Research and Planning: DPS Development

Research and Planning: Contents Page Change

I have added a colour gradient Fade as the most recent change on the magazine. I used the colours blue and white as these are two of the three colours from my 3 colour rule.

Research and Planning: Model Selection / Deselection

The Models I chose to ask was based on wether they dressed and looked appropriate for the magazine. I used models with short hair as The majority of DJs have short hair. Also long hair is also linked with other genres such as rock and  Heavy metal.

Research and Planning: Software List

I used Photoshop for the production of most of my Magazine and Research and Planning. I used many different skills on this programme. I used drop shadow on the layer style to give a 3D effect. The middle pillar is the tool bar and I learnt to use the majority of these. 

I used In design to start with and learnt to word process using this program.

Research and Planning: New Masthead

I changed my Masthead to lower case as this Is what similar magazines use.

The mix mag title has rounded letters in the masthead, similar to the font I used. Instead of putting a publication line below the text i put it above as there was space. I copied the style as although Mixmag is more RnB it uses a similar style to DJ in the titles and Photos used.

Research and Planning: Blogger Feedback

Feedback I recieved on my blog from other A-level Students.

Research and Planning - Final cover

Research and Planning: Audience Feedback

This was feedback I received via social network on facebook

Research and Planning: Costume research

These are the clothes and Props used for the shots. The shirt was worn on the cover and the 2 types of headphones were worn on the other shots taken. I also used the headphones for the Tech Section.

Research and Planning: Pose Research

This is the medium close up shot style I wanted to recreate for my magazine cover. I added headphones as a prop to my front cover shot. I used similar poses for the majority of my shots.

Research and Planning: Shooting Schedule

This is a Grid showing the times I took photos for each part of my magazine. The photos of people where during the first two shootings and the final was just for my tech section photos.

Research and Planning: Magazine Photos + analysis

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When all shots were taken i had the photography lighting set up to go off in time with the camera to reduce the amount of shade when necessary.

Shot 1 was the first shot I took using the SLR camera before I adjusted the exposure and settings on the camera to suit the shots I wanted to take. With this model I thought that the second and third shot were of better quality.

Shots 2 and 3 are both using the same pose and shot as they were both close ups and looking away from the camera. The pose was that stereotypically used by a DJ as he was holding one ear cup which is often seen as a thing DJs do. Also he is wearing headphones with the style stereotypically worn by DJs.

Shot 4 was a medium close up or a semi long shot as it included the top half of the legs. This shot wasn't as effective as some others doing the same pose such as shot 9.

Shot 5 was taken looking more casual DJ than other shots as the model was wearing a jacket not ipped up and looking away from the camera.

Shot 6 was the same as shot 4 but with the headphones around the neck to show shots of different styles. the shade on the left of the figure creates a good effect. 

Shot 7 and 8 do not suit the genre so much as they are not dressed to a DJ Style and are not showing the kind of emotions I wanted to portray in the photos.

Shot 9 was used as the front cover photo as it is staring into the camera to look serious, also a medium close up was used as it seemed appropriate for a front cover photo. also I did research from DJmag to distinguish that DJs will often wear shirts buttoned to the top on the cover and also show DJs wearing headphones on the cover.

Research and Planning: Contents Page + analysis

This is my final contents page for the magazine. From the top down analysis:

- The bar across the top of the page links with the bars above the sections of the magazine to give it a professional look and also it was a space to put the Magazine title 'Fuze.'

- The style of the title 'Contents' is in the style of a DJ magazine as it has a line above and below often seen as a feature and to make it stand out.

- To create the different shades on the right on the sub titles I used the eraser on 50% opacity to create different shades of letters this helps the sub titles for the sections stand out.

- The photos on the left display what contents there is in the magazine for example the photos of models is for the interviews section and the photos of the headphones is for the tech section.

- I used small photos on the right to give an insight into what is in each section. also small text is to the right detailing the contents of each section and the page number. 

- I added a bar along the bottom and posted a web address above it for the magazine so people can view content online.

Research and Planning: Final Front Cover + Analysis

This is my Final Front Cover for my magazine. The magazine now includes key features of a magazine.

- The masthead is now complete and I changed the font to be a more round edged one that is easier to read as that is the style used by DJmag. I also duplicated the layer, changed the colour to blue to added a blue shadow to the masthead.

- I also Have finished the publication line below the magazine and moved it to the left so it doesn't go over the models face. I also used 2 different colours of font to make it more pronounced.

- I have included details of the contents using a 3 colour scheme rule and these are white, black and electric blue. These colours seem appropriate for the genre and also compliment the background photo. I added boxes of different colours around the text and used a drop shadow to create a 3d effect on the boxes.

- In the bottom right corner I added The bar code and placed it on a box and added a drop shadow so the bar code looked above the photo I also added the price and just to the left I added a website address to give a professional look.

- Finally the photo I used was a medium close up i selected from the photos i had taken as it was in focus and had good lighting and was an appropriate shot for the magazine.