In my schedule I had left some time available to make any contingency photoshoot times. This was a good idea as it turned out that I did have to use this time to capture more material for use in my final product. I had to organise another photoshoot for the images I will use as my front cover and contents page. My homework was to decide if contingency shoots were necessary and arrange them. I had to make new call sheets for my model (this only required one model), so that she was aware of what was happening in this photoshoot. Because this was later, it gave me time to do more research into the image I want, the type of poses I want and the front cover styles that I want. Because this is an hour and a half lesson on Monday, I also did the basic editing on the images, rotating and cropping them, so that they are ready to work with. On Tuesday I said I would begin more in-depth photographic post production and on Wednesday, I was going to cut out my images from their backgrounds and create my masthead creation. Due to the change in the order of events, I decided to wait until I had all of my images to create contact sheets. I have now finished this, this week too. Unfortunately at the end of this week, I had an exam in a different subject so I had to focus on that and give some time for revision.
I feel I am getting on top of my work and just need to completely finish everything so far. I feel that I am on track and have enough time to complete my project. I believe that The Northern Echo would be pleased with how my work is developing as I am staying on task and have given myself enough time, so that the set back of having to rearrange my photoshoot has not affected my production.
Throughout my project and when looking at my flat plans, I was always unsure as to what colour I want my front cover to be. I have decided to go with a black background and black clothing with white and red writing to create a three colour scheme. I thought this would be very effective on a young and stylish audience but wasn't sure if it was a bit too dark to catch my target audience. However, after some research, I discovered that fashion magazines in fact do use black backgrounds with the colours white and red to contrast and it is actually very effective. I even found this style of magazine published by Vogue and Cosmopolitan, my two role model magazines. This has given me the confidence to go ahead with my original idea and the confidence that it will be successful when going into publication. I originally liked the idea because it was different and looks very sophisticated and dramatic. I would definately buy these magazines based on their looks.
and if I decide that the red is a bit too dark and not very feminine, I could always swap it for pink, like the magazines below. This doesn't lose any effectiveness.
Comparing the flat plan of my magazine to the above, it does not look out of place and looks just as good. This research has really made me happier with my product.
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