This is the start of my double page spread that I did this week. All I need to do to my double page spread is add my interview and finalise it by adding finishing touches.
Monday, 17 December 2012
This week
This is the start of my double page spread that I did this week. All I need to do to my double page spread is add my interview and finalise it by adding finishing touches.
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Interview questions and draft of front cover
Interview questions
I chose to do these interview questions because I wanted my singer to have a good story and I thought about popular issues in the media and the world today. I know there is a lot about self-harming and bullying to do with teenagers and because my magazine is for older teenagers I thought it would be good to have an interesting story about some of the issues effecting teenagers in the world today. I wanted leading questions instead of set questions as well so you could reply to what they said and make it more interesting. I also wanted my magazine to be on real life so to have an interview about something personal I thought would draw people to the magazine more.
Draft of front cover
I chose to do my front cover in that way because I wanted the main picture to take up the whole of the background because from the magazines I looked at in class and at home most of them had that and it drew peoples attention to the magazine, especially if they like that singer. I also wanted the title of the magazine and the name of the person to take up a lot of room for the audience to be clear about who the magazine features and what type of magazine it is. If they are looking for that particular magazine they would then be able to see what it was called easily Then having the price and barcode smaller was so the person did not look at the price at first and instead got interested in the magazine and then wouldn't care about the price. I also had the star with more information to make it look better and more interesting.
I chose to do these interview questions because I wanted my singer to have a good story and I thought about popular issues in the media and the world today. I know there is a lot about self-harming and bullying to do with teenagers and because my magazine is for older teenagers I thought it would be good to have an interesting story about some of the issues effecting teenagers in the world today. I wanted leading questions instead of set questions as well so you could reply to what they said and make it more interesting. I also wanted my magazine to be on real life so to have an interview about something personal I thought would draw people to the magazine more.
Draft of front cover
I chose to do my front cover in that way because I wanted the main picture to take up the whole of the background because from the magazines I looked at in class and at home most of them had that and it drew peoples attention to the magazine, especially if they like that singer. I also wanted the title of the magazine and the name of the person to take up a lot of room for the audience to be clear about who the magazine features and what type of magazine it is. If they are looking for that particular magazine they would then be able to see what it was called easily Then having the price and barcode smaller was so the person did not look at the price at first and instead got interested in the magazine and then wouldn't care about the price. I also had the star with more information to make it look better and more interesting.
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
This week
This is my final draft of my front cover. I have finished it this week.
I kept the theme of the colours and the same few fonts of writing as well as using more interesting things like the start to make it look better. I may add to it next week with more pictures of different things.
These are my first draft of my interview:
Interview questions
First ever interview, we do feel honoured
So you’re new to all this music business. How you finding
it?
Well, I didn’t know what I wanted
to do with my life but I heard my favourite singer Demi Lovato because she had
gone through the same thing I had so she inspired me to follow my dreams and
quite frankly I love it.
In what way did she inspire you then?
Obviously she has been
through bullying and mental health problems as well as self-harming and I have
been through similar things and have a similar story as well as my dad dying
and the loss of my dad made me go off the rails.
Sorry for your loss, did your dad dying help you to
follow your dreams?
My dad taught me to never
give up on my dreams even if you get turned down because one day you will get
there.
That’s lovely and very inspiring for all your fans, so
how are you finding fame? Is it what you expected?
To be honest I know other celebrity’s
hate it but I love meeting my fans and telling them my story. I think about
them more as my friends than my fans. I love hearing how I have helped them
through bad parts of their lives more than anything. They’re all such lovely
people and really they are the ones that have helped me.
How has fame changed your life?
Well I just couldn’t tell
you how much its changed my life, words cannot describe it I've gone from living
in a one bedroomed flat with my family to living in a house where everyone is
so much happier and even though it isn’t about the money, money does
help!*laughs* Music has changed my life.
What is it all about then?
Its all about making people
aware, I would never want someone to go through what I have been through and
feel like no one understands so I want them to know that when they listen to my
music even though I am not there with them I understand and hope they can get
through it.
So by the sounds of things most of the reason you are where
you are is because of what you’ve been through?
Yes, talent is talent but it
inspired me. I have more things to write about in songs and I have more
emotions that I channel into my music. If you can sing but can’t write songs I don’t
see the point really! It’s about songs as much as it is about the voice and a lot
of my songs are all based around what I've been through.
So going through them things has helped you in a way?
I guess you could say that,
going through them things has helped get me where I am today; I still wouldn’t wish
it on anyone though. My dad was an amazing man and you never know if he was
still here he might have pushed me to follow my dream!
No of course not, what advice would you give people who
are going through the same type of things?
The most important thing is stay
strong and believe in you. At the end of the day things will get better, maybe
not today maybe not tomorrow but they will get better and if you don’t believe
in yourself who else will believe in you? Every single person is amazing in
this world and never let anyone tell you different.
That’s amazing advice, what are your plans for the
future?
I want to carry on singing,
of course. I plan to tour the world and do more concerts. I want to write more
songs and hopefully make a new album by this time next year. As well as doing
that I'm starting to build up my own charity and awareness for teenagers going
through self-harming and to help parents deal with it. In this way I’m glad I earn
a lot of money because my money can help everyone! Care to chip in?
Well I don’t think I earn as much as you! But I’m sure I can
give a contribution!
Thank you! Every little
helps to be honest! More people just need to be aware!
Definitely, thank you for doing your first ever interview
with us! Must of taken a lot to start talking about your story, I’m sure you
will make a big difference to many people’s lives and good luck with everything
in the future, I’m sure we will be hearing from you soon.
Thank you! You’re right, you
will be hearing from me very soon, and don’t think I’ve forgotten about the
money either!
Monday, 3 December 2012
This week
This week I made a start on editing my pictures and creating the front cover of my magazine.
These are the two pictures I edited:
On both pictures I removed any spots and bags on my models face. On my larger picture I also made her hips look curvy and her legs look slimmer.
This is the beginning of my front cover of my magazine:
These are the two pictures I edited:
On both pictures I removed any spots and bags on my models face. On my larger picture I also made her hips look curvy and her legs look slimmer.
This is the beginning of my front cover of my magazine:
I used the picture I edited for the background of my front cover as it was a good picture and you could see all of her and she looks good. I also did the tittle of my magazine in the colours that I want to use throughout my magazine.
Monday, 26 November 2012
This week
This week I decided about what I want my double page spread to include as well as planning what pictures and colours and themes I want throughout my magazine. The reason I spent a week doing this was because I felt it would make it easier for me to be able to do the drafts because it will be clear and well organised.
The picture I want to use on my front cover is:
My plan for the double page spread:
I want to include one big picture on one side with certain quotes from the other page. I am going to set it out as an interview and the interview is going to based on her new life as a celebrity. It will include questions about her new experiences, her best moments and the worst moments.
Layout of the contents page:
I want to have a few pictures on the contents page and have the main story in a different place to the list of the rest of the articles I am going to have in the magazine. I want bolder writing for the article titles and then might have a bit of information about each underneath.
The colours throughout my magazine:
I want to keep a colour code throughout my magazine especially through the front cover and contents page. I will have the same colours for the titles and throughout the double page article including using the same colours for the title and any quotes that have been used in the contents page and front cover.
The picture I want to use on my front cover is:
My plan for the double page spread:
I want to include one big picture on one side with certain quotes from the other page. I am going to set it out as an interview and the interview is going to based on her new life as a celebrity. It will include questions about her new experiences, her best moments and the worst moments.
Layout of the contents page:
I want to have a few pictures on the contents page and have the main story in a different place to the list of the rest of the articles I am going to have in the magazine. I want bolder writing for the article titles and then might have a bit of information about each underneath.
The colours throughout my magazine:
I want to keep a colour code throughout my magazine especially through the front cover and contents page. I will have the same colours for the titles and throughout the double page article including using the same colours for the title and any quotes that have been used in the contents page and front cover.
Monday, 19 November 2012
Some pictures before being edited
These are examples of a few pictures I took, although I took a lot more. I took the pictures at Ruislip High and had them all posed for. There were only a couple when I caught my model off guard and caught her laughing or being natural Taking the pictures did take a long time because I had to keep stopping and starting if I liked her pose but couldn't get the right picture so she had to keep going back. It also took a long time because she had to keep changing outfits and going back to an earlier outfit if I wanted more pictures.
Sunday, 18 November 2012
Essay analysing the double page spread
Analyising the double page spread
The two magazines I have analysed are we love pop and Q magazine. We love pop is for the younger generation and you can tell that by the way the colors and pictures are used whereas Q magazine uses duller colors and less pictures so you can tell its for an older generation. The target audience for we love pop is mainly girl teenagers aged between 13 - 16 and the target audience for Q magazine is male and females aged between 20 - 30. The double spread page of we love pop is all about Tulisa and is Tulisa doing an interview with one of the editors of the magazine. The double spread page of Q magazine is about a band called Biffy Clyro also doing an interview with one of the editors of the magazine.
Both double page spreads include one big picture that takes up one whole page of the double paged article. Both magazines use an question and answer interview for their double paged article. We love pop set out their question and answer by having the question in bold pink and the answer in normal black font. They have also used yellow to highlight over the most important things in the answers part but in Q magazine the questions are in bold black font and the answers are in normal black font. However Q magazine uses initials to show who is speaking and to make it clearer to the reader who is answering what part of the question. Both magazines are structured very differently especially as we love pop uses pictures throughout the article whereas Q magazine only uses one big pictures and then the second page is pure writing. This shows the different target audiences as younger audiences would be more interested in seeing more pictures then writing. The questions in we love pop are structured very differently to Q magazine as Q magazine had set questions that were asked. We love pop had questions that were on going, so the answer that was given could then lead on to another question instead of them being set. Both articles use clear titles and quotes so the audience is clear who the article is about and both articles also have a jokey feel to them with the questions asked and answers given. Both magazines used a little symbol to show it was the end of the article.
Q magazine uses one large image that takes up one page. The image has been set and hasn't been taken in natural poses. The way they are acting, with alcohol everywhere, tops off, tattoos all over their bodies also gives the impression what age range the magazine is aimed at, as well as the fact that only one image is used. The image used shows the type of magazine it is and the jokey side of the magazine as one of the band members is wearing fluffy rabbit slippers and they are pulling faces. We love pop uses one large posed picture but unlike Q magazine also uses 10 other pictures. The larger pictures used were posed for in the same photo shoot as the large image that took up one page but the other images were taken naturally by the press or by friends and put in the article because they either had relevance to the questions being asked or a caption used in the article. They did all relate to the article in some way. The natural images taken show a different side to the person being interviewed as well which indicates the target audience as younger people would be more interested in seeing what Tulisa does in her own time and who she hangs out with. We love pop uses a little heart symbol and Q magazine uses a red Q symbol to show it is the end of the article.
