27/11/15 Lesson: Getting my cover started

I decided to change my masthead as I found it looked slightly more suitable to rock music rather than my genre.

25/11/15 Lesson: Masthead

In the lesson, I used illustrator to create my masthead. At first I was unsure of what design to do and what would look good, however, once I started playing around with the available techniques on the programme, I discovered many unique ways of making my masthead stand out and give it that personal touch.

24/11/15 Lesson:

In this lesson I touched up my models face, including hiding her blemishes.

23/11/15 Lesson: Photoshop

In this lesson, I played around with photoshop to edit the image I am using for my DPS.

My Magazine Photoshoot

Today I went into the studio to take photos for my magazine cover and double page spread. I had the help of my assistant Rebecca and my model Abigail. It was a successful shoot and I got very good variety of shots to pick from.

Behind the scenes

My Music Magazine Proposal Presentation

Saarah's Music Magazine Pitch

Media Trip 11/11/15

Our media classes got the opportunity to witness a live interview with Anna Smith who is a famous journalist. Writing film reviews is her speciality. Although this was meant to be beneficial to us, I don't feel it was as we're constructing music magazines but the main topic of conversation was about films, which as she said, is very different to the music industry.

Inflection Magazine Call Sheet

Cover Star Feature

As I have recently found out that we are unable to use an actual famous artist as we can't photograph them, I am undecided on who my cover star will be. However, I will portray them as someone similar to someone famous e.g. Jhene Aiko or Tori Kelly. Therefore my article will be based on a persona. My angle will be that there is new album for a new and upcoming artist.

3/11/15 Lesson: DPS Analysis

022/1/15 Lesson: Photography

Today in our lesson, we had the privilege of looking at all aspects of photography which consisted of things such as the camera, the backdrop and lighting.

The backdrop can be colours such as black or white. Ideally, for my magazine, I will use a white backdrop which would make my cover star stand out. When using the backdrop, the person has to roughly 5 feet from the backdrop in order to create a 3D effect rather than blending in with the backdrop and looking 2D.

The camera we will be using will be a DSLR camera. 4 settings you have to control when using the camera is, the shutter speed, white balance (which should be set to the flash), ISO (should be roughly 100/200) and aperture.

We will be using Bowens flash kit. There will be 3 lights in the room - soft boxes (which diffuses the light make makes it more natural) and a snoot (which creates a 3D effect on the individual as the light bounces off the hairline).