Production- Cover

 Production- Cover

2/27

    After I officially decided on my color, I was ready to start creating my cover. 

    To begin, I started relooking over my inspo that I had saved on Pinterest. I knew I had to have a bunch of different puffs and taglines to keep the reader engaged and wanting to read. I decided to start off by creating a tagline for my feature article. I decided to use the phrase "why sleep matters." I use my Akira font to create some hierarchy. I made sleep the largest word and centered it.  I placed it on the far left because I had more space to work with. 

    Next, I wanted to create a puff because I plan on selling my own workout equipment and clothing in the magazine I wanted to advertise it to, so people who know.  I used the phrase "Go Shop!" in my Akira font and in a font called Mircosoft I stacked it below. The phrase said "Workout Wardrobe Steals."

    I plan to change the Microsoft font because I feel like it does not look the best with the Akira font. This was all that I worked on on Wedenday, I am super exciting to finish to cover. 

This is what I have completed so far!!!

Production-Creating the Cover

 Production-Creating the Cover

2/27

Hello Blog! I originally started my cover on Monday, and I am just getting around to writing my blog post today because I have been super busy. 

    Uploading

    I originally uploaded my cover photo with the intent to go sky blue as my theme color. However, when I uploaded the photo, I realized I hated it.... To confirm I really did hate it, I tried playing around with it. I attempted to do a blue outline with the title "total fit" and mess with the placement, but I felt like the sky blue was not the right color. 

    Color Picking 

       Because the background was very dark, I was thinking I needed a bold color to make the title stand out. I thought that red would be perfect since there was already red in the background. I decided to color-pick it. I am not going to lie, the color picking was hard to figure out... I need to watch a YouTube video. I found that to highlight the word and THEN press on the word to color it. I selected the red from the tape on the floor, and it came out way more burgundy than I wanted it to. I played around with the red, but ended up not liking it. I was considering white to contrast the background, but I decided to move the eyedrop tool around the picture and see if any color interested me. 

    I ended up really liking the women's pick top. I felt like the color was perfect. I really liked the contrast that the color gave; it gave a welcome and calm vibe. Ultimately, I chose to use this color for my cover. 

Production- Taking the Photos

 Production- Taking the Photos

2/20

    Hello Blog! I have super exciting news, today I started my production process. I arrived at Inferno Fitness and took my photos. 

Preping 

    I decided to take the photos right after school, because the gym is located in Deerfield Fl, and I do not drive on the highway, it took me over an hour to arrive. I prepared by charging the camera I was going to use, which was my Canon T8i, and organizing my questions. Once I arrived, I was ready to begin. 

Feature Article

    As I have discussed before in my logs, my feature article is going to be split into two pages. On the first page will be an article about the importance of sleep, and the other page will be a step-by-step workout guide for beginners. I started with the feature article. I began asking the coach to pose standing straight. I took a couple of shots, but he just looked awkward. So I told him to cross his arms and turn slightly to the right without moving his head. This looked way more natural, and I really like how these photos came out.  After I took the picture, I began asking him questions about the importance of sleep. I asked him, "How does a full night of rest affect your body?" "How many hours should one get a night?' and many more. He answered well and I was happy with the interview. 

    Next, I wanted to create my step-by-step beginner friendly full body workout. So I started with the interview because I felt like it would be easier if he could create a workout in his head and then physically demonstrate it. So he came up with 4 different exercises. To start, I began my interview with him asking about the workouts. I asked him questions like "What is the benefit of these?" and "How many reps should they do?" After I was happy with the interview, I began with the photos. I knew I wanted to make them a cutout, so I tried to locate him where the background would be easy to cut out. I originally took the photos on my Canon but hated them... so I ended up switching to my phone camera, which worked out fine. I took tons of photos and then sat with the coach, and we picked out the best photos. 

Here are some: 

Cover 

    Now this was the photo I was stressing the most about. I knew it had to be a single shot and eye-catching. I felt like I had taken hundreds of photos and was about to give up. I took photos of people working out with dumbbells, doing lunges, literally everything you could think of. Eventually, I took pictures at the cable machine, and I LOVED this angle. I 100% knew somewhere here was going to be my cover photo. AND BAM: 

    I love this photo, I am so excited to use it!!!

