Contents Page Draft

This is a draft of my contents page.

Contents Page Photo Editing 2

In this editing i took away the background with the magic wand again and put in a plain white background. I then changed the colour of the person and made it black and white and edited the black and white effect.

Contents Page Photo Editing 1

From this i deleted the green background using the magic wand so that i can put my own background in. From then i took away all the green from the hair and then i cropped the image and changed the background to grey using a paint bucket.

Chosen Contents Page Images

These are the pictures i have chosen for my contents page. 

Contents Page Photo Shoot

Contents page photo shoot from DBoysBeTheLivest

Front Cover Draft

This is a draft of the magazine front cover.

Front Cover Editing

Here i am editing the picture and giving it an effect.

I edited the picture to give it a black and white effect and fixed up the colour balance to make it lighter.

I used the colour meter to edit the brightness of the background and the colour on my face.

Chosen Front Cover Photo

The photo i have chosen to use for my front cover is this picture. This is a mid shot of myself with a low angle.

Front Cover & Article Photoshoot

Magazine photo shoot from DBoysBeTheLivest

Photo Shoot Preparation

This is a brainstorm which tells us what we will be using in the photo shoot for my magazine

Plan For Artist

This is a draft of my artist telling you how his personality is, what his style is, his clothing and a short biography of my artist.

Peer Assessment

This is a peer assessment of my work which has been marked by other students. This shows that my magazine still needs a bit of improvement so it looks more appealing to my target audience.

Music Magazine Draft

This is my first draft of my music magazine front cover.

This is the contents page to my music magazine. Please give feedback on how i could improve my front cover and contents page.

Moodboard/Double Page Spreads

This is a mood board for music magazine double page spreads.

The artist in the article is Tinie Tempah. Tinie is a rapper and this would be aimed for young people aged 10 to 25 because there are a lot of people that really like rap music some of those people are teenagers and others are adults.

The language used in the article is informal. Words like “FOR FUCK SAKE!” and “man” is informal language and is placed in the article to suit the target audience

Bright colours are used to show it’s a happy and really cheerful article. The colour of the title is in black so the reader isn’t drawn away from the actual article.

For the title of the article, a big bold font style is being used to present the article and because it’s a really big font size it’s noticeable. But the rest of the text is in a smaller and skinnier font style and size making it look like it’s not really important.

On the double page article it has one big picture on the first page on the top half of the page and below it the title. Below the title you then have two paragraphs which run along the bottom of the page. Next to the two paragraphs you have three picture of Tinie Tempah in the studio recording and that takes up the bottom half of the second page. At the top of the second page you have a medium sized picture of Tinie Tempah in the studio. Below that you have two columns of text which have been separated by a must know rectangular box which goes down the middle separating the two columns of text.

Most of the pages have been taken up by images and a small percentage of the page has been taken up by text. 70% of the page is taken up by images and the remaining 30% is taken up by text.

The tone used in the magazine when addressing the reader is an informed intelligent fan because it’s not making the reader feel involved in the article.

The artist is presented as a cool, easy going and hard-working guy. He’s shown to be having fun at times and enjoying himself while he’s working.

 The style of the article is shown to be well organised. The font of the article is big and bold and black and the colour red is used frequently. In the front cover everything is laid out the same. The colour red is used to symbolise the logo of the magazine and the bold title shows the more important articles.

The article doesn’t demand any prior knowledge but you would have to know who the artist is to fully understand what is going on in the article. 

Moodboard/Contents Page

Dolvani convetions of contents pages from DBoysBeTheLivest

Mood Board/Front Cover Ideas

In the magazine covers you can see that most of the camera shots are mid-shots and have slight low angles. These shots are mostly used for front covers with men as the central image. These are more masculine shots and shows power and aggression. Their costumes are mainly suits and this shows that they mean business; making them look rich and boss-like. The men in the magazine covers were made to look like rich and intimidating businessmen. The other camera shots in this image board are close ups and normal mid-shots which are used on the women. The women in the magazine covers are made to look like sophisticated women. The close-ups show more detail in their expression and the mid-shots show their face and what they're wearing which by the looks of it show that the women look sophisticated and empowered because their clothing is so good looking and expensive and the facial expression look quite happy. The magazine covers have made the women look like divas.

