PICTURE INFORMATION

I have organised to take my pictures next Thursday (December 23) so will not be able to upload anything with an image on it until after then.

CONTENTS PAGE - UNFINISHED

EDITED COVER

NEW COVER (STILL WITHOUT PICTURES)

COVER WITHOUT PICTURES

BAND NAMES AND FONTS

The main feature in the magazine and so on the cover will be a new band called 'Doll House'. The font for this will be Arnprior (dafont.com). It looks like this:

For the caption I am using the font Mari & David (dafont.com). This looks like:

I have put a banner across the top of the magazine and the font I will use on this is Champagne & Limousines (daftont.com). These are the band names I have chosen to use on the banner:

NEW MASTHEAD

Now I have renamed my magazine, I have redone the masthead. It went through several stages of development. These are those stages:


This was the original masthead:
I thought it looked too simple and not very effective.








This was the masthead after I changed the font and colour scheme:

I preferred this version to the first but still was not completely satisfied with it.




This was the masthead I eventually settled on before I added colour to it:

I like this one because it fits nicely against the edges of the magazine unlike the others which had diagonal edges on the 'v'.


This is the final masthead:

I like this because it looks good and the colours go together well. Because I chose to use these colours, I will have to rethink my house style as, at first, I said I was going to use blue, red and white. But, now I am going to use blue, purple and white.

I have since edited this to make it look more effective:

PLAN OF CONTENTS AND DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

PLAN OF COVER

ORIGINAL MASTHEAD

When I first named my magazine, I named it 'Electric Bass' and made a masthead for that magazine. This is the first version of that masthead:

That then developed to:

But I was unhappy with the name and design of this masthead so that is why I renamed it.

NEW FONTS

Feedback Quiet

Fenwick

Photonica

Fortyfive

Freak Turbulence

Futurist fixed-width

Happy Killer

I have chosen to use the font 'Happy Killer' for the masthead of my magazine. I have chosen to edit it a little too to make it look better. This is what it looks like now:

NAME CHANGE

I had been finding fonts to suit the magazine name 'Electric Bass' but have now decided to rename the magazine 'Vegas Sound' but this will be shown as VEGA$OUND.

FONT IDEAS

All fonts from dafont.com

Photonica

After Shock

Akoom

Alpha Flight

Andrefist

Arnprior

Ascent 2 Stardom

Assassins Dub

Ben Krush

Bob

 

INITIAL IDEAS

Magazine Name Ideas:
-Sound
-Electric Bass
-Fortnight Flash

Cover:
-Two of the three magazines I analysed had their mastheads behind the main image which I think I will incorporate into my own magazine.
-I will also have anchorage on the cover to add meaning to the image.
-I am planning to have the main feature (double page spread) advertised on the front by making the band it is about the main image.

Main Image Ideas:
-A band sat around a recording studio looking relaxed and fun.
-A band stood in a car park with the camera looking up at them to make them seem powerful.
-A band sat around with their instruments as if they are about to play a concert.

Band Name Ideas:
-Truth or Dare
-Doll House
-Purple X

Contents:
-The magazines I analysed used different colours for the page titles to their descriptions which I think I will also do.
-I plan to have two columns and some images of other artists at angles around the text.

Image Ideas:
-Headshots/Band Images of artists.

Double Page Spread:
-The magazines I analysed used one main image and then also used smaller less important pictures which I plan to do also.
-I also plan to split the text into columns so the readers can find it easier to read.

Image Ideas:
-One main image of all band members.
-Littler pictures (headshots) of the individual members.

PRICE

The price of my magazine will be £2.50 and will be released once every two weeks.

I chose to publish it fornightly because my target audience might not be able to afford it every week, but in this case, they have two weeks to get the money together.

AUDIENCE

When audiences are classified, they are known as niche audiences which catagorise people die to their needs. These catagories are:

<15
15-24
24-35
35-55
55>

They are also classified into social groups. These are:

A - Higher manegerial, administrative or profesional.

B - Intermediate mangerial, administrative or professional.

C1 - Supervisory or clerical, junior manegerial, administrative or professional.

C2 - Semi skilled manual workers.

D - Semi skilled and unskilled manual workers.