We love pop uses very simple words and phrases. The questions asked and answers given are very simple and easy to understand, this is because it is aimed at a younger audience so it has to be easy to read otherwise it will not be enjoyable. The language used in Q magazine is a lot harder to understand and uses swear words in it as well, which shows it is aimed at an older audience because a younger magazine would not use swear words. The language Q magazine uses make it seem like you have to know a lot about the band and the type of music otherwise you would not understand anything about certain questions that they are asking. We love pop uses more open questions and the questions asked are more about Tulisa's life than the specific music genre she performs. The language used shows the different age ranges for each magazine more than anything else in the magazine. Although in both, the language used still carries through the jokey theme seen in other aspects of the articles.
This will affect my own articles because it has made me think more about what I need to include in my article that will target my audience. By looking at the two different articles it has made me realize that I want quite a few pictures in my article but relating to either the artist or the questions I am going to write. It has also made me think that although I want most of them to be posed for I also want more natural ones to tie in with my article. I want the same type of structure as we love pop and want my questions and answers to be very clear to my reader. I will use different colours and fonts for the questions and answers as well as using a symbol that has relevance to my magazine to show when the article is finished as I felt that was an important extra in the article. It will also affect my magazine in the way I use my language as I now want my language to be simple with no swear words so that everyone can understand it. I want my magazine to have a jokey and lively atmosphere to it as I think this worked well in both the articles.
The two magazines I have analysed are we love pop and Q magazine. We love pop is for the younger generation and you can tell that by the way the colors and pictures are used whereas Q magazine uses duller colors and less pictures so you can tell its for an older generation. The target audience for we love pop is mainly girl teenagers aged between 13 - 16 and the target audience for Q magazine is male and females aged between 20 - 30. The double spread page of we love pop is all about Tulisa and is Tulisa doing an interview with one of the editors of the magazine. The double spread page of Q magazine is about a band called Biffy Clyro also doing an interview with one of the editors of the magazine.
Both double page spreads include one big picture that takes up one whole page of the double paged article. Both magazines use an question and answer interview for their double paged article. We love pop set out their question and answer by having the question in bold pink and the answer in normal black font. They have also used yellow to highlight over the most important things in the answers part but in Q magazine the questions are in bold black font and the answers are in normal black font. However Q magazine uses initials to show who is speaking and to make it clearer to the reader who is answering what part of the question. Both magazines are structured very differently especially as we love pop uses pictures throughout the article whereas Q magazine only uses one big pictures and then the second page is pure writing. This shows the different target audiences as younger audiences would be more interested in seeing more pictures then writing. The questions in we love pop are structured very differently to Q magazine as Q magazine had set questions that were asked. We love pop had questions that were on going, so the answer that was given could then lead on to another question instead of them being set. Both articles use clear titles and quotes so the audience is clear who the article is about and both articles also have a jokey feel to them with the questions asked and answers given. Both magazines used a little symbol to show it was the end of the article.
Q magazine uses one large image that takes up one page. The image has been set and hasn't been taken in natural poses. The way they are acting, with alcohol everywhere, tops off, tattoos all over their bodies also gives the impression what age range the magazine is aimed at, as well as the fact that only one image is used. The image used shows the type of magazine it is and the jokey side of the magazine as one of the band members is wearing fluffy rabbit slippers and they are pulling faces. We love pop uses one large posed picture but unlike Q magazine also uses 10 other pictures. The larger pictures used were posed for in the same photo shoot as the large image that took up one page but the other images were taken naturally by the press or by friends and put in the article because they either had relevance to the questions being asked or a caption used in the article. They did all relate to the article in some way. The natural images taken show a different side to the person being interviewed as well which indicates the target audience as younger people would be more interested in seeing what Tulisa does in her own time and who she hangs out with. We love pop uses a little heart symbol and Q magazine uses a red Q symbol to show it is the end of the article.
We love pop uses very simple words and phrases. The questions asked and answers given are very simple and easy to understand, this is because it is aimed at a younger audience so it has to be easy to read otherwise it will not be enjoyable. The language used in Q magazine is a lot harder to understand and uses swear words in it as well, which shows it is aimed at an older audience because a younger magazine would not use swear words. The language Q magazine uses make it seem like you have to know a lot about the band and the type of music otherwise you would not understand anything about certain questions that they are asking. We love pop uses more open questions and the questions asked are more about Tulisa's life than the specific music genre she performs. The language used shows the different age ranges for each magazine more than anything else in the magazine. Although in both, the language used still carries through the jokey theme seen in other aspects of the articles.
This will affect my own articles because it has made me think more about what I need to include in my article that will target my audience. By looking at the two different articles it has made me realize that I want quite a few pictures in my article but relating to either the artist or the questions I am going to write. It has also made me think that although I want most of them to be posed for I also want more natural ones to tie in with my article. I want the same type of structure as we love pop and want my questions and answers to be very clear to my reader. I will use different colours and fonts for the questions and answers as well as using a symbol that has relevance to my magazine to show when the article is finished as I felt that was an important extra in the article. It will also affect my magazine in the way I use my language as I now want my language to be simple with no swear words so that everyone can understand it. I want my magazine to have a jokey and lively atmosphere to it as I think this worked well in both the articles.
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Publication plan
Publication
Plan
Name of magazine: Superbass
Font of name: Impact
Positioning statement: "Packed with everything you need to know about your favortite aritsts"
Frequency of
publication: Once a week
Price: £2.50
Distribution:
Rationale: There is not many magazines that offer things about music and artists that also get deep into there personal lives and gives big stories to there fans about what is happening in there lives. Not many music magazines that are also gossip and real life.
