Final main task double page spread.

Final main task contents page.

Final main task front cover

Final preliminary contents page

Final preliminary front cover.

Casting

For my production, I worked with a couple of friends who were willing to dress up as an R&B artist, so I could take different types of pictures of them. My friends had a good knowledge of the genre, therefore that made the overall task much easier. The genre was nice emphasised through the pictures.

Billboard Website

The Billboard website is another way they attract readers. On the website, it gives out extra news such as the latest goings on's in the life of the music stars, the latest charts, the latest photo's. Furthermore it allows readers to view videos online allowing them to get the latest interviews before anybody else. The website allows readers to search for their favorite artists or bands and research them. Keeping up to date with the latest chart news is another key convention of the website. It's colourful, broad and very informative, therefore it is a very good website to go on.

http://www.billboard.com/#/

Publication Plan

Publication Plan;
Title; Boombox
Positioning statement; 'The number one magazine for all the latest top tunes!'
Frequency of publication; Monthly
Price; £3.50
Distribution; Newsagents, Supermarkets. The supermarkets include the big name one's such as; Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Asda.
Rationale; The approach of my magazine will mostly be based around what I believe people of my target audience will want to read. Within the magazine, I feel that it would be good to include reviews from the month, without containing over the top words that teenagers won't be able to understand. Another aim is to make the magazine informal so the audience can relate to it. Whilst sticking to these aims we also want to make everything simple for our potential customers, as we don't want to confuse them with technical terms.
Style; The style of my magazine will be relatively informal. The magazine will offer readers reviews of the latest charts and singles being released. The magazine will also give the audience an insight to the lives of the different artists within the genre that the magazine will be representing. The information added will be exciting and will keep the reader interested throughout, which hopefully will ensure they continue to buy the magazine.
Regular Content:
Editors Letter.
Reviews of the current singles and albums in the chart.
Gig reviews.
Album of the month
Interviews with different artists.
Song of the month.
Artist of the month.
Video of the month.
Featured Content:
Main interview with P-Dizzle.
Top 100 Singles within the month.
Review of the year.
New video releases.
New song releases.
What's hot this month.
Rationale
Headlines; Word Art
Body Text: Calibri

Colour Scheme- To fit in with the genre the colours will be dark, to give the urban feel. Colours such as;
Black
Grey
Dark blue

Evaluation Question 5

Front Cover; I attracted my target audience through the different use of colours. The different colours I looked to use were the dark colours such as black and grey. These gave out the urban look, ensuring it linked in nicely with the genre of the magazine. The use of the large heading also attracted the audience, due to the fact it slots in nicely with the dark and mysterious background of the magazine front cover. Furthermore, I think the picture, would attract the audience because of the Mise en scene, and the low camera angle. The mise en scene, is evident adding emphasis to the genre, whilst the low camera angle is proving the dominance of the artist. Finally I think the subheadings will attract them, as it allows them to see what will be in the issue. The fact they are shown in bright colours is an eye-catching technique.

Contents page; The splitting of the information is a way in which I aimed to attract the audience. The audience would be able to see the key stories that will be featured in the magazine through the use of the page numbers and text on the contents page. The unusual shaping of the 'Contents' sign would also attract the audience, plus with the bright colours, as they are eye-catching, meaning that the audience will be able to pick this magazine out when browsing through the shops.

Double page Spread; The main article was the main thing that I used to attract the audience. It enabled them to find out all the latest news, plus they recieved an exclusive interview from the main artist for that month. This is an extra that all magazine editors tend to add in to, in order to strive to get more customers buying their magazine. Furthermore, the urban scene is once again created through the background, by the use of the dark colours, once again helping to catch the audiences eye. I have used two small pictures which have helped me relate to the stories in the article and with the key quotes that I pulled out from the article. They key quotes help to break the information down and allow the reader time to process their thoughts. The sensible font finally is another way that the magazine helps to attract it's audience, as it is easy to read, therefore it's just no nonsense and no hassle for audience and it fits in nicely with the whole background.

