Question 7

Looking at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

My first drafts of my magazine I realized that there was not much of a difference or many changes that were needed to be done as everyone agreed with the way it looked other than the front cover where a puff was not needed. 

My double page spread, there is a big change as I had to make it on an A3 page instead of two A4 pages. Other than that everything was fine. 

I have learnt a lot as I look at my preliminary task it does not look at professional as my final product. 

Question 6

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Question 5

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Question 4

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Question 3

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Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My magazine s representing a particular social group by the language I used in my text. I thought I would use an informal way of writing but also language that can be understood by everyone as my target audience starts at 15 and not all of them would understand word of high lexis. I also wrote like this as it is the way in which the social groups, I want to represent would write and would like to see in my magazine. The way I wrote on my double page spread is very conversational as it is a question and answer article, and the artist I was interviewing is of the 20^th century, so it is the way she speaks. I think that the images would also represent certain social groups as the model is dressed how musicians dressed in those times, they would wear mainly branded clothing like Nike and Adidas tracksuits or sweatshirts and that dress sense is also coming back into style now so the social groups would feel in touch as it is how they are dressing now. The social groups that would dress like this are mostly young females and males that are passionate about old soulful music and have grown up listening to it, so they would be up to date with what was produced in the early days. Not only what the model wears represents the social groups, it is also the camera angle and the shots that were taken. As the camera is above the model and the model is looking up, it gave the impression that they are looked down upon for progress and that is how children feel in this generation. The way the model is posing is the way that older people would have posed and sat, as they would imitate what they have seen before. This means they liked what they saw and would recognize and understand what the artist is feeling. I would say that where the image is taken would interest the social groups as, it would make them work hard for what they want as they know the history of what it took and takes to get to this sort of position. My representation is positive, as there is no negativity included in my magazine.

Question 1

http://www.slideshare.net/zainab_a/question-1-30461916

Music Magazine Proposal

Soul Beats Music Magazine

Front Cover

 Contents Page

Double Page Spread

Final front cover image

This is the image that I have finally decided to use for my front cover but I am not completely sure that it is okay because I have not seen any R&B magazines with the models hand covering their face so I did some research to find some magazines with images that are alike and found that my image is appropriate and can suit my magazine as the images draws attention to readers.

 
These are three examples of vibe magazine where the artists has their hand on their face or in front of their face. So now I have definitely come to a conclusion that my image is suitable for my magazine.

Soul Beats Music Magazine (unfinished)

FRONT COVER

CONTENTS PAGE

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

Front cover layout

This is an idea of what my layout will look like, for my front cover, I will follow this guideline for my final piece.

Magazine Proposal (video)

Masthead ideas

I have made three designs on illustrator for my music magazine. I have chosen these colours because I think that they stand out quite a bit. The blue masthead is my favourite masthead because it is quite bright and bold so it will stand out over the main picture on my front cover. Having three ideas to choose from is easy as I already have them and they could also be used for different editions of the magazine.

Photoshoot for my magazine

Yesterday I did my photoshoot for the front cover and double page spread of my magazine, this is a picture of the set, I chose to work with the black backdrop because my genre of music that I am doing for my magazine is old school R&B. I had fun working in the studio and produced a lot of good pictures that will feature in my magazine.

 

These are just a few images that were produced from my shoot and could be in my magazine.

Audience research task (planning)

I have taken the feedback from my peers and have made changes and just want to make it clear as to what was said on my video proposal.

As my proposal did not include how much the magazine would cost, one of my peer asked and I decide that it would cost between £2 - £3.99 as it would include 30-50 pages in the magazine. One of my peers also said that because my magazine consists of mainly black artists, would that limit my target audience? I do not think that it would limit my target audience as in this day and age people are going out and listening to music that is not by there race. Statistics also show that even though black people mostly listen to the genre of music, the next highest percentage is white people.

Photography (construction)

Media photography notes 

There are white backdrops and black backdrops

Using trinity flash light, there are wordings in the lights which are fans. 

The square boxes are called soft boxes, they defuse or soften the light. 

If you press the plus button on trinity the higher the number the brighter and harder the flash. 

Godox is a remote control for the camera it is all infrared. 

There will be a beep on the camera when it is on autofocus letting you know when to take the photo. 

Look through the viewfinder 

Aperture priority

Shutter priority

When the lens is on automatic the focus will be locked if the lens is on manual the focus will be unlocked. 

