Thursday, 24 November 2011
Thursday, 10 November 2011
AS Media Studies - Music Magazine
The LIIAR analysis of my Brief:
Brief.
Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of the new multi magazine.
All images and text used must be original, produced by me - minimum of four images.
Language:
Short Snappy masthead: Music*Stars*Style Magazine:
(image front page)
Colors: Pink, Black, Yellow.
If many more colours were used, the magazine cover would look abit TOO colourful.
Connertations of the colours:
Pink: Positive and warm colour, a non-threaterning colour, also known as the 'TLC' colour- Tending loving care. unconditional and romantic love, compassion and understanding, nurturing, romance, warmth, hope, calming, sweetness, naiveté, feminine and intuitive energy.
Here are some ideas and genres on what I would like my 'Music Magazine' to will be like:
Personally I think these magazine covers are amazing.
When planning my front cover I will sure use these as inspiration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Gf4-eT3w0&ob=av2e - example of the genre of music my magazine will be about.
Brief.
Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of the new multi magazine.
All images and text used must be original, produced by me - minimum of four images.
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 prizes 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'l be based on people who like the genre.
Short Snappy masthead: Music*Stars*Style Magazine:
(image front page)
- The main image (full page) must be an MCU (face and shoulders only) and the subjects face must be able to be clearly seen, and make eye contact with the audience.
The main image: is a mid close up or Dannii Minogue. Making eye-contact with the audience, however there is many other images just as big on the front page, making her less outstanding. I think they may have done this because its a multi magazine of many different things (music, celebrities and fashion) therefore they need to have a wider range of contents involved in the magazine on the cover.Colors: Pink, Black, Yellow.
If many more colours were used, the magazine cover would look abit TOO colourful.
Connertations of the colours:
Pink: Positive and warm colour, a non-threaterning colour, also known as the 'TLC' colour- Tending loving care. unconditional and romantic love, compassion and understanding, nurturing, romance, warmth, hope, calming, sweetness, naiveté, feminine and intuitive energy.
Here are some ideas and genres on what I would like my 'Music Magazine' to will be like:
Personally I think these magazine covers are amazing.
When planning my front cover I will sure use these as inspiration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Gf4-eT3w0&ob=av2e - example of the genre of music my magazine will be about.
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Evaluation
Magazine Evaluation ‘Wyke’
First stage in creating my College magazine was to identify the LIIAR. This stands for Language, Ideology, Institution, Audience and Representation. This helped us understand what thought and effort is put into the cover to make the Cover of a magazine really effective so it would appeal to its Target Audience.
My college magazine cover is a lot similar to other college magazines/magazines; I used similar conventions when making my magazine. This includes; Masthead – I wanted to make my mast head not to formal because I thought about my target audience Therefore I used the some slang. ‘The Wyke mag’ short for magazine name because of my target audience; barcode – on nearly all magazine the barcode is placed on the bottom corner, right hand side so it want hard knowing where to put it, this will be easily recognisable when scanning; left third – the reason for a left third is because when magazine I’ve stacked they always show the let third of the magazine, so we then put important advertising things in that part of the magazine. Such as topics involved in the magazine which will catch attention for people looking at the magazines. Flashes are normally on magazine covers, as something used to stand out as one of the main things on the magazine cover. On mine I used one to illustrate the price, and one to attract the audience to buy it ‘Fall Out Boy free tickets’ The Splash is used on ALL magazine covers, on mine the main splash was to make the full back ground look interesting, and because it’s a college magazine. A Photograph of the college is essential.
The publisher of my magazine, would have to be the College itself as it wouldn’t need or appeal to anyone else out of college, and will be able to be shown to everyone in that college.
Because its been published by the college they will trust it more, and would believe it would help them more if they buy it, because the Flash (fall out boy) involves a ticket in side which needs to be cut out. Students who would like the chance to win, would have to cut it out. (after purchasing it)
The message behind my magazine was to support my choice of college ‘Wyke magazine’ and by buying it made people think that it would support their own college too. By reading the magazine people would understand more about the college and what it involved. By using the Wyke college as a background, showed everyone how modern the college was, which I thought was a great idea.
Makes parents know by the look (first instants) they are sending their child to the right college.
My target audience for the magazine was easy because it was based on college students, and the majority of college students are between the ages of 16-19. Been in that age rage myself made it a lot easier for me to know what the students would be interested it and how I could promote this well.
Throughout the making of my magazine I constantly kept in mind who my target audience was, so I didn’t slip onto thinking about how I want it to look, because it appeals to more then just me.
Been at Wyke college I see there are a lot of people who are vert indivuial and the majority of people there listen to there own types of music and are not bothered what other people think. Which is a big step up from school life. Therefore I used the band Fall Out Boy as a prize.
I kept in mind the price, because myself and I know a lot of my friends wouldn’t pay a lot of money for a college magazine they would only read once. Especially how we only have little amount of money ourselves as we don’t have work (most of us) and would wanting to be spending it on things better then a college magazine.
I tried to achieve it to the best of my ability, but I’m not very good at Photoshop but I used notes from previous lessons o guide me through it best as possible. I don’t think I achieved what I wanted very well, but I now know that if I work harder on trying to do it better for the next time. I will learn from my mistakes and achieve my best.
The representation wasn’t biased at all to any people because I tried to keep it simple. I used the background from the school which wouldn’t effect anyone and a person doing his work, which is very simple and catching, and was very relevant to the magazine and other social groups, so in this case I think I did rather well.
