Contributor Release Form and Risk Assessment

These are the contributor release forms for my photography, it gives me permission from the actors to publish their photographs

These are the risk assessment forms for my photoshoot for my music magazine

Double Page Spread Photo shoot

For my double page spread I gathered some actors and asked them to pose in a way that is suiting to my music magazine, the final pictures can be found by clicking the image below.

Contents Page Analysis

This is a analysis of the contents page from Drummer magazine.

This is a analysis of the contents page from Kerrang magazine

Photoshop Practice

The programme that I am going to be using when I am creating my magazine is Adobe Photoshop. I have had experience and tuition in using this programme and below are some images I have created and experimented with.






These pictures show some techniques that are used often in magazine photography such as The Beatles Sgt Peppers album cover, the majority of the background is black and white and I have used photoshop to pick out the main colours of The Beatles in the Sgt Peppers uniform.

Magazine Front Cover and Contents Page Mock ups

These are my Mock ups for the magazine front cover I am going to create. They consist of all key ideas that are needed for a front cover to look professional, such as puffs, strap lines and a mast head. I received inspiration for the layouts for the front cover from such current indie/ alternative rock magazine like NME, Q and Mojo.

Please click the thumbnail to enlarge the image.

This is the mock up of the contents page for my college magazine it has features images and puffs which will attract the page to the reader, it also features a list of all the features that are going to be featured in the magazine and the corresponding page number. At the bottom is a regulars section this is where all the parts of the magazine will be numbered that are regularly in the magazine and aren't for example a exclusive.

Costume for Magazine Photographs

The actors I am going to use for the photographs for my music magazine will need to be dressed in suitable clothes, which match the style of music I am making my magazine for (Indie/ Alternative Rock). These style generally consist of:

• Skinny/ Slim Fit Jeans


• Band T-Shirts


• Checked Shirts


• Cardigans and Jumpers


• Plimsole Pumps, Trench Boots or Pointy Shoes


• Trilbies/ Flat Caps


• Long Hair

With these above items and costume I believe the actors for my photographs will look suited to the genre of music and will look the part for the magazine. Below is a picture of the Arctic Monkeys, I chose this particular image because the relaxed and uncaring attitude they portray in the picture. Also the clothing they are wearing is very suiting to the style of music.

This is my final college magazine front cover I created on MS Publisher 2003, click the thumbnail to enlarge the image.

I believe there are many improvements I could do to make the cover sufficiently better. For example the banner across the top of the magazine looks of poor quality because of the poor resolution of the images. Also the main picture is grainy so looks to dark in the background of the cover, I will need to adjust the lighting in my music front cover, also another problem with the image is the flash is visable on the bottom right corner of the computer screen. The puffs on the cover do attract attention, however the font is only Arial and isn't eye catching, this will also need to be adjusted. The Deyes High School font at the top was an attempt of modernising the front cover, however I believe now that it looks out of place of the front cover, also the Deyes Logo and specialist science college logo are noticeably out of resolution to the rest of the cover.

Double Page Spread Analysis

This is a double page spread analysis of a article on My Chemical Romance, this has been taken from Kerrang magazine.

This is a double page spread anaylis of a article on the Sex Pistols American tour, this has been taken from Mojo magazine.