Friday, 2 May 2014
Friday, 4 April 2014
Questionnaire recordings and Questionnaire
1.
How old are you?
2.
Are you male or female?
3.
In a Music magazine what do you prefer more:
(chose one of the following)
4.
How often do you buy music Magazines?
5.
What is your favourite genre of music?
_____________________________________________________________________
6.
What Magazine do you buy when you are buying a
magazine?
_____________________________________________________________________
7.
If you had to choose one of the following
Magazines what one would you chose? (please tick ONE of the following boxes)
Please state__________________________
8.
Who is your favourite music artist or band?
_____________________________________________________________________
9.
What is the highest price you would pay for a
Magazine?
10.
What type of photographs do you prefer on the
front cover of a magazine?
11.
What 2 colours do you associate with the genre
Indie/Rock music?
______________________
______________________
______________________
12.
What 3 words do you associate with the genre
Indie/Rock?
______________________
______________________
______________________
Thank
You for doing my Questionnaire!
Planning production
Planning Production
Front Cover
Image
My main image is going to consist of a young boy using direct
address towards the reader, he will have indie/rock design of clothes on to
live up to the genre of music. The surroundings shall also be suitable to the
indie/rock genre.
Coverlines
for Front Cover
Major mash
up – Mixture of Artists
New on the
scene – A new Artist coming out
Crazy interviews - Interviews
that consist of doing activities with different Artist/Bands
Living
Large
Tour dates
WIN AN
IPAD!!
Text for
the Contents Page
Top Tunes
Best new
bands!
Who’s hot
and who’s not?
Live Events
Tour dates
iTunes
going crazy!
Contents page
images:
1 Single Artist
2 Band practice
3 Tour dates
4 iTunes image
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Evaluation
1.
In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
In my front cover, contents page and double page
spread, I believe and think that all of my finished products contained the
right amount and correct codes and conventions they need. I used different key
features to make up the front cover; I used many different elements such as a
strap line but within the strap line I used a tag line as this sits in the
middle of it and the tag line I used was; “WIN AN IPAD MINI!! Go to page 18 for
competition details” I felt that something like this should be used in a
magazine as it is a magazine that is aimed at teenagers and an ‘iPad mini’ is
popular at the moment and people/teenagers would like to get involved and
therefore would buy the magazine and read on to find out more. In the contents
page the main features that I used was the images. I used 4 different
individual images; one was of the iTunes logo, the other was an image of an
individual member in the band ‘Burnt Empire’, the third one is of the ‘new
singer’ Becky and the last image was of the whole band ‘Burnt Empire’ with the
second and fourth images I just numbered these with a number that has already
been used in the index I produced as the images relate to the text within the
index. On the last product I produced was a double page spread within my double
page spread I would say that the main feature I used that is seen to be
included in codes and conventions is ‘drop quotes’ I made it visible to the
reader that it was a drop quote as I used different font and made it bold and I
also made it a different colour compared to the other text on the double page
spread. The text was in white however I made the drop quotes maroon as this
would help to stand out to the reader and it shows which parts of the text is
important.
2.
How does your media product represent particular
social groups?
My different media products show to be for a teenage
age range as they all include images that are individuals around their age and
therefore for anyone near their age will look up to them and will want to
follow and see them as a role model. To help me make the individuals who were
in the photos/images look indie/rock I made sure that their dress code was
linked to being ‘laid back’, ‘outgoing’ and ‘loud’. I also have a colour scheme
on each of my 3 separate media products (front cover, contents page and double
page spread) I have three colours; white, black and maroon. I chose these
colours as I thought that they relate to being ‘outgoing’ and ‘fun’ however to
also help me make my decision on the colour I produced a questionnaire before I
created my products and in the questionnaire I just asked simple questions and
one of them was ‘what colours do you associate with the indie/rock genre?’ and
the most popular answers I got back was; white, black and maroon. On my front
cover I included a strap line and within the strap line I used a tag line as
this sits in the middle of it and the tag line I used was; “WIN AN IPAD MINI!! Go
to page 18 for competition details” I felt that something like this should be
used in a magazine as it is a magazine that is aimed at teenagers and an ‘iPad
mini’ is popular at the moment and people/teenagers would like to get involved
and therefore would buy the magazine and read on to find out more. On my
contents page I feel that my positioning statement helps to show that my target
audience/social group target is ‘teenagers’ as I have them in three columns
which is professional looking and can be seen as formal however the text
(index) I had in the columns I didn’t put in line as this connotes ‘teenagers’
as they get up to no good and nothing is ever right for them. Furthermore, the
last product I produced was a double page spread. I believe/think that the
house style of my double page spread is able to represent who my target
audience/social group target is as the image I had taken was of a band named
‘The Burnt Empire’ and he is wearing an outfit that can be seen as a ‘teenagers
outfit’ as it is a t-shirt that is a bit tight. On my double page spread I kept
the flow of my colour scheme going as the text I made white and maroon and the
black is part of the image.
