Unit 14

UNIT 14

LAUREN DOWLEY

CENTRE NO.: 64135

CANDIDATE NO.: 2044

CONTENTS 7. Rough sketches

8. Rough sketches

9. Final drafts front cover

10. Final drafts DPS

11. Font styles

12. Mood board

13. Images of influence

14. Mast head name ideas

15. My magazine house style

16. Budget summary

17. Draft article

18. Graphic layout front cover

19. Graphic layout DPS

20. Photography plan

21. Photography plan

22. Prop List

23. Prop List

24. Prop list

25. Props permission

26. Production process


28. Proof-reading

29. Production plan 1



32. Conclusion

CONTENTS 33. LO2

34. Location recce

35. Location recce

36. Location recce

37. Location recce

38. Ethical and legal

39. Health and safety work act

40. Watermark

41. Copyright process

42. Copyright laws within print media

43. IP- trademark costs

44. IP- trademark process














CONTENTS58. IP- trademark process







65. Data protection act (1998)

66. Legal and ethical editors code of practise

67. Making a complaint with IPSO







74. Conclusion

75. LO3

76. Setting up of equipment

77. Test photography





82. Operating DTP tools

CONTENTS83. Operating DTP tools












95. Professional camera comment

96. Manipulating photographs

97. Conclusion

98. LO4

99. Deadlines

100. Post-production skills

101. Post-production skills

102. Safe working practices

103. Safe working practices

104. Colour

105. Fonts

106. Changes I made- front cover

107. Changes I made- DPS

108. Final pages- front cover

109. Final pages- DPS

110. Witness statement

111. Conclusion

ROUGH SKETCHESFront Covers:

Masthead

Pugs about competitions to win concert tickets or signed clothing from stars

Main image

Cover lines

Barcode and mag detail for example date and price and issue number

Masthead

PugsCover lines

Main image

ROUGH SKETCHES

Double Page Spread:

Main heading

Text from interview

Page number

Main Image

FINAL DRAFTS FRONT COVER

Cover Lines

Main image

Main heading

Pug of free poster

Masthead

Barcode, date it was released, issue number, Facebook and Twitter logos and website address of my magazine.

FINAL DRAFTS DPSText boxes from interview – including Drop Capital Main heading

Anchorage text Main imageBox will include Twitter name of band, page no., website of band

FONT STYLESBelow are pictures of fonts from Dafont.com that would be typically used in my magazine as titles and other headings, but also for the body of my magazine. Since I would like to vary the amount of fonts used in my magazine(apart from the main heading of my magazine ‘Sound of Pop’), the pictures below aren't the only fonts I plan to use.

http://www.dafont.com/

MOOD BOARD

IMAGES OF INFLUENCE

Used a similar shape for puff

Similar banner at the top of the page

Used a fashion cover line in the bottom right corner

Used a band of four in the bottom left corner and added a stroke onto the image to make them stand out

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCPHl2Pec3cYCFcsH2wodD_wOOQ&url=http://heathenmedia.co.uk/agembala/2013/05/08/planning-my-magazine/&ei=8V2mVbGpHsuP7AaP-LvIAw&bvm=bv.97653015,d.ZGU&psig=AFQjCNFW3YN6ELeneTefGrkMUKkct97tmg&ust=1437052755732822

MAST HEAD NAME IDEASSound of Pop

Life of Pop

24/7 Pop

Pop Life

Bubblegum

Pop music and gossip 24/7 so the magazine will always be up to date

Sound relates to music and makes it clear that the magazine will be about Pop

Pop music is life

It’s a fun word and young girls love chewing bubblegum

Its clear that the magazine will be about what gossip there is about the ‘Pop Life’

Hitz

Magazine will be the pop music hits – using a ‘z’ at the end is like the teens text langue

MY MAGAZINE HOUSE STYLEThe house style of my magazine will consist of the colours: Red (to signify excitement, energy and love), Pink (to signify love, romance and excitement), Yellow (to represent Joy, happiness, optimism, imagination and hope), Blue (to signify peace, stability, trust and loyalty), Purple (to signify wisdom and enlightenment), Orange (to signify energy, balance, enthusiasm and warmth), White (to signify purity, simplicity, peace, youth, good) and Black (to signify Power, elegance, style and innocence). . Most of the colours on my magazine will be bright (especially the front cover) but I will have some pastel shades in the magazine as well so there is more variety and utopian colours. http://www.slideshare.net/marketingboys/colors-meaning

This picture denotes the name of the person company who took a specific photo on a page. I will use this so that I’m not stealing anyone else’s work.

