Thursday 9 December 2010
SCREENSHOT OF MY ORIGINAL MUSIC MAGAZINE
this is the start of my Magazine front cover i still have to include the coverlines.
Friday 3 December 2010
Thursday 11 November 2010
ARTICLE RESEARCH
I have been aksed to conduct article research to help us with the production of our magazine front cover. i have chosen a few examples of how i want my front cover to be.
I have been asked to conduct article research to help us with our magazine double page spread. i have chosen these two examples of how I would like my double page spread to be .
PLANNING IMAGES FOR MY CONTENTS
the images that i would like for my contents page that i am going to take all myself include;
'the script'
a picture of their album or a concert ticket.
v fest and or glasto festival
armbands
I haven't yet got an interview, and if i can not get one i am going to do a biography on Bruno mars i will improvise with the pictures that i will take
for example i might take a picture of his album cover.
our monthly review i will have someone posing looking like there trying to think.
'the script'
a picture of their album or a concert ticket.
v fest and or glasto festival
armbands
I haven't yet got an interview, and if i can not get one i am going to do a biography on Bruno mars i will improvise with the pictures that i will take
for example i might take a picture of his album cover.
our monthly review i will have someone posing looking like there trying to think.
Sunday 7 November 2010
CONTEXT FOR THE CONTENTS PAGE
the context of the contents page will include:
i will have a bold titile: INSIDE THIS MONTH
i will also have drop quotes
from the interview
i will have numbers that are placed over images to show what page number
i will have the regular content and the page numbers in a seperate column to the feature content and their page numbers.
i will also have a seperate column containing the information about the subscription for TMG.
i will have a bold titile: INSIDE THIS MONTH
i will also have drop quotes
from the interview
i will have numbers that are placed over images to show what page number
i will have the regular content and the page numbers in a seperate column to the feature content and their page numbers.
i will also have a seperate column containing the information about the subscription for TMG.
COVERLINES FRONT MY FRONT COVER
I have decided on the following coverlines to go on the front cover of my magazine, I have thoguth about target audience and what they would content they would like inside the magazine the coverlines are supposed to draw in the readers, they are supposed to be different and unique, and something that np other magazine has.
Exclusive interview with..
______________
tells us their story!
- I don't know what celebrity i am interviewing yet. but i am interviewing someone and i will hopefully know by the end of next week.
Win The Script tickets!
- this will encourage our readers that like the script to buy the magazine and enter the competition.
V fest and Glasto 2011 find out here!
- we have a sneak preview on who wants to perform and who defintley doesnt!
The official gig calendar.
- this will show wehen gigs with avadible tickets are on and helps our reader.
The story behind...
- this will be a bio on an upcoming celebrity, it will include their background how they got famous and where we think there heading
Our latest monthly review.
- our opinions on Cd's or gig's, concerts this will help our reader when deciding who to book ticket's for.. or what Cd to buy.
Free poster this month
- look whose back!
it's Shanye Ward!
5 minutes with...
find out inside!
- this wil also persuade our reader to buy this magazine as it leaves a cliffhanger on the front cover.
Exclusive interview with..
______________
tells us their story!
- I don't know what celebrity i am interviewing yet. but i am interviewing someone and i will hopefully know by the end of next week.
Win The Script tickets!
- this will encourage our readers that like the script to buy the magazine and enter the competition.
V fest and Glasto 2011 find out here!
- we have a sneak preview on who wants to perform and who defintley doesnt!
The official gig calendar.
- this will show wehen gigs with avadible tickets are on and helps our reader.
The story behind...
- this will be a bio on an upcoming celebrity, it will include their background how they got famous and where we think there heading
Our latest monthly review.
- our opinions on Cd's or gig's, concerts this will help our reader when deciding who to book ticket's for.. or what Cd to buy.
Free poster this month
- look whose back!
it's Shanye Ward!
5 minutes with...
find out inside!
- this wil also persuade our reader to buy this magazine as it leaves a cliffhanger on the front cover.
PLANNING PRODUCTION
Planning production
For my planning production I have been asked to make detailed decision on the following things:
my front cover image
the cover lines for my front cover
the text I will include in my content’s page.
The images I will need for my contents page
the article I am going to write for my double page spread, and the photographs I’m going to take.
my front cover image
the cover lines for my front cover
the text I will include in my content’s page.
The images I will need for my contents page
the article I am going to write for my double page spread, and the photographs I’m going to take.
My front cover image I want is a close up shot of either the celebrity(s) I am going to interview or the model I am going to use if I am not able to get a celeb here our a few example of the shot I want, used by other magazines
the type of shots used on these front covers is similar to what i want my model to be like, I have used fashion magazines, to show what i want my model to be similar to in my magazine.
the type of shots used on these front covers is similar to what i want my model to be like, I have used fashion magazines, to show what i want my model to be similar to in my magazine.
These images only show the face and the top of the neck, this is what I will base my front cover image on. However I don’t not know who will be featured on the cover yet.
Thursday 4 November 2010
PUBLICATION PLAN
Publication plan
Title: AMG
positioning statement: your music guide.
