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Last night was the LSDS Halloween party, so we went along to take some photos for Bop!

Here are miniature versions of the photos, pre-photoshopdom

bop!

Project brief for end of term - i.e. Christmas

Design and produce a 24 page a3/a4 magazine. It must include some of the following elements:

One or more photographic shoots
One article of at least 1000 words
Two smaller articles of between 250-500 words
An editor's letter
A contents page
A shopping page
A news page
Advertising
......

You can choose any subject you like- but you must put a consumer spin on it.

BOP!
Bop! is the official [hah! The joy of this course is making shit up] magazine of UK Swing/Lindy Hop/Jive/Rock 'n' Roll... throw in some rockabilly maybe?

So far articles are going to include;
- a Guardian rip off, Six [or ten] Of The Best...Skirts [or dresses, undecided still]
- Fashion reports - swing on the catwalk!
- Music and book reviews - roping in assistants here. Tony [step-dad] was a huge big band/swing fan the first time round, and is reviewing some of his vintage vinyl!
- Events listings for dances etc.

aaaaand!
An interview with the Puppini Sisters! They're super nice and agreed to help me out! I love you ladies!










Feature on Ace Cafe?
Hopefully an interview with the people in charge at the London Swing Dance Society - they should also be helping me out with what content would be interesting
Something frm Muffy's!

And last, but by no means least, on Monday we are going to

30th Oct Ronnie Scotts Rejects
Trick or Treat Halloween Party
Hear the beat of exotic voodoo rituals, smell the scorching ivory & experience a spine tingling boogie serenade.For a fiendishly ghoulish experience come appropriately attired in Red & Black..

... which is organised by the LSDS, so I'm gonna take a bunch of photos and interview the people there, as well as having an awesome old time and, of course, a dance!

contribute

I forgot to mention;
If anyone fancies contributing anything to the magazine, please do! Three years of studying fashion has rendered me basically incapable of writing my name, let alone a whole ruddy magazine.

I will be creating publications reguarly throughout the course, with a final REAL [that's REAL. Like in SHOPS n'that.] magazine at the end of it all.

I'm looking for..
photographers
writers
designers with good photos of their work [or London based so we can collaborate]
reviewers
illustrators..

I'm fairly open to suggestions, so if you have anything you want to send me, you know where I am..

aloha!

Welcome to the first post in the Munka Magazine blog!

I am currently studying an MA in Fashion Journalism at the London College of Fashion, and the Munka Magazine is my baby project.

Our first piece of work is a 6 page photo shoot, in six days. Or one, if like me you have a job. Excitement! I decided to go all out on a Misfits inspired story and do something halloween-y horror-y.. lots of fun and bright colours, not taking it too seriously. Not the most amazing idea of all time, but I've learned from experience that in these cases it's best to go on your first ideas rather than fanny around for days brainstorming... The Apprentice has taught me well. Given the space of time, and with a lack of models/studio/decent clothes/money, I went on a raid of Woolworth's and Claire's Accessories, roped in some willing assistants.. and put this together. I was planning on keeping the receipts, but I've found a special place in my heart for my rubber mask and vampire teeth.

This is the first draft [and shrunk down to tiny size] - it will be edited further, but to give you an idea..







































































Let me know what you think...