Preliminary Task

Below you can see my preliminary task which was to make a magazine for Goffs School my aim was to make a front page and contents page which resembles Goffs School. I starting this task of by doing a lot of brainstorming , I brainstormed the possible colours of my magazine, picture ideas, stories i could include and the title of my magazine. I then was asked to sketch out different styles of magazine front covers and contents that i could use. This was quite useful as it allowed me to create an image of what my magazine front cover and contents page could look like. It was also good as it showed me what looked right and what didn't look as good.

The last part of preparing was the most difficult bit as this was to take the photos and decide the background you was going to include, getting the lighting right etc.. For this i decided to take some of our school netball team and other various pictures of different classes doing their work. Now all the preparing was done it was time to create it. After all the brainstorming i decided i was going to use the colour blue as this would match with the school logo and house style very well.

When making my front cover and contents page i was told to use Photo shop which I found very difficult however I managed to complete this. The problems I had during this task were firstly, taking the actual pictures as I wasn't sure what to at first with the background etc.. Secondly I found placing my pictures and text on the front cover and contents page hard as i wasn't sure which looked better. Another problem i had was re sizing the images I wanted on my pages as photo shop wasn't allowing me to do this so in the end I had to make do with the size they already was.

This is my preliminary task front cover

This is my contents page

Initial ideas for photos

Below is some different pictures which I have found on google and I really liked them. When it comes to taking my own pictures I will take into consideration the pictures I have found and use them when taking my pictures.

I got this picture off the Internet and I really like this picture as this matches to the story ideas I have. This is a picture of boys at a festival dressed in their rock clothes and ready to listen to the music at the festival. If i was to do my pictures simular to this i would use the same layout of the boys in a field but i would add more insturments to the picture for example a guitar etc.

I really like this collage of photos as each picture is different but resembles rock. In my magazine i would like to use this idea and take various different pictures of different things and add them together to make one picture, which is very eye catching and stands out on the page. I also think this picture is very eye catching as the maker of this picture has added text to it in all different fonts and this would appeal to the audience more as it is something to read.

I really like this picture, however if I was to do a similar picture I obviously wouldn't be able to get the same background therefore I could take the image myself but edit it in Photoshop and insert a background which I think would be suitable for the picture. I really like the way she is dressed outrageously and she has a guitar in her hand which she is playing I think this is a very good example of a rock picture.

This is one of my favourite images as I think they have taken the picture from a very unique angle and i really like the way her facial expressions are asthough she is shouting. I also like the way they have done her hair, as this looks very rock like. And finally I like the way they have edited her face with lots of other images which are blurred out on her face. However I think this image would be very difficult to do. Finally i like the way they have added text into the picture.

This is the sourt of image i will be adding into my magazine as a little image on my contents page just to fill up the space and to make it look more rock!. I also plan to use a lot more pictures like this on to my contents page.

Here is a picture of a man with a guitar who looks like he is performing at a concert or gig. I like the way the man has been costumed with the deadlocked hair and rough looking hairy face. and the clothes that he has been put in, in my magazine I would like to use this picture to to influence my picture as I like the way he has been photographed.

Initial Ideas For Font

Style 1

I think this font would be good for my magazine as it is very "Rock" looking as the writting is very weird and each letter is different and has different instruments in it. i also like it as it automatically caught my eye when i see it.

Style 2

When i saw this font i wasnt sure if i liked it or not however i decided to add it to my ideas as it is very different and has different meanings, although the title of the magazine will be in this font the font is also made to look like it is made out of rock therfore has multiple meanings and shows the audience that the genre of music is rock if they wasnt already sure.

Style 3

I really like this font as it is quite simple but in a way is scary looking. i think this font would work well with the image of magazine i have in mind. i would be stretched across the top of the magazine and be in black.

Style 4

This font is one of my favourite fonts as it is very simple and plain however would stand out very well as a heading on my magazine againt i would have it stretched across the whole of the top of the page and have it in black i think it would look very mysterious and unique.