3.
What kind of media institution might distribute
your media product and why?
Through the process of my media products; Front cover,
contents page and double page spread I learnt about different technologies such
as; the use of photo shop and quark as these are the programs that’s I used to
create my overall products. With quark when I first started off I didn’t know
how to use it but at the end of it, I do as I spent almost every day using this
programme; I succeeded in knowing how to use this programme and now that I can
use it, it helps me to get the best grades I can as I now use it in other subjects
too. The programme ‘photoshop’ I found easy to use as I have used this
programme many times before so this was an advantage for me as it helped me
produce an image that In used to go on to my front cover. I got one image I had
taken of my iPad and I take a screenshot on my phone and being able to put the
image onto the computer I put the two images together to help me produce a
final image that I was looking to get at the end of it.
4.
Who would be the audience for your media
product?
From my research I decided it would be best for my
audience to be a teenage age range. I wanted it to be this as I believe that my
media products have the different amount and look of elements about it to make
it suitable for a teenager. In my front cover product that I produced I used an
element in there that I thought would be very suitable for a teenager and it
was; a competition for you to enter and the winning prize would be an iPad
mini. I displayed and shown this by outing it into a strapline. I made the
strapline a pastel colour (duck egg blue), I done this as I believe that from
having a different element of colour compared to the background (the main
image, it has different colours to it) so it helps to contrast it together,
which then helps to stand out to the reader. On my contents page to help show
who my target audience is I made sure that the images I took of people where of
people who were ‘teenagers’ I done this as it helps to link to the reader which
helps to give them a ‘connection’ as they will look at the contents page, see
the individual in the image and will want to look up to them and see them as
being a ‘role model’. The last product I produced was my double page spread. On
my double page spread I included lots of text and I had taken a photo of an
individual that is in the band that my magazine mostly talks about. I made sure
that the individual I used in the image was a teenager, to help show this to
the reader; the types of clothes he was wearing shown the age of the person as
he was wearing a ‘T-shirt’ and with the structure of the t-shirt he was wearing
it helped to show the muscles that the individual had and from doing this the
reader (the teenager) that reads and sees the image will want to try live up to
that as they would be seeing them as a role model. This will be beneficial as
there will be more people looking up to them and wanting to be like them.
5.
How did you attract/address your audience?
To help me attract/address my audience I used
different elements within my products such as; images, websites, colour scheme,
page numbers, catchy words (words that would stand out to them) and the type of
font that I used. At the beginning of the production of my front cover I made
and finished it and when I was in the middle of doing my contents page and
double page spread I went back and changed what I done as I thought it would be
better to have the house layout of them both in a younger looking manor as the
age range I would like to attract is teenagers-14+. I think that my different
media products can do this as they have different elements of colours, images
and I was featuring; posters, interviews and competitions. For my competition I
put it on to my front cover as it will be the first place the reader looks. My
competition is a chance for the reader to enter it in the chance of winning an
iPad mini, I chose to make it an iPad mini to win as they are very expensive
with intrigues the reader to go ahead and buy the magazine to find out more
details while they are there. Also on my front cover I have put on different
key words/catchy words that will help stand out to the reader and as well as
‘catchy words’ I have used a bold masthead that contains the colour ‘maroon’, I
done this as I believe the colour maroon is seen to be indie/rock. On my
contents page I have included the colours maroon, white and black again as it
is my colour scheme and it also is seen to be indie/rock genre colours as they
all signify; being outgoing and at times laid back. In my double page spread I
used a young artist for my image as my target audience is targeted at the age
range of 14+ so therefore with him being young anyone near his age will look up
to him and will want to follow and see that specific individual as a role model.
6.
What have you learnt about technologies from the
process of constructing this product?
Through the process of my media products; Front cover,
contents page and double page spread I learnt about different technologies such
as; the use of photo shop and quark as these are the programs that’s I used to
create my overall products. With quark when I first started off I didn’t know
how to use it but at the end of it, I do as I spent almost every day using this
programme; I succeeded in knowing how to use this programme and now that I can
use it, it helps me to get the best grades I can as I now use it in other
subjects too. The programme ‘photoshop’ I found easy to use as I have used this
programme many times before so this was an advantage for me as it helped me
produce an image that In used to go on to my front cover. I got one image I had
taken of my iPad and I took a screenshot on my phone and
being able to put the image onto the computer I put the two images together to
help me produce a final image that I was looking to get at the end of it.
7.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I
feel that along the way of the production of my different media products I have
learnt many different skills such as the use of the computer programmes that
are available to use and that I did sue, such as; prezzi, quark, photoshop,
DSLR camera and a recorder. From using these different elements it helped me to
produce the final products I had created.
