IRM Music Magazine Complete!

The photo's that I have took

Print screens for the making of my magazine

Music magazine so far!

Magazine Name Idea's and Fonts

Target Audience - CHANGED!

I have decided to keep the basics of my target audience the same but I have changed the genre of my magazine to an indie rock based genre. I have chosen to do this because when I was taking the photographs for my magazine that was originally going to be "pop/r'n'b" I realised that the photo's I was taking and the model I was using fitted in the indie rock genre much more then my previous genre choice.

Double Spread Ideas

Institution

The publisher I have chosen to use to publish my magazine is Future publisher. Future publishes a range of magazines from classic rock to Cycling Plus. The reason I chose this publisher for my magazine is because the magazines that it already publishes aims at around the same target age that I have set for my music magazine. Although Future already publishes some music magazines the genre's that it publishes are different to the genre of my music magazine which is Indie Rock music. 

Target Audience

The target audience for my magazine will be aimed at both male and female around the age of 16-24 mainly the younger generation. I have chosen this target audience because the genre I have chosen to do in my magazine is hip-hop/pop style. This style of music is mainly listened to by the age range that I have picked. I aim for my magazine to be bought by independent, open minded, decisive, ambitious and free spirited men and women. I would like for it to inspire both men and women to be individual and follow the music trend they want to follow in their own way. My magazine wont tell people who to follow but will give them the latest and favourite artists and inspire them to follow the best. It will show a strong personality, stylish and positive attitude towards the magazine. I am going to focus on aiming my magazine at the C2, D and E social classes I chose these because I know that most people in the target range I have chosen will struggle to be able to afford higher more expensive magazine therefore this magazine will be more affordable.

Annotated Contents Page - Vibe Magazine

L.I.I.A.R Analysis - Top Of The Pops Magazine

L - Media Language. The media language used in this magazine is represented very well within the front cover. The genre of this magazine is pop. The colour scheme used is mainly purple which is very girly which makes me think it is aimed at a girl audience. The image on the front it of Robbie Williams who has done pop music which is what the magazine is advertising.

I - Ideology. The ideology of this magazine goes towards the genre of the magazine which is pop. The colour, image and text used across the front cover represent a girly and pop outcome which is what the magazine is aiming for.

I - Institution. The Top Of The Pop's magazine has being selling since February 1995. It began along the lines of Q magazine but then changer to a teen pop magazine to compete with magazine such as, Smash Hits and Big. The BBC then announced that even though the television series had ended the magazine would continue to be sold. The magazine has had several editors over the years these include, Peter Lorraine, Corinna Schaffer and Rosalie Snaith.

A - Audience. The audience for this magazine is a younger age group usually girls aged around 11-15 years old, usually around 15% are boys and 85% are girls. Circulation - 98,030, Leadership - 298,000.

R- Representation. The magazine is very clearly representing the pop generation, this is shown by the colour's and images used on the front cover. The purple and pink colour's used are a clear representation of girls therefore the magazine is clearly aiming for.

L.I.I.A.R Analysis - Vibe Magazine

L - Media Language. The media language in this magazine is represented by the image and the way the text is used. There is usage of bold colours used in the masthead. The way the picture is taken and  positioned on the front cover of the magazine gives a hip-hop/urban image to the magazine. They have took the picture so that he is center straight and looking straight into the camera or essentially the reader.

I - Ideology. The ideology is aimed at the genre of the magazine. The genre of this magazine is hip-hop to urban and on the front cover of this magazine it gives a hip-hop flow to the front cover. There is a lot of reds and blacks mixed together these are good colour's to use because they stand out and will attract the readers eye.

I - Institution. Vibe magazine is Partenered with Intermedia which is a private equity investment firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in the media sector.

 A - Audience. The audience for vibe music magazine is 55% Male and 45% Female. These are usually aged 18-34 with a median age of 30. The Vibe audience is comprised of trendsetting individuals passionate about music, entertainment, fashion and pop-culture.

