Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Editing a photo





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Monday, 10 January 2011

Contents page first draft

Contents page flat plan


This is my contents page flat plan I designed it by looking at the conventions of typical music magazines. I wanted to make my contents page A3 as then I could fit images and more content in it. My inspiration has come from a rang of magazines but a magazine I have looked at in depth is NME; I like how it was simple and informational but also was very eye catching due to colours and positioning of images.
By splitting my contents page into two sections this meant I could have two main images this would make it more interesting. I plan to have have my main background image on the left hand side of the page as this is the page that is briefly looked at, then on the right hand side im going to have my second background image but im going to have it set to a low opacity so that the main content and text of the contents page can go over the top. I came up with this idea when I was on photo shop trying to make a flat plan. I imputed my image onto a blank canvas then I lowered the opacity; I then liked the idea of having text over an image and it worked so I used it for my contents page and features page.

features page draft

Features page final outcome

Thursday, 9 December 2010

My ideal reader

Brand identity

NME annotation

Features page and contents page images



I am happy with the outcome of my pictures, I wasn't going to edit them because I liked the naturalistic tone of them but then after editing one I thought I thought it worked well as the soft light I put on made it focused and sharper.
I plan to use the first image on my front cover, it is a full length shot and the model is looking at the camera, this gives the reader a personal direct address. The other images I can use in my contents and features page.

The art of typography

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Images before and after editing

Images before and after editing
 These are a few of the images I have taken, I selected these and edited them. These images will be used in my contents page and my features page.

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Question 1 and 2 - Music magazine questionnaire

I posted my survey and Facebook and these are the results that I found;





















I posted my survey and Facebook and these are the results that I found:These are my first 2 questions on my survey, 40% that responded were male and 60% were female. Because the people on Face Book are my age the second question has 100% in age 14-19.

Question 3 and 4 of my music magazine questionnaire

Questions 3 - Writen responces






















For question 3 i got 17 replies
























The genre of music i wanted to use for my magazine was indie, soul and acoustic. So when i got my results back i was pleased to find that my target audience listened to the same music a preferd that music style.

Question 5,6 and 7


























Question 5 - Writen responses

1.Lauren Pritchard - (Free on iTunes) Mon, Nov 8, 2010 2:04 PM.
2.ne-yo one in a million  Mon, Nov 8, 2010 2:04 PM
3.Dont look back into the sun by the libertines Mon, Nov 8, 2010 2:00 PM
4.ghetts ft griminal- dont phone me Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:49 PM
5.radioactive kings of leon  Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:43 PM
6.The Script- For The First Time Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:42 PM
7.Love like woe by the ready set Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:41 PM
8.The Kinks - Lola Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:37 PM
9.Doctor P - sweet shop Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:34 PM
10.cant remember  Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:34 PM
11.katy perry- firework  Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:33 PM
12.James Blunt - stay the night Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:32 PM
13.Swedish House Mafia - One Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:31 PM
14.Katy Perry - Teenage Dream  Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:30 PM
15.Chase and status - hypest hype  Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:25 PM



Question 7 Writen responces 
1.Jamie Cullum Mon, Nov 8, 2010 2:04 PM
2.rihanna  Mon, Nov 8, 2010 2:04 PM
3.Bon Jovi greatest hits  Mon, Nov 8, 2010 2:00 PM
4.cant remember Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:49 PM
5.tinie tempah- disc-overy Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:43 PM
6.Eminem- Recovery Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:42 PM
7.Green Day Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:41 PM
8.Florence Welch - Lungs Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:37 PM
9.NME Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:35 PM
10.Laura Marling - I speak because I can Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:34 PM
11.cant remember Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:34 PM
12.katy perry- teenage dreams Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:33 PM
13.eminem recovery Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:32 PM
14.Jay Z - The Blueprint 3 Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:31 PM
15.I dont know Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:30 PM
16.Ministry Of Sound - Chilled Acoustic Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:25 PM
17.Michael Buble Mon, Nov 8, 2010 1:25 PM