Colour Mood Board

When doing my questionnaire the question asked which colours people think would be best for a Indie music magazine. These are colours that were included, with a few different blends and shades in addition. I did this to see how the colours look together and to see whether or not I wanted bright colours or dull colours. As I'm appealing for a teenage audience I will want to use some bright colours, but I don't want it to be too bright so I think if I use the bright colours but use a stroke around it, it should make it stand out really well, without making it hard to read. I think I will go with the just using three colours because it can end up looking like a children's colouring book if I use too many colours.  I will be using black, white, and red.

Photoshoot Contact Sheet

Pre-production Document

Equipment list:

• SLR camera
• tripod
• computer

Location/props/costume list
  The locations I will be taking my photos at consist of a shelter at Gorleston Beach; because it has a nice brick background and there was good lighting.I also took photos at Fritton Woods because I wanted there to be a indie background and I think the trees provided a very indie feel without overwhelming the artist. I made sure that all of my pictures didn't look the same in terms of the background even though three of my photos were taken at the same location, they all have a different feel and help to represent the artist and their music.
  I was thinking about using props for my magazine, but I decided against it purely because I wanted the main focus to be on the artist not the items around them. I have seen some magazines similar to what mine is use props and use them well but I just didn't think it was very appropriate to use props for an artist that not many people may recognise as all of the focus should be on them.
  The costumes I will put my models in will be casual, normal clothing that's smart but not too over the top. I want to appeal to the younger generation so they won't be sexualised or revealing in any way either. The clothes that artists usually wear in Indie magazines are usually very simple, neutral colours and smart. I will take this into consideration when making my own product and make sure I follow these trends.

Production schedule
Week 1: Research other Indie music magazines in the industry and decide which ones I want to interpret and get ideas from. 
Week 2: Draft out some ideas and find models.
Week 3: Take photos of my volunteers, remove any imperfections and decide which ones I'll use for my magazine.
Week 4 and 5: Start to construct front cover, explore fonts, colours and construct the masthead.
Week 6 and 7: Apply same theme to contents page, begin construction.
Week 8: Apply same theme to feature page, begin construction.
Week 9: Start to write out the article for double page spread.
Week 10: Finish writing the article for the double page spread.
Week 11: Double check everything and add finishing touches.

Font Mood Board

This is my font mood board. I wanted to get a vast selection of fonts that I think would all suit my genre of magazine. I plan to use most of these fonts within my magazine, as I think can be used to complement each other really well. I want to use American Captain for my main cover line as I think it is very bold and and it catches your attention very quickly. I think I could use Trashhand for some pull quotes because it looks like a text that may have been hand written, giving a sense of personality to the quote, as if the person actually wrote text.
I really like the washed look of White Elephant and I think it would suit being the title of my contents page. All of these fonts could be used, but I don't want to have too large of a range of fonts as it may make my magazine look cluttered and unorganised.

Double Page Spread

Contents Page

Front Cover