Style: Gossip music magazine
Regular content: Reviews, gossip, real life, pictures, free gifts
Feature content in your
issue: 2 page double spread about the life of my singer, reviews, gossip, upcoming concerts, pictures, free posters, real life stories about celebrities
House style: My font size and style will change for the different things I use. The headings and captions of pictures will be bolder and bigger then the writing underneath that explains more or less important things. The font I want to use is FrankRuehl.
The pictures I plan to use
The pictures I want to take for my music magazine are going to be taken at Ruislip High School against a white background as I want my pictures to be very posed and not natural or in a natural setting. I am only going to have one model called Maddi Clarke who is from outside school. Maddi is going to have 3 different costumes. One very dressed up look in a black and white dress with boots on posing in lots of different positions that show off the dress and her pop star look. She will do different pop star poses including not looking into the camera, standing in certain positions etc. Another costume she will have on is a dressed up casual look in white skinny jeans, a top and high heels. She will perform the same type of poses as she did in the other outfit. Her last outfit is going to be a very natural look in shorts and a crop top. She is going to pose very naturally for these ones as I do not want them to be staged so it is whatever she wants to do. I may also take pictures of props like guitars etc for extra pictures but I do not want the model holding any props as I want it to be a photo shoot focused on her and just her as she is my main focus for my magazine.
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Monday, 12 November 2012
InDesign practice
Tool bar (left hand side)
1. Black arrow tool selects the object
2. White arrow tool selects the content of the object
3. T/Text tool allows you to draw a text box and then write text. - When using the text tool, the boxes at the top change to allow you to change font, size etc.
4. Leading changes the distance between lines of test
5. Rectangle frame tool creates shapes for text or pictures
6. Eye dropper tool allows you to take a colour or formatting from an existing item and apply it to another part of your page
Panel bar (right hand side)
1. Stroke is used if you want a border you select the item you want to apply the border to then click stroke and change the weight or type etc.
2. Swatch is used to change colours, choose outline or fill colour.
3. To align items to eachother, select them, go to the align panel and select required option.
General tips
1. Black arrow tool selects the object
2. White arrow tool selects the content of the object
3. T/Text tool allows you to draw a text box and then write text. - When using the text tool, the boxes at the top change to allow you to change font, size etc.
4. Leading changes the distance between lines of test
5. Rectangle frame tool creates shapes for text or pictures
6. Eye dropper tool allows you to take a colour or formatting from an existing item and apply it to another part of your page
Panel bar (right hand side)
1. Stroke is used if you want a border you select the item you want to apply the border to then click stroke and change the weight or type etc.
2. Swatch is used to change colours, choose outline or fill colour.
3. To align items to eachother, select them, go to the align panel and select required option.
General tips
- To add images, click file, place, and search for your images.
- To move images/text in front of behind another, select the object/text, go to object on the top tool bar and arrange.
- To include columns, choose object and text frame options.
- Text wrap - You can wrap a text around a shape or image.
- To link items together, select them. go to objects on top tool bar, group.
- If you cant find one of the panels you need, go to windows on the top tool bar to search for it.
- If your pictures appear low resolution, go to view on top tool bar, display performance and select high quality display.
Photoshop practice
When I practiced using Photoshop I created a poster. I used edit and free transform to drag the picture of the beach to fit the poster. I then right clicked on the layer containing the beach and chose rasterize I then clicked on the icon that is new layer mask and chose the gradient tool from the tool bar. I made the picture more see though and faded by choosing opacity option and changing it to 40%. I placed the picture of the female actress and used edit and free transform to make her the right size and moved her to the left hand side of the poster. I right clicked on her layer and chose rasterize and edited the picture by using the quick selection tool and selected areas behind the actress and quicked backspace to delete them. I was then left with just the actress and used the rubber to rub out any left over little bits. I repeated the process of fading out the bottom half of the picture like I did for the beach. I then placed the picture of the actor. Using edit and free transform I resized him and moved him around. I repeated everything I did with the actress to the actors picture and used the quick selection tool to cut him out and then added the layermask and used the gradient tool to fade up the bottom half of his picture. I then found the picture of the hand drawn love heart, resized it and moved it around. I then clicked on the layer and chose to reasterize again. I stayed selected on that layer and changed the word normal by dropping down the box and chosing multiply. The white background disappeared and left just a small bit of the picture. I then put in the picture of the credit block and resized it so it covers the bottom of the poster and added the film certificate. I clicked on the T tool and dragged out a text box at the top of the poster. I clicked on the colour box at the top and chose a dark red. I then chose 72pt font size and trajan font. I double clicked on the layers box with the text on it and selected drop shadow and bevel and emboss, this made my title bolder and clearer. I used the T tool again and dragged out another text box and put the actors' names in but in a smaller size font of 18. I then added another text box and using the tunga font wrote a quote about the film. Mine said "A heart warmer this valentines day", I placed that on the left hand side near the actors names.
My target audience for my magazine
My target audience is people aged 16 - 22 years old because I want there to be things aimed at older teenagers but younger adults as well. There will be things in my magazine that 16 - 22 year olds would be interested in, as usually this age group are still in some kind of education, either at school or in university so they may still be interested in music magazines and buying them. The target age group is reflected in the price I want my magazine to be as I know this age group wouldn't have much money so it is cheaper.
