7. Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

In the progression from my preliminary task to my final product, I have learnt a lot. I’ve learnt how everything should be situated on the pages that it is on; I’ve learnt how to piece together a magazine, how to use techniques to attract the audience and how to make text stand out by changing the font and the colouring of it. How the positioning and angle of a photo is taken and put onto the magazine tells us about the character and whether they’re a strong or a weak person. In a group picture of a band, we can usually establish who the lead singer is, and the order of importance from the image and how the members are positioned.

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

From the constructing of my product I have learnt that there is a meaning behind absolutely everything on a magazine, what looks to be a normal picture, tells a sort of story, the way they’re stood, where they’re looking, what they’re wearing. The lighting and the positioning of the picture. The fonts also have a massive deal to do with the appearance of the magazine. And what the creators want the customers to focus on, and see first. There is a colour pallet rule, on which you only use certain colours on certain colours for it to stand out and become appealing. The way that everything is displayed on the page is all part of the look too. On most music magazines, they have an F or a Z style. Where everything of the cover either resembles the shape of an F or a Z. they also use many layers on magazines, it isn’t just all put onto a page. Every bit of text/banners/pictures will probably have their own layer. So they can be placed anywhere on the page and moved easily.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

I attracted my audience by looking at magazines of the similar genre. I then took bits from each magazine and made mine from the pieces from chosen favourite magazines. I believe that my magazine will attract my audience because of the contents of it. And the information it supplies. It will have all the new bands and their albums. Lists of gigs and who is performing at them. The look I went for with the magazine fits the description of the audience as well, and I’m hoping that if they see people with a similar interest and fashion sense to them, then they’ll be attracted to the magazine and share the contents with friends.

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my media product would be teenagers, around the age of 16-19 who have an interest in fashion, music and especially the indie/ indie rock genre. I chose for these to be the audience as I can relate to it a little. I have an interest in fashion and I do like the small indie bands that not many people have heard of. I also like mainstream indie bands like Arctic Monkeys or The Vaccines. So I decided to do my magazine on a genre similar to them, and try to collaborate the genre of music that i will be analysing and creating my magazine of will be indie/ indie rock. I have chosen to use this genre as my own because it’s the type of music that i like to listen to, and over the past year or two the music has grown on me. Indie rock is a type of alternative rocks that originated in the UK and the US in the 1980's. It has around 20 subgenres within it. These include Indie pop, grunge, jangle pop and many more. The name for the genre of music deprives from 'independent' and mainly consists of small indie groups that create music themselves, and not with the help of large studio producing teams. In the mid 1980's the term 'indie' was not used to display the bands, but the music they made. This is where we get the term ‘indie rock’ from.

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

The type of media institution that may distribute my media product is an NME type business. Or a production company interested in the indie/ indie rock genre of music. The magazine tells the audience the top 50 albums and singles of the month that are available to buy. Or they give a website where you can download for a little less. I think that the smaller indie groups may be interested in helping out with the promotion and distribution of the magazine. As they would get a shout out, or a page about themselves. Definitely some sort of mention within the magazine. Which will promote their band/ group and hopefully people will hear about it and tell others and before you know it, the group becomes slightly known. I think that someone would invest into part of the magazine and help with the distribution, as it shows that they are willing to help the people that are just starting, and if the magazine was to get to a bigger more popular level, then more people would be interested in who promoted and distributed them, and then they would possibly get more people wanting help from them. By promoting the magazine, they would be promoting themselves also.

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
 

My media product represents the social group of indie/indie rock. It represents this particular group because of the music and the bands featured in the magazine, the colours used and the style of the photos that I’ve put into the magazine. The clothing I got my models to wear during the photo shoot or the preparation for the pictures added to this group, as it fitted in with the description and the style of my music and social group. The group that my magazine is aimed at has its own sort of style but it is varied a little. As some of the music featured would go under the category of indie, and other would go more rock. So two different styles of music are joined/ collaborated together to make one

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? 
 
For my magazine I chose to look at several that I could take bits from and put them all together to make mine. I looked at the front cover of a rolling stones magazine with Thom Yorke on, which I tried to make mine similar to because I liked the layout of the design, the fonts and colours used. And I liked how they layers were all put together. I then looked at a Q music magazine for the contents page, and decided to take part of that, and part from a different Q mag to make the one I produced. This worked well as Q is a very popular music magazine production company, so my contents page was the collaboration of two contents pages of a well-known and popular music mag. I then took the double page spread ideas from an NME music magazine. I looked at the vaccines double page spread, and decided I wanted to make mine how they had made theirs. With a big group picture taking up one whole page, maybe more. And then the remaining space being filled in with an interview from one of the band members or the band themselves.

Lesson Evaluation

In this lesson i have read through my feedback sheet and worked on what i need to improve, ive not yet corrected any errors in my work but have planned out what it is that needs correcting, and what stuff i have to do to make it better and achieve a higher grade. 

My Magazine

Colour Pallet

For my music magazine im going to use the iconic colours for the music mag or red, black and white. I think that these colours go well together, and all contrast eachother so they make everything look better and stand out more. id like to do a mazine in the way that NME do. Like the one displayed to the left. ill also maybe try to incorperate a yellow in there too, as it goes well with the red and the black. I've also chosen to use these colour because its what people are used to with magazines, and the iconic colours of red, white and black are used alot with indie/ indie rock magazines which is the type of magazine i intend to produce.

content's page inspiration

For my contents page i will use one of the two images here, i like both of them and how the page is split into the sections it is. i like the simplicity and the colours used. ill probably go for the one on the right, but with a single shot image instaid of a dual shot.

front cover idea

Im chosing to a front cover page like this because i like the simplicity, and the colour scheme that it follows. i wouldnt use these colours on my magazine, but i like the way everything is set out, and the fonts used. so for my mag id use something like this.

photo experiments

 This is the type of image that i will be going for on the cover or the contents page of my music magazine, ive chosen to do a mid shot image because its simple, and effective. I'm not keen on the colour of the background, as the colour of the clothing clashes and i think we could find a better backdrop to take the photo on.

 Here's another mid shor, i tried to get the head of the model facing the camera, but him looking slighty off centre

 We then moved to a possible different backdrop, i chose a white painted brick wall, which i thought went well with the colours of clothing the model is wearing as its a contrasting colour and makes it stand out. i think ill go for a brick wall backdrop in my magazine.

 This is an shot taking against a brick wall outside, i chose to do this because i liked the colour, and the light in this area was good. i got the model to look to the side as it gave of an expression and isnt just a regular image.

 This image is a high angle shot, i went for this shot as i had done alot of mid shots and simply wanted to experiment something else. i dont really like the shot, but i think the angle of the image in a possibility.

 in this image i wanted the model to look off centre but have his body facing the camera, this particular shot is used in a lot of magazines, and i thing it looks decent.

 This is my favourite shot, and probably the type of shot i shall use for my magaizine.

 Although i didn't take this phot, i like the natural look of it and the colour greyscale, i like the old tatty background displayed. in this photo i went for a completely natural look, with a straight look into the camera. i dont really like the photo, but i like the fact it looks like its been edited by the background colour and everything.

 i dont like this photo at all as it looks like im about to cry, but i think i could use this type of image, close up with head facing off centre. the effect used on the camera to blur and darken the ages worked well to. i like everything about this photo, but my face. probably to do with it being -3 degreese and george wanting a t-shirt picture.

I didnt take this photo, but i told the photographer how i wanted it and the effect i was trying to put across. i like the simplicity and the chilled feeling about the image, this could work as a group photo, possibly add a couple more people the the shot in the future.

I like how this image is put together and the simplicity of it. i think ill use an image like this for my magazine, as its effective, simple, and looks siiiiick.

Artist Profile

My artist Liam Jacobs is a 19 year old former student studying economics at Kings College in London. he recently dropped out of UNI to pursue his dream of becoming a music artist after his YouTube channel was picked up by cult indie label 'Columbia Records'. He is now part of the up and coming new to the scene indie band 'Radar'. The group consistes of Liam and three of his fellow UNI pals, Tom, James and Ash. The four all go to Kings Cross College, study different subjects but all have the same dream of creating and performing their own music. so when they were offered a recording session by Columbia Records, they jumped at the chance.

Animoto Moodboard

Target Audience

The genre of music that i will be analysing and creating my magazine of will me indie/ indie rock. I have chosen to use this genre as my own because its the type of music that i like to listen to, and over the past year or two the music has grown on me. Indie rock is a type of alternative rock that orriginated in the UK and the US in the 1980's. It has around 20 subgenres within it. These inclue Indie pop, grunge, jangle pop and many more. The name for the genre of music deprives from 'independent' and mainly consists of small indie groups that create music themselves, and not with the help of large studio producing teams. In the mid 1980's the term 'indie' was not used to display the bands, but the music they made. which is where we get the term 'indie rock' from.

Magazine Analysis

Magazine covers i like

I like this magazine cover, it uses the iconic colours and is a simple Z layout. it isnt to complicated, and everything on the magazine is easily readable.

I like this magazine because like the 1st one, it uses the iconic colours. this magazine appeals to me because it isnt based on a Z or and F model. which most magazines are. i like the individuality of the cover.

This magazine doesnt feature any image. and doesnt show anything on the cover, it is simply a picture and the name of the magazine. I like the simplicity of the design. and i think this stood out for me because i like the famous person modelled onto the front.

I dont really know why i chose this magazine, i liked the models helmet and the individuality of the whole magazine. the helmet/ hat doesnt go with the rest of its outfit, but it still looks good. i like the colour scheme. it isnt the iconic colours, its just a gold and light brown which works well.

i chose this magazine because i like the primary colours, and the style of all the writing. A not very well known magazine would have to keep their title on show for people to see. but by having their model infront of the title, it shows that people are familiar with the magazine and just by seeing a few of the letters and design they would be able to tell that it's billboard. this also shows us that they think that adele is more important than their magazine.

I chose this magazine because i like the clothing brand 'Supreme' and i like the simplicity of the cover. it looks simple to make, and uses iconic colours so its easy to read and looks neat and tidy.

I chose this magazine cover because i like the colours used, and i like its simplicity and the iconic landmark on the front.

I chose this as one of my magazine covers because it uses the iconic colours which i like, and it has 3 well known actors on the cover. The models are based infron of the title of the magazine, which could mean that they are more important than the magazine itself, or that it is such a well known magazine that they dont need to display the name of the magazine because the audience and the customers alreaddy know what it is and what its called.

I chose this magazine cover because i like the greyscale of colours used, and the well known lead singer of the band radiohead. this magazine also has the model featured infront of the title of the magazine, this shows that he is more impoirtanat than the magazine and that the consumers of the magazine know it well that they dont need to see the whole of the title. just a few letters will tell them the name of the magazine.

Glossary

Masthead – The name and logo of the magazine.
The Lead – the introductory paragraph of an article. Usually written in bold or capitals.
Body copy - refers to the text of your written articles, which should be produced as a printed presentation to accepted industry standards, e.g. correct use of language, font size, word limits etc. Usually written in columns.
Serif font – fonts like Times New Roman, or Baskerville Old Face, which have little bars (serifs) on the end of the letters.
Sans serif font – fonts like Impact, or Agency FB, which do not have little bars (serifs) on the end of the letters.
Drop Capitals – Really big letter, which start off an article.
Cross Head – Small sub-heading used to split up a large block of text.
White Space – white parts of a page other than text or pictures.
Mode Of Address – How the magazine talks to the audience.
Sell Lines – Text on the cover that helps to sell the magazine to the audience. Kerrang!’s sell line is “life is loud”.
Banners – text, which stands out because its on a coloured background.
House Style – a magazines distinctive design that distinguishes it from its competitors.
Borders – the gaps at the edges of the page.
Gutters – the gaps between the columns of text.
Leading - the space between lines of text.
Kerning - the space between letters.
Strap Lines – a smaller headline, printed above the main headline.
By-lines - name of the person who wrote the article. Picture Credits - where did the photos come from, or who took them.
Anchorage – The way in which text helps to pin down the meaning of a picture and visa versa.