Double page spread in progress.

In today's lesson, I finished my journalism for my double page spread, and all I need to do now is add the page numbers and fix it up based on the feedback I receive from my classmates.

Double page spread in progress

During my break, I started creating my double page spread on Adobe Indesign. I started writing up the journalism in word and putting it into Adobe Indesign once I was happy with it.

Contents page

In today's lesson, I managed to complete my contents page. I will be asking my classmates and my teachers for feedback later on in time to gain some advice on how to make it better.

Cover page in progress

In today's lesson I continued working on my cover page by adding a cover line and a puff.

Cover page in progress

During my break today, I started to work on my cover page. My last start on my cover page got deleted so I had to start again on Adobe Photoshop. I edited the picture making it brighter and managed to add in my my masthead and the shape of a puff.

Continuation of contents page

In today's lesson, I continued working on my contents page. I managed to add the date and my masthead in there, and I added more text. My teacher gave me feedback and advised me to make the picture on the bottom left hand side brighter in order for it to be clearer. I managed to do it successfully and now the text as well as the picture is clearer. I haven't thought of the name of the 'upcoming duo' as of yet which is why I have put underscores there, once I think of one, I will fill in that space.

Continuation of contents page

In today's lesson I continued working on my contents page. I moved the pictures around slightly and added more regulars.

Contents page so far

In today's lesson I continued working on my contents page, by editing the pictures on photoshop to my desired lighting, and adding them to the contents page.

Music magazine cover page

In today's lesson, I started to make my cover page using adobe photoshop. This is what I have produced so far, all I have done is edited the picture to make it brighter and vibrant, as well as adding in the mast head, and editing that in behind the cover star's head.

Contents page so far

In today's lesson, I started to create my contents page for my music magazine using Adobe InDesign. So far, I feel confident with it since I am using my plan to guide me on where to place things.

Masthead

This is my final masthead. I may change it later on in time to further fit the cover of the music magazine. In order to make it, I used Adobe Illustrator, which I am familiar with due to the workshop we had, making it easier and faster for me to make.

Double page spread layout

This is my layout for the double page spread of my music magazine. I will use this as a guide for when it comes to making it.

Contents page layout

This is my layout for the contents page of my music magazine. I will use this as a guide for when it comes to making it.

Music magazine cover layout

This is my layout for my cover of my music magazine. I will use this as a guide for when it comes to making it.

Photography

These are the best pictures I took for my music magazine. Some were taken in the photography studio, and others in other locations (including other areas of the college and brick lane). I have chosen 7 of these photos, that I find are the best to work with in my magazine.

Call sheet

Call sheet

Call sheet

Music magazine proposal presentation

In order to make this presentation I used Prezi, which is an online software that allows you to make presentations with any layout you desire. I tried to make sure I made it very visual by adding pictures and not much writing, as I didn't want to seem as if im reading off the board. I felt as if I could deliver my idea's to the class by using this software as I am comfortable with using it due to the many times i've used it.

I  feel that my presentation went smoothly, and everyone understood my ideas behind what I have chosen to do in my magazine. These are not set idea's as there are things I may change such as the the pictures in my contents page, who my double page spread will be about, the colour of my masthead and my set colour scheme. Something I could have included is a few ideas of how my masthead will look like and included my flatplan to give people a better understand of what my masthead may look like, and what sort of things will be inside my magazine.

Someone in the class pointed out that my name sounds a bit like the genre pop, however after further discussion with the class, they pointed out that it doesn't sound pop but sounds a lot more like my genre which is Hip-hop/Urban.

My music magazine proposal

Flat plan of my music magazine

Photography workshop

In yesterday's lesson, we had a photography workshop, where we learnt how to use all the equipment on the studio room, and how to use the lighting to get nice effects and good shots. 

We learnt most of the names of the equipment inside the studio such as soft boxes, snoot, reflectors etc. 

It was a fun experience and now I feel much more confident in using the studio for when it comes to take pictures for my magazine. 

We also learnt how to use the DSLR camera and which settings to use to get good pictures, depending on what we want. For instance, how to set the ISO, F Stop etc.