Frequency of publication: after looking at my questionnaire results I have decided to release my music magazine every month. I chose this because about ¾ of the people who completed my questionnaire chose monthly.
Price: my original price was £3.75; however after looking at my questionnaire results I have released this might put my target audience off buying my magazine at such a high price. Therefore I have chosen to sell my magazine at £3.00
positioning statement: your music guide.
Frequency of publication: after looking at my questionnaire results I have decided to release my music magazine every month. I chose this because about ¾ of the people who completed my questionnaire chose monthly.
Price: my original price was £3.75; however after looking at my questionnaire results I have released this might put my target audience off buying my magazine at such a high price. Therefore I have chosen to sell my magazine at £3.00
Distribution: my music magazine will be distributed in supermarkets, news-agents, music arenas and music shops.
Style: the style of my magazine will be informal and have a quirky style I will use humour and give opinions finally it will use medium/complex vocabulary. I plan to use NME as my guidance.
Regular content:posters – of bands, music artists (double page)
reviews – of Gig’s and cd’s this will enable my audience to help them on what to buy and what not to buy.
Top 40 – this weeks top 40 music songs this can invite all different type of music lovers to the magazine.
What’s new? – This will show my target audience who to look out for new cd releases or upcoming gigs.
Who is new? – This will show my audience who is new in the charts and who is going to be big in the next few months, this can also widen our genre.
Ask.... a question – our readers will be able to ask celebrities questions.
Calendar – the calendar will show when avadible tickets for gig’s are and how you can but them.
Competition – a different competition will take place each month, our readers will be able to win, gig tickets posters cd’s.
reviews – of Gig’s and cd’s this will enable my audience to help them on what to buy and what not to buy.
Top 40 – this weeks top 40 music songs this can invite all different type of music lovers to the magazine.
What’s new? – This will show my target audience who to look out for new cd releases or upcoming gigs.
Who is new? – This will show my audience who is new in the charts and who is going to be big in the next few months, this can also widen our genre.
Ask.... a question – our readers will be able to ask celebrities questions.
Calendar – the calendar will show when avadible tickets for gig’s are and how you can but them.
Competition – a different competition will take place each month, our readers will be able to win, gig tickets posters cd’s.
Feature content:exclusive interview – I will interview a celebrity on their gig, and what they have coming up. I will also ask them any questions that readers want me to ask them.
V festival 2011 and Glastonbury 2011 – we will give our readers a sneak preview on who is going to be playing in 2011
small interviews – we will have ‘5 minutes with...’ and ask them a set of questions to determine how famous they think they are.
Story behind... – there will be article behind a celebrity such as ‘Katy Perry’.
Vouchers for ticket master – Ticketmaster would like TMG to sponsor and as a thank you they have given us vouchers for our readers to win!
CD releases – we will have a feature article on who we think is the best album is and whose is not the best.
V festival 2011 and Glastonbury 2011 – we will give our readers a sneak preview on who is going to be playing in 2011
small interviews – we will have ‘5 minutes with...’ and ask them a set of questions to determine how famous they think they are.
Story behind... – there will be article behind a celebrity such as ‘Katy Perry’.
Vouchers for ticket master – Ticketmaster would like TMG to sponsor and as a thank you they have given us vouchers for our readers to win!
CD releases – we will have a feature article on who we think is the best album is and whose is not the best.
House style:
Cover lines: Arial Rounded MT bold
Headlines: Arial black
Stand first: corbel
Captions: Arial narrow
The first paragraph will feature a drop capital
News first paragraph: first small paragraph in bold
Body text: times new roman 11pt
Colour scheme: I have chosen quite dark colours such as black, white and I might incorporate grey and red as well.
QUESTIONAIRE
Questionaire
Q1. Who currently is your favourite band or artist? And why?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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weekly Fortnightly Monthly Never
(please pick three)
Red Blue Green Pink Silver
Purple Black White orange Gold
Q4. what price range do you think is suitable for a music magazine? (Please pick one.)
£1.50 -£2.00 £2.50 - £3.00
£3.50-£4.00 £5.00 or over
Q5. what words would you acossiate with indie music? (please give two examples)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Q6. What do you like about music magazines? (please give three examples)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Q7. Are you male or female?
___________________________________________________________________________
Q8. What artist/band would you like to see on the front cover?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Q9. What are your likes and dislikes about a music magazine?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Gig tickets Poster Cd
Monday 1 November 2010
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Tuesday 12 October 2010
SCHOOL MAGAZINE EVALUATION
my school magazine front cover and contents page follows the form and conventions of a typical magazine.
It contains a masthead at the top to show the title and could also show the genre of the magazine, also the main image on the front of the magazine is one person.This person is surrounded by feature titles to show the reader what is inside the magazine. this could also show the genre of the magazine. my front cover also contained the issue number which was number 1 this could show that it is a fresh new magazine, however it could also show how established the magazine is and if it is successful or not.. It also shows the price and a bar code. In my opinion my magazine could challenge the form and conventions of a magazine as school magazine are not sold in a newsagents however they are sold in the school.