E - Casual labourers, unemployed, state pensioners.

There are also groups that differ due to what they are driven by:

Groups driven by needs - survivors and sustainers.

Groups who are outerdirected - belongers, emulators and acheivers.

Groups who are inner-directed - i-am-me, experimentals, socially concious.

Groups who are outer and inner-directed - intergrated.

The target audience for my magazine will be for 15-24 year olds in the E or D category who are outer and inner-directed.

MUSIC GENRE and ANALYSIS

For my music magazine I will focus on the genre of Alternative Rock.

Existing magazines that focus on this genre are:

Alternative Press

   

Information:
-An American magazine based in Cleveland, Ohio.
-It provides readers with band interviews, upcoming releases, music charts and photos.
-It has an 'unsigned bands of the month' section which I think is a good idea and may incorporate into my own magazine.

Cover Page Analysis:
-The main image is of American pop-punk group, Paramore.
-The anchorage 'The new Kingpins' and 'After a near split, they're back to rolling strikes' is vital to the image as without it, the image would not make much sense. The group are dressed as if a bowling team which reflects the 'split' and 'strikes'. Hayley Williams is also holding a trophy which suggests they are the best group there is.
-They are all wearing the same coloured clothing which shows that they are all together.
-'Paramore' is a banner headline which draws the attention of people.
-Conventions of this cover include barcode, issue number, anchorage and main image.

Contents Page Analysis: (I was unable to include the contents page for AP Magazine because I could not find it online and do not have it in print form and so this is the contents page from Q Magazine)
-There one main image that the main column is next to.
-There is only one column but this is split into two by subheadings 'Features' and 'Every Month'.
-There is also a section of page numbers for reviews under the main image.
-The issue number, date and website are in the top right corner.

Feature Analysis:
-The Feature is an article that spreads over a few pages and is an interview with Paramore.
-A double page is used for one picture to introduce the interview.
-The text is split into columns so that it is easier to read.
-There is also a section in which there is separate information on new member, Taylor York.

Big Cheese

  

Information:

-A monthly British magazine which specialises in alternative music which covers rock, punk and metal.

-It provides readers with band interviews, upcoming releases, music charts and photos.

Cover Page Analysis:
-It uses the band's own font as to promote them.
-The band are all wearing the same jacket and similar clothing to show that they are all part of the same group.
-There is a list of artists down the side of the cover to make people who like those bands read it.
-The barcode is not in the place that it usually is on other magazines.
-The readers are also enticed by a free CD although it is not stated what the CD is so people might be curious to see what it is.

Contents Page Analysis:
-The text on the contents page is in only one column but the main title of each page is in a different colour to make it stand out from the description of it.
-The text is surrounded my images of some of the features included in the magazine.
-The house style is continues as the font of the contents title is the same as the name of the magazine on the cover. The colours are also continued - Red, white and black.

Feature Analysis:
-The feature is 6 things that the magazine recommend are worth doing in the current month.
-The house style is slightly altered as the colours orange and yellow is introduced, but as the colours on the other pages are red, this still fits in with the 'hot' theme.
-For each of the recommended things, there is a picture that helps to tie down the text.

Kerrang!

Information:
-A weekly British magazine that focuses on the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and other heavy rock groups.
-The name is onomatopoeic as it is supposed to sound the way an electric guitar does when a power chord is played.

Cover Page Analysis:
-The main image is of Jared Leto, the front man of 30 Seconds To Mars.
-There is a house style of red and black which is shown through the text and the clothing that he is wearing.
-There are pictures of the other bands featured in the magazine to get people to read it if they like them.
-The anchorage "I could be your worst enemy" and "Jared Leto's dark side exposed!" reflects the picture as he looks like he is up to something.

Contents Page Analysis:
-The contents page is very 'busy' with a lot of text and a few pictures. There is one main image which draws the readers attention to find out what that particular feature is.
-Like Big Cheese, the main feature names are a different colour to their descriptions.
-There is also a quote from a member of Metallica which tells the readers that the magazine means something to bands and might therefore make them want to read it more.
-The house style is altered from the cover page as there is no red on it, whereas on the cover, red is one of the predominant colours.

