unit 30 lo3-5

Contents 4. LO35. ‘Sound of Pop’ proposal 6. Photography plan 7. Photography plan 8. Prop list9. Prop list 10. Prop list 11. Risk assessment 12. Risk assessment 13. Production process14. Production process15. Production plan16. Production plan17. Production plan18. Graphic layout front cover 19. Graphic layout DPS20. Final drafts front cover21. Final draft DPS22. Magazine flat plan 1

23. Magazine flat plan 224. Magazine flat plan 325. Magazine masthead/ logo 26. My magazine house style 27. Masthead fonts/ colours 28. Magazine front page before feedback29. Feedback 30. Magazine front cover after feedback31. Final pages- front cover32. DP before feedback33. Feedback34. DPS after feedback 35. Final page- DPS36. Front cover step by step 37. DPS step by step 38. What will be similar for my magazine compared with

Top of the Pops 39. Changes I made- front cover40. Change I made- DPS

Contents 41. Conclusion of similarities 42. what will be similar for my

magazine compared with Top of the Pops

43. Conclusion of similarities 44. Manipulating photographs 45. Professional camera comment46. Operating DTP tools47. Operating DTP tools48. Operating DTP tools49. Operating DTP tools50. Operating DTP tools51. Operating DTP tools

52. Operating DTP tools53. Operating DTP tools54. Operating DTP tools55. Operating DTP tools56. Operating DTP tools57. Operating DTP tools58. Operating DTP tools59. Safe working practices 60. Safe working practices 61. Advertising via Facebook 62. Conclsuion

Contents 63. LO464. Prezi presentation 65. Script/supportive material for the pitch 66. What I will use67. Witness statement 68. Witness statement 69. Survey analysis 70. Survey analysis 71. Survey analysis 72. Survey analysis 73. Survey analysis 74. Survey analysis 75. Survey analysis 76. LO577. Prezi presentation 78. Script/ supportive material for the pitch 79. What I will use

80. Witness statement 81. Witness statement 82. Survey analysis 83. Survey analysis 84. Survey analysis 85. Survey analysis 86. Survey analysis 87. Survey analysis 88. Survey analysis 89. Interview with the publisher90. Production plan91. Production plan92. Production plan93. Budget summary94. Budget plan95. Calendar events 96. Evaluation

‘Sound of Pop!’ Proposal

Photography plan

Prop list• What equipment I will need to take the photographs:

I search for these items in the Google Shopping are of the website.

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?gws_rd=ssl#q=microphone&safe=strict&tbm=shop

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?gws_rd=ssl



Prop List• Apple IMac x 4 • £4,196.00 • https://creative.adobe.com/plans?single_app=photoshop?promoid=KRQMA • http://store.apple.com/uk/cart • Photoshop x 3 • £514.44 per year (Excluding VAT) (£171.48 per year each)• https://creative.adobe.com/plans?single_app=photoshop?promoid=KRQMA • http://store.apple.com/uk/cart • Illustrator x 1 • 171.48 per year (excluding VAT)• https://creative.adobe.com/plans?single_app=photoshop?promoid=KRQMA • http://store.apple.com/uk/cart

https://creative.adobe.com/plans?single_app=photoshop?promoid=KRQMA

http://store.apple.com/uk/cart





Prop List

http://www.instantoffices.com/en/gb/serviced-office-space?lat=51.3362231&lng=-0.2688232&plid=ChIJCcdQ8g3idUgRMGnsoi2uDgQ



Risk assessment

Production Process

• Process:• Decide date of publication,

– Once the date for the release of my magazine has been chosen I will then be working with a schedule which is in the slide after this.

• Manage a schedule,– This is where my schedule will be managed and decided which is what everyone will have to

work against.• Decide the over all budget,

– The editorial team will choose what topics that will be included in the magazine, then look at how much money we have and decide a final budget for the production of whole magazine.

• Decide content that will be included,– At this stage journalists and reporters do a lot of research about the topics and content that

will be included in the magazine, interviews will be arranged and artwork/ graphics are also worked on at this stage.

