents page.

Double page spread
I changed the design of my double page spread many times because I didn't think it looked professional but at the moment, I am happy with how it looks. Blow is the process I went through when I was making my double page spread.

The picture above shows the process I went through when I was making the double page spread. As you can see, I changed the colour of the page because it was too bright and you couldn't see the writing clearly. I changed the positioning of the models as I thought that they didn't look good the way they were and they didn't look professional. I deleted 2 of the pictures. The first picture I deleted because it looked too blurry and didn't stand out. The next picture I deleted was the picture of Piyana and I deleted it because the picture had too much sun light on her face which didn't look nice and when I tried to reduce the light, it reduced light on the whole page so everything was going darker therefore I added a new picture of Piyana which I thought was perfect for the story as it was her being the bigger person and walking away from the situation in the story whereas I was being big headed and in my opinion, I think the poses show it.

research and planning facebook feedback

Research and Planning model release form

Research and Planning, Difficulties when making the Cover page

When I was adding the model on the cover page, I cut off a bit of her head when taking the picture which meant that I had to extend her head which was very difficult and the picture did not look good as you can see in the picture on your left. The colours did not blend it well and the picture just looked very odd.

Therefore to improve this, I used the clone stamp to clone the colour of her actual scarf to her extended scarf and when I did this, the picture looked more realistic like shown in the picture on the left.

Research and Planning. Improved double page spread

Research and Planning iShowU podcast

This is my iShowU podcast.

Research and Planning. Completed double page spread

This is my completed double page spread spread.

Research and Planning my updated double page spread after audience feedback

Research and planning. All my drafts

These are all my drafts at the moment. I don't think they look magazine suitable as the double page spread background colour is too bright and you can't read the text so I need to work on this. I need to change the colours on the contents page and cover as they just look dull and unappealing.

Research and planning, Double page spread for music magazine

This is my double page spread updated. As you can see, I have added columns and changed the pictures around so they match the story.

Research and Planning My double page spread

This is my double page spread so far. This does not look attractive as I have not added any images on it and this is something I will be doing.

Research and planning, music magazine cover

This is my updated cover. I have made my model more straight and I have added the bar code which I didn't before.

Research and planning. My finished magazine cover

This is my finished magazine cover. However, I have a few tweaks to do on it like change the positioning of the model.

Research and Planning Music magazine contents page version 2 so far

I have changed my magazine contents page and made it in Photoshop rather than in design because in my opinion, I thought that Photoshop was easier to work with compared to in design. Photoshop was also very flexible so I am going to do my whole magazine on Photoshop.

Research and Planning contents page so far

This is my contents page so far. However, I will be starting it again as I think Photoshop wh=ould be much easier to work on it with.

Research and Planning my magazine cover so far

This is my magazine cover so far. I need to remove the remaining background that I have left on the model as this looks awkward on the magazine cover.

Reearch and planning My music magazine so far

This is my magazine cover so far. I have changed the logo colour and added the model's name and the price for the magazine.

Research and Planning my music magazine cover so far

This is were I am with my music magazine cover so far.

Research and planning, photos taken for the music magazine

These are the photos I took for the magazine.

Research and Planning music magazine contents page Update

On this page, I have added green boxes to show the layout of where I want the pictures to go.

Research and Planning Music magazine Contents page so far

This is my contents page for my music magazine so far. All that is left for me to do is take 3 pictures to add onto the contents page.

Research and Planning My double page spread ideas

In my double page spread, I am going to write an article about an interview with an artist talking about her break up with her boyfriend and what had happened. I thought this story would be very appealing to teenage girls because it is a little bit of gossip.

 Article name - Love triangle

The artists on the double page spread will be Piyana

Interview introudiction

He is so in love with 2. Find out the latest scope when we interviewed Piyana about her and celebrity boyfriend  Gavin and their tragic break up. Could this really be the end of Gavyana.

Interview questions and answers

Q- How do you feel about the whole break up situation?
A-  I am still finding it hard, I didn't think my best friend would scope so low to stealing my boyfriend.

Q- How does it make you feel that the person you loved didn't really love you?
A- It is really hurtful because I thought we would be together forever, he was like my best friend.

Q- Do you think you will ever talk to your friend again?
A- Never, she will never ever see my face again. I hate her so much. I didn't think my best friend who I have known for years and trusted with my life would do that to me. She means nothing to me. Her voice is like poison to my ears.

Q- Will you speak to you're boyfriend again?
A- He will always have a place in my heart but at this moment, he means nothing to me. We have not spoken for weeks now but it still hurts inside.

Q- How did you find out he was seeing her?
A- I had my suspicions, I took her phone one night and went through her texts and saw texts from him saying "I love you so much babe I will make it up to you" and a text from her to him saying "I love you to babe goodnight" This was when I confronted her  and she denied the whole thing but I knew she was telling me porky pies.

Q- Is it weird to you that your boyfriend was texting your friend more than you?
A- Yes it is weird, I am his girlfriend not her.

Q- Do you trust your friend now?
A- Not one bit. Our friendship is over.