On my contents i also used the form and conventions such as having columns to break down different sections in the magazine such as 'charity' and 'clubs' and a masthead at the top of the page indicating it was the contents. i also used a bold font to make the page numbers clear. I also used action pictures connoting a article such as 'Weatherhead's new restaurant' i took a picture of the cafeteria and placed a page number on it to show what page it would be placed on.
The new media technologies that i used to construct my media project was adobe photo-shop and quark express i used the the different software to have an understanding of how different they could be and what similarities and differences they have.
i used photo-shop to create my front cover, which i have used before to create different magazines for projects in school. photo-shop allowed me to open pictures and edit them and also to create titles and had a variety of different fonts to use. you could also cut out photo's in photo-shop and put them on a different background which i thought was helpful.I used quark express to create my contents this however i have never used but i thought it was similar to photoshop i could also create titles, However it couldn't cut a photo and put in on a different background or edit the pictures also there wasn't a variety of different fonts to use which i thought was disappointing. However it was better than photoshop to create a contents as the columns paced on the page helped alot.
My strengths and weaknesses of both my front cover and contents page were; in photoshop even though i have used it before i forgot how to create certain things or forgot what button did what on the tool bar, which i thought slowed me down. however when i got used to photoshop it was really easy to use, and personally i thought it was easier than quark express which at the start was difficult to use and confused me alot. However once i was shown how to create a title and to move things around i slowly got to understand quark express and could be as easy as photoshop to use.
Overall i think i have done quite well on my preliminary task, and any errors that i have made such as not saving my work properly can help me in my main task to make sure i dont do it again. I will also be alot quicker in quark express and photoshop as i have had practice and got used to the software's.
It contains a masthead at the top to show the title and could also show the genre of the magazine, also the main image on the front of the magazine is one person.This person is surrounded by feature titles to show the reader what is inside the magazine. this could also show the genre of the magazine. my front cover also contained the issue number which was number 1 this could show that it is a fresh new magazine, however it could also show how established the magazine is and if it is successful or not.. It also shows the price and a bar code. In my opinion my magazine could challenge the form and conventions of a magazine as school magazine are not sold in a newsagents however they are sold in the school.
On my contents i also used the form and conventions such as having columns to break down different sections in the magazine such as 'charity' and 'clubs' and a masthead at the top of the page indicating it was the contents. i also used a bold font to make the page numbers clear. I also used action pictures connoting a article such as 'Weatherhead's new restaurant' i took a picture of the cafeteria and placed a page number on it to show what page it would be placed on.
The new media technologies that i used to construct my media project was adobe photo-shop and quark express i used the the different software to have an understanding of how different they could be and what similarities and differences they have.
i used photo-shop to create my front cover, which i have used before to create different magazines for projects in school. photo-shop allowed me to open pictures and edit them and also to create titles and had a variety of different fonts to use. you could also cut out photo's in photo-shop and put them on a different background which i thought was helpful.I used quark express to create my contents this however i have never used but i thought it was similar to photoshop i could also create titles, However it couldn't cut a photo and put in on a different background or edit the pictures also there wasn't a variety of different fonts to use which i thought was disappointing. However it was better than photoshop to create a contents as the columns paced on the page helped alot.
My strengths and weaknesses of both my front cover and contents page were; in photoshop even though i have used it before i forgot how to create certain things or forgot what button did what on the tool bar, which i thought slowed me down. however when i got used to photoshop it was really easy to use, and personally i thought it was easier than quark express which at the start was difficult to use and confused me alot. However once i was shown how to create a title and to move things around i slowly got to understand quark express and could be as easy as photoshop to use.
Overall i think i have done quite well on my preliminary task, and any errors that i have made such as not saving my work properly can help me in my main task to make sure i dont do it again. I will also be alot quicker in quark express and photoshop as i have had practice and got used to the software's.
Wednesday 29 September 2010
Tuesday 28 September 2010
PRELIMINARY EXERCISE
Title
-firstly we had to choose a title for the school magazine i choose to use alliteration because i though it was quite catchy and decided on the title 'the star school' or 'the star pupil' i haven't decided which title i would like to use yet.
Details of the mis-en-scene
for my mis-en-scene i wanted one 6th former working i haven't decided on what type of camera shot i would like to use yet but i think the over the shoulder shot is the best shot when taking a picture of someone working.
However i also like the idea of having a younger year student playing in the playground as this can connote the fun you can have in the school i will use a long shot showing the head to the toe.
Cover lines for the front cover of your magazine
"new school menu!"
"BIG DANCE"
"Barcelona year 12 trip"
"outstanding GCSE results!"
"tune in for all new ice factor!"
"BIG SING"
" sneak preview of Beauty and the BEAST"
i think these cover lines are interesting and will catch the targets audiences eye.
CAMERA ANGLES
over the past few lessons we have been looking at different camera angles and in Monday's lesson we had to get into groups of three and take a camera around school and take a variety of different shots
Wednesday 22 September 2010
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