• Edit the magazine – We edit the magazine to make sure all facts are correct, checking spelling and grammar and

the house-style is carried out.http://hosbeg.com/the-magazine-production-process/

Test photography will be used here to decide what images will be best to include in the magazine.

http://hosbeg.com/the-magazine-production-process/


Production process• Decide the layout of all the pages,

– The editorial team then choose the layout of each page in the magazine and which order they should all go in. To do this, the main programme that is used is InDesign. Adverts are also placed in the magazine at this point.

• Proofreading,– Once a hardcopy of the magazine has been printed, editors will look through

it and find and correct any mistakes. • Send file of the magazine to the printer,

– Once proofread, the DTP file of the fully finished magazine will be sent to the printer. If the editors approve he printing, the printer will then start mass printing.

• Distribution.– The magazines are neatly packed and sent to a warehouse where the

magazines are distributed and then sold to the public.





• 5-6 weeks prepProduction Plan Week beginning: Monday 27th October 2014

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Task: decide the final deadline for the publication of the magazine and manage the schedule for the production of the magazine.

Discuss what topics will included in the magazine, who will be in it, what pictures to take, then discuss the final budget you wish to pay by looking at how much you have to spend and what the money will be spent on in the magazine.



Gather content for the magazine. Artwork and graphics are also worked on at this point. Research is also collected by journalists through either the internet (on gossip websites) and interviews.



Complete by:End of day

Complete by: Two days time

Complete by:The next day


Complete by:One week time

Complete by: End of day


Date: 27th October

Date: 28th October

Date: 29th October

Date: 30th October

Date: 31st October

Date: 1st November

Date: 2nd November



Week beginning: Monday 3rd November 2014






Editing the magazine to make sure that all the facts are correct, the spelling is correct, grammar and punctuation is correct, that the house-style for the magazine is used, and that the page layout is revised and corrected if need be.

Decide the layout of each page using programs like InDesign and Photoshop to construct all of the pages in order to make the magazine.








Complete by: The next day

Date: 3rd November

Date: 4th November

Date: 5th November

Date: 6th November

Date: 7th November

Date: 8th November

Date: 9th November



Week beginning: Monday 10th November 2014



The editors of the magazine print out a hard copy of the magazine and read through it to try and find any mistake and then correct them.



Once the magazine's mistakes are corrected the DTP file of the magazine is sent to the printer making sure that you send all of the images and fonts with it as well.

The magazine is sent to a warehouse. From there the magazines are distributed and sent to shops to sell to the public.

The magazine is sent to a warehouse. From there the magazines are distributed and sent to shops to sell to the public.


Complete by:Two days time


Complete by:End of Day



Complete by:End of day.

Date: 10th November

Date : 11th November

Date: 12th November

Date: 13th November

Date: 14th November

Date: 15th November

Date: 16th November


Release date= 18th November


Graphic layout front cover

Another Band

Graphic layout DPS

Final Drafts Front cover

Cover Lines

Main image

Main heading

Pug of free poster

Masthead

Barcode, date it was released, issue number, Facebook and Twitter logos and website address of my magazine.

Final drafts DPSText boxes from interview – including Drop Capital

Main headingAnchorage text Main

image

Box will include Twitter name of band, page no., website of band

Magazine flat plan 1

Magazine masthead/ logo

Utopian colors

Verbal code ‘Sound’ relates to music- clearly denoting what the magazine is about.

Pink & white- very girly colors- using the white as the main color and the pink as an outline makes the masthead stand out. Special effects are also used to help with this.

My magazine house styleThe house style of my magazine will consist of the colours: Red (to signify excitement, energy and love), Pink (to connote love, romance and excitement), Yellow (to represent Joy, happiness, optimism, imagination and hope), Blue (to signify peace, stability, trust and loyalty), Purple (to signify wisdom and enlightenment), Orange (to signify energy, balance, enthusiasm and warmth), White (to signify purity, simplicity, peace, youth, good) and Black (to signify Power, elegance, style and innocence). To conclude, most of the colours on my magazine will be bright (especially the front cover) but I will have some pastel shades in the magazine as well so there is more variety and utopian colours; as it connotes a very girly and happy outlook on the magazine (motivated by my magazine of inspiration ‘Top of the Pops’) like a typical pop music magazine. http://www.slideshare.net/marketingboys/colors-meaning

This picture denotes the name of the person company who took a specific photo on a page. I will use this so that I’m not stealing anyone else’s work.

