AS Foundation Portfolio G321: November 2010

Thursday 25 November 2010

Music Magazine Contents Page - Rhythm

This is my Rhythm Music Magazine contents page. I have stuck to my colour theme of blue and yellow. The picture I took was a medium close up, I think the picture goes well with the page, and the theme carries on in a similar fashion to the front cover. My contents page represents the house music genre, a feel good vibe within music and also stands out. I used an original image of my own, and also fonts. I used Photoshop to further enhance my skills and this contents page shows the improvement I have made from my preliminary task.

Music Magazine Front Cover - Rhythm

This front cover was designed on Adobe Photoshop CS3. After much consideration, I decided to change my front cover and the colour scheme. I decided in the end to use the scheme of blue and yellow instead of grey colours. These blended together to give the magazine front cover a dark, wintery look. The music genre for my magazine is soulful house music. Normally within the house music scene, there are summer and winter editions of magazines and CD albums and singles. I have purposely made this magazine to be mainly viewed during both the seasons. With the dark background representing cold dark winter nights, and the yellow and blue representing hot summer days, I think there is good contrast. With my dark background of the front cover I think it blends well, helping the blue and yellow stand out to make text visible. I also added the picture that i took myself into the front cover, and blended it into the background. I think the image i used was appropriate and was original as it linked with my music genre and also the colour scheme. My front cover is simple yet affective, I used the photoshop cs3 brush tool to add the splatter effects to give the front cover some character.

Music Magazine Double Page Spread - Rhythm

This is my double page spread for Rhythm magazine which I designed using Photoshop CS3. The double page spread includes an exclusive article, within the music scene. It involves another 2 original images, one is an extreme close up, which I then blended and faded into the black blackground, and the other picture is a medium shot. I stuck to my original colour scheme, and used similar fonts to my front cover which is important because it makes the magazine looks even, instead of using different designs, fonts and colours and making it look uneven.

Wednesday 17 November 2010

Cast List - Rhythm Magazine

The cast I used were older people aged 20-21, I used this cast because they are quite photogenic, they enjoy music and they blend into the music world. Also, they all had musical items which could be used to relate the images to music when incorporating them onto my magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread. They were also very happy to help me out with my media coursework . The cast list are friends of my brothers, who are linked to the house music scene, one of them is a DJ/Record Producer, and he advised me also on what sort of wording to use which was helpful. They were easy to take images of, they were very co-operative and were understanding of what images I wanted and why.

Monday 15 November 2010

Research Into My Competition - MixMag

These are my competitors within the house music magazine genre. This is a well established music magazine, however with my magazine in 'Rhythm' I hope to bring something else to the scene, something unique at a price where everyone will be interested. During the current economical climate, consumers are spending less on shopping items due to them having less disposable income. I hope to adapt to this climate by offering my magazine at a price of £1.20. I have chosen this price because it is reasonable, and is a lower price compared to MixMag's price of £4.20. I hope to offer as much news about the house genre and information just like MixMag, but for a much more lower price. Also, this magazine will hopefully be a big hit with teenagers as the price is reasonable, because they can spend £1.20 weekly to keep up to date with all the latest news.