Health and Safety

This is my health and safety form for my photo-shoot in the studio:

Version 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOImT0plaE1FdE85b00/edit?usp=sharing
Version 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOImOGVqb0ctSzk0OGM/edit?usp=sharing


Key skills:

• Professional responsibility
• Applying my knowledge of professional practice
• Showing forethought and evidence of planning an event
• Using the opportunity to research independently for my individual situation/s.

NUJ'S health and safety concerns:

• Bullying
• Stress
• Repetitive Strain Injury
• Public order situations
• Conflict zones
• Exiled Journalists

What types of risks may there be in a photo-shoot?

• Tripping hazards such as stairs, wires and leads etc.
• Having a light fall on you
• Falling off/over a chair
• Being electrocuted by wires and electrical equipment
• Fire due to electrical hazards, lighting and smoking
• Falling from an elevated position
• Falling over in dark rooms without adequate lighting
• Hurt your back due to heavy equipment
• Feeling nauseous and dizzy due to heat
• Light sensitivity (epilepsy)
• Asbestos in buildings

Risk - How great the chance is that something COULD happen
Hazard - Anything that CAN cause harm

The likely effect of a hazard may for example be rated by:

1) Major - Death or ,major injury causing long term disability
2) Serious - Injuries or illness causing short term disability
3) Slight - All other injuries or illnesses

The likelihood of harm may be rated by:

1) High - Where it is certain that harm will occur
2) Medium - Where harm can sometimes occur
3) Low - Where harm is rarely caused


Here are some pictures of some hazards and precautions that I could see In the studio:

This show the corridor leading down the corridor, it show that the corridor is kept to a reasonable standards of tidiness and there are minimal trip hazards.

This shows a fire escape which is situated in the studio giving you multiple means of escape encase of emergency.

This shows that during the day there will still be adequate lighting due to windows and a transparent ceiling.

This picture shows that the corridors have lights so even in the case of a black out or emergency the escape routes are easy to follow.

This also shows that the corridor is kept to a good standard of tidiness, but there is also yet another escape route with a fire alarm situated next to it, showing there are detection systems in place.

This picture shows another fire precaution in the way of a fire alarm but also a disabled access ramp and a hand rail on the stairs.

This picture shows electrical lighting equipment which could possibly be a fire hazard or cause serious injuries. This equipment has regular checks to ensure health and safety standards are met.

Flat plan

I took the music magazine 'NME' to see how the magazine is laid out. I looked at the front cover, the index and an article. I picked these pages as I believe they are defiantly pages that will feature in my magazine, so I could get inspiration on what I find.

This is my analysis of the flat plan on the front cover of 'NME' It shows the title and strapline on the top left. This is the most eye catching place for the title to be featured as it is the first place you look at, as if you are reading a book. There is a huge image which takes up the whole of the page, this is the image that goes along with the main article which has its title across the middle. The main image slightly overlaps the title and strapline and other sub articles overlap the main feature along the border of the front cover. These also feature images. There is also a barcode on the bottom right.

This is my analysis of the plat plan on the index page of 'NME'. Again it features the main article as a huge image at the centre of the page and the title at the top left. This is because they are the most important things. There is a small column featuring a band list on the left and also a box at the bottom of the page on how to subscribe. The actual index is on the right hand side of the page in a medium sized column which takes up about a third of the page. This features page numbers and articles categorised into sections of the magazine with images from the main articles within those sections.

This is an article from 'NME' which I chose to analyse. There is a huge image that represents the article which takes up nearly half of the page on the top. This is eye catching and draws you to the article. There is then the title of the article featured underneath that in bold font. At the bottom of the page there are four columns of text, a page number and the date.

This is the quick flat plan of my front cover. I will have a dark background with my strap line running across the top. My title will be on a black box background with gold text with my chosen font. The main image will be of my solo artist. It will overlap the title slightly and over articles will be slightly faded in the back ground.

I have analysed a few magazines to look at how the magazine is laid out as a whole. I looked at where certain key pages are going to go and what articles will go where. I made a simple 36 page flat plan of my whole magazine including articles and where advert spaces are (pagination).

Fictional Artist

This is my fictional artist plan, I made this plan so I can start to think about the artists so we can decide what sort of articles we will be writing and details that we can include.

This is my plan for my solo artist, Youngsta:

Version 1: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOImbXROVjJmNHNld2M/edit?usp=sharing

Version 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOImV1JROG1VZnVtSzA/edit?usp=sharing

This is my plan for my group, The Pretenders:

Version 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOImemdMT3NuRWdONFE/edit?usp=sharing

Time Schedual

I've created a timeframe to keep up to date and make sure I have all the tasks complete and uploaded to my blog.

Version 1: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOIma1RNekJWSHRpVU0/edit?usp=sharing

Version 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOImNjJLa1FNQUk4NUU/edit?usp=sharing

Version 3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOImM3pnWWJHeWhLWW8/edit?usp=sharing

Version 4: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOImbWRfekVsSUtGUTg/edit?usp=sharing

Magazine Planning

This is my very first magazine plan, it is my very simple, basic plan where i made my first plans and thought about some of the things i will need to do in the future.

Version 1: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOImOURjUDQxMmVEcFE/edit?usp=sharing

Version 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOImbUgtd2FVbUl1WjQ/edit?usp=sharing

Version 3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOImYTU0TjFDdEE0ZjQ/edit?usp=sharing

Version 4: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_3oOKrUkOImWTZaVTdYbHlRYk0/edit?usp=sharing

Print media

It is vital to be fully prepared when it comes to our photo-shoot, this is because if anything goes wrong we need to be prepared. If we aren't then we could waste a lot of time and effort. I have broken these things down into sections of equipment, facilities and personnel. Under each list I have written some of the things that I think could go wrong and a solution or two for each problem.

These are some equipment that I think will be used within our photo-shoot:

• Charged camera
• Tri-pod
• Lighting
• Steps
• Costumes
• Jewellery
• Make up
• Accessories
• Props
• Media storage
• Transport

 There are some problems that could occur with the equipment on our photo-shoot, some of these can include:

The weather could be bad, this could cause some of the clothes to become un-wearable and equipment such as the camera to break. This means that we would have to take umbrellas and rain coats just in case. The weather could also change the mood of our shoot, so if it wasn't right it could change how our pictures come out.

The camera could run out of battery throughout the shoot, this means that we would need back up battery's and make sure the camera is fully charged before leaving. The cameras memory storage could also become full meaning we would need back up SD cards just encase.

The costumes and accessories might not fit the models, this means that we might need to check the sizes and bring more than one size of clothing

Facilities and location that we might need:

• Toilets
• Food
• Location
• Internet café
• Photo-shoot location

These are all vital to make sure the photo-shoot runs smoothly and quickly without any problems looking for facilities. Here are some problems which could cause this hard to achieve:

The location we choose could be out of bounds or blocked off, this means we would have to have a couple of ideas for several locations we would like to shoot at.

There might not be any internet access so we need to maybe have a device with 3G to make sure we can save and upload images in case of emergency

There may not be any facilities near-by which means we will need to know where the nearest facilities are if there isn't any in the close vicinity

Personnel that we might need:

• Models
• Photographers
• Extras
• People to help carry equipment and props

There are some problems that could occur with the personnel on our photo-shoot, some of these can include:

The models/photographer might not turn up to the shoot, this means we should have back up people just in case the people cant turn up

The models/photographer might not turn up to the shoot, this means we should have back up people just in case the people cant turn up

Progress Evaluation

Primary research -
New investigations into something e.g. questionnaires

Secondary research -
Investigations made by others that you refer to e.g. using a magazine media pack

In order to research my chosen genre I have looked at my target market audience. I pictured a person who I think would buy the magazine I am producing. Using this image I took inspiration on adverts I could use. I also used this to think about colour schemes and maybe themes throughout the magazine that fit in with my genre. I also created a moodboard on my chosen genre, this helped me get an idea of what people in my chosen genre would like. This also gave me an idea on what adverts I could include in my magazine. It also gave me a broader idea on the genre I have chosen.

To also analyse my genre I looked at existing hip-hop genre based magazines. This gave me an insight on what sort of content is included in a magazine of my chosen genre. I looked at things such as the layout of the front cover. From this I got ideas on the title and how the images are layed out on the page within my chosen genre. In XXL I also looked at what type of  content is inside the magazine, I looked at the different articles and noticed that the magazine focused mostly of biographical articles featuring famous hip-hop artists. There were also pages on hip-hop clothing and style.

In order to investigate my target audience I looked at some other magazines of my genre. I looked at the adverts in certain hip-hop magazines. This gave me an idea of some of the clothes and styles that my target market audience could like. I also looked at the artists in the magazine. I then researched the artists in more detail, this helped me look at the genre in more detail and gave me a wider understanding of my target market audience. I created a questionnaire to help me with this sort of research, this will give me an idea on music tastes, clothing tastes and also things like social networking sites and phones. All of this will help me aim my magazine to a specific audience.

In order to conduct better primary research I need to try and get a bigger range of magazines. Doing this will broaden my idea to not just a specific market audience and genre but to a larger, more varied genre. I could also do primary research by going to concerts and gigs and seeing first hand my target audience who enjoy the genre I have chosen. I could also listen to more of the music, this would also aid in simply getting a bigger idea of hip-hop. To go along side my magazine I could do an opinion poll or interview people.

To be able to make more secure decisions about my magazine I need to make sure I know enough about my chosen genre. With this information I will be able to write good content that I am comfortable suits both my theme and feeds the needs and desires of my target market.