Magazine Coursework

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Having completed my drafts for the next two to two and half weeks I shall be improving on my draft to create my final magazine. To do this I shall be conducting audience feedback on my draft magazine in order to learn what satisfies my target audience and what will need changing. I shall also complete some evaluation and feedback work on other peoples drafts as this will help show me what I can also improve on.

To create my draft I used the ideas from flat plans and amended areas, to create an professional look.

I have had to deviate from my flat plan more for this section of the magazine, due to the length I have for article. From my draft article I have had to shorted my article, however I am happy with the length as I feel this offers the right amount of information for an article. I have included both my quotes from my flat plan and have also used the same, planned colour scheme to create continuity across the magazine.  

While creating my draft I have made different changes, both subtle and more evident. I have stuck to the base of my flat plan, however have made changes where I feel they are needed. I have added more contents to the contents page to create a more professional magazine look and I have altered and changed the layout of my photos during this. I have continued with my chosen colour scheme as I feel this suits my magazine. I have used advice from my teachers and my peers to create my draft plan, and plan to continue to use this advice to improve on from my draft.

This week I plan to continue working on my drafts; now I have taken my images I am able to create my draft to higher standard. By having my photos I will also a get a better overview of how my magazine is beginning to look and if I will need to adapt either my photos or my magazine layout. My overall aim for this to have all my drafts completed, printed and ready for feedback.

As well as taking photos of main band "Double ii" I have also taken photos of another model to be able to have some differentiation in the magazine. These photos will be used within my contents page. Below are the photos I have taken:

Below are my test shots and photos that I plan to use for my draft magazine and final product. I ma happy with how these photos look, I am particularly pleased with how the outfits worked to make my participants look like a duo. The outfits and makeup were planned in advanced before the shoot, as was the idea of the use of a hula-hoop as a prop, this was worthwhile and definitely helped for the shoot. I wanted to see what the hula-hoop would look like as I needed to install some colour into my cover page, using a green hula-hoop would enable me to do this effectively. This will also look eye catching and attract the audiences attention, as well as fitting the audience research of having a pop of colour on the page.  I took an variety of shots as I wanted to have a lot of options including close ups and full body shots to use across the different pages of my magazine.    

Before taking my photos I brainstormed for ideas on who I wanted to take photos of and how my artists would look and be styled. As I am creating an indie pop magazine I know that my artists need to look and fit to this genre in order to attract my target audience. I decided to use a duo to be the main image on my cover page and for the double page spread to be about them. A duo fits to the indie pop genre as this unique and different, which will attract audiences to my magazine. I called my duo "Double ii" as they are both going to be called Imogen so this works well. I looked at different ideas for the name of duo such as "Imogen Squared" or "Imogen X2" however I chose "Double ii" as I feel this sounded like a more sophisticated and genuine band name. I chose my models for their height and similar colour hair, these little similarities allow my models to look like an authentic duo without looking immature or too forced. I planned the outfits...