At the bottom of this double page spread (DPS) of Ariana Grande, it gives the reader information on when her newest single is out, her new album that is out now, her website and the radio channel, which says “Listen to The Official Chart, Sundays, 4-7pm, Radio 1”. I will use this for my magazine so that reader’s can get the latest information about their favourite stars or bands.

On the top of each page, the section of the magazine has been named, so it’s easier for the readers to navigate around the magazine.

This is a picture of the page no. located at the bottom of every page. I will also use this for my magazine so that the readers can say what information is on what page. Its also easier to pick up where you left off by having page numbers. And it looks best when they’re at the bottom of the page in the middle.

http://www.slideshare.net/marketingboys/colors-meaning

BUDGET SUMMARY

DRAFT ARTICLE

GRAPHIC LAYOUT OF MAGAZINE FRONT COVER

Another Band

GRAPHIC LAYOUT OF MAGAZINE DPS

PHOTOGRAPHY PLAN

PHOTOGRAPHY PLAN

PROP LIST

What equipment I will need to take the photographs:

I search for these items in the Google Shopping are of the website.

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?gws_rd=ssl#q=microphone&safe=strict&tbm=shop

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?gws_rd=ssl




PROP LISTApple IMac x 4

£4,196.00

https://creative.adobe.com/plans?single_app=photoshop?promoid=KRQMA

http://store.apple.com/uk/cart

Photoshop x 3

£514.44 per year (Excluding VAT) (£171.48 per year each)



Illustrator x 1

171.48 per year (excluding VAT)










PROP LIST

http://www.instantoffices.com/en/gb/serviced-office-space?lat=51.3362231&lng=-0.2688232&plid=ChIJCcdQ8g3idUgRMGnsoi2uDgQ



PROPS PERMISSION

I e-mailed Miss Allerton to ask for her permission to use the music equipment that I would need for my front cover.

PRODUCTION PROCESSProcess:

• Decide date of publication,

• Once the date for the release of my magazine has been chosen I will then be working with a schedule which is in the slide after this.

• Manage a schedule,

• This is where my schedule will be managed and decided which is what everyone will have to work against.

• Decide the over all budget,

• The editorial team will choose what topics that will be included in the magazine, then look at how much money we have and decide a final budget for the production of whole magazine.

• Decide content that will be included,

• At this stage journalists and reporters do a lot of research about the topics and content that will be included in the magazine, interviews will be arranged and artwork/ graphics are also worked on at this stage.

• Edit the magazine

• We edit the magazine to make sure all facts are correct, checking spelling and grammar and the house-style is carried out.

http://hosbeg.com/the-magazine-production-process/




PRODUCTION PROCESS• Decide the layout of all the pages,

• The editorial team then choose the layout of each page in the magazine and which order they should all go in. To do this, the main programme that is used is InDesign. Adverts are also placed in the magazine at this point.

• Proofreading,

• Once a hardcopy of the magazine has been printed, editors will look through it and find and correct any mistakes.

• Send file of the magazine to the printer,

• Once proofread, the DTP file of the fully finished magazine will be sent to the printer. If the editors approve he printing, the printer will then start mass printing.

• Distribution.

• The magazines are neatly packed and sent to a warehouse where the magazines are distributed and then sold to the public.




PROOF-READING

When I had finished constructing my Double Page Spread, I made sure that I had proof read the interview text and all other text on the page (as well as my front cover) to make sure that it made sense and I corrected any mistakes that I did find.

This stops the words being split at the end of a line.

PRODUCTION PLAN 1Week beginning: Monday 27th October 2014

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Task: decide the final deadline for the publication of the magazine and manage the schedule for the production of the magazine.

Discuss what topics will included in the magazine, who will be in it, what pictures to take, then discuss the final budget you wish to pay by looking at how much you have to spend and what the money will be spent on in the magazine. Test Photography will also take place here, so that the photographers will know what poses and shots will look best for the pages.

Discuss what topics will included in the magazine, who will be in it, what pictures to take, then discuss the final budget you wish to pay by looking at how much you have to spend and what the money will be spent on in the magazine.

Discuss what topics will included in the magazine, who will be in it, what pictures to take, then discuss the final budget you wish to pay by looking at how much you have to spend and what the money will be spent on in the magazine.