Question 7

How I have bettered since the preliminary task;

Software;

When I first started my project, I had never used a blog before, so it was a first for me. As time went on, I got used to it and have produced a effective media blog.

From my preliminary task I feel that it is evident that I have picked up skills on the way. I think the way that I edited my pictures through the use of photoshop and also created different presentations through the use of Prezzi. I believe that these skills that I picked up helped me ensure that my project looked effective. Picking up on the skills I used to edit my pictures, you can see a great difference on my front cover and contents pages, which is what I wanted to succeed in when I first planned and organized my project.

Photography; 

I believe that you can see a huge difference in my photography, throughout the project, conveying the different skills I have picked up on the way. At the beginning of the project, I was shaky and my pictures didn’t come out as I wanted them. Also, most of them had no significant meaning. For my preliminary task, I managed to take 2/3 good pictures that established the genre and fit well into the magazine. Other than that, the rest I didn't like and had to scrap.  In difference, I went into creating my music magazine with much more confidence and I feel that the pictures I took for it looked relatively good. I used a mixture of shot types and angles to add a twist to the magazine and make it look more exciting, which was different to the ones from the preliminary task, as they were plain and boring.

Layout; 

Before starting my music magazine, I didn't really have much insight in how they were supposed to be laid out. However, with a bit of research and the use of the preliminary task, my knowledge of the layout grew stronger. Whilst my knowledge of the layout was getting stronger, I was learning the sufficient codes and convetions that a music magazine should have in order to grab their audience and potential readers. The conventions included the color scheme and the different types of headlines. You can see from my two magazines that my knowledge of layout got stronger, especially from my main music magazine.

Conclusion

In conclusion, I think that there is an obvious difference shown between the magazine for the preliminary task and the one for the main task. This difference has come from improvements in my techniques on such websites like Photoshop and also the fact that I now have a greater knowledge of the codes and conventions of a magazine. My photography skills also vastly improved, showing a difference between the two tasks.

Evaluation question 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? on Prezi

Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product? on Prezi

Evaluation Question 3

Music magazine Evaluation- Question 3: What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why? 

The media institution that might distribute my product would be InterMedia Partners. InterMedia Partners are the institution that distributed Vibe magazine, which is of a similar genre of my product, which could therefore compete with Vibe.  My product not only gives out a competition with Vibe magazine, but it could also offer InterMedia Partners with a rivalry magazine, which could help them be more successful as a distributor. 

My magazine is most likely to be sold in such big range supermarkets as Tesco and Sainsbury's because they are two highly prospering supermarkets where the audience can buy their magazines from. WHS smiths is another place which would be good to sell my magazine from, as they are a book store, which is very popular for the sales of magazines therefore this would be a good place to try and improve sales. 

Evaluation Question 2

Firstly, One way I think my media product can relate to particular social groups is through the use of my colour scheme. The dark colours of black and grey help give out the urban twinge, which is what the majority of the R&B genre want when buying a magazine. My colours also help to convey that despite being generally related to both males and females, it is mostly a male based magazine. Most of the article produced in my magazine are based at the younger teenage years of my target audience. Due to my magazine being related to a mass audience, I had to think about splitting it into sections and who is most likely to buy every issue, therefore that's why most of the articles are based around them. I haven't really focused on the disabled social group mainly because there is only a small minority of people who are disabled and they are not likely to be attracted to this kind of music. Overall, my media product relates to all races and religions. This is because the R&B genre is a broad genre of music where many people are attracted to, therefore it is targeting everyone.

