Evaluation Question 7

What do you feel you have learned in the progression from creating the school magazine (preliminary task), to creating your music magazine?

Preliminary Task:

In our preliminary task we were required to create a magazine in a short amount of time. This magazine cover had to relate to Gateshead College so we used images of the college and photographs of it.

The process in making this helped me learn a lot about what is needed to become to create a magazine. Especially when using photoshop which was difficult at first since it was new to me. But after several practices during this task I began to understand what was needed to be used and how photoshop worked.

I researched many different music magazines to understand the conventions of my genre of magazine. I specifically looked at front covers, contents pages and double page spreads. This allowed me to see what different features I could add to my own magazine such as mastheads, essential information, subheadings and text bubbles which prepared me to create my own.

My final product for my preliminary task was helped by me previous research. This allowed me to create a better standard of a music magazine and helped me understand what my magazine needed to fit into this media industry. With my stronger knowledge of software and technologies I was able to create a magazine of a high quality.

Evaluation Question 6

What have you learned about the technologies from the process of constructing your magazine?

Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaltuation Question 4

 

Who would be the audience for your music magazine?

My magazine is aimed at a wide audience from late teens onwards. To show I am hitting this audience I have gone with unisex colours of black, white and red. I have also gone for easy to read subheadings and a model who can appeal to all ages as she is doing a mature pose and is a rising star. I also used a wide range of genres on the front cover in the subheadings with Kings of Leon and The Good Natured.

Evaluation Question 3

What kind of media institution might distrbute your music magazine and why?

Evaluation Question 2

How does your music magazine represent particular social groups?

Evaluation Question 1

In what ways does you media use, develop or challenge forms of real media products?

Final Double Page Spread

 

Final Contents Page

Final Front Cover

 

 

 

The Conventions, Producer and Target Audience:

For the conventions of my magazine, I plan to keep my masthead, my main image for my main article, a coverling/pull quote from the article to highlight a minor section on what it is about, subheadings to show them a small preview of the article. I will also have a barcode at the bottom right with the price and magazine number for this who wish to buy or even collect the issues. I will also add a bubble to the cover to provide the audience with a look as to what is up for offer in the magazine but as to what I want up for offer is undecided, maybe a free download or a poster. My font will hold a sort of formal yet youthful look so it may appeal to my 16-24 audience. For the context page I plan on having the masthead again but with the word "Contents" instead. I also plan on having subheadings along the side with pages to show what else is in the magazine. Also there will be on side that mainly holds pictures with page numbers rather than just writing so the reader can glance at the artist and quickly flip to the right page. The colour palet will hold unisex colours of black, white and red to appeal to a larger range of audience. My double page spread will consist of one large main image and an article. Another pull quote/masthead will appear on the page along with a masthead of the logo to keep the house style.

If my magazine was ever to sold I would like the publisher, Bauer Media to do it as they have a range of music magazines including the very sucessful "Q" and "Kerrang". My magazine will be a mix between Q and Kerrang which will widen Bauer Media audience and make them more diverce.

My target audience is between the ages of 16 and 24. It is a uni-sex magazine with have a range of bands and the unisex colours that are included. Although the cover has a main girl artist it still appeals to the male gender.I think the readers would be those who love and enjoy a wide variety of music.

If my magazine was to be broadcast publicly I think it would appear on more adult to mid-teen programmes. Such as ITV, E4 and Channel 4. These three programmes appeal to those with both a playful and mature behavior who would also might take some intrigue into my magazine. The magazine would also be advertised on music channels that hold a similar music genre mix as it.

Font Choices

 

 FONTS NOT CHOSEN:

This font was considered as it had a raw vibe which could link to music that is more raw. But as my magazine goes over a variety of music and appeals to a wider audience this font is not very professional and does not fit with the magazine.

 

This font is very childlike with it's presentation, though it does have a fun quality about it. However for my target audience I need something more professional and formal.

This font caught my eye as it is bold and eyecatching to a reader. However it may be bold but it is also a bit chunky and graffiti like which does not fit to appeal to my audience.

 

I like this font as it is professional and formal with a fun little flick to it. However this font is a bit too fun for the cover of my magazine.

FONTS CHOSEN:

This font is bold with white highlights and I have chosen it to be my logo as it is eyecatching and appealing to a wider audience.

 

 This font is small and simple which is great to put under my logo to show what the acronym P.U.K means.

This font will be my pull quote as it is bold and will catch the eyes of the reader/audience.

 

For my sub-headings I will use a small but bold font as it is still trying to catch the reader's eye but not to overshadow the main article.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audience Research

 

 

I created a survey online using the website SurveryMonkey so I can see what my future audience would like, here are the results.

 

 

A large amount of those who filled out my survey were female. Tough the survey shows a large amount of female participants I will make my magazine uni-sex so that the male populace will like to purchase it.

 

The ages seem to stick between 16-24 so I will make them my main target audience by introducing young music in my magazine.

 

 

Not many who filled out the survey seemed interested in the idea of a music magazine. To change this opinion I will try to fit my magazine to more people.

