Final Front cover:
Wednesday 15 February 2012
FINAL FRONT COVER's
Final Front cover:
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Double page spread - Planning
The layout breaks into conventions – photograph on the left – text on the right hand side. The reader tends to naturally look at the right hand side first. The image does all the work, therefore it is more important what the image looks like, rather then the content of the text.
By the image being so big, makes us think we have less too read, therefore we read the article because it won’t take up much of our time. Also the image will attract fans of Florence and the Machine.
The ‘got the love’ is previously one of Florence and the Machines songs; italic writing tells us what type of person she is; very glamorous and sophisticated also very stylish.
The font of this article is quite small, so it looks less writing and more fits on the page, this is a good technique to draw your readers into thinking there is not as much to read, and by the writing being black makes it look more professional. If the text was in the same font to the title, then this would have less effect on the full page and make it look overly done, and it would not make the title stand out as much.
Why is the first letter always in bold ‘D?’ – This is to make the article stand out and to show it is the beginning of the article.
The colours are very sophisticated; red, black and white go very well together and by only the stand she is sitting on being red makes her and the rest of the article stand out more, it contrasts against the black and the whites – also making her hair stand out too.
The red and white also links to the USA flag.
How is the artist presented to the audience through images?
This artist is presented to be a confident young lady, we know this from the clothes she is wearing, we assume she is a good enough singer as she has got herself an article in this magazine.
This image could attract either male or female attention; women more for the looks and the wanting to look like her. More on the males for liking her image and maybe having a small crush.
Do you need any knowledge about this band to want to read this article?
No nessiarly as people learn new things when reading through a magazine and finding out what she does and who she is, the point of this article is to attract more fans and become more reconisged. which comes down to the image again - we need to be drawn in.
How is the artist presented to the audience through images?
This artist is presented to be a confident young lady, we know this from the clothes she is wearing, we assume she is a good enough singer as she has got herself an article in this magazine.
This image could attract either male or female attention; women more for the looks and the wanting to look like her. More on the males for liking her image and maybe having a small crush.
Do you need any knowledge about this band to want to read this article?
No nessiarly as people learn new things when reading through a magazine and finding out what she does and who she is, the point of this article is to attract more fans and become more reconisged. which comes down to the image again - we need to be drawn in.
This is not my genre however I wanted to look at different types on contents pages and the different ways in how they are presented, not depending on what the content is about.
This is a double page spread taken from the magazine 'Kerrang' Kerrang is a popular selling magazine which is released once every 2 weeks.
The band suggests allot about what target audience this is aimed at. My Chemical Romance is what the double page spread is about, showing him attracts their fans; I think the target audience are the people wanting to know more about this band.
Layout again is - imagine on the left, text on the right as well as more images across the bottom right.
The colour seam is again Red, white and black. However the colours are completely different in how each article is viewed. In comparison 'Florence and the Machine' she is made to be sexy and glamour, however this article of MCR is not... This is because the amount of colour used. The majority of this article is black therefore we know it’s more down and gloom, whereas she is dressed in black to stand out from her background. The only thing stands out on this background is the title. This tells us the title is used to draw in the reader’s attention without making the band seem 'not themselves' after looking at what the article is about we then notice the images.
In both articles the image is taking up both A4 sides, with minimal writing.
By making the font bigger has made this double-page spread really stand out a lot better. Keeping the colours consistent throughout the article really has a positive effect of making it look really professional.
Final Double cover:
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First attempt at drafting.
Final Double cover:
Thursday 9 February 2012
To do list.
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Conventions of a front cover
Conventions of a double page spread
Conventions of a contents page
LIIAR analysis
Take more pictures.
Conventions of a front cover
Conventions of a double page spread
Conventions of a contents page
LIIAR analysis
Take more pictures.
Monday 6 February 2012
The LIIAR analysis of my Brief:
Language:
Masthead: big enough to understand, left third. Short and snappy 'XXL'
Colours used; Red, black and white. Very professional colours. I think too many colours would make it look UN professional and maybe a little bit childish.
Image: 50 Cent & Soulja Boy. Photograph is very good, shows the seriousness of the issue. Making eye contact with the audience, and by this being the only image on the magazine shows they are the main subject of the magazine, I think they may have done this to show the main content of the magazine is based around them or a topic similar.
We can instantly tell what genre this magazine is. I doubt many rock/punk fans will be interested in this magazine; Rap, Hip-Hop.