R - Representation. Vibe magazine is represented by the colour's that they use and the position of the image they have used this represents a strong, individual and confident magazine. The way that Eminem is posed with his arms crossed gives across a strong, positive and confident look to the magazine and the fact that he is covered in tattoo's is stereotypical to hip-hop/rap artists. 

L.I.I.A.R Analysis - Q Magazine

L – Media Language. The media language in this magazine cover is used to attract the readers attention and to make sure it stands out amongst other magazines.  By using a medium close-up image it makes the image stand out more as it is bigger and takes up more space of the cover. They have also took the picture so that Madonna is looking into the camera this makes it look like she is looking right at you.

I – Ideology. The ideology is aimed at the genre of the magazine. The genre of this magazine is rock and on the front cover of this magazine there is alot of red colours and bold text used, also the image used and the way it is used symbolises the rock genre.

I – Institution. The institustion of Q magazine is Bauer Media they created Q magazine and other rock related magazines.

A – Audience. The audience for this magazine is 75% male and 25% female. The audience is composed of passionate, engaged and open minded music fans driven to contiually discover new music. 

R – Representation. The representation of Q magazine is the colours they use on the front cover these are mainly reds and blacks which represent the rock genre. The way Madonna is dressed in the magazine makes her stand out and because she is wearing a glove and has her hood up it makes it more rock genre.

Music Magazine Brief

Main Task
In this task I will produce a front page, contents page and a double page task for a new music magazine. All the images and text that I use for my magazine will be original and produced by me, using a minimum of four images.

Audience Feedback and Evaluation

Audience Feedback and Evaluation

Audience Feedback:

Charissa Cartledge – A student at the college thought that the magazine cover looked very professional and would sell well. She said that the colours were very attractive and caught her eye when she looked saw it.

Charlotte Hemsworth – Also a student at the college she said that she thought the magazine cover had all the qualities it needed to be used as a magazine cover. The title was bold and appealing it caught your eye and made it stand out. Also the picture was a good medium close up picture.

Evaluation

My college magazine has the same aspects of a real magazine it has a Masthead, Skyline, Date, Main features, Cover lines, Subtitles, Small Features, Barcode and finally a Main Image.  This makes the magazine look professional and realistic and would be able to be sold in a shop as a real life college magazine for Wyke College. It has bright bold colours which make it stand out to its audience (students 16-19). The realistic features that I listed above make it sellable and appealing to the audience.

This college magazine represents students from ages 16-19 mainly but it may also interest people who are looking to study at the college and may want to read about what goes on inside the college. It could also interest teachers who either teach at the college or are looking for a job at the college. For teachers who already work at the college they can look at it and find out the students opinion to the college and also find out what goes on that they may not know about. For teachers who are looking to work at the college they can get a look at what the college is like and get an idea of what the students are like.

The audience for my college magazine is mainly aimed at students aged 16-19. I attracted my audience by using a picture of student at Wyke College and using bold colours to attract the reader’s eye. The colours I used were white and purple these could be quite girly but I tried to stick to the colours that would represent the college and that would also appeal to both men and women.

From doing this task I have learnt how to use different technologies. Firstly I learnt how to use blogger I used this so that I could blog my work as I did it. Next I learnt how to use Prezi this was a digital programme that I could use to write all my ideas and pictures that I took all onto to one programme. Also the camera I used to take the photographs was a new technology because I had never used that type of camera before.

Mock Up of Contents Page

Final cover of my magazine

First Cover of My Magazine

Print screens from the making of my magazine

This first print screen shows the image and background for my magazine cover placed exactly where I want it to be and the right size and zoom quality for how i wanted it.

This pringt screen shows the final name for my magazine placed exactly where I want it the right colour and size. Also it shows the barcode in the bottom left hand corner.

In this print screen I have added the Skyline, Date, Website and Slogan to my magazine these layers where then locked and not touched again as they were exactly how I wanted them.

This print screen shows the main feature of the magazine boldly presented at the top of the left third of the magazine cover.

This print screen shows the next subtitle that I added to the cover this one isn't as big as the first one as it isnt the main feature of the magazine.