Q- What do your friends and family think about your break up with Gavin?
A- My family are as upset as I am because they thought of him as part of the family but now....and my friends...well they are pretty furious at the moment.

Research and Planning Double page spread topic ideas

• Interview about artist break up
• Music review
• Newest music
• New artist on the block
• X factor scandle
• Winner of Britains Got Talent tells us her story

Research and Planning double page spread RnB analysis

This an example of a double page spread. This is the type of double page spread I am going to make as it is to do with an interview. On this double page spread, they are interviewing Alexandra Burke on her winning the X factor. They ask about her mentor Cheryl Cole and how much she helped her. This links to my genre because her type of music is RnB. I would use this type of double page spread for my magazine because I want to do an interview section about an artist winning an award for example.

  

This double page spread is about a review about an album and a story about Beyonce Knowles's sister making a name for herself. This is a good double page spread however I wouldn't  use it because in my opinion, it is too boring because it is like a biography about her which takes time to write and I wouldn't be able to think about a story like that to add on my double page spread.

This double page spread talks about a song that Rhianna and Drake have produced together, it is like a review of the song. Also, they have added extra articles talking about Rhianna's hair and how it has changed during the years. I would use this on the side of my double page spread because it would be an interesting fact for readers to see. Also, it would add more stories to my magazine even though they will not be added to the contents page.

Research and planning talk with model

I have spoken to  Piyana about what she will be wearing for the shot. We have decided to keep the jeans, white top and high heel boots however, we are not going to have a leather jacket because she doesn't have one and in my opinion, I don't think it will suit with the outfit therefore we will be using a pink/peach jacket which will suit with the outfit.

Research and planning weather report

The weather on the shooting day was very bright which was a bit of a disadvantage because we had too much natural light which made the pictures too bright. On the other hand, It did make the pictures more clear and they looked more professional as we used the SLR cameras and they were of good quality.

Research and Planning shooting schedule

My model and I have decided to start our photo shot on the 23rd of November at 11:00 outside college. We have decided to do it on this day because the weather will be good and there won't be a lot of people around college as they will all be in their lessons so it will be a good day to shoot. We have decided on props that we need and these will be a mobile phone, bracelets and necklaces.  

Research and Planning Production risk assesment

Reseatch and Planning Recce information

Research and planning Plan of the week

• Start magazine
• Produce at least one location recce and risk assessment 
• Start writing your double page spread
• Production of magazine 

Research and Planning model test shots

 I would use this model because she looks RnB and she would make the magazine look different from other RnB magazines. It would show that anyone can be on the cover of an RnB magazine despite their background. She looks stylish and her eyes stand out therefore it would be good to focus more on her eyes. I would consider using her on my cover as she would stand out more and her eyes would be the main focus.

 I would use this model because she looks RnB and she looks very stylish. Her hair is the right style for this magazine and I wouldn't have to put as much make up on her because she would look good without it. However, If I chose to use this model, I would have to go to take the pictures very early as she would be going to university in Leeds.

 I wouldn't use this model as her style is not RnB. Although, her make up is very nice so I can use this on another model which would look nice.

I would use this model as she looks stylish and her make up is very nice. She looks very RnB and her hair is the right shade and length for my magazine. She won't need to pose as much because as you can see in the picture, she looks nice being serious and not smiling alot. I would consider using her as my model on my double page spread.

I wouldn't use this model because she doesn't look RnB and her hair is not he right length. Although, I would use her on my contents page on the fashion section as I would like to add other styles of fashion in the magazine.

Research and Planning SLR shots test shots

     This picture is taken without the flash and it looks realistic as it shows   what the weather looks like and it is not too bright.

This picture was taken inside college without flash and it came out looking very nice as it makes the student stand out more and the colours stand out more.

 This picture was also taken with the flash however, it makes the student look too light. As you can see in the picture, it looks like her skin tone is the same as her jumper but it is not.

 This picture was taken without flash and it looked very nice as the shadows were in the right places and there was no artificial light.

 This picture was taken with flash and it looked very nice as it made everything on the ground stand out and showed the colour of the object. This is a good way to take pictures close up that look dark.

 This picture was taken without flash and it make the object stand out and look bolder. It also blurred the background which looked good as the main focus was the object.

 This picture was taken without flash but like the one with flash, the object colours stood out because of the natural light but it doesn't look as good as the one with flash.

 This picture was taken with flash and it looks good as the colours stand out more because of the light.

 This picture was taken without flash and it makes the picture look too dark than it really is which is not. Therefore if I take a picture outside, I will have to make sure I use the flash because this will enhance the picture.

 This picture was taken without flash. Compared to the one with flash, the colour is not as good because it doesn't have enough light.

 This picture is really good because it is a close up of the leaves and it shows the colours well and the style of the leaves.

 This picture doesn't look too good because in my opinion, it looks too dull as the flash was off.

 This picture looks photoshoped although its not. If you look behind the student, it looks like she has been added in. This could be because the flash was off or I didn't focus the camera properly.

 This picture looks really nice because it was taken without flash and because of the natural light as it shows the natural colours of the objects.