Friday, 14 February 2014
Indie/Rock Double Page Spread Music Magazine
Indie/Rock Contents Page Music Magazine
Indie/Rock Front Cover Music Magazine
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Questionnaire
1. How old are you?
15-180
19-220
23-260
Older0
2. Are you male or female?
Male0
Female0
3. In a Music magazine what do you prefer more: (chose one of the following)
Pictures 0
Interviews0
4. How often do you buy music Magazines?
Every day0
5-6 times a week0
3-4 times a week0
1-2 times a week0
Hardly Ever0
5. What is your favourite genre of music?
_____________________________________________________________________
6. What Magazine do you buy when you are buying a magazine?
_____________________________________________________________________
7. If you had to choose one of the following Magazines what one would you chose? (please tick ONE of the following boxes)
NME0
Q0
VIBE0
Rolling Stones0
MOJO0
Other0
Please state__________________________
8. Who is your favourite music artist or band?
_____________________________________________________________________
9. What is the highest price you would pay for a Magazine?
£2.990
£3.990
£4.990
£5.990
More0 Please state: __£_______________
10. What type of photographs do you prefer on the front cover of a magazine?
Studio shot0
Paparazzi shot0
Action/performance0
11. What 2 colours do you associate with the genre Indie/Rock music?
______________________
______________________
______________________
12. What 3 words do you associate with the genre Indie/Rock?
______________________
______________________
______________________
Thank You for doing my Questionnaire!
Analysis of front cover
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Analysis of front cover
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Initial Plans for my magazine
Initial plans for my Magazine!
For my magazine that I am going to create I am going to use different features for my magazine and these are: Price: £3.50 With the research that I have done I found that the price off the magazines that I chosen to research on the price varied between £2.20 and £4.99, so I decided to go in-between these to prices and go for £3.50. Frequency of publication: I have decided with the Frequency publication to have it Monthly as with the research I have done I could see that most of the magazines are published monthly. Issue size (number of pages): I went out of my way and bought a music magazine and I looked at how many pages it had and they have around 100 pages. So I have decided to base my Music magazine around 90-100 pages. Regular content: In the magazine that I bought I found out that the average and most common regular content that is contained in a music magazine is recent released albums, downloaded music, images, interviews etc. Feature articles: I have chosen to have the genre Indie music to be based on for my magazine. I chose this as it is the most popular magazine people tend to buy in the music genre of magazines.
For my magazine that I am going to create I am going to use different features for my magazine and these are: Price: £3.50 With the research that I have done I found that the price off the magazines that I chosen to research on the price varied between £2.20 and £4.99, so I decided to go in-between these to prices and go for £3.50. Frequency of publication: I have decided with the Frequency publication to have it Monthly as with the research I have done I could see that most of the magazines are published monthly. Issue size (number of pages): I went out of my way and bought a music magazine and I looked at how many pages it had and they have around 100 pages. So I have decided to base my Music magazine around 90-100 pages. Regular content: In the magazine that I bought I found out that the average and most common regular content that is contained in a music magazine is recent released albums, downloaded music, images, interviews etc. Feature articles: I have chosen to have the genre Indie music to be based on for my magazine. I chose this as it is the most popular magazine people tend to buy in the music genre of magazines.
Analysis of Contents page
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Initial plans for my Magazine!
Initial plans for my Magazine!
For my
magazine that I am going to create I am going to use different features for my
magazine and these are:
Price:
£3.50
With the
research that I have done I found that the price off the magazines that I
chosen to research on the price varied between £2.20 and £4.99, so I decided to
go in-between these to prices and go for £3.50.
Frequency
of publication:
I have
decided with the Frequency publication to have it Monthly as with the research
I have done I could see that most of the magazines are published monthly.
Issue
size (number of pages):
I went out
of my way and bought a music magazine and I looked at how many pages it had and
they have around 100 pages. So I have decided to base my Music magazine around
90-100 pages.
Regular
content:
In the
magazine that I bought I found out that the average and most common regular
content that is contained in a music magazine is recent released albums,
downloaded music, images, interviews etc.
Feature
articles:
I have
chosen to have the genre Indie music to be based on for my magazine. I chose
this as it is the most popular magazine people tend to buy in the music genre
of magazines.
Researching The Market Place
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Initial Ideas for my magazine
Initial Ideas for my Magazine!
For my
magazine that I am going to create I am going to use different features for my
magazine and these are:
Price:
£3.50
With the
research that I have done I found that the price off the magazines that I
chosen to research on the price varied between £2.20 and £4.99, so I decided to
go in-between these to prices and go for £3.50.
Frequency
of publication:
I have
decided with the Frequency publication to have it Monthly as with the research
I have done I could see that most of the magazines are published monthly.
Issue
size (number of pages):
I went out
of my way and bought a music magazine and I looked at how many pages it had and
they have around 100 pages. So I have decided to base my Music magazine around
90-100 pages.
Regular
content:
In the
magazine that I bought I found out that the average and most common regular
content that is contained in a music magazine is recent released albums,
downloaded music, images, interviews etc.
Feature
articles:
I have
chosen to have the genre Indie music to be based on for my magazine. I chose
this as it is the most popular magazine people tend to buy in the music genre
of magazines.
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