It is for both females and males and there will be things aimed at both sexes. The colour scheme will also reflect that I want the magazine to be unisex .
People wanting to buy the magazine should like R&B, partying and knowing about the most popular R&B artists should enjoy reading about them and listening to them. This also reflects the age range I want my magazine to be targeted to because 16 - 22 year olds still have parties or go clubbing and like to have a good time. Most people in that age range still do not have many responsibilities so they still like to enjoy themselves. Also a lot of clubs that people go to play R&B music so if they do go clubbing or to parties they would have heard the music a lot and are more likely to enjoy listening to it.
It is for both females and males and there will be things aimed at both sexes. The colour scheme will also reflect that I want the magazine to be unisex .
People wanting to buy the magazine should like R&B, partying and knowing about the most popular R&B artists should enjoy reading about them and listening to them. This also reflects the age range I want my magazine to be targeted to because 16 - 22 year olds still have parties or go clubbing and like to have a good time. Most people in that age range still do not have many responsibilities so they still like to enjoy themselves. Also a lot of clubs that people go to play R&B music so if they do go clubbing or to parties they would have heard the music a lot and are more likely to enjoy listening to it.
Essay comparing covers
Essay
The two
magazine covers I am comparing are "Drummer" and "Total guitar". They are music magazines and have the same kind of titles because they both focus
on a musical instrument. "Drummer" would be aimed at older people, from age 30 –
late 50s, whereas "Total guitar" would be aimed at teenagers to people in their
late 20s.
Both
magazines use a picture on their front cover as the main focus with the person
over lapping the title of the magazine. This is used because it grabs the
reader’s attention as it is the first thing that catches their eye. It is
also used to show what the magazine is about. "Total guitar's picture is a man
holding a guitar and Drummers’ picture is a man playing the drums. Both the
pictures are also the biggest thing on the page.
Both
magazines also use a sentence near the tittle of the magazine to promote there
magazine as being one of the best. Total guitar uses ‘Europe’s best selling
guitar magazine’ and Drummer uses ‘The UK’s best value drumming magazine’. By
having these on the front cover they promote the magazine by making the reader
want to buy it and read inside the magazine. If a reader was trying to look for
a magazine they have never read before and saw that written on the front in
bold writing they may be more likely to buy it.
The magazines
are similar because they both used a big bold tittle against a darker
background featuring what the main article is going to be about in the
magazine. The use of the bright writing against a darker background makes the
writing stand out to the reader. It would also catch the readers’ eye and they
would read to see who the article was about. This would then make the reader
more likely to buy the magazine if they see who the main article is about and
they like them or are interested in them.
The magazines
are different in the way that language is used. Drummer uses plainer, straight
forward sentences whereas total guitar used more complicated and interesting
sentences. For example drummer says “Plus Carl Palmer and Rick Allen” and total
guitar uses “new album, short songs… SOLOS?! Billie
Joe Armstrong takes the lead” This may have been used because younger people
are more interested in buying and reading magazines so the magazines write
about more and keep them interested so that they will buy it and read on but
drummer is aimed at older people who may just want to know what is inside the
magazine so they know whether they want to buy it or not so it used plainer and
simpler writing.
Both
magazines use Imperatives. They both use the word “Learn”, this is directly
telling the reader to do something which may make them more interested in the
magazine as it is telling them what to do so they feel more like they should do
it. It is also more direct and personal to the reader which may make them more
likely to buy it. Especially as younger people and older people want to learn
something new.
From looking
at these magazine covers I have learnt about the main things music magazines
use and thought about what I want to include and not include in my magazine.
For example the main picture is good to use on the front cover of a magazine
along with big and bold writing against a darker background. I want to use more
interesting and bright colours on the front cover of my magazine like total guitar
as I want it to be aimed at younger people whereas drummer uses plainer writing
and plainer colours which makes you think it is aimed at older people. Both
magazines used a theme of colours which I think is good and would want to
include in my magazine as well as there is not too much colour but enough. The
style of the font is also better of total magazine as it is less boring so I
would want to make the font styles, sizes and pictures interesting to catch my
audience’s attention. For my main picture I will also use someone around the
same age as my target audience for my main picture because it is more likely to
attract the right audiences like total guitar and drummer.
Sunday, 11 November 2012
Analysing contents pages
Analysing contents pages
The four magazine contents pages we looked at were called Q Magazine, NME, Mixmag and We Love Pop. The target audience for We Love Pop is younger teenage girls whereas Mixmag would be aimed at older teenagers or young adults. The target audience for both Q magazine and NME is men or women but more for men aged between 30 and 40.
NME and Q Magazine are both very similar. They both use a lot of pictures and very little writing. All the pictures on both of the contents pages are of people posing with very few action shots. NME uses quotes under every single picture which give a little information about the picture and the article they are about. Q Magazine has information next to the picture but it is smaller and quotes are not used. Both magazines have the page number of the article they are in next to them. Neither of the magazines are really set out in chronological order instead they are more spread out because the pictures are spread out. However Q Magazine has a small section of the contents page called “regulars” where the articles are set out in chronological order. The language used is more complicated because the magazine is aimed at older people and there is a sentence about each article that is linked to a picture instead of just having one line. Different fonts are used and bolder fonts are used for the main title and for the name of each article, with smaller font used for the information about the article. Colours are used to show the different title and writing. Both magazines use different colours for the smaller and bigger fonts. Q Magazine uses red and black and NME uses black fonts but bold and lighter shades. Q Magazine's title also has comical cartoon characters which add humour to the magazine. I will use this when I come to create my own magazine by having information or quotes next to the picture because I believe it helps the reader know more about what is featured in the magazine. Unlike these magazines I want my contents page in chronological order as I feel it is more organised and looks better on the page. Also because my magazine is for younger people I wouldn’t want to use such dull colours as I would want it to look a bit more appealing.