At the bottom of this double page spread (DPS) of Ariana Grande, it gives the reader information on when her newest single is out, her new album that is out now, her website and the radio channel, which says “Listen to The Official Chart, Sundays, 4-7pm, Radio 1”. I will use this for my magazine so that reader’s can get the latest information about their favourite stars or bands.

On the top of each page, the section of the magazine has been named, so it’s easier for the readers to navigate around the magazine.

This is a picture of the page no. located at the bottom of every page. I will also use this for my magazine so that the readers can say what information is on what page. Its also easier to pick up where you left off by having page numbers. And it looks best when they’re at the bottom of the page in the middle.

http://www.slideshare.net/marketingboys/colors-meaning

Masthead fonts/colours• Below are pictures of fonts from Dafont.com that would be typically used in

my magazine as titles and other headings, but also for the body of my magazine. Since I would like to vary the amount of fonts used in my magazine (apart from the main heading of my magazine ‘Sound of Pop’), the pictures below aren't the only fonts I plan to use.

My magazine will consist of the colours: Red (to signify excitement, energy and love), Pink (to signify love, romance and excitement), Yellow (to represent Joy, happiness, optimism, imagination and hope), Blue (to signify peace, stability, trust and loyalty), Purple (to signify wisdom and enlightenment), Orange (to signify energy, balance, enthusiasm and warmth), White (to signify purity, simplicity, peace, youth, good) and Black (to signify Power, elegance, style and innocence). Most of the colours on my magazine will be bright (especially the front cover) but I will have some pastel shades in the magazine as well so there is more variety and utopian colours.

http://www.dafont.com/

Magazine front page before feedback

Used the clipping mask tool to resolve this problem.

Feedback

Front cover after feedback

Made Smaller.

Main Image made brighter and bigger and teeth were whitened.

White strip made smaller.

Masthead changed.

Removed unnecessary cover lines.

Added main cover line/ name of band.

Final pages- front coverBanner Puff and

pug

Main image

Main headline

Mast head

Cover line

Cover line

Magazine’s website address, date, issue number, price, Facebook and twitter logos and barcode

DPS before feedback

Feedback

When making adaptations to my Front Cover and DPS, I made sure that every shape and text box had its own layer which is labeled so I knew what was where and could make changes individually without effecting anything else on the page (for example if I only wanted to edit one image and not all of them at the same time (if it was on the same layer)).

DPS after feedbackQuestions put in boldMade

bigger

More sweets in the background Quotes

fitted exactly inside the wrapper

Drop capital made a different colour

Final pages- dpsQuestions in bold

Drop capitalMast head

Magazine name

Quote from interview

Quote from interview

Main image

Page number

Anchorage text

Text boxes

Words and photography by…

Band’s website address

Band’s twitter username

Colourful sweets in back ground

Props

Front cover step by step

DPS step by step

Masthead

Main Image

Barcode, Date, Price and Issue

Main HeadlineDifferent

Same

Similar

The same

What will be similar for my magazine compared with Top of the Pops

Changes I made – Front cover

• This was my magazine front cover (unfinished) before it got any feedback at all. I then got my feedback and the image on the right is my final version of my front cover. As you can see my mast head has been changed, I removed unnecessary cover lines, the band on the bottom left were made smaller, the white strip at the bottom of the page was made smaller, I added main cover line/name of band and finally made the main image bigger and their teeth were also made whiter. I also adjusted the main image by changing the brightness/ exposure, contrast, hue/ saturation and finally used advanced hair selection especially on the main image. As well as this, on the picture of Lizzie in the bottom right corner, I created a clipping mask so that she would fit perfectly inside the shape.

Changes I made – double page spread

• The image above is my double page spread (again unfinished) before it got any feedback. Once I had been given I feedback, I made the required changes which then resulted in the image on the right.

