2. Outlining the task To produce a front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine All images and text must be original, produced by the students
3. What is the purpose of a music magazine? To attract particular audience that are part of the social group To advertise products that appear in the magazine The adverts are usually aimed and relevant to the audience that buy the magazine Magazine get money from the big brands that want to advertise their product
5. Initial IDEAS Wide range of audience Both black and white race Both males and females Pop/Rock/Indie/Hip-Hop Two musicians on the cover (Rapper and Rock Singer)
6. Primary research I felt like I needed more primary research Went over to local shop to look for a magazine My plan was to buy Rolling Stone magazine because it is related to my codes and conventions
7. Changes Made to my idea Aimed generally at Indie/Rock audience as well as pop or hip-hop. Front cover shows a typical Indie style looking young men. Attracts female attention Both female and male audience that are into Rock/Indie/Pop music Good use of colour, works good on the design Smart use of white space, gives more holding power to the design Distributed by COMAG Specialist Price £3.50
8. Planning out my front cover Before creating my front cover I sketched out a quick design of how it will look like I came up with the name ‘Cramp’ for my magazine Title of the magazine on the top Front cover image taking up most of the design's space, also placed behind the title Ear piece used for advertisement or promotion Sell lines on both sides of the page to fill up the empty space Main article sell line placed on the bottom of the design Bar code adds authenticity to the design Medium close up photograph
10. Software Used I used Photoshop to edit the photograph and InDesign to add the title, sell lines, shapes etc. I’ve taken the photographs with my classmate. On the example below is the actual photograph that I used for the cover. I got rid of the imperfections. I had couple of difficulties with InDesign because this software was new to me. Luckily we had a teacher in our school who helped me out The main issues were things like adding gradients, creating shapes. On the example you can my original picture used
11. Improvements Everyone looked at each others work and gave feedback I gained mostly positive feedback Things that I could improve were to add a banner, date, price of the magazine, more authentic sell lines that will link with what’s on the contents page Make the text more visible, especially the main article title
18. My blog where you can view my work I tried to update my blog frequently I described all my decisions and annotated my work briefly If I missed out something in my presentation you will definitely find the answers on the blog That’s the address to my blog http://jakubgrochla.blogspot.com