Feature Analysis:
-The feature is an article on My Chemical Romance.
-The pictures all share a similar colour scheme of sepia which makes them look like they belong to the same article.
-The pictures are of the group during performance which makes them look the way their fans like to see them.
-The house style of the magazine is continued as the text is red, black and white, as it is on the cover.

LIIAR INTERPRETATION OF THE BREIF

L

Cover Page Conventions:
-Masthead
-Anchorage (Text that ties down the meaning of images)
-Banner Headline (Across the cover)
-Direct Mode of Address (Calls audience 'You')
-House Style (Set of Fonts and colours used throughout)
-Synergy (Using the magazine to sell another product)
-Puff (Promotional advert for another service)
-Logo
-Slogan
-Issue Date/s
-Price

Contents Page Conventions:
-Page numbers
-Columns
-Images
-Continued House Style
-Features (Between 8 and 10 that the reader will be interested in)

Double Page Spread Conventions:
-Main Image
-Smalled Images
-Headline
-Page Number
-Column Layout
-Continued House Style

Camera Angles:
Cover Page:
-Depending on how the band is to be represented, the camera angle will alter eg. if the band was being portrayed to look powerful, the camera would be looking up at them to make them look bigger.
-A wide angle shot of the band would be the most effective because a mid shot shows them just as they are but in a wide angle shot, things can be added to mise-en-scene to represent the band.
Contents Page:
-A range of different camera techniques would look good on the contents page to add to the diversity of the magazine.
Double Page Spread:
-There should be a range of pictures of the actual band to let the reader know what they are reading.
-A range of different camera techniques would look good to add to the diversity of the magazine.

Colour Schemes:
-Every magazine should have colour schemes to keep it's housestyle constant.
-I think I may use the theme of red, white and blue in my magazine.

I

Publishers:
There are a few currently a few major magazine publishers that my magazine could be produced by. These are:

IPC Media:
-Based in the UK.
-Produces over 85 media brands.
-Sells over 350 million copies of it's magazines every year.
-Online brands get 20 million users a month.
-Produces magazine such as Look, Now, NME, Marie Claire and InStyle.

Bauer Media:
-Based in Hamburg, Germany.
-Operates in 15 countries worldwide.
-Publishes 252 magazines worldwide.
-Sells 38 million magazines a week worldwide.
-Publishes magazines such as Bella, Q and Kerrang!

Conde Nast:
-Main offices located in New York, Chicago, Miami, Madrid, Milan, Tokyo, London and Paris.
-Produces over 25 maagzines.
-Produces magazines such as Vogue, Glamour, GQ and Tatler.

Bauer media seems the most appropriate publisher to have my magazine published by as it is the only one who published major music magazines.

I

Every magazine should have a message/morals that needs to be portrayed in the planned way when deisgning and releasing the magazine. The way this is done depends on the genre of music they are trying to promote. eg. Heavy meatal music is not going to be portayed as appealing to pensioners (picture of them playing dominos or something) but in a way that influences fans to purchase it (in appropriate clothing etc.).

A

The target audience needs to be clearly addressed when selling a magazine. This can be done in the text, the pictures, the features and the advertisements.

Audiences are classified into different age categories. These are:

<15
15-24
24-35
35-55
55>

They are also classified into social groups. These are:

A - Higher manegerial, administrative or profesional.

B - Intermediate mangerial, administrative or professional.

C1 - Supervisory or clerical, junior manegerial, administrative or professional.

C2 - Semi skilled manual workers.

D - Semi skilled and unskilled manual workers.

E - Casual labourers, unemployed, state pensioners.

There are also groups that differ due to what they are driven by:

Groups driven by needs - survivors and sustainers.

Groups who are outerdirected - belongers, emulators and acheivers.

Groups who are inner-directed - i-am-me, experimentals, socially concious.

Groups who are outer and inner-directed - intergrated.

The target audience for my magazine will be for 15-24 year olds in the E or D category who are outer and inner-directed.

R

The artist/s on the cover of magazines need to be represented in a specific way to appeal to the target audience.

I plan to portray the artists in a positive way with some stereotypical apects to it to draw in the usual customer.