These are the changes I made:- The main heading of the band was made bigger,- The questions were put in bold, - The quotes were moved and made so that the text fit better in the

wrapper, - I made a drop capital and changed the colour so that it stood out

and fit in with my house style and - I out more sweets of a different variety in the background. - Adjusted the photo by changing the exposure, hue/saturation and

again advanced hair selection.

Conclusion of similarities• I intend to make the mast head of my magazine in the

same place because in that specific place on my magazine page I know that the masthead will stand out.

• I also intend to make the barcode in the same place as top of the pops because on their front cover they haven’t made the barcode seem very important as it is small and in the corner so I feel I should do the same.

• My main image will be in a similar place on my front cover so that the most focus on the front cover will be the main image, therefore the picture should be touching the title and be in the middle of the page.

• The main headline will be in a different place and style on my front cover instead of in a bubble so that it could be more eye catching for my target readers.

Text same place

Heading same

Image place similar

Text boxes the same.

What will be similar for my magazine compared with Top of the Pops

Conclusion of similarities• I am going to keep the heading the

same because it is at the top of the page, eye-catching and it will make the title seem more important as it is at the top.

• The image layout and text boxes will be in a similar place as it looks more professional and text boxes are more appealing to the eye rather than large chunks of text.

Manipulating photographs • So that the photos look professional, I had to manipulate them by adjusting the

light etc… however, I still wanted the photos to look natural what I did to the images was:

- Added an outer glow - I did this by double clicking on the layer and selecting ‘Outer Glow’. I changed

the opacity, spread and size to make the main image stand out but I didn’t want the outer glow to be really obvious.

- Made the photos brighter and increased the exposure and Contrast- I did this by clicking on the layer then selecting image adjustments

Brightness/ Contrast and Exposure.- Changed the shadows/ highlights

- I did this by selecting Adjustments Shadows/Highlights - Used advanced hair selection

- I did this by using the quick selection tool and selected the image, then pressed ‘Refine Edge’ and changed the radius setting to 1.3, changed the feather number to 0.5 as well as ticking the box called ‘Smart Radius’ and carefully went around the edge of the image, then pressed ‘OK’. Once it brought me back to the main page, I right clicked and pressed deselect

Professional camera comment

• To take the photographs for my magazine I used a Nikon D3100 with a 18-55 mm lens so that the images would come out in the best quality which could be used in my magazine. I also used a tripod so that the angle of the photo was straight and un-blurred.

Operating DTP tools • Photoshop shortcuts I used:- Spacebar to move image whilst cropping or colouring- Control + Alt and scroll up to zoom in scroll down to

zoom out- Control + Z to undo- Select multiple items = Shift + Click- Step backward = Control + Alt + Z- Step forward = Control + Shift + Z- Eraser = E- Hand tool = H- Copy = Control + C

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html

- Paste = Control + V

- Increase or decrease the brush size = ]/[

- Control + S = save

- Free Transform = Control + T

- Left direction = control + scroll up

- Right direction = control + scroll down

- Brush = B

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html

Operating dtp tools

Front Cover

1) First I chose the background for my magazine (red).

2) I then made the barcode bar at the bottom of the page and entered the barcode, web address of my magazine (www.soundofpop.co.uk), the month and year of the first issue (November 2014), the price (£1.99), the issue number (issue 1) and the Facebook and Twitter logos as well.

Control + T

Operating DTP Tools3) Thirdly, I put the main image onto the page and

used different effects to make the photo brighter, I whitened their teeth, added a glow effect around the edges of the boys and also used advanced hair selection to make the photo look professional as possible.

Front Cover

Operating DTP Tools3) I then arranged the masthead background and the

masthead its self, again adding effects to it to make it stand out to the readers, such as a drop shadow, bevel and emboss and stroke. I also put the blue bar, stars and blue boxes with the text at the top of the page, above the masthead.

Front Cover

Operating DTP Tools4) I additionally added the puff and pug of a free ‘The Vamps’ poster in the top right corner.

Front Cover

Operating DTP Tools6. After this was completed, I placed the picture of Lizzie

(using advanced hair selection as well), puff and the magazine’s website address in the bottom right corner.