We Love Pop uses lots of different types of pictures and quite a lot of writing. The pictures are all ones that have been purposely posed for although a few of them have not been posed for in a studio but on the street. We Love Pop has writing under every picture it uses to tell the reader what the article is about. There is a letter from the editor of the magazine on the contents page talking about the issue of the magazine and what is included. Each picture has a number next to it telling the reader what page number that article and picture is on. We Love Pop has a section where the main articles and the page numbers are listed but not all the contents. The language is very simple and the titles underneath the pictures are also as it is a magazine for younger people. Instead of using bold writing for the titles it uses italic bold writing for the main titles and just bold writing for the information under the titles. The magazine mainly uses pinks, blacks and blues. It uses these colours because they are bright but also uses them so the magazine isn’t aimed at just one sex, using pinks to attract girls and blues to attract boys. It uses the logo of the magazine and the website address on each page to advertise the magazine more. I will use this to create my own magazine by having a lot of pictures but not as many as We Love Pop because my target audience is a little bit older then the target audience of We Love Pop. I think I want to use a few different colours to attract different sexes. I want to use pictures and quotes as it gives the reader information and is easier for them to flick right through the magazine and get to the articles they want to read straight away.
Mixmag uses 2 big pictures on its contents page and different fonts. The pictures links in with the main articles and like the others have the page number written in the corner. Both large pictures are posed for and not naturally taken. The pictures link in with the audience as the people in the pictures are teenagers or older which makes it clear what age range the magazine is aimed for. Unlike the others it doesn’t have writing under the pictures only the page number and title of the article. The writing is white against a black background so it stands out with the title of the articles bolder then the information underneath them. The language used is still simple but plays with words more and has more tongue twisters aimed at the older target audience so the words don’t need to be as simple. The contents page of this magazine also has information about the free gift with a picture which is helpful to the reader as they can just flick to the next page to find out more about it. It uses black and whites for the background and then bright pictures against it so that the writing and the pictures stand out and look interesting and make the whole contents page look better. It also uses the page numbers and email address of the magazine. I will use this in my magazine by using simple words but also using tongue twisters and interesting words to make it fit my target audience. I will use bright images maybe against a darker background because I think it looks the best and fits in well with the target audience I am aiming for.
By analysing these magazines it has made me think about what types of things I want to include in my magazine and what type of things I don’t as well as making me think about what things would be suitable for my target audience and what type of things wouldn’t be.
From doing this analysis the things I want to include in my contents page are a few pictures and a bit of writing but making it interesting and not to much. I also want the page numbers and email addresses on the bottom of every page including my contents page. I want to use a colour that is aimed at female and males and have a few pictures with the page number underneath and a caption. I will then have some of the other articles and their page numbers but I do not want every single article listed as I think that is too much and gives too much away about the magazine by just flicking to the second page. I want to use contrasting colours because I think that worked on the other contents pages and made things stand out more. I want to use simple language like Mixmag as it is aimed at younger people rather than older people and is quite a simple magazine.
The four magazine contents pages we looked at were called Q Magazine, NME, Mixmag and We Love Pop. The target audience for We Love Pop is younger teenage girls whereas Mixmag would be aimed at older teenagers or young adults. The target audience for both Q magazine and NME is men or women but more for men aged between 30 and 40.
NME and Q Magazine are both very similar. They both use a lot of pictures and very little writing. All the pictures on both of the contents pages are of people posing with very few action shots. NME uses quotes under every single picture which give a little information about the picture and the article they are about. Q Magazine has information next to the picture but it is smaller and quotes are not used. Both magazines have the page number of the article they are in next to them. Neither of the magazines are really set out in chronological order instead they are more spread out because the pictures are spread out. However Q Magazine has a small section of the contents page called “regulars” where the articles are set out in chronological order. The language used is more complicated because the magazine is aimed at older people and there is a sentence about each article that is linked to a picture instead of just having one line. Different fonts are used and bolder fonts are used for the main title and for the name of each article, with smaller font used for the information about the article. Colours are used to show the different title and writing. Both magazines use different colours for the smaller and bigger fonts. Q Magazine uses red and black and NME uses black fonts but bold and lighter shades. Q Magazine's title also has comical cartoon characters which add humour to the magazine. I will use this when I come to create my own magazine by having information or quotes next to the picture because I believe it helps the reader know more about what is featured in the magazine. Unlike these magazines I want my contents page in chronological order as I feel it is more organised and looks better on the page. Also because my magazine is for younger people I wouldn’t want to use such dull colours as I would want it to look a bit more appealing.