MUSIC MAGAZINE BRIEF

Produce the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, produced by you - minumum of four images.

Evaluation

Final Cover:

This is the final version of my college magazine cover.


I took the picture of my model in front of the orange wall in the Oak building and was originally going to get rid of the background and have a photo of something else (which was undecided), but instead I chose to leave the it as orange represents enthusiasm and excitement; attitudes that are both required to succeed in life.

I chose to have my model hold the folder in a way that allowed me to add anchorage so that i wasn't restrained to simply adding it around him.


I settled on the name 'Wyke Weekly' after considering which of my possible names sounded the best.

I decided to stick to one or two fonts as to create a house style that I could use throughout the magazine if I had to make the whole thing. I chose these particular fonts because, the 'main' font will appeal to teenagers/students as it looks a fairly 'young' font; the sub-font looks handwritten and therefore gives a look of personalisation to the cover.

It is not visible here, but there are actually two images on the cover. One of the wall with my model in front of it and another of the same picture but minus the wall. This was so I could adjust the wall contrast/lighting/etc without messing up the model's contrast/lighting/etc as I thought it already looked good as the picture was taken.

I decided to make the different subheadings slightly different sizes so that the biggest one 'Wyke At Work' catches the reader's attention and then allows them to see the other headings.

I kept some conventional aspects of magazine covers on my cover but not all of them as I felt some were unnecessary. A bar code, for example; I realised I did not need a bar code as the magazine would be free and therefore would not need to be bought. Looking at other magazines, I found that most choose to have their model in front of the masthead, but I chose not to do this as I thought it looked more effective and readable if the model was not in front of it. I did keep the issue number as I thought, if people wanted to keep the magazines, they would easily be able to keep them in order or find the one they wanted simply by looking at what issue number it is. I also kept on the web address so that people can go onto the website to find more information on the college and/or the magazine.

Final Contents:

This is the final version of my college magazine contents page.

I chose to stick to the fonts and colour schemes I had used on the cover to keep the house style constant but I added the red splatter and the different fonts on it to stand out and grab people's attention.

I have given information on what is in the magazine that was not mentioned on the cover and reinforced what was on the cover by informing the reader what page everything is on.

The panoramic picture at the bottom was originally 4 different pictures but by using Adobe Photoshop Elements, I made it look like one long shot of all three buildings. I put this picture in because all the other pictures I had used were of the interior and I thought there should be some diversity in what was shown. I also added a green filter over the top of it so that it looked more natural.

I added an orange filter on top of the other three pictures so that they looked warm and inviting. It draws the reader in and makes them feel relaxed.

Programmes/Websites Used

In order to complete my project, I had to use a range of programs and websites.

I used Adobe Photoshop to physically create the magazine. I found this simpler than I had done when I attempted to do my advert on it as I had practiced and therefore improved. While working on my project at home, I used Adobe Photoshop Elements as I do not possess the full version of it.

I used blogger.com to display my work as I progressed through the task.

I used my phone, a Samsung GS5600, to take the photographs as it has a good camera.

I used dafont.com to find the fonts I wanted to use.

I used google images to find the paint splat and Wyke college logo.

Discarded Images

I didn't use this picture because i had another that was similar that I liked more and so used that one instead.

I didn't use this picture because I had another of the library sign that looked better.

I didn't use this picture beacuse the camera is too far away from the model.

I didn't use this picture because the model is not smiling.

I didn't use this picture because the model is not looking at the camera.

I didn't use this picture because i don't like the angle I took it at and the sky is gloomy.

 I didn't use this picture because it is not a picture of anything in particular.

I didn't use this picture because I had other pictures I liked more than this one.

I didn't use this picture because I took a panoramic shot of all of the buildings and so did not need them individually.

I didn't use this picture because I took a panoramic shot of all of the buildings and so did not need them individually. And there were people in the way.

I didn't use this picture because I walk walking when I took it so it came out wavy.

I didn't use this picture because I walk walking when I took it so it came out wavy.

Overall Comments

I am very pleased with the way my cover and contents page turned out as I have never done anything like this before and found it really enjoyable. I also think it looks quite good and I am pleased with the results of my efforts.