Unit G321: Foundation Portfolio

Main Task.
Research and Planning:~

Research: ~

• The initial idea is to create  music magazine, aimed towards teenagers whom are more fond of pop music.
• The magazine 'Q' has been voted the best pop magazine, so I will try and adapt a similar layout as this kind of magazine. The magazine includes top charts, latest albums/hits questionnaires as well as other media information such as new films and DVD's.
• Most magazines for music tends to have it's large logo in a top corner, but had been over lapped by an artist photo of who's included in the magazine, as well as the main title for the week's issue. The magazine also uses the same colour scheme throughout.

Planning: ~

• I will call my magazine idea 'Ultraviolet' after one of my favourite songs.
• Like 'Q' I will take a photo of a made up artist (A friend ~ Gemma Crane) and have it the front cover to show she will feature in the double page spread.
• The layout itself for the front cover will be simple, will small headlines around the main photo, and one big one going across it, showing the 'main story'.
• The layout, logo and/or title will be created on Photoshop before being brought together.
• Inside will be the contents page. On the page directly on the back on the front cover will be an add for a made up perfume.
• The contents will be simple and modern, to attract the teenage readers.
• Small photos that would be included within the magazine will be around the contents, will some quotes from the page.
• The page set up will be going down the side of the page.
• I will use my own Photos for the main story.
• The double page spread will be directly after the contents, and will include one large photo of the model used, will one or two quotes from the text enlarged, and found on this page.
• The other will be the story. It will be question based, so it will look like I have actually interviewed a real pop star. The story will include small sub-stories.
• I will try also to add one more page of the 'pop-star' behind it.
• Other pages may include questionnaires, contests etc.

After slightly editing this photo in the near future, I will use this as the front cover.

This will be one of the photos to use in the double page spread.

This is the rough plan photos of the magazine on paper. ~ (They will be soon updated with Photoshop)

This is the front cover draft

This is the perfume add draft

This is the second page of the double page spread draft

 

This is the contents page draft



This is the first half of the double page spread draft



This is the double page spread (together) draft