unit 14 l03-l04

1. S

2. Setting up equipment
S Firstly, in my photo-shoot I used a specific
camera which was called the d3200 Nikon
DSLR camera, which is a top of the range
camera which specifically focus on getting
the best photographs as possible by using
a setting called autofocus , this camera is
worth roughly around £230 where as the
tripod that I used to hold the camera cost
around £20 this tripod was called a Velbon
DF-41 tripod. Lighting is no issue for this
camera with its advanced settings as you
can change the time of day on the camera
so therefore it will need more lighting gin
the night where as if the picture was taken
during the day.
Equipmen
t
Cost
Office Space £300,000
Apple
MacBook x
25
£41,225
Photoshop x
25
£1724.75
Desks x 25 £2,850
Chairs x 25 £2,200
Printer £ 172
Camera x 5 £1595

3. Pre production material
S Pre-production materials work done on a product,
especially a film or broadcast programmed, before full-
scale production begins. Hand drawn drafts were changed
so it looked more professional and attractive for the
audience. You essentially do pre production material to
plan for your product, it is essential because it helps you to
gather information on what you want to do an gives you
rough guidelines which could save you money in the long
term as you may have prevented a mistake from occurring.
Also my rap theme in my magazine article was conveyed
in my cover stories but I didn't’t used any props to illustrate
this to the audience.

4. Production Plan
Monday: get a
office which you
will be able to set
up the business
and be able to get
work done.
Tuesday: Go and get the
equipment for the set up
for the business
Wednesday: in this stage you
will need to buy computers,
desks and chairs for the
employees to work.
Thursday: create time and
dates for employees to
come and do job
interviews to join the
business
Friday: Create the job
interviews for roles such as
an editor and a writer.
Saturday: Create the
job interviews for
roles such as an
editor and a writer.
Sunday: Set the office up
with all the desks and
computers, ready for the
first working date.
Complete by:
Monday 1st of
December
Complete by: Tuesday
2nd of December
Complete by: Sunday 7th of
December
Complete by: Sunday7th of
December
Complete by: Sunday 7th of
December
Complete by:
Sunday 7th of
December
Complete by: Monday 8th
of December
Week beginning: Monday 1st December 2016
Monday: explain to
all your employees in
the business the plan
and regulations
Tuesday: first an
artist to feature in
your magazine that
has been answering
the questions in the
interview.
Wednesday: get the
writer that you have
hired to find some
questions to ask the
artist in the interview.
Thursday: hire a
reporter to meet up with
the featured artist and
ask the questions that
need to be asked
Friday: write up the
answers to the
interview, ready to go
into the magazine.
Saturday: Arrange a
photoshoot with the
artist and then take
some photos for the
page of them in the
magazine.
Sunday: start of
designing the magazine
with the layout first,
then the background ad
including colors
Complete by: Monday
8th of December
Complete by: Sunday 15th
December
Complete by: Thursday
11th of December
Complete by: Saturday
13th of December
Complete by: Sunday14th
of December
Complete by: Tuesday
16th December
Complete by:
Tuesday16th December
Week beginning: Monday 8th December 2016

5. Production Plan
Monday: Get some
employees to find
more information on
what is happening in
the rap life today.
Tuesday: the pictures
that have been taken
of the artists need to
be edited and
inserted to the
magazine.
Wednesday: insert the
interview write-up with
the artist onto the
double page where the
section of the artist is
going to be.
Thursday: try to find
some companies that
would want o be
advertised in the
magazine.
Friday: start finding
some stories that
relate to and about
the specific rapper
you have chosen.
Saturday: Weekend off Sunday: Weekend off
Complete by: Friday
20th December
Complete by: Saturday
21st h December
Complete by:
Wednesday 18th
December
Complete by: Thursday
19th December
Complete by: Wednesday
18th December
Monday: Finish
designing the magazine.
Tuesday: Find more
short stories about
artists you can also put
in the magazine.
Wednesday: Find more
short stories about
artists you can also put
in the magazine.
Thursday: Find more
short stories about
artists you can also put
in the magazine.
Friday: Send the
magazine of for
production
Saturday: Weekend off Sunday: Weekend off
Complete by: Friday
27th December
Complete by: Friday
27th st December
Complete by: Thursday
26th December
Complete by: Friday
27th st December
Complete by:
Saturday the 28th of
December
Complete by: Complete by:
Week beginning: Monday 15th December 2016.
Week beginning: Monday 22nd December 2016.