First stage in creating my College magazine was to identify the LIIAR. This stands for Language, Ideology, Institution, Audience and Representation. This helped us understand what thought and effort is put into the cover to make the Cover of a magazine really effective so it would appeal to its Target Audience.
My college magazine cover is a lot similar to other college magazines/magazines; I used similar conventions when making my magazine. This includes; Masthead – I wanted to make my mast head not to formal because I thought about my target audience Therefore I used the some slang. ‘The Wyke mag’ short for magazine name because of my target audience; barcode – on nearly all magazine the barcode is placed on the bottom corner, right hand side so it want hard knowing where to put it, this will be easily recognisable when scanning; left third – the reason for a left third is because when magazine I’ve stacked they always show the let third of the magazine, so we then put important advertising things in that part of the magazine. Such as topics involved in the magazine which will catch attention for people looking at the magazines. Flashes are normally on magazine covers, as something used to stand out as one of the main things on the magazine cover. On mine I used one to illustrate the price, and one to attract the audience to buy it ‘Fall Out Boy free tickets’ The Splash is used on ALL magazine covers, on mine the main splash was to make the full back ground look interesting, and because it’s a college magazine. A Photograph of the college is essential.
The publisher of my magazine, would have to be the College itself as it wouldn’t need or appeal to anyone else out of college, and will be able to be shown to everyone in that college.
Because its been published by the college they will trust it more, and would believe it would help them more if they buy it, because the Flash (fall out boy) involves a ticket in side which needs to be cut out. Students who would like the chance to win, would have to cut it out. (after purchasing it)
The message behind my magazine was to support my choice of college ‘Wyke magazine’ and by buying it made people think that it would support their own college too. By reading the magazine people would understand more about the college and what it involved. By using the Wyke college as a background, showed everyone how modern the college was, which I thought was a great idea.
Makes parents know by the look (first instants) they are sending their child to the right college.
My target audience for the magazine was easy because it was based on college students, and the majority of college students are between the ages of 16-19. Been in that age rage myself made it a lot easier for me to know what the students would be interested it and how I could promote this well.
Throughout the making of my magazine I constantly kept in mind who my target audience was, so I didn’t slip onto thinking about how I want it to look, because it appeals to more then just me.
Been at Wyke college I see there are a lot of people who are vert indivuial and the majority of people there listen to there own types of music and are not bothered what other people think. Which is a big step up from school life. Therefore I used the band Fall Out Boy as a prize.
I kept in mind the price, because myself and I know a lot of my friends wouldn’t pay a lot of money for a college magazine they would only read once. Especially how we only have little amount of money ourselves as we don’t have work (most of us) and would wanting to be spending it on things better then a college magazine.
I tried to achieve it to the best of my ability, but I’m not very good at Photoshop but I used notes from previous lessons o guide me through it best as possible. I don’t think I achieved what I wanted very well, but I now know that if I work harder on trying to do it better for the next time. I will learn from my mistakes and achieve my best.
The representation wasn’t biased at all to any people because I tried to keep it simple. I used the background from the school which wouldn’t effect anyone and a person doing his work, which is very simple and catching, and was very relevant to the magazine and other social groups, so in this case I think I did rather well.
Feedback on my magazine
Do you think the price is reasonable?
12 said Yes. 9 said No.
because so many people said no, this means the magazine really does have to be cheap because £1 isnt that much.
Fall out boy a good band to make a Flash of?
5 said YES! 7 said 'wouldn't mind if it was free' 2 said 'no'
My product could be sold in a street market?
12 said no
Colours used appropriate?
6 yes 3 suppose
background a good part of the college to use
12 yes, 1 no
Inital ideas.
Inital Ideas
Firstly i was going to do a medium close shot of a person wearing a Wyke Btec sports hoody smiley to show she was a Wyke student happy to be at Wyke in front of the Wyke building, holding her books/folders. I didn't take very many pictures and i didn't have time to find anyone from P.e and because i didn't know any of them, i choose to change my ideas to taking photographs of students doing work. Having someone sad on the front page will not want to make anyone buy the magazine, because it doesn't make anyone happy? or happy to read it and also think, well she isn't happy to be at Wyke...?
Also using the colours related to the College (purple)
using bright colours will make the magazine more happy! but each colour always has a connertation.
I used funky looking font to make the magazine less formal and appeal to its target audience alot more. There's nothing worse then buying a boring formal college magazine. We want abit of slang in there which is why i choose to call my magazine 'The Wyke mag'
Firstly i was going to do a medium close shot of a person wearing a Wyke Btec sports hoody smiley to show she was a Wyke student happy to be at Wyke in front of the Wyke building, holding her books/folders. I didn't take very many pictures and i didn't have time to find anyone from P.e and because i didn't know any of them, i choose to change my ideas to taking photographs of students doing work. Having someone sad on the front page will not want to make anyone buy the magazine, because it doesn't make anyone happy? or happy to read it and also think, well she isn't happy to be at Wyke...?
Also using the colours related to the College (purple)
using bright colours will make the magazine more happy! but each colour always has a connertation.
I used funky looking font to make the magazine less formal and appeal to its target audience alot more. There's nothing worse then buying a boring formal college magazine. We want abit of slang in there which is why i choose to call my magazine 'The Wyke mag'
Friday, 4 November 2011
Process of making front page
By adding a couple of flashes, makes the magazine more lively. Also, i know from personal view alot of people in this College have very different types of music. Mainly the less charty stuff,
Thursday, 3 November 2011
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