Equipment

Equipment

I have to have the right equipment to have a successful music magazine and I will also need the right software to help with all of my work. Some equipment I need just to do the easy things such as: the Pages software for Apple Macs. This will be the program that I will create and edit my magazine on. On the list below is the equipment i am looking to use to create the music magazine to the best of my ability.

Apple Macs & iWorks Pages 

The Apple Mac computer is a very important part of my project as it is what i will do all of my work on and has very good programs on which I can use to help me and make my magazine brilliant. The Macs have specialist software, where if I upload a picture I can develop it to make it look very professional and also edit it. 

Memory Stick

I will need a memory stick to save my work so that it can be done at home. If my music magazine is going to be good then I will have to work at home to enhance the quality of my work. Having a memory stick to transport my work from the Apple Macs to my laptop at home gives me the option to do my work and improve it to the best of my ability.

Camera 

I will have to do a lot of photo shoots. To do photo shoots I will need a good camera, which i will borrow off a friend. The photos that go on my magazine are the main piece of the main heading. You need a decent picture on the front cover to be behind the text so the front cover doesn't look dull and boring. This will persuade customers to buy my magazine. Therefore having a good camera that can take clear and precise shots is important and the better the camera is the more professional the pictures look. The lighting 

gels help me to take clear and focused shots and changes the color of the music, which helps changing the mood of the picture.

A guide to help me through the project.

I have received a guide to help me through this project. The guide helps me a lot and gives me examples, which i can look at and try to put it my magazine; it also guides me through the project, helping me understand what to write in the different sections.

The Internet.

The Internet is vital to my success during this project. The internet can help and benefit me in many ways such as doing research, downloading images, view other music magazines, upload my work to a blog, This all helps improve my work, so that it is to the best of my ability. 

Music magazines.

Professional music magazines that have been published weekly or monthly, it will give me an insight on what my music magazine should look like and contain and how it should be laid out. I do not have to produce a whole magazine, but I do have to produce a front cover, contents page and a double page spread but looking at professional magazines will help me to do this to the best of my ability.