Media Studies...

The planning for my magazine.

2009-05-07T08:30:00.006+01:00

The right side of my double page spread...

The left side of my double page spread ...

Contents page ...

Front cover page...

Evaluation.

2009-01-16T20:04:00.003Z

EVALUATION

For my media coursework I produced a music magazine which was for the Hip Hop genre.
My music magazine ‘Demand’ uses forms and conventions of the hip hop magazine named ‘Hip Hop’ such as: ‘Demand’ follows the conventions of the ‘Hip Hop’ magazine by using the same font colours – black, white and red, which are quite dominant colours. The font colours are also used throughout the whole of my magazine. On the my cover page of my magazine, the strap lines are also aliened to the sides and stacked neatly with the artists with the shortest name making it’s way to the artist with the longest name. I got this idea of the strap line layout from the magazine ‘Hip Hop’ which uses this convention. I kept the strap lines away from the middle of the page and more towards the sides of it so the audience can have more of a clear view of the main image, and so that the writing was not blocking it, also it shows the image is very important and big
The masthead on my magazine is behind my main image’s head – this shows that the magazine is well known to the public eye so it’s not that important for the masthead to be shown fully to the audience. The barcode is also placed towards the bottom of the page in the bottom right hand corner as it’s not that important to the reader so placing it away in the corner shows that there’s no importance to it.
The contents page of my magazine also follows the forms and conventions of ‘Hip Hop’ magazine as the main image is blown up to cover the whole of the page and the writing is aliened to one side so again, it doesn’t cover the main image. It also follows the conventions of the font usage as I have used the font ‘Ariel’ and have made the headlines of the important storylines stand out which will attract the audiences eye more closely.
The type of images that I have used for my magazine say a lot about what the magazine will be about. For example; for my front cover I used a long shot where we can see the artist standing and posing which shows that the magazine is introducing a new artist. The contents page has an image of the artist quite close to the camera with a medium shot – this shows that the magazine is getting closer to reveal more about the new upcoming artist. Finally, on the double page spread there’s an image on the left hand side of the page which is a long shot image which shows what the artist is wearing (A suit) which shows his more sophisticated even though he’s in the Hip Hop genre of music. On the right and side of the page there’s an up close image of his face which shows that the magazine got close and personal with him during the interview.
My media product presents teenagers and young adults who enjoy the Hip Hop genre of music. My magazine is aimed towards the teenagers who enjoy listening to Hip Hop and want to keep up with the latest gossip and new songs. As it’s aimed towards teenagers, there’s not much writing in there – it’s short and straight to the point, this is because teenagers don’t tend to read pages and pages of articles so it’s unique as there’s not so much writing.
The media institution that may distribute my media product would be distributors such as the ones who distribute the magazine ‘Hip Hop’ or ‘The Source’ as they are also Hip Hop genre music magazines and they also make magazines for the younger audience who enjoy getting informed about the
Hip Hop culture regularly. Another institution would be ‘Bauer publishing’ this is because they also cater magazines for teenagers above the age 16 years.
The target audience for my media product would be mainly boys who are above the age of 16years and have a passion for hip hop music. Also it’s targeted towards people who live mainly in the urban areas – this is because it’s easier for them to buy a copy of the magazine at their local shop whereas if they lived in the rural areas it would be hard for them.
I attracted my audience by using masculine colours – black, white and red – and having other well known hip hop artists on the front cover in the strap lines – this would help identify the audience to what sort of music magazine genre it is. Another way I attracted my audience was throughout the font that I have used, I made some statements bold which attracts the audiences eye and gets them more interested in the article.
During the process of constructing my magazine, I learnt that making magazines is done best if you do it in either ‘Photoshop’ or ‘Publisher’. This is due to you can edit the images in anyway you like, you can add more stuff to the image or you can draw boxes over it. However, making a magazine on ‘Photoshop’ or ‘publisher’ everything that you want on the front cover should be carefully planned and must assure that you follow through the plan as if you make a mistake, it could mess everything up. I didn’t use much of the effects on ‘Photoshop’ as I thought less is more and it looks more real.
Looking back at my preliminary task, I have learnt that having less on the page is more. You should never have too many things on the page as it may look a bit too busy and unorganised. I’ve also learnt that the way the person stands/looks in the images is very important as that also sends out a message to the audiences.

My FiNAL work..!!

2008-12-18T10:31:00.006Z

What I've done so far..

2008-12-10T09:29:00.004Z

Since I have started my media magazine project I have been on task with everything.

The schedule that I planned out; I've been following through and I'm on top of what I need to do and when to do it by.

I have completed my front cover page which took me around 2days to complete, the main problem I had doing that was getting my Masthead behind my image's head. I finally done it in Photoshop which took me a while to get hang of.

I've also completed my contents page. The image that I've used there is to do with what the magazine's months issue is to do with. (The exclusive Interview about Robin Paul)

Right now, I'm doing my double page spread. One of my pages in my double page is going to be just an image of my artist that I'm talking about. The other page will have my text on there and another image of my artist above the text.

My work so far..

2008-12-08T14:56:00.007Z

This is my front cover for my magazine, majority of it is still done, however I think that it's quite empty at the bottom left of the page so I'm two minds whether I should add anything to it or shall I just leave it empty..

This is my contents page which I just done in todays lesson, I think it is quite well done as it follows majority of a HipHop magazine layout. The main image which I have used as the background is an image which is based around the main topic of this months issue - "the exclusive interview with Robin Paul."

My Front Page.. (So far)

2008-12-03T09:20:00.002Z

This is the start of my front page..

