Weekly Log 25, Thank You note to Examiner and Special Mentions: 24th April

Captain's Log, Stardate: Thursday 24th of April (again couldn't resist the temptation)

Well its been fun, tomorrow is D Day (Deadline Day), in a way, I think its time to do a few thank yous.

To Examiner

Thank you for taking the time to go through my Blog (and read these crazy logs). I hope you have enjoyed watching, reading and listening. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have. 

Special Mentions

These are for people who have helped make some my ideas and crazy schemes come to life.

My Mum and Clive: Without these two there would be no magazine or analytical answer for Question 5

David Evans: Without whom there would be no photos.

Sharon Evans: Without whom Question 5 would not have been possible.

Gillian Hoddesdon: For helping with Question 5

Jeff Warin: For helping me with Question 5 

Jay Scott: For being the voice of Tony Stark and maybe a other characters in Question 4 and 7.

Well its been fun, We have had our ups and downs, I suppose in a way its been a journey and I hope that I have been bold and hopefully unique but I am going to leave you with this: Live long... and Prosper.

End Log.

Music Magazine: Front Cover, Contents Page and Double - Page Spread FINAL

These are the completed FINAL pieces of my music magazine. A Front Cover, a Contents page and a Double - Page Spread.

Music Magazine Evaluation Question 1

Music Magazine Evaluation Question 2

Music Magazine Evaluation Question 3

Music Magazine Evaluation Question 4

This is my work to answer Question 4 about my Audience Profile

Music Magazine Evaluation Question 5

Music Magazine Evaluation Question 6

Music Magazine Evaluation Question 7

Preliminary Task

In the past 2 days I have been working on my preliminary task. I did my front cover and My contents page both on photoshop and it was quite sureall as the actual process gets easier with every use of photoshop. But I am learning that I must make use of the time that O have and must do as much as possible and quickly. No wasting time. I think I am not using my time wisely enough but all in all I think the task is really good and hopefully you'll like it too.

Weekly Log 24: 17th April

Well here we are, my penultimate post, Cannot believe there are 24 of these which means by tomorrow there has been 25 weeks of hard work add the holiday probably about 35 weeks, phew makes me tired just thinking about it. Well there is only two thing left to do now.

1. Tidy up all videos

2. Post Log

Weekly Log 23: 10th April

Captain's log, Stardate: Thursday 10th of April, Sorry about that I just could not help myself its just you do a log and you cannot but think of Star Trek. With so little time left to complete the work my next post should all be in this order: Prelim Task, Evaluation, my completed work and then my last log.

Pictures of me using the technology

Weekly Log 22: 3rd April

Well here we are only three more logs left now, I loved doing a summary of my week like this makes me feel all like star trek (oh funny idea for my next 2 logs) anyho beginning to panic but hey well lets hope I can get everything finished as you can imagine there is a lot to do. I also made a little video of me using the technology.

Weekly Log 21: 27th March

Well that's it, the most fun I have had since the beginning of this coursework is over and now begins the stress of going back and getting everything ready for the final deadline on the 25th of April.

Music Magazine Image Editing - Processes I used

Weekly Log 20: 20th March

With the deadline for my evaluation next week and with Question 4 and 5 done, I only have one left. Also both Question 4 and 5 feature Tony Stark well I suppose that is only right he does deserve most of the credit without him my confidence for most of this coursework would not be there.

 

Weekly Log 19: 13th March

So with Question 2 and 6 done and Question 5 organised, I think its time to reveal my idea, for Question 4 and 7 I will use Lego to bring my point across, my teacher was sceptical at first but when she sees them she will be impressed and hope you will be too. Question 2 and 6 will follow.

 

Music Magazine Starting the final design - 3

Weekly Log 18: 6th March

Magazine done its time to start my evaluation I have made a start on my Evaluation and Question 1 was finished was done by the end of today but while I was doing I had an idea for Question 4 and 7...

Weekly Log 17: 27th February

Well the deadline is tomorrow and I think my work is finally finished and I am ready to post my final tomorrow then I can make improvements.

Music Magazine Starting the final design - 2

Weekly Log 16: 13th February

Well with the final deadline next week and with my magazine nearing completion let us hope that I can get it all done on time. 

Music Magazine Starting the final design.

Weekly Log 15: 6th February

This week, I have finished my article and I have begun work on finishing my music magazine and I can finally put the real images on of course there is some editing on the images to be done but that’s all part of fun.

Music Magazine DPS Draft 1

Today I worked on my DSP (Double Page Spread). I am happy with the drafted version of the final again the picture needs to be changed and I will have more photos to add the pages.

My music magazine Photoshoot 1 pictures

My Music Magazine First Photoshoot made with flipagram

Weekly Log 14: 30th January

David Evans, the photographer who I mentioned really helped me in the photoshoot and helped me get some really good photos out of me, I said to him, I would give him a mention on my Blog.

Weekly Log 13: 23rd January

GOOD NEWS (At Last) I have a friend who is a photographer, who has a studio in Harlow Town Centre and he has agreed to let me use his photo studio to take photographs of my mum and clive for my magazine. Which I have put into a Flipagram and have posted on my Blog.

Where I am with my Music Magazine

So far I have managed to work on my front cover. I would like to change the back ground image as the Mise - en - Scene is making the image look unprofessional. But this is where I am so far and there is still a lot to do and work on. Especially the main image.

Location, Costume, Actors (LCA)

These are my decisions on LCA's and why I choose them.

Location

I chose to shot my photos in a house as my target audience will able to relate to the performers a lot more and they can feel like they get to know them throughout the article.

Costumes

The performers will be wearing casual clothes to make it as relaxed as possible and so the readers can relate to the performers and see that they are not celebs and they are just normal people. As in my pitch I said I would not be using celebrities.

Actors

I chose to use my Mum and Clive

. As they perform at our local acoustic club they were a easy choice and as I know them I can write about them more easily. Also I was able to organise things more easily and get things done quickly.

Shot List

This is the shot list for my first photoshoot.

Front Cover: A member of the duo will be on a chair while the other is leaning on the shoulder with the guitar in between them. This will create the effect that they are a group and will tell the audience that they perform together.

Contents Page Shot: The duo will be sitting next to each other looking directly at the camera with the guitarist with the guitar. This will tell the audience that they are serious about music.

Shot 1: A shot of the duo together for article photos.

Shot 2: A individual shot of the lead singer to establish the singer.

Shot 3: A shot of the guitarist to establish the last member of the duo.  

Front cover 2: a shot of them back to back looking at the camera with the guitarist holding a guitar.

Front Cover 3: a shot of the singer standing and the guitarist on a stall with the guitar.  

I will use performance photos which I have taken to give more real life photos and show the audience that they perform. 

Guitarist Magazine Research

Here is the third magazine I have researched.

Acoustic Magazine research

This is the second analysis of a music magazine to help me create a music magazine.

Q music magazine

This is the first one of my research tasks in which we analysed a music magazine.

Market Research

I conducted market research in order to understand what my target audience would want in an acoustic magazine.

My audience will want to see information about current guitars. They want to know how other performers cope with the same issues that they do when the readers perform. They do not want to know about the celebrities because they are not interested in there gossip. They want to read about new acoustic performers rather than new celebs. 

Weekly Log 12: 16th January

So after my Draft photoshoot, I asked my teacher to take a look at them, she said that the Mise en Scene was wrong and would not be featured in a real magazine. So I think I need to make a bold move. I have a plan.

Weekly Log 11: 9th January

I am back after a 3 week break I am back posting again. I have now managed to orgainse a draft photoshoot to see how the pictures are going to look.