updated double page!!

Double page spread

I recreated my double page spread onto InDesign and kept to a convention of  3 columns of text, i also added a quote from the artist along with some pictures.

In design Contents page unfinished

I then attempted to recreate my photoshop draft onto InDesign, although having some difficulty with a pixelated image and unable to match the colours it's coming along nicely. I still need to add some extra features in order to fill space and follow conventional magazine layouts.

Double page spread editing

i have started to work on my double page spread, this is an idea of a possible layout i will use, although it is a rough copy. 

Working on my contents page

This is my contents page so far, i am still working on it and looking back on other contents pages in magazines to make sure its following conventions.

Updated cover

I have changed around my cover in order to follow standard magazine conventions; this includes moving my main story line to the centre and making it bigger so it looks as if its the main story.

Edited mock up

Whilst editing my original image i must have poorly cropped out my model and so was left was some rough edges. To fix this, i went in with the eraser tool and went around her head and rubbed out the messy edges, ensuring that i am left with a smooth finish and overall, looks more professional as if it was following standard conventions of a magazine, and ergo will sell more if to be sold in stores.

Mock up edits

For my mock up, i added some posters onto the cover to improve the aesthetic and to follow some conventional magazine layouts, which usually offer some sort of promotional feature of another band or artist.

Typography

This is the font i have chosen as i think it is bold and easily readable. I also have included a snippet from my mock up which shows where i have used 'Lemon Milk'.

Potential fonts

These are some fonts i can use throughout my contents page, and double page spread for the text. I have already chosen a font for my front cover from www.dafont.com and it is called 'Lemon Milk'

Photo shoot total images

Evidence of the shoot (Behind the scenes)

Behind the scenes and evidence of the shoot

Mock up for my double page spread

This is what i have been working on for my double page spread, surrounding new artists and bands; one of them being Oceana Manicom who also appears on my front cover.

Mock up of front cover

My mock up for the front cover

Photoshop rough cut 1

This is what I have edited so far on Photoshop, it is still a work in progress and needs be modified further. Model - Oceana Manicom

Music genre research

Risk assessment

Call sheet

Contents of prelim

Prelim 2014

Shot list

magazine analysis part 2

Publishing houses

Music magazines

Prelim 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z74mHSXanc

mad men

In madmen, series 1 episode 1 there are many camera shots and ‘mise en scene’ which links to the representation of gender.

The camera uses pan in the office work place to reflect that that is where all the girls work, and that the males are secluded in to their own offices showing they are more important to the business. They have the power and privacy that the females don’t which shows that they are typical businessmen and are dominating it.

Another shot used is a medium close up, this occurs in the bar whilst don draper Is drinking whiskey and this scene is generally showing us he spends a lot of time at the bar after work. He avoids going home to his family and results to alcohol instead, also this drink can be considered a ‘typical mans drink’ so it shows him sticking to the stereotypes men are represented with.

Opie self-portrait

    Which tools did you use to complete the task and describe how you used them to complete your self portrait?

I used the polygonal lasso tool to go round each shape and select whatever I wanted to colour in. I used the dropper tool to get to the closest swatch colour possible so it was an exact match to the original picture. I also used the paint bucket tool to quickly colour in each shape as opposed to colouring it in using the paint brush which would take a lot longer to fill.  At the end, I used the pencil tool to go around the eye shape and make them more prominent and then went over any bits I missed. The zoom tool was also involved for precision.

Were there any parts of the task/specific tools which you found difficult and if so, what were they and why? 

I had some difficulty with the layers and which order they needed to be placed to show everything in the right order. I eventually figured out how to re arrange the layers so that the face was below all the facial features like eyes, lips, nose etc.

Finally, how successful were you in completing the given brief and what improvements would you make next time?

I think I was successful during this brief and completed my self portrait in ample time,  leaving time at the end to change anything I wasn’t happy with, for example the neck.

Tutor blog

http://hsfcg3212011.blogspot.co.uk/