By the two guys on the image been either topless or wearing a vest, shows what target audience and what image they are trying to create. Most teenagers want to look like their idols, therefore their image is very important. They want to buy this to because they like the way they look, and some may try to look like these themselves, making them feel and look more attractive. Including the tattoo's and the 'bling' adds to the target audience section of this magazine.
There isn't much going on this magazine.
Bar code, price, and date all on the Bar code.
The caption I am assuming will be '50 Cent and Soulja Boy' - 'A HATER'S WORST NIGHTMARE'
Their is no banner headline.
No cover lines.
No Skyline..
No headline..
Layout is very basic, and I would not buy this magazine, it is too boring and doesn't seem to include any basic information as too what the magazine is about or includes.
There is no splash..
They could add a flash maybe to make it look like there is something worth looking at for example 'free posters' a competition to be entered for something along those lines. - More information on what is inside of the magazine. A teaser to make us want to pick us the magazine and maybe have a cheeky glimpse to see what it is about.
The audience for this music magazine is not very clear as to who it may be aimed at, however 50 Cent and Soulja Boy are involved in chart, rap, hip hop music therefore will be based around the younger generation - additionally, the images on the magazine are young rappers themselves. I also know the lyrics are not really for a younger age group therefore the target audience for this magazine would be around 14+ no older then 28.
Ideology:
The ideology of this magazine doesn't quite fit mine. Doesn't really show the importance of music. I think the aim of this magazine is to
Language:
- Masthead - catchy title to been shown at the top of the magazine.
- A mid shot photograph, which also links to the Masthead ^
- 2 - 3 different colours which connote the Music Magazine.
- price and bar code, bottom right.
- Flash's advertising free prices and competitions
- Left third scheme
- Anchorage
Institution:
- Don't really know where I could publish it, but I could pretend I am publishing it for a publisher, who also bases their ideas around music.
Ideology:
- My magazines aim to show people the importance of music. How it inspires our life and how every song has a meaning, and a lot of thought, emotion and feeling, which has gone into just one song (From the artist/artists) to try and relate it to how people are feeling at that present moment. <3
Audience:
- My target audience hasn't been decided yet, but will become more clear when planning. (From teenagers to early adult hood) 13+
Representation:
- Everyone has different types in music, some mixed genres, some fixed on certain music groups and genres. Everyone is different. However, I'm going to make my magazine to be how I would like it to be. Something that would attract my attention and have an affect on my beliefs in music and who I think it is important to. I will also include a target audience because I wont be the only one it's based on. It'll be based on people who like the genre.
2010
J. Cole
- Pill
- Nipsey Hussle
- Wiz Khalifa
- OJ da Juiceman
- Freddie Gibbs
- Big Sean
- Jay Rock
- Fashawn
- Donnis
- Meek Mill
- Big K.R.I.T.
- Cyhi Da Prynce
- Lil Twist
- Yelawolf
- Mac Miller
- YG
- Lil B
- Kendrick Lamar
- Diggy Simmons
Masthead: big enough to understand, left third. Short and snappy 'XXL'
Colours used; Red, black and white. Very professional colours. I think too many colours would make it look UN professional and maybe a little bit childish.
Image: 50 Cent & Soulja Boy. Photograph is very good, shows the seriousness of the issue. Making eye contact with the audience, and by this being the only image on the magazine shows they are the main subject of the magazine, I think they may have done this to show the main content of the magazine is based around them or a topic similar.
We can instantly tell what genre this magazine is. I doubt many rock/punk fans will be interested in this magazine; Rap, Hip-Hop.
By the two guys on the image been either topless or wearing a vest, shows what target audience and what image they are trying to create. Most teenagers want to look like their idols, therefore their image is very important. They want to buy this to because they like the way they look, and some may try to look like these themselves, making them feel and look more attractive. Including the tattoo's and the 'bling' adds to the target audience section of this magazine.
There isn't much going on this magazine.
Bar code, price, and date all on the Bar code.
The caption I am assuming will be '50 Cent and Soulja Boy' - 'A HATER'S WORST NIGHTMARE'
Their is no banner headline.
No cover lines.
No Skyline..
No headline..
Layout is very basic, and I would not buy this magazine, it is too boring and doesn't seem to include any basic information as too what the magazine is about or includes.
There is no splash..
They could add a flash maybe to make it look like there is something worth looking at for example 'free posters' a competition to be entered for something along those lines. - More information on what is inside of the magazine. A teaser to make us want to pick us the magazine and maybe have a cheeky glimpse to see what it is about.