Front Cover

Operating DTP Tools6. Once this was perfected, I added a picture of a new band (who I made

up) and used effects such as a drop shadow, an outer glow and a stroke to make the image look professional. I added the band’s name, a ‘bubble’ background for the text, anchoring text for the band, a copy of the title on the edge of the bubble, and different coloured stars in a diagonal line going away from the bubble so there are more fun colours and shapes on the page and again used advanced hair selection before placing the image onto the page.

Front Cover

Operating DTP Tools7. Lastly, I made sure that there was enough space to put

the name of the band stretching over the main image and made sure that it stood out. This meant that I had to make the image of Lizzie and the new band who’re both in the corners smaller but still readable.

Front Cover

Operating DTP Tools

Double page Spread

1) I made the background/ boarder for the heading and the bar at the bottom of the page.

2) I typed the title of the double page spread and the anchorage text.

Control + T = transform

I copied and pasted this from the title page so it would be exactly the same.This was the font I used for the ‘are

back!’ text, which I downloaded for free from dafont.com

I used the text tool for this and again downloaded a font, which was called ‘Neon 80’s’

Operating DTP Tools3) I made the columns that the text would go into

and placed the main image onto the main page (and edited the photo so it looked brighter and that the advanced hair selection was correct). I then changed the opacity of the columns so that you could still see the background of the image behind and so that it looked more professional. Added a

stroke to the shape and changed the opacity of the white area so you could still see the background.

So that the boxes were exactly the same, I made copies of the first box by pressing and holding ‘Alt’ and dragging the box, the using the ruler tool so they were all in line.

Double page Spread

Operating DTP ToolsDouble page Spread

Operating DTP Tools4. I typed the interview questions and answers into the columns

making sure they were the right font I wanted to use, that the questions were in bold and answers normal. I then made the drop capital for the beginning of the interview.

Double page Spread

Operating DTP Tools 5) I placed all of the sweets into the back ground.6) I added all of the information into the bottom bar and

into the top corner of the page e.g. page no., website address of band, words and photography by… and ‘Sound of Pop!’

7) Made the quotes and fitted them onto two different sweetie wrappers

8) Arranged the sweets in the background of the double page spread.

Double page Spread

Safe Working Practices - I wanted to crop the images so that there wasn’t any un necessary details in the background that could

distract from the main subject for example if the picture was taken in a café you wouldn’t want all of the other people in the background as you want the main subject of the photo to stand out.

- I used the pen tool so that the text box would fit perfectly around the main image especially on the double page spread. I also used the pen tool when writing text in shapes. For example on my double page spread, I wanted to put quotes in sweetie wrappers, so I used the pen tool to make sure that the text fitted perfectly inside the sweetie wrapper and would be integrated onto the page neatly.

- I used the ruler tool for when I was drawing shapes on my front cover and double page spread as well as text boxes so that the shape would be the perfect size that I want and that the text boxes are straight.

Used ruler tool so text boxes were in line with each other

Safe Working Practices

- I used the healing tool to correct any dark marks or spots and also shadows on the models’ faces so that the images looked more professional and up to a magazine’s standard.

- In order to maintain the house style of my magazine I used a very helpful tool called the ‘Eye Dropper tool’. This tool allowed me to select another color that was already on my document so that I could use the same color. What’s even better is that I could save the color selected to ‘Swatches’ so that in the future I could use the same color as before.

Adaptations to my pages • When making adaptations to my Front Cover and DPS, I made sure that every shape and text box had its

own layer which is labeled so I knew what was where and could make changes individually without effecting anything else on the page (for example if I only wanted to edit one image and not all of them at the same time if it was on the same layer).

• When creating future editions of my magazine, instead of creating new layers for every edition, I will keep the same basic template (for example masthead and barcode/ date/ issue no.) and name/ group the layers, so they can just be edited instead and save it in a different area on the computer to keep the same template for each edition.

• Linking and grouping layers: • On my DPS I created multiple layers of different sweets, so I grouped the layers (for example ‘gummy

bears’) together to find them all quicker and easier which also meant that I wouldn’t get them mixed up with other layers and sweets (especially if I wanted to select all layers of one type of sweet to move them all together).

