Research and Planning - Further Double Page Spread Research

Recently, I have been further researching double page spreads in preparation of making my own for my music magazine. Both of these double page spreads above are taken from different music magazines, however they are very similar. They both share the same fonts (Serif) and main colours (which consists of white, blue and black). Furthermore, a large proportion of the pages are covered with the featured artist. Another thing I notice in these magazines, is the very large font of the music artists name, so when the reader comes across this page they know exactly who its featured on. 

I will be referring some of these techniques into my own double page spread!   

Research and Planning - Experimenting Front Cover Ideas 7

In the process of making my music front cover for my magazine, I have changed the colour of the font into a brighter red. Furthermore, I have changed the layout of the cover lines, positioning them to the right hand side of the page. This automatically gives it a more presentable and life like image portrayal of a music magazines front cover.

Research and Planning - Experimenting Front Cover Ideas 6

From my last posts, I explained how I had researched a little more about fonts and how they are used in Indie music magazines. From there, I have currently changed the font to a serif font, making it more readable. Furthermore, I have been experimenting with the colour of fonts, changing it between white and the same as the title, Chocolate, red.

Research and Planning - Experimenting Front Cover Ideas 5

From recent feedback I received, it was brought to my attention that the majority of Indie music magazines have capitalised fonts, helping certain articles and stories stand out. This is proven by the popular Indie magazine article, NME, above as both of these front covers fonts are capitalised. Furthermore the font seems to be Serif, making it easier to read.

Therefore, I adapted my process of my front cover so far, changing the fonts so they are capitalised. I may further change the style of font and colour so it suits to the genre more.   

                                 

Research and Planning - Experimenting Front Cover Ideas 4

From my recent posts and updates, I realised i was losing the genre style of indies touch. Therefore I changed the font colour to a red to help the magazine look more its genre!

Research and Planning - Experimenting Front Cover Ideas 3

In the process of making my music magazine front cover, I changed certain font sizes and places for a better fitting and a more realistic magazine looking cover. You can see this through the photos below.

Research and Planning - Experimenting Front Cover Ideas 2

For my front cover I started experimenting with different fonts and the placing of them. However, I really disliked the outcome I had even though it was just a first draft using Photoshop. My model on the font cover really looked like she had been copied onto the background, giving it a really unrealistic look.

From this I decided to experiment using my original photo and background. It overall looks better and is more eye catching and realistic.

Research and Planning - Experimenting Front Cover Ideas 1

This is the beginning process of my magazine cover. I edited part of my models face and cropped out her figure to place on a simple grey background (a popular colour from my questionnaire).

Research and Planning - Photo Shoot Photos

Here are some of the final photographs I have taken of my models for my music magazine:

Research and Planning - Location Recces

Research and Planning - Risk Assessments

Research and Planning - Shot List

Research and Planning - Shooting Schedule

Research and Planning - Model Release Forms

Research and Planning - Masthead Ideas

I have further been developing and experimenting my music magazine colours and fonts for the front cover of my music magazine.

Here I have gone with colour grey/silver as well as the font Andale Mono, which I think really suits the genre of magazine that I am making.

Research and Planning - Model Head Shots (Before And After Photoshop)

Below is the photograph i'm thinking of using for the front cover of my music magazine. I have been playing around with my model using photoshop, to help her look her best on the front cover. As you can see, a few blemishes and spots have been removed.

Research and Planning - Drawn Redrafts Of Music Magazine Shaped By Audience Feedback

Here are the redrawn drafts of both my front cover and contents page of my music magazine, shaped by my target audience research! You will notice I have made a few minor changes to the contents of what will be featured in the magazine, as well as the design.

                

Research and Planning - Masthead Ideas

For the title of my magazine, I chose the name Chocolate, a song name by the popular band The 1975.
I was originally going to have a blue or purple coloured title against a silver background, however from both my target audience research and Indie music magazine I realised that those particular colours weren't often used in my genre of music magazine.
From my target audience research, because the name of my magazine is Chocolate a few people suggested that the colour of my name should be Gold. However, when I placed this against the background I was going to use they clashed.
A regular colour suggested was red, so therefore I started playing around with that colour in different fonts. Below is a design I might use for my final magazine cover.

Research and Planning - Double Page Spread Research

For my double page spread research I chose a simple page who's main feature is Ed Sheehan.              A large picture of the artists is presented on the left hand side of the double page spread. The background is a landscape photograph of London, including one of Great Britain's most Iconic landmarks; Big Ben. This could highlight where the music magazine is based, as well as the nationality and current place where Ed Sheeran lives. The use of Red and White could also be used to emphasise this British theme.  

"I'M BRINGING GINGER BACK!" is presented below the photograph of Ed Sheeran in bright bold letters. Furthermore, all the text is capitalised helping it gain the readers attention. Whats more, the text is white apart from the word ginger which is bright red. This could be a play on the word as the colour ginger can also be know as red, as well as the fact that Ed Sheeran is most known for, not only his music, but also his hair colour. Like Ed Sheeran it stands out, making him more recognisable as an artist. 

White, Red and Black are the main colours used in the fonts of this magazine. This helps the writing more eye catching against the darker background, as well as ensuring its easier for the audience to read as well. Plain and simple serif fonts are used instead of fancy fonts, to further ensure that people that buy this magazine can read the article easily. 

The double page spread article is presented in columns on the right hand side of the page. The layout stands out easily as well as being accessible to read.     

Research and Planning - Double Page Spread Font

From research I have gained when looking at double page spreads, I have decided to use Serif fonts for my text. This is because its easier and simple to read.

Research and Planning - Publication Plan Prezi

Research and Planning - SLR Test Shots

Here are all my test shots using an SLR Camera!

Research and Planning - Equipment And Software List

Here is all the equipment and types of softwares I will be using in the process of making my magazine:

Internet Explorer for Research

Photoshop 

Indesign

SLR Camera

Research and Planning - Costume And Prop List

This is both my costume and prop list which is very much shaped by my research and audience interview responses.

Props - 

For my props I considered many different items to apply in to my mise-en-scene, such as chairs for my models to sit on or particular items for them to hold. However I decided against this, as the majority of the Indie magazines that I have studied are quite plain and simple within the mise-en-scene. They also use quite natural settings which I took into consideration.
From this I have decided to use a simple, natural setting such as the models standing against a stone wall. This would further benefit the colours I have chosen to feature in my magazine, grey/silver being a main

Costume Design -

From all of my research based around Indie magazines and the fashion used with in them, I think that this is the type of clothing I would like my models to wear in the photo shoot for my magazine.
These are screen shots of New Look and Love Clothing's 'New In' page on their website.
The fashion consists of dark colours, such as blue, green, red, purple, grey/silver and black.
All these clothes also have simple designs and very few complicated patterns on them, which is very much associated with Indie fashion.
Vintage is also popular.
Whats more accessories such as hats are often used.

Research and Planning - Production Schedule

Here is the production plan I will follow for the following few weeks!