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This week has been focusing on really trying to block each section of the magazine. Normally people go in a specific order of how they tackle this magazine but I am taking it as it comes. In lessons I have been really powering through to try and get the basic bits of my magazine done before I really start to refine and go into detail. Additionally at home I have been trying to find inspiration for the type of artist I want to portray in my article and throughout my magazine; this can be seen in my mood board. I have been filling in some of the blocks with placeholder pictures that I got from the internet whilst I try to narrow down and find pictures that I want in each part of my magazine.

Production Diary 9

These few lessons I have started to really think about the text that I want to go into my magazine and I want to put that into my magazine before I start to put the images in. I have finished all the text that I want to feature in my contents page because that is the first page that I have been constructing as I had a clear picture of what I wanted in my contents page whereas the other pages I didn't have as clear image in my head.  I have spent a considerable amount of time working what articles I wanted to feature, I have looked into a variety of different magazine and what they have in their contents page and I have also looked at past students for inspiration. When I put pictures into the contents page the text may change so the pictures fit with the articles.
 My aim for the next production is to really block my magazine and get a clear structure of where things will go because I am very creative I go off on a tangent and I think I need plan before I go on any further.

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We were given the task to complete a uses and gratification model for a music magazine. This was how we take the audience into account and what the audience use a magazine for. This can found below. This really helped me because like my music magazine survey, it gave me a insight into what looks good from an audience perspective and how I can incorporate the audience whilst constructing my magazine. Now after researching into this I am able to know what audience need/get out of a magazine and put that into my magazine. We then needed to complete our draft proposal, which was basically explaining the entire research part and answering a series of questions bout idea's for your magazine. This wasn't really much help because it wasn't what the aim was for, however it was good to have all my information together so I can refer to it further down the course. The target I set myself by the next production diary was to come up with my name and complete everything outstanding in my blog. Until next time. Ellie x

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I thought this week instead of a video diary, I would post a text post because I want to mix things a bit. I will most likely return back to video blogs because I find them a lot easier. This week we have been really focusing on sort of the written side of our magazine. We have been given 2 separate task to complete by the 15th (tomorrow). These task were: codes and conventions of a magazine. I chose to do the features of a cover page, contents page and articles. I chose to do the key features of each of these and how I took them from a magazine and applied them to my own ideas. Instead of doing PowerPoint, I decided to use Prezi. I wanted to expand my horizons and not stick to the same programmes all the time. 

 My 2nd task was to do a representation of your chose genre (Indie). To mix things further I decided to do a very short film on Adobe Premier. This task was just to explore how your chosen genre was shown through different mediums. I found pictures/quotes/videos and combined them all into one 4 minute video. I found using Premier quite easy and very fun because you can just play around with it and create something very different to put on your blog. 

 Also this week I got back all of my pictures from my magazine photoshoot and the behind the scenes pictures. You can see the photoshoot pictures in a PDF  and all my behind the scenes shots in a video. My magazine ideas are really coming together now.

My target for next week is start getting outdoor shots together along with some location shots with my model and some other people I have in mind.

Until tomorrow's vlog

Bye x

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Preliminary Design Ideas/ Production Diary 1

As you can see from the pictures below I have completed both of my perliminary design ideas for this part of the task. I really like the layout and design of my front cover. Some of this front cover wasn't planned and I completed it free hand. I believe that instinct is key and if you drew or wrote something on the page you intened it to be there, so that is why I decided not to plan everything to the last detail and I was happy that it fitted the look I was aiming for.
I think I might make a few changes to my contents page however. I will probably change it throughout the process of actaully making the final product. I am not as happy with it as I would like to be as I think it looks quite bare and empty so as I go along in the actaully making of it, it will become a lot more filled and reach a place where I am as happy with it as my front page.
When chosing the colours of my magazine, I wanted colours that could be bold and stand out but also be subtle and not too in your face. As my magazine is about the arts, I did want the colours to represent that. The arts can be subtle but they can also push limits and be out there and by chossing the boldness of the navy and the subtleness of the beige, I believe it represents what I was trying to capture.
The reason behind the name is very simple, I wanted the name of the school and something to do with performing arts and that is where the title 'Haydon Spotlight' came from. It is bold, catchy and simple. Moving on to the stories, I wanted to include stories that could include all students however catered specifically for the arts. This is why I included stories about 'canteen food that helps you focus' but also 'new exta curricular arts clubs'. Even though my magazine is quite specific, I believe covered a variety of stories.
I haven't decided on what specific fonts I want for each part of my magazine as I am hoping that it just comes naturally when I start creating it. Before I start to make the magazine however, I will look at some fonts and pick which ones I like best and which ones suit each heading.
Before I start creating the magazine, I do think I may need to go ou and collect a few more pictures, but since I first took pictures a week ago, my magazine has changed and I don't think I have as many pictures to fit my magazine as I would like.
The next step in my perliminary task is too start working my way through creating the finished product. Even though I haven't had much practise with photoshop I hope to work out bits with the help of my teacher and peers. My target for the next time I write a blog post is to have started actually peicing together parts of my magazine and to have the pictures ready to go.