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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
My music magazine the final production
3.(Preliminary Task) Evaluation
Evaluation of magazine ‘FOCUS’.
The task involved making an educational magazine for a school about anything that you want to but you needed 2 pages the front page and the contents page. The cover page needed to include title/ master head, cover line, image, tag line, barcode, date, issue number and model credit all of those needed to be on the front cover of the magazine.
The research that went into this magazine was that I looked at other magazines and asked people from my class who were working on their magazines as well what they thought of the magazine and put their tips into the magazine to improve it to the standards of the people who would be most likely to buy the magazine.
The resources that are available are Photoshop and cameras I used both of these resources in my magazine as the picture I took using a camera and Photoshop which was used to make the magazine in general. I need to changed many things in the front cover like the colour that I used as I was told that the colour wasn’t eye catching so I changed it to match the colour of the football strip.
I also used www.magforum.com but I didn’t use any of the magazines that they had on show as none of them appealed to what I was going to do in the magazine cover as none of them were the same forte of the one that I have done above.
I resolved any problems as I have said above by asking the people who I think would be most likely to purchase the magazine and what they would like to see on a magazine, other problems included log on, email and as I have said the colour was resolved with asking people how they felt.
The other products that are available that could be competition for my magazine are: Sky sports magazine, match and shoot
As you can see in this the magazine on the left is the professional magazine and the one on the right is my magazine as you can see the left one is based for children as it is very colourful and has simple text which children would find very interesting as they can read it quickly while mine is more based for people who would follow one team and would just like to know important information.
I can see my magazine being very successful as I have said it is based around one team and offers important information on the league tables and what famous player use when they play football and information about famous footballers and how they achieved their greatness and how they learnt how to play and how they where discovered.
The other Magazine has good points as it has a large market of smaller children and different people to sell to plus they have a simpler format so the children will be more interested in their magazine and not in mine but as I am targeting more older people in the market as it is a more information magazine
5.(Main Task) Storyboard Mock-up
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| This is the original idea for my magazine as you can see it has basic information on it including a stick idea for the picture on the front cover. We can also see annotations to allow me to see in more detail the rough idea for the front cover. |
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| This I the second idea for my front cover as you can clearly see the major pictures including the smaller pictures along the side of the page in the top right hand corner. We can also see annotations to allow me to see in more detail the rough idea for the front cover. |
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
6.(Main Task) Photo-shoot Planning
Photo-shoot planning
For this photo shot I want to get some good photos of the band all together to try and show the unification of the group but I also want some fun photos like them playing around or just messing around with the instruments to make it seem that they are a play full sort and that they like to have fun with their work on which they are doing.
The sort of band I want them to look like is the cover page of Kerrang with biffy clyro
As you can see from the above image the band in this cover are showing connection with the reader of the magazine but are also have a sort of play and enjoying them selves at the same time this is the sort of set up I want my band to have when they are on the front cover.
But this idea may change in accordance to the light that I have available at the time not to mention the time zones that I have available in the photo shoot set lesson.
7.(Main Task) Response to Photo-shoot
How I thought the Photo shot went.
The photo shot went great for me as I believe that I got as many photos as I needed to get but I feel that I may have needed to get more photo’s inside as I believed that it would be easier to watch other people acting before I took any of my photo’s as I wanted to see if I could get any ideas.
I think that I may have needed more time to take photos the people who I photographed were in the correct dress that they needed to be for the photos but they could have been more understanding I did get a variety of shots needed and used many different types of shots including angles that will portray the right kind of image needed.
Many of the photos were good quality but the one through the fence was good but I think we should have taken more of them to get a bigger and better quality.
8.(Main Task) ConceptTreatmentJustification
Concept/treatment/justification
I am going to create a new music magazine called ‘Crashed’ which will be for the other music genres not covered by the other magazines like ‘Kerrang’ ‘Mojo’ and ‘Q’ but as they are all big sellers we will need to appeal to the people who aren’t to other keen to look at Kerrang as they don’t do there music.
Concept
The possible names or title that I have thought of for this music included ‘Crashed’ ‘Fire’ and ‘Psycho’ but ‘Crashed’ seem to be the one that will give off the best image as it doesn’t give its self to any particular genre so I could include any music genre that I wanted to included.
The magazine will include interviews including Q & As with new and big bands so that we can get a large spectrum of music and of bands so more people will be willing to buy the magazine as I have already said this doesn’t dedicate its self to any genre.
The ideas of this magazine is to tell people that there are many different genres other then the rock that Kerrang demonstrate also this magazine is to make everyone fall in love with music with some great bands of either the oldies or even up and including the modern day.
The target audience will be ages of ten plus up till 60 as I will be planning to include all music even some from the 60’s up to the 2010 it will be for both genders and as I have said it will included as many music genres as possible.
Names
‘CRASHED’
The name crashed does not actually sound like it belongs to any specific music genres so it would be a good name but the downside is people may think that it is a banger racing magazine not a music magazine so we may not have a big profit on the magazine.