Gather content for the magazine. Artwork and graphics are also worked on at this point. Research is also collected by journalists through either the internet (on gossip websites) and interviews.



Complete by:End of day

Complete by: Two days time

Complete by:The next day


Complete by:One week time

Complete by: End of day


Date: 27th October

Date: 28th October Date: 29th October Date: 30th October Date: 31st October

Date: 1st November

Date: 2nd November




PRODUCTION PLAN 2Week beginning: Monday 3rd November 2014






Editing the magazine to make sure that all the facts are correct, the spelling is correct, grammar and punctuation is correct, that the house-style for the magazine is used, and that the page layout is revised and corrected if need be.

Decide the layout of each page using programs like InDesign and Photoshop to construct all of the pages in order to make the magazine.







Complete by: Two days time

Complete by: The next day

Date: 3rd November

Date: 4th November

Date: 5th November

Date: 6th November

Date: 7th November

Date: 8th November

Date: 9th November




PRODUCTION PLAN 3Week beginning: Monday 10th November 2014



The editors of the magazine print out a hard copy of the magazine and read through it to try and find any mistake and then correct them.



Once the magazine's mistakes are corrected the DTP file of the magazine is sent to the printer making sure that you send all of the images and fonts with it as well.

The magazine is sent to a warehouse. From there the magazines are distributed and sent to shops to sell to the public.

The magazine is sent to a warehouse. From there the magazines are distributed and sent to shops to sell to the public.


Complete by:Two days time

Complete by: The next day

Complete by:End of Day

Complete by:End of Day

Complete by:The next day

Complete by:End of day.

Date: 10th November

Date : 11th November

Date: 12th November

Date: 13th November

Date: 14th November

Date: 15th November

Date: 16th November




CONCLUSION

In LO1, I had to portray that I was able to produce pre-production materials for a planned original print media product. I did this by completing rough sketches, final drafts, graphic layouts and draft articles of my front cover and DPS but couldn’t have done this without knowing the font styles I would use in my magazine, on top of mast head name ideas, creating a mood board of my magazine (to help with the house style), working out the budget summary of my magazine, creating a photography plan (for the images on my magazine pages) a props list and getting the permission to borrow props from school and finally detailing the production process and organising a production plan for my magazine.

LOCATION RECCEHazards:

For the drama corridor:

Floors could be slippery Floor must be safe to step on Someone could trip on an object e.g. a bin in the way. Corridor must be empty

For the photography studio:

Studio lights that will be used- someone could trip over the cables Can’t leave the studio lights on for too long as they will heat up and

it could lead to a fire Someone could trip over the tripod for the camera, the camera could

then fall off of the tripod (it might not have been secured on the tripod properly) onto the floor and break.

LOCATION RECCEPictures of hazards:

There could be an object in the way that someone could trip over e.g. a bin.

The corridor must be clear.

LOCATION RECCE

LOCATION RECCE

ETHICAL AND LEGAL

HSE (Health & Safety Executive) – there are three main accidents that are reported in the workplace. These are: Manual handling; Slips and trips and contact with the machinery. However, there is a health and safety policy statement, which is: “All employers should have plans in place to manage health and safety. If you employ five or more people the plans should be put down in writing in the form of a health and safety policy statement. There is a template and example policy statement on the "Health and safety made simple pages“.” This is relevant to me as I will need to take this into consideration when there are employers working in offices and when they’re making my magazine and having group meetings about the magazine as there will be more than 5 people.(http://www.hse.gov.uk/printing/index.htm and http://www.hse.gov.uk/printing/basics.htm)

http://www.hse.gov.uk/printing/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/printing/basics.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/printing/basics.htm

HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT

This law is based upon the fact that All workers have a right to work in places where risks to their health and safety are properly controlled. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/law.pdf

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/law.pdf

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/law.pdf

If I were to watermark my images through the official website, there are four different packages that I could choose from. These being: Basic package which is free, Plus package which is £5 per month, Premium package which is £10 per month and the Ultimate package which is £25 per month. The higher the price, the more storage you get, you are allowed to watermark more images at once, have a different variety of templates and fonts and also phone and email support. When choosing the package for my company, I think I would chose the Plus package because there wont be more than 100 images that I would need to edit especially all at once. Then again, you only get 250 MB of data. However, this can be resolved by buying an external hard drive which can be found cheap on website like eBay and Amazon.

