Evaluation 6

I Used a macbook to do all the computer related tasks and my iphone 4s to take the pictures as this was the best camera I have and is easy to use

I used iPhoto to import all my photos from my phone using a service called photostream

I Used photoshop to compose all the magazine pages and to cut out my images and edit them

Evaluation 4

My target audience is Teenagers into grunge (The Alternative tribe of teens)

This Audience would by my magazine because:

• The Bands/Artists in the magazine are typical for the genre of music they're in to
• The fonts on the front cover are appealing to the target audience 
• The Articles featured on the magazines front cover and contents page would attract the audiences attention
• The Band featured in the magazine are from the same target audience 
• i believe the artists on the front cover will mainly attract my target audience as that will be the main thing people notice when going to purchase a magazine like this

Evaluation Question 3

I Have Chosen Bauer Media Group as my chosen distributor as they sell a wide range of magazines for example Kerrang, Q and more. The Idea of a distributor is a company who can get my magazine from the printing press to the stores overnight and i believe bauer media group is the best one as they have a wide range of magazines from different styles. The money for getting the magazine published would come from a business loan and if the company was large enough shareholders. Also depending on wether advertisers would think the magazine was a viable investment money would also come from them to help distribute the magazine. My Magazine is institutionally similar to NME, Kerrang and Q in my opinion.

evaluation 5

Evaluation 7

Looking back at the preliminary task i feel that i have learnt how to take a picture with the best lightening so theres little/shadows on the models face andbody. I have also learnt about which camera angles are the best to use when taking a photograph and which angles to avoid as they can make the model have the wrong impression on the audience. I have learnt about mise en scene and what should be in a shot and what shouldnt and also about the positioning of model in the shot. we have also been taught how to set up the model when taking photographs and when it comes to taking a magazine ive learnt that most models have a lack of facial expression in there pictures depending on genre. also compared to my preliminary task i have learned whats the best/ most appropriate back drop for my model to be against. I have also learnt what fonts to use for the style of magazine i have created as my preliminary magazine had fonts from all over the place.

I Learnt from my preliminary task how to use magazine age models effectively ad things like how the eye looks at a magazine e.g. the spiral effect and this helped me out when positioning objects on my page for my final design. I also learnt how to use rulers and grids in photoshop to make sure my text and photos were correctly aligned on the page. I also learnt the best way to position text on the page and what fonts were most appropriate and not to use to many fonts limit them to about 3-4 different types. Ive learnt to how to use the most appropriate backdrop for my images. 

evaluation 2

This magazine is aimed at the alternative group of social tribes and I believe this appeals to that group in this group of social tribes there are Gamers, Emos, Scene kids, Metalheads, Young alts, Skaters I believe my magazine and this one I am comparing it to appeals to them.

similarities between the two artists:

• They both have no facial expression in the photos
• They are both wearing casual clothes which show they not trying to impress with there clothing
• They both look typical steretypes for the alternative/Rock genre
• Both have similar poses in both theeir pictures

Differences between the two artists

• Theirs a big difference Age
• Jack black looks more meesy in the photo then my artist
• hes holding a acoustic guitar and my artist has nothing
• the envrionment for jack black is a live stage whereas my atist is againts a wall

Convetions of a Double Page Spread

Codes and Conventions of Magazine Double Page Spread

• All have a main image which is relevant to the article.
• Main text bigger than all text.
• Columns.
• Heading Long- Stands out.
• Simple colour scheme- colours keep to a minimum.
• One large picture which takes up to a whole page and sometimes bleeds between pages. (link the two pages together).
• Sometimes the picture is a cross the whole DPS with all text on the picture.
• Quotes are used sometimes in the title/headline on the picture stand first or to break up the text.
• The stand first introduces the article and is positioned at the begginning of the headline.
• Often includes the journalists name.
• First letter of the article is bigger to show you where to start reading.
• Other techniques for the same thing include bold text, slightly bigger type space, capitals at the start of the article.
• Sometimes uses stylized fonts.
• Headlines used to draw the reader in but don't tell them what the articles about thats done by stand first.
• Byline-who wrote the article, photographers credit.
• Laid out in 2-4 collumns.
• Strap line at the top- what the article is about.
• The article is usually written infromally and the personality
• of the journalist come through.

Conventions of a magazine front cover

Codes And Conventions Of A Magazine Front Cover

A magazine usually consists of different elements such as ‘ingredients’ that all adjoin together to make a successful production.
These elements consist of:
A Masthead: The title used by known typography to make the readers become familiar with what magazine they are reading.