In the magazine cover the title blocks are quite bold, big and simple which is seen in the Vibe magazine. Its also the same for the Billboard magazine which has a really simple font style. The font size is also really big and bold.

The colours on the cover are really bright and clear and also quite vibrant.

The types of articles in these magazines would be interviews on Hip-Hop or RnB artists.Could be introducing new artists to audiences and also biographies about the artist.

Title Block Decision

After my poll i have decided to go for a different title block. This title block has the font that you see on jersey jackets and it is quite urban. This reflects both my audience and the music associated with my magazine because the music is urban which is the latest music and my target audience likes urban music so it relates.

Title Block Ideas

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Logo 2

Logo 3

These 3 logos are options for my Hip-Hop music magazine title logo. Please vote for the cover that looks more appealing you.                             

Title Block Analysis

The Rolling Stones magazine focuses on Rock, Rap and Pop music. Some of the Pop artists they are associated with are Britney Spears and Madonna; Rock artists such as The Beatles and Keith Richards. They also associate themselves with Rap artists such as Notorious B.I.G, Jay-Z and Eminem.

 

The colours in the title font tell us that this is an urban magazine. Tells us it’s really nice and bright and rich. They have used this colour because it’s a bright, attractive and it’s a really nice shade of red so people would be convinced to buy it.

 

The font style tells us it’s a really stylish magazine. The style is shown to be really posh and that tells us that the magazine is really rich and is also a modern day magazine. The style and colour of the title block is big and red with a white outline around it. The colour red connotes bright, sexy, outstanding and eye catchy. The style connotes boldness, new, richness and unique. This tells us that there’s no other magazine like Rolling Stone. This magazine has all the latest information on artists and the latest trends of style. It’s sexy; it’s unique and also rich.

 

The title Rolling Stone is also the name of a band called The Rolling Stones which is a rock & roll band from 1962 which has been together for over 50 years. This tells me that this magazine is a really popular magazine that everyone has heard about and has been around for a long time and everybody loves it. The title could mean that they have been rock and rolling since 1962.

 

The target audience could be men who enjoy listening to old rock and roll music because the title is related to the rock band and more people know the name Rolling Stone as a rock and roll band. However because nobody really listens to old rock and roll music Rolling Stones would associate themselves with popular music like Rap and Pop music. To conclude I would say the target audience is going to be people aged 16 to people in their 30s.

The NME magazine genre is new music. The new music genres they associate themselves with are rock music and sometimes rap music. The rock artists they focus on are artists like Green Day, Arctic Monkeys and Linkin Park.  The artists from the Rap genre that they associate with are Eminem and Jay-Z.

 

The colours in the title block are red, white and black. This tells us that it’s new and bold. This has been used to attract their target audience and to make it stand out.

 

The font of the title is really bold and big which tells us everything in the magazine is really big news. It’s big, it’s simple and really bold which could mean that the magazine is the type of magazine that stands out and has a lot of big news in it.

 

The title itself tells us that the magazine has to do with new music. It’s got all the latest information on the latest music because the title “NME” stands for New Musical Express. The word express sounds like transport so it could mean that NME transports you from old to new music.

 

The target audience would be young adults aged 14 to 18 because there are younger people that listen to the latest music such as Rap and Rock music.

 

Q Magazine is associated with all types of music such as Rap, Pop, Rock music and more. The rock artists they’re associated with are Kings of Leon and Coldplay. Rap artists they’re associated with are Jay-Z and Eminem. Pop artists they’re associated with are Adele.

 

The colours of the title are red and white. The red in the title block looks a little bright so it makes it look old. This tells me that it’s quite old. They done this to make the title stand out and this could tell us the audience that the artists stand out as well.

