1st year magazine group practical
- This week you will be making a magazine as a class. A whole magazine! This sucks!
- Don't worry, you get to do it as a class, and you pretty much get to do what you want. But if you do nothing, you don't get a grade, lol
- Why are we doing this? To prepare for when you make your magazine for your coursework. Also because it will teach you how to work as a group, under a strict timeline. Also it's fun
- The magazine will be published on the blog, and possibly in the Long Road student magazine but probably not ☹
Brief: to create a counter-cultural women's lifestyle magazine
- This means fashion, lifestyle, knitting, health, whatever. But all done wrong. Because it's edgy
There are two roles
Journalist
- researching a subject and story
- writing and editing news stories and features in the publication's house style
- conducting interviews, either in person or remotely
- sourcing images to accompany written pieces
- meeting with colleagues to plan the content of the issue and the character of the publication
Designer
- Design and create visual concepts, using Photoshop or other software to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, and captivate consumers.
- Develop the overall layout and production design
- Create advertisements that parody and subvert consumerism (culture-jamming)
Additionally there will be an editor (LORD OF THE OFFICE) and an art editor (THE LORD OF THE DESIGNERS)
The magazine must….
- Represent women's high end fashion
- Be counter-cultural and subversive in its ideology
- Target women as primary audience and men as a secondary audience
- Use real photos and images taken in class (as well as others..)
- Have a identifiable style
Other than this, do whatever you like, as long as it's not illegal. If it is illegal, please do not do it. You will be expelled, and I will get in trouble. As long as you do something (ant it's not illegal), it's all good
Lesson one: preproduction
- Compose stories/research topics and issues to cover
- Plan photoshoots (costumes, locations etc.)
- Sketch out designs for style/front covers (using A4/Photoshop)
- Plan a theme/ style for the magazine
- Design culture-jamming adverts
- Research counter-cultural magazines for inspiration
Lesson two: production
- Go out and take pictures and wear weird stuff
- There will also be art design and editing going on too
Lesson three: postproduction
- Everything gets pulled together. The editor and the art editor get stressed out. Hopefully you finish on time
Inspiration
Professional magazines
Previous student magazines
