Magazine Final Draft

 This is my final music magazine Breakin. I am happy with the final product that I have made and I believe it highlights the skills I have gained through the process of making this magazine as well as the creative flare and content I wanted my magazine to obtain.

Final Reflective AS Coursework Post

Final AS Media Coursework Reflective Post from Holly Etty on Vimeo.

This is my final production post giving an overview of my entire media coursework project. This video reflects upon each aspect of my project, as shown in the labels at the top of my blog and allowed me to look back upon all of the tasks I completed and how they helped me to achieve my final products.

Magazine Evaluation

This is my Music Magazine evaluation. I believe that in looking back at my magazine I can see how I have progressed and developed as a media student in creating this product. I am happy with my final product and believe I have justified and explained my decisions well throughout this evaluation.

Magazine Feedback

I asked my friends Chloe Baker, Samantha Harris, Ellysha Kular and Keshaa Thakrar to give me feedback on my final magazine. In being a media students they also understands the codes and conventions of music magazines and can successfully discuss whether I have adhered to them or not. I found this this feedback really useful as they all proposed very constructive comments and gave a high level of feedback to my final magazine which I took on board.

Magazine creation production log

 This is my magazine production log of me creating my magazine. In creating my magazine, my ideas that I originally envisioned altered as I saw what ideas worked and what ones didn't. It is evident in my production log for my magazine that I altered my ideas and changed them as I went along and progressed in creating the design and layout for my final piece. I am very confident and happy in the professionalism and cool, music magazine flare I gave to my product.

Chosen Images

These are the final images I chose for my magazine. I chose these images as I wanted to use a variety of artists and locations to portray my magazines versatility regarding it's music artist content. The majority of my images are of my feature artist as this is a typical convention of music magazines and the remainder of the images are of artists that are also in my magazine that feature on the contents page. Some of the images I used are from social media sites such as Instagram and Twitter as I wanted to give the social media section a realistic feel as to the types of images there would be and also the same quality of the images. I am happy with the images I have chosen and I believe they will work well within my magazine.

Contact sheet/photoshoot

This is my contact sheet for my photoshoot. These are all of the photos I took within my photoshoot with my friend Lily Bartlett playing the solo R&B artist Sierra Banks. I believe these photos are varied and they successfully portray the character of the artist I was trying to get across as well as the style of my magazine.

Timelapse of photoshoot

This is an insight into the photoshoot I did for my magazine with the main artist Sierra Banks played by Lily Bartlett. This shows all of the different shots, poses, outfit changes and stances that I asked Lily to do in order to provide my magazine the best possible look to suit my high end magazine style, as well as the style of the artist I created.

Photoshoot Model Release

 

This is my magazine photo-shoot model release. This form states that Lily, my model, gives her permission for me to use the pictures I took of her in the photo-shoot within my magazine. This allows my magazine to look professional as models for official music magazines would be asked to do the same in order to declare their permission.

Equipment

This is a video of me discussing the equipment I used within the creation of my magazine. It explains the technical details of the camera I used and why I decided to use it. I found this equipment easy to use and thus easy to talk about as I had used it before when completing my GCSE media product.

Social media in my magazine

This is a video explaining the social media I plan to use within my magazine. In having this video it will hep me as I will be able to refer back to it for ideas on how to incorporate social media and it also gave me a good outline for the social media I should be using in my magazine in researching similar music magazines methods.

Promotional methods in my magazine

This is a video explaining the promotional methods I plan to use within my magazine. In having this video it will hep me as I will be able to refer back to it for ideas on how to incorporate promotion and audience interaction as well as providing me with a good outline for the different methods of promotion I should be using in my magazine in researching similar music magazines.

Props/Costumes used in my magazine

These are the props and costumes that I plan to use within my magazine. I decided to use these props as costumes as they adhere to the music magazine conventions but also enable my magazine to be a bit different to those that already exist. This will help when styling my model for my photo-shoot and enable everything to run smoothly and to plan.

Box Out Text

This video explains the box out text I plan to use within my magazine. As well as including the gig guide on the front cover, I also plan to use pull quotes within my feature article - however, I didn't talk about these within the video as I am not sure if I want to include them as a box out quote or in a more eye catching way yet. Indeed, I do plan to use pull quotes as well as the 'Gig Guide' mentioned and this video will prove useful to refer to when creating my music magazine.