Production Log - 23rd November 2012

Today I had a look through some music magazines which I thought would give me a very clear idea of what I wanted to do in my own magazine and the features I wanted to be included. Although none of the magazines I read had much to do with the R&B genre of music I feel that now I am very confident on knowing how the layout of the main article, contents page and front cover should be in order to attract the audience. 'Q' is a monthly magazine so therefore it included a lot more information compared to 'NME' which is a weekly magazine. This signifies that my own magazine being a monthly magazine must include 100+ pages. Furthermore I have also decided that my article for my double page spread will not include questions and answers as I want it to look as professional as possible. However it will sound spontaneous and it will include some humour and colloquialism in order to attract the readers and engage them with the article.

Magazine Sketches

Sell Lines

Sell Lines Ideas 6

Colour Connotations

Colour Connotations 5Below I made a powerpoint on the colour connotations and the possible colours I may be using for my own magazine. I have a variety of different colours due to me deciding to make two different front covers, one being bright and colourful, and the other being dark.

Name Ideas

Name Ideas 3

Moodboard and Image Ideas

Moodboard and Image Ideas 2

Institution of Music Magazines

Institution of Magazines 1

Concept Ideas

Today I made some notes on what I want to include in my Front Cover and Contents page. Having made this plan it helped me a lot with what sell lines I will be using, plugs, slogans and the price of my magazine as it is a monthly issue. Furthermore for the contents page I decided what the main sections will be such as 'News, Regulars, Gig Guides, Features, Reviews.' For each one I also figured out the stories I will be including which is the main contents. Additionally having thought about that it made me realise that I will need to have a large amount of page numbers due to my magazine being a monthly magazine. In the next few days I am hoping to also sketch the front cover and contents page followed by getting a few ideas about the double page spread. As a target for this week I will be setting myself to finish the article for the double page spread ready for next week.

Production Log - During the October Half Term

During the October half term I researched the different styles which will suit my target audience. I asked a group of different people about the different types of magazines they read in order for me to know who my target audience should be.

As it was half term  I had a lot of time and it was very beneficial for me to go out and explore a few things to do with the music industry. Having traveled to London again I took my friend Jade with me who is the model for my magazine and we took some more pictures which will be added to the contact sheet and will be used in my magazine.

Before half term I was very scared I was not going to be able to complete the whole research and planning part of my magazine but as I made a planning sheet with all the dates I spent everyday of my half term completing different tasks which portrays now I am up to date with everything.