Magazine Name

When I first began creating my magazine, the initial name idea for it was MINK. I went along creating some of the magazine, using this name. However, when doing some research for my magazine, I came across the company 'Peta' which is an animal rights campaign. Their campaign opposes the use of animals for producing clothing that utilizes fur, leather, wool, or silk. 

PETA Asia-Pacific supports the PETA campaign "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur", in which celebrities appear nude to express their opposition to wearing fur.

Mink is a common name for a mammal of the Mustelidae family which also includes otters, weasels, badgers, wolverines, and polecats. When I came up with the name, it wasn't chosen because of the animal. Mink is also a colour which was the reason behind me using this for my magazine name.

However, after looking at the Peta campaign and researching into the background of using animal fur, I thought it would be more suitable to change my magazine name. Fur is massive thing in the fashion industry, coming from both sides of being against the use of it or being all for it.

The model on my magazine is also wearing a faux fur jacket on the front cover, if I had kept MINK as my magazine name, I realised that this would of caused a lot of controversy.

I have decided to re name my magazine 'CRAZE' as this is definitely more suitable for my genre and fits in with the idea of fashion being a 'craze.'

DPS update

This is my double page spread which still has a lot of work to do on it. I decided to use a staple Autumn fashion piece as the focus of my magazine so that it linked in with the theme and genre of my magazine.

Peer Assessment

 In todays media lesson, each student went around the computers in the class and wrote two positives and one improvement on post-it notes in order to get an idea of how well we are doing with our blogs. The overall feedback I got was very positive and it was good to read what other people thought about my blog. A lot of people commented on how detailed my posts were and that I had put lots of research into the work that I was doing. The improvements that included me using more platforms to show my work as I haven't really used a variety of them, so this is feedback that I will definitely be taking on board.

After reading through the feedback, I looked through my blog myself and made a few points on which I thought were good and how I could improve my blog. What I really like about my blog is the overall design of it and that I try to keep it as organised as possible, making it look well presented and professional. One thing that I found I could improve on is including more time management posts. I don't really have many which shows my progress and how I am handling my work to meet deadlines etc, so this is something I will begin doing.

Progress| 2

This is the billboard for my magazine which I think is nearly completed. I am very happy with the way this looks but I am thinking of changing the colour of the font below 'MINK' to make it bait more clear and easy to read. With it being a billboard, it is important that everything stands out and the audience will be able to see everything on it. 

I am also really happy with this image as the quality turned out really well and I think it fits well with the genre of the magazine. 

Progress

This is my contents page so far. I still have a lot of work to do on it as there is a lot of dead space and I feel like there should be more colour on it somehow.

Progress

This is my front cover so far. I am nearly finished with the design of this and I am very happy with the way it currently looks. Since the last time management post, I have added the picture of the model and fitted the sell lines around it to make it look more professional. I had to edit the picture of the model before I put it onto the design, I got rid of any shine on the skin and played around with the brightness and contrast of the image.

Originally I planned to have a dark lip on my model, but when it came to the actual photo shoot, I decided to change it to a nude lip as it suited the overall look better.

Photo shoot Preparation

Before I took the images for my magazine, I had to prepare how I wanted the images to look like and have my model ready. I took images of the makeup the model was going to be wearing on the shoot and applied it to her before the images were took. The model brought her own clothes, but I did give her a list of what sort of clothing I wanted in order for it to fit with the theme of my magazine. She knew that my magazine was going to be an autumn edition which featured articles such as party wear clothing and what to wear for the weather.