Once you have taken a shot to see the photo press the play button and the arrows to scroll through the pictures. 

When you are photographing turn the room lights off because it will affect the photo

The boards are used to reflect the light. 

Have the model about 6ft from the back of the backdrop, if your too close to the back drop you will bleach into the background. 

Magazine Proposal

Magazine newsstand task / distribution of magazines

A few days ago I went to Tesco and went to the magazine section. I found the music section and there was not much of a variety to see the difference between other magazine genres.

 

This was the only music magazine section in tesco and it is only the third and fourth row from the right that the magazines actually are. All if the magazines are rock, the ones that are visible are 'kerrang', 'nme' and 'Q'. They have been put in a section near games magazines and science magazines which is alright because I would think that most rock fans are interested in science. They have been placed so that only the name can be seen if the magazine ant the top near the skyline and only small parts of the image from the magazine can be seen. 

All if the magazines have bold mastheads that stand out due to their colour. I cannot see any cover lines as they are hidden behind the magazine in front. 

These are my findings from the magazine newsstand in tesco.

Magazines can be distributed through the mail, through sales by newsstands, bookstores, or other vendors.

Audience Feedback & Evaluation - Preliminary Task/College Magazine

I am going to be evaluating the feedback I have been given by my peer and saying what I think went well and what did not go so well whilst i was making my college magazine front cover and content page.

What I think went well with the front cover is the colour scheme because I made the masthead the same colour as the jacket that the student 'Paresa' is wearing. I also like the image because it is in the centre of the page and it lets the buyer know that it is a college magazine because the model is wearing their college ID card and they are smiling so it is very positive. The image shot type is also very good because it is a medium close up shot and does not show too much and it cuts out from the waist down which is also the same width as the page so it gives the bottom of the front cover an end. The front cover, I think has reached its target audience because the model is wearing their college ID card and in the bottom right hand corner there is the college logo which identifies that it is a college magazine for people who did not know this already.

Placing the image on photoshop was not very difficult until it needed to be edited. Trying to make the image fit and not let it look pixelated was a tough task because it kept on looking squashed. other than trying to get the image to fit, everything else was easy to do. The image is set in the centre of the page and the background is plain so the colours are not too much.

The page layout for the front cover is very basic and simple because the cover lines are all on the left hand side of the page, whereas most magazines have cover lines on both sides of the page covering some of the image. All of my text has the same font, the size is the only thing that varies and for the white font to stand out I made it bold and embedded, because I tried different styles but this one worked best with my colour scheme. My text is all kept to the lower left third as this is where most readers will look first. The layout on the contents page is kept simple as well, as the colour scheme is the same but the sizes of font and images are completely different. I put the image at the top of the page because if it went on the side, the text will be squashed and everything on the contents page will look out of proportion.

The masthead is 'LSC' which is the name of the college in a shorter way. I have chosen this colour which is the same as the jacket because choosing any other colour did not go as much, to find this colour i had to select the colour sampler tool and put it over the jacket to get this colour. This was quite hard as I wanted the same colour in my contents page so I had to find the colour coordinates to get this colour again as my contents page was made on InDesign.

In the bottom left hand corner there is a barcode so this shows that it is a product is to be bought, right next to the barcode it says '100% FREE' so this will attract the person who wants it because it is free, the issue number is also by the barcode but i think that it should be at the top of my front cover because this is where most issue numbers are placed. there is also no date so people do not know when it came out which is not good.

My peers have commented on my front cover and said that the image is really nice and it stands out and it makes the magazine very eye-catching. They also think that the 'C' in my masthead is not very clear as it is hidden behind the models head, I agree with this comment as I think the same but it would not look as appealing if it was in front of the image. For my contents page my peers have commented saying that they do not like the green used, at the time I like the colours used but now i think that they do not go well as much, they like the image and the layout as I have a features column and a monthly column.

I need to improve my contents page as the layout does not look very appealing to me, I think that I need to make it more unique and definitely change the colour scheme.
Three key points for development when producing the main task (music magazine) i would give myself would be:

• To change the layout of the front cover and contents page as they are very plain and it looks a bit boring, change the colour scheme as well so it is a bit louder and attractive.
• Take different kinds of pictures so that there is a variety to choose from and shots that are not as close.
• Make things much more clear and the structure of things to be set out differently. Use more images on the contents page so it looks interesting.