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 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