 

The font is really simple but it’s really big and bold so it tells me that the magazine is a major magazine and it’s really popular magazine. The font connotes simplicity and boldness.

 

The letter Q sounds like the word queue like you’re queuing for something. Like there’s tracks queued on the list. Telling us there’s more music to come.

 

The target audience could be young people aged 16 to around their 20s because Q are associated with a range of different genres and new music so it would attract them more.

Final Magazine Proposal

Final magazine proposal from DBoysBeTheLivest

Initial Planning For New Magazine

This is a brainstorm of ideas for my music magazine. I have considered the different genres that people are into nowadays, how often the magazine should be released, the target audience, how the magazine should look and if the readers would be interested in reading about their favorite artists and upcoming albums.

Evolution Of Britney

Image 1

The image was made to show Britney’s body from the waist and above but it is taken from above so it is a high angle picture and they cropped out her legs to show her body from her waist and above. This magazine would be typical for boys or "lads" from ages 11 to 18 because there would be a lot of boys that would buy magazines with a sexy half naked girl for a front cover.

Britney Spears’s costume is a shirt that has been unbuttoned, boxer shorts and a black bra. This is more appealing to teenage boys because she is barely wearing any clothes and she seems quite sexual and lustrous.

The props used are a telephone and a telletubbies doll. This shows that she is quite young and immature because she still owns a doll. The telephone in her hand tells us that she is on the phone to a boy because her facial expression looks really sexual and mischievous.

The setting is a bedroom. You can see she is lying on a silk pink bed cover which gives out a type of girly, immature and young essence.

The color used is a glossy pink because it is quite bright and attractive which would relate more to teenage girls and would make them want to buy the magazine.

Image 2

The second image of Britney Spears is another mid-shot picture taken from the waist above to show her body.

Britney is not wearing anything apart from white knickers and her pose is her on the wall sticking her bum outwards. The pose and costume is really sexual and also tells us she wants a sexual relationship with the reader.

The setting is a house which connotes safety, freedom and comfort.

The type of lighting used is high-key lighting.

Bright colors are being used to make her look nicer.

Image 3

The image has been chosen to show Britney’s emotion since it is a close-up shot. The image shows that she's quite upset. Her face looks really lifeless and empty and this could mean that she has been through a traumatic event. The color black and white is significant because it also projects this sense of lifeless and emotionless feeling which is seen in Britney's facial expression.

It has been cropped so it only shows her face

The image shows that Britney wants a more intimate and meaningful relationship. This is supported by the text because the text tells us what Britney is going through and you can see that she’s going through something emotional since the image is not a really happy and bright one.

Focus Group

This was a focus group i created to gather information on what my target audience would like to see in their magazine, how often they would like the magazine released and how much it should cost. My target audience is teenagers aged 14 to 19 and i have learnt that they would like the price of the magazine to be fairly low because not all of the target audience are working and it has to be affordable for those who do not work. I also found out that the magazine should release a new issue once every month so that there is more new information on artists, concerts, albums and so on. Finally, the audience would like my magazine to focus on the more popular music genres such as Hip-Hop, Rap and RnB because there are a lot of teenagers that listen to these genres and they would like to hear more about it.

Survey Analysis Pt.3

This question asks how often i should release my magazine. More people said once a month than once a week and a fortnight. From this i know that people prefer magazines that come out once a month which has brand new information and so on.

The last question asks how much people would spend on magazines depending on how often they read them. More people responded £1.50 - £2.00. I now know that people do not like to spend a lot on magazines.

Survey Analysis Pt.2

This is the fifth question of the questionnaire asking if the reader would be interested in reading about interview and getting to know their favorite answer. A lot of people would want to know about their favorite artists so i will have to add articles on their artists

This is a more personal question for the reader asking if they take part in any local musical activities. More people responded no than yes. This would not be an interesting topic in the magazine so i would not put it in the magazine.

This question asks if readers would like to receive information about any new musical equipment. Again there are more no’s than yes’s for this question. This would also be an unpopular topic so i will not put it in the magazine.