6. Production Plan
Monday: Distribute
magazines to stores,
shops and online
websites that have
permission to sell your
magazine on their
website.
Tuesday: Set up social
media accounts and
posters around your
local area. Help gaining
an audience before you
actually release the
magazine.
Wednesday: Product
Launch
Complete by: Monday
5th January
Complete by: Tuesday
6th January
Wednesday 7th
January
Week beginning: Monday 29th December 2016.
This is a detailed production plan for the development and
creation of $tackz and Rap City magazine. Included in this
section is pre-production, production and post production. The
production plan is overall a time based over two weeks and the
last day Wednesday the 7th January is when the product will be
due to launch to the public.

7. Test photography
S For my test photography I took several different pictures in
different locations so that I could see which looked the best.
Then I will use this photo in Photoshop where I may add an
edit before it gets transferred in to my main double page
spread or front cover. Also test photography helped me to
build up ideas of where I am going to take my final picture as
the previous photos where just a practices to how well I
looked in front of the camera etc.
Final photo for
my double page
spread after
being edited with
background has
been taken out
by using the
quick selection
tool.

8. Operating desktop publishing
skills.
Firstly, to start of my front cover I had to set up the page which is A4, then adding ruler lines so that
everything that you are inputting is in line. Then I started of my creating a box so the barcode could
easily fit inside of it, with the social media links such as: instagram, Facebook and lastly twitter, I done
this by getting the images of the internet and transferred them straight to my front cover which I had to
make them smaller, so they could therefore fit inside the box. Also I had to include the issue date which
I done this by using the T button on the tool bar and then created the text box which I then typed the
date into the text box.
Secondly, before starting to do any other conventions it is essential to insert your
background this is due to the fact that it will be easier later on when finishing of the front
cover. I started of creating my background. Firstly by setting up a page then going format
background then choosing the color and gradient that you want.
Now you have added a background and barcode, you can add in a masthead to the front cover. This can be
done by downloading a specific font that you want from a website called ‘da font’ this will be installing in the
downloading section of the mac, click on the font that is downloading and press ‘install font’ and then you
can type the title that you want.
Then this step is when you need to take a picture of whoever you want to feature in your
magazine. This needs to be done by a picture being taken on a hd camera and using the
memory stick that you insert to the back of the computer. To neaten up the edges of the
picture use the quick selection tool which will get rid of the background as well.
To make the front cover look more like a magazine, you can add a
headline, puff promotion, quotes, featured artist

9. Operating DTP tools continued
The quick selection tool is a specific tool that is
used in adobe Photoshop when you have and
image with a background that you may want
remove, this can furthermore can be used in my
project when I took a picture where the
background decrease the quality of the photo, so
in this case I used the quick selection tool to
remove a brick wall background which I ended
up with this photograph on the right.
Also the airbrush tool was used in the photo above as well
which is the photograph that I used for my double page
spread. The air brush tool was used to make my photos
smoother and softer round the edges which makes the photo
look a better quality making it more professional.

10. Step by step summary
Double page spread.
You will have to repeat the same process that you would of done with the front cover by setting up the canvas that you would like
and add in your ruler lines to make sure that your layout is all in line. Also you can change the background if you would like to
change it.
Like you would have done for your front cove you need to add in your masthead, but not the strapline this is because this is only
convention for the front cover. At the bottom of the page you can add page numbers to make it look like a double page spread in a
magazine.
Now that the basics are in place it will be time to add in your main image, you can do this by going to file, place and adding in the
picture you want and also edit it to how you like it and until you think it looks up to standard.
After adding in your picture it will be time to add in your text for your article. The first section of the text can be the quote this is
because if you want to put text around the quote you can do this easier if the quote is already imputed.
By adding in your quote in first, this can also allow you to add in the stand verse, when adding in the stand verse you will need to
create a drop capital, you will do this by creating a text box and type in the first letter of the word that is going to start your text. And
then you will need to go down the pen tool(15th) bar down and click around some of the sides of your letters and then carry on
making a text box where you want your stand verse to go. And then after that type all of the rest of your text for the paragraph.
Use the text tool bar to add in any text that you would like that may boost your magazines appearance, also another convention
that you may want to add which will also boost your magazines appearance will be to change your text colour to any colour that
you think looks the best. If you want to change the width or height of the writing in the magazine front cover, highlight over it and
click ‘windows’ at the top of the screen and go to the characters.
For puff promotions, repeat the steps of adding a shape then place the text on top, and follow the previous steps before if you feel
like you need to change the colour of your writing or the length and width of your writing which will overall boost the appearance of
your magazine.

