Rough Cuts

Construction of DPS first draft

To construct my double page spread I am using InDesign as this works well with lots of text. I will first edit my images in photoshop and then insert them into my article.

I have inserted my text into my InDesign document for my double page spread. I had to download a font from Dafont.com for the quote I've used for the interview.

I have inserted my main image and a background colour by using a box in the background and making it transparent.

I have tweaked the arrangement of my text to make it look clearer and I have added a title to the page.

Next I have inserted in my main article for the double page spread and worked it so that it goes around the quote in the middle of the second page.

Construction of contents page first draft

To construct my contents page, I am using Indesign as this works better with text than photoshop however I will be photoshopping images to use in Indesign.

To begin with I have inserted a banner with text with the same font as my masthead as this is used in kerrang. I have made this red and white to create a house style that matches my cover.

Next I have used the same font from my main sell lines for the headings on my contents to create more of a house style. I have also inserted an image through In Design and re sized it.

I have  now inserted all of the cross referencing on my contents page.

I have inserted the rest of my images and have begun to write the editor's letter.

This is my completed first draft of my contents page on InDesign.

Photo Shoot #5

This photo shoot went to plan as my model had brought and worn everything that they were asked of, making for an easy start to the shoot.
Most of the images taken were planned from research I had done which made it easy to see what would work and what wouldn't.

Images taken:

Photo Editing Skills

This is a photo I have taken that I will use for my magazine contents page.

To begin with, I am going to use the Spot Healing Brush tool to take away any blemishes on my models.

To further improve the image I am going to adjust the levels of the photo.

This is the final image I will use for my contents page.

Construction of magazine cover first draft

To begin my magazine cover I chose a font from dafont.com called scratch punk for my masthead. I have altered it by changing the colour to red and curning it closer together.

I wanted to give a ripped effect in the corner of my page to insert a puff, to begin this I tried to use a tutorial on YouTube however it didn't work so I downloaded a brush from brusheezy.com. This helped me to create the effect I wanted so I have coloured in the corner and inserted the official logo for Reading and Leeds.

For my sell lines I have downloaded the font "Bebas Neue" from dafont.com and inserted them into my photoshop document. The additional text at the bottom of the page was edited to look like the type of text used by Kerrang. 






















Before inserting the cover image into the photoshop file, I edited the output levels. I then inserted it and decided to use a different image to represent the pop punk genre.

I decided to use this one because it shows the pop-punk attitude and is similar to the style of Kerrang magazine.





















I have inserted a banner for my main sell line as it was hard to choose a colour that matched my main image with it not blending in.

After inserting my sell lines, the first draft for my cover is complete.

Photo Shoot #4

Before taking images, there was a range of costume to choose from as my model had brought several different costumes that would be suitable wear. In the end I decided to go with the skirt and black top, accompanied by the painted tights made to look like it was dripping down her legs. This seemed more out of the ordinary and would set a difference between the artist and audience.
I then sorted make up which was made up of eyeliner and red lipstick. The eyeliner was stereotypical of the pop-punk genre and the red lipstick would connote passion, warning and love for music.

Images taken:

Photo Shoot #3

This photo shoot went well with my models although there were complications with costume. This is because Zac was wearing the wrong t-shirt and Cara had turned up without a costume. Therefore I had to compromise, luckily Cara had a pop-punk t-shirt so I had done a few different researched poses with her and taken different pictures than originally planned.
Zac didn't bring his costume so I therefore had to make the decision to do the shoot without.

Images taken:

Photo shoot #2

This photo shoot went better than the first shoot as I had done additional research into the poses and positioning of my models. This meant that I already had the work done rather than thinking of what I needed my models to do during the photo shoot.

This photo shoot was done without one of my models as they were ill on this day, so I had to rearrange which models would be posed together.

These are all of the photos taken:

Photo shoot #1 research after the shoot

One of my models for this photo shoot was unable to attend due to illness and an injury so I had to try and work without them for the shoot.

I started my photo shoot by briefing the models on what kind of images I would be taking of them and their different props to be included. I then went on to sorting make-up for my models. 

The modelling and images weren't properly prepared so I have done more research into the different poses and camera angles. To do this I looked at many images of different pop punk artists and have collected some images that I can try to mimic or take characters from.

Examples of professional photography:

These are the types of images I will try to mimic for my next photo shoot because they all contain the pop-punk characters and have different aspects that make them unique that I can mimic for my own magazine.

Photo Shoot 1 Images

My first photo shoot was done in the college studio using Beth, Zac and Cicely. I had arranged for Laura to be involved in the photo shoot, but due to a lack of time, she wasn't included in this shoot.

 This image was taken whilst sorting make up for my models, this was of Beth who was a later model was getting make-up done by myself.










After testing make-up on Beth I moved on to applying eyeliner to another of my models. Unfortunately this was hard to apply and was irritating on my model, so I quickly took it off and we then began the first photo shoot.

Images taken:

Additional Locations

Because I have more models, I am going to use some different outdoor locations as I have several of my models in the studio for photography and professional magazines often use many different locations.

Location Recces:

Location Recce 2 by gilllauren09

Update concerning models

I have created a Facebook group to give all of my models the relevant information they will need to know and give them updates for costume, props, dates and times.




































One of my models have cancelled for the photo shoot so I have gotten some more models to use for my cover and contents page. I will take some models on Wednesday 4th December and the rest on Saturday 7th December.

Call sheets with additional models:

Model Release Forms: