Lesson Evaluation

This lesson i have worked on the images for my double page spread. i had previously thoughrt i had chosen the right one, but i am now slightly indecisive as too which image i want to use, i have narrowed the choice down to three images and have been experimenting with them. I have worked on enhancing my images, aswell as the image on my fornt cover.

Lesson Evaluation

This lesson i have begun to create my front cover for my magazine after taking another selection of photos last night. I have started my front cover again from scratch and have cut out my new image and began to try and find the correct font for my title and for the main cover line being careful to make sure they are not to similar and wont clash.

Lesson evaluation

This lesson, i have recieved my feedback from my mock up magazine. the feedback i have been given has helped me alot to alter the parts of my magazines which could be better. I have not actually edited my magazine on photoshop this lesson but i have been planning and thinking about how i can make my changes, i am also using new models and new images in my magazine which i have been planning out, and how i can make them most effective for my genre of music and magazine. I have also thought about adding much more to my contents page, giving the magazine a wider range of features and adding a variety of photos into the contents aswell.

Official feedback of mock up magazine

As Draft Feed Back Sheet George 12b

Peer analyses of my magazine

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My analyses of my own magazine and other students.

 

Q5) How did you attract/Address your audience? (draft answer)

My audience is quite acute as it is, so attracting them does not take an outrageous  front cover but simply something clean and reaches out to the audience that love the music and will appreciate the magazine for what it is. The rock look I hope to achieve for my images should instantly appeal to my audience, although this may be quite idol thinking my audience is quite specific and it should work well, despite being an assumption of what my readership will like.

Q4) Who would be the audience for your media product? (draft answer)

The audience for my magazine is a particularly male audience, the magazine is aimed at a mainly male readership, around 75%, I try to reflect this audience throughout my magazine, with especially the look of my artist that I have photographed, they will come across as more rock and roll men, as opposed to ‘lads’ who fake tan and spend most of their time in the gym. These types of people however are welcome to buy the magazine but they are not the main audience that it is being aimed at! I have been quite selective about my audience which I feel is important! It really targets the people who truly love the music that is being offered within the magazine, especially with the chosen genre of indie rock, as it has come from very fine origins of garage bands and college students from America, and has now dominated the British music scene.

Q3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? (draft answer)

My magazine is very similar to Q magazine and I have also looked slightly into Rolling Stone Magazine, which Q mag was actually based around but as a British magazine, which is why it is useful for me. Q magazine is published by Bauer Media Group, which is the institution that would be suitable to publish and distribute my magazine. Bauer also own Kerrang t.v radio and the magazine itself, which is a magazine that has an almost similar genre to my music, although it is slightly heavier rock. This makes the is institution very suitable for distributing my magazine.

Q2) How does your media product represent particular social groups? (draft answer)

My artists are a male duo, that follows the same style as many British rock and indie rock groups but try and do it between the two of them as opposed to a group of 4 or more. The image on my front cover will be very simplistic and will not give too much away about any particular social group. However what I do want to give away from the front cover, is that it may appeal to a mainly male readership, and that it is indie rock music, but towards the rock end of the spectrum with bands like Kasabian, as opposed to more pop, indie rock bands like the Wombats.
The artist profile I have constructed fits in well with the article I have written for my double page spread, the 2 boys have both adopted a rock and roll attitude after leaving uni, and they don’t care for negative opinions, they simply laugh at them and more than likely swear back at them and get on with it! For my image that will be used on my double page spread I am trying to create an album cover style photo, that has both members of the duo in it! In my mock up double page spread both of my models are in it, although these are not my real models and are not dressed how I would like the overall image I am very happy with.
My contents page will show the features throughout the magazine, and will strongly appeal to fans of indie rock. Not just the music but also the look, the latest, the past, and everything about the music that I am capturing in my magazine, along with the overriding theme throughout that it is strictly British music and artists.

Q1) In what way does your media product, use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (draft answers)

At first I looked at a lot of rolling stone magazines for inspiration, but I changed my views throughout the process and adjusted to looking at NME and Q magazine. The main convention I have taken from rolling stone is the use of mid shots on their front cover, it is a very effective image and makes a simple cover look, which is what I want. One convention of all three of the magazines that I have looked at however is some covers have cover lines, strap lines and banners, taking up the whole page, I have strongly looked away from this convention, I want a very clean looking cover that is not cluttered with text. I want a simple cover with a mid-shot a mast head and bare minimum cover lines, just enough to entice the reader. In my mock up cover, the clothing of my models is quite a Hip-Hop or R&B like, this is where the genre of my music and magazine does have a serious influence. My genre is indie rock and I want a quite alternative look about my artists, I plan to dress them in a quite masculine way which will appeal to the male readership but won’t make them come across as too metrosexual.

Front cover first draft

Double page spread 1st draft

Contents page first draft

My Animoto question analyses and magazine concept

Mock up photos - Double Act

 

My artists are two males that both contribute to the music. these style photos are what i will try and encorporate into a album cover style picture, which will either be placed on my double page spread as the main image, or as a small picture in the contents page.

Mock up photos - On scene

These photos were at a different location to a plain wall or photo studio. They add another element to the photos and generates a whole new background image, it also adds a more natural look to the image and as if it isnt just to capture the model but what he is doing and what is around him.

Mock photos - Mid Shots

 

 

 

These are a range of Mid shots that i have taken, this is not my model but i am planning on using a mid shot, or close up of the models face for my front cover. I like these pictures as they have quite a simple look about them and i dont want to much 'clutter' on my cover, i want it to look clean and effective. The bottom right picture is my preffered photo, it catches the careless look of my models face and also has a large amount of background space, but the space is utilised by the model looking in that direction it adds an atmosphere that he is looking at something and will create thoughts for the audience.

Mock Up, Cover, Contents and Double Page Spread!

These are my mock ups of my what i hope my magazine will look like, i have hand drawn them and although they are quite rough drawings they do capture the sort of look i am going for. I am not great at hand drawing and some things are slightly out of proportion, on the front cover, the head and face of my model will be much bigger.

1st Draft of DPS article

Double Page Spread Article 1ST DRAFT!