Magazine plans

I decided to do 2 plans for each page. This meant that i could later chose which one i actually want to use. This has given me more freedom.

Evaluation

Jake Herga Music Magazine Evaluation

Final Products

Quick brainstorm to get started

This was just a quick brainstorm i did at the start of my project in order to find out a little about music magazines. This was just meant to be back ground knowledge and it allowed me to focus more on NME and Kerrang rather than XXL and Top of the pops.

Eraser.

Without the magic eraser told and me having to manually erase on the macs out background that was not needed in the photo.

This was the photo I used for my front cover. Although the photo is on a white wall we can still see it is not fully white because it was dark and possibly reflections. Also the design of the wall means that there is a white line half the way through therefore if his was use in my final product would make it look very unprofessional. 

I therefore used the magic eraser to get rid of big chunks and when it was left to the fine details I used a small rubber and got as close as possible to the body. If you do erase the body you have to either "step backward" or if done only slightly you can take a tiny bit of the rest of there body.

The same thing was done with the magic eraser with his photo used in my contents. However using the magic eraser and manual eraser has completely changed the way the photo looks as in the original he is just sitting on a chair. However with the adding of a border and the eraser already talked about it looks like the model is sitting in an empty box leaning against a wall. 

Media institutions

If I want my magazine to become well known and have a chance of making it into the big market then I must find someone who will publish my magazine for me well and exclusively. These need to not only be successful in the magazine industry but also in the genre I am looking at. However I would not want the publishes of NME doing my magazine as NME are my main rivals and the publishes may try and make are magazines different so we are not competitors. However I have a clear plan where my magazine will go, and this is similar but not the same as NME.

I have decided on a few magazines which are succesful and who have a similar style of music to me however are not really competitors. I looked at Bauer Consumer Media who publish Kerrang and Q, Jann Wenner who publishes Rolling stones and BBC Magazines who publish Top of the Pops magazine, however top of the pops is quite dissimilar to my magazine as it focuses on a different age group and different types of music also the BBC will only have magazines that are related to there shows and my magazine isn't this therefore rules my magazine out. Conde Nast Publications are the institute behind GQ and i did seriously think about contacting them therefore my music magazine could start off being sold alongside GQ in order to make it well known quicker. However after looking at Conde Nast Publications i found out that although they do look after many massive magazines such as Vogue and GQ they have never owned a music magazine therefore making it a bigger risk going with them as my producers as they have no past experience of working in the music magazine industry.

I have decided that I would like to be part of theBauer Consumer Media as I believe that if it had 3 music magazines all similar yet appealing to different social groups it would really take away the competition from NME and leave them out to dry so that I could become the biggest Indie music magazine. I also believe that Rolling Stones is similar to where i went to put my magazine an Kerrang and Q although being similar there is a clear difference in them. 

Indie Magazine photshoots

This is was from a photoshoot from NME off a band i believe to be called Little Joy. Although the band is not known to me I very much thought I could use this style of background of grass and bushes. I thought I could possible take pictures in a woodland area whether I use this for my contents picture of double page spread. However i will only have one model compared to 4 like in this photo.



Rolling stones is another indie magazine and although in this particular image they are trying to appeal to a larger target audience by using a rapper therefore going against the usual conventions. However i like the length of the shot with the image finishing around Jay Z's waste. This is something that I may well use in my front cover.



Q is another big Indie magazine. I like the use of the guitar in this music magazine and i have already discussed the possibility of using a guitar although mine will probably be an acoustic one as acoustic guitars i believe are used more in the Indie scene. I very much doubt that I will be able to make it look like my mast head is crashing. My other problem with this picture is that it may be going against the look i am trying to give of my music magazine and the people who are on it with things such as responsibility and maturity being a keen factor in my magazine and this magazine photo is clearly trying to appeal to the demographic of "anti authority rebel".

Effects.

On my double page spread i used the brush tool and the rubber tool to give my article an older, vintage look. I set the brush tool and the eraser to the leaf tool then went about rubbing out the edges of the grey of the article. I then used the brush to fill in places wear i had taken to much out of the block and then also added some leaves around the article to make them look scattered and realistic.