WATERMARK

Here is an example of an image that has been watermarked. You can look at the text on the image and see who has copyrighted it and when, as well as protecting the IP of it online.

https://www.watermark.ws/plans



If I were to apply for a copyright for my magazine, this is the process that I would have to go through:

1) First, I would have to contact the United States Copyright office,

2) Then, I will choose the correct claim and process for uploading my work.

3) Once this is selected, I’d have to enter my credit or debit card details, pay the price they want and submit all the work I want copyrighted.

http://www.wikihow.com/Apply-for-a-Copyright

COPYRIGHT PROCESS



COPYRIGHT LAWS WITHIN PRINT MEDIAThe three main laws that ‘Immediate Media’ (the Publisher of my magazine of inspiration) include and that would be most relevant are:

1) Use of services- you cannot copy anything from the website for commercial or non-commercial use; if you are under 16 you need to have your guardian's permission to use any interactive features of their services for example uploading content onto their services.

2) Intellectual property rights- any content, services or materials on the website are copyrighted and trade marked. Database rights and other intellectual property rights and are owned by or licensed to them or are otherwise used by them as permitted by applicable law or regulation.

3) Privacy- they will respect your privacy and make sure that any content you submit will be stored safely and used in agreement with their privacy policy.

http://www.immediate.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/



IP- TRADEMARK COSTS

IP- TRADEMARK PROCESS


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The Data Protection Act 1998 is an Action of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which expresses UK law on the handling of data on recognizable living people. It is the main piece of legislation that governs the protection of personal data in the UK.

DATA PROTECTION ACT (1998)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998



LEGAL AND ETHICAL- EDITORS’ CODE OF PRACTICE1. Accuracy

1. This applies to my magazine as all of the content that my magazine producers (that the journalists write about) must be accurate.

2. Opportunity to reply

1. If the journalists of my magazine did write something that was inaccurate, then readers of the magazine should be able comment on this to them.

3. Privacy

1. The photographers and journalists of my magazine must respect the subjects privacy so should not upload anything about their private and family life, home, health or personal information that they may not want to share.

4. Harassment

1. The journalists not harass any one in any way.

5. Intrusion into grief or shock

1. If the journalist talks about anything that may be upsetting or shocking it should be approached with kindness and sympathy.

6. Children

1. Children should be allowed to finish school and those who’re under 16 must not be interviewed or photographed without a parent or guardian’s permission. Students must also not be approached or photographed at school without the school’s permission, the child or parent must not be given money from us for the child’s well being or information about their children or wards unless you can clearly see that the child wants you to do so.

7. Hospitals

1. Journalists must have permission and be able to identify themselves before they to go to the nurses/doctors only area to pursue any enquiries and the journalists must not intrude on anyone’s privacy.

8. Discrimination

1. The press must not include any prejudice or disapproval to anyone’s race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, any physical or mental illness or disability. Details of anyone’s race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, any physical or mental illness or disability should not be talked about unless it is relevant to the story.

http://www.pcc.org.uk/cop/practice.html

http://www.pcc.org.uk/cop/practice.html

MAKING A COMPLAINT WITH IPSO

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

I did get a quick reply to my complaint and this is the e-mail that I received:

CONCLUSION

LO2 primary focus was about the legal and ethical issues of my magazine that I would have to consider, including: health and safety at work act, watermark, the process of copyrighting my magazine, copyright laws within print media, the costs and process of IP trademarks, the data protection act and making a complaint with IPSO to see what the process would be if someone was to complain about my magazine.

SETTING UP OF EQUIPMENTThese photos demonstrate me setting up my professional Nikon DSLR D7200 camera before I took the photos. Since I only needed a camera and nothing else these images are my only evidence of setting my equipment.

TEST PHOTOGRAPHY

I could have used the photo on the left for my front cover main image but Harrison and Lizzie’s eyes are closed, so I can’t use this photo. I like the photo on the right, but I think the photo would look better if everyone in the photo was looking at the camera.

TEST PHOTOGRAPHY

The photo on the left I really like because it has fun poses which are interesting for the reader to look at and we also can see each of their individual personalities too, so I think I will use this photo for my double page spread. The photo on the right I will use for my front cover because it is fun, friendly and everyone in the photo is looking at the camera.

