Friday, 11 May 2012

Final front cover, contents,dps,prelim front cover and contents

Below is the final and preliminary outcomes for my front cover and contents page and my final double page spread.
Final Front Cover

Final Cover
Preliminary Cover

Final Contents

Preliminary Contents
Final Double Page Spread




Monday, 30 January 2012

Evaluation

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and convetions of a real media product?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why ?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

How did you attract/address your audience ?

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructiong this product?

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

Audience Feedback

Below is the audience feedback for my contents page , cover , and article for my music magazine.


Thursday, 26 January 2012

production of Double page article

In todays lesson we were asked to create our double page article and below are the steps in which the work took place.




Production of contents page



In todays lesson we had to create our contents page using a software using Quark express




Production of Front cover

In todays lesson we had to create our front cover using a software usinf Adobe Photoshop





Rough Layout of DPS

Below are the rough sketches of the layout for my music magazine front cover, contents , and double page spread.

Front cover
 Contents page
 Double Page spread

Production of photographs taken

In todays lesson we had to take photographs for my front cover image images for my double page spread and write up and article.

Above is the image i have chosen to use for my main front cover image it really defines rock and captures the definition of my music magazine.

Above is the image i have chosen to use for my double page spread it will be layed out with text on one side and the large image which really combines with my article.
And finally the images below are the images i captured myself of three different rock bands which i will include in my contents page.


Article Research

Below are a range of links about my articles topic and about the band that is included...

www.paramore.net/gb/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramore

twitter.com/PARAMORE

http://www.buzznet.com/tags/paramore/

www.facebook.com/paramore

www.nme.com/news/paramore/54318

Planning Production

Planning Production

The image I am hoping to use for my front cover image is going to be a symbolic image using guitars and amps I’m hoping to design an image by placing the props in unusual positions to make them stand out more.

              Cover lines

·         Rock Revolution Tour

·         Foo Fighters top 10 best videos

·         The Best Rock bands over the last 30 years

·         Win a meet and greet with Biffy Clyro

·         The Blackout Back out?

·         Axl sues slash again



Text for contents

It will have both feature articles and regular content with some bits of information included on what the article is about. It will also have a small caption under the images that I will use.



Images for contents page

Octane Ok images I took myself suggesting new bands which have formed and a abit of information on this band to captivate readers. It will also include smaller images of more well known bands eg blackout, bring me to the horizon.



Article for double page spread

For my double page article I am going to write it about two of paramours member s leaving to form their own band, I am going to include information and quotes and create a symbolic image to go with the article I have created.

Publication Plan

In todays lesson we had to create a publication plan containing information before we produce our final music magazine , the publication plan dicusses prices distribution etc.
Title:     Rock Revolution!

Frequency of Publication:    Weekly

Price: £1.99

Distribution:  Shops, Supermarkets

Rationale:  The approach of the magazine is by rock music experts, including a range of band members and rock artists. In the magazine it will include interviews and articles and focus on live performances and new formed bands.

Style:  The magazine will be styled informal, using humour but not afraid to offer strong comments. The magazine is for Rock fans so it will contain some simple and strong vocabulary and will be laid out in a top tabloid style, with short paragraphs and some slang.

Images will be the dominant feature of the layout.

Regular content

·         Gig reviews

·         Introducing new acts

·         Album reviews

·         Latest news

·         Inside the mind of...

·         Who’s touring now ...

·         Albums and tracks of the month...

·         Fans feedback

·         Win Tickets

·         Latest news.

·         Who are the hottest acts right now

·         All time best gigs.



Feature content

·         Bring me to the horizon on tour

·         Jared Leto speaks out ...

·         Win a meet and greet with Biffy Clyro

·         Madina Lake splitting up?

·         The Best Rock bands over the last 30 years

·         Queen members express the old days

·         Photographs – band and artist with short explanation captions

·         Gigs of shame

·         Slip knot slip up again?

·         Axl sues slash again

·         Want to drum like Joey jordison?

·         Greatest punk tracks EVER

·         Inspiration of  M Shadows

·         Brain May all time favourite rock artists?

·         10 top ten tips to play guitar

·         Rock out with Rod Stewart

·         Kiss Return?

·         The Blackout Back out?

·         Rock Revolution Tour

·         Foo Fighters top 10 best videos





House Style:

Cover lines:  Showgaurd Gothic

Headlines:  Franklin Gothic Demi Bold

Standfirst:  Franklin Gothic 16pt

Captions: Franklin Gothic 10pt

Features in first paragraph: Drop capitals, Franklin Gothic 10pt, 4 lines deep, and first two words are in capital letters.

New first paragraph:  First two words are in bold capitals – pt 14 Showgaurd Gothic

Body Text: Eras Demi ITC

Colours:  Black, grey and Red

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Questionaire questions

Below are the questions for my audience questionaire.


1.       What gender are you? ( please tick )


           Male              Female

2.       What is your age category? ( please circle)
16-24       25-30        31-35     other

3.       What genre of music do you enjoy the most?
____________________________________________________

4.       What is your favourite Rock band?
____________________________________________________

5.       What Bands or Artists have you been to see?
____________________________________________________

6.       How often do you listen to music?
      A few times a week            More            Everyday          Never

7.       Do you like music magazines?
       Yes         No

8.        If yes how regularly do you buy music magazines?
       Weekly           Monthly            Never

9.       Why do you like music magazines?
_____________________________________________________

10.   What is your favourite music magazine?
     Kerrang         Metal Hammer         Rock Sound         Big Cheese

11.   What words or image do you associate with rock?
_______________________________________________________

12.   What is in a music magazine that you like?
________________________________________________________



13.   Do you prefer image of the artists or symbolic images?
_______________________________________________________
14.   What do you think is the main priority in a music magazine?
______________________________________________________
15.   What would you be willing to pay for a music magazine?
      £1-£2            £3-£4            £5+

Questionaire Results

As part of our coursework we were asked to gather information about the public and there opinions about music magazines, so i carried out a range of simple and more complex questions and here are the results for the multi choice questions and there answers produced in a pie chart.

Audio Questionaire results