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Finished Music Magazine.

This is my final product of my music magazine
This is my Front Cover














































This is my Double page spread and my contence page

























This is my front cover.

This is my production log.

Forms

First photo shoot

These photos where from the first photoshoot i took of my girl band but then i changed my mind and decided on somethink else.

Photoshop Edits

I decided to edit these photos on
photoshop and use them as my edits.
Lady GaGa
Sclub7
Miley Cryus.
I used the Magic wand tool to make them black and white when i chose my layer also the quick selection tool.
I converted my pictures to black and white and selected the colours i wanted.

Magazine Mock up Content Page

Mock up of content page

Preview of magazine layout

Contence Page

I got this contence page from this webpage.

Usings a big image sets the page of abit more because there is a sex appeal. This would maybe appeal to a male audiance. Using page numbers will make it alot more easier for the people reading the magazine to guide them selfs around it.

This magazine contence page was taken from here.

The contence page stands out alot more than any of the other contence pages because it's colours are alot more bright and the pictures used would pay bring in a wider rang of audiance.

"Acid days" is known as a buzz word because it stands out

also the magazine set up is layed out in the right hand corner in a house styled magazine layout.

Mood Board

Double page spread.

This double paged spread is taken form Top of the Pops Magazine.

Using big writing as the titlebrings people and and because it is in big bold and bright colours people who are attracted to the Jonas brother or camp rock might just buy this magazine because they like them.

Jonas brothers are an eye catching band and in the eyes of girls there very popular. Using single pictures of the characters can catch the audiances eye because using single . Question and answer is being used fro the interview which means that questions will be answered alot more indepth.

I have choosen to take an article out of the NME magazine which is foucusing around interviewing Lilly Allen.

The title writing used for the double page spread is the same as the front cover that was issued with this article.

The picture that was taken for this double page spread takes up the whole of the right hand side of the page so this leaves the left hand side of the page free for writing and the main title. They have over laped the picture of Lilly Allen into the title. Using a colour contrast of red white and black this means that the red writing links into the colours on Lilly allens shirt.

The article is started of with a dropped capitles and then is carried on with a plain black writing to link in with the colour scheme. The writing is small so that more infomation can be fitted in. If i would of just looked at the magazine double page spread and no front cover came with it i would know that it came from NME because the page number and the little NME red sign in the corner of the page next to the page number. The magazine have taken a sentence of what Lily Alen said in her interview to use as the title of the double paged spread

Collage Magazine Layout

This is my new designed collage magazine layout.

Magazine Analyised

Top Of the Pops analyised magazine.

Choice of Genre.

I Have decided that my magazine genre will be based around pop. I have choosen this genre because i listern to mainly pop music even though it's not my faviroute genre i think it will stand out more for the audiance than any other. Some of my favirote solo artist/bands follow :-
Lily Allen -Spice Girls-The Kooks-Kate Nash-Calvin Harris and Artic Monkey.

Mock Up Of Magazines.

Magazine One.

We decided that the mock up of what the teacher drew on the board was the outline of the OK! magazine. I thought that the OK! magazine was aimed at people from around 16+

Magazine Two

We figured out that this magazine was match of the day this magazine would be aimed at the younger generation of boys.

These are mock ups.

Semiotiocs On Teen Magazine Front Covers.

We have been asked to focus on the colours on a teen magazine and how they stand out and link into the whole magazine layout. i have decided to do Rave Magazine

Image from Indian Music Magazine


Rave Magazine
We discussed this magazine front cover in class.
This issue of rave is a christmas addition.
Using a popular popstar means that not only "Rave" fan but Fergie from the Blackeyed Peas fan's will be drawn to the magazine because she is issued in it.
The magazine is set out how a normal magazine would be with the main meduim image in the middle also known as "homestyle".
The Masterhead of the magazine stands out because the colour of the Rave is the same colour of what Fergie is wearing so it links the magazine and the picture in together.
The christmas addition of Rave is put across with the typical christmas colours - Red green and white.
The Rave Magazine editors have used green bold writing to make the main headings, this makes them stand out and might bring the audiance in because it catches the eye of some people also with the big "THE HOLIDAY ISSUE" in capitals means that it would stand out and with it being bright red to show that it was the festive session.

Rolling Stone Magazine
Alot of people would pick this magazine up because it has Zac Efron on the front of it , and alot of teenage girl see him as a heartthrob. Using models like Zac Efron means that not only the Fans of the Rolling stone magazine but the Hundres of thousands of Zac Efrons fans might pick this magazine up. Using a white background in the magazine shows alot more of Zack and it focus's on him using bright colours to shows the title. Using only grey ,red ,orange and yellow means that it stands out alot more than the typical grey and black.
Taken from this website.

















Top of the pops.
Top of the pops stopped producing there magazines in 2006
but i have found and old "spice girl" verson of top of the pops.