Main Image: Typically consisting of a leading artist(s) or band(s) within the music genre of the magazine, to attract readers.
Strapline: Seen as an introductory headline below the main title (the masthead), to give an insight to the magazine.
Top and Bottom Strip: These are the strips below and above the magazine that give further information to what may be included in the magazine. Mostly being the interesting parts of the magazine.

Pug: ‘The ears of the magazine’, can either be at the top left or/and right-hand corners of the front cover. The prices of the paper, the logo or a promotion are positioned there or even a freebie is placed there to catch the reader’s eye. When the reader is to open the magazine it is likely that they are too see the pug this of which can aware them on the positive aspects inside the magazine.

Tag: This doesn’t have to be on the front cover but I believe that it makes the magazine more efficient as the word or phrase is used to engage a reader’s interest in a story by categorising it e.g. ‘Exclusive’, ‘Sensational’, this showing that the magazine has high compliments.

Coverlines: The essential articles inside the magazine are stated through sell lines, these are regularly seen at the right hand side of the cover.

Left Third: The left third contains the main feature article (Exclusive interview or ‘Puff Piece’), as this is the core part of what may be inside the magazine. It also includes the main artist or band situated within.

Barcode/Dateline & Price: A dateline in which the date of publish and the price are shown, the barcode is just the importance of the retailer.

Keylight: Usually highlighting the main artist or featured lines,

Conventions Of a Contents Page

CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF A MAGAZINE CONTENTS PAGE.

• Arranged in columns, usually 3 or 4.
• One main picture relating to a feature article.
• Other smaller images.
• They have page numbers on the pictures which anchors them to the written contents.
• Name of the magazine is at the top, issue date and the word contents.
• Subscription and contact information.
• Sometimes an editors letter.
• Contents divided into catergories and headings used to identify each catergory.
• Image of the front cover of the magazine.
• Simple colour scheme.
• Contents are written in the same way-
  First Line- page number- one or two words which could be artist name or ambigous text to intrigue the reader in bold type, often capital letters (average 12-13pt).
  Sub Line- Gives you more specific detail about what the articles about in smaller font and roman (no bigger than 11pt).
• Photography is credited for the front cover.
• Interesting and varied photographs.
• Features and regulars - main catergory headings
• Bottom has page number followed by title and issue date, really small font, often followed by a web address.
• Usually one or two pages, no more.

Evaluation Question 1

The title in kerrang magazine is similar to the one i used with bold black font and white background as the masthead.
The page layout/model is similar as it uses similar to mine as we Have text in similar places like band names and i have a header and footer similar to kerrangs but i have no pictures on my front cover other then the main one of the band and kerrang has a few small images scattered across the front cover to give the reader an insight as to what other bands are featured in the magazine.
My magazine has a darker picture to reflect the genre of the band and the picture in this is well lit, clear to see, cut out to overpower the title and has no background
The bands costume in both of the magazines appear to just be there casual clothes this shows they not trying to impress anyone and this represents genre and the magazine to be grungy.
The postioning of the models is different in the kerrang magazine compared to mine as the models/bands are postioned higher up in kerrang magazine as there heads begin to cover up the title and in mine the model is more centered.
This magazine has pictures and teasers on the front cover this gives an insight of the content that the magazine features and mine has lines of text telling the reader what bands are inside the magazine this gives the reader an insight as to its content but i should have included some more images on the front page to fill it out more and to make it look less empty.
I would say my magazine appeals to my target market because it has grungy fonts that appeal to the area of the market i am trying to sell to which is the alternative group of social tribes.
The image on the front of my magazine sets the tone for the whole magazine as it has a low light a plain background with lack of props, the picture is also framed so you can see the model clearly and part of the environment he is in (Background) the image was taken at a high angle to make it look like the model we the reader have authority over the model.
I think the fonts used throughout the magazine represents the genre well as is grungy and has attitude i used the DaFont website to get the 'Dirty Headline' font used for the magazines title and various other titles throughout the magazine and the 'Urban Jungle' font which is used for the chiquitos name i found this gave the band more of an identity and made them seem unique.
The Magazine has a similar model to this kerrang magazine as the text is placed very in similar places and the Bands Names Are in Similar places.

My Contents page isn't as filled with content as kerrangs but i feel this gives it a cleaner look and makes it easier to read. My Contents follows the general conventions of a magazine contents page it has pictures sacttered around the page and its listed in columns I believe this makes the page looks clean and easy to read and understand the information. The pictures are all relevent to articles in the magazine. Unlike kerrangs i havent added loads of information like quotes and teaser on my magazine as i wanted to keep it quite simplistic and clean.

In My Double Page Spread I Decided to seperate my article in to 3 seperate columns and i made the Questions bold to distinguish who was asking them and who was answering them. the font on my bands title stands out from rest of the text and gives the band a unique identity. my photo on the laft page of the double page spread is well cut out and fills the whole page its is is also positioned so it grabs the readers attention and I think this uses the spiral effect. mine dosent have a footer style column running down the side. my double page spread follows most of the basic conventions

things i need to do to improve my magazine based on feedback given

based on the feedback given I need to improve:

I am going to retake all the pictures with the correct band members and with better framing and mise en scene

take more inspiration from other magazines of similar genre

I am going to improve the layout of both my contents page and double page spread

correct text errors in double page spread

make the double page spread fit the genre style

make it known whos telling the questions and whos answering them

have models that are dressed and look more related to the genre of the magazine
keep to about three fonts

have a quote from the band or article on the dps

avoid using yellow fonts make it easier to read

magazine

Draft Magazine Article

The Chiquitos

The Chiquitos are a brand rock band that has just released their debut album ‘Complexity’. They planned to release the album in late April but due to the recent success of their debut single ‘This Is Now’ they are releasing it at the end of this month. The Chiquitos consists of Will Stanway and Declan Challoner they said “we had been friends for years and have similar musical interests so decided we to form the chiquitos”. The chiquitos are originally from the city of Leicester and they started out playing small gigs in local pubs and bars around Leicester. Their success began when they started recording demos and uploading them to websites such as sound cloud and youtube.

In an interview with the chiquitos this is what we asked:

compared to your musical influences and the style of music you perform would you say they were similar? 

I would say the type of music we write and perform is similar to our musical influences such as Greenday and the clash as we like to use styles and ideas from our influences when we are writing our songs. Thinks like the guitar tones and arrangements of our songs have also been stlyed around our musical influences and what we listen to.

What would you say was the idea/Story behind the album ‘Complexity’?

I would say our album complexity isn’t really based on a story we kind of just started writing songs for fun and it just hit off from there, In the album we just wrote songs about situations we were in and things we were going through like songs about troubles, life and love.

what are your feelings towards releasing the album early?

I was very keen to release the album early as it allows us to gain more publicity and to gain a bigger fan base. it will also give the album more of a chance to spread among the people over media like the internet and TV, I find this will benefit us as we are going on tour at the end of the year.

What does it mean to you to have been signed by virgin records?

At first we started sending our demo to record companies and also uploading our music to sites like youtube, sound cloud and social networking sites, we didn’t really think we would hear anything back from them. So i would say we’re surprised we are where we are now and we are extremely please to be working with virgin records and i am very happy with the album we have produced with them.

What would you say are the chiquitos plans for the future in life and career?

We will continue writing songs and will hopefully be releasing more albums and we are looking forward to touring the world later this year as none of us have done anything like this before so it will be an amazing experience and we are currently talking about releasing a live album of the tour. But to be honest i don't really like to talk to much about the future as is unpredictable we’re kind of just taking everyday as it comes.

What would you say to potential fans who may be interested in your music?

I would ask them to look us up on the internet and take a listen to some of our tracks we are on Youtube, Facebook and Twitter and we are always trying to increase our ever growing fan club on our website. We believe we our a breath of fresh air to this genre of music and we hope that you will enjoy it for those of you who haven't already heard of us.

Magazine 3 Front cover, 3 Contents Page and 3 Double Page Spread Designs

Moodboard

Media Moodboard

Magazine name

I have decided to call my magazine decibel as i think this makes the magazine sound loud and aggressive and i think my target market would be attracted to this name.

the band article ideas/plan - double page spread

In My Article I will include:
The Chiquitos are a New and Upcoming Band
I'll write about there history and what music they're into I will also have pictures Surrounding the article
I will write about there debut album
I will write about how they met etc.

Planning

possible Locations:

• Out side against a wall maybe in a alleyway 
• Inside with white back ground possibly painted wall

Picture ideas:

• Good lighting - bright (to show there facial expressions)
• Well dressed 
• The band shows attitude
• Little - No Scenery
• Whole body shots 
• Fits the whole band on the front-cover 
• photo-shoot dates 11-12 february?

Artist/Band Profiles

Band name: The Chiquitos
Genre: Rock/Alternative
Influences: Green-day, The Ramones, blink 182, linkin park
record label: virgin records

Magazine Name

i have decided to name my magazine decibel as it relates to sound and is loud bod and can be related to teens as the target market.

25 word Pitch feedback analysis

school magazine front cover

AS Media Foundation portfolio G321 Schedule 2012

Album covers

these are album covers of the types of band and style i want to include in my magazine

I like this album cover because of the font and the graffiti style.

