Completed DPS for Paper Aeroplane

This is my completed DPS. I have the article on the right side of the page and one big image on the left. The font is one that has been used throughout the whole magazine. I added page numbers and titles along with pull quotes. This is the final product. 

Completed Contents Page for Paper Aeroplane

This is my completed contents page. I've changed the pastel colour font into the one I have used on my front cover to match the house-style. I did this by making the contents in the similar blue and some elements such as, titles and page numbers in red. 

Completed Front Cover for Paper Aeroplane

This is my completed product. I am very happy with how the improvements have made my cover look very sophisticated and real. 

Contents Page DRAFT

I've attempted to play along with colours however, still I feel as the colour isn't perfect. The colour may be due to change but this is roughly how I want my contents page to look.

Paper Aeroplane Cover DRAFT

This is my completed Paper Aeroplane cover. I tried to follow the plan for my cover as much as possible however, this is the final outcome which I am quite happy with.

This is my first draft of the Paper Aeroplane Cover. Here, I have just added headlines, which may change as I carry on making more improvements. I might change the colour of the headlines to meet the colour of the '- Kernie Ken -' as I feel like the cover will look more put together that way.

DPS DRAFT

Currently I am working on my DPS, this is a draft to give an insight to how I want my music magazine DPS to look. I am adding in the article in a Q&A format. Other than That I still have to add a pull quote and title onto my main image for the DPS.

Update on Contents Page

This is a screenshot of me working on my contents page in InDesign. I want to go with a pastel blue font however it doesn't seem to work too well therefore I am considering changing it. These are the 3 images I have chosen, in the features column I've added relevant article titles so it doesn't just seen like I've added random images. 

3rd Photoshoot / Room Studio

This was my third and final shoot which I did. Here once again I have Kernie, and my other model, Rose. I wanted this shoot to be laid back and chilled as the idea was to show another 'party' side of Kernie therefore I created a party effect by using disco lights. I have Rose here for extra images which I may use on my contents page.

2nd Shoot / Patel Fog Shoot

I went to a pastel fog gallery, and as the colours of the fog were pastel and my magazine theme is pastel I thought that it would be great to do a photoshoot there.

Here are some images:

Paper Aeroplane Front Cover

In today's lesson, I spent my time on photoshop working on making a draft for my magazine front cover. My house style is slightly changing as other colours suit better with my chosen image than the ones I originally chose to work with. I added some headings, and I still have to add more however, I'm somewhat happy with the turnout so far. I'm going to use the colours black, white, red and blue. This is because my model in the front cover is wearing these colours and by having the fonts in the same colour the cover looks more put together. 

- Ayat

Using Photoshop

This was my second attempt on photoshop, just to get used to it before photoshopping the other images I want to use, I wanted to test it before I carried it out on all my other images. Therefore, in today's lesson I played around on photoshop. As the images came out darker than I wanted them to, I changed the brightness of the images and made them lighter and when I was happy with that I carried on to taking out my models blemishes out to make their skin look more even. Below is the before and after. 

- Ayat

First Photoshoot

Below are the few of the images that I took during the photoshoot I carried out for my Magazine Paper Aeroplane. The shoot itself was quite interesting when I carried it out, this is because of many complications that took place, such as, being double booked and my camera dying on me mid-way shoot. However, at the end of the shoot, I got quite a few images that I really liked and I will be using them in my magazine.

As already said, my magazine is an indie rock, pop genre. As to why I tried to put my model in an costume which represents that well, even though the outfit it pretty basic, most indie outfits consist of baggy, oversized clothing, layers and dark colours. This is why I went with an oversized denim jacket, a dark red flannel and a basic white t-shirt as base. Later on, I added a dark blue and white scarf. 

You can very clearly tell that I have added make-up on my model. This is only to match the theme of  the magazine more. Therefore, I added eyeliner on my model, which I intended on making messy, and it smudged itself so I was happy with that as it created a careless effect. Along with that I contoured the hollows of my models cheek to create a dark and gloomy look followed by some highlight on his cheeks, to create a flow. This all created a gloomy, and serious effect which I think goes well with my theme.

This was my first test shot. 