We Love Pop uses lots of different types of pictures and quite a lot of writing. The pictures are all ones that have been purposely posed for although a few of them have not been posed for in a studio but on the street. We Love Pop has writing under every picture it uses to tell the reader what the article is about. There is a letter from the editor of the magazine on the contents page talking about the issue of the magazine and what is included. Each picture has a number next to it telling the reader what page number that article and picture is on. We Love Pop has a section where the main articles and the page numbers are listed but not all the contents. The language is very simple and the titles underneath the pictures are also as it is a magazine for younger people. Instead of using bold writing for the titles it uses italic bold writing for the main titles and just bold writing for the information under the titles. The magazine mainly uses pinks, blacks and blues. It uses these colours because they are bright but also uses them so the magazine isn’t aimed at just one sex, using pinks to attract girls and blues to attract boys. It uses the logo of the magazine and the website address on each page to advertise the magazine more. I will use this to create my own magazine by having a lot of pictures but not as many as We Love Pop because my target audience is a little bit older then the target audience of We Love Pop. I think I want to use a few different colours to attract different sexes. I want to use pictures and quotes as it gives the reader information and is easier for them to flick right through the magazine and get to the articles they want to read straight away.
Mixmag uses 2 big pictures on its contents page and different fonts. The pictures links in with the main articles and like the others have the page number written in the corner. Both large pictures are posed for and not naturally taken. The pictures link in with the audience as the people in the pictures are teenagers or older which makes it clear what age range the magazine is aimed for. Unlike the others it doesn’t have writing under the pictures only the page number and title of the article. The writing is white against a black background so it stands out with the title of the articles bolder then the information underneath them. The language used is still simple but plays with words more and has more tongue twisters aimed at the older target audience so the words don’t need to be as simple. The contents page of this magazine also has information about the free gift with a picture which is helpful to the reader as they can just flick to the next page to find out more about it. It uses black and whites for the background and then bright pictures against it so that the writing and the pictures stand out and look interesting and make the whole contents page look better. It also uses the page numbers and email address of the magazine. I will use this in my magazine by using simple words but also using tongue twisters and interesting words to make it fit my target audience. I will use bright images maybe against a darker background because I think it looks the best and fits in well with the target audience I am aiming for.
By analysing these magazines it has made me think about what types of things I want to include in my magazine and what type of things I don’t as well as making me think about what things would be suitable for my target audience and what type of things wouldn’t be.
From doing this analysis the things I want to include in my contents page are a few pictures and a bit of writing but making it interesting and not to much. I also want the page numbers and email addresses on the bottom of every page including my contents page. I want to use a colour that is aimed at female and males and have a few pictures with the page number underneath and a caption. I will then have some of the other articles and their page numbers but I do not want every single article listed as I think that is too much and gives too much away about the magazine by just flicking to the second page. I want to use contrasting colours because I think that worked on the other contents pages and made things stand out more. I want to use simple language like Mixmag as it is aimed at younger people rather than older people and is quite a simple magazine.
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Questionnaire
Questionnaire
I am asking you these
questions for my Media AS level. I will use your answers to help me produce my
magazine.
1. How old are you? (Please circle one)
Below 16 16 – 18 19 – 21 22 – 23 Over 23
2. What is your sex?(Please circle one)
Male Female
3. What draws you to the front cover of a magazine?(Please circle one)
The pictures The colours
The writing Other (if chosen
other please state) _________
4. What genre of music are you most in to?(Please circle one)
R&B Pop
Classical Rock Metal
Other (if chosen please state) ________
5. List 3 things you expect to find in a music magazine?
6. What do you look for in a music magazine?(Please circle one)
Pictures Singers you know of Free gifts Competitions Other (If other please state) _____________
7. Name 3 of your favourite artists
8. What would you like to see in the magazine? (Please circle two)
Reviews Gossip Real life Pictures New music Posters
9. What is your favourite music magazine?
10. How much do or would you spend on music magazines a week?
Less than 50p £0.51 - £1 £1.01 - £2 £2.01 - £3 £3.01 - £4 £4.01 – 5 More then £5
I chose these questions because I wanted to find out what to include on my front cover most of all. I asked questions about what draws them to a magazine to know what to put on the front cover so it looks good. I also asked what type of music people like best to try and work out what type of music to base my magazine on to appeal to teenagers. I asked questions to see what people in the age range I'm basing my magazine on would like best articles so I knew what to put on my contents page.
Monday, 5 November 2012
What I learnt from doing my drafts of my school magazine
From doing the three drafts of my school magazine the most important thing I learnt was how to use photoshop and indesign, and became more confident with them which I knew would help me when I came to do my other magazines.
I also learnt what looks good and what doesn't by doing more and more drafts. I realized on my first draft I had a lot of big white gaps and hadn't thought about where the pictures should go. I had placed them anywhere I thought they might fit and wrote underneath them, but by my third draft there were no white gaps and the fonts and pictures were more interesting. I thought more about what a contents page should include and knew it would help me decide how many pictures to use and what kind of writing to use on my contents page for my proper magazine. For example I knew after doing my three drafts that on my magazine I didn't want a list of all the articles that are going to be in my magazine on my contents page. I just wanted a few because it looked too boring and I didn't think many people would bother looking at it all. Instead they would focus on the most important articles so I only want to include those.
I also learnt from doing my drafts of my school magazine that I want to do more with the pictures on photoshop for my proper magazine as the pictures weren't that interesting. I want to use more tools to make the pictures look different. I don't want as many pictures, instead just a few good and important ones.
Overall I learnt a lot more about what I want to include in my own magazine, and what looks good and what doesn't look as effective.
I also learnt what looks good and what doesn't by doing more and more drafts. I realized on my first draft I had a lot of big white gaps and hadn't thought about where the pictures should go. I had placed them anywhere I thought they might fit and wrote underneath them, but by my third draft there were no white gaps and the fonts and pictures were more interesting. I thought more about what a contents page should include and knew it would help me decide how many pictures to use and what kind of writing to use on my contents page for my proper magazine. For example I knew after doing my three drafts that on my magazine I didn't want a list of all the articles that are going to be in my magazine on my contents page. I just wanted a few because it looked too boring and I didn't think many people would bother looking at it all. Instead they would focus on the most important articles so I only want to include those.