11. Step by step guide Front
CoverFirstly, to start of my front cover I had to set up the page which is A4, then adding ruler lines so
that everything that you are inputting is in line. Then I started of my creating a box so the
barcode could easily fit inside of it, with the social media links such as: instagram, Facebook and
lastly twitter, I done this by getting the images of the internet and transferred them straight to my
front cover which I had to make them smaller, so they could therefore fit inside the box. Also I had
to include the issue date which I done this by using the T button on the tool bar and then created
the text box which I then typed the date into the text box.
Secondly, before starting to do any other conventions it is essential to insert your
background this is due to the fact that it will be easier later on when finishing of the front
cover. I started of creating my background. Firstly by setting up a page then going format
background then choosing the color and gradient that you want.
Now you have added a background and barcode, you can add in a masthead to the front cover. This can be
done by downloading a specific font that you want from a website called ‘da font’ this will be installing in the
downloading section of the mac, click on the font that is downloading and press ‘install font’ and then you
can type the title that you want.
Then this step is when you need to take a picture of whoever you want
to feature in your magazine. This needs to be done by a picture being
taken on a HD camera and using the memory stick that you insert to
the back of the computer. To neaten up the edges of the picture use
the quick selection tool which will get rid of the background as well.
To make the front cover look more like a
magazine, you can add a headline, puff
promotion, quotes, featured artist

12. Conclusion
S Furthermore, in conclusion I have covered what
equipment I am going to be using for my magazines
photo shoot and the prices of the equipment that I have
been using which could make my magazine look more
professional due to the advanced equipment that I may
be using. Additionally, I have a step by step in how I
made my front cover and dps and how I went about doing
the edits that I done on my front cover to teach someone
who maybe doesn’t know how to do some of t.hese key
skills.

14. Deadlines
to have my deadline for the launch of my magazine in the
production plan in previous slides it is seen as Wednesday
the 7th January 2017, which I would have come to the terms
that I have met this deadline. The longest part of creating
my magazine was doing the planning out for my magazine
because I had very few ideas of how I was going start it and
what genre I was going to do, who I was going to interview
for example.

15. Post Production Skills
S Photoshop CS5.1 was the application that I used to create my front cover and
double page spread. This is furthermore because the editing on Photoshop is
advanced and therefore it will make my front cover and dps as professional as
possible. I used advanced skills like pushing test past pictures which attracts
the reader to want to read the interview because it looks more attractive and
interesting for the reader of that specific magazine. Furthermore, in my dps I
used a drop capita to attract the audience to want to start to read the cover
stories/ interview as the big ‘H’ draws the reader to glance at this section of the
dps. Also the eraser tool and vertical type tool are two specific tools that I used
within Photoshop to create my front cover and dps which both of these were
used. The horizontal type tool is used to create text boxes which allow you to
type information on to your page but horizontal will be seen as a text box that
goes further across than down. Where as vertical is seen as down more than
across.

16. Unit 13-planning and pitching-
risk Assessment
S Software risk Assessment- software risk Assessment can be seen as
resizing and image but using the ‘shift key’ which will allow you to be able to make the
picture smaller and by pressing the shift key it will keep the picture looking
professional due to it still having its high quality, but furthermore if you do not do this
will lead to a pixelated picture and it will be warps which makes the photo look
unprofessional. This technique is when resizing images whilst still keeping the quality
of the photo high and preventing the photo from becoming stretched and distorted.
S Eyedropper Tool- To maintain consistency and professionalism throughout my
magazine ‘$tackz’, on Photoshop their is a good and efficient tool called the
‘eyedropper tool’ that’s helps to choose the colour of a specific object that will be on
the front cover, then you will have the chance to save this colour and be able to use it
again which keeps the front cover professional, because you save the colour allowing
you to use it again which will furthermore improve your front cover as you will have
the same colours which will make it professional. Also when making a new object
such as a textbox or a shape I can just click on the previous saved colour so I can
use it again which is also quicker and more precise as the colour has been previously
saved. This furthermore speeded up colour choosing for me as well as keeping it as
professional as possible.

