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The task I have completed recently was screen grabs; this shows you the stages that I had to take to create each page in my magazine. You will be able to see that there were many steps I had to take to create each individual page in my magazine and how long the process was to create a unique and professional look.

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I completed  audience feedback recently. The main piece of feedback I received was from my sister he studied A level media and also completed a full magazine at her time in university, this meant that she could give very good feed back that could cause me to improve the draft of my magazine; there is also feedback from my class peers, who gave me some useful feedback.

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 I have recently completed my drafts of my magazine which is; my draft article which is called 'Brad is Back' and the actual draft of my magazine. Doing the drafts has made me realise that I have to improve the layout of my magazine as it does not look as professional as it possibly could. Creating my draft article has also prepared me for when I have to insert it into my actual magazine as I only have to make a few changes when inserting it into the final copy of the magazine; this means I don't need to create a whole new article when I started creating my magazine on indesign.

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I have completed my sketches of how I want my magazine to be laid out (where the text should be and where the images should be). Although I have completed this task I believe that when it comes to designing the actual magazine on indesign I will like to change a few things in comparison to my sketches, but the main positions of images and text will stay the same.

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I have chosen the images I am going to use in my magazine for the front cover, contents page and the double paged spreads. I have chosen these particular images as they have stood out to me as soon as I took the pictures, when I was doing the photo shoot I could see straight away the main photos that I would most probably use.

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Recently I have uploaded the pictures of my photo shoot which contains all of the pictures that I took. Looking at all of the pictures together has given me an idea on which pictures I want to use for my front cover, contents page and double paged spreads.
I have also created a video that shows the 'behind the scenes' of my photo shoot, this was to clarify that I was the person taking the pictures in the photo shoot. I added some music to the video related to my magazine as thought it would be a nice touch, however I also added a R&B song as it is my favourite genre of music; this is mainly why I chose to do an R&B magazine as I already know a lot about how to attract the audience as I am one of those people who my magazine would target.

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I have recently created a video that shows the 'behind the scenes' of my photo shoot, this was to clarify that I was the person taking the pictures in the photo shoot. I added some music to the video related to my magazine as thought it would be a nice touch, however I also added a R&B song as it is my favourite genre of music; this is mainly why I chose to do an R&B magazine as I already know a lot about how to attract the audience as I am one of those people who my magazine would target.

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 Recently I have completed my Model release, this has informed my model Bradley Moore what he is getting himself into; thankfully Bradley agrees with the terms and conditions and has no problem with any of the things he has to do. It also means that I have secured my model and I don't have to worry about my model not appearing to photo shoots as he has signed the model release.

I have also taken pictures of all the equipment that I will be using as it has prepared me and I now know what equipment is need to get the best quality pictures of Bradley. All of these pieces of equipment are used by professionals when they take photo shoots so this will give my pictures a professional feel, which means my magazine will be to a high quality.

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I have taken pictures of all the equipment that I will be using as it has prepared me and I now know what equipment is need to get the best quality pictures of Bradley. All of these pieces of equipment are used by professionals when they take photo shoots so this will give my pictures a professional feel, which means my magazine will be to a high quality.

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I have finished a couple of tasks in the past week including; props/costumes, promotional methods and new media. The last two tasks I completed (promotional methods & new media) has given me an understanding on how I will get my magazine heard and noticed by the target audience. The promotional methods includes the basic marketing strategies e.g. leaflets, posters, billboards etc.
The new media task involved how I will use the media to promote my product e.g. via social networking sites, adverts on youtube etc. All this planning will help get my magazine noticed in the UK much more quicker than using the common ways of promotion.
     

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 I have completed props/costumes which has prepared me for when I do my photoshoot as I know what my model needs to wear in the photoshoot and what props he will be using. The costumes will be one of the main ways of portraying the genre of my magazine.

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As I am going to be starting to create my magazine soon and I have the name of the magazine, I thought it would be a good idea to see some fonts that I may use for my masthead, so now I have an idea of what font will be used as the masthead. I chose code bold as my font for my masthead as I believe it has a distinctive look about it; this will make people who see the font automatically link it with Slick magazine as it has a clear brand image. 

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I have completed my image ideas that is created in prezi; it has helped me understand and know how I can represent my genre (R&B) through the images on my magazine e.g. male stands straight on at the camera, looks deep into the lens with a serious face expression wearing a big coat.

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Recently I have been planning the content that will be appearing in my magazine and what my main feature will be about. My main feature is an article about Bradley Moore and how he has made a recovery from being shot and he talks to us about his new album. I have also planned many of the other articles that will feature in my magazine, all these articles will be mentioned in the contents page. 

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I have also completed a sell lines which are the articles that will be displayed on the front cover. I have chosen carefully which articles I believe should be on the front cover as if the customers see famous names and interesting articles they will want to purchase and read the magazine. 

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I  also completed was deciding on the colour theme of my magazine, after researching the meanings of colours and other music magazine theme colours, I chose purple. I believe this task again helped me a lot as when it comes starting to create my magazine I will already know which colours I will be using.
          After completing both of these tasks I knew which colours I will be using and the name of my magazine; so I then mixed the two together with the colour of the text purple and with words that link with Slick.

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Recently I completed a task that has made the planning of the magazine easier, I decided on a name for my magazine, after I completed my brainstorm then a selection of names I decided to call my magazine 'Slick'. As the name is one of the most important details for a magazine as the name of a magazine is the thing people remember, if it isn't a catchy name it won't succeed. So this task was a very important task as it could be one of the main reasons why my magazine isn't going to be good.

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I have also completed a mood-board, this is a board, which is full of pictures that have inspired me and helped me understand how I want my models to look and what they need to wear. For example it did not acknowledge me that my model should wear sunglasses; however after I researched picture related to R&B I realised that a lot of artists in this genre wear sun glasses in photos. 

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The task I have completed recently was my proposal. This explains what my magazine will contain, what my pictures will be like, the mood of my magazine e.g. laid back, information biased, heavy reading etc. This was a big improvement for me to understand what my magazine will be like and how it will be presented to the audience. It also focuses on my target audience which is good as I will know what to put in my magazine e.g. as I now know that my magazine will most probably be male dominated the content to my magazine has to be aimed more at males; for instance instead of having a poster of a male in the magazine have a free download as a male is more likely to be interested in a free download than a poster of a male singer. 

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Recently I have gathered enough information from my surveys to have a clear understanding on what my target audience want to see in my magazine. This has helped me a tremendous amount with some decisions that I will have to make when creating the content in my magazine, for instance when I asked what type of article I should create, 72% said gossip, which will help me when it comes to the time I need to write my article. These surveys are really helpful as it will give the consumers what they want in my magazine e.g. free downloads, an app etc.