Skip to main content

Method

 For the start of creating this magazine I had a look at various different other film magazines to get an idea for what I wanted to create, I settle with a directors magazine as a more niche version of a film magazine because I didn't want to recreate other magazine that already exist and I had some ideas already that went with my directors magazine. Initially I started by creating the masthead in illustrator using the pen tool. Had the thought of going for the name 'direct' from the start and with experimentation added the clapper as the letter C because I felt it made that very obvious Link then to the magazine itself and didn't look out of place at all. After landing on a design I liked I then moved that design into adobe indesign to create the main layout of my magazine. I started by creating the bones of the front cover adding the text and the masthead to get an idea of where my images would go when I had taken them. After this I moved onto doing this for all of my pages, the contents page, second front cover and the second contents page. once I had a very clear idea on how I was going to lay it all out, taking inspiration from other already existing covers to get a professional look to the magazine and see it as something that could exist on the shelves and not something made by a student. after I had completed this I then moved onto taking the pictures for my magazines, I had already created a plan for the kind of images I wanted to take so it was just getting the people into the studio for the photoshoot, it helped creating a plan for these images that I could follow so I didn't have to come up with them there and then. once I had the photos I need I put them Into Lightroom to make sure they were perfect and the right brightness and exposure I had envisioned. Once this was complete it was just finishing up final touches that needed completing, for example the addition of a barcode, the Bauer logo to showcase where this magazine has come from, a price and the date.

When moving onto the website side of my magazine it all fell fairly easily, using the wix presets I took an already existing template and added my aspects into it, adding my direct logo at the top to have that exclusive link between the two media sources. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Research Codes & Conventions Magazine

 Total FILM Magazine -  The front cover for the FILM magazine is filled with lots of different conventions and meanings, we can see that this specific cover is littered with that bright red colour. We can gauge from this that they are trying to portray a certain feeling within the magazines front cover as the colour red is a strong colour which often suggests violence/anger and we know from the cover of the magazine how this links to the movie because it is a film magazine based on an action movie. We gather it is an action movie also based on what the two stars are wearing and the props that they are holding,  Little White Lies - The front magazine cover for little white lies is very different to a normal film magazine and does not follow the standard conventions of a magazine. They use graphics and art to alter their images to make them fall in line with their branding.        
Post a Comment
Read more

Initial Ideas Magazine

Have it be a mix between current film magazines, FILM & Little White Lies keeping the standard look and overall idea from the FILM covers but implementing the little white lies graphics into the cover.  the sub genre for my magazine will vary a lot as I want to make a directors magazine getting an insight on the directors/producers POV of how certain films have come about to be what they have become and the process it takes to get there. The specific target audience for this magazine is 16 to 25 year old middle and upmarket media literate audience. Write an overview of your magazine - What values will it stand for/how will it be represented/what sort of content will it include/how will it appear to the target audience? My magazine will appeal to the audience because it will have pages on the contents page based on everything to do with the BTS of a movie which a media literal audience would have an interest in PHOTOSHOOTS I NEED TO PLAN AND TAKE. Front Cover (1) 1) A man in a s...
Post a Comment
Read more

Institutional Research Magazine

What is the history of Bauer Media Group? Founded by  Johann Bauer in 1875 and has since become the UK's number one publisher and d igital commercial audio broadcaster.  What are the different divisions of Bauer and what types of media do they produce? Bauer Media produces a wide range of different media for example,  What is Bauers reach and audience demographics? What is Bauers approach to digital media online and publishing? What is the editorial focus and tone of Bauers publications? What are they key competitors of Bauer in the magazine industry? Bauer Media UK top competitors include  Future PLC, Haymarket Media Inc, Archant Ltd, Hearst UK . What film magazines does Bauer publish and what is their readership? Bauer publishes EMPIRE magazine which has an average readership of around 8,000 monthly How has Bauer adapted its film magazine offerings in response to changes in audiences consumption habits?
Post a Comment
Read more