17. Colour
Colour in my front cover and my double page spread, it is
essential that all the colours that I am using are exactly the
same colour and even the same tone. This is essential
because if you are trying to use the same colours in your front
cover but some of the colours are darker than others this will
therefore make the audience, or who ever is looking at my
magazine this will make them think that it my magazine is
unprofessional.

18. Fonts
S When I was picking fonts for my front cover and double page
spread. I thought it through as much as I could, due to the fact that
I wanted my font to link to the genre of my magazine for example if
my genre was ‘HIP HOP’ then I would have had a smooth and chill
font. Where as if it was ‘RAP’ then I would of used a font that was
more graffiti type and also maybe a bold font. All of these font that I
would have been looking up would be found in website called
www.dafont.com. Which this website has a variety of different
fonts. One of the fonts that i used for my magazine as 28 days
later which is a bold and dark font which I used due to the fact that
it symbolizes my genre as it is rap. And lastly for my other
magazine which is $TACKZ I used a font called ‘Obelix pro’ this is
because this font is bold and stands out to the audience which will
attract them to want to read the rest of the magazine.

19. Proof reading and sub editing
S On my double paged spread, I made sure that I proof
read my work to ensure that there was no errors. For
example if there was a spelling mistake I would of
noticed this when prof reading and changed to this to
make sure that I get a good grade because if there are
spelling mistakes or grammar mistakes this could
furthermore lower my grade. For example when proof
reading my work I found a spelling mistake of
presentation as u can see in the bottom left which then I
furthermore corrected to ensure that I I didn’t drop marks
due to spelling mistakes.

20. Safe working practices
S When inserting pictures that have been created ands used in
Photoshop the easiest way to remove the background in that
specific image is going to the eraser rubber on the tool bar in
photo-shoot and click on this tool and then it should allow you
to remove parts of your background, the best way to do this is
to hold down on the mouse and slowly click everywhere that
you don’t want which this then should accurately remove the
background. Also by removing a background this could
furthermore make that page that your creating a little bit
boring, so what I would do to cover up for this space is put
some text boxes in which would take up more room, this is
due to the fact that the background is missing which a
background does take a big section up of a picture so to
cover up from this will be to cover it up by adding several text
boxes.

21. Final changes to double page spread
I have also added
in magazine
credits at the top
of the double page
spread to convey
to the audience
who has helped
me to build up this
page also I've
added in credits to
the interviewer of
my double page
spread and the
photographer.
I also added in a page number because in my magazine
inspiration there was a page number, and in the process of
creating this spread I was told to use my magazine inspiration to
get small ideas and copy them over to make my double page
spread look better and more professional.

22. Changes
For one improvement for my front cover
magazine Also another improvement that I
changed form my front cover was that my
‘$TACKZ’ headline was too far down the
front cover behind the main image. So to
change this I had to raise the masthead a
little margin higher so that it look a little bit
more profession so that the main image
wasn’t covering the title.
‘On your front cover all your cover lines on the left and
right hand side must line up, this is an essential
correction because if all the cover lines don’t like up it
makes the front cover look unprofessional and makes
the front cover not look as good as it should do, so
therefore I moved the cover lines so that it meets up
with the ruler lines/margins which this now looks much
better as you can see in the after picture.
One of my changes production plan and my front cover, I had a different launch date from which I put on my front cover-
01/02/2017, when really the product will be getting launched on the 07/01/2017. Furthermore, this is an essential
correction due to the fact that if I uploaded my magazine with the wrong launch date then this will make my business un-
professional due to the fact that the magazine would have come out on that specific date.

23. Witness statement
The yellow
HIGHLIGHT is
something that I
didn't’t do well in
my pitch but
furthermore I have
corrected these to
make my pitch
better
The green
highlights is a
section that I
completed well.
My witness statement conveys that I have
completed the majority of tasks, but the
yellow highlights over the writing can illustrate
that I have corrections that I need to repeat.
One of them being target audience- spending
power which is must one individual slide that I
need to complete to get rid of this correction.

24. Conclusion
S In LO3 and LO4 unit 14 to conclude it as a whole in this unit I
have been talking about improvements from my front cover, the
fonts that I have used in my work, also furthermore talking
about the fonts that have been used in my front cover and my
double page spread this is significant because I have used
fonts that have a meaning and symbolizes something. For
example my fonts are mysterious which could convey what my
genre is which can be seen as ‘rap’. Also i have been talking
about safe working practices and when inserting and enlarging
and image you need to make sure that you hold the control
button to prevent it from becoming warps which looks
unprofessional to the target audience.