This past week has been A LOT. We have finished filming everything, which I know we should’ve done a while ago but hey!! We went to Town Center to film our intro interviewed once we realized we needed more interviews, which I covered in the last blog. The next thing to cover is print. Earlier in the year we went over specifics needed for the print component, with the one we have to complete being a 2-page magazine article. Here is the past blog that I reference with notes that layout the specific structural/ characterized components needed. I also checked out my notes from last year on print, as we did a project towards the end of the year that required us to create the cover of a magazine. Here are the notes:
As I have mentioned in this weeks social media blog post, Sofia and I decided that we were going to have our magazine article be directed towards getting to know us as people more, not only naturally reinforcing the theme of connection (trying to reach if you can’t tell!!) but also giving us a space to tell the background that led to why we wanted to create this documentary in the first place, with the reasons being true even though we are obviously creating a fake documentary series (even though I have considered trying to actually create the full thing for fun…) With social media giving us a space to get other important pieces of information/ themes of the doc across, we are utilizing this component to give an inside look at us as people/ creators and of the topics that we delve into regarding societal concepts we are targeting/ discuss with our interviews.
As I have mentioned, I am using a mini journal as a hub/ dump for any and all of my ideas, which I used to organize the specific conventionally features of a magazine to include. Here it is:
The made up magazine company is called “Inside Look”, a community magazine that not only gives updates on main events happening around the general community but that also investigates and gets a closer “inside look” at events that are different than the usual, which is why our documentary would be featured. The creative process so far has been experimental, with the more basic part being going into Canva and looking for magazine templates that fit the style that we want. While looking at Canva, I found good amount of options that we can use but none that struck me to use without editing them a bit.
To help in the process I looked at old 2 page magazine articles from publications that I stylistically am a fan of (as well as that are well-known for being good companies), such as The New York Times and The Atlantic. Specifically with The Atlantic, as I like something about their visual style not only with the format of the magazine but the artwork as well, inspiring us to implement some of our own artwork (once again thank you Ceci!) into the magazine to better integrate the documentary into the topic of conversation. I also looked around my house to see if I could find any cool magazines to take inspiration from, but didn’t find too much. I did find, however, an Aviation magazine that I took inspiration from for how to write the page number alongside the name of the magazine (Inside Look). Here are some examples of old The Atlantic articles I took inspiration from in regards to heading style, font, and structure, as well as the one I found in my house:
The Final Product
The first page we created is more dedicated to establishing the thought process that lead to the creation of the doc as well as getting to know us with a more personal approach, while the second page introduces the documentary series better and introduces some themes/ topics that we target, such as technology. We also reference different episodes for the reader to feel more familiar with the series. The inclusion of visuals was a big thing for us, with the integration of specific visuals that complement what our fake interviewer is writing about in each page. Overall, the process of creating the magazine was actually really fun and made me better appreciate the process of magazine creation, as every choice is intentional from font size to structure/ visual layout. It allowed me to see the true dedication it takes and that the process not as quick as it seemed it was going to be. Here is the final product (I’m really proud of it!)
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