I contrasted, lightened added exposure and sharpen the image of my model on the front cover as this makes the model looks better, gives the magazine a more professional look and also makes the model more welcoming to the reader.
This is what the photo looked like before the editing.

Although I believe this look is good i thought that it lacked quality of a real magazine and after i believe the whole look was transformed.
This is the final product with the editing and a change in font which i thought looked better  with the change in photo quality.

For my double page spread I had one main photo covering the whole of the spread. It was therefore imperative that I got the effects and image to top quality always my magazine would look disastrous. This was my original photo 

I was happy to use this photo as i thought it was a nice capture. I did however need to make some changes. My model was to centralised for a double page spread meaning it would be awkward to try and fit the text all around him. I therefore had to drag the picture to the left and then made the picture bigger. This allowed me to give the picture more of a focus on the model and also put him more to the left allowing him to be the main image on the page 18.

I once again contrasted, lightened, sharpened the image and added a vintage effect to the photo which allowed me to appeal to that target audience and also give it a more professional different look.

When I added the text boxes and used the grey box i then set about making it look more rustic by using the leaf eraser and leaf brush which allowed me to get the effect of the article looking like it is going to fall off or being hand made. After I had done this I realised the writing was to  hard to see so changed the box from a mid grey to a light grey therefore making my text much easier to see, whilst till fitting in with the colour from the front cover and the my models Indie styled jumper.

Magazine name

As i have decided what font my title should be in i will now have a look what my magazine should be called!
I have narrowed it down to 5 last choices and will now chose which one i think is the best and most appropriate!

I could call my magazine this. I think that controlled makes the magazine seem quite cool yet sensible. It will make people think that there are some interesting things in there but nothing that will be to wild and extreme. It seems like it could be quite catchy.

I like the name showed as it makes my magazine seem different. If i was to do a magazine called Showed, I would use lots of photos as it believe that the name makes people think they will be looking at things more than reading long articles.

If I was to use the name "Trusted" for my magazine, I believe that there would be a lot of gossip in here. But because of the name people would possibly believe that the news is genuine and can be "trusted". The name does have a bit or a ring to it and I can see it be quite catchy.

The name Freshness would be an option. This would therefore make me probably make me look at younger groups and bands. However as I am trying to appeal to indie type of people and i do believe the word Fresh is more likely to be associated with R'n'B or rap. However I do think it is a good name an the word freshness isn't the same as fresh, so does not make it seem so R'n'B or rap.

I believe this is quite a cool name and people would defiantly buy a music magazine for it. I believe that the writing looks quite good with it as it gives it quite a retro look as if something from the paste. My one concern is that Audiofunk would possibly give the impression that it was more to do with more of an upbeat type of music.

Having looked at all of these i have decided that i willl use Controlled as my music magazine name. I believe this will attract my target group and is a more interesting name than NME, Q and rolling stones

The font decision

Different camera angles

This is a long shot

This shot includes the whole of the object which is focused and still some of the back ground. In this example the model is the object and the woodland is the background. See can still see some detail however obviously not as much as if we were to

This is a mid shot

A mid shot contains the whole of somones face and a part of the models body. This is the main shot used in front covers and i may well do this in my front cover.

This is a close up of the models face. This is used in order to show details closely. this would be to close to use as a front cover but could deature in the contents and the double page spread.

High angle shot
Although this photo did not look as professional as i wanted. It was from a high angle shot hence why it is named a higgh angle shot

Masthead banners

Looking at these three, the first thing is they all contain a red as there main colour. This is because they may be trying to put accross fear or passion, Although i need to keep to some of the convention i think i will change the colour therefore challenging the conventions of Indie magazines and making my product unique. All of these especially NME and Q have used very basic fonts i believe this is majorly important convention as people will therefore not be confused as to what the magazine is called or what magazine they will be reading.

Looking at this i have therefore decided to use blue in my masthead i have also decided to use a basic font however in order to make this a bit more authentic i have given it a rustic, damaged look i believed this was a good idea as the retro scene is very much a part of the Indie scene and is in fashion now so "followers" will think the magazine looks cool. The blue has been used instead of red to challenge the conventions and also because men like the colour red and see it is professional and truthful therefore i don't want people to believe that my magazine is using fake information