Diary Entry #6

I have almost completed my front cover and double page spread this week and I can already see it coming together nicely. I spent alot of time working on composition and layout as well as trying to include opinions from my student interviews.
All of my images have been edited enough and are ready to be presented.

Diary Entry #5

This week I have been starting work on my rough drafts of my front cover, contents and double page spread using my uploaded style models as guides.
Photos were taken using a Digital SLR camera and carefully arranged lighting. The 'DJ' was given large headphones to wear and suitable, casual clothing. He was asked to pull a variety of poses based around ones seen in the style models, mainly covering the following three styles: cool, happy and silly.

Photo Plan

Diary Entry #4

This week I have begun working on my first drafts of my original music magazine. I have uploaded my initial sketches and initial ideas sheet so that I can reference back to them easier as I progress through my work.
Also, I have translated my survey questions into an interview format and selected 3 students to participate in a video interview. I also decided to have them all answering at once so that I can provoke discussion and more complex responses.

Initial Sketches

I want my front cover have colours as loud as the music it connotes to really grab the audience's attention. Kelly Green, Hot Pink, Sky Blue, Golden Yellow, Black and White are my main colours as they are so different and eye-catching when put together and represent the rainbow colours that ravers and clubbers wear in order to be luminescent in the dark.
The name, "tronik", is taken from Electronic, which is one of the main genres featured and can also reflect the technological aspects such as headphones, DJ decks and synthesizers. It is spelt incorrectly as it gives a cool edge to it which the demographic will find appealing. Its also in lower case just like mixmag as it looks arty and attractive. It will be in a modern, sci-fi-esque font as it also helps the viewer identify what the focus music genre is.
I want to use a few colourful graphics in the background in order to enchance the genre even further and also add to the clashing, bold look.

Initial Ideas