double page spread

contents

front cover

evaluation qestion 7: what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from your perliminary task to the full product

i feel i have a much better understanding of how a magazine should look from my preliminary task. also i feel that i have a much better understanding of how to use Photoshop this time around i think my magazine looks much better this time. 

lastly i think i have learnt how to research and make media products well and will continue to get better at  it through the rest of my course

evaluation qestion 6: waht have you learnt about technologys from the process of construction this product

nickon camera:
through this process i have learnt how to properly focus and change settings on a camera to take proper pictures for example black and white filter, raising contrast ext....which allowed me to take quality pictures from all different angles

prezi; 
i learnt how to use prezi efficiently to make my presentations look more professional and so people and look through the information smoothly and quickly as you can see from my blog i have used prezi to my own advantage many times

Photoshop:
what i have learnt about Photoshop is how to efficiently edit photos like changing contrast and cropping . i have also learnt how to format and make things like magazines on Photoshop and can use it in the future to efficiently make things like posters

evaluation qestion 4 and 5:who would be the audince of your media product and how did you atract/adress your audience

the audience for my music magazine would be out going people who like watching live gigs and people who are interested in music and its history 
age: 
16-35

gender: 
both

life style choices/ hobbies:
musicians
outgoing
they like live music

demographic profile:
middle and lower class
17000-35000 a year
could be any job

description of my typical reader:
an out going person that likes to watch gigs, with a 9-5 job and ether single, has a partner or has kids

my magazine targeted my audience by : 
providing competitions to win gig tickets and opportunity to buy them and have an legends of the week segment to people can find out more about the genres history. there will also be a spread regarding new and unknown bands giving them a chance to become big and lastly will provide interviews, back story and all available news regarding the big bands

my magazine addressed my audience through the double page spread interview in naming Tracy Chapman and Laura marling and other big bands in the contents page band index. also through my models clothing  her clothing truly represented the indie genre

evaluation qeation 3:what kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

i think the media institution that would distribute my magazine is the bauer media group because they have a few very successful music magazines under their belt and are a very successful company and are experienced in dealing with music magazines . they would distribute my magazine because they dont have many music magazines and my music magazine will allow them have a more of a range when it comes to magazines and it will allow them to reach more of an audience

evaluation qestion 2: how does your media product represent a particullar social group

i think my magazine represents my particular social group through my model and the bands i mention through out the magazine my model represents my chosen social group through her clothing. her green jacket is in the same style as i describes in my indie music research, this style truly holds true to the original MOD style from the beginning of the indie genre.the bands i used in my band index, for the legend of the week and the bands i used for my main artists inspirations all hold true to the indie genre for example i used the Arctic Monkeys, Laura Marling, Tracy Chapman and many others. these examples represent the MODs and the new indie fans also and represents the indie genre very well

evaluation qestion 1: in what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real music magazines?

Mastehead:

in my magazine I used the one word msatehead which is very popular among successful magazines for example their is kerrang, NME, Q, VIBE and many more.....for my mastehead I used the title undiscovered with wrestlemaina font from dafont , this has a big impact on the reader because it catches their eye and tells them what the magazine is mainly about.for my mastehead i mainly followed the usual conventions of a magazine in the way a mastehead looks which is, at the top and the center of the page, big on the page and  have a eye catching font.
overall i tried to follow the main conventions used for a real magazines mastehead as they have been proven to be very popular among my target audience, this is shown by kerrang and NME in their popularity 

front cover:
 for my front cover i tried to go a traditional as possible, by traditional follow all the typical conventions of the typical music magazine cover, I did this because i wanted the front cover to be simple and not to chaotic and in all the magazines Ive researched all of them have the normal front cover a single picture with a few sell lines with maybe a feature specific to the magazine

contents page: 
i think my contents page challenges the conventions of a professional music magazine, for example i have slanted the contents title and have made it diagonal which you don't see in other magazines. i used this to add my own originality, i also used a band index which i have only seen in one other magazine and using it in my magazine will allow the reader to navigate my magazine with ease 

genres of music research

sell lines for music magazine

guitar of the week- 
I will use this to bring in musicians who are learning to play the guitar and to show case so of the best quality instruments for example i could use a Gretch White Falcon for the guitar of the week which will raise awareness of people when comes to guitars and how important the difference in quality is
look back(might change the title)-
this will be a story on a legend in the indie/rock industry. it will be a in depth make 4 page number over their progression through fame and time and a little back ground for the band and each member this is for people that are still interested in the band we now consider legendary like queen and the guns and roses. this will draw in both old and new fans of the genre looking to find out more about the best bands  
undiscovered-
this is to show new bands that have not had the chance to be in the lime light but have the potential to be an amazing talent this will draw new band to show case thier talent
ticket competions-
I will use this to get people interacting with the magazine and it allows people to see live music
sneak peak of next weeks issue-
to give the readers somting to look forward to maybe give the readers the next classic band that we are going to report on

double page spread examples

 

 

contents page analasis

color:
through-out the contents page the color is kept consistent to make it look structured. They used the red and black to bring out the dominant attitude comes with rock, which shows that NME are specificly targeting thier audience with thier color choice

pictures:
the main picture is a split between two showing that so much was going on in england which is amplifyed by the story under the main picture  which doucuments all the events going on for 5 nights. the pictures also show a contrast between two diffrent scenes or genres this is shown by the teo contrasting sides haveing diffrent looks and diffrent types of instruments for example on the left you have the typical mod band which electric guitars and wearing suits where as the people on the left are wearing casual clothes and are playing a trumpit and a melodica

structure:
 NME's structure is to have the main story in the middle with a picture and a brief write up on the story(this brings the main attension to the main story)and the rest of the storys on the right with a subheading above it(so people can find the type of story they are looking for better) and lastly on the left they have a band index showing what bands are on each page

kerrang case study

Case study kerrang:

• background and ownership:
• Kerrang! started on 6 June 1981 and was edited by Geoff Barton, initially as a one-time thing in the Sounds newspaper, which focused on the New Wave of British Heavy Metal which showered the nation and on the rise of other hard rock acts. Angus Young of AC/DC appeared on Kerrang!'s first cover. Launched as a monthly magazine, Kerrang! began to appear on a 2 weekly basis later, and in 1987 it went weekly. The original owner was United Newspapers who then sold it to EMAP in 1991.
• style/layout/mode of address:
• kerrangs cover style is chaotic and colourful to represent the genre they are showcaseing as rock is known to be more chaotic. evan with a chaotic style they genrally go for stories in a vertical line on the left side by sometimes use both
• content and approach to music:
• thier content contains storys on bands personal lifes and shows a side of them that you would not see on stage and they also document the status of rocks sub genres like punk rock and hevey metal and lastly they promote some concerts
promoting the industry and other products

kerrang promote only rock and all its subgenres and dose not present other genres

marking update

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