Front and back cover

MINIMAL

ORGANIC

RAW

FRESH

OUTDOORSY

SUBTLE

CALM

CLEVER

Just some of the words that best describe my project or at least how I wanted to portray my magazine to the readers. The contrasting images that I used were deliberate, I wanted there to be very little text on the outside of the magazine so that people understand the importance of the imagery. I considered matching the front cover image with a similar image on the back but I found it difficult to find another photo of a mountain that would sit well on the back cover. I top of the forest photo was perfect as I wanted to use that image within my project but I run out of space inside.

Planning

The idea of choosing a number of pages from the beginning I felt was important!

This was because I felt that I could be more organised, I could choose the number of interviewees I had, I could allow myself a certain number of pages that were purely dedicated to photography.

One of my favourite organising tips for any situation is LISTS.

LISTS, LISTS, LISTS!! It's key for organisation therefore I carried my sketchbook around like my life depended on it. I planned to use the book for designs and layout but it quickly turned into a book to keep organised and esp for the spec of images and what type of font was used so that I could keep everything consistent. 

PAGES 1-80

All my own Photography

I knew from the word GO! I wanted the magazine to continue all of my own photography, that was key to my project being of personal success. The idea was that allow the interviews, the quotes and the message that was being portrayed was very important to round the whole magazine off it was key that Photography shawn out front and centre as it was a huge element of the project along side the type treatment and layout.

The three key elements:

PHOTOGRAPHY

TYPOGRAPHY

LAYOUT 

Forestry photoshoot

One element of this project that was very unexpected and unique was getting the opportunity to learn first hand the skills and knowledge from those who I interviewed. The forestry photoshoot was by far one of the most interesting especially since I have never had the opportunity of experiencing anything of the such before.

I watched Joe fell a tree and convert it into logs, the tools that he used to aid him through this process and then how he logged them out of the forest.

Article spread design

This was the opening spread for an interview I done with the musician Jack Warnock, the ideas behind my design was to follow the theme of natural, Raw and organic which I have been focusing on for the entire magazine. The first design I liked but the more I looked at it the more I felt that it could be improved. I love the image of the guitar but it wasn't grasping the attention of the reading with this design. I played around with the type of the title and added in the opening first paragraph to the article.

I continued to work with the font and it's colour to see if I could achieve a design that was both eye catching and one that I was happy with, unfortunately I wasn't improving.

I ended up moving the photograph of the guitar onto a different page and started working with an image that I felt could work better because it was landscape I could fill the page more and make it much more interesting. I dropped the opacity of the image so that the title and text could be read and used a colour for the font that brought out the wood and browns in the piano.

Sponsored Salomon gear - Sportique of Magherafelt

My brother who very kindly agreed to be my model for the photoshoot, was sponsored by Salomon, he was given some of their new season running gear; 
- Bonatti WP JKT M Lightweight essential shell for mountain running
- Exo Pro 3/4 tight, light compression and breathability.

The photoshoot was done in an old run down farm yard at the foot hill of Charn Tóchair, I originally wanted to get some action shots and go up the mountain but the weather was bad the day that we chose but I was pleased with how the photos turned out and the mood that I was able to create form the set up that we had. I decided to use these photos for Shane's interview in the magazine.

http://www.sportique-ni.com/
http://www.salomon.com/uk/product/exo-pro-3-4-tight-m.html
http://www.salomon.com/uk/product/bonatti-wp-jkt-m.html

 

Font spec

Font cover - Gotham, Thin (85% Black)

Introduction pages - Helvetica, Light, 12',13' (85% Black)

Content Page - Helvetic, Light, 18', 24' (100% White)

Chapter Pages - Gotham, Thin, 16' (65% Black)


Article Content:

Title - Varied each article

Shane - Helvetic, Regular, 11'
Joe - Palatino, Regular, 11'
Scouts - Luna, Regular, 11'
Peter - Palatino, Regular, 11'
Jack - Palatino, Regular & Italic, 11'
Teresa - Palatino, Regular ALL CAPITAL, 11'
Glenn - Palatino, Regular ALL CAPITAL, 11'

Sub title - Helvetica, Light, 10' (50% Black)

Opening Paragraph - Helvetica, 11', 12' or 13' (85% Black)

Articles - Palatino, Regular, 11' (85% Black)

Highlighted Quotes - Helvetic, Light, 16' (100% Orange)

Page numbers - Minion Pro, Regular, 10' (100% Orange)

Chapter name - Helvetic, Light, 8' (50% Black)

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