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| Bloom Magazine: Her Gurus In Pages, Transforming Women's Life Better Than Before. |
I have been studying media studies for three years and throughout my whole journey, photojournalism and magazine publishing are two of my favourite subjects. I had a lot of fun doing assignments for both subjects, but coming out with a magazine will definitely be the most memorable work I have ever done with my teammates.
We came up with the idea of calling our magazine "Bloom" because we hope that this magazine will be able to inspire female readers. As you can imagine, a flower grows and blooms from a seed. The whole blooming process of a flower does not only represents the natural process of life, but at the same time, telling us that it is important to embrace change. Change can be positive and we can always transform ourselves into someone better.
After confirming the title of our magazine, we identified our targeted readers and then came up with the article contents. Although our magazine was supposed to be a lifestyle magazine, we ended up writing more than half of the articles, related to makeup, skincare products, trendy clothes and beauty apps. This happened because most of us were too excited to share our knowledge on beauty and fashion. Haha. Overall, there were only three articles related to lifestyle, so our magazine still considered as a lifestyle magazine... Right? Right? Right? We did included three inspiring profile articles, so that our readers will learn some valuable lessons through those articles.
The funniest part throughout the whole process in coming out this magazine was photo shooting for the cover. Having no shame at all, Haha, I was the cover girl. I never thought that I would become the magazine's cover girl because my team members did not informed me anything that time.
I was meeting with my thesis advisor that time. Suddenly, I received a text from Husna, asking me to come to the parking lot. By the time I reached there, they were all smiling at me (Evil Intentions Alert). They briefed me about the details and told me that they have chosen me to become the magazine's cover girl. Then, I was asked to lie down on the bonnet of an abandoned car. Haha. Just look at the photos of "behind the scene". The whole shooting process was funny tho'.
After we got ourselves the cover, we started to focus on completing the articles and business plan. After we got all of our articles done, we were worried that we would not be able to come out with the mockup on time. However, thanks to our talented designers, Shafira and Nazzierra, they managed to come out with the layout design on time. You see, as a real monthly issue needs at least 2 and half month to be ready for publish, we managed to come out with the whole thing in less than 2 months.
I am so proud of my team. Thank you everyone for being talented in your own way. It was a right choice from the start to have teaming up with each and everyone of you.
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| Bloom Magazine is Successfully Produced. |
