Research and Planning: Contents page so far

Research and Planning: Unsuitable models for my magazine

Research and Planning: initial poses

Research and Planning: Shooting Schedule

Research and Planning: Cant take pictures

I was going to take the pictures of my model today but the weather is horrible:

Research and Planning: Risk assessment

Research and Planning: Shot list

Research and Planning: Location

Research and Planning: Plan for the week

Complete music magazine
Do more extra genre posts
Complete all 6 recce

Research and Planning: Model release form

Research and Planning: Magazine cover so far

 

At first I was going to use a green background but the colour looked sickly and too in your face. I have decided to go with the white background, at the moment it looks plain but when i get pictures on there hopefully it will look good.

Research and Planning: Model head shots

 This person would fit the genre of my music magazine because he has a casual look that fits in with the magazine.

 This model would fit the genre of my music magazine because also has a casual dress sense. This would make him look normal in my music magazine.

 This model fits in with my genre because of the headphones that he is wearing. This could be a feature that I can incorporate into my music magazine.

 This is a bad picture because the model was caught with his eyes shut. The model could fit my music genre.

 This model would not fit my music genre as she looks like more of a rock model.

This model would fit the genre of my music magazine and could be used inside the contents or double page spread.

Research and Planning: Publication plan

Publication Plan: Music Magazine on Prezi

Research and Planning: Plan for the week

My plan for the week:
Complete any unfinished wall posts
Take pictures of locations and people for my music magazine
Start music magazine
Begin production of magazine
Start writing my double page spread
Do an extra genre post

Research and Planning: Shot list

Research and Planning: Extra genre research

These two images are examples of album covers that are from my music genre. Both of the albums have some similarities and some differences. I think that both  of these covers have abstract designs the top one has lots of boxes each containing a picture of example. There is a main heading at the top of the album cover that says 'Example'. This is the largest text because it shows the most importance seems as though it is the name of the artist. The second album cover does not have a picture of anyone but instead has the 'ministry of sound' logo and then the title below. The only image on this cover is an effect of crushed crystal that looks spiky.

Out of these two album covers i prefer the top one because i think that an album cover would make the CD sell better if it has a picture of the artist on the front.

Research and Planning: SLR camera test

I used the manual focus on this picture. I wouldn't use this picture because it is slightly blurred. The pictures inside do not have very good lighting and that is why i would not use it.

 Even though it was fairly grey outside this picture had great lighting on it. The background is blurred and the person is in high quality. Again I used manual focus and it worked well by blurring the background. I prefer the outdoor pictures  because they have a natural light which makes them look even better.

 The image on this picture is blurry but the lighting is still very good.

This picture may be too bright as the flash was used.

These pictures are much better in comparison to the pictures I took on my college magazine. This is because of the cameras which have a much better quality. I noticed that the pictures that I took outside had 10x better lighting than the ones taken inside. I will take this into consideration when I take pictures for my magazine.

Reearch and planning: Extra genre research

This is a famous artist called "Example". This is the type of person who would be on the front of my magazine. He fits into my genre, not only because of the music he produces but also the way he dresses. "Example" dresses casually by just wearing a t-shirt. This makes the audience feel comfortable rather than making them feel less to "example". Because this genre features light colours, his jacket is a bright blue that will instantly catch attention.

The artists mood is as if he has not posed for the picture but was just caught putting his hood up. This emphasizes the casual atmosphere.

Research and planning: This weeks plan

Today i am going to:

- Edit work and put in more detail.
- Upload a post on what artists I would associate with my genre.
- Other genre research.

Research and planning: Music magazine masthead

This is my music magazine masthead so far.

Research and planning: music magazine drafts

Research and planning: Questionaire results

Research and Planning: Costume and Prop List

Costumes-

T-Shirts for the models. The T-Shirts can be from the models wardrobe.
Hooded jumpers for the models. The models will have a hooded top. If not I will bring one. The models will need to wear jeans, this is because they are casual and look nice. I think tracksuit pants will be too casual and the magazine will have a bad look.


