Plan and develop pre-producion materials [U3: P3, M2]
Learning outcome 2: (u3) be able to plan and develop pre-production material for an original media product to a client brief. [P3,M2]
Colour scheme and mood-board: I made a new mood-board more specific to Bonanza and the colour scheme of the first issue as a reference for the style I'm aiming for with this magazine. I want it to be bold and illustrative. This new mood-board reflects the colour scheme I changed from the feedback given in my pitch.
The new colour scheme allows for the cover to stand out more. However making this mood-board I've decided to add an accent colour of the deep turquoise. This colour will be used sparingly on the cover and double page spread to highlight key words and phrases in the bylines, as it will allow the smallest font to stand out more.I chose these colours as indie pop often uses pastels combined with grungy colours like turquoises or reds. I need a black and a white so that the colour isn't over powering and they'll add a nice contrast to the light pastels. Pink and yellow connote warmth and calm, while also being bright and eye catching. The cold blue tone with allow for words to pop from the warmer colours, while adding more visual interest.
Fonts:
The fonts I will be using are Modern Sans Serif 7 for the masthead as it's bold and stands out in any colour, white or black, Sansserfic for the cover-lines as it contrasts to the masthead while still being very eye catching and the body copy is Andale Mono as its easy to read in a small font. These fonts fit wit the modernistic, minimal theme of my magazine, allowing me to change the colours of each edition without contrasting designs in fonts. These fonts also work well with the indie pop theme nicely and stand out with the combination of thick and thin line weights. I've chosen these fonts as they fit with my indie pop theme- indie pop albums often use a sans serif type face, so all of the fonts I'm using, use this typeface. Indie pop often has quite simplistic fonts, but play with line weight and caps lock, so for my masthead I have a bold, lower case font and for my cover lines, a line uppercase font.
Layouts:
The layout of the magazine will stay fairly similar to my original digital mock ups. However I have drawn them out again to be clearer. I've added a small puff on the cover advertising the QR linking to Spotify in order to attract a young adult audience.
I have also removed the image of the band as I'm doing a solo artist over a band as taking photos of models will be a lot easier and some people didn't feel comfortable.
The layouts will use the colour schemes above. Having a very pale pink / yellow as the background and then the cover lines in the warm yellow and white, main headline in dark pink and black, mast head in white, bylines in the blue shade.
Gantt Chart:
My goal is to finish this project around the beginning of June, allowing myself time to make corrections and contingency time for any issues that arise in the production process.
Once I have all the forms signed, I will move on to collecting production material. This includes the equipment I will need, such as a camera, photoshop, lighting, but this will also include fonts, colour scheme, articles and photos. I've allocated myself some extra time to take back up photos in case the client or model aren't happy with the outcome. When all my production material is approved, I have given myself around 10 days to do the post production work, then allocated myself some extra time to finalize anything the client dislikes or wants changed.
I aim to finish on the 3rd of June, as it will allow me extra time for any logistical issues to be solved, without passing the clients set deadline.
My key milestones are:
The 14th of May for all preproduction material to be finalised.
The 22nd of May for all the production material to be collected and approved.
And the 3rd of June for the post-production to be completed.
Legal and Ethical issues:
My project may arise some legal and ethical issues. One legal issue could be copy right. I'm aiming to interview celebrities and use their song lyrics in my magazine. Therefore I will need to get permission from the artists or companies that have there rights to that song, allowing us to avoid a claim. I will also need to prove that the photos taken for my magazine are primary resources. To do this I will photograph the photographer, showing that we take the photo, with the models consent.
A similar issue is IP law(intellectual property law) I need to make sure everything has been my own ideas and work. I have quoted throughout the project that the idea of lyric breakdowns is explored online by Genius, however my idea to take it to print is my own. The name Bonanza has been documented from the beginning of this project and I will prove all photos are mine by taking a photo of the photographer.
We will have all our preproduction paperwork filled out before any production material is gathered, meaning model consent forms and a full location recce. This means we will also need to do a full risk assessment of the locations we use, which will allow us to use the locations without the fear of being sued if someone is injured. We will make the assessment thorough to avoid any legal repercussions if someones injured on set, as it would have been listed in the risk assessment.
In order for our magazine to remain ethical, we won't have songs deemed too controversial. Such as no racially charged or homophobic songs, anything that threatens other groups. The songs we will tackle will be songs that tackle hard topics, or have a difficult message, but won't be offensives. This will allow us to talk about real issues like mental health and death without upsetting readers.
We also wont falsify or imply things the artists never agreed or spoke about. This is to avoid libel. The artist will break down their song and though our editors can infer meaning behind the lyrics, they cannot add a narrative that could upset or slander the artist. This will avoid a lawsuit and allow us to keep creating content, as well as keeping the artist happy.
The magazine and the editors will remain unbiased to their own opinions on songs and will only be critical on the message on the song and not their own opinion on the topics. We also aim to give the audience a say in the artists and songs we look into on twitter. However, the same issues stands that we won't interview celebrities and artists with controversial histories and messages, in order to keep the magazine unbiased and enjoyable for everyone.
In the future as the company grows and we begin to sell more copies, thus more paper, we could change our glossed paper to a more environmentally friendly paper. Either something biodegradable or made through recycled materials. This is more ethical for the environment and if the magazine sells well, other companies and competitors may copy.
Risk assessment:
I will be taking photos of models in the Jcoss A level Art room, as the art students have made a photo booth including a black sheet and a ring light. The risks that arise in this room are as follows.
in order to avoid any injuries or damage to equipment, me and the model will follow these guidelines to have a clean photoshoot without any issues.
Location Recce:
The location I will be using is D203, an art room in Jcoss that has a corner of the room detected to photography, having a black box acting as a screen and a large ring light.
Talent and location release forms
Everything that I will be using for the production stage of my magazine.
Colour scheme and mood-board: I made a new mood-board more specific to Bonanza and the colour scheme of the first issue as a reference for the style I'm aiming for with this magazine. I want it to be bold and illustrative. This new mood-board reflects the colour scheme I changed from the feedback given in my pitch.
The new colour scheme allows for the cover to stand out more. However making this mood-board I've decided to add an accent colour of the deep turquoise. This colour will be used sparingly on the cover and double page spread to highlight key words and phrases in the bylines, as it will allow the smallest font to stand out more.I chose these colours as indie pop often uses pastels combined with grungy colours like turquoises or reds. I need a black and a white so that the colour isn't over powering and they'll add a nice contrast to the light pastels. Pink and yellow connote warmth and calm, while also being bright and eye catching. The cold blue tone with allow for words to pop from the warmer colours, while adding more visual interest. 
Fonts:
The fonts I will be using are Modern Sans Serif 7 for the masthead as it's bold and stands out in any colour, white or black, Sansserfic for the cover-lines as it contrasts to the masthead while still being very eye catching and the body copy is Andale Mono as its easy to read in a small font. These fonts fit wit the modernistic, minimal theme of my magazine, allowing me to change the colours of each edition without contrasting designs in fonts. These fonts also work well with the indie pop theme nicely and stand out with the combination of thick and thin line weights. I've chosen these fonts as they fit with my indie pop theme- indie pop albums often use a sans serif type face, so all of the fonts I'm using, use this typeface. Indie pop often has quite simplistic fonts, but play with line weight and caps lock, so for my masthead I have a bold, lower case font and for my cover lines, a line uppercase font.
Layouts:
The layout of the magazine will stay fairly similar to my original digital mock ups. However I have drawn them out again to be clearer. I've added a small puff on the cover advertising the QR linking to Spotify in order to attract a young adult audience.
I have also removed the image of the band as I'm doing a solo artist over a band as taking photos of models will be a lot easier and some people didn't feel comfortable. The layouts will use the colour schemes above. Having a very pale pink / yellow as the background and then the cover lines in the warm yellow and white, main headline in dark pink and black, mast head in white, bylines in the blue shade.
Gantt Chart:
My goal is to finish this project around the beginning of June, allowing myself time to make corrections and contingency time for any issues that arise in the production process.
Once I have all the forms signed, I will move on to collecting production material. This includes the equipment I will need, such as a camera, photoshop, lighting, but this will also include fonts, colour scheme, articles and photos. I've allocated myself some extra time to take back up photos in case the client or model aren't happy with the outcome. When all my production material is approved, I have given myself around 10 days to do the post production work, then allocated myself some extra time to finalize anything the client dislikes or wants changed.
I aim to finish on the 3rd of June, as it will allow me extra time for any logistical issues to be solved, without passing the clients set deadline.
My key milestones are:
The 14th of May for all preproduction material to be finalised.
The 22nd of May for all the production material to be collected and approved.
And the 3rd of June for the post-production to be completed.
Legal and Ethical issues:
My project may arise some legal and ethical issues. One legal issue could be copy right. I'm aiming to interview celebrities and use their song lyrics in my magazine. Therefore I will need to get permission from the artists or companies that have there rights to that song, allowing us to avoid a claim. I will also need to prove that the photos taken for my magazine are primary resources. To do this I will photograph the photographer, showing that we take the photo, with the models consent.
A similar issue is IP law(intellectual property law) I need to make sure everything has been my own ideas and work. I have quoted throughout the project that the idea of lyric breakdowns is explored online by Genius, however my idea to take it to print is my own. The name Bonanza has been documented from the beginning of this project and I will prove all photos are mine by taking a photo of the photographer.
We will have all our preproduction paperwork filled out before any production material is gathered, meaning model consent forms and a full location recce. This means we will also need to do a full risk assessment of the locations we use, which will allow us to use the locations without the fear of being sued if someone is injured. We will make the assessment thorough to avoid any legal repercussions if someones injured on set, as it would have been listed in the risk assessment.
In order for our magazine to remain ethical, we won't have songs deemed too controversial. Such as no racially charged or homophobic songs, anything that threatens other groups. The songs we will tackle will be songs that tackle hard topics, or have a difficult message, but won't be offensives. This will allow us to talk about real issues like mental health and death without upsetting readers.
We also wont falsify or imply things the artists never agreed or spoke about. This is to avoid libel. The artist will break down their song and though our editors can infer meaning behind the lyrics, they cannot add a narrative that could upset or slander the artist. This will avoid a lawsuit and allow us to keep creating content, as well as keeping the artist happy.
The magazine and the editors will remain unbiased to their own opinions on songs and will only be critical on the message on the song and not their own opinion on the topics. We also aim to give the audience a say in the artists and songs we look into on twitter. However, the same issues stands that we won't interview celebrities and artists with controversial histories and messages, in order to keep the magazine unbiased and enjoyable for everyone.
In the future as the company grows and we begin to sell more copies, thus more paper, we could change our glossed paper to a more environmentally friendly paper. Either something biodegradable or made through recycled materials. This is more ethical for the environment and if the magazine sells well, other companies and competitors may copy.
Risk assessment:
I will be taking photos of models in the Jcoss A level Art room, as the art students have made a photo booth including a black sheet and a ring light. The risks that arise in this room are as follows.
in order to avoid any injuries or damage to equipment, me and the model will follow these guidelines to have a clean photoshoot without any issues.
Location Recce:
The location I will be using is D203, an art room in Jcoss that has a corner of the room detected to photography, having a black box acting as a screen and a large ring light.
Talent and location release forms
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