Planning- Project Proposal

 Planning- Project Proposal 

2/20

Hello blog! Welcome to my project proposal! 

Introduction 

    Hello! My name is Thea Larragoite, and I am a senior this year. I will be working alone on this project and will be creating a fitness lifestyle magazine. 

Magzine Genre

    I have chosen to create a fitness lifestyle magazine because I love staying active and going to the gym, and I wanted to be able to display my love for exercise. I chose the subgenre lifestyle because it gives me more flexibility with my content. With the lifestyle genre, I can focus on other things instead of fitness, like the importance of sleep and dieting. I felt like the combination of these two genres allowed me to make my content more inclusive to everyone. 

Target Audience  

    My directed target audience will be young adults, ages 20-40. I want my magazine to be directed towards beginners. I really want to provide content for a range of different people in every step of their fitness journey. I chose the age gap 18-30 for two main reasons: one, I want to make sure they have a stable income and can keep consuming and engaging with my magazines; I also plan to promote my own fitness brand, equipment, and nutrition brand, so I need to make sure they can be able to afford my products.

Repersentation 

    My magazine is meant to represent a wide variety of people, different body types, and fitness levels. Instead of focusing on athletics, I wanted to cater my content towards gym beginners. I want to create the feeling of inclusion for all.     

Software/Hardware

    I plan on using a Canon T8i Camera with a 135mm lens for the candid photos. I will be using an app called Otter to record the interviews. For my editing software, I plan on using InDesign to create my final magazine.

Basic Plan for Magazine 

     In my magazine, I want to cover basic gym workouts to get my customers comfortable in the gym. I will include a 4-day gym workout, with each day being a different muscle group. For example, Monday will be back and biceps, Wednesday will be legs and glutes, Friday will be arms, and Sunday will be cardio and abs. I plan on giving them 4-6 different workouts on each day, with pictures to assist them.  I want to do my feature article on a new gym owner giving advice for gym beginners, as well as sharing their story of opening a brand new gym. 

      On my cover, I plan to play with typography. I want to cover to be engaging and fun. I will be picking a bold font and using the layering effect. I plan of capturing a a candid photo in the gym and will be using my subject to overlay the words. For my colors, I plan on using sky blue to promote a feeling of inclusivity and 'welcome'. 

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Planning- Feature Article Rough Draft

 Planning- Feature Article Rough Draft

2/18

Hi blog, super exciting new I have created a rough draft of my feature article!!! As I previously stated, I will be using InDesign, so today I created it! 

Here you go!!!

   

Details 

    To start off, I selected a cartoon stand-in as a photo that similarly represented the model I would be using. I put him in the center of the page and then began to work on the headline. Like I stated in my style guide, I will be importing the font Akira from dafont.com. So I logged onto the website and found my desired font. I then downloaded it to them, compared, and successfully integrated the font into the app. After I downloaded the font, I started coming up with headlines. I knew I wanted it to be inviting and bold. Orginally I liked the name"the first 30 days" because that is exactly what the article would be about. 

    

    Then, after some more searching, I came across the name "Starting Strong." I really liked this name because my feature article is about the importance of sleep and how it directly affects your workouts/recovery. 

    After I created my headline, I started learning how to textwrap. At first, I was very confused, so I had to look to a short YouTube video. After watching it, I learned that you go through the window dropdown on the top toolbar, select the photo, and then press text wrap. Then I dragged the text over the photo, and it perfectly wrapped around the subject's body. 

Feature Details 

    After reviewing the photo, I realized that I need to add some more padding around the photo. It feels cramped, crowed and suffocating. For my real feature article, I plan on adding at least 10 spaces of padding to make the picture less crowded. 

    I also need to add my dropcap to the first letter once I write the article to break up the text-heavy article. I need to make the first letter sky blue, my theme colors, and also add color to my headline. 

Planning- Feature Article

 Planning- Feature Article 

2/12

    Hello Blogggg, I am back. Two articles in one day! Today, I will be planning out the questions I will ask for my feature article, showing my visuals, and lastly showing a rough draft of the design I want to create. 

