Diary Entry - Week Seven: 14th – 18th March 2011

Coming back to school this week with all of my research done, I was able to use all of my findings to compile hand-drawn initial designs for the way my magazine’s cover, contents page and double page spread are going to look and uploaded these to my blog. Following this, I was able to use the remaining three lessons to map out the features of my magazine on Photoshop, as well as plan in detail the images which I plan to take early next week on my photo planning grid.          

Picture Planning Grid

Here is the table I have created to plan in detail the images which I will take on Monday and Tuesday next week.

How Will I Make my Magazine as Professional as Possible?

Initial Designs

Here are the initial designs I have drawn for my cover, contents page and double page spread, taking into consideration all of my research.

Cover:

Contents Page:

Double Page Spread:

Diary Entry - Week Six: 7th – 11th March 2011

Work experience week

Diary Entry - Week Five: 28th February – 4th March 2011

After gathering feedback from my demographic in my questionnaire and putting them into graph form, I was able to evaluate the results, and therefore begin to make decisions about what properties my final product will have. This took up two lessons, as did creating a spider diagram of my initial ideas to be expanded upon when creating my music magazine. The Friday of this week was the deadline for all of my research to be uploaded to my blog, including my preliminary task evaluation, analyses of existing products, audience research and initial ideas.

Initial Ideas - Spider Diagram

Following my extensive analysis of existing music magazines along with my audience research, I was able to create this "Initial Ideas" diagram which I can build upon to create my first sketches of my final design for my product.