I also learnt from doing my drafts of my school magazine that I want to do more with the pictures on photoshop for my proper magazine as the pictures weren't that interesting. I want to use more tools to make the pictures look different. I don't want as many pictures, instead just a few good and important ones.
Overall I learnt a lot more about what I want to include in my own magazine, and what looks good and what doesn't look as effective.
Sunday, 4 November 2012
What I have learnt
By doing the school magazine I have learnt a lot about taking and editing photos. I have learnt about what I should focus on when taking my pictures for my music magazine, as well as how I should edit each photo to make it look better. I have learnt how to use photoshop and indesign and how to use each tool on both of these programmes. By doing the three drafts of the school magazine I have also learnt to watch out for little mistakes like capital letters and learnt what to include and not to include on a front cover and contents page. For example writing and where the images are placed. I have learnt to take my time and be more creative. I will use the things I have learnt in my music magazine by thinking very carefully about the images I want before I go and take them, I will decide what I want to edit about each one and why I want to edit that about it before I start editing as it will look better and I will be more organised. I will be more prepared to use photoshop and indesign and will be more confident with it when I use it. When doing my music magazine I will look over it again and again looking out for the little mistakes. I will think very carefully about the layout of my magazine and where I want things to do and how I want it to look as well as focusing on the different titles and font styles I want to include. I will take my time so it looks exactly how I want it too.
Magazine mood board and discussion
I chose these picture because I want to produce a magazine focused more on R&B music and performers than any other genre of music. These pictures include some very famous artists from rock bands as well. The other pictures are all things I associate with the type of music I want to include in my magazine. The institution i think my magazine would most suit is BBC worldwide. This is because the people I want my magazine to be based around will be known worldwide as they are usually from other countries not just England. Lately their sales have increased which means they are a better business and are getting better each year, they also produce a wide range of media so I think they would produce my magazine well.
Different institutions
Bauer Media
Bauer Media publish
these magazines:
National Magazine Company
The National
magazine company publish these magazines:
Future Publishing
There most successful
products include TechRadar (the UK’s number one consumer technology website), T3,
Total Film, BikeRadar, MusicRadar, Classic Rock, GamesRader, Digital Camera, Mollie
Makes and Official Xbox Magazine. Future attracts more than 38 million monthly unique visitors
to our digital properties websites; and they deliver over 100 digital editions
and bespoke apps on tablet devices. They sell 2.2 million magazines every
month, and export or syndicate to 89 countries, making us the UK’s number one
exporter and licensor of magazine content.
They do a wide range of magazines inluding:
- Linux Format
- MacFormat
- PC Format
- PC Plus
- T3
- Tap! The iPhone & iPad Magazine
- What Laptop, Smartphone & Tablet
- Windows:
The Official MagazineEdge
- GamesMaster
- GamesMaster
Cheats
- GamesMaster
Presents
- NGamer
- Nintendo:
The Official Magazine
- PC
Gamer
- PlayStation:
The Official Magazine
- PSM3
- Xbox
360: The Official Magazine
- Xbox
World
- Classic RoCK
- Classic Rock Presents AOR
- Classic Rock Presents Prog
- Computer Music
- Future Music
- Guitar Techniques
- Guitarist
IPC Media
IPC media produce a lot of different magazines including:
Conde Nast
Conde Nast produce these magazines:
Conde Nast produce these magazines:
They produce many different types of magazines, including fashion magazines that are very popular. There sales in the past few years have increased a lot.
BBC Worldwide
The business works across brands including Lonely Planet ,Dancing with the Stars, Top Gear, BBC Earth andDoctor Who, developing them on an international scale to deliver even higher returns for the company. Through expanding brands into different areas of entertainment - such as live events, theatrical, books and licensed consumer products - the division has grown some of the company's premier brands into international household names, whilst maintaining their original integrity and values. BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, is a fast-growing media and entertainment company. There mission is to maximise profits on behalf of the BBC bycreating, acquiring, developing and exploiting media content and media brands around the world. They are self-funded and return profits to the BBC to be reinvested in programmes and services to help keep the UK licence fee as low as possible. There sales have gone upby 5.4%.
Hachette Filipacchi
In France, Hachette Filipacchi Media publishes 47 magazines, including Action Auto Moto, Elle France, Entrevue, France Dimanche, Ici Paris, Joystick, Le Journal de Mickey, Parents, Paris Match, Jeune & Jolie, Pariscope, Photo, Première, Télé 7 Jours, Top Famille Magazine and TV Hebdo. It also publishes dailies La Provence, Nice-Matin or Corse Presse. HFM also owns 25% of Éditions Philippe Amaury, which publishes Le Parisien, L'Equipe and other sport magazines.
In France, Hachette Filipacchi Media publishes 47 magazines, including Action Auto Moto, Elle France, Entrevue, France Dimanche, Ici Paris, Joystick, Le Journal de Mickey, Parents, Paris Match, Jeune & Jolie, Pariscope, Photo, Première, Télé 7 Jours, Top Famille Magazine and TV Hebdo. It also publishes dailies La Provence, Nice-Matin or Corse Presse. HFM also owns 25% of Éditions Philippe Amaury, which publishes Le Parisien, L'Equipe and other sport magazines.
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