MUSIC MAGAZINE COURSEWORK FINAL HANDIN - ALL IN ONE

 Please find below my Music Magazine coursework in full. This includes my:
- Project planning
- Final Product (Front cover/Contents page/Double page spread)
- Evaluation

PLANNING

INSPIRATIONS/SOURCES

Inspirations

PROG magazine

(Prog - Home | Facebook)

Random nose glasses holder (Became pseudo-mascot)

Sources

PUPPET SHOW discography and reviews (progarchives.com)

Puppet Show | Discography | Discogs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_progressive_rock_artists

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/19/the-persistence-of-prog-rock

https://www.instagram.com/progressiverockcommunity/?hl=en

This Prog Rock Instagram post was the inspiration for my cover (partly)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbqRxQ3IbkO/?hl=en

Free Online Barcode Generator: Create Barcodes for Free! (tec-it.com)

Google images (None of the images used are mine besides the Nose and the Hand featured on the font cover of the magazine) (Image of Puppet Show band comes from the PROGARCHIVES post on them) (Purple thundery background is a cropped version of Puppet Show's 'Trauma' album cover.) (QR code is from google (Don't scan it, it's a generic one taken from Google.)

Sources (Editing software)

Remove Background from Image – remove.bg

PhotoMosh

https://www.kapwing.com

Home - Canva

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF AN EXISTING MEDIA MAGAZINE

Textual Analysis THE PROG COLLECTION.docx

LAYOUT PLAN (EARLY CONCEPTUALS)

LOCATION RECCE AND RISK ASSESSMENT

RECCE & RISK

Models not required to be in any sort of specific environment due to them needing to have their backgrounds removed and a substantial amount of editing be done to be ready to place onto the front cover. Specific angles have been planned already, all that is needed is execution.

Similarly, since the models required for the shoot are inorganic figures, many risks are dampened already. Allergy, privacy, environmental risks etc. do not apply.

As the environment is a controlled and private space, lighting is configurable. There is no risk of non-consenting persons appearing in any related image, as the space is entirely controlled and private, and even if someone was, the idea was to remove the background from each photo to leave only the figurines, so they would be removed in any event.

MOOD BOARD(S) (MOOD BOARDS/VARIOUS MOOD BOARDS FOR DIFFERENT IDEAS)

PROG ROCK MOOD BOARD.pptx

PRODUCTION

MAGAZINE - FULL (FINAL PRODUCT)

(Click on each image to enlarge to original size)

POST-PRODUCTION

EVALUATION OF YOUR FINAL PRODUCT

I feel as if I have personally done this magazine justice. Apart from a few details that could have in hindsight have been improved, the magazine is done to a good (in my opinion) standard. 

WWW (WHAT WENT WELL)
Some think limitation leads to creativity, and I feel as if that's absolutely true in this regard. I love what I've done with the front cover especially. I feel as if the chosen angles for the nose and the hand were the best they could have been.

EBI (EVEN BETTER IF...)

Even better if I had done all this work as soon as possible. The reason for the strapped-ness of time was because of my own lack of time-management skills. Though, this coursework might prove to be a valuable lesson on such a mistake. 

In terms of the magazine, the image of the band is just sort of slapped there awkwardly, the background on the front cover is low quality due to being stretched out, and the second page (Contents page) might have benefitted from more design elements, for example, band photography. I am ultimately proud of what I have now, and this will serve as basis for improvement.

If I were to start this project over from scratch, I would have liked to explore use of more tools in terms of photography, for example, a photography Light Box.

ADDITIONAL INCLUSIONS (WHAT YOU COULD INCLUDE)

SHOT LIST/FRAMING DECISIONS (ORIGINAL IMAGES BEFORE AND AFTER EDITING)

GOLDENHAND (BACKGROUND REMOVED)

GOLDENHAND (ORIGINAL)

JESTER (BACKGROUND REMOVED)

JESTER (ORIGINAL) (NOT TAKEN BY ME)

JESTER (EDITED) (THE IMAGE SPLIT BETWEEN THE DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD)

PURPLEHAND (EDITED GOLDENHAND) (ONE OF THE IMAGES ON THE FRONT COVER)

PURPLENOSE (EDITED NOSE) (ONE OF THE IMAGES ON THE FRONT COVER)

SPACEROCKING (UNUSED)

NOSE (BACKGROUND REMOVED)*

NOSE (ORIGINAL)

NOSE (BACKGROUND REMOVED) (BEFORE IMAGE WAS CROPPED AND BACKGROUND WAS REMOVED AGAIN TO OBTAIN 'NOSE (BACKGROUND REMOVED)*'

NOSE (ORIGINAL ORIGINAL)

(I have not included a drafting or redrafting of my double page feature article as my research was very strong and therefore I created this in one draft.)

EXPERIMENTING WITH EDITING IMAGES

(I love this one)

FONT RESEARCH

FONT RESEARCH.docx

(Do please inquire if any of the .docx links don't work, I'll be happy to send them via other means)