Completed Music Magazine

Evaluation: Question Seven

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

 My College Magazine                                                 My Music Magazine

From looking at my college magazine and music magazine together you can see the massive change in my skills using photoshop. On my college magazine you can see that the model of the front has been cut out, and the front cover doesnt look professional at all, although I have stuck to the three colour colour scheme which was light and dark blue and black. The title doesnt stand out from the rest of the page and the text on the front doesnt show a main story as well as not being in line with each other to make it look professional. My music magazine looks more professional it also sticks to a three colour scheme of red black and white. The text on the front colour gives a more professional look as it is in line with each other as well as it standing out and something the R'N'B genre. The title of the magazine stands out, as well as the 'new' in the B unlike the 'new' on my college magazine. The photograph on the front cover of my music magazine looks more professional, it is not blurred or cut out and looks like a picture what would be on the front cover of a music magazine.

My contents page for my college magazine is simple with a lot of white space and it is not intreseting at all, the pictures on it dont look professional and there isn't alot of pages on it. My music magazine contents page doesnt have a lot of empty space, it has more pages and page numbers on it and looks more intreseting then my college magazine contents page does. The pictures I have used on my music magazine contents page look more professional and I had learnt how to use the SLR camera better by the time I created my music magazine than I did when I took the pictures for my college magazine.

Overall I believe that there is a big difference between my college magazine and my music magazine. I believe this progress has been made because of the better use of technology, as I built up more skills the magazine should be better than my first try, my college magazine. I think what made the biggest difference was the growing of skills I have learnt on photoshop as I had never used it before creating my college magazine so as I got use to it and learnt how to use it my work became better. 

 

Evaluation: Question Six

 What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Throughout creating my music magazine I used a lot of different technology's, one which I have used before and ones that I haven't. 

 

I used Photoshop to create my contents and front page, I also used it to edit all my photographs to make them look more professional for my magazine. On photoshop I used many different tools to make my magazine look as professional as I could. While editing pictures I used the magic tool to get rid of any blemishes they model may have, I did this for every photograph I used. I also learnt house to cut out the pictures by using the magnectic tool. I also could change or add make up, by using the brush tool and selecting the correct colour and density of the brush you could change hair colour, add lip stick, eye shadow, lip stick, blusher and mascara. On photoshop you could also create layers, and guidelines so that all your text was in line. You can edit the text with different styles, fonts and styles, you can also make the text glow if you want.

 

I used blogger all the way through the process of creating my magazine I used it to put all my work on, to put all my research for my magazine, I add all the processes of creating my magazine then magazine updates, final magazine and my evaluation.

 

I used indesign to create my double page spread for my magazine on. I chose to use Indesign to create my double page spread on because you can create guidline in columns like a magazine would have so it would be easier to type in the correct columns as well as them being the right size. You can also add shaped such as boxs which I useds to make my titles stand out. You can also add pictures. you can edit the text to any size you want as well as the font and if you want it bold to make it stand out.

 

I used prezi at the start of my magazine, I put on it the name, price, distribution, colour scheme and everything About the magazine I was going to create, this was called my production plan and you can find its in my early research and planning blogs.  I also used prezi at the end of the project to show some skills on different technologies I have got from making my magazine. I used prezi in my evaluation to help show that I have learnt to use different technologies in my magazine production as well as showing how I will attract and address my target audience to my magazine.

I used flickr in my evaluation to annotate JPEGS of my magazine, I did this on flickr to show that I have learnt to use different tecnologies in the process of creating my magazine. On flickr I annotated JPEGS of my magazine with how and where I would chose to distrubite my magazine as well as why I would do it, and how the magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread would help me do that.

 

 I used the SLR camera for all my pictures which I took and used within my music magazine. I used an SLR camera because they take professional pictures, you can use different settings such as one which blurs the background of the picture and focuses on the model. You can also zoom in without getting close to the model and putting them off and you can also change the focus of the camera so you can get the picture clear. Taking my picture on a SLR made them more clear and like they would really be on and in an music magazine.

 

Evaluation: Question Five

How did you attract/address your audience?

I used prezzi to answer this question

Address/Attract your target audience on Prezi

Evaluation: Question Four

Who would the target audience for your media product be?