I like the colour scheme of this album cover.

I like the title and the artwork in this album cover.

i like the space theme of this album it shows how the red hot chilli peppers have changed through time.

I like how basic this album cover is.

I like the fonts used in this album cover

Analysis

 I like the colour scheme and i would consider using it in my own magazine. I think the the black and white images taking up most of the double page spread is a good idea as it grabs the readers attention and keeps the reader entertained. In the paragraphs they are laid out like a news paper in columns and the first word has the first letter in a different colour to the text and is noticeably bigger this is used to capture the readers attention I would consider using a technique like this in my magazine. The title in this double page spread is a quote but the important part has been put in a different colour so that the reader automatically goes to read that part then the rest of the quote later.

 I like the layout of this and how the image fills up one whole page and that the title is kind of a words cut out of newspaper effect this captures the readers attention as each letter is a different size of font. the image in this article breaks the rules a bit as her face is positioned right at the top of the page and her body is in the middle of the page this is used to show the pose she's doing. The text in this is small and and is laid out in columns this is to make it easy to read.

 I like the font used in the title in this and how it sets a grungy tone to the double page spread. the image in this double page spread fills up the whole of one page this is to show the teenagers actions to the guy in a rabbit costume. the text in this is laid out in paragraphs typically for a magazine article. positioned at the bottom the page are images related to the article this gives the reader more information about what there reading about.

I like the layout of this contents page and how everything seperate from each other and spaced apart this make it easy for the reader to take in and navigate the contents page. the title in this is in a banner along the top of the contents page with the logo and the date, issue number included in it as well. this contents page has an image to give the reader a preview of whats inside this magazine and in the images caption it has the page number of the article and who is its about. The contents page is split in to section which is separated by small thin lines.

 I like the presentation in this contents page and how the layout is very basic they have split the text into categories so the reader can take it in easily, the images are of peoples upper bodies and they include the articles page number in the bottom corner of the images. I also like how there are images next to the articles page numbers to give the readers a preview as to what they're going to read. the title in this magazine is in a clear sans serif font highlighted in black this contrasts and makes the it easy for the reader to read.

 I like the use of the images in this contents page but i think there are to many of them and that the contents page is a bit crammed and hard to consume the information. i like the title on this contents page and how it contrasts with the rest of the page. I also like the contents pages colour scheme of yellow black and white.

I like the title on this front cover and the font used. I think the layout in this magazine is to crammed and cluttered and theres a lot of information to take in. i like the colour scheme of yellow, red and white this adds a grungy tone to the magazines appearance and i think it represents its content swell as a teenage music magazine. this magazine uses the F layout to present its title and text. the image in this magazine is positioned so you can only see the persons face and the attention is focussed on his eyes.

I like the layout of this front cover although it may seem a little cluttered everything is reasonably spaced out and the information is easy to take in. The text in this magazine pretty much contrasts with the background image and the colour scheme for the page is red white and black. the images on this front cover are relatively small and all represent a magazine article or something inside the magazine. i like the way the text "30 seconds to mars" is presented it grabs the readers attention.

I like the way the image is placed over the title it shows that the image is more important than the name of the magazine and that the magazine is recognised without having to give away the full title. I also think the colour scheme of black, white and blue is good and represents the contents of the magazine as the text reads "the king blues" and its presented in blue i find it ironic. I like the way the images presented down the side give away some of the magazines contents.

top 7 most fonts used in graphice desgin

Top Fonts used in graphic design

1. Helvetica

2. Trajan

3. Garamond

4. Futura

5. Bodoni

6. Bickham Script Pro

7. Frutiger

rock music - bands

rock music is aggressive and it shows attitude and the style pf music would be reflected in my magazine by using grungy fonts maybe dark images that show alot of contrasr and little tone.

there is high amount of energy in rock music and this will be shown in my magazine by using whites, reds, blacks and yellows

 The Rolling stones

black and white front cover

Queen

Black stone cherry

Bon jovi

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical sources.

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt rock or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s. Although the term was most commonly associated in its commercial heyday with a loud, distorted guitar sound, its original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style, or simply the independent, D.I.Y. ethos, of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music At times, "alternative" has been used as a catch-all description for music from underground rock artists that receives mainstream recognition, or for any music, whether rock or not, that is seen to be descended from punk rock (including some examples of punk itself, as well as New Wave, and post-punk.

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. Punk bands created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produced recordings and distributed them through informal channels.

I took photos of these magazine covers that students from previous years have made in my classroom this will help give me an idea as to what magazine suits which style and what colours work with each other.