Friday, 17 January 2014

Front Page Drafts

Front Page Drafts



Peer Feedback



A member of the Year 13 Media class looked at my current Front Page and gave me some feedback which is shown above. As you can see they commented on the fact that what he was wearing and whether it suited the genre. I typed in 'Indie Male clothing' into google and i found three images of three different men wearing similar outfits to that of my front page proving that what he is wearing suits my genre:

                       

They also added that the font for my masthead doesn't suit the house style of the magazine so I will make this change. The white background they said looks plain and boring so this will also be changed along with removing the speech bubbles because they did not like this particular design element. The colour scheme lacks the eye catching features a front cover needs to have so this will also be worked on.

Gaining feedback from another peer allows you to gain a different opinion on your work. They notice things that you may not notice and so having a second view point allows you to get a good idea of what is good and bad about your work and you can make appropriate adjustments.


   







Monday, 13 January 2014

Pricing

Pricing of Music Magazines

It is evident from the mind map shown below that the more pages in a magazine, the more expensive the magazine will be. Also if there are more pages then the magazine will be released monthly or less times in a year. Q magazine has a large number of pages and is a monthly magazine where as NME and Kerrang have far less pages and are weekly magazines. As a result of these findings, my magazine will have a larger amount of pages and it will therefore cost more money at around £4.00 and it will be a monthly magazine.


Page Furniture/Design

Page Furniture/Design



This is the first graphic i noticed which i really like from Q magazine. There is a picture of Robbie Williams and coming from it is this speech bubble. This is similar to using a pull quote however it has a speech bubble around it to make it look more appealing to the viewer.

 This image on the right shows the different size fonts being used effectively and different colours. They have 'exclusive!' in a silver colour and 'MUSE' in red with a much large font. This indicates them apart from the other writing and the black writing below is smaller putting more emphasis on which band is being mentioned.





There is one thing in particular that i like about the image on the left and it is the use of the black line and the '+' sign. It illustrates that there are different parts to the magazine and it is also very eye catching to the audience. Rather than using a column with everything down the side they have used this instead.




The image on the right is from one of Q magazines contents pages and it makes use of three columns. It also has the name of the artist in red. The number of the page in larger black writing so it is visible and smaller black writing below. I will be looking to use this in my contents page.
 The column on the right of the image on the left is another interesting graphic. In Q magazine they have the column under 'Q Review' which is a section of the magazine. This column is used to show what artists and bands etc. are being reviewed and the column makes the page look more ordered and structured and clearer for the reader.
 This image on the right has a red circle with cover story written inside it. Robbie Williams is the cover story within the magazine and this small graphic makes the reader aware that this is the case and so they can then be more entitled to read the article.
 This graphic was taken off one of NME's magazine front covers. It is a pull quote but the background is pix-elated like the girl on the cover has her hand pix-elated because she is swearing. This is an interesting graphic which i may think about using in my magazine.
 The image on the right is of one of NME's graphic on the contents page. They make use of the red and white combo like their masthead but they also let people know what can be seen in the magazine. It is simple but effective for the reader to understand what is going on.
Q magazine have used font size very effectively here. They have 'What has' and 'Said now?' in smaller font but 'ROBBIE' in large silver writing. This makes it obvious that it is Robbie Williams that they are talking about but also it shows to everyone buying the magazine in shops that the article inside is about Robbie Williams and so more people will buy the magazine as a result.








Saturday, 11 January 2014

Type of shot used

Type of shot used

Long shot
Here we have usage of a long shot on this front cover and as you can see it has the whole body of Noel Gallagher in the shot. They have done this so that they can show the amplifier he is leaning on. It is rare that you have a long shot being used on the front cover but it has been utilised well by Q magazine here.









Close Up
Here we have usage of a close up. This is the most common type of shot used on front covers and is usually of one particular person like the lead singer of the band 'Foo Fighters' here. A close up allows more involvement for the audience and also it puts emphasis on that particular artists on show.







Mid Shot
Mid Shot is being used here because only their top half is in shot. All of these images however have more than one person in shot but it is still a mid shot.




















Group shots

Pictures of groups or bands are often similar to the ones presented below. The lead singer is usually positioned at the front followed by the guitarists and drummers behind. The shot type is usually a mid-long shot but it can vary.

























My Chosen Genre - Bands/Artists

Bands/Artists within my genre

This is a video which I made of the various bands and artists within my chosen genre:
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Here is a list of the various bands and artists within the genre Indie and Indie Rock. Many of these were listed in the video above and as you can tell they all have very different sounds to their music making them different and unique which is what the genre of indie/indie rock is all about.
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Deaf Havana
  • Bastille
  • The Killers
  • The 1975
  • Of Monsters and Men
  • Mumford and Sons
  • The Kooks
  • Two Door Cinema Club
  • Tom Odell
  • The Vaccines
  • The Wombats
  • Kodaline
  • The Strokes
  • Vampire Weekend
  • Arcade Fire



House Style - How is it established

House Style



Thursday, 2 January 2014

Target Audience Clothing

Target Audience Clothing:

Target audience member 1:

This is one outfit that a member of my target audience might wear:




This is a second outfit that a member of my target audience might wear:



This is a third outfit that a member of my target audience might wear: