StageLife the Magazine

   WOW! Today was a fun day (: In class, I discussed with my peers about my past blog where I was debating over the choice for the cover photo. They shared with me their opinions and I started getting a move on the magazine cover. At first I planned to use Joomag.com  but my peers suggested another design website called Canva . It took me a while to master the style I was going for, but in the end I came out with a final product for my Magazine Cover. Within an hour and a half I changed photos, rearranged title placement, sorted through a variety of fonts and distinguished my text color through every shade of white I could. The final product has a simplistic design with a Voga font displaying the title and a small subheading establishing the month and year of the magazines issue (April 2017.) The colors of the cover are relevant to the time of the month, spring, keeping it green, white and light pink but also vibrant to stand out to the audience. The picture is a beautifu...

   Now that I don't have to worry about the photos anymore, because I have plenty, I can focus on the writing aspect. I've never considered being a writer or a journalist, actually to be honest I've never been good at it. When I was younger I think my mom and mom-mom (grandma) really wanted me to be one when they read a short story I wrote that was the exact synopsis of the 1977 film Pete's Dragon.  But I've always opposed writing, claiming it hurt my hand to much and drained my creativity. When it comes down to it though, it's because I'm just truly no good at it. I write poorly, my essays in every class have only ever been average. Only once in seventh grade did I ever write an essay that exceeded even my own expectations. It was for my science class, Mrs.Blumberg, we had to write a fictional story for a type of spider including actual facts and information. I created a dramatic story about the black widow spider that ate all her children and killed every ...

  After the photo shoot, I looked over each and every photo and was very pleased with the outcomes. It's going to be a difficult process trying to skim them down. But I'd first like to start off with the ones that stick out in my head the most and which one I'd like to make the cover photo.   The cover photo is important, it needs to draw attention and represent the magazine. I want it to be beautiful and I've got some of the perfect photos for the trick. So in this blog i will talk it out, vent my opinions and we will see if it gets me anywhere later. Cover Photo #1:  I love the action within this photo, its a jump in mid air with a beautiful scenery in the background.  The action brings in an enticing aspect to the magazine making readers look at it and think "Wow! what a cool pic of that girl jumping like a beautiful being!"  Sadly though I see this picture to be way to good for the cover, maybe that's just my opinion, but I see it as spoile...

   Last Wednesday I helped my best friend with the filming of her project, she also is taking AICE Media Studies. Although she was very disorganized and stressed me out to the max, she helped get the ball rolling with my photography ideas. So yesterday, I did my photo shoot and it went really well. I made a plan with my friend Izzy and we gathered up all the materials we needed. I had my camera bag packed, with extra memory cards, the charger, a mini camera stand, a full size camera stand, and water bottles. I was like a soccer mom prepared to film each time her kid touched the ball. I was beyond excited, I got her house we discussed costumes, locations, and hair/makeup. I wanted everything to be top-notch.   At first we settled on Wynwood Walls as our location but as I got to thinking, it's pretty generic and there's probably some sort of festival in Miami. So we parted from the idea and thought of another artistic modern location such as Fat Village in Ft. Lauderdale. ...

   So I've already created an account at Joomag , and established my title and genre. I've recently set up a date for a photo shoot this upcoming week with my friend who has been dancing her whole life and hopes to pursue it. But now I've decided it would be a wise idea to give you a little background information. For as long as I could remember I've been a dramatic kid, my family always thought I would end up in the performing arts. Movie musicals like The Sound of Music, Grease, The Phantom of the Opera, and  Funny Girl were what I lived for. By the time I was in middle school I joined a studio and participated in musicals. I became a dancer and joined a competition team, I got to compete at a variety of competitions all they way up to nationals. I've been lead and ensemble roles, a stage crew member, and a choreographer. The performing arts is a passion of mine, it has been since I was young and this magazine is a symbol of that passion. When asked to an importan...

  StageLife.  I've named my magazine, WOW! super exciting. It's simple but specfic and exactly what I imagined. It brings all the little things I wanted for the title into account. For example: 1. I wanted the title to have a nice ring to it, like "I can't wait for the new issue of StageLife!" 2. I wanted it to sound good with the word "magazine" following after it. (StageLife Magazine) 3. I wanted it to be able to represent the performing arts without being to specific to one art form. 4. I wanted it also to represent the social and personal aspect of the arts.  By combining the words stage and life, you get everything I just listed above. The definition of stage is  a raised floor or platform, typically in a theater, on which actors, entertainers, or speakers perform. While the definition of life is a corresponding state, existence, or principle of existence conceived of as belonging to the soul. When you put these two together it creates a defi...

  Well, today's the day where I examine my research and my target audience and how to attract them. The definition of a magazine is a publication periodically published with a variety of content. I've established what my content of my magazine will be, a performing arts magazine. My magazine will be the artisitc take on the beauty of the performing arts. With information on local shows, events, and stories of those who participate in the arts.   My target audience will be a young demographic, leaning towards kids from ages around 10-18 years old. Kids who pursue acting, theatre, dancing, and music will have a product that gives them stories of people who have grown up in the same industry. People whose stories can help them discover more about their hobby. Also the magazine will tell them about events such as acting and dancing workshops, shows with reviews so that no matter how you live you can have a inside look into the arts. During my research process I came across an ar...