  

Call Sheet

AS Media Photo Shoot Call Sheet  

Ayat Awan

Contact Details: Ayat Awan

·         E-mail: ****_*@outlook.com

·         Mobile Number: 074*******07

Title of Magazine:

·         Paper Aeroplane

Locations:

·         Leyton Sixthform College Studio, Room A1

·         3* Gr*ggs Road, Studio Room

·         183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE:

Call-Wrap Time:

·         Shoot in LSC Studio, A1, 19^th November 2015: 11:40-12:50

Equipment:

Camera:
Nikon D7000

Lights:

Snoot:
Trinity

Backdrop

Chair

·         Shoot in 3* Gr*g*s Road Studio Room, 30^th November 2015: 16:00-17:00

Equipment:

Camera: 

Canon G11

Lights:

ION House Party Disco Lights

·         Shoot in 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE, 27^th November 2015: 14:00-15:00

Equipment:

Camera:

Canon G11

Model Information:

Model 1:

Name: Kernie Awan

Age: 16

Contact Details:

Number: 07****23647

Email: kernie****@hotmail.com

Model 2:

Name: Israa Abdulaziz

Age: 17

Contact Details:

Number: 07****56738

Email: israa_i@*******.co.uk

Model 3:

Name: Rose Ferg

Age: 17

Contact Details:

Number: 07****57825

Email: f_rose@****.com

Costumes and Props:

Kernie Awan:

LSC, A1 SHOOT:

Costume:

·         Denim Jacket

·         Check Button Up

·         White T-shirt

·         Blue Scarf

·         Black Trousers

3* GR*G*S ROAD, STUDIO ROOM:

Costume:

·         Pink Hat

·         White T-Shirt

·         Reflective Jacket

Props:

·         Jaffa Cake

·         Disco Lights

Rose Ferg:

3* GR*G*S ROAD, STUDIO ROOM:

Costume:

·         Black and White Striped Dress

·         Grey Long Coat

Props:

·         Blankets

·         Pillows

·         Disco Lights

Israa Abdulaziz:

183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE:

Costume:

·         Black and Maroon Check Shirt

·         White Vest

Props:

·         Mobile Phone

·         Smoke

Concept of the Shoot:

LSC SHOOT:

The concept of this shoot is to get images in a professional setting. These images in particular are being shot for my front cover, as I want to give my front cover a realistic and professional vibe, therefore I have chosen to do this photoshoot of Kernie, who will be posing as my cover star. At the end of the shoot, I want to have achieved professional looking images, of Kernie.

3* GR*G*S ROAD SHOOT:

In this shoot I will be working with two models, Kernie and Rose. 

For Kernie, I want these images to look like he’s supposedly in a party setting, therefore I have used disco lights for the different coloured lights as this will create a chill, laidback setting. I want these images to look like he’s having fun as the previous shoot is a more professional and serious. It’s to show two sides of my cover star.

Just for the purpose of having images of more than one model, I worked with Rose to also get images in a laidback and chilled setting. I will be using images of her on my contents page.

WELLCOME COLLECTION SHOOT:

This shoot will be taking place at an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection gallery in Euston. The exhibition consists of a room full of smoke which is pastel coloured. I feel as the images will look very indie and appropriate for my magazine theme. I want the images to be fun and mysterious as there is smoke and I will probably add them to my contents page.

Nearest Hospitals:

Whipps Cross Road, London E11 1NR:

235 Euston Rd, Fitzrovia, London NW1 2BU:

Plan for DPS

This is the plan for my DPS. I want my DPS to look sleek therefore I plan on having one main, eye-catching image on the left hand side of the DPS and the article on the right. I feel as most magazine which I have seen, that have this look very professional and I personally like it therefore I wanted to impose this in my own DPS. The article will take the format of a Q&A, so it will be in columns. 

Plan for Contents Page

This is the layout plan for my contents page. I want my contents page to have images as I think it will make my contents page more attractive and informative, as in gives an insight and a taster of what is in the actual magazine. I also want it to look need therefore I have planned to add the images on one side of the paper and the actual contents on the other, this way there wont be any overlap. 

Plan for Cover

This is my layout plan for the cover of my music magazine Paper Aeroplane. I want to have loads of cover lines, and one really big, eye-catching main cover line, I will make his look very attractive and bold. For my mage, I want there to just be one image as I want it to be the main focus of the cover, therefore I want only one image on my cover. 