This question asks if the reader is a musician. There are more people who are not musicians than people who are. This would be another unpopular topic in the magazine so i will not add this. 

Survey Analysis Pt.1

This screenshot of the survey people completed shows what type of music people are interested in. You can see that most people are more interested in Hip-Hop and RnB. From this i know that Hip-Hop and RnB will be the more popular topic since the magazine is a Hip-Hop and RnB magazine.

The second screenshot is to do with what people would like to see in a music magazine. There are three options in the question. The first one is for a magazine to have more pictures than text. The second option is more text than pictures and the third option is both. More people chose a lot of pictures and the both option. Fewer amounts of people chose less pictures and more text. Now i know that the magazine will need to have more images.

This question asks whether you would like to see information about any local unsigned artists. More people responded yes than people that responded no so there will have to be information about unsigned artists in the local area.

This question asks whether you would like to see information on competitions, concert and upcoming albums in the magazine. Again there are more yes’s than no’s so the magazine will include information on competitions, concerts and upcoming albums.

Institutional Research

Institutional Research

Bauer

Bauer owns a lot of mainstream magazines like Q and Kerrang. They also own magazines which are quite niche which would only attract people that like and associate themselves with the category. For example, Golf weekly and garden news are niche magazines.

Bauer owns magazines from different categories. They own a few women’s mainstream magazines. Magazines like Grazia and Closer are mainstream women’s magazines. It also has men’s niche magazines and mainstream magazines like Golf Weekly and FHM.

The brand image is a 3-D cube with colours red, orange, green, blue and white on the lines of the cube. The cube is inside a blue square and on the inside of the cube is a triangle on the top right hand side and Bauer written inside.

Bauer owns all the magazines listed on the website and other media products like radio stations, music channels and online websites. Bauer owns the 4Music channel, Kiss, Q radio station, Smashhits radio station and many more.

IPC Media

IPC Media owns a mainstream magazine and niche magazines but no other media products. They own niche magazines like Cycling Weekly

                                                                                             and Beautiful Kitchen. They also own   mainstream magazines like NME.

They also own magazines for both men and women. A men’s magazine would be Golf Monthly and Motor Boat. These are men’s niche magazines. For women there are niche magazines like Beautiful Kitchens and Good to Know Recipes. The mainstream magazine that both men and women would both read is NME.

The brand image is simple. It says IPC Media with a straight line separating the word media from IPC. The IPC is written in a more stylish font and the word media is written in a simple font.

IPC Media owns a lot of niche magazines and only one mainstream magazine. Some of the magazines they own are Cycling Weekly, Beautiful Kitchens and NME.

Immediate Media

Immediate Media is a media company which owns a range of different TV programmes a TV channel and magazines. Most of their programmes are niche. The programmes are set for a certain age group and for people who like certain topics. Examples of their niche programmes are Gardeners’ World, Olive and Charlie and Lola. A mainstream magazine that Immediate Media owns is RadioTimes.

Like every other media company they own programmes for men and women. Programmes like KnitToday and Made for Mums are mainly for women. However programmes like Top Gear and Match of the Day are men’s programmes. A magazine in which both genders would read is RadioTimes because it doesn’t target a specific gender.

The brand image is big, bold, blue writing which says Immediate Media with CO written next to media in a smaller font and the word media is written below the word immediate.

Immediate Media owns other media products which are TV programmes and a TV channel.

Development Hell

Development Hell is an independent media company that owns two magazines which are both mainstream. The magazines they own are Mixmag and Don’t Stay In.

Their target audience are people who are interested in dance and club music and also for people who go clubbing. Also for musicians who are looking for venues and musical equipment. This would attract people of ages 16 to 25.

The brand image is quite simple. Its red writing that says Development Hell with Limited written underneath the word Development.

Development Hell own other media products such as Mixmag TV, Mixmag.net the online website, Mixmag iPad app, Mixmag Events and the world’s biggest clubbing social network called Don’t Stay In.