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Cover  Overall I re-worked alot of things from my original plan and added more variety in text and text color. The cover photo is of a low angle wideshot of a figure in a black hoodie and black rollerskates. An all-black outfit adds a bit of mystery and allows the background colors to pop as well as making the main focus the dark figure in front. The rollerskates are showing off one of the topics that will be covered in the magazine and the blue wheels of the skates are a nice touch. The pose is like a restless or wondering look into the unknown and what lies ahead. I made the choice of putting a boarder on my cover to add interest to it. The title 'SOAR' I used bold Elephant font in black to make it stand out, I also made the choice to space out the lettering to make it fill the cover and not be so crammed together. I chose SOAR due to thinking of flying or reaching far away goals and just going out there and just reaching for what you want. The quote-like text under it &qu

For my photo shoots I used the locations that I scouted but I do plan to possibly take more photos in the future. I took some photos in a neighborhood near by that offered good clear pictures and were in a location where there would be no other people or distractions. I tried close-ups and wide shots as well as many other camera angels to give a wide variety of interest. This relates to my planned magazine with outdoor activities and shows the many things I will write my articles about. My other location was the park near by, Benderson, and the sun was starting to go down so it offered for some cool shots. I had to scheduled the shoot so that we made it before the sun went down and getting in touch with everyone was a bit tough but I think it worked out. Some of the action shots that I got were blurry so I went through many photos till I got something good, but in all I may get more action photos but the ones I got were okay. With the photo shoot the biggest complication was meeting u

Some locations I scouted were a street in my neighborhood that had nice scenery and Benderson, which is a park near by. I liked the neighborhood due to it being easy to get to and an area i'm familiar with. It has beautiful trees and lots of open roads that I can use to show examples of skating or other activities. I also like that the sky is so vibrant and offers interest in photos. I enjoy the palm tree a lot and am possibly planning to take a photo of someone in front of it as my cover but i'm not entirely sure yet. Also, the brick pattern on the ground and plants around it make a very pretty layout and it could be used for photos. Its a overall good location and I may end up taking a few of my final photos here. Benderson is where I planned to take photos in the beginning, due to it being a park for sports and biking and such. I've been there many times and its my favorite place to skate, and many others skate there too. Its a very nice location that has a lot to offer

For my table of contents I want it to be clean and right to the point. I want people to be able to look at it and clearly understand what page goes where and what you'll find under than particular page. My font for the title Table of Contents is a bold Broadway to add a bit of a clean and fancy look to make it pop. The numbers are size 20 Broadway font also to make them stand out a bit more than the words. The articles/pages are in a Birch size 18 font bold to give them emphasis but are secondary to the numbers which pop out more. I'm only going to use one photo in the upper right corner under the division of the title and content. The reason for this is that I don't want to take up too much space on the table of contents, I want all the information to have room and then the photo adds interest. I plan on making it more refined in the final product but as for a rough draft this is somewhat my idea for it. I took inspiration from the magazines I previously read and the tabl

 For my flat plan I used the magazines I previously read as reference. What I noticed while examining the other magazines pages and ad placements is that they have many more ads then pages/articles. Most have ads placed in a row or have a page and then an ad then another page. I attempted to replicate what I saw and make more ads than pages. In some informational magazines though there were a lot more articles than most, but still more of an average of ads. I'm leaning towards more of an informational magazine but I still attempted a accurate layout. Throughout my magazine i'd plan to have articles relating to my main topic/s and the ads would have some relation to the topics also. I saw in other magazines that if the topic was, for instance health, there would be ads for hair products or health supplements. So with my topic of outdoor activities i'd have something like sports wear or products that relate like roller skates or roller blades. My articles will be along the

I plan on doing an outdoor activities magazine so the activities I choose need to have some experience behind them. So some of the ones I chose or was thinking of choosing was rollerskating, rollerblading, long boarding, and biking. I plan on interviewing some of my family members who do the activities, like my mom who bikes a lot. Also to interview my friend who is new to skating and can offer an outsiders view on the idea of beginning it. I've been rollerskating and long boarding for years so I plan on giving some advice and ideas from my experiences doing it. I will possibly be doing an in-depth article on how I started and why its such a fun and engaging activity. I've already spoken to many of the people who do the things I plan to interview on and already have many ideas on articles i can make. A few questions I've asked, or planned on asking, are around the lines of. QUESTIONS FOR OTHERS:  Why would you start doing an outdoor activity? Answer from friend: &qu

For the cover I have planned to call the magazine 'SOAR' and to me that means freedom and feeling as if your flying. And in this magazine i'll be covering many outdoor activities like rollerskating, rollerblading, long boarding, and possibly biking too. I want the title SOAR to really pop so I used the bold elephant font to give it emphasis. Also my choice for the cover photo taking up the whole background was from some sports and outdoor magazines I looked at. They mainly focus on the whole picture and sometimes don't even have a main model or face on the cover which is kind of what i'm leaning towards. I want to make the focus of the magazine on the outdoor activities and how they are enjoyable and offer health benefits. The articles I do plan on adding is getting in shape with outdoor activities as I put as one of my articles on the cover. I used a bold font that is a bit smaller than the main title but still draws your eye to it. Also, The joys of skating as an