The audience for this music magazine is not very clear as to who it may be aimed at, however 50 Cent and Soulja Boy are involved in chart, rap, hip hop music therefore will be based around the younger generation - additionally, the images on the magazine are young rappers themselves. I also know the lyrics are not really for a younger age group therefore the target audience for this magazine would be around 14+ no older then 28.
Ideology:
The ideology of this magazine doesn't quite fit mine. Doesn't really show the importance of music. I think the aim of this magazine is to
Front cover drafts
This is basically my offical draft. This will be the layout and colours used on my final piece, all I need to do now is edit my final photograph and fit the picture into my front cover! The red and black make it look alot more professional, rather then doing loads of different colours, making it look abit childish.
I really love this magazine cover! I love the fact it's overcrowding and filled with loads of information. I think this really helps when people want to buy it because it seems like your getting your money's worth.
Feedback
* Do photo-shop again a bit better
* Place image more in the middle
* Cut down headings to shorter words
* 'free posters' above the mast head
* Put date and price on bar code
* write PETE across The image
* Underneath write 'how did he do it?'
* Above 'Pete number 1 again'
* Get rid of the top tops to stay fit
* Keep the red and black
* Change headline font
* two photographs near masthead
Different fonts for my magazine & planning.
Relating back to my target audience, I thought because my target audience is age 14-26. There use language such as ‘slang’ therefore I wanted to create a magazine title which they would understand better. ‘MUSIC4LIF3’
I blured this example, however it didnt look like it went very well. I'm going to use this in my first draft and work on what needs improving from there.
Thought this writing was ‘cool’ however it does look a bit childish and unprofessional. However love the colour purple.
Connationtions of the colour PURPLE: (All underlined ones are the ones relevant)
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Contents page, research & planning and draft
There are two contents pages I got of the Internet (google images) to help me have a better idea of how they can be layed out. Their are so many different contents pages, there isn't actually a pacific way to design them. Therefore I'm going to design it my own way. These gave me a few ideas.
This example of a contents page went wrong. After feedback tells me it has nothing to do with my genre and looks very childish. I just decided to have a play about and see how the software worked etc.
Contents page: hand drawn draft.
Contents page: hand drawn draft.
Looking at examples on the Internet and previous magazine such as
NME, KERRANG, XXL. I took a few ideas I liked and decided to do my own.
Contents page: hand drawn draft.
For my contents page I will show the artists which are featuring in the magazine. Like most music magazine do so, and what pages they will be featured on, which is similar to the contents page about, I find this really effective because it gives us a good brief of what we are going to be reading. If we don't like the bands/singers featuring in the magazine, then we will not read it - simple. It also allows you to search for the ones you do like and be able to cut the magazine to read about them. The rest of the contents page will consist in whats actually in the magazine, for example; life stories; number one singles; tours in their area (UK); singer's life stories and main stories which are featured on the front cover, as well as images relating to the main image from the front cover.
My Draft Contents page:
Templates
Making and designing different magazine templates helped me understand where everything goes and why on a magazine. By making more then one helped me alot, because at first I decided to just do as many as possible just so it looked like I did a few ideas, simply because I thought I 100% knew what was going to do, but then I ended up using these and examples as help for my final template which was completely different to what I had in mind... I then knew where and what I wanted to put in certain places for my final Music Magazine.
Target Audience, Price.
Taget Audience & Price (Prezi)
Which tells me: All photogrpahs on magazine front covers need to be appealing. Otherwise no one will buy them, simply because the person on the front cover is not appealing...(horrible but true!)
This is a mood board I have made to give me a grasp and ideas of how my music magazine will eventually look, and get a feel of what I need to include to be able to make it look as professional as these. Also help me develop some ideas by comparing my magazine to these and see if they are similar and fit in with my genre. The genre is very important in my magazine; these represent hip/hop, rap, chart music.
These also relate to my target audience. 16-24, simply because the music and singers are all targeted at young teenagers, and are represented as idols for people this age, who feel like they need to look like this and dream of looking like this.
Which tells me: All photogrpahs on magazine front covers need to be appealing. Otherwise no one will buy them, simply because the person on the front cover is not appealing...(horrible but true!)
Research into my genre & LIIAR Analysis
These magazine covers i choose of Google images. I choose the 6 I personally like the best and would like to base them on my genre. to give a better understanding of my music type I have linked a youtube video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Gf4-eT3w0&ob=av2e
LIIAR Analysis:
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