TEST PHOTOGRAPHY

Overall I have concluded that the band for my main image on my front cover should be an all boy band (as Top of the Pops magazine has used an all boy band), so the previous group could be another group who go in the corner of my magazine. The photo displayed on the left will be the new boy band image for my front cover as it is a happy decent and bright photo. The photo on the right will be used for my double page spread as it’s more fun, enjoyable and displays the different instruments that the boys play in their band which indicates their different personalities (because of the fun pose as well).

PRODUCTION PROCESSProcess:

• Decide date of publication,

• Once the date for the release of my magazine has been chosen I will then be working with a schedule which is in the slide after this.

• Manage a schedule,

• This is where my schedule will be managed and decided which is what everyone will have to work against.

• Decide the over all budget,

• The editorial team will choose what topics that will be included in the magazine, then look at how much money we have and decide a final budget for the production of whole magazine.

• Decide content that will be included,

• At this stage journalists and reporters do a lot of research about the topics and content that will be included in the magazine, interviews will be arranged and artwork/ graphics are also worked on at this stage.

• Edit the magazine

• We edit the magazine to make sure all facts are correct, checking spelling and grammar and the house-style is carried out.http://hosbeg.com/the-magazine-production-process/

Test photography will be used here to decide what images will be best to include in the magazine.



PRODUCTION PROCESS• Decide the layout of all the pages,

• The editorial team then choose the layout of each page in the magazine and which order they should all go in. To do this, the main programme that is used is InDesign. Adverts are also placed in the magazine at this point.

• Proofreading,

• Once a hardcopy of the magazine has been printed, editors will look through it and find and correct any mistakes.

• Send file of the magazine to the printer,

• Once proofread, the DTP file of the fully finished magazine will be sent to the printer. If the editors approve he printing, the printer will then start mass printing.

• Distribution.

• The magazines are neatly packed and sent to a warehouse where the magazines are distributed and then sold to the public.





OPERATING DTP TOOLS

Front Cover

1) First I chose the background for my magazine (red).

2) I then made the barcode bar at the bottom of the page and entered the barcode, web address of my magazine (www.soundofpop.co.uk), the month and year of the first issue (November 2014), the price (£1.99), the issue number (issue 1) and the Facebook and Twitter logos as well.

Control + T

OPERATING DTP TOOLS

3) Thirdly, I put the main image onto the page and used different effects to make the photo brighter, I whitened their teeth, added a glow effect around the edges of the boys and also used advanced hair selection to make the photo look professional as possible.

Front Cover

OPERATING DTP TOOLS

3) I then arranged the masthead background and the masthead its self, again adding effects to it to make it stand out to the readers, such as a drop shadow, bevel and emboss and stroke. I also put the blue bar, stars and blue boxes with the text at the top of the page, above the masthead.

Front Cover

OPERATING DTP TOOLS

4) I additionally added the puff and pug of a free ‘The Vamps’ poster in the top right corner.

Front Cover

OPERATING DTP TOOLS

6. After this was completed, I placed the picture of Lizzie (using advanced hair selection as well), puff and the magazine’s website address in the bottom right corner.

Front Cover

OPERATING DTP TOOLS6. Once this was perfected, I added a picture of a new band (who I made up) and

used effects such as a drop shadow, an outer glow and a stroke to make the image look professional. I added the band’s name, a ‘bubble’ background for the text, anchoring text for the band, a copy of the title on the edge of the bubble, and different coloured stars in a diagonal line going away from the bubble so there are more fun colours and shapes on the page and again used advanced hair selection before placing the image onto the page.

Front Cover

OPERATING DTP TOOLS

7) Lastly, I made sure that there was enough space to put the name of the band stretching over the main image and made sure that it stood out. This meant that I had to make the image of Lizzie and the new band who’re both in the corners smaller but still readable.

Front Cover

OPERATING DTP TOOLS

Double page Spread

1) I made the background/ boarder for the heading and the bar at the bottom of the page.

2) I typed the title of the double page spread and the anchorage text.

Control + T = transform

I copied and pasted this from the title page so it would be exactly the same.

This was the font I used for the ‘are back!’ text, which I downloaded for free from dafont.com

I used the text tool for this and again downloaded a font, which was called ‘Neon 80’s’

OPERATING DTP TOOLS

3) I made the columns that the text would go into and placed the main image onto the main page (and edited the photo so it looked brighter and that the advanced hair selection was correct). I then changed the opacity of the columns so that you could still see the background of the image behind and so that it looked more professional.

Added a stroke to the shape and changed the opacity of the white area so you could still see the background.