The target audience for my magazine are students because there is a higher amount of student who would purchase music magazines compared to any other age group, I am aiming my magazine at both male and female, but as the magazine is an R'N'B magazine more males may want to purchase it as stereotypically R'N'B is known as music for males. So stereotypically I have drawn my target audience as a male. I have said that my target audience would watch reality shows which are the music channel such as 'Gordie Shore' I have also said that they will listen to the official top 40 on Sundays and music from they charts and like music channels like viva. Shops which I have said my perfect target audience such as River Island, Bank and Topshop because these shops sell clothing that an R'N'B artist would wear. 

Evaluation: Question Three

What kind of media institution may distribute your product and why?

I used flickr to annotate my magazine with the different ways I would distubute my magazine and why.

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Evaluation: Question Two

How does you media product represent particular social groups?

Posture; In both pictures the models posture are quite similar. Both models are stood up right, but also look like their shoulders are slightly forward, with a bit of an arched back. The posture of the pictures helps show the R'N'B theme of the magazine, as in my research I found that male R'N'B models on magazine keep to serious cool poses.

Gesture; The gesture of the models are quite similar they both stand up right with attitude. The vibe magazine model has his arms crossed showing the serious look and attitude through his body language, my model on my magazine has his hands in his back pockets which helps show the moody, serious attitude models have on R'N'B magazines.

Shot type; Both of the photographs on both of the magazines are medium close up shots, they show the models head and body partly. Being able to see the arms of the model help show the personality of them, helping to portray the attitude they are putting across to the audience, helping show the genre of the magazine to the audience.

Lighting; The lighting of the pictures are natural lighting, with makes the pictures look bight and gives definition to the models faces, showing clearly to the audience their facial expressions.

Angle; The angle of the shots are single shots of one model and a front shot of the model, this shows the facial expressions, and the attitude they are putting across to the audience, helping to show the genre of the magazine as the models have serious expressions.

Costume; The costume on both models are simple, plan and dark colours. R'N'B models on magazine seem to be in simple clothes, so that the clothes don't take off the personality they are showing through the expressions they use while modelling. The plan and simple colours help show the genre of the magazine to my target audience. 

Expression; The expressions of the model of Vibe magazine has a serious confident look to him, so on my magazine I tried to get this look from my model, as if the models on R'N'B magazines are give across the serious confident look this expression on my model, it will help to show my genre of to my target audience because they will know what the R'N'B models look like on magazines they will know from my front cover of my magazine it will be an R'N'B magazine.

Hair; The hair of the model on vibe magazine is quite a lot different compared to the hair on my model. The hair on vibe magazines model is short and shows all of the face of the model, but the hair on my model is short but has a fringe which covers part of the models eye. I think that this shows a bit of difference between the magazine but not that different that my target audience wouldn't know the genre, the stance of the model, costume and shot type all help show that the magazine has a R'N'B genre.

Evaluation: Question One

Features I have used from 'Vibe' magazine on my magazine.

FRONT COVER

To create my front cover of my magazine I searched for a real R'n'B magazine which helped me to choose the layout and what to use on the front cover. I used some of the features from the real magazine 'vibe' for my front cover to help show the audience of my magazine the genre of the magazine.

For picture on my front cover I modeled my model to pose like drake from the front cover of 'vibe', using a medium close up a serious pose and plan black and white clothes this helps show the audience hat genre my magazine is.

To make my text stand out on my front cover I used as box around the text like they did on 'Vibe' magazine, it helps the text stand out to the audience showing the main or exclusive stories within the magazine, so I chose to use this feature on my front cover. 'Vibe' magazine uses 'new' in the magazine title to show that it is a new magazine, so I thought It would be good to use this feature on my magazine to show that it is an new R'n'B magazine.

I used a tagline on my magazine so that the audience of my magazine can associate the tagline with my magazine, I have placed my Magazine tagline about its title like 'Vibe' magazine has also done, using two different colours to highlight the main information in the tagline.

features of 'vibe' which I developed and used on my magazine

 There are features of Vibe magazine which I developed and used on my magazine.

The Title on Vibe magazine is bold and white with the models head infront of part of it which I have used but I changed my mast head to black and made it smaller to make the picture the main aspect of the front cover the picture.

The main story on Vibe magazine doesn't stand out as much as you think a main story should stand out, so on my magazine I made the text a lot bigger and bright colours, lines and different fonts to make the story stand out to the audience and to show that the picture on the front cover of the magazine is linked with the main story in the magazine.

