FOOD FOOD FOOD

Today I took the pictures for my double page spread. I went into Lucille's and they had everything that I needed except for a blueberry pie for my front cover. I will be picking it up from the cafe tomorrow after school. The pictures came out pretty good. I used a white cardboard box to get a white background for my pictures so I can cut out the pictures easier. Personally, I thought that the mac n cheese looked amazing in the pictures and I couldn't stop thinking about eating it all LOL. Here are some samples of the pictures I took (btw I plan on putting the food on the sides of the picture and putting the words in the center of the page):

 

Time to compromise

Unfortunately, Lucille's American Cafe has not gotten back to me about my mock Thanksgiving dinner; however, I do believe this restaurant has great traditional holiday foods that an individual can take advantage of during the holiday. With that being said, I am going to continue to make my double page spread on this restaurant regarding Thanksgiving: a place people can rely on for quality food who aren't the best cooks or do not want to have a mess to clean up. I have gone through their menu on their website, and chose options for each course at dinner: snacks, appetizers, sides, main dishes, dessert. I will then create an article based off all of these foods and create a mock holiday meal at home. In past posts, I wrote about how my target audience will be young adults who are having a "Friendsgiving" dinner. This option of ordering out for the holiday can be very helpful for young adults because they are mostly amateurs to hosting holiday events. This idea of ordering out and still getting the traditional foods will definitely satisfy my readers and make their lives a lot easier, especially if they are trying to get away from all of the stress that traditional family dinners have.

Lucille's American Cafe

For my double page spread, I previously talked about how I decided to create an article on places where people can dine out for Thanksgiving. I did some research on a website called Yelp, which has pictures, reviews, and menus on restaurants all around the world. BTW, I totally recommend the website, it's super informative and they have an app for iPhones and Androids as well. During my research on this site, I read the menu Lucille's American Cafe offers and knew it was the perfect restaurant. Lucille's is an all-American restaurant that has chicken pot pie, sweet potatoes, turkey meals, mac n cheese, blueberry pie, and more! I definitely hit the jack pot when it came to what restaurant I was going to write about. Yesterday, I went into the restaurant in hopes of scheduling a date I could meet with the manager or owner and talk about what my project entails and set up a date I can come in to create a mock Thanksgiving meal. I was unsuccessful in talking to him, but I got his email and explained the situation. Hopefully, he is willing to help me during this project creating this meal for me. I know many of the foods at the restaurant are already perfect for the dinner, so worst case scenario I will have to work with the menu and take all of the food to go. In that case, I would probably change the idea of the article to be places you can food for the holiday for pick up. I really really really can't wait for the owner to reply and hear what he has to say. (crossing my fingers)

 "Lucille's American Cafe - Weston, FL." Yelp. Web. 30 Mar. 2016.  

Brillientrees guide to a successful friends giving? oh yes.

In my last post I talked about how I met someone in California who was able to give me some tips on my food magazine.

 His name is Anthony Ditton and he helped create the Connoisseurs Guide Publishing. He just should be emailing me some more examples of his work that I can post on here, but for now I only have a few examples that I took pictures of during our little meeting. He gave me some great ideas to add into my project. For instance, he showed me a page in the Connoisseurs guide that provided information on different types of foods from restaurants that have the best to offer.

I want to incorporate this idea into my magazine by finding out which restaurants serve the best desserts, turkeys, side dishes, cheeses, etc. at reasonable price for people to take to their Friendsgiving dinner. I would also make this something that my magazine has in every issue because many people are indecisive and need a source they can trust will lead them to the best foods. Specifically in this issue, I want to base it off specific foods for the holiday that people can buy for their gatherings. I am currently working on finding a restaurant that will be able to create a mock thanksgiving dinner for me for my double page spread right. I had hoped that I would have already figured out what restaurant will create a full course meal for me, but I have not found one yet. This has created a small set back for me but I am sure I'll know what restaurant ill be covering for the spread within the next few days! So far I am really excited about all of these ideas for the magazine!!!!1 #Brillientree !!!!!

Working on Vaycay.

Soooo today I met someone in California on my Spring Break trip who created magazines for living! He done food magazines and has directed movies like spring breakers etc!! We exchanged emails and he said he'll send me some cool examples and things that I could potentially find useful when laying out my pages! I'm really excited about this because he can answer some questions that I may have during my experience with this project!!!! Wooo!!! I'll keep documentation of any conversation we have an upload it on here!

Brillientrée?? I think yes.

It's currently 12:06 A.M. and I cannot fall asleep, so I decided to start brainstorming titles for my magazine. I wanted it to be something that can tie back to my name because I want it my magazine to be personal. Luckily, my last name is Brilliant so I was able to play with words to get what I want with a title. Just 20 minutes ago it hit me- BRILLIENTRÉE!!!!!!!! Since my magazine is on food, I mixed my last name and the word entree together to establish a "Brilliant" magazine. I've been looking at how I want to make my masthead appealing to my audience and I thought that the cursive and bold font that the Gourmet magazine does their special editions was something I will definitely consider for mine. The contrast between the magazine name and the bold text of the title "comfort" helps establish to the reader what the main focus of the edition is about. I want my readers to instantly know what the Thanksgiving edition is about with the first words they read.

 

"Gourmet Comfort Special Edition Magazine." : Food Cooking : Gourmet.com. Web. 10 Apr. 2016. 

Hands Up For Friendsgiving!!!

After establishing what I want to provide to my readers, I've decided that my target audience is young adults in their early twenties and mid thirties. I chose this range of people because they are beginning to establish their own lives and traditions that they will then carry on to their families once they create them. Many people this age are in graduate school/ college/ fresh out of college, and would for sure be willing to try out new traditions for the Thanksgiving holiday that my magazine will offer. My target audience will also be starting their young lives away from their friends out of college, or seeing their high school friends and Friendsgiving will be a way to maintain long distance relationships according to The Daily Beast. With that being said, I want to make my cover image of hands painted differently (like turkey feathers) reaching out to grab a piece of stereotypical thanksgiving foods.

I believe this will establish my focus on Friendsgiving and a more casual way to celebrate the holiday. My main focus for the cover is to draw in an audience through lists and fun ideas for Thanksgiving. For example, the cover will discuss low cost ways to dine out for the holidays while still having quality meals and give alternative ways to have a holiday dinner at home with friends that will be inexpensive for a college/ young adult's budget. 

 Shire, Emily. The Daily Beast. Newsweek/Daily Beast. Web. 10 Apr. 2016.