So that the boxes were exactly the same, I made copies of the first box by pressing and holding ‘Alt’ and dragging the box, the using the ruler tool so they were all in line.

Double page Spread

OPERATING DTP TOOLSDouble page Spread

OPERATING DTP TOOLS

4. I typed the interview questions and answers into the columns making sure they were the right font I wanted to use, that the questions were in bold and answers normal. I then made the drop capital for the beginning of the interview.

Double page Spread

OPERATING DTP TOOLS

5) I placed all of the sweets into the back ground.

6) I added all of the information into the bottom bar and into the top corner of the page e.g. page no., website address of band, words and photography by… and ‘Sound of Pop!’

7) Made the quotes and fitted them onto two different sweetie wrappers

8) Arranged the sweets in the background of the double page spread.

Double page Spread

OPERATING DTP TOOLS Photoshop shortcuts I used:

- Spacebar to move image whilst cropping or colouring

- Control + Alt and scroll up to zoom in scroll down to zoom out

- Control + Z to undo

- Select multiple items = Shift + Click

- Step backward = Control + Alt + Z

- Step forward = Control + Shift + Z

- Eraser = E

- Hand tool = H

- Copy = Control + C

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html

- Paste = Control + V

- Increase or decrease the brush size = ]/[- Control + S = save- Free Transform = Control + T- Left direction = control + scroll up- Right direction = control + scroll down- Brush = B



PROFESSIONAL CAMERA COMMENT

To take the photographs for my magazine I used a Nikon D3100 with a 18-55 mm lens so that the images would come out in the best quality which could be used in my magazine. I also used a tripod so that the angle of the photo was straight and un-blurred.

MANIPULATING PHOTOGRAPHS So that the photos look professional, I had to manipulate them by adjusting the light etc… however, I still wanted the photos to look natural what I did to the images was:

- Added an outer glow

- I did this by double clicking on the layer and selecting ‘Outer Glow’. I changed the opacity, spread and size to make the main image stand out but I didn’t want the outer glow to be really obvious.

- Made the photos brighter and increased the exposure and Contrast

- I did this by clicking on the layer then selecting image adjustments Brightness/ Contrast and Exposure.

- Changed the shadows/ highlights

- I did this by selecting Adjustments Shadows/Highlights - Used advanced hair selection

- I did this by using the quick selection tool and selected the image, then pressed ‘Refine Edge’ and changed the radius setting to 1.3, changed the feather number to 0.5 as well as ticking the box called ‘Smart Radius’ and carefully went around the edge of the image, then pressed ‘OK’. Once it brought me back to the main page, I right clicked and pressed deselect

CONCLUSION

In LO3, I mainly focused on the operating DTP tools when constructing my front page and DPS and where the different tools were used. Although this was the majority I also talked about manipulating photos, the production process (in more detail), test photography and setting up my equipment that I used when taking the photos for the front cover and DPS.

DEADLINES

I made a production plan which is set out over three weeks so that everyone was well organised and everything was completed in time for the distribution of my magazine. I can conclude that I have indeed stuck to this plan and all of the pages needed in my magazine are finished and are ready for production.

POST-PRODUCTION SKILLS

The software that I used to construct my font cover and double page spread was Photoshop, as there many tools that are included in it that were useful to me. Including:

Being able to use these features of Photoshop, it has made my front cover and double page spread look a lot more professional and like an actual pop magazine that you would find in shops like WHSmiths and corner shops, as well as the quality of my pages being high because of these features.

POST- PRODUCTION SKILLS

SAFE WORKING PRACTICES - I wanted to crop the images so that there wasn’t any un necessary details in the background

that could distract from the main subject for example if the picture was taken in a café you wouldn’t want all of the other people in the background as you want the main subject of the photo to stand out.

- I used the pen tool so that the text box would fit perfectly around the main image especially on the double page spread. I also used the pen tool when writing text in shapes. For example on my double page spread, I wanted to put quotes in sweetie wrappers, so I used the pen tool to make sure that the text fitted perfectly inside the sweetie wrapper.

- I used the ruler tool for when I was drawing shapes on my front cover and double page spread as well as text boxes so that the shape would be the perfect size that I want and that the text boxes are straight. Used ruler tool so text boxes

were in line with each other

SAFE WORKING PRACTICES - I used the healing tool to correct any dark marks or spots

and also shadows on the models’ faces so that the images looked more professional and up to a magazine’s standard.