Features which I have completely changed for my magazine

I have completely changed certain aspects of the magazine which helps make a distinction between the two different magazines which are in the same R'n'B genre.

I have added a banner of text to the bottom of my magazine, when the Vibe magazine doesn't have any text or pictures across the bottom there is only the text on the models shot showing.

On the Vibe magazine it has the twitter name to follow for readers to follow, I have chosen to leave this aspect out on my magazine.

CONTENTS PAGE

Features I have used from Vibe magazine on my content page

On my contents I didn't use much of the features that are used on the Vibe magazine contents pages on my contents page.

One of the feature that I did use on my magazine contents page from the vibe contents page if the type of writing used on the title and the text.

I used a bold font for the title and small fine, easy to read fonts for the text on the contents page. I also used sub-titles like vibe did to put the text into different categories.

Features I have developed from vibe magazine on my contents page

I developed different factors from the vibe magazine contents page on my contents page for my magazine.

The big 'V' for vibe behind to picture I decided to use this but change how it is. Instead of just using a big 'B', I decided to use the whole name of the magazine and wrote in big letters 'BASE' down the left had side of the page.

I also changed the way the title 'Contents" is layed out on Vibe magazine, I have changed it so it is in all one line instead of under each other like in vibe. I have used bold font like they have done in vibe but I have made the title on my contents page into two different colours black and white as I have used an mulit-coloured back ground.

Features I have completely changed for my contents page

On my contents page I have changed more features from the Vibe magazine than I have used on my magazine contents page.

I have changed the background, so that it is two colours instead of it being just one plain colour, like vibe have used on their magazine contents page.

I have also changed the amount of pictures which are on the contents page, I have also made the models female and in different than the model in the Vibe magazine, I have kept to the plain clothes like in the Vibe pictures.

I have also added red lines between each section of the text, to split it up and make it clear that there are different sections to the contents page. On the lines for splitting up the text I added a small picture of the front cover to make it clear that the contents page and front page are from the same music magazine.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD 

Features which I have used from Vibe magazine on my double page spread

On my double page spread I didn't used many of the features from a vibe magazine double page spread.


One feature which I did use on my magazine from Vibe magazine is the paragraph of writing before the story starts.

Another feature I used from the Vibe magazine double page spread is the landscape picture, I have use this feature on my double page spread for my music magazine.

Features I have changed or added for my double page spread

I haven't developed many features from the Vibe magazine double page spread on the my double page spread.

One of the feature that I have developed is the fact that the landscape picture is black and white on vibes magazine double page spread, but for my double page spread I changed the landscape picture so that the picture was in colour for the my double page spread.


I have mostly Challenged the Vibe double page spread because I have changed and added a lot of new features in which Vibe don't have on their double page spread, I have made it completely different.

I have added a main title across the top of the page so they know what the article is about, also I have done a question and answer article unlike Vibe magazine. I have also added the fact that it is an exclusive interview with the artist to make the interview look more interesting to the reader.

I have also added red a white lines which match my colour scheme for my magazine around the title and the center of the page to add more colour and make the page stand and and be more interesting.

I also only have one picture on my double page spread where as the vibe double page spread has two, a landscape and a long shot of drake, who the article is about.

Research & Planning: Complete Music Magazine

Research & Planning: Music Magazine Update

To complete my magazine I need to change the background colour on my double page spread to make it look less white and look like it has lots of gaps on it, I would also like to add red lines on my double page spread to show more the colout scheme and house style throughout the magazine.

Research & Planning: Plan For The Week

To finish my music magazine I need to change around the text on my front cover of my magazine so you can tell my magazines main story is the interview instead of it looking like it is the concert guide.

I also need to check what through my double page spread to make sure there is no mistakes and I have written what I wanted to write.

Research & Planning: Music Magazine Update

Research & Planning: Music Magazine Update

All I need to do on my magazine now is to complete the contents page, and then print it out to see if there is anything else I can do to improve my magazine.

Research & Planning: Music Magazine update (double page spread)

Research & Planning: Music Magazine Update (feedback)

Next week I would like to finish my contents page by taking pictures which I can use on it which will fit as well as writing my story for my double page spread.

Research & Planning: Music Magazine Update

Research & Planning: Double page spread fonts

For my double page spread I now know that I need to choose fonts which are clear and consisted fonts like the serif fonts, I am going to use one of the serif type fonts for my double page spread.