Here are some of the different fonts that I will be including into my magazine I will use a various amount of different fonts as I think the more fonts that are shown the more this will catch the audience eye. As they have more to look at for example, bold text and bigger text than other text. I will just use a various different amount of texts. i really like ICT BOOKMAN DEMI as i think this is very simple however looks very stylish and attractive. I also like PALATINO as it is very different and you dont usually see this font on magazines very often. And i also very like AVANTE GARDE as this is again very simple and straight forward however would look very good in bold and would catch the viewers eye.

Initial Ideas For Colour Schemes

Red and Black - I think this colour scheme would represent rock music the best as they are both very dark colours and bright and together the colours represent anger and blood and as it is representing rock this would work very well. I also like these colours together

Luminous Green and Black - I think these colours would work well together as they are very bright colours and would catch your eye very well and I have never seen this colours schemes used before therefore would be unique and different.

Silver and Black - When I picture these colours together I think they would work very well and they would stand out and look very stylish and glamorous however could be a bit dull.

Black and Gold - I think these colours would look very stylish and expensive and would go well with rock music as I would have a brown and black guitar on the front and the gold and black heading would go very well with the front cover image.

Maslow Hierarchy Of Needs

This is called the Maslow Hierarchy of needs and is presented to you by a pyramid, which was proposed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper and is a theory of human motivation. In this pyramid there are different sections and they represent the order of humans needs with the largest and lowest needs shown at the bottom on the pyramid. The lower four layers were named "Deficiency needs" if these needs were not met by any human then the body gives no physical indication. When it comes to advertising the media uses this pyramid as a guideline. They use the top three layers to see what humans need and as creativity is one of them they try influence this through their work and make sure their work is very busy looking and looks very creative and this would appeal more to the target audience.

Initial ideas for stories

50 anniversary - This story would reflect in both the Front page and the double page spread, In the double page spread i would have a big interview going on with lots of different people who have been shown in the magazine throughout the previous years. It would be a special edition of the magazine. On the front page i would have a girl close up with her guitar with special edition wrote on the guitar and along the side in big writing i would have a piece of writing to the audience which informs them of the anniversary therefore would link up very well to the double page spread.

Glam Rock! - This story would be the biggest story advertised on the front page with the main girl looking very glamorous with all the latest fashion accessories on (to show that the girl has took tips from the magazine). And inside on the double page spread would be how to transform your old look into a new more glamorous rock chick image.

The Big Interview! - This story would obviously be about a girl called Rosanna who is being interviewed by the magazine there would be a picture of Rosanna on the front looking very happy also with large text on the front as this would encourage the public to buy the magazine even more, And inside on the double page spread there will be an interview which will be laid out in collums with a big picture of Rosanna.

Music Festival Madness - This story would be about a specific festival that went on a few weeks ago this story would have all the latest gossip in it about the music festival and all the madness that went on. On the front page there will be a group of people standing over a field getting ready to watch the music from the festival and on the double page spread their will be another few pictures that show they are at the festival which columns of writting about it.

Initial ideas for title

Metallica - This would be a good name for a rock magazine as the name, which is shown, is one word and sounds classy and unique, it is easy to say and would stand out. I also think it is a good name as the type of music my magazine would specialize in would be rock music and the title would represent metal music and this relates very well to rock music.

Blood On The Tracks - I thought of this title as it would relate to rock music good as the tracks part would represent a track being a song track and blood would represent the people that listen to rock music as they tend to like blood and are very outrageous people.

Rock Sound - This title is very simple and means exactly what it says, i think this would be a good title as again it is very simple and could stand out very well on the page as it is two words so it could take up most of the top of the page. The name represents with the genre of the magazine as the genre is "rock" music and "sound" would represent the sound of the music.

Rock Scene - I like this title as this would be "The Magazine To Buy" for rock music, this magazine would contain details of all the places to go for rock music and concerts etc, as the name has scene in it, it would resemble the places to go for rock music.