Week 3

This week i focused on my front cover and contents page. I placed my front cover image into indesign(the software we used to create or magazines) and began to use my font to create the mast head and cover lines for my front cover. I played around with the arrangements of my sub headings and cover lines untill i was completley satisfied with the positioning of them. I also used photoshop this week to create the barcode for my magazine. I then went on to create the stories for my contents page, using some that had featured on my front cover also, as well as placing a photo of my DJ into my contents page, leaving gaps to add more photos at a later date.

Technical guide

    I used photo shop to edit my photos, this is one example of my photo before and after editing.

    to create this change I used a number of tools on photoshop, here is a guide of how i achieved this  

    effect.

    1. crop photograph using the crop tool

    2. click on image, then adjustments and select contrast

    3. change the contrast of the photo so it looks more intense and solves exposure problems. Playing   

    around withe contrast and brightness off a photo is nearly always beneficial. you can also use

    curves to get this effect.

    4. after this i then went to image, adjustments and then colour balance.

     i increased the use of the colour blue in my picture as it was a running theme throughout my

     magazine.

    5. I used the spot healing tool to cover the few imperfections in the skin to her complexion was

    more flawless.

    6. I wanted her glasses to be completley black, so began using the clone stamp on the darker parts of

    her glasses and the black off her top to create blacked out glasses.

    7. Finally i went back to image, adjustments and saturation. I increased the saturation to bring more

    colour into the picture.



Week 2

I took my photographs this week. I used a female friend who i styled to create my DJ(Kimi Nandez), i took a range of photos, and i chose; an over the shoulder mid shot for the front cover, a close up for the double page spread and a close up for a small photograph on my contents page. I chose to use a female model as through my target audienc research, i had learned that people were keen to see more female artists and DJs in dance magazines. Through the week i used photoshop to manipulate the photos slightly, playing around with the contrast, saturation, brightness and colour balance untill i thought the photos wer of a good enough standard to be put into my magazine. Meanwhile, i also downloaded a font of a website called 'dafont'(http://www.dafont.com/) to be used for the masthead of my magazine and the cover lines.

photo planning and locations

  

   

   

Week 1

I began to create the layout of my magazine- front cover, contents page and double page spread. I payed special attention to my style model 'mixmag' when doing this, taking on board conventions from 'mixmag' as well as creating my own to insure my magazine is going to look proffesional but unique. As well as working on the layout of my magazine, i began to create some content, I knew that i wanted to include more sub-headings and anchorage text on my front cover than 'mixmag' usually have, so began to create stories for these. I also wrote the article for my double page spread, which i made in a question and answer form between my magazine and a female DJ/ music artist i created called Kimi Nandez. This meant i could now start taking photos for my double page spread and front cover of this artist and begin to work on more content for my front cover.

traget audience profile 2

Name:Nikita

Age:18

interests:Having a dance, clubbing, festivals.

How often do you buy Dance magazine?: About once a month, maybe more if a magazine catches my eye on the shelves and I have enough money on me to buy it.

How much do you susally spend on a dance magazine?: around four or five pound, i will spend more though if the magazine looks worth it- if it has freebies etc.

Which magazines do you buy and why?:tillate and mixmag. I actually have a prescription for tillate. They always have a lot about new clubs and dance events a cross the country, and are always having competitions and prize draws to win things. Once me and i won 2 VIP tickets to the Pascha club in london for an event they were having on-amazing!

What colour scheme do you think would look best for a dance music magazine: pinks, blues, greens, whites. Bright colours that stand out against eachother.

What sort of thing would you like to see in a dance music magazine: club reviews and interviews with artists and DJS. I also like to see what my favourite artists are listening to.

Do you think both men and women read DJ/dance magazines?:Well im a girl aren't I? yeah ofcourse, probably more males than females but all my female friends read dance music magazines so there are some of us out there.

Do you agree with the fact more women should be in DJ/dance magazines?: Definitley! mainly there is just some random girl posing on the front in a bikini but they never actually feature in the magazine. If they started including more female dance artists and DJs that would be great.

target audience research

My target audience, would be male and females between the age of 18 and 28 who enjoy clubbing, dance music and DJ-ing. I created a quick questionnaire and distributed it to a group of 10 people who were within my traget audience specification.

Target audience profile

Name: Lewis

Age: 18

Interests: Dance music, DJing

How often do you buy a dance music magazine?: At least two different magazines twice a month. I like to keep up to date with new artists and dance events.

How much do you usually spend on a dance magazine?: About three to six pound but no more.

Which magazines do you buy and why?: Mixmag and DJ mag most of the time. They always have the best articles and interviews, and always no the latest news in the dance music world. I always go to mixmag if i want to read about new, up and coming DJ's and occasionally have freebies like CD's or chances to win tickets for festivals.

What colour scheme do yoy think would look best for a dance music magazine?: Black, white and then another or a couple more bright colours- something that will stand out against the black and white.

What sort of thing would you like to see in a music magazine?: Well, like i said before, anything about new DJ's and artists, or even reading about older more legendary DJs or dance music artists. I like to read things that are interesting and insightful-like about the DJ's life and why they started to produce music etc.

Do you think both men and women read Dance/DJ magazines?: Oh yeah! It is definitley a unisex market. However you dont see a lot of female artists and DJs actually in the magazines so i would like to see more of that!