Cover Star

I have finally decided who I want as my coverstar. Originally I had many ideas of who could be my perfect coverstar, however... I didn't feel 100% about them but, finally I have found my main model for my coverstar.

My coverstar is a model named Kernie who is 16 years old. He has had past photoshoots done therefore, I am positive that it will be easy to work with him.

I plan on putting some make-up on him to give him the perfect look that will match my music magazine theme. He has curly hair, which I think would look really good, but I will be putting some curlers in his front hair just to enhance them more. Other than that, he has dark eyes which I will be putting some eyeliner on to make them stand out more. I want to play around with make-up to give him false eye bags, I feel like by doing that, the look will come together more, because I want the personality of this character, which I'm creating, to be carefree and real... I think by adding some 'false' flaws may make this show. 

For the main shoot, I want Kernie to wear dark colours. The costume that I have in mind for him to wear for the image of the main cover consists of a checked button-up which has dark red, navy blue and white in it, this will be layed on top of a plain white t-shirt. Over the checked top, Kernie will be wearing a dark denim jacket and I may add a scarf with different blue tones on top.

The look I want to create is inspired by various Indie and Rock artists, many of them love their  checked tops, with are either layed with leather or denim jackets. Along with some rock artists how like to wear eyeliner. So, this is the look I am also attempting for.

Kernie at a previous photoshoot.

- Ayat

Paper Aeroplane Pitch

In this post I will be evaluating my Paper Aeroplane pitch. I feel as the pitch as a whole went pretty well, I felt nervous at the start but as the pitch went on my nerves calmed down resulting me to deliver a good pitch. I tried to make as much eye contact with my audience as I could, I did this by not trying to read off the board as much and occasionally scanning the whole classroom with my eyes. I also attempted to project my voice as much as I could so my audience could clearly hear the information I was trying to tell them. I feel as by doing these things I was able to deliver a well structured pitch.

What I think went well was that I was able to calm my nerves which allowed to me enjoy presenting infront of my audience. By projecting my voice and making eye contact I feel as I was being professional in the sense of delivering a pitch which all adds up to giving a good presentation. I was able to explain in detail what my music magazine was about in a short amount of time therefore, I feel as I did a fairly good job.

If I could improve my performance and overall pitch, I would be more careful with my definitions. As I know examiners will be watching this and it isn't appropriate to mention illegal substances which led to my audience giving me a few awkward looks, which almost threw me off, so this will not happened again. Alongside this, I may use the original power-point as it will be much clearer because slideshare made it difficult for me to read my own work when I tried to use it for assistance, which I feel slowed me down a little bit as I had to constantly take long pauses. Lastly, I would be more confident with my performance as due to nerves, I didn't get to say everything I wanted to, the way I would have. I would also add a plan of how I'm going to design my magazine, as I didn't include this, so another improvement would be to add the sketches and plans of my magazine so the audience get an idea of how I want the layout of Paper Aeroplane to be.

At the end of the pitch, I was given some advice on how to better my magazine. This was simply that I should provide content which will make my magazine apply to both genders. I will probably do this by having content that just gender neutral so both genders can enjoy the magazine. This could also be done by maybe having different male and female artists. Other than that I was told that my pitch was overall, good.

Paper Aeroplane Music Magazine Pitch

Studio Induction

Today, our media class took part in a studio induction. We were taught the different ratios for lighting, how to control a Canon DSLR, alongside a Nikon. In this session we mainly tried to focus on the 4 elements of the camera. These were, F stop, shutter speed. ISO, and white balance. On the basis of lighting, we were taught the 3 points of lights, which is, key light, feel light, and hairline light. The key light is, as the name suggests, the main source of light, this light s usually placed on the left side of the model. The feel light is placed on the right side and it is dimmer than the key light, this light is primarily used to brighten up the focus of image. The hairline light is very important as this light makes the image have a 3D impact, also this separates the model from the backdrop. We were given rough ratios for these lights too. Which were, KL: 3, FL:1.5/2 and HL: 1.5.
Below I have provided images on what the studio layout may be along with some of the equipment.

