Production

Finished products!

All the images placed down below show the finished products of all my platforms and what the result of my products was.  I created these by using many programs including Photoshop,publisher and word. into which allowed me to get my images and edit them or to layout how i wanted my coursework to end.

Pre-Production

Pre-production of magazine front cover

I have started to do my front cover of my magazine this will allow me to get a feel of the content i want to add inside the magazine and what i may be able to do for my double page spread.  Allowing me to have a clear mind on how this magazine is going to go and i can already piece together in my head how it will turn out allowing me to look ahead and maybe have to go back and change.  This may be the main image or even just some small features or main stories. Below i will add my production steps of what i have either added or changed allowing me to keep record on what i have done to reach this stage in my production!

Logo!

 This was my first step towards my logo for the business at first i thought this would of been enough but after thinking about the business it needs some added detail to get across in more detail what it can do. I used the main colour scheme for the symbol in the back in which show up strongly and help make it stand out.  By doing this if anyone see's this on the front of a magazine or on a website etc. They will know exactly which company owns it or sponsors. I chose the symbol design because its a circle but at the same time it has it's dips but then picks back up. This shape shows a comfortable business who are prepared to reach anything to succeed no matter how bad they may be knocked down they will always come back strong.

My second step was to add a background or a side feature so that it gives it a frame to the logo and not a free surroundings.  I decided to go with the frame of a TV going by that this company goes by advertising and magazines and websites so it's all to do with the media. By doing this i cut the image out of the image and placed the logo i created in the middle of the screen to show all attention should be sent for the name of the company. Having a background it gives the logo a boundary showing its a independent business allowing them to create anything they would like within reason.

My third and final step was to add a image to the screen as i couldn't leave it blank as of white space. By not wanting to add something more interesting and colourful than the logo and the name i decided to use a static screen as most will relate this with the start up of something.  As when you first switched the TV on it started statically so by my logo showing this it shows that we will grow bigger and bigger and become a lot more successful.

In conclusion i am happy with the final result but i will keep an eye on it just in case i want to edit any parts of it whatsoever which will allow me to improve how it looks or just to improve what it has to say behind it.

Magazine

This is the first part to my front cover and hasn't been massively developed.  The front is decorated with a rich green background, My main image and caption allowing me to work around the actual story.  By doing this it gives me a sense of direction on where i would like some things to be placed or positioned to give it the full impact.

This is another step to my magazine in which i discovered how i wanted my logo to be and how it would look on my actual magazine, Personally i think it really fits where it is placed as a large image it makes sure you know what this magazine is called. Also by doing this i added a mini tagline next to it which says "Try by Day, Score by Night" in which means no matter what time of day it is you always succeed if you try and we are always scoring.  The synopticity productions logo is also placed in the bottom right corner to show also who has helped fund this and allow this magazine to happen.

After adding my side stories on to my magazine it allowed me to advance to a whole new level maybe trying to attract another part of my audience who may be interested in the news that happens either locally or nationally and my magazine/show will provide this and allow people to be massively updated on how i did this. By showing the sponsor i added it advertises the product and being that a well known company has sponsored the show people will check it out because of that sponsor/advertising.

Website

On the top of every single one of my pages on my website this will be situated on the top to allow a sense of originality and understanding about the site they are on and what they should expect in the site. It includes the programmes logo and the sponsors logo with a link to their personal site also. By having this on my site it gives it professionalism. 

By adding my sponsor onto the page this adds advertising rights and broadcasting. It also brings in the audience to read more about this big sponsor and why they have teamed up with our program to help out in the best way they can.

After adding Side stories and a Rolling gif my front page is complete and ready to be shown and placed. the front cover looks professional with many own photos and stories that i can work on to complete the whole system to give my website a good look.

I have included an embedded gallery with my own produced images that have been took personally, this allows me to show the sport at first hand and allowing a wider view on the sport by seeing action shots and still shots of the different teams and runs etc.

I decided to get the audience involved in the programme and system by asking if anyone wanted to apply for a position as a photographer for the show and update us with news and images of the most recent games that we may not of been able to attend. The hope is we get many replies and can grow a large working community for the programme.

Intentions

Name: Joshua Hewitt

Brief 2: Print and E-Media

What do you intend to produce?

I intend to produce a Local Rugby Magazine showing news about local area teams and also news about big rugby teams all over the world E.g. World cup, six nations.  This will allow Local players to find out how their rivals or there next games team are like and how they have progressed throughout the season!  This benefits everyone who plays or even just supports the teams and likes to be kept up to date with everything.  Also by adding a website people will be able to subscribe or email us about any questions either problems or advice this allows us to receive Feedback from our Buyers.

Genre:

Sports/Rugby

Generic Conventions:

The generic conventions of the magazine will be seen by the name of the magazine and by the frontal images this should give out the idea of what type genre it is straight away allowing the readers to decide whether they like the look of it and whether they think It will be the magazine from the. As my rugby magazine is named “TRY” this gives away a massive chunk from the puzzle, Secondly going by the image on my front page by a player or game or team it will link to a sport which will give people a lot more of an idea what it’s about. Also from this a lot of jargon will be used to link to all the players and supporters, seeing this may trigger something in them to relate to the text and want to read on in which starts to draw our audience in.  The majority of the features will be male dominated as it is known as a male sport and they dominate this feature, females can be viewed and do have teams around this genre but male is stereo typically viable.

Audience:

My audience will be Local players and supporters they will be targeted knowing they play for teams or go to places to support certain teams our magazine will first be asked to be sold at local clubs to see how they do and if they enjoy them, if this is successful we will extend our sales to local newsagents as well. This would soon progress all over the country focusing on all teams possible or just single out the teams who have had an amazing week or season and talk about them in that issue which will allow a sense of competition to try and get in the magazine as well

Aimed mainly at young to old players or supporters allowing an opening audience with space for it to progress and go further in the industry.  From the sites and magazines I have researched they are both pretty much mutual in the same fact it’s local teams and their own league, Making it all interesting to them and giving the players a sense of pride knowing they have so many supporters.

Institution:

Synopticity Productions is the institution for my product and is a lifestyle based Media Company which focuses on anything from food to culture to sports. From this I would try and lead it into many sponsorship's hopefully into some top branding companies, by the methods of product placement and premiership performances. This is all about lifestyle and how you need a hobby or activity for it to be part of one and allow it to be called a lifestyle of living this will relate to a strong niche group.

Influences:

I have many influences for this magazine, starting from my love for the sport to the point of watching international teams play. All of which give me great inspiration to create this magazine.  From playing the sport I have learnt many things from it, being from respect and discipline to being a good sportsman and a collaborative team player.  It may not be appealing to most people as it’s not a dominant sport but to all the people who do support it, it’s massive allowing it to have a greater atmosphere than any other sport could achieve.

My main influence for the magazine has come from the 2 magazines: “England Rugby” and “Rugby World” Both of these magazines are massive sellers in the world of rugby and hit all the information needed in one magazine which makes both their magazines unique in the fact that they both pack the same information but still sell as many as each other. One of my dreams for this magazine is to really get it up there with those 2 magazines.

Image/Lighting (Moving Image/Still):

 Images will be involved in the magazine as well as in the website. Allowing images of good players or improved players to have some praise or even if we are available Video clips of the game.  The site will use all sorts of images still and moving just to add a mix of content, going from tackles to tries to fights basically to show the highlights.

·         Background

·         Imagery

·         Team images

·         Etc…

Use of sound:

My website may have some sound features added depending on if I can get rugby highlights or coaches’ feelings on the games this would be great but it is not a definite. Most likely we may have Voice commentaries but we may have video footage.  We will have special videos every month for different events. E.g.

·         Top try scorers

·         Top best plays

·         Top 5 tackles

This will allow a sense of change to the site and hopefully to the teams and players a spirit of competition.

Navigation:

 

The navigation of my site will have a similar layout with all the teams in that league placed at the top and click able so that you will be directly led to their page on the site, the name of the league and the sponsorship all this is the main part of my navigation as it gets across completely what this site will be about. Apart from that all I need is the navigation of all the other pages on the site that needs its own page to go to.  These will be found in the navigation bar. Each one will have a specific type of theme to it to make it noticeable. Going by my colour scheme of Green, black and white this will be easy to work with.

Interactivity:

My Website will be massively interactive going by a lot of things will be massively linked and used in the site so that everyone can be involved and interact around the site this will also make it much easier to navigate having pages upon pages linked together.  This helps allow the user a sense of freedom of roaming around and being able to see what they want to see. 

Layout:

The layout for my magazine is going to be nice and easy to work around being I'm creating a front cover and a DPS (Double Page Spread)in which I will discuss main topics on the front so it draws the audience in and then the DPS will be one of these stories and explaining everything about it.  My front cover will have a dominate front image with some text at the bottom of it.  The colour scheme of this text will be the scheme of the teams colours which gives it a sense or ownership.  With the masthead at the top and the side stories at the side this will give a clear idea exactly what this magazine is about and what the topic of it exactly Is.

My DPS will be laid out like any other DPS I will use columns and drop caps and slugs as these are basic conventions for a magazine and are really needed to add the right effects and drawing ability about the story.  The story has to be interesting and have enough information behind it to be interesting and not repeatable this will keep the audience to carry on reading and allow them to get the information they need.

Costume:

The costume Changes depending on the team as each different has a different kit, which can switch from different colours to completely different styles this gives the team a sense of being unique and the only ones or just a sense of differentially.  This also allows helps the supporters know who has possession, who is winning, who just scored that try and which team is which. This is all important as they need to be doing what they can to help motivate the team into victory.