PRELIM - Introduction and Initial Ideas

Hi, my name is Anita and welcome to my blog. This blog will consist of my work during GCSE Media Studies. We are currently studying magazines and our brief is to design a magazine front cover

and a contents page about fashion for 14-18 years. I have been given the chance to create this from my choice which will feature items and information from my own perspective.

I am very excited to start creating the front cover and contents page as I could be able to relate to it since it is a fashion magazine. I am hoping to go into deeper research with my work and can understand the different views of fashion that people have. I am looking forward to making these as I will be able to learn new techniques that will be useful for my studies. A worry that I have is that in the past i have used Photoshop but it has been a few years since I have used it but I am hoping to learn everything again and make this magazine look successful.

At the moment I do not have ideas set for this magazine as I need to carry out my research to find out what my audience will be interested in. I do not want my magazine to look to packed and detailed because I just want to be a simple one with a limited amount of information.

I am looking forward to start this task as it seems very fun but also a lot of work but I hope to learn new techniques while designing this.

- What you've been tasked to do

- What are you excited about with the brief

- What are your worries or concerns

- What are you hoping to achieve

- What are your initial ideas for your magazine

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PRELIM - Statement of Intent

PRELIM -Statement of Intent I intend to produce the front cover and contents page of a fashion magazine. My magazine is targeted at 14-18 year olds that will be interested in fashion. The language that will be used will be a very unique type that will be different to real magazines. The camera shots used on the front cover will be either a close up or a medium shot that will mainly focus on the type of fashion this magazine is based on. This will also make the model look as if she is trying to communicate with the reader from her angle of gaze. The outfit that the model will be wearing on the cover will be from what the audience preferred to see when they answered a few questions on my survey. This will give me a little confidence that my target audience will definitely read my magazine as it’s what my audience wants to see. My magazine front cover will have a very simple font that will mainly have upper case letters. The name of magazine is La Moda which means fashion in English...

PRELIM - Final Product

This is my final product that I have created using Photoshop.

PRELIM - Test Shots

These are my test shots that i took before i started to take my magazine pictures. As I was taking these i thought about the angles and poses that my picture should have. I thought about the lighting as well and made sure that my models facial features were clear to see. Most of these shots were a little of having fun and trying out new ways that would probably be good for my magazine pictures. These shots were taken in the studio with limited lighting but it was great to explore the shots that I took as I got experience by taking pictures with the school camera and to try and experiment with different angles and shots.

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