Advertising via Facebook

£1277.50 per year

https://www.facebook.com/ads/create/?act=90195210

It’s important that my magazine will have a Facebook page because nearly everyone has at least one type of social media, so it will gain a lot of exposure for my magazine, as the page will be able to include the audience via articles, the latest news and fun quizzes.

Conclusion • Overall in LO3, I have looked at a huge variety of important

topics which would have to be considered regarding my magazine. For example, what props are needed for the images I will have to take (and what pictures will I take- photography plan), and where and getting permission to use the props and take the pictures where I want to take them. The house style of my magazine including fonts, how my magazine will be laid out, improving from the feedback I was given to make my magazine look the best and most professional. I also compared my magazine to my magazine of inspiration, what was better and what I could ‘repeat’ (Steve Neale). In order to make my magazine pages I needed to know what tools to use use and where to use which was part of the Operating DTP tools.

Prezi presentation• Here is the link to my pitch on prezi (on

YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxow9lmQX3g

• Below are the two halves of me performing my pitch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxow9lmQX3g


Script/ Supportive material for the Pitch

• When completing my pitch, I decided not to use a a script or any format of supportive material, as I thought that if I was reading what I wanted to say off a piece of paper I wouldn’t be able to focus on my presentational skills as much (for example eye contact with the audience) or I may loose my place (then confuse myself as to where is am), which wouldn’t be very professional. Therefore I rehearsed my Pitch multiple times until I knew what I wanted to say word for word. Mr. Crafts thought that this was a key highlight of my pitch.

What I will use:

Computer and desk

Classroom

Projector

Camera

Smart board

Slide changer

Witness StatementThis feedback that has been given to me in my witness statement proves that I completed most of the necessary areas in my pitch, which include: Proposal, production plan, budget summary, target audience, pre-production materials, plan for the magazine, Front cover and DPS, verbal introductions, target audience and spending power and finally an opportunity for feedback. However, my witness statement claims that I have not included start-up costs and a plan for the images in my pitch. Although I have, I could have reflected on this in more detail when passing these two slides to make it clearer for my audience to see in detail what I have included. Other positive ‘WWW’ feedback that I gained in my witness statement wrote that I didn’t need any props or prompts( for example a script), that it was very well pitched and rehearsed, my market leaders breakdown, my flat plans, the social media marketing, marketing breakdown costs, my future issue overview and finally how I linked my content slide to my flat plan: “the question is, what content have I used from this slide in my magazine flat plan?”.

• The only ‘EBI’ that I was given was that since it was the first issue of the magazine, could the masthead have been more visible? Which I have already reflected on in slide no.9, by changing the stroke of the mast head to a different colour or changing the words’ colour itself and finally by making the main image slightly smaller so that you could see what the masthead said easier. The main image could then be made bigger a couple of issues later as more people will be used to what the masthead of the magazine says. Overall I think that I presented a very successful pitch based on the comments that I have received.

Witness Statement

• The answers that I received from this question gave me very positive feedback, as they proved that I completed my pitch to the full extent that I could.

• For this question I was given an answer of 9/10, which meant that there was a chance for me to improve my work- the reason is stated on the next slide.

• This question asked me what I could improve in my pitch overall, in which I got a response of: “Magazine Front Cover- Although the masthead layout and positioning is conventional, could it be more visible for the first issue of the magazine?”. This has been resolved by changing the background of the masthead and changing the actual font colour of the masthead. I also tried making the main image slightly smaller so that you could see more of the masthead.

• These answers again display that when presenting my pitch I was convincing and had good, strong ideas that would make the company want to invest in my magazine.

• The answers that I received from this question helped me to understand how clear my pitch was for other people to see and hear (and also the content in my pitch as well) and from these answers I can see that my pitch was clear and easy to understand.

• The unanimous answer from this question proves that there are no issues to be resolved.

• This answer states that my presentational skills were clear and professional, helping me to be more approachable for the audience and also more interesting for the audience to watch my pitch.

Prezi presentation• Here is the link to my pitch on prezi

(on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxow9lmQX3g

• Below is me performing my pitch:

