Ohana Sketch Layout - Table of Contents (RD)

  Table of Contents 

    The layout in which I chose for the table of content was "Image as content" which is the order of the magazine displayed through images. I chose this method of table of contents simply because I like the form of it, and find it more intriguing and playful which is a characteristic towards my magazine. Also working with a toddler allowed me to receive a mass amount of images ,so I am speaking honestly when I say that, I will not allow those images to go vain and will find a way to utilize it. Being as expressive with my production as I can be while correlating it to my content is a good fit for "Image as content" table of contents.

The Sketch appeared to me as simple to design once I were to go to Canva and design it. However once I began, I realized how difficult it would be to design it like the "Image as content" table of contents. This 1st attempt came out extremely disoriented and did not follow the path that I was going with. From this process, I have learned that I need to decrease the width of the image, change the background, align my page and subheadings, and find better images than what I've chosen.

Reference Picture

This was my attempt at a "Image as Content" table of content. I believe that this doesn't depict the best layout of a table of contents and looks more like a book rather that a magazine. Therefore, I must make alternations that would keep the "Image as content" alive but format it differently so that a content page can actually be seen. 

Ohana Model Choice

 Model Choices for Magazine 

Model: Santana Travis 

Age: 2 (Two)

Build: Short and Thin

Hair color: Dark Brown/ Black 

Eye Color: Dark Brown

Ethnicity: African - American 

Location: Cover and Table of Contents page

I chose Santana Travis to be the model of my family magazine because he was an efficient and easily accessible choice that fit the direction in which I wanted to go into with my magazine. Santana and I worked for the entire shooting production week and were able to get as much as we possibly could with the age difference of course. Santana was definitely eager to play and capture those free shots but it was difficult to keep him in certain poses for a certain amount of time. The images I was able to take of Santana are mostly him in action and taken on live photo so that I could slow down the filmed image and capture the best shot of him. (iPhone iOS option) 

  

Model: Destiny Felton

Age: 18 (Eighteen)  
Build: Tall and Thin

Hair color: Dark Brown/Black

Eye Color: Dark Brown 
Ethnicity: Caribbean and African - American 
Location in Magazine : Feature Story Page 

Destiny Felton was chosen as my feature story candidate being that I enjoyed her home life. Destiny is a fraternal twin to her brother Danny and the older sister of siblings who are not twins but born on the same day, different year. Destiny would naturally discuss her life as a twin and older sister of basically twins and the challenges and advantages the family took on. I have always found her family interesting and felt it was best to receive more of what that is like. Working with Destiny was awesome, Destiny was comfortable and extremely enthusiastic about working with me which showed in her descriptive answers. Overall, the content of her story is an interesting tale that her and I both believe will raise chins. 

Research - Color Scheme

Color Scheme

   Color Scheme plays such as vital role in a magazine. It adds on to the illustrations, context, and meaning behind the photographers target. Magazines that capture poses, positions, lightings, props, and other Mise-en-scene elements. Although a magazine cover color scheme will differ from its other pages, fluidity in the scheme can still be found if examined further. 

 

Production Calendar 

The following production calendar will help me establish clear schedule in which I organize and manage the production aspect of my blogs. If followed things will be conducted in a efficient fashion and things will be according to my target with my magazine vision. 

Key - Production Calendar

PD: Production Day

ED:  Editing Day

RD: Revision Day

March 2021
Sunday		Monday		Tuesday		Wednesday		Thursday
28		1		2		3		4
7		8		9		10		11
								-        Production Day (Setting up my idea of the images and testing them out)
14		15		16		17		18
		-       Production/ Revision Day (ensuring if I need any more photos and take Behind the Scenes moments also)		-        Editing and Revision Day (Final straw before finishing)		-        Reviewing and Editing more (Just to be safe)		-        Should be Completely finish with all production
21		22		23		24		25
		-        DUE DATE FOR PRODUCTION
28		29		30		31		1

Research - Mis-en-scene

 Mise-en-scence

    Every director does lots of planning whether they know it or not, it shows how shots are created before being filmed which is usually always done by the director. Mise-en-scene means where to go on the stage and what to do on the scene. Andre Bazin follows two basic approaches which is mise-en-scene and montage- creating meaning from multiple images. Mise-en-scene is story telling from a single image. Mise-en-scene can include shots that show dynamics at a pace and can state elements such as a persons position, who holds leadership, and who is a target.
    There are factors within mise-en-scene that allow it to create it’s own shot these factors include props, set design, costumes, makeup, color, lighting, blocking, framing, lenses, sound, frame rate, and music. With mise-en-scene tradition their is a scale of naturalistic to theatrical which is found in film often. Naturalistic is similar to creating a world we are familiar with while theatrical is meant to tap into uniqueness and strangeness, something that is un-natural.

An example of mise-en-scene factors in this shot can be found in the following:
- The contrasting colors of pastel pink and blue
- Set design is a mail truck or area similar to a post office
- Costumes the blue post office uniforms and the pink blazer sticking with the same color contrast
- Lighting is high - quality but appears to have a shade of color over that lighting so the color isn’t a bright white or yellow but more of a light pastel shade of pink that’ll correspond with the color factor of mise-en-scene 
- Framing - a close up shot from a side view to showcase the two characters and their relationship. 
**The other elements are found in the movement of images which are typically not found in a magazine.**
Source - https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/mise-en-scene/

Reflection/Interview Questions of Feature Writing Practice 2

 

Reflection of Feature Draft

    Although this was my first time ever completing something like this, I enjoyed every moment of it and received so much information about the depths of busy parents and how the success of your loved ones can affect the rate in which children mature and transform to a more responsible being. 

Interview Questions - The following questions were asked by my interviewee during the feature story draft blog.

1.How do you feel about your upbringing?

2.What have you witnessed about others that stirred from their upbringing?

3.Do you believe that the way you were raised impacts how you handle certain situations?

4.Are you judgmental of your parents on how they raise you versus your siblings, if you have them?

5.What have you learned from being a middle child with busy parents?

Words from Interviewee

“ To be completely honest I didn’t really understand what was going on but after reading the feature story I feel more aware and proud of myself, oddly. I felt like my life was never a story to be told but you have written it so well that I can almost see it in a movie or something for teens who feel similar to me. I am glad I was able to experience this and recognize my past emotions for what they were and learn and elevate from them. Thanks for this, I hope teens can learn from this as much as I did.”

Feature Writing Practice 2

Writing Practice  

Below is a preliminary feature writing practice. 

Questionnaire Results

Results

The following questions were administered through social media platforms and personal group messages to receive raw and detailed responses from individuals who were blinded by the real concept behind my magazine topic. There were a total of 10 questions asked, 2 of which were long responses and each relating to my magazine topic which is about the effect of diverse families. Here are the results of the google forms questionnaire about my magazine: