Mock pitures!

These are shots that I took on my photo shoot whilst attempting to get around 3-4 good shots that I could us in my actual music magazine, these are the shots that I believed didn’t look right or I didn’t think they were right for the music magazine, so these pictures won’t be making it into my actual music magazine when I finally start to create it.

1) In the first picture you see my actor standing near a stone memorial statue the extreme long shot of Sean doesn’t look as good as I had thought it might of, I took another picture of him closer up and this may be a better picture to use in the magazine.

2) In the second picture of Sean standing on the bridge the light in the background had an effect on the camera lens and shadowed around Sean making the image of him look too dark, also his facial expression wasn’t professional enough as he was laughing at the time of the shot.

3) The third shot of Sean isn’t really what I wanted I thought that if I had a disguised picture of him then it might be a mysterious and possibly draw audiences in to reading the magazine but when I looked at it again I realised that it looked like a blooper shot as if I didn’t mean to take it.  

4) The fourth shot that I have decided to be a mock shot was a picture that at the time I thought looked good however when placed on the computer I saw that you can’t really see Sean through the lightness of the sun and also the extreme long shot is just too far away for you to see him anyway, and you can’t actually see who is in the picture. 

Production Log!

The production log was kept so that I could keep an eye on what I had to do over the course of creating my media blog, it kept me in time and made me work hard so that I would make sure I published all my posts on time and in order.

Risk assessment form, People at risk form, Contributors release form!

The risk assessment form contributors release form and people at risk forms were necessary forms that I had to complete in order to prove that I took the right precautions to keep myself and my actor, who is going to be in the main article in my magazine of a new up and coming white British rapper, would be safe, they were necessary to me so I could make sure that any risks could be removed from the situation, and we could work in a safe environment.

ACTOR
Sean Foot

COSTUME
I made sean wear a hoody as it adds to the look of a rapper I also made him wear dark jeans as I thought they looked better than lighter coloured jeans, I also made him wear trainers as I beleived that this made him look better.

VENUE
The venue I took the pictures in was behind a disused pub in kirkdale close to the station I chose to take the pictures hear as I thought it added to the look of a rapper being hard and tough, I also took pictures through an alley way near the everton ground I did this because io thought it looked good and added to seans look.

Contents page mock up!

Double page spread mock up!

Front cover mock up!

The folowing mock up templates are only the original documents and I may change them along the course of creating my actual front cover, contents page and double page spread, if i find it neccessary to do so to create a better design.

2 Contents Page analysis!

Analysis of ‘NME’ contents page

NME magazine is probably the biggest music magazine in the music market this is why I chose to analysis it.

As you can see the contents page stays in line with the outside of the magazine from my front cover analysis the black and red colour scheme is the same, this is because the magazine wants to make sure it looks professional and look as though the magazine would be a good read through out.

You know that it is the contents page and you know what is going to be in the magazine as it says NME this week at the top, you will know what the main story is as the main picture on the contents page shows it.

Down the right hand side of the contents page it shows what is going to be in the magazine this is good as if somebody wanted to quickly glance down at the page to look what was going to be appearing in the magazine to check if they wanted to read it and buy it.

It gives an A-Z list of all bands that have appeared in articles though the years of NME’s history showing how good the magazine is and how good it has been, proving that it is a quality source of music information and attracting people to read it.

It also gives details of how you would subscribe to NME magazine with links to its internet as well as a phone number and a text mobile number you can phone if you want any further information or wish to have an issue of the magazine regularly.

It also gives the date showing that you are getting the latest information from music around, it also allows people to keep up to date on whether they have the right magazine and if they are collectors they can have ll the right magazines.

The font in the little writing stays the same but the main parts of the text are bolder and bigger, showing that people should look at them and attract you to looking at it. 

Analysis of vibe magazine contents page

I chose vibe magazine as it is music magazine giving information from my chose genre and it is also a good magazine.

The contents page is like the front page in many cases as one picture is the centre of attention and makes you look at it, you know that the artist on the front is going to be one of the leading stories probably the main story as soon as you pick the magazine up and look in it.

It is very plain with only a little bit of information down the left hand side of the contents page showing the features of the magazine, this is good as people can instantly glance at these features and decided whether or not they want to pick up and read the magazine.

It says contents page 1/3 showing that it isn’t the only contents page which is an interesting way of finding what is going to be in the magazine having to look through 3 contents pages, this is unique and people will look at it and think that there must be a lot of articles n the magazine and this will make them buy the mag.

There is also a little date line at the bottom of the page so that people can keep track on the dates and time periods of the magazines.

The main picture in the centre is there to make the magazine appealing to its audience, and the colour scheme purple shows that the magazine is acceptable for both genders