‘PSYHCO’
This name suggests a kind of heavy metal musical genre or rock which is not what I want to show in my magazine an extra point its that the name is out of the ordinary and wouldn’t be an easy magazine to miss.
‘FIRE’
As with psycho this is another name that sounds like it belongs to a specific genre and is not a free name but again it is a easy name to see.
‘NEW SOUND’
This is a name that again doesn’t give its self to any specific genre but the downside is it loses its one word name so it’s not short and simple.
‘UNDERGROUND’
Again it doesn’t totally give itself to any genre but it does sound like it’s a RnB magazine which not the look I wish to get across.
Treatment
Each page not including the front or contents will have at least 2 pictures of the band in question and at least 400 words including funny quotes from either the interview or from what the text says as this will get the readers interested into the magazine.
For my front cover I will be using many of the all ready conventions for example I will have a main image and a master head I will also include some tagline which are very important as they help to tell people what is in the magazine and its help to get more people to buy the magazine.
The tone that I will be using will be a humorous one where I can and if I cant it will be still be an informal tone to help people to be interested and feel more comfortable reading the magazine as they will feel that the magazine is being friendly and talking to them directly.
Justification
The new magazine will be able to sell on the market as it can be changed easily and it has every genre in the magazine so it will be easier to sell to the people who don’t want to buy a magazine which is all about one genre not about many genres so that we can appeal to many different people.
This music magazine will appeal to every body as I am planning to use as many genres as possible in my magazine to make sure that I can cover everybody in the music industry so we can sell as many magazines to the people who want to read about all of the industries finest and newest bands as I will use as many genres I will be covering all the music genres.
The challenges that can foresee in this production is at the beginning as we will need to sell a lot of magazines in order to get the business going and to get people interested in buying this brand of magazine as many of the big companies have already got their market share in the business as they have been set up and running for a little while or a long while so people already trust them and rely on them to give them the latest in music and other developments another problem would be the fact that we would need to come up with a name for the new bands and eventually decide on a magazine name.
The main costs would be for the printing and for the free prize give away that would be in each special occasion print but these would be sorted as you can use the profits from the business to buy the prizes time constraints could be the fact of taking the photos for the magazine and printing off a new magazine every 1-2 weeks as we would need to print off enough for all the place which would want to sell them.
My magazine will make a profit as we will be cheaper then the other magazines by a little bit as we will be cheaper we will sell more so we will earn more money so this will help us to earn extra and more money on the business so we can fund what we need to buy like the prizes and to get bands to allow us to interview them which we will need to pay them To be interviewed by us. This will be the quickest way to make profits will be to sell more and loads of magazines so as I have said before we will appeal to every genre and age to make sure that many people will buy the magazine to learn and remember the bands that they love and will love.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
12.Evaluation – Seven Questions including public feedback
The people I used in these image I tried to match their personalities in real life to match the ones of the band members as all three of the people involved are actually fun loving people who do like that sort of music and dress that way on regular basis and as they all get along it seemed a good idea to use them as a fun-loving band.
Evaluation tasks of the main task.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
The title or ‘Master Head’ of my magazine which is called ‘NOISE’ is very different to how many other people have set up their master head in the magazine world to make the title appear how it looks I only used two white lines to emphasis the word noise and the slogan ‘come feel the noise’ has a patterned outer glow to help to catch attention.
As you can see my title is different from many of the other magazine titles out there which will help to advertise my magazine as many of the other magazine use red, black and white as they are the most common colours to see in a music magazine as you can see below.
As you can see all but kerrang have red, Black and white as kerrang is just black and white but a different logo is red and white. i used Q and NME's designs on many occasions with the colour scheme.
As my magazine doesn’t use these colours it there fore in this context at least is different from the other magazine on the market which will mean many people will want to buy it as if it is different than it will be a new Non-mainstream brand.
The image I was trying to get across in this picture was that the band is a playful sort and enjoys what they do and don’t just want the money they respect their fans which is different from many of the bands out currently by playful it would make them seem more real and not celebs but normal people as the caption on this image in the magazine is timber which shows that they can point fun at themselves.
In many cases of the other images the magazine that they are more fun and with some proper shots like the cover page and the contents page on the double page spread though I have more fun images to show the bands true intentions as the cover and contents pages are there to show that the band can show off but they tend not to.
In many of my photos I have been more interested in the movement of the people involved in the images than the actual background of the image as I wanted to capture the band at natural moments not moving them and forcing them to pose in a specific way.
The costumes and props used in the images are as follows:
Props:
A Microphone - i used this to show who the signer was and that they are real
A Guitar - same as above but for the guitar instead
Costumes:
Ushanka - russian military hat i used this to show the quirky nature of the band
Long black coat - nearly trench coat length i used this to as above but also to show that seb was strange
Shirt - white to show that seb does like to dress up smartly
Tie - white inch wide associated with the MOD community this is therer to show the multi genre
With all of these seperate parts of costumes it shows the multi-division of the music they play.
