Equipment Planning

• Camera - I will be using my Panasonic camera, which I feel is god enough quality for my magazine. I have full access to it, to I able to use at any time.  I do have access to a tripod; however, I do not feel I will need it, unless I am photographing myself (which I could use for the ‘Editors message’). I find it much easier to photograph my model, when I am able to move and position the camera freely without having to worry about the tripod.

•  Photoshop or other photo editor – I will need Photoshop in order to edit the photos I take.  I will only have access to Photoshop when I am at school, because I do not have Photoshop at home. However, I often use free online editors, that aren’t as good as Photoshop, but still produce quality outcomes. The online editors I use are Phixr.com and Picnik.com.-       I will also be using photoshop to design and create typography for my magazine, for the front cover masthead and double page article heading to make it more attractive and unique and also more professional. I will be using these online tutorials for ideas, when making the fonts:
  -       http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/create-a-cool-wet-ink-typography-effect-in-photoshop
  -       http://www.photoshopstar.com/text-effects/creating-cardiac-rate-effect/
  -       http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/photoshop-tutorials/colorful-glowing-text-effect/

• InDesign – I will definitely require access to InDesign, in order to make the four different pages of my magazine. Like Photoshop, I do not have InDesign at home; so will only be able to work on it at school. This means I should work on taking photos, editing and writing the magazine text at home, leaving the rest of the time at school to work on the magazine in InDesign. I will use Word at home to write the names of articles to go in my contents page and the text of the main double page article, and then copy and paste it into InDesign at school  

• Clothing and makeup – It is important to think about the style of Clara’s clothing and makeup. We worked together to decide on the outfits she will wear and chose three different looks. Most of the clothing was hers, but I also lent her some of my accessories, such as a flower garland and shoes. I felt her clothing was quite fashionable and wasn’t too over the top or edgy, as I felt it would too much against her red hair. She did her own makeup, which was also not overboard, but still pretty and natural
• For my other images for the cover and contents pages, I will get my friends to wear their own clothes, in order to show they are normal music fans. For the images of my father, as a classic artist, I will get him to wear maybe a suit or smart shirt, in order to make him look like a realistic musician who is performing for people.

• Props – For the props, I will ask Clara to pretend to play a guitar, belonging to my brother. This will help to create a character that accompanies her singing with playing the guitar and produce a more realistic picture. I could also take a good quality photo of Clara, edit it and design an album cover, print it out and put it into a CD case. I could then photograph it, to make a convincing picture of Clara’s new album that she is advertising through the article.
• For my other shoots, I will be using a variety of instruments, such as acoustic and electric guitars and my piano, equipment including microphones, headphones, and speakers. For the images of my friends as music fans, I will have to make one or two banners for them to hold. They could be for a specific artists or it could be for a music festival