                                   

                                      

                                      

                                     

                                      

               

Music Magazine Pitch

Paper Aeroplane Pitch from avahjvck

- Ayat

Adobe Colour Wheel

Today, I played around with a feature called a colour wheel. This is an online service provided by adobe. I got to play around with the colour wheel to create different colours using tones. Also, something which I thought that was extremely helpful was, that this service provides a HEX code. What you can do with this code is, you paste it into Photoshop or InDesign and it provides the colour you made on the colour wheel on the software. I found this feature very beneficial as it helped me achieve the colour I wanted for my Mast-Head.

This is how the colour wheel looks.

This is where the HEX codes are provided. You can copy and paste these into your chosen software.

Magazine News Stand Task

This task consists of looking at the way magazines (music magazines specifically) are displayed in stores. This is to understand how distribution works.

This news stand was rather messy, however I still picked up the fact that the Mast-Heads are given priority over the other text on the front cover, the main explanation for this is so consumers can see the title of the magazine clearly so they can either pick the one they are looking for easily or just to show the different titles of the magazines. Another noticeable aspect about the Mast-Heads is how they are all very unique to their magazine, none of them look similar and all are bold and eye-catching. This tells me that having a strong and bold Mast-Head itself is a very important thing. One more point is how, on some magazines the Mast-Heads are overlapped by the cover star. This could be for many reasons, for example, the magazine wants the cover star to be the main focus, or if the celebrity on the cover star is really big they want consumers to be attracted by this, or the more simple explanation could be that the image of the cover star just looked better this way. I also noticed how the more well-known magazines were put to the front, this could be because these are the best sellers and the other ones are kind of shoved to the big but you can still clearly see them.  On this certain stand, I noticed that the magazines, regardless of the mess, were sectioned into their specific genre, for example, Celeb Gossip and Real Life, or Mens Interview etc. You can straight away see that some magazines are covered in plastic wrapping and some aren't. This is done usually when the magazine has freebies to over, so just for security these were covered.

This magazine stand didn't really have many music magazines however for the purpose of how they are advertised, it worked. 

- Ayat

Adobe Illustrator

Using Adobe Illustrator was an interesting experience. I found it rather difficult to use at the start as it is quite confusing. I'm still not too confident using it however I got to learn the basis of it. 

Below is some of the ideas I came up with:
As my magazine will be named paper aeroplane, I want to use fonts and colours that remind me of an airline logo. That's why I have chosen to go with simple fonts, as you can see below. The colours I am using are pastel, as when I design my actual magazine cover, these colours will complement it. I am aware that it is difficult to see the second design I have come up with, however, with the right image it could work really well.

- Ayat

Publisher

I would like Bauer Media to be my choice of publisher. Bauer Media is a media company in Hamburg, Germany. This publishing company has been very successful since 1875, since then they have established themselves, with having a portfolio of 600 magazines, around 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations all around the world. Also, they publish magazines such as Kerrang and Q-Magazine which matches to genre of my magazine, which is rock/indie rock/indie pop. Therefore this publishing company would be the most suitable for my magazine. Mainly because it is already successful meaning it will help new coming magazines also become successful as they know what they are doing. 

- Ayat

Content Ideas

I want my magazine to have fun and creative content. Something that will catch the attentions reader without them losing interest. I would like for there to be interviews with the hottest indie rock/pop artists or bands. This is because by having content related to what people are talking about, your magazine is likely to be more successful as you are giving your audience what they want. Including information on upcoming artists who the readers seem to enjoy listening to is beneficial towards the artist and the magazine itself. One helpful thing I would like to include in my magazine is, reveiws, which could be on the newest released albums and songs. Along with providing the readers information on the hottest artists along with their merchandise. There would be information on live event and gigs which are being planned to take place in the new future. Lastly, seeing as my magazine is afterall a, music magazine, I would like to add a chart listing of the best indie rock and pop music.

Seeing as I want my magazine to be aimed at both male and female, I will need to provide my content in such a manner that everyone is able to relate to it. For example, fashion is one of the biggest worries of almost everyone. Even though the main focus of my magazine is music, I would like for there to be articles on maybe indie fashion, in such a manner which the concept of the music magazine will not be distracted, therefore in a subtle way. In which there could be articles on ''How to Dress More Indie'' or just simple tips. This could be a way to make the magazine fun, have a main focus but also to broaden its range of content which would make it more applicable to a wider audience.

I want the content to be presented in  fun, eye-catching and creative way. As I think these factors could link to what makes a successful magazine. I want it to have a pop of different colours but also have that dark, mysterious way, giving it a sense of uniqueness.