My magazine is called 'Demand' and I had to make the title of my magazine go behind my images head. To do this, I had to use Photoshop.

I had to lasso my images head and copy it and paste it in a new layer which allowed me to position the text behind his head ..

Now I can carry on designing my front cover =D

Schedule for my media project.

2008-12-01T14:02:00.004Z

Week 1: (1-5th Dec)

To make sure that all planning is completed.

To make sure all pictures have been taken.

Edit the pictures if needed.

Begin the work on my magazine.

Week 2: (7-12thDec)

To start my work on my FRONT PAGE.

To start my work on CONTENT PAGE.

To start my work on DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD.

Week 3: (15-19th Dec)

Make sure all work is completed.
Make any alterations are made if needed.
Hand in my work for the 19th Dec.

Production Task - Research analysis - Double Page Spreads

2008-11-10T14:20:00.006Z

This double page spread is spilt up into 6 columns - this shows the layout follows the conventions of a typical magazine layout. The top part of the pages have all written text and at the bottom the audience we the image of the artist they have written about. We can tell this magazine is meant for teenagers around the age of 16+ as they talk about artists who use explicit lyrics containing swear words/offensive language. The magazine looks as if it's mainly targetted towards the male audience as it's to do with Hip Hop/Rap music which mainly appeals to the men. The colours they also use in this magazine double page spread are masucline as they use Black and White which are quite dull and not feminie at all, however the use of the colour Red brings the page alive so it is not too dull or boring, the use of the red font helps to attract the audiences eye. Some of the text have been boxed around, which also catches the audiences eye and makes them read the text.

Production Task - Research analysis - Double Page Spreads

2008-11-10T14:18:00.006Z

This is a double page spread for a rock magazine. This fits into the whole rock genre as the layout isn't really neat. It's more messy and jagged around the edges and the pictures are all layed out on one another this shows how it is also appealing towards the younger audience as teenagers are quite messy. The colours that have been used (White, black and red) are quite masculine colours so therefore it appeals towards the male audience.

There also isn't much text in this double page spread as teenagers don't really like to read as much so that's another way we know it's targetted towards the younger ones.

Production Task - Research analysis - Contents Page

2008-11-07T12:18:00.005Z

The layout of this contents page is spilt up into 3 columns.
The colours, red, white and black, appeal towards the male audience. The contents page focus on Hip Hop/ Rap music and the layout is completely different to any other genre music magazine. The text is all alined neatly towards the right hand side of the page whilst the image is blown up to cover the whole page, but it is covering more towards the left so it doesn't go over the writing.

Production Task - Research analysis - Contents Page

2008-11-07T12:14:00.007Z

This is a contents page for a rock music magazine Kerrang! It's spilt into 3 different columns. The layout is following the theme of the magazine as it follows the same colours as the front cover did. The bright colours such as yellow suggest it is for a younger male audience. The capital letters also suggest that it's targetted towards the male audience.

The images used on this page falls into the convention of the genre of the magazine. Not everything is neat and tidy it's sort of jagged which falls into the whole Punk Rock genre.

Production Task - Research analysis - Front page

2008-11-06T10:06:00.003Z

This is a magazine front cover I have analysed.

The genre of this music magazine is Hip hop/ Rap. Many of the artists in the magazine are American.

The colours that are used are mainly masculine colours. The bold language and capital letters of the Masthead/Kicker also show a masculine style which is all aimed towards a male audience.

The masthead is slightly covered by the main image of The Game, this shows that the music magazine is quite popular and well known to have the title slightly covered up.

The language that is used by the source is very easy as it's simple to read and gets straight to the point. This is due to because it's main target audience is young males/ teenagers.

The layout of the magazine is quite basic as the text is neatly in line with each other and the front cover is not too jam packed or overly busy.

Production Task - Research analysis - Front page

2008-11-05T09:02:00.004Z

This is a magazine front cover that I have analysed.

The genre for this magazine is alternative as it contains all sorts of different music genres such as Pop/Rock/Etc..

The layout consists of 4 main colours such as; yellow, red, white and brown.

Preminliary task final - re done...again

2008-10-24T12:21:00.001+01:00

I made a few changes to my final preminliary task..again.. I made the masthead more centre based and the side headings more equal to one another and I also made sure I used the same font for each side heading.

Preliminary Task Final - Re done

2008-10-23T10:08:00.003+01:00

I re done my preliminary task because I forgot to add a medium close up shot on the page. So then I added another picture at the bottom which is a medium close up. I also changed the masthead of the newspaper as I had used WordArt on publisher before but Ms.L told me to change it and use Text as it looks much better.

My Preminliary Task.. Final

2008-10-22T09:20:00.003+01:00

This is my final Preminliary task. I decided to make a few changes since my last post, the picture I chose I had edited it by making it have less contrast. I also chose the colours navy blue and yellow to represent the school.

My Preliminary Task...

2008-10-16T10:23:00.003+01:00

This is not my completed version.

This is how far I have gotten with my preliminary task. I need to add more sub headings to it and maybe change the colour of the writing as some of it is hard to read.

My First Magazine front cover

2008-10-06T14:50:00.001+01:00

This is my first attempt at making a magazine front cover.I think I done a pretty good job for a first time.. Well, maybe not that good but i'm sure I'll get there in time, but I must say.. I'm happy with the image that I chose.. :)

My first blog

2008-10-02T10:40:00.000+01:00

Today is the first time I have ever made a blog..

I have no idea what I'm supposed to write about ..

But yeah, welcome to my blog = )