- In order to maintain the house style of my magazine I used a very helpful tool called the ‘Eye Dropper tool’. This tool allowed me to select another color that was already on my document so that I could use the same color. What’s even better is that I could save the color selected to ‘Swatches’ so that in the future I could use the same color as before.

COLOUR

Obviously, my magazine has a specific house style. In order to maintain the house style of my magazine I used a very helpful tool called the ‘Eye Dropper tool’. This tool allowed me to select another color that was already on my document so that I could use the same color. What’s even better is that I could save the color selected to ‘Swatches’ so that in the future I could use the same color as before.

FONTSI used a mixture of different fonts in my magazine and I wanted a lot of variety of fonts in my magazine, yet the fonts that were already installed in Photoshop didn’t have that variety. I did use a couple of fonts from Photoshop for the simpler things for example the anchorage text, but for more fun and interesting fonts that were used for almost everything else, I used a website called ‘DaFont.com’ who let me download as many fonts as I wanted for free. I used it mainly for the masthead of my magazine, but also headings of stories and the text in my DPS.


I have checked on their website to see if the fonts are copyrighted and from what I can see they’re safe to use.



CHANGES I MADE – FRONT COVER

This was my magazine front cover (unfinished) before it got any feedback at all. I then got my feedback and the image on the right is my final version of my front cover. As you can see my mast head has been changed, I removed unnecessary cover lines, the band on the bottom left were made smaller, the white strip at the bottom of the page was made smaller, I added main cover line/name of band and finally made the main image bigger and their teeth were also made whiter. I also adjusted the main image by changing the brightness/ exposure, contrast, hue/ saturation and finally used advanced hair selection especially on the main image. As well as this, on the picture of Lizzie in the bottom right corner, I created a clipping mask so that she would fit perfectly inside the shape.

CHANGES I MADE – DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

The image above is my double page spread (again unfinished) before it got any feedback. Once I had been given I feedback, I made the required changes which then resulted in the image on the right.

These are the changes I made:- The main heading of the band was made bigger,- The questions were put in bold, - The quotes were moved and made so that the text fit better

in the wrapper, - I made a drop capital and changed the colour so that it

stood out and fit in with my house style and - I out more sweets of a different variety in the background. - Adjusted the photo by changing the exposure,

hue/saturation and again advanced hair selection.

FINAL PAGES- FRONT COVER Banner

Puff and pug

Main image

Main headline

Mast head

Cover line Cover line

Magazine’s website address, date, issue number, price, Facebook and twitter logos and barcode

FINAL PAGES- DPSQuestions in bold

Drop capitalMast head

Magazine name

Quote from interview

Quote from interview

Main image

Page number

Anchorage text

Text boxes

Words and photography by…

Band’s website addressBand’s twitter username

Colourful sweets in back ground

Props

WITNESS STATEMENT This feedback that has been given to me in my witness statement proves that I completed most of the necessary areas in my pitch, which include: Proposal, production plan, budget summary, target audience, pre-production materials, plan for the magazine, Front cover and DPS, verbal introductions, target audience and spending power and finally an opportunity for feedback. However, my witness statement claims that I have not included start-up costs and a plan for the images in my pitch. Although I have, I could have reflected on this in more detail when passing these two slides to make it clearer for my audience to see in detail what I have included. Other positive ‘WWW’ feedback that I gained in my witness statement wrote that I didn’t need any props or prompts( e.g. a script), that it was very well pitched and rehearsed, my market leaders breakdown, my flat plans, the social media marketing, marketing breakdown costs, my future issue overview and finally how I linked my content slide to my flat plan: “the question is, what content have I used from this slide in my magazine flat plan?”. The only ‘EBI’ that I was given was that since it was the first issue of the magazine, could the masthead have been more visible? Which I have already reflected on in slide no.5, by changing the stroke of the mast head to a different colour or changing the words’ colour itself and finally by making the main image slightly smaller so that you could see what the masthead said easier. The main image could then be made bigger a couple of issues later as more people will be used to what the masthead of the magazine says. Overall I think that I presented a very successful pitch based on the comments that I have received.

CONCLUSION

In LO4, I have looked at the post-production skills that were used to make my final pages, as well as fonts and colours that I chose to use in my magazine, explain the changes I made and annotated my final pages. I then looked at my witness statement given to me by Mr Crafts after completing my pitch and analysed my results.

Unit 14

Education

ip trademark process

production process

ip trademark costs

copyright process

operating dtp tools

production plan

photography plan

final pages dps