Are the costumes and props that were mainly used plus the clothing that the two other band members wore that was their own I used the costumes to make the main person stand out against the others and to help set up his personage as a smart dresser and that he likes wearing smarter clothes as he thinks that they are cool the other two were dressed as a rocker sort of dress or punk/grunge although the band themselves don’t actually have a genre.
As you can see in this image you can see everything as the Guitar is in the background and the microphone in Sebs hand and the dress sense like said is plainly seen here.
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| Left to right: Tilly, Seb and Sarah |
As you can see in this image the three people involved in the images as named above.
The title style I used is trying to match the personage of the band with bright colours and big letters like on the double page spread with the band title.
This helps to keep attention on the band as the colours are the same as the outline of the band and the boxes on the contents page which confirms that this band is the same band as of the front cover.
The written content used it that of an interview but at the beginning it has a more introduction theme to help people to learn more about the band as the introduction says everything you ever wanted to know about this band
As you can see on the above cutting I have a drop letter and the band name is again coloured to help people to remember the name and I have made the members of the public feel that they are involved in this interview and that they are connected with the band.
I personal don’t believe that my music magazine has any specific genre as I don’t really believe that any magazine should fully give them selves to any specific genre as then they give up some of their target market and the profits that could or should come from it as I included many different genres and my main band doesn’t have a specific genre they play them all.
As you can see this is from the front cover and it has the main band then a pop band, followed by a rock band and finally a rap artist which is a way of allowing all artists and genres to be included.
The layout that was used is there for easy access and reading for the magazine as then more and more people will see the easy reading of the magazine and will want to read it and tell their friends this also opens up the younger market for the magazine as younger children who like music will find the magazine easy to read so more people will read it and share it to their friends who then buy it. The teenage and the older market will also love this magazine as it does not show or force anything onto its readers.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
As you can see in these images I tried to get the same sort of image as the one next to it as in both images as they are standing next to each other as a large band to show the connection that they share as in both pictures they are looking at the camera and hence the reader of the magazine
The main and obvious differences are the fact that in the NME picture they band are much closer together than in my picture also the entire bodies from the knee up from the muse band are visible unlike mine where the arm of Mathilde is missing.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The companies that would be interested in publishing my magazine are Bauer and IPC media as they are both for runners in the music magazine publishing industry as the company Bauer have titles in the music magazine business such as Empire, Q, Kerrang and Mojo which are top sellers in the industry but IPC media have NME which is also a big seller.
The company that would be most interested in the magazine would be Bauer as they want to dominate the business but IPC might want it to help to build up their portfolio of magazines.
The process that you would need to go through is as follows:
Send a letter to the magazine company requesting a pitch and that you are interested in their business.
Go to the pitch and present the ideas the cover and anything that they might like in the magazine and why they need it.
Start to write first issue hire the staff you need and bands to star in the magazine.
Hope pilot issue sells well as that could be your breaking point
Issue sells well you have a good market share people flock to your magazine issues.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience I have targeted with his magazine is every one and any one who likes good music and doesn’t have a particular genre that they want to listen to but love bands that include all bits and bobs of the industry all but the hardcore stuff like the beep whistle songs.
The audience would have a particular style as they would shop in places like peacocks but occasionally go to more expensive shops like designer brands e.g.: lambretta. They would listen to any bands so for example one song they like could be by the killers then followed by fall out boy then to biffy clyro and finish with songs from lesser known bands like lordi who are from a different country. There favourite TV programme would be mix between music channels, documentaries and comedy/cartoons like Family Guy. They also would like to watch movies and horror films or action and finally they would have to be able to play any console or a console as they have many different tastes in games from music to FPS [First Person Shooter].
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
From making this magazine I have learnt how to use Photoshop effectively and how to use a camera to the best that it can be used to in the art of photography to get some brilliant pictures like the one below.
As you can tell when I used the camera I tried to get the band in a easy place and a well placed spot to take the photo’s.
Also I have learnt about many different filters to use on camera or on photos in Photoshop as you can tell from the slogan.
Looking back at your preliminary task (the school magazine task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
As you can see below in my first pages for preliminary tasks I used too many bright colours and mostly at the wrong times as you can see below the contents page is very bright and attracts attention but is hard to look at and read below the preliminary pictures are the new ones you can see the differences are quite obvious as the old magazine covers are too colourful so I fixed this by reducing the colours I used on the contents and didn’t really used any extra colour on the cover but the effects on the cover are still eye-catching to the general public.
Customer feedback from the magazine ‘NOISE’.
Does this magazine catch your attention?
Yes | IIII/ I |
No | IIII |
Would you buy this magazine if you saw it on a shelf?
Yes | IIII/II |
No | III |
What genre would you say this magazine’s music is in?
Rock | III |
Heavy Metal | 0 |
Pop | I |
Blues | I |
R n B | 0 |
Classical | 0 |
Other | I |
None | 0 |
All of them | IIII |
Is 1.99 to much for this magazine?
Yes | I |
No | IIII/IIII |
Do you like the colour scheme?
Yes | IIII/II |
No | III |
Does this magazine appeal to you?
Yes | IIII |
No | IIII/I |
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