Magazine Construction 2

This is the incomplete version of my contents page

I am still undergoing the construction of my music magazine. 
This is my contents page, which was made using InDesign, this is what I am at right now.  Changes have been made to my original house style of the contents page by moving the left side to the right so that there is more space available for the pictures. My additional photography don't yet have a specific layout but that is soon going to be place. Further changes pending.

Magazine Construction 1 Update

This is the updated version of my music magazine.

Software: ADOBE Photoshop

From the first construction of my front page:

• I have changed the name of my magazine from LYRIK to CLEF. This is because no one else has used CLEF has a name for a magazine so it would make my magazine unique. Additionally the name of my magazine sounds and looks a lot more sophisticated and appealing to the target audience which is what I am aiming to do with this task.

• Furthermore I have changed the colour scheme of my magazine from burgundy, grey and blue to white, orange and blue. This is because most urban magazines use these colours, as I want some originality in my magazine,I used orange. I think orange will add some brightness to the page in contrast to the usual urban convention; dull and dark colours.

Moreover I have developed the font, font size and font colour.

•  I reduced the size of the font because it interfered with the main model too much and made my front page look very childish and not professional. This also clashed with the original desired layout that I wanted. I changed the size of the additional featured stories to 36 for the main artist/cover story and 18 for the pull quote to each story. By using this I was able to fit all the featured stories on my front page without interfering with the main model image.

• I removed the quote on my previous sample because it took up too much space and made the page look too crowded. I changed the font of the name of the model from FRANKLIN GOTHIC HEAVY to FREESTYLE SCRIPT. This has successfully added an appeal to my front page and made it look more professional and fit to purpose.

• Also i changed the pull quote from RUTH IS BACK to RETURN OF THE GREAT because its short and simple. It also is straight to the point on what I am trying to communicate with the audience.

• With the font colour I stuck to my colour scheme to make it look sophisticated and suitable for my target audience. I added some black to make certain elements of the text stand out so that it attracts the audience I am aiming at.

• Finally for my layout I added the barcode and price at the bottom of the front page and the issue number right under the "C", as this is a vital information the consumer of this product needs to know and I wanted it to be small as possible so that is doesn't take up any space. 

More changes may be made shortly.

Magazine Construction 1

This is the incomplete version of my front page.

At the moment I am undergoing the construction of my music magazine. This is the incomplete front cover page that I have made using photoshop, this is the stage that I am currently at. Changes have been made to my colour scheme of the magazine changing from blue, grey and burgundy to orange, blue and white. Further changes may be made shortly.

Photography - Call Sheet

Syntyche Sonzi

Photographer

Photo Shoot Assignment/Call Sheet

Date: Tuesday 18th November 2014

Time: 9:00 am - 10:20 am

Assignment: Music Magazine- Urban

Location: College Photography Studio, Room A1

Client: Magazine

Media: JPEG fine

Primary Shoot Contact:

 Syntyche Sonzi

Photographer: 

Syntyche Sonzi 

syntychesonziasmedia.blogspot.co.uk

MUA: 

Ruth K Martino

 Melodie Trought

Hair Stylist: 

Syntyche Sonzi

Wardrobe Stylist: Syntyche Sonzi, Melodie Trought and Ruth K Martino

Model 1: Ruth K Martino

Model 2: Melodie Trought

Special Instructions:

The following are requested items that each model has for wardrobe.

1)  A variety of denim jeans (could be shorts)

2) A plain white long sleeved crop top and blazer.

3) Different shoes - flats, boots, converses etc.

4)  A backless dress with heels

Timeline:

8:30 am

Models and photographer meet up at the college photography studio

8:40 am - 9:00 am

Make- up, hair, wardrobe selection, shoot brief, set up of studio.

9:00am - 10:20 am

Shoot time

Concept:

An elegant young upcoming artist who has decided to go solo after the split of the notorious girl pop band "RJK". Her individual tracks on soundcloud made so much success and enormous views whilst in the group, where she got noticed by Kanye West and Jay Z. She has finally announced her return after 6 months of silence to get her life on track after being signed onto Roc-A-Fella Records. I will use the white backdrop to symbolise the pureness of the artist and the fresh start she has chosen to take. Furthermore her costume reflects her new character and her maturity from her RJK days, and also it will engage with the audience as it will fit to the Urban culture.

My Chosen Photographs For The Magazine

 These are the images I am going to use;


FRONT PAGE

DPS

CONTENTS PAGE

•  I chose these images because they are relevant to the genre of my magazine. They reflect urban music and culture and the target audience will be able to automatically detect what the artist is about.

• The images I took in the photography studio were all portrait and mainly  medium close ups and long shots. My additional photography were also mainly portrait medium shots, and only one was landscape. This is to enable the audience to see fully who the artist is and what they are wearing; this helps publicize clothing brands and the artist themselves. The landscape image was to show equipment so to be able to fit everything into the picture it had to be done in landscape.

• All my compositions have a unique catch to them and they resemble the different genres that I will be touching on within my music magazine. All my pictures are clear, with adequate lighting so everything in the image is able to be seen clearly by the audience and this is what I was aiming to do  with my magazine.

Contact Sheet for My Music Magazine

This is the contact sheet for my music magazine.

These are all the images that I have taken during the photography construction task.
My main shoot (above) and my additional photography (below)

Music Magazine Proposal Video

Magazine House Style

Here is the house style for my magazine.

Within each slide I have chosen to justify the reason why I have chosen certain fonts and the font size.
I have chosen these layouts to maintain the simplicity and order of my magazine. Also based on the research I done back in October, I found out that the front, contents and dps pages have either one large main image and some text neatly in order with some other images or text scattered everywhere and couple pictures.

Magazine Proposal PowerPoint Plan

This is the Powerpoint Presentation plan of my music magazine proposal.


I included detailed explanations in order to pitch my ideas for my music magazine.
My powerpoint included; 

• the possible magazine names 
• the audience and genre
• what will be inside my magazine 
• the possible font for my masthead
• the colour scheme 
• the journalistic style of writing 
• who my publisher is 
• how I am going to further the brand  
• a brief summary of all the information on my presentation

This presentation plan helped me to explain my choices on what i have decided to use in my magazine and enabled me to confidently express my points in chronological order.