Because i'll be going outdoors I checked out the magazine 'Travel+Leisure' and its mainly about nature and places to visit and things to do. Though it may not directly talk about outdoor fitness, with nature comes outdoor activity. The cover is of a beautiful scene with fields and plants growing, it is soothing and pleasing to the eye and offers a good idea of what to expect while reading. The text has an interesting design that leads your eye across it so you see the whole image. The text is orange and black which compliment the background with a kind of fall look. The front is not too overwhelming and offers just enough to interest you into checking it out. The articles inside talk about the experiences of someone who has traveled as well as where to stay or eat if you travel. They offer articles about healthy food that can be prepared when on a trip, and activities such as skiing or hiking. The ads consist of healthy pet food, fitness clothes, and credit cards to purchas

I observed another 'Shape' magazine due to it being around the things that I would like to add to my project which is health a fitness, I'm thinking of doing sports related things also or outdoor hobbies. The front of the magazine is of a young woman wearing form fitting clothes and has a natural look to her so show she is beautiful the way she is. The background is neutral colors to fit the palette that is pleasing to the eye. The text pops out red on this soft colored background and many fonts are used like bold and cursive. Within the magazine there are many articles that are for healthy food and how to keep healthy skin and body. Also, many of the ads are health a beauty related it consists of, hair products, makeup, healthy pet food, clothes, and healthy food/snacks. There is a wide range of articles but they all relate to health a youth. The images shown are of natural food and models trying cosmetics, as well as self-care things like meditation or fitness. They appea

In the magazine 'Vail Valley' it is about the outdoor activities you can do, and it ranges from camping to hiking and other things. On the front of the magazine there is a women who is in a river holding a fish she has just caught, it states her name and that she is a women who enjoys fishing and is one of many. This photo has action that makes it look alive and the women inspires people and shows that she enjoys going outside and doing exciting things. The font is mostly the same color with no overlapping giving it a clean and refined look that doesn't force you to look at so many different elaborate headings . The inside articles are mainly about where you can go and how you can enjoy outside activities. It offers articles on what to eat and how to prepare it as well as open places to camp of take a vacation. The photos give a good idea of how beautiful nature is as they show many different places with amazing architecture and views, as well as healthy food that inspires

Continuing my health genre research I read over 'Woman's Health' magazine. The magazine is mainly contributing to health tips, foods, products, and workouts. The cover of this magazine is of a young woman who appears healthy with shiny hair and smooth skin. Her clothes are form fitting and show off her healthy body, and the black of the clothes also gives the illusion she is much slimmer. And there is a contrast with the blue background and her in the foreground. The fonts emphasize words and can either overlap over the model of be placed in a formation around her. They use different colors for the type to also add a pop to that particular word. This is a women health magazine so mostly the pages relate to health with food recipe articles and fitness such as workouts and more. They have photos that relate to these articles or give instructions of how to do the particular task, such as the workouts have images of a person doing the workout. And they use bright colors in thei

I'm looking to do a health kind of magazine so I looked over this magazine called 'SHAPE'. This version is mainly about inside and outside body health, it goes over many things in between also. The cover is of a young woman who has a youthful appearance who is wearing fitted clothes. Her outfit is bright and shows parts of the body showing that she is healthy and fit. The background also adds to the bright and eye catching cover, in all the cover looks fun and trendy. The text has many different fonts to add a variety to the cover, also it has bullet points under one of the titles. Most of the colors are hues of orange, red, and yellow which give off a aesthetically pleasing look. The articles cover skin care, healthy food, and makeup as well as other topics. Mixed in with these healthy articles are healthy products being promoted through ads. The ads consist of hair health products and specific skin care products. The photos inside the magazine are of young women who use t

I've decided to do the magazine project. The reason i've chosen this project to do is because I already somewhat have an idea of what I could do for it. I'm thinking about doing a magazine on hobbies or outside activities, such as rollerskating, long boarding, rump rope, and other things. I could get pictures of action shots from many different angles and pictures of friends also doing these activities as examples. I have experience editing photos and such and working with texts and fonts, I also find writing as an easier task. Also I plan to work alone and the film project would take a group, or if only me it would take a lot of hard work. I thought the film might be fun but I really just don't have the time or supplies to pull it off, so a magazine would be a better fit. The magazine project is to have a cover and pages that are filled with articles of the topic and pictures also relating to it. The cover should have a interesting and eye-catching design as well as fo

A Film project would be fun due to the wide variety of possibilities you could do for it. There are many creative ideas you could think up and you have the room to come up with anything you want. It would be even more fun working with a group where you could bond and have fun and just put together many ideas. From the movies we have watched, such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off, it was a comedy and the camera angles helped give a good idea of the character and the address to the audience was clever and gave more to the movie. The many aspects of film such as camera angles, transition, sound, editing is quite impressive and does interest me. To put all those things together to create something that can give people joy, sadness, anger all the emotions. There are also many tools to get desired camera angles or movements. Though I think this project would be fun to try, I do like to work alone so I get things done fast and efficiently without distractions. So if I were to attempt this proj

A magazine is interesting because it has many aspects and complex things that go into it. One page may be a wide variety of things and your eye is drawn in by the many different things to see. I've learned many things within this class about journalism, newspapers, and magazines such as the number of ads on each page and how the fonts and covers are eye-catching. When it comes to magazines its all about who is drawn to it, the target audience of the magazine to be exact, and a cover is very important to that. It may consist of characters, colors, or people that relate to that topic and may have certain fonts and titles that a lot attract the consumer. In the newsroom brought up certain magazines such as gossip and take-down magazines that would attract certain people. Also, for revenue there are many ads, 50% of the page is writing of what the newspaper is about and 50% is ads. I think if I were to do this project i'd be okay with writing and taking photos because i'm shy a