Progress on music magazine - double page spread (2)

I have completed my double page spread within my music magazine. I have kept the same house style by keeping the colour scheme of red, dark blue and black being the splash colour. I have also completed the interview with Billie Mason, the singer of Vendetta who is the key topic of my magazine. As you can see in my last blog the interview is not completed, however it is now up to date. This is an image of my up to date completed double page spread. 

Progress on music magazine - Double page spread

I have made progress on my double page spread as I have added in my photo, added in two captions around the photo. My story is the idea that two separate bands made up of two people made one big band 'Vendetta'. By the caption 'Where it all started' I am highlighting how Billie and Corey were a separate band and they were the original members of Vendetta. I have also highlighted to the target audience who the two people on the double page spread are.

Progress on music magazine - photos (3)

This is the photo I will be using on my double page spread. For my article on my double page spread I said how the band started off in two halves, this photo is going to have a caption saying 'where it all started'. This image is representing the original two members of the band. When dressing up my other model, I told him to go for a more rugged but cool look.

Progress on music magazine - photos (2)

When taking my photos, I took a photo which I thought I was going to use. However when analysing the photo I think it looks like it is obvious that it has been posed for. Also my sister (the model) looks to happy for the genre of the magazine. Below is an image of the original photo. The bottom photo is the image I will be using on my front cover, I chose this photo as it looks like it is grabbed from a concert and the facial expressions are good.

Progress on music magazine - photos

For my front cover I have used my sister as the model. The photos I have uploaded on this blog show the make up I got my sister to put on for the photos. I got her to wear dark make up as this connotes rock as a genre. Also the pale face highlights the darkness and makes it stand out.

Progress on music magazine - double page spread progress

In my last post I blogged a screenshot of my design and where the image will be, I have also started my interview which will be a question and answer with Billie Mason who is the lead signer of Vendetta.

Progress on music magazine - double page spread

I have now created the start of my double page spread, so far I have added in my colour scheme, added in where my image will go on the double page spread and started of my article. The article I will be doing will be a question and answer type interview with 'Billie Mason' who is the new girl pop sensation who my magazine is mainly based around. By keeping the same red I am sticking to the colour scheme well and by the end the magazine should have an identifiable house style.

Progress on music magazine - Front cover progress

I have added a black border onto my magazine as I thought without the black border it looked to colorful to be a rock magazine. By adding the black border I am adding in the rock concept to my magazine. I think the progress of my magazine is coming along well, soon I will be adding in my photo. Once the photo is added in I can decide wether the colour scheme goes with the main image.

Progress on music magazine - Front cover

On my music magazine I have made all the writing into the same font, as this means that it will follow the same house style. I have also added the sell lines for the main story. I think that my music magazine is progressing well and turning into a good magazine. The colour scheme I have used is very identifiable. With the colour black being the splash colour and red and dark blue as the main colour scheme.

Music magazine research homework (Q)

www.qthemusic.com

Q magazine is very similar to NME in the way that is it not specific to a genre. Within Q magazine are bands like Artic Monkeys. This means that the people who read Q magazine may have a fashion sense like the Artic Monkeys. Again like NME; Q has a red colour within the masthead, further showing that it is open to many genres.

Music magazine research homework (Rock)

www.rock.com

Finally, 'Rock' magazine is unlike NME and Q in the fact that is specific to one genre, as you can tell by the title this genre is 'Rock'. They target their target audience as straight away when rockers look at the title they will be able to connect as that is the genre they feel comfortable in. Like Kerrang the colours are very dark again connotating rock. Bands like Black Sabbath and Kings of Leon are mentioned on the homepage; this shows that even though it is tied down to rock as a genre, it looks at every aspect of rock.

Music magazine research homework (NME)

www.nme.com

NME is a very open magazine as the readers and target audience can spread over a wide range. The colour red on the title highlights this as the colour red is not significant to a certain genre, e.g. black is significant to rock. When looking at the website the artists/bands are spread over a wide genre, further highlighting how this is a magazine which is not tied down to a genre. For example on the homepage the main stories involve Lily Allen, Eminem and Bombay Bicycle Club. These three artists/bands spread over a wide genre of music which is representative of NME as a magazine.

Music magazine research homework (Kerrang)

http://www.kerrang.com/

Kerrang profile their reader and target their target audience by using dark colours within the magazine, which connotes rock as a genre. Also, the way the bands/artist dress will be representative of how the target audience dress. The target audience age range could be anything from 15-30. I think this as the music may be seen as too rash for younger people but when thinking of rock you do not link it with the older generation.

 

Ideas for front cover of music magazine

I have came up with the names of some rock bands to put on my front cover as anchorage text. The names I have came up with are:
-Catalyst
-Immersion
-Vendetta
-Insomnia

Also, I have added in the date and price of the magazine and changed the positioning of the masthead.

Masthead comparison

Progress of music magazine

After getting feedback from the pupils in my media class I have decided to chose 'Blitz' for my masthead. I chose this as it is not the stereotypical name for a rock magazine, as it is original I think it will attract the target audience.

I chose to make the masthead black as this connotates rock as a genre. When thinking of rock as a genre you always think of dark colours so this is why I chose to make my masthead a dark colour.

I have chosen to use a white background as I think it makes it easy for the images and font to go on top of it.



Final masthead for music magazine

For my music magazine I have chosen to use 'Blitz' as my masthead. I chose this masthead as I thought that my other ideas for my masthead were too stereotypical and conventional. By not having 'rock' as part of the title I am challenging the stereotypes. I chose to have my title on an orange background as it will draw attention to the title.

Preparation for music magazine - Masthead ideas

I have recently been working on a masthead for my music magazine. In the image below are a few of my ideas.

I have came up with these ideas as the name's are very suitable for the genre and the font I have chosen to use is also very suitable. The font is suitable as it is bold and stands out, like rock as a genre. Also the dark black colours used connotate rock as a genre. By coming up with many ideas for a masthead I will be able to get feedback on which masthead looks the best and is most suitable for my magazine. By getting feedback from other people my magazine should be of a high standard as I am getting the opinion of other people who are making the magazine.

Preparation for music magazine - Storyline ideas

For my final media piece I have chosen to focus my magazine on rock. For this I am looking to use my sister as the model, dressed up in stereotypical rock clothes/make up. She will be dressed in dark clothing as this represents the rock genre, she will also have black make up on as again this highlights the connotations of the rock genre. My main story will be based around a new girl rock sensation within rock. I will also be using prop's when taking my photos, for my photography I will use an eye-level medium close up shot as this grabs the audience's attention but will show the prop's in the background. I will have the model looking directly at the camera so the audience feel welcomed into the magazine.

So far the ideas I have had for my masthead are:
Rock World
Rock Nation
Rock&Roll

These mastheads are all very effective as they are simple but effective. They are effective in the way that straight away the audience reading the magazine will know what genre of music this magazine will be based around.

Preparation for music magazine - Target Audience

My music magazine is going to be aimed at fans of rock music, however I have chosen to focus my magazine on a sub genre within rock which is pop rock. By having my genre as pop rock the target audience will spread over a wider range as many people would listen to pop rock whereas if it was heavy metal rock it would be harder as the target audience will be a lot smaller.

Even though it is pop rock the magazine is still aimed at stereotypical 'rockers', when thinking about rockers things such as dark clothing come into mind. Moreover, I expect the majority of the target audience to dress in a 'rock' type fashion as this heavily links in with the genre of my music magazine.

I think my magaizne will be credible and viable as within the music industry there is only one big rock magazine. As Kerrang is the only big magazine I think there is a space for another high quality rock magazine within the market. Also, Kerrang is a heavy rock magazine which focuses on heavy metal/scream bands with aspects of pop rock whereas my magazine will mainly focus on pop rock with aspects of heavy metal and scream. I think this will attract more of the target audience as within the music industry pop rock is a very well known sub genre.

School magazine

My school magazine is now up and running, my school front cover is now completed along with a masthead, main image, sell lines and many more conventional parts of a magazine front cover. I then went onto creating my second page of my school magazine which was my contents page, within my contents page I followed the same house style as the front cover. I did this by sticking with the same font and same colour scheme. My contents page included another image I have taken myself along with many school related articles including ‘top revision tips’ and ‘how to be a top student’.

Photography for school magazine

When taking my photo's for my school magazine I had to take things such as lighting, background and location into consideration. My photo's were taken in the Bishop Walsh Library. By taking photo's in the library the audience understand that the magazine is about a school. My main images were a photo of many different a-level textbooks spread across a table and an image of a sixth form pupil studying. By using these images again the target audience should be able to fully understand that the target audience is pupils within sixth form which is aged 16-18. When taking my photo's I had some slight set back's as the lighting within the library makes it hard to get a strong photo. However through learning how to take a strong photo I was able to take the photo in a spot where the light did not effect the photo's. 

Feedback for my contents page

Recently in media we have been peer analysing each others contents pages from the school magazine. When my contents page was analysed the feedback I was given was that the font was too big. By making my font smaller I am able to add more detail to the contents page.

The positive feedback was that it was bold, clear and the use of colours is relevant. From this feedback I will know to continues to use the colour scheme I have used as the feedback about the colours was positive.