Top of the pops only used to use up to date bands and at the time spice girls would of been top of the bands. The way the picture is used to link in to the title is very clever because they are going for the whole "world power" so they have made the spice girls hold up a globe. The spice girls slogan was "girl power " and the way that they have linked the world power to the girl power. Using a blackbackground means that any writing they put on the front of the magazine is going to stand out more than it would on a white background
Using three colours yellow blue and white which over powers the black. Top of the pops have used Buzz words such as PLUS in capitals so that it catches the eye of the audiance.
Magazine cover taken from this website

Media Language

Analysis of anything to do with -
English
Media
Techonology
Art.
This is Media Language


Semiotics
Is the study of signs such as colour , gesture, photography and words.

Social Peirs
Study of language.
Someone who stands for resepect.

A Rainy Day
Can symbolises diffrent emotions and thoughts when i think of rainy days i think of a bad mood, sadness, wind, rain getting wet but there are all diffrent ways to put this picture across such as love and romance.


A Snowy Day
From a Snowy Day i can take many diffrent meanings.
Laughter
Fun
Playtime
Love
Romance
Warmth
Both Photo's taken from Photobucket.com















Also when we think of colours such as Red and Blue

Red
Anger
Blood
Murder
Love


Blue
Cool
Coldness
Boy colour
Illness
Sadness

Terminology For Media Magazines

Drop Capitals.
Drop capitals is something that starts in Capital betters that stands out , they are normally used to start a article off.
Buzz Words
Buzz Words are used when somethink needs to stand out for example if there was a free magazine included or free poster then the buzz words would be "free". Such words and Wow and Exclusive are used as Buzz words aswell.
Lead
A lead is the introductory paragraph of an article.
Puffs.
Puff are something that promote things that are on the inside of the magazine.
Normally puff are bright colourfull things that outline the main features.
Housestyle
Something that stands out from the rest.
Masterhead
Is the name of the magazine which is normal put in big fancy writing
Caption
Caption is something used to name an image.
Sell Lines
Sell Lines are words that are used to promote and sell the magazine.
Headline
A headline is the main story that is going on in the magazine. The headline is normal used to stand out.
Moto
Moto is a catchy phrase or word to make the magazine stand out and recognise the band.
Pugs
Pugs are know as the price the barcode etc these are known as "the ears".
Strap Line
is a slogan used in the magazine.
Banner
A banner is text which stands out on a coloured background
Copy
is the main story in the magazine
Anchorage Text
The way the text is used to help send out a message of the picture or text used.

Research for School Newsletters.

Image From Deyes High School Website

In lesson today we analysed our schools newletter

We analysised it in diffrent ways.
I found that it was "boring" and only one colour is used on the print out of the december newsletter which was a pale orange.

There is no grabbing images used on the news letter just the deyes high badge and the front of the school. The logo is faded so that the main heading could fit on the page. There's no shape used on the layout of the newsletter it's just straight down and plain. Theres no variation used for the editing "housestyle" is used. The newsletter is just used as an infomation booklet. The newsletter is sent out every month so it is a frequant thing.

If i had the chance to re-design the newsletter i would make it less formal and make it more for the puplis of the school. I would bring in more colours and get rid of the boring ones eg the black and white photo copied sketch. I would use pictures of students from events that have happened in that month so it's more intresting than just the badge this is just a mark up of what my news letter my look like after i have finished.

This is just a draft layout of what i would like the deyes high layout to look like when it was published.

Archbisoph becks newsletter is alot better layed out and it is alot more colourfull and aimed more toward the students in some areas. It looks alot more professional than the deyes high one does.This is the normal newsletter that is sent out it is alot more formal than they deyes high one.

As you can see the newletter is put forward as a magazine , so there would be alot more in it maybe , but with all the colours that are used it is very eye catching and with the pictures

Taken From Archbishop Beck Catholic High School's Website

Both the Deyes High newsletter and Archbishop Becks Newsletter is very diffrent in the form of colours the layout the infomation used and how they put the infomation acrros.

My Questionaire.

I have created a questionaire so that i can gather some infomation about what people want out of a music magazine.
I am aiming for all audiance ages to complete my questionaire so that there is a wider range of knowledge.

I would be very grateful if you could fill in this questionaire so it will help me furthur into my equiries on music magazines.

Here is the link to my questionaire - Carys-Lisbeth Williams

Thank You.

First AS Blog

Today i was set of one my first peice of media coursework!
I was told to take time out and think about planning and making my own front cover ,contence page and double spread page for a teenage music magazine.
Time keeping is going to be an essential part of this coursework
The magazine has to contain my own idea's and pictures.
Coming up with a new sceme name and layout.
So the most important part of my coursework is to make sure that it catches the audiances attention and to make sure that it is being aimed at a teenage audiance.

Research college website and newsletters- see how they are set up example of a layout
Choosing my genre-Example Rock, Pop, Punk, Indie,Jazz.
Product Research-x2-full detailed front page(front covers)
x2-contence pages
x2-double pages
Comig up with mood boards which enables me to choose from all diffrent ideas so it makes it easier for me to access any work that i need.
Using questionaires before setting anything up to get the auidences oppinion.
Medium shot of all photographs needs to be used for the front cover of my front pages.