- Ayat

Magazine Proposal

The name I have chosen to give my magazine is, ''Paper Aeroplane''.  Originally I wanted to go with the name Notion as I think that word itself has so much depth and meaning, however I realised that it is already a magazine. Therefore I have chosen to go with Paper Aeroplane. Mainly because, the idea of a paper aeroplane is so child-like and innocent, but also it is creative and fun. Which is the kind of vibe I want my magazine to have. But also, in terms of slang it also means a joint, or a blunt. Which is the total opposite to the innocent and child-like belief. The name I have chosen to go with is about perspective. It is, rebellious and could bring a sense of excitement to some but on the other hand it could symbolise imagination and innovation. Therefore I think Paper Aeroplane is a name fit for the Indie Rock/Pop music magazine I plan on designing.

The target audience I would prefer to go with is from ages 20 onwards. Even though there is not a age restriction on my magazine, it is likely people from within the age 20+ will be likely to have extra cash to spend on a magazine. According to the social grading system, I would like to aim my magazine at the groups A, B and C1. As these social groups would be known to have a stable enough lifestyle to spend extra cash on a music magazine of their favourite music genre. The gender I would like my make my magazine the target is, both male and female. I want to create a magazine that a male or female could relate to, where the content both enjoy reading. As for psychographics, I would focus on the explorer and mainstreamer. Mainly as, the explorer likes to explore new things, and as my magazine would be new an explorer would help it become more known. Leading for me to make social media websites, as this is a great way to advertise the music magazine, leading the mainstreamer to become aware of my magazine.  For a mainstreamer they follow trends that are big on social media websites also, my magazine must contain issues on popular artists and bands, which are really big and known at the moment. Mainstream people tend to follow the trend that everyone does, therefore it my magazine contains articles or interviews based on a artist or band who is exceptionally successful, they are likely to buy it. Another reason why I have chosen to go with an age group of 20 and over is because, the style of language I will be using in my magazines will be informal and can have swear words in it, therefore I think i that 20+ is the most appropriate age for my magazine. 

- Ayat

College Magazine Evaluation

My college magazine turned out pretty well. I wanted to go for a simple and sophisticated vibe which I think I accomplished. My front cover was an image of my friend who posed in the main entrance which was empty so it looked professional. I added a bold Mast-Head in the colour white and a simple font which I thought looked really good. Alongside this to give the magazine a more realistic feel, I added a bar code and prices. Some cover lines were added, however not many, this made my magazine cover look slightly plain.

I attempted to follow the plan I made for my magazine as much as possible, which I think I did pretty well so I'm happy about that. The only thing I didn't follow, which I feel would have benefited the look of my cover was a few cover lines. I left this out which as a result made my cover look very plain and lifeless as it didn't give an insight of what could be in the magazine.

The feedback I received on my cover, mentioned points mainly on having more cover lines and adding more colour to my cover as it isn't really eye-catching and I very much agree which that. If I added more cover lines and more colour to my cover I feel as the magazine would of looked very real, and sophisticated, I will keep this advice in  mind for when I design another magazine cover.

Due my magazine cover being very plain, I decided to make my contents page more lively and colourful. I attempted this by, adding loads of images with different colours in the back and I added some font in red to make it contrast with the black and white coloured text, so it stood out more. The way my contents page looked was pretty good and I am happy with it. To make it suit more to the theme of school, I took a picture of a notice board in college and made that the background image of the contents page, this I feel as gave it the school vibe and looked good too.

I stuck to my sketch of the contents page and made it exactly alike. I feel as it looked really good when I finished it.

For the feedback on my contents page, I was still told to to make it more colourful, which I suppose I could have done through the colour of the fonts I used. Other than that I was told it looked good.

The feedback I received was fairly positive and I still am, very happy with the outcome of my college magazine. Especially as this was my first try at making one, I was bound to make mistakes however when attempting another magazine cover, etc... I will try my hardest not to repeat the same mistakes.

Preliminary Task - Creating a Magazine Cover and Contents Page.

Today in lesson, I completed my magazine cover and contents page. My final piece is displayed below. This is my magazine cover and contents page. It ended up having some differences in comparison to my plan, however I am happy with the outcome of it. 

- Ayat