 

The genres show a pattern in which one is most preffered. That is pop with alternative closley behind. I will have a mix of the genres in my magazine but also have a bit more pop and alternative in there to appeal to those larger groups.

 

 

The price most chosen by the audience was between £1.51 to £2.00 and a few clicked over. As this magazine is monthly which means there will be a large quantity of pages the price will be a little higher than that but still between the most chosen prices.

 

The vote shows that people would prefer their magazine to be monthly so the magazine I created will also be monthly.

 

Free download had the highest percentage so I shall offer free downloads in my magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Draft Article for Double Page Spread

Pull Quote: “I’m new to this top charts, world but I’m hoping, I’ll become a regular.”

After the charts have spewed out generic pop star after generic pop star they have finally given us a breath fo fresh air with our rising musician Courtney Head making her way up the charts.

Courtney has taken the charts by storm with her first ever album release. The promising musician agreed to sit down and tell us how she is coping with this new found fame.

So, Courtney. How’re you handling this new found fame?

I’m new to this top charts world but I’m hoping I’ll become a regular.  It’s been a rush and it’s a big change from how life use to be.


Do you think any of this will go to your head?

I may be up in the charts but my feet are still on the ground. So no I don’t think this will all go to my head.

Any plans as to what is next for you?

Just to keep writing and making music.

Media Studies – Foundation Portfolio

Photo shoot planning document

 

What emotional impact do you want your photography to have upon the reader and how will you achieve this?

• I want the reader to see the image and be immediately intrigued by it and want to buy the magazine.

What personnel do you need? Who are you going to photograph?

•  I only need my SD card and a camera along with some time in the studio. I will be photographing a model who will be my rising star in my magazine.

What props will you need?

• I will ned no props.

How are you going to emphasise colour?

• I am going to emphasise colour in photoshop as I want to turn the image to black and white then duplicate the image for a colour one and have only the hair as the colour coming through.

Have you briefed your personnel/models?

• We talked a few days before the shoot and we discussed a simple shoot with just posing since the model would not be comfortable using props.

 

What lighting will you need? Any other equipment?

• I will need one spotlight and a camera so I can take the photograph.

 

 

Where will you shoot? Will you need a backdrop?

• I will shoot in the studio with a black backdrop some my model will pop.

 

Mise-en-scene - Make-up? Costumes? Props?

• There will be clothes that she will come already wearing along with make-up.

Risk Assessment:

Below is the risk assessment I have filled out to do my photoshoot so I can have the photos for my magazine.

 

Photo Choices:

 

These are the photos I'm going to use:

 

 

 

These are the photos I'm not going to use:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colour Palette:

 

On the first row I have chosen the colour red. The colour red is used commonly in magazines which attracts readers along with it being a vibrant colour. The colour red has been tested and does attract a lot more people than a duller colour. The magazine is to appeal to a large crowd of many ages and tastes. Red is a unisex colour and appeals to all. I will be using red in my logo and on my main pull quote on my cover to pull the readers. This will also be in my house theme and will continue throughout the magazine to hold the reader.

 

I have chosen black as my second colour and also have it trail into the dark greys also. The black colour will also be in my logo as the main font colour while the red before will glow from the logo. The some what light greys will be the background on my cover photo to make my model pop along with the contents on the page. This colour will also be used on the double page fonts as it is easy to read and will be avaliable for those with difficult eye sight.

 

I also use white in my house style on some of my fonts on the contents page and also on my double page spread as it makes the words pop and allows those who require glasses to read more easily.

 

The main colours out of the three I will use will be black and red as they are common colours and fit the music style as it is for all kinds of readers who enjoy a large range of music.

MAGAZINE UPATE:

 

FRONT COVER:

 

 

I changed a few things on my cover by removing the skyline and enlarging my logo. I then changed the colour for my subheadings to black.

 

CONTENTS PAGE:

 

I changed the font size of my subheadings/content and added more as it is a monthly magazine.

 

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD:

 

On my double page spread I changed the picture so she is looking into the magazine instead of out. I enlarged my logo and put the interveiw text on the opposite side of the page. I then also changed the font of the questions and answers since I used the font on several of my other pages so I thought keeping it for the block quote so it still kept a house style.

 

 



UPDATE: MAGAZINE

 

FRONT COVER

 

 

I have completed my cover and plan on printing it out. Then I will discuss with my teacher on how to improve it further.

 

CONTENTS

 

I have completed my contens and plan on printing it out. Then I will discuss with my teacher on how to improve it further.

 

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

 

I have completed my double page spread and plan on printing it out. Then I will discuss with my teacher on how to improve it further.

 

 



UPDATE - Magazine

FRONT COVER

 

This is the layout of what I have done to my front cover so far. The red in the logo has gone missing on this JPEG image but as I am awaiting images I will fix this later on.

 

CONTENTS PAGE

 

This is what I have done so far for my contents page. I will be adding images to my contents soon to complete it.

 

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

 

Here is what I have done for my double page spread so far. I will be adding images and column text fro the article later on this week.