Prop list-

 Decks from the music room
Microphone from the music room

Research and planning: Production schedule

Research and Planning: target audience interviews

Research and planning: Double page spread analysis

This is a double page spread from a dub step magazine. The main thing I noticed on this page is that the background is black. This could be to make the page stand out from all the other pages in the magazine, that from my research, will be bright and colorful. On the left hand side of the page there are two columns of text whereas on the right hand side, the full page has a famous artist on the front of it. This could be to emphasis his importance and dominance.The colour scheme on this page is black, red and white. The background is mainly black whereas the text is white. The red text is used as a quote for the famous artist, again this could be to make him stand out. From the analysis of this page I have also realized that the model in the magazine also dresses to the colour scheme by wearing black and red.

There is a clear colour scheme of red, black and white. The dominant background colour is black with some red text and three red stripes at the top. The artist is also wearing a lighter shade of black t-shirt that also has red stripes along the shoulder. This shows continuity of colour right across the pages.

The small red paragraph is a personal note from the artist himself. It is red to show its importance and difference as well as showing that the words came out of his mouth. The paragraph is away from the rest of the text the same way the artist is again showing dominance. 

There is a medium close up on the artist this is so we the audience feel as if we are talking to the artist face to face. This is emphasized by the direct eye contact the artist is also giving us. 

The use of columns shows that this is a magazine text rather than a novel. The large image and quote also shows that this is a magazine.

Research and Planning: collage

This is a collage for my genre of music for my music magazine.

Research and Planning: First Podcast

Podcast showing my blogger

Research and Planning: Questionaire

Research and Planning: Contents page analysis

This contents page is different to the the typical magazine contents page as it does not use columns. This contents page has paragraphs that are underneath the pictures. The word "contents" is a larger font size than anything else on the page, the next two biggest fonts are the subheadings. This is because the heading and the subheadings have greater importance than anything else.

Genre - The genre of this contents page is dub step/dance.


Target audience - The Target audience of this contents page is students. This is because of the bright colours and the list of well known artists. The majority of adults would not be interested in this kind of magazine as much of the music talked about is too 'Loud' for them.

Layout - The layout of this contents page is that the images are all at the top whereas the actual contents is below the pictures. This is different to a typical contents page where the text is usually situated on the right hand side in a column. The text on this contents page is in a paragraph, there are two paragraphs and each paragraph has a sub heading above it. Sub headings are in a larger text than the actual information and all the page numbers are bold. The largest text on the page is the word "contents" this is because it has the most importance overall.

Representation - The images on the contents page are of stylish, famous people. This is aspiration for the audience as they will want to be like the people in the magazine and this entices them to buy the magazine in hope that they will be successful like the artists in the magazine.

Media Language - There are four different images in the contents page, one of them uses a medium close up, this is because you can see the mans arms and head. Another is a long shot, this is because the woman's whole body can be seen. There is a close up on a man and this could be because he has some sort of importance.

Research and Planning: cover analysis

This is a dubstep magazine cover that I have taken from the internet. The first thing that I noticed about this magazine is that it does not have the masthead at the top of the magazine and it is instead on the left hand side. This will be something i have to consider when I create my own magazine cover. The magazine has one main picture that covers the whole face of the cover. The text on the magazine is not like any other magazine cover that will usually have subheadings on peoples stories instead the sub headings on this magazine show new artists and newly released tracks.

The colour scheme on this magazine cover is white, green and black. I will have to take this into account when i make my own magazine cover. The image on the cover is what looks like a man rapping, the enviroment looks comfortable and there is also expensive electronical equipment on show. This could aspire the audience to be like the rapper so that they can to live a comfortable life style and be rich.

I think that the target audiecne of this magazine would be people at the age of 16 - 25 and mainly male. This is because both of the people on the front of the magazine are men and they also look young.

Research and Planning: Categorising my target audience

 Age - Target audience is age 16-25

Gender - Male

Occupation - The occupation of my target audience will be mainly students at either college or university.

Class - Working class

Wealth - My target audience do not have to be rich as the majority will be working class but that is not to say other classes of people would not like the magazine.

Interests - The target audience will be interested in dance and dub step music. Should be interested in socializing at concerts and gigs. The majority will also be interested in gossip.

Outlook for future - The audience who read this magazine will be people who are studying at college or looking to going to university or even go straight into a job.

How are you going to reach them? - The front cover of the magazine will look attractive through a bright colour scheme and will have images of famous artists. There will also be subheadings of stories that will be of great interest.

research and planning: audience research

Research and Planning: Fonts

Research and planning: drawings of shots