It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

Did that get you excited?  Well… it’s time to get seriously cracking!  By the end of term you MUST have done the following:

·                    Initial research.

·                    Audience surveys and feedback.

·                    Analysed the data – how will it inform your magazine.

·                    At least one front page, contents and double page spread deconstruction.

·                    Editorial and customer profiles created.

·                    Production plan.

·                    Risk assessment.

·                    Storyboard 6-8 of the key photos you wish to use, label them with shot type, mise-en-scene and camera position.

·                    Flat plans of FP,CP,DPS.

·                    Audience feedback.

·                    Stages of production of your front cover.

·                    Final frontcover – I need a print out and an email of the electronic version.

·                    All the way, you MUST keep reflecting on why you are doing what you are doing.

Remember, if it is not on your blog, how do I know you have done it?  I check every day!

Any problems, just email me.

Good luck and have fun.

Grids!

Magazine front covers

Production...

Photoshop help...

Time is ticking!

With only three weeks until the Christmas holidays, there is not much time left to ensure you have reached stage one in style!  By Christmas you MUST have completed the front cover of your magazine.  In order to get to this point, you should have:

• Completed magazine deconstructions.  This includes the front cover, contents page and double page spread.  Make sure you are thinking about denotation and connotation.  Consider the house style and always think how this is informing your magazine.
• Have flat plans for your magazine.
• Have made a production plan.
• Made your blog interesting – lots of different presentation styles, not just prose.
• Make your front cover – tracking the stages as you go.

Check my prezi out to help you.  I advise you try and do one of these.

http://prezi.com/vcovmvhhadt0/making-the-most-of-your-media-blog/

By Tuesday, you should have the pictures for your front cover (at least).  Before you take them, have a plan of the pictures you want to take – why not make a story board?  Remember, if you change anything/don’t do what you said you would, this gives you something to discuss.  I would recommend making a slideshow out of these and talk about which ones you want to use and why.

Once you have these, you can start working on photoshop and making the cover.

Finally, the most important this is to ensure you are always reflecting on what you are doing and why you are doing it.

Good luck!

Useful links

Some links which may be of some use to you.

http://www.magforum.com/cover_secrets.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsjzpBsEaYw

http://www.slideshare.net/BaneTMB/magazine-front-cover-progression

Magazine deconstruction

Here are two examples of how I would like your magazine deconstructions to look.  Remember, everything you do is designed to inform the creation of your product.  At the end of your deconstruction consider how this has informed your choices.