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For my Unit G321 foundation portfolio coursework, I intend to produce music magazine, print production aimed at 16-25 year old males and females, consisting of a front cover, contents page and double page spread.
My magazine will be an indie pop/alternative music magazine which focuses on new, original, and popular artists. It will contain information about mainstream indie music and inform and review upcoming gigs and festivals. This will be the type of audience who will go to festivals and gigs and will have a keen interest in fresh bands of the same genres that are new on the scene. There will be one person for the main image on the cover.

My print production will require one medium close up shot for the cover and two 3 smaller images to use as poster adverts. I will need six small images and one larger image for the contents page and approximately 2-4 images for the double page spread. The person I have used for the main image on the cover is a male friend, Rob. I choose him as, because he likes the kind of music my magazine is about he dresses quite well. The clothes he wore on the day were what he decided to wear. I knew that this would be okay as his style suits the style of the magazine well. The costume that he wore was the same for all the images. I also chose Rob because I knew he would be able to position himself for the images the way i wanted him to. I took this image in my bedroom as the wall colour was most suitable, light and cream coloured. I decided to use a light background as if I wanted to change this it could be easily done using Photoshop. The only props I used for the photographs were a microphone and robs own sunglasses.

I took quite a few images, but haven’t yet decided which ones I’m going to include where yet. However a medium shot will be used for my front cover, then for my contents page another medium shot and then six smaller pictures towards the bottom of the page, these will all be the same size and square shaped. I will also need one medium sized photo for this page that will also be square or rectangle but larger than all the others. For my double page spread I am unsure as to how and where I will position the photo or photos but will decide when I am closer to finishing it. I have put some research of double page spread pages and article layout on my blog. I think I will have three images of the same person (Rob) on the double page spread.

For my double page spread I will interview with the cover artist, Sebastian King (Rob). The questions are complete and I have posted a copy of this on my blog. These are about how he got into music, his family, and his new album. Health and safety notes aren’t really essential because we didn’t leave my house for the photographs, so there was nothing really to take into account regarding safety issues.