Logo

I cant use the school logo due to copy right issues and I feel that I could make my own logo look extremely better; it will also give me a chance to practice for my main task. Seeing as though I took art at both GCSE and AS I feel that I should bring this element into my media work. This gives me the availability to look at both planning my magazine and creating logos. To create my logo I will have to think about what it is my magazine is about and then draw ideas from this. To include the skills I have learnt in art I will try to draw out basic logos and magazine plans and images I wish to recreate with the camera. I will then scan them into my computer and edit them on Photoshop.

Mood board

I would have to create a mood board to show how magazines differ from other magazines and also how different issues differ. It also shows my ideas of what kind of styles I would like to produce in my own magazine and create my own ideas from the existing ones. As you can see, the colours are very much black, white and red. I feel that these colours are a good way to keep things simple but doesn't damage it's effectiveness. I think that I will try to include this colour scheme within my own magazine but replace the colour red with another.

Contents of Preliminary task trial

This is my first attempt at a contents page layout. I decided to only basically design the layout and I am going to improve this along side the front cover. This gives me opportunity to link the two together.

Preliminary task trial runs

 

These are two of my trials for my preliminary task. I decided to name the magazine TJRM (The John Roan Magazine) because the task is to create a school magazine. I used the same image but changed the way it was presented; this gave me two very different outcomes. Although I didn't use a bar code or my own logo this helped me to see where i need to expand and develop it into a further better version of the previous ones.

I then decided that the image needed to be bigger and fill the whole page as it is the main story. Unfortunately I stretched the image and therefore I'll have to re-do this one. I also didn't create my own logo on this one so I'll make sure that this is done as well. As you can see, I decided to improve this design a lot. The three images show how it has progressed but is still in need of some work.

Preliminary task expermenting with photoshop

This is one of the experiments I carried out in order to test out my photoshop skills. I was asked to create a Magazine front cover and double page spread with included a well known actor. I chose Helena Bonham Carter, this allowed me to incorpriate her husband, my favourite director Tim burton. I chose the gothic font to link to her style, she has a gothic feel to her so I tried to add this to the style of the magazine. I also chose the black on the double page spread because of this same reason, as black is a very gothic colour. Although I was only focusing on creating a basic layout I could of then introduced barcodes and prices that I will then use on my main task. This is a very poor use of photoshop but  feel that this gives me time to improve my work on my preliminary task by increasing the level of my skills.   

NME magazine

This is one of the ideas I would like to include in my magazine. I really like the whole idea of the image being black and white (like VIBE) and then the red and black writing in the background. I feel that I could do this by using my Wacom Tablet at home (basically a pad and pen linked to the computer) in order to create this really interesting effect.

Photo shoot

For my photos I would ideally like to have them taken and edited before Christmas; this allows me to have the prep work done for when I start to create the magazine after Christmas. I have now decided that the photo shoot will take place on the 16/11/11 and I will be taking the photographs of a friend who is willing to be my model / interviewee. I am also going to try and take some of the photos using a timer or get someone to take the photos so I can get some of myself.

My photo shoot has to be planned very carefully I’m doing this by setting a date of when I will do it by. I then have to think about what images I am going to try to recreate and how I will create them. I looked at both the cinematography and the mise-en-scene (especially the lighting) when deciding to find a location for my photos to be taken. I decided on my bedroom for some of the photos as I really like the colour purple and the design on my walls. The style really reflects the type/genre of magazine I want to try and create. I also wanted to try and get some of the photos taken in either Camden or South bank (skate park in image above) because these locations have a lot of graffiti and or art on their streets which would create a punky feel to my mag.