Contents

Final Final Final Contents Page

This is my final contents for my music magazine. Below are the stages I went through to produce my contents page.

My Contents appeals to my target audience (15-24) because:

• The contents are easy to read, simple layout and has a nice visual pattern.
• The artist on the cover is smiling and therefore easy to connect with.
• It is similiar to Q.
• It is clear to understand.

My Contents features the following conventions:

• Page numbers that help the audience find the page or segment they are looking for.
• A header that tells the audience which page they are on.
• An orderly column which is split in to two that helps the audience locate the article they want.
• One big image and a smaller little one.

My Magazine features the following codes:

• A slightly off centre image which draws attention to the tag line.
• Alternating colours that allow the audience to search easily.
• Just a page number on top of the image as the audience will know the cover star already.
• A red,white and black colour scheme (like Q)

If I were to re-do my Contents I would:

• Move the tag line to the front cover.
• Feature more images.
• Use more text and font and graphics.
• Make things look livlier.
• Use the same font and text to allow the audience to become familiar with a style.

Final Final Final Front Cover (Step by Step)

This is my final cover for my music magazine. Below are the step by step stages that I have done in order to make my magazine and some covers I chose not to continue with.

 This is one of the covers I chose to not continue with. I changed the title from my original design as the other one was too edgy and did not encorporate the theme I wanted to obtain. I chose this one was it suggests formality but looks visually effective at the same time.

For the image itself, I used a better camera than the one I had previously used. This is because the quality of this image is better than the ones I used before (see left). I have chosen to use another girl on my front cover as the girl on the right was easier to photograph. I chose to use the other girl as although she is pretty like the other girl, she has a more music magazine look. She looks older and maturer and this helps it to look like a music magazine project and not like a college project. The image itself is quite plain and boring but the quality is good.

Here is another cover I have chosen not to develop. The reason for this is that the text looks immature and not proffesional. The red stands out too much for the background of the image as well. I feel the cover is far too busy as well despite the lack of much on it. The cover does not follow a theme too. It just happens to be lots of different things that do not co-ordinate on the cover. The title in the top corner does not fit in with the fact that she is surrounded by nature as well. The image itself would work better as an advert or a single page spread and not as a double page spread. I like the fact that she looks scared. This creates a common feeling amongst reader and star as they feel as if they can relate to the artist.

Below is the evaluation of my final front cover and an image of my final front cover. I will discuss how it relates to my target audience and how I could improve it.

 

Target Audience:

My Magazine appeals to my audience (15-24) because:

• It uses a model/artist that is of a similiar age to the audience.
• The colour scheme is basic and therefore the audience does not caught up in looking at graphics. My audience just want to read a good magazine with quality content.
• The other featured artists are typical of "mainsteam" teenagers music tastes.
• The magazine is new and fresh and this appeals to the teenagers who want a brand new yet up to date magazine that no one else has.
• The image is plain and simple and this makes the artist relatable to the audience.

My Magaine features the following conventions:

• It has a barcode (used to scan for pricing).
• It features an issue date.
• It has several different puffs which are used to catch the audiences eye.
• It has a title.
• It shows the featured artist on the cover.
• It has a body shot of the artist.
• It has an obvious house style.

My Magazine features the following codes:

• The artist isn't looking at the camera.
• It doesn't feature a price.
• The font is formal yet appeals to teenagers.
• It doesn't feature a website title at the top of the page.

If I were to re-do my magazine, I would :

• Add in a price or make the magazine free as the current economic climate means that magazines aren't being bought as they used to be.
• Include a website where the people who buy the magazine can access more content online.
• I would make the image stand out a lot more as although it is clear , it isn't the most obvious picture.
• Not include the "35 Epic Guitar Faces" Puff as it doesn't work with the target audience.

Cover

Media Photo-shoot 3

Media photo shoot 3

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Plan for Photo-shoot 3

Glamour vs. Grime

The idea for my next Photo-shoot was to develop the idea of a beautiful girl and have them in a grimey location. I chose this idea as the theme of pin-up girls wouldn't appeal to a wide audience or my target audience (17-24) so I decided to involve it sneakily. My model would wear a dress and would be stereotypically beautiful.  There would be bright colours to contrast with the background.

Marylin Monroe

I will take inspiration from people like Marylin Monroe as she was the ultimate pin-up girl yet fashionable. As a strong, independent and successful woman, the featured artist would have connotations of being sexy and successful. The hair Marylin Monroe had was short and beautiful and this would be a big contrast to typical pin-up girls as they often have long hair. The signature red lips will stand out in my photo to emphasise femininity and also have connotations of sex, danger and fun.

Location

The location of the shoot will be grimey and horrible and just look wrecked. This would be mocking the music industry as it would show the nasty side of the music industry and how its crumbling down around them. I will chose a location where things look a little broken and then place my model within it to show Hope in a broken industry.

Why our coursework is pointless!

Our coursework in pointless....

According to a post by The Guardian, every magazine in the music magazine in the sector reported a decline in sales. These figures show that the music magazine industry is going in to decline. This is because of the way we can now recieve Media, for free, over the internet. All the things that we'd get from a Music Magazine can now be accessed with a few clicks of a mouse and for free. 

Music magazines now have websites which offer the same content without spending a fortune. This is unfortunate for the music magazine industry as jobs will be lost, profits will decrease and the music magazine will cease to exisist.

It's similiar to a ricochet effect too as it will start with the magazine industry and then lead to the music industry. Now, people can recieve music via iTunes, streaming and downloading illegally and no-one is buying hard copies of music anymore. This is a big problem as artists will not make music if it's not making money.