Potential Article Types  

    As I have stated in past posts, I want to do my feature article on one of the coaches at Inferno Fitness. I will be asking them to provide me with a beginner-friendly workout routine. I had three possible article pathways that I could potentially follow. The first one I considered was 'Expert Driven Piece' this highlights proven skill and focuses less on the person's life and more on their perspective or viewpoint on a specific topic. This is the scientific or strategic framework behind the routine. It focuses on proving that workouts are a calculated system. The second article type I was considering is the profile of the coach trying to get the customer to 'buy it'. This focuses on the reading behind the workout style and connects with the coach's specific history. The last article type I am considering is the How-To Feature article. This is a manual for the workout; it is what the client uses when they are physically in the gym. It focuses on execution and logistics. 

    After carefully reviewing what I want my article to portray, I have decided to go with the How-To feature article. I think this will be the most effective for beginners. I will have two basic steps for each workout. I will first list the workout and how many sets or reps are to be completed. Then I would explain the reason why they are performing this, for example 

-Single Leg Press x10

-This workout is meant to target each leg and fix muscle imbalances while building lower-body stability. 

    Instead of having one photo in the middle, for the type of article I plan on doing, I think each workout will need a physical demonstration like this. 

   

                                                

Questions    

    I think the easiest routine for getting my photos will be asking the coach to give me a routine for a full-body workout. Here are some of the questions I will be asking. 

Can you state your first and last name? 

Tell me a little bit about how Inferno Fitness got started?

How long have you been coaching for?

How do you think you offer that is different compared to other coaches?

Can you provide me with a beginner-friendly full-body workout routine? 

Can you explain the logic behind each workout?

What should a beginner do to help their body recover about this workouts? 

How many times should a beginner be working out, and why is it important to listen to your body? 

    If I need to, I will ask as many follow-up questions as I can, that why I can write an informed article. 

Visuals 

    Idealy the coach will provide five full-body workouts. I plan to divide the page horizontally and switch the photos from left to right. Each of the workouts will be clearly demonstrated with a corresponding visual. The workouts will be highlighted in sky blue in Akira, and the description will be down below in regular font. I plan to structure the article a lot like the picture I included above. These workouts will be on the left side of the spread. On the right side, I plan to do a profile on the coach using some of the other questions from above. I plan to structure it on the importance of recovering properly after using your body. This will be a full-body shot of the coach with text wrapping around him. I will use a drop cap for the first letter and make this profile visually pleasing. This feature article will be displayed as one of my puffs on my cover. 

Rough Draft

    This is what I ideally want my feature article to look like. 

                 

This would be the left of the magazine. However, I would like a full body shot of them standing. 

      This would be my right side, real visuals to follow. 

Planning-Location/Mise-on-scene

 Planning-Location/Mise-on-scene

2/12

    Hello blog, today I will be researching the gym in which I plan to take pictures. The gym is called Inferno Fitness and is located in Deerfield Beach, Florida. I will research what time they have classes, and I will contact the coaches to schedule a time to come in to photograph and interview them

    Schedule

    They have multiple different class times a day. Here is a list of their slots throughout the day.

5:00 AM

6:00 AM

7:05 AM

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

12:00 AM

4:15 AM

This gym works by circuit routines. They set up eight different stations, with each station having two different workouts. Each day is a new muscle to isolate. Here is their schedule. 

Monday: Lower Body

Tuesday: Upper Body

Wednesday: Full body 

Thursday: Lower Body

Friday: Upper Body

Saturday: Glutes

Sunday: Closed 

    After speaking with the owners, they told me the best time to come in would be around 12:00 on Saturday. They said this because the class gets relatively full, and I will be photographing a lot of people. On Saturdays, they close at 1:00 PM, so I will easily be able to conduct an interview after hours without distracting anyone. 

                            

  Mise-en-scene

    After further looking into the gym, I found out that the gym is in a warehouse. This is GREAT news because at 12:00 the lighting will be amazing. I am preparing to see a lot of gym equipment, from pictures, it looks like they have a leg press, lots and lots of dumbbells, workout bands, benches, and mirrors on the walls. I assume everyone will be in workout clothes and tennis shoes. I also assume I will see a lot of water bottles and towels meant for sweat. This gym has a huge mural on the wall of the only and only Arnold Schwarzenegger flexing his muscles. I think a really cool picture would be someone aligned with him working out, doing a similar pose. If I can someone get this photo? I would 100% make this my cover!!