Planning

By Matthew McMinn

Style SheetI will use this colour scheme because it has the “masculine” and “feminine” colours. It does veer towards the feminine side because it was mainly women who answered my survey so they should be my main focus of an audience. Also the bright colours will hopefully stand out against the rest of the many magazines on the shelf. Also with the inclusion of yellow it should stand out more because it has been proven that yellow is the most stand out colour on shelving.

Natural smile, not wanting to feed the male gaze too much. This is because I do not feel their will be a high demand for it due to how little men answered my survey.

Cool, calm look to give readers a none stressed vibe when they read the article. Not too saucy, just a relaxed feel

Main body text

Main body text

Main body text

Main body text

I have chosen these texts as they stand out and look fun, not too serious. I feel they would stand out on the shelves if put against other magazines. I would probably go for the second or bottom text as they seem to stand out more to me, personally.

Drafts-Cover

This example has a blue sky as the background as this is what I will try to achieve when taking my own images as the survey showed natural setting to be the background for my image. Also the white background of the masthead text will be edited away.

Trying to get colours which don’t look too disgusting but compliment each other.

Drafts-Contents

Contents text will be bending around the image

Final drafted plan for my magazine contents page. All colours and fonts used have been chosen to try and fit a gender neutral audience.

Drafts-Double Page Spread

Background colours match the colour scheme I selected for my target audience, where all the text is, will be where the article text will be written, possibly in a bigger font than shown in the image. The drawing of a person laying down represents the type of pose to be performed by the model for this page. The image of one of the models will be of the same model for the picture at the top. This is to show who the article is about

Picture Planning

• Model-A blonde girl for the cover star and main article model.

• Shot-Close up, but with hand in shot.• Angle-Eye level• Mise-en-scene-Models will be wearing colours

which compliment background draft colours, if model pictures do not look complimenting then the magazine colours will be altered slightly. Some pictures have to be taken in a naturally setting as this is what my research shows. The plan is to have the image so that it looks like the model is holding some of the text in their hand.

• Costume-Regular clothes that a pop singer might be seen wearing, this is to give a natural look to portray a positive image to not hide who you are.

• Props-No props are planned to be used• Location-Somewhere down my street and with

a plain background for the cover to make it easier to add text etc.

• Where it would be used-Front Cover

• Model-Will be of a Macauley from class.• Shot-Medium-long shot• Angle-Eye level• Mise-en-scene-Models will be wearing

colours which compliment background draft colours, if model pictures do not look complimenting then the magazine colours will be altered slightly. Some pictures have to be taken in a naturally setting as this is what my research shows. This image I am going for a lean look so that they appear to be leaning on the contents word.

• Costume-What a pop star would usually be seen wearing on stage or just out and about, casual.

• Props-No props planned• Location-Studio/blank background area• Where would it be used-Contents page

• Model-Will be of the same person as will be on the front cover.

• Shot-Medium long shot• Angle-Supposed to be eye level but in

the picture it is a high angled shot.• Mise-en-scene-Colours of the clothes

the model will be wearing will need to stand out against my background colours of the double page spread. The picture will be taken against a blank wall as they are not in college, otherwise I would’ve used a studio image.

• Costumes-More, brightly coloured clothes to stand out to fit the pop music genre.

• Props-No props planned• Location-Somewhere with a blank wall• Where would it be used-Double page

spread main image

Model-a person which I knowShot-close upAngle-low angleMise-en-scene-colours will just be that they don’t blend into the background so that they can be seen but not too stand out as to distract from the main content on the contents page. The picture will not be intended for a main position but a type of page filler so that the page does not look disinteresting.Costumes-Regular clothesProps-No props plannedLocation-Studio or outside imageWhere would it be used-on the contents as a filler