For the first section of the planning portion, I completed a portfolio check list in order to know when all aspects of my coursework were due in so I am aware of all the deadlines. This proved useful when working on my coursework as I was able to keep on top of my work and prioritise pieces that were due in sooner than others.
Next, I created a reader profile for an existing magazine. The magazine I chose to create a reader profile of was CLASH as it is the magazine I have been using for inspiration. This helped me to further understand the demographic of the audience reading the magazine and their lifestyles, this is important as it means the writers can base their articles closely to their known target audience by writing things they know their readers will be interested in.
From my knowledge of CLASH magazine, I then created my own reader profile. This was helped from the information I gathered from my audience surveys. I was able to decide what kind of articles I could create by better understanding my magazines demographic, e.g, I also knew how my target audience would like the magazine to look. Overall, all this information gave me a better understanding of how to create a magazine in a style that will directly target my specific audience.
For the organisation portion, I decided the model, time and location for the photo shoots. I included contact evidence of my model agreeing to the photo shoot as well as props and costumes that I had decided I would want my model to wear during the photo shoot. All of this information is vital as their was always a reason behind the specific background, costume and prop I had decided to incorporate.
The evidence section was vital to my planning as it was my final decisions on exactly how the magazine was going to look before I was going to create the final product. I had decided the layout for the cover, contents and double page spread from inspiration from other magazines such as CLASH and NME who has a similar style to what I had envisioned my magazine to look like. In the evidence portion, I also experimented on what shot types and mock poses looked the best so I could decide which ones I would consider adding in to my final production. The mood board included my final thoughts on what other types of real life artists I could include in the magazine which would conform to my indie genre style. Finally, the colour palette helped me to realise that a pastel colour scheme fits perfectly with my light, upbeat indie style, so influenced me to chose the light lilac which runs throughout my entire final magazine production.