Evaluation question 1; Double page spread

Analysis of double page spread on Prezi

Evaluation question 1; Contents page

Evaluation Question 1; Contents page on Prezi

Evaluation question 1; Front cover

Magazine evaluation question 1; Front cover on Prezi

Magazine Language

The language of my magazine is a massively important, as it reflects hugely upon my target audience. It is important that I follow the rules and stick to language that my target audience understands and not say words that they don't know. The magazine must stick within the target audience. The use of good language is also important in a magazine, as it will reflect on the magazine's quality. If you get a magazine with fluent English language all throughout, then you are more likely to buy it. Whereas, if you got a magazine that had words spelt wrong and had the wrong terms being mentioned, then less people will want to buy it. That is why editors of magazines take extra special care in looking for spelling mistakes and ensure that everything is up to date, especially the information being presented. The magazine can come in different languages, as it will be sold around the world. This will increase publication and will also make more and more people purchase the magazine, if it is popular.

Contents page colour scheme.

On my contents page, there is no real colour being used. The fading and colour being expressed by the pictures, helped take control over the contents page. The little dashes on the title help to draw the audience into the magazine further, which is vital in the creation of the magazine.  The page numbers are much bigger than the rest of the writing, which again helps to make the page stand out in the magazine. The two pictures help to bring colour to the page, however, the aim is to make everything stand out, which is why I left the background blank. The contents page was also made on desktop publishing, which is a good piece of software to use when creating a magazine.

Colour scheme for my magazine.

For my magazine, I have used a mixture of colours to convey different feelings and give out a sense of meeting the target audience. The large headline, gives out a sense of danger, with the contrasting colours of red and black, which often signifies danger. Furthermore, I use more of the colour red, which contrasts into the magazine front cover. The bright colours used also signify a younger and much wider target audience, linking into the audience that I am looking to target. However, the bright colours are also there to attract potential customers, when they are browsing through the shelves. Most of the writing that I use is black, giving the magazine a much more serious look.  Overall, the mixture of dark and bright colours adds effect to the magazine front cover, as it gives out a mixture of views. As mentioned, the darkness, gives out a more serious outlook for the magazine, whereas in comparison, the bright colours give a nice fresh outlook, linking into the younger target audience.

Things to do.

1) Publication Plan
2) More analysis on photo's
3) Comment on colour schemes
4) Upload everything on my blog.
5) Finish Evaluation questions.

Planning Production.

Planning Production; 

Front Cover Image- Medium Shot of the artist, edited into a polaroid frame. 

Front cover smaller image- Another shot of the artist, in a medium close up. Edited shot. 

Coverlines; Top 100 Singles review, Review of the year, Interview with P-Dizzle. 

Regular Content:  

Editors Letter. 

Reviews of the current singles and albums in the chart. 

Gig reviews. 

Album of the month 

Interviews with different artists.  

Song of the month. 

Artist of the month. 

Video of the month. 

Featured Content: 

Main interview with P-Dizzle. 

Top 100 Singles within the month. 

Review of the year. 

New video releases. 

New song releases. 

What's hot this month. 

Contents page images; Main medium shot image of the main artist.  

Main Article; Features the rise of P-Dizzle with an exclusive interview.  

Double Page Spread

This is my double page spread for my music magazine. To create it, I used Microsoft Publisher, which is a good application to use when it comes to designing magazines. Overall, I feel that it does follow the main conventions of a double page spread. These being that it labels who the artist is and gives the readers an inside edge about them. The interview is 'exclusive' which gives them an incentive to read on. In this case, I have tried to make it look different to ensure that it stands out to the teenage target audience. . The writing is a nice calm, small font, introducing a tone of seriousness. Finally, from the double page spread, the picture has been edited in black and white, giving off both a serious and old fashioned tone. The medium, long shot is used to gather in the surroundings and also take into account the artists props, such as the watch and chain. This type of shot also builds up a sense of location. It is shown in a low angle, which emphasises the power of the artist, conveying that the interview is going to be about him. In an order, I firstly looked at which picture would look aesthetically pleasing to the target audience. I left the background plain, with the black writing, as it blends in nicely, ensuring that the writing sticks out to attract potential readers. To stick to the conventions of the magazine, I ensured that the writing for the interview was the same font, making it easier for the audience to read.