Sunday, 3 November 2024

Production Task One - Photography for first cover

 

For the photography for my first front cover, I used a male model and used the prop of the guitar to quickly communicate that it's a music magazine. I used a white/plain background so that the text I insert over it will stand out more and be more eye catching. I used a picture on my contents page from the same photoshoot as my main image to create anchorage between the main cover and contents page and to link to the main story. I also took a picture of CD's for my contents page as one of my coverlines is based around CD collecting. I directed my model to play the guitar in the main image and to act like he was in a conversation in the image for the contents page as the main coverline mentions an interview with him. 


Main image -

 


Contents page images -




Thursday, 12 September 2024

Planning Task 8 : Photography Planning

For my original images, I'm going to take them myself with my phone. My models will cover two different social groups as I'm using a girl and a guy for the respective editions. For my first edition, the model will be male. The setting of the photos will be a skate park to create anchorage with the main coverline of the second edition, which mentions 'skate punk'. Along with this, I will use a prop of a skateboard to emphasise the anchorage created. The model will wear dark red and black as these are colours often associated with rock music genres, the masthead will be dark red to match this and create a sense of uniformity. The picture will be taken from a slight low to high angle and make use of direct gaze to communicate ideas of power and confidence to the audience


For my second edition, I'm using a female model and the background will be an indoor setting. I'm not using any props for my second edition and my model will wear dark purple as it's commonly associated with rock/alternative music and it will match the masthead's colour. The model will use direct gaze with the camera to communicate a sense of confidence to the audience. The lighting and background will be bright white to create a contrast with the dark colours used in the costume and masthead.


I will also take a picture of some CDs for my contents page as it will correlate to one of my coverlines which mentions CD collecting to make my images relevant to the content of my magazine. For one other image for my respective contents pages, I will use variants of the main image on the front cover to create uniformity and caption them with directions to the page of the story.

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Planning Task 7 : Website Homepage and Linked Page

 The header of my website will feature the magazine's masthead in large font to create a sense of uniformity so that the viewers will easily understand that the website and magazine are connected. The masthead will be in a large, bold font to stand out at the top of the webpage. The header will also feature a search bar to easily navigate the website. Additionally, I will include the magazines social medias on the header to appeal to a digitally literate audience and encourage them to participate with the magazine on social media by liking and sharing posts to advertise it to a larger audience. Links to sign in or subscribe to the magazine will also be included as it will make subscribing to the magazine easy and simple for the viewer.


My website's homepage will advertise stories on a wide variety of topics within music to appeal to a wider audience and will make reference to coverlines featured on the second edition of my magazine front cover to create a sense of a shared brand identity across both the website and magazine. My linked page will be to an album review in reference to the main coverline of the second edition of my magazine and to appeal to an audience who are well educated and interested in music.


The audio-visual content I will produce for my magazine website will be an interview with the artist featured on the second edition of my magazine front page. The interview will feature questions around the creative process for music to appeal to an audience that is very interested in music and how it's created.


Website header-




Planning Task 6 : Contents Pages

 When planning the layout of my contents page, I made sure to include generic conventions that I found through my research of other magazine's contents pages, for example, I included page numbers, distinct headers for different sections and main images as this will make it easy for my target audience to find the content they are looking for and also see the topics generally discussed through each edition. I included clear headers for each different section and a band index to show the wide variety of content featured and also to easily catch a customers attention if they are deciding whether or not to purchase the magazine.


The content lines on my contents page will consist of short simple sentences and make use of bold text for specific words, like artists names, to be more eye catching for the audience. My main images used will also relate to the content featured to create a sense of anchorage and make the articles referenced in the images seem more appealing and interesting to the reader.







Front cover 2 - production log