This print screen shows my final cover before I made the following changes.

This is a print screen of the final changes I made to my magazine. I took out two of the stories because I thought it looked too full I then made the masthead bigger and the main feature bigger too.

Prezie.com - College Magazine Plan

Drafts on Prezi

Draft Layouts

This image to the left is showing a layout design

that I did as a rough guide to how I want my

magazine cover to be set out. This cover page
may be changed a lot to make the magazine saleable.

The second image placed to the left is a rough guide

to how I want my contents page to look like,

this may be changed in many ways to make

it look appealing.

Medium Close-ups

Conventions of Magazine Covers

L - Media Language. The main image that is on the front cover of this magazine is a boy who goes to college you know this as he is holding books which will be college books and that he is on the wrong of a college magazine. The mast head is big and bold which makes it clear that the magazine is a college magazine. They have made the colour scheme bright so that it will stand out and catch your eye.

I - Ideology. The front cover indicates that people that go to this college are happy and cheerful. By using the bright colours it also indicates that it is up beat and cheerful.

I - Institution. The college in which this magazine is about are the institution for this magazine and they're the ones that create it.

A - Audience. The audience for this magazine are people that are interested in attending the college and may want to read a bit about what it is like and what it involves. It will be aimed at student around 16 - 19 yrs old.

R - Representation. This magazine would represent students that already go to the college this would usually be people of around the age of 16-19.

L - Media Language. The main image on the front of this magazine is a medium close up shot this is directed to a model that is looking right at the audience and as this is a fashion magazine they are wanting her to look relaxed cool and fashionable.

I - Ideology. The front cover of this magazine indicates that it is for a fashion magazine the image on the front indicates a laid back relaxed kind of feeling to the magazine but also its a picture that would catch the readers eye.

I - Institution. The institution for this magazine is the producing company and in this company they have different departments that then put together the front cover of the magazine.

A- Audience. The audience for this magazine is mainly women. Most percerntage of women that read this magazine read it because they are interested in the fashion, some people just read it because they like it.

R- Representation. This magzine would represent women of all ages that have an interest in fashion.

Magaizne Front Cover Terms

Masthead title piece - The magazine's title, this is usually displayed in the top left corner.
Price - This is how much the magazine costs.
Date - Weekly: usually from Saturday to Friday. Monthly: a month ahead.
Issue Number - A tally of the magazines.
Barcode - This is read electronically and decoded into usable information.
Teaser - OIne word/phase acts as an attention grabber.
Main Features: Headline - A phrase that may summarise the main point of the main feature. In large print different stlye, bold colours in order to catch the attention of the reader.
Subtitle - Smaller headline that may summarise the feature.
Smaller Feature - Features included in the magazines.
Images - Size: CU to med CU. Ranges from one main image to x amaount featuring one main image and smaller images. Helps make the page look more interesting. It can add understanding of a story an/or entice someone to read the magazine.
Font - Stlye and size of type face.
Colour - Specific/stylistic/thematic types.
Graphics -Graphical shapes to higlight feature(s).
Offers/adverts Blurb - Banner - style shape featuring free products/promotions.
Left Third - Any graphics that take up the left third of the screen for example the main feautures.
Cover Lines - This is information about lead articles given on the front cover of a magazine.
Sell Lines - These lines are the lines that identify a brand.
Splash - A bubble/graphic with text that splashes accross the page.
Credit - Who took the photo's.
Kicker - Is like a teaser of an article that will be in the magazine.
Teller - Is explaining the teaser.
Skyline -  This is the head line above the master head.
Flash - Is similar to the splash.
Graphology - The art of using graphics/colour scheme.
Anchorage - Explains what the picture is.
Vocabulary - The text that is written on the page.
Screamers - Head line is what you verbally shout.
Images - Pictures that have being took and then used in the magazine.

Preliminary Exercise

Using DTP and an image manipulation program, I will produce the front page for a new school/college magazine. This will feature a photograph of a student in the medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. On top pf that I must produce a mock-up layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP.