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Week 8...final article...

This is my final front cover, I have added the different image to the left page. I also put checks on behind the photo and i think it really gives the front cover that 'music' feel. The only thing that i should say is that the measurements are not 100% perfect. If you look closely the checks dont line up perfectly on a part of it. Also around the edge it isnt a perfect straight line all the way around. But saying that i am happy with my article over all.

Week 8...Developing article...

I have added a few things to my article since the last blog. I have added the photos on the right page and have made it a little more quirky by adding a black background for half of the page. I htink this makes it lok more like a music magazine article, with more detail on. However i still need to change the main photo.

Week 8...developing article...

This is my double page article. I still need to change a few things, but this is my main layout. The empty boxes on the right page are going to be photos and i am going to add captions to them. The photo on the left doesnt really look right, i cut it out of photoshop quite roughly. I am going to change the photo. The text doesnt look clear on here, but printed out it is very clear. I like the colours used, the burgundy.

Week 8...article...

This is my article so far, but have much more to write.

After his turbulent life of losing out on the big bucks and clambering back up again, BLANK is back, raring to go, to sing his heart out and to hopefully take us along the ride with him. Blank has had many failures during his career. From losing out on a record deal to losing someone close to him. But this hasn’t stopped the gorgeous, kind- hearted indie star. He fought for the chance to be a multi million selling solo artist and here he is, fresh faced and ready to go on this wild adventure.

The first meeting between us may be awkward, but a lovely place called The Castle Bar in central London may break the ice. I arrived first as usual, fifteen minutes early, to be prepared for whichever lucky star I am interviewing. After waiting around only ten minutes I see the most talked about star since Elvis Presley in 1956. Like any other icon, he arrives in a brand new black Lamborghini; of course with the blacked out windows, to ward away any celeb-hungry paparazzi.

After sitting down at the table, which has an awesome view over London, BLANK orders a sparkling water with ice and lemon, I went for a refreshing mango frappe. BLANK apologises for being late due to a busy schedule. I accept the apology, I mean, how often do you get to interview a superstar like him? Although we are not the only people present today. BLANK has his publicist and manager with him so I don’t ask any dodgy questions. Don’t worry BLANK I wouldn’t do that to you! Ok, im going to stop being a star struck fan and get to the important stuff.

I think the perfect question to start a questionnaire is the simple, “how’s life?” “Life’s awesome, I mean, after the highs and lows of my career things have finally come together and I am as happy as I could ever be.” “Hopefully good things are going to come my way!” BLANK seems to be over the moon at this moment in time, although I want to delve more into his past. Tell me about your ‘highs and Lows’...? “Highs and Lows?” he answers. “Well I think everyone pretty much knows about my past. I’ve had a rough time, something that I don’t want to chat about too much into detail.” BLANK plays with his words for a second, “The loss of my father wasn’t good for me” It seems BLANK is more sentimental than the press makes out to be, but HEIGHT OF SOUND isn’t the type of magazine to bare too much information about such subjects. Onto happier subjects, tell us the most random and humiliating thing you have ever done. “There are many of these in my life!” he laughs, “But the most idiotic thing I have ever done was when I was intoxicated with Jack Daniels and Beer. Let’s just say the girl I was sitting next to, never spoke to me again.” Ouch. Did you fancy her? “Yeh, she was hot. She was my best mate’s sister” he chuckles. BLANK casually takes a gulp of his drink while trying to contain his laughter. What are you laughing at BLANK? “Oh, it’s just the thought of my mate reading this now, its quite funny, ‘coz he didn’t know I shagged her”. BLANK we are ashamed of you, but it’s quite funny. Speaking of women and your love life, you’ve been seen with Sarah Harding a few times, what’s the deal? “Well, we are just friends, she’s an awesome girl and I get on with her really well. There’s nothing going on. I promise.” O.K we believe you. So is there any lucky lady in your life? “No sadly. I haven’t got the time at the moment, works kind of taken over” We understand, BLANK has been a busy man touring around Europe for a year.“Touring has been the best time of my life. I could do it over and over again for the rest of my life and that’s what I intend to do. The favourite part about touring is definitely the fans. When I was in Germany, they went nuts. There was a bit of a problem in the audience, I think someone went to hospital for being trodden on!” BLANK is well known for making an audience go crazy for him. Singing isn’t the only thing he does on stage. BLANK usually films a music video, when on tour in certain countries. If you’re lucky, you may even get invited on stage from the audience to get involved with singing his songs. “The reason I get the audience involved is because I think it is important to share the music with everyone. They are my songs, but the reason I created them is for my fans benefit. They are part of my inspiration for writing the songs. Obviously there is some inspiration from people personal to me, but the fans are mainly.” HEIGHT OF SOUND loves the fact that people keep looking over and miming, “Is that BLANK?”, “oh my god look!”

One girl has the courage to come over and ask for a photograph. Her friends are laughing and giggling into their hands in the background. BLANK positively agrees to have a photo taken with her. When the girl has left, BLANK smiles, “I love it when they come over. Other celebrities hate it, but I really love to chat to them. I enjoy their company. Especially hers, she was gorgeous.

That last comment from BLANK raps it up. He has become a very successful solo artist and is loved by millions of people all over the world. From Germany to America, this guy is not going anywhere. This short chat has hopefully given you an insight into BLANKS life. If you want to hear BLANK’s music, im afraid you’re going to have to wait until Monday 14th June.

HEIGHT OF SOUND

Week 7...Contents page...

this is my finished contents page. The only thing i have added is the contents down the left side of the page. I am really happy with the finished thing, because it is exactly what i imagined it would be.

Week 7...developing contents page...

This is a more developed contents page than the one earlier. I have added text onto the scrap piece of paper. I think the 'scrap book' effect has payed off, and i really like the different fonts used. I also like the arrow, because i have noticed these on magazine covers before, they are a brilliant way of giving more information in a more interesting way. The final thing i need to do on this, is to add my contents to the side of the page.

Week 7...developing contents page...

this is how far i have got with my contents page. Im really happy with it so far, because i have roughly stuck to my sketch. I have used a different photo to what i had in mind, because i think this one levels out the layout more. I also put a scrap piece of paper onto it, to create a 'scrap book' look to it. This was quite tricky to do, because i had to print off the contents page, stick on the scrap paper, scan it, and then photoshop it. I also made the size of the scrap paper bigger, originally i was going to have only a small sized one but i tried out different techniques and this looked the best.

Week 6...Front cover...

This is my front cover. I'm not calling it a final front cover, mainly because i may change my mind about certain things on it. From the last post of the cover i have changed and added some things. The photos that are on the cover have been resized. I thought it would look quite effective if i made the top photo small, the second a little bigger and then of course the last photo being the largest. This makes it look a bit more different from other front covers. I also did the same with the text to match each photo. I then added the main hook in. 'BLANK is back' i think this is quite blunt and would persuade the reader to read more. I like the word 'BLANK', the way i used fill effects on it and then made it slighlty transparent. My house colours are black, white and burgundy so i thought black and white would stand out more. I also added a ...... at the bottom of the cover like any other magazine, to add extra information. Again i used white text on a black background. I think that the angle i put the hook in at makes it look like its in action and fast. A metaphor for BLANK'S career. The one at the top is my current front cover. I changed the title to make it more quirky to match the genre of magazine.

Week 6...developing my front cover...

This is my front cover so far but lots more work to be done. This is exactly how i imagined it so far. One of my favourite parts about this cover is the colours. Black, white and burgundy. I think they contrast really well and fit the genre of my magazine perfectly.

Week 6...developing front cover...

Refer back to my sketches of my front cover, and you can see that i have planned on having 3 photos scattered down the left side of the page. These are two of the three i want to put on there. I have also used the filter to enhance this photo like the main photo. I added a double border to each of the photos as well, because it makes it look smarter and the colours match the house colours of my magazine.

Week 6...working on front cover...

This is the photo i have chosen to use on my front cover. I took the photo with the person to the right hand side specifically so i could add things to the left hand side. I have unsharpened the image using the enhancement filter to make it much lighter and strong. I also used a cartoon filter on the brick wall to make it look more artificial, but not so much as to make it look unrealistic. I also decided on changing the colour slightly. I chose burgundy and i think it could be used as a warm colour, but if it is mixed with the right colours it could be more about Rock and indie music. I have also added a border of the colour black, because in my questionnaires, many people said that black would be a good colour to use and also because i think having a border can make it look more stylish and modern.

Week 6...sketch of article...

This is the double page spread article sketch. It looks a litle basic, but when i add colour, photos and text, it will look much more like an article. Articles aren't supposed to look to messy and cluttered.

Week 6...sketch of contents page...

This is my sketch of my contents page. I am aiming to make it look just like this, i think it has a good use of layout and could seem really appealing to readers.

Week 5...fonts...

These are a few chosen fonts that i like. Some of them look quite scruffy and rustic which would suit my genre of magazine (rock/alternative/indie)they certainly have something about them that are attractive to the eye and this is what i would want for my magazine. It is part of the cover and would encourage people to buy my magazine.

Week 5...questionnaire analysis...

When i sent this questionnaire out to people i was hoping for certain feedback. Luckily i had received my questionnaires back with all the answers i wanted. Whether this was because i handed them out to people my age or it was just their opinion, im not sure of.

For the first question which was "what genre of music are you interested in?" many answers came out as Rock and Pop. These are very popular with young people knower days, especially pop. R&B and dance did not come up much, which i found quite surprising because R&B seems to be quite popular at the moment. The second question was "Do you attend any festivals or concerts? if so which ones?" Many of the answers were T4 on the beach, which plays alot of pop music and a very obvious one, Glastonbury. Which plays most genres of music. I might include an advertisement on my front cover for Glastonbury seeing as it was so popular in my questionnaire. Question three was "Who is your favourite artist? (preferably alternative/indie) you may list more than one." The reason i gave a genre of music is because this is the genre of my magazine and i think it would help me more if i had a set of artists in the same genre. I also gave them the option of listing more than one because it is relatively hard to name only one artist that you like. The Killers were the most popular answer, but other than that it was quite varied. With different answers such as MGMT, Coldplay and Snow Patrol. Question four was "What part of magazines do you favour?" This is one of the important questions because i need an idea for my article. Interviews and reviews were the most popular. News was not chosen at all, i think this is because i handed the questionnaires out to sixteen-seventeen year olds and they are more interested in interviews of artists than news. Question five was "What colours would you relate to indie/alternative music?" This question is slightly different to the other questions. It is more specific in the front cover. Black was the colour that came up most, but along with grey and white and even burgundy. I think i will take this with me into my house colours. I like black and grey but i think i need a bit of colour to go with them. Question six was "What would you say is the most popular genre of magazine?" This question is just to make sure i have made the right desicion in my genre of magazine. Many people wrote Pop and Rock/Indie. I am really happy with these answers because as long as rock and indie are included thats great. Question seven was "what would you say makes a good magazine?" Although this question is a bit general i think that a questionnaire needs this in order to get peoples views. Many of the answers included the front cover as the most important part of a magazine. Which is quite fair because this is what makes people buy the magazine. Others included good artists, interviews and an interesting one, the brand. Some brands are obviously more popular than others. Question eight was "Do you play any musical instruments? If not now, have you ever played any? OR if you wanted to play an instrument what would it be?" I added a few other ways of answering this question because not everyone would play an instrument, but some people have previously or want to play an instrument. I didnt have a certain amount of the same answer to this question unfortunately. Most of the answers were people who wanted to play an instrument, but never have. These were drums, electric guitar and even the flute! Only two answered that they played the electric guitar. The reason for this varied response could be the people i handed the questionnaire out to, i didnt vary the types of people. I handed them out to one group of friends and same age. Question nine was "Is there anything new you would like to see in music magazines?" I like this question because it is quite general like question seven and gets more of peoples thoughts. Again, the answers were varied but were really helpful. One said that they wanted more detailed information about festivals, i agree with this because when reading a music magazine, they dont give all the information you need. This is something i might use in my project. 'an original style of front cover' was an interesting answer. Obviously this is what i want to achieve, i want to make my front cover as original as i can, to an extent. Finally question ten "What would attract you to a magazine?" I was quite proud of this question! Mainly because this is what is most important about a magazine. Magazines need to know what readers want in order for it to be sold. I gave them the option of Front cover, Artists, Features and Competition/Freebies. I guessed that most people would say the front cover or artists and i was right. No one said features surprisingly, but they were either artists or front cover. So i know what things to work on more than others.

Overall i am satisfied with my results. Most of the answers were what i wanted, but there were some answers i was surprised with. If i could change anything i would change one or two questions to make it much easier for people to answer. Such as the musical instrument one. Although i did get enough information from people to help me with my project!

Week 5...Questionnaire...

I am studying Media Studies at A level. I am doing some research on what people would like to see in a music magazine. I would be grateful iff you would spend some time filling in this questionnaire. Lydia Bowden

Age:
Gender:

1) What genre of music are you interested in?

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2) Do you attend any festivals or concerts? Iff so, which ones?

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3) Who is your favourite artist? (Preferably alternative/indie) you may list more than one.

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4) What part of magazines do you favour? (Please circle)

Reviews Interviews Features News

5) What colours would you relate to Indie/Alternative music? You may list more than one

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6) What would you say is the most popular genre of music?..............................

7) What would you say makes a good magazine?

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8) Do you play any musical instruments? Iff not now, have you ever played any? OR Iff you wanted to play an instrument, what would it be?

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9) Is there anything new you would like to see in music magazines?

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10) What would attract you to a magazine? (Please circle)

Front Cover Artists Features Competitions/Freebies

Thank you for your help and time. Your information will be confidential.

PHOTOSHOPPED PHOTOS

These are some of my favourite photos i have photoshopped. I just wanted to play around on photoshop to practice and see what i can do with the photos. The black and white is quite an artistic effect, but not suitable for the front cover. Although they would be perfect for my article and contents page.

PHOTOGRAPHS

These are only a selected few of my photos. I wanted him to look happy and to be 'celebrating his success' in the music business. This is the theme to my article. I am really happy with these photos and i can make them even better by photoshopping them.

AND MANY MORE......

Week 4...analysing articles...

I have the NME magazine that i analysed the front cover of. I am interested in the Brandon Flowers interview as this is what i want to do for my article for my portfolio. Starting with the first page of the interview, the very large photo of Brandon is taking up most of the page. There is the title which says, "CAN YOU READ MY MIND?", this is one of The Killers' lyrics, but also links with the main subject of the article. It is in black, and works well with the photo of Brandon, with his dark hair and clothing. The text starts with a short amount of information about Brandon, his band and who the interviewer is. I will try and include this in my article too. On the next double page spread, there is also anther photo of Brandon in the same outfit, but in a different pose. This is showing different parts of his personality. The white background of the photo bleeds to the edge of the page. There is alot of text about Brandons career to get the interview started and a few comments he has said. Then the interview starts in a question and answer style. I don't think i will do the question or answer style, i hope to just write about the conversaion i'm having with the interviewee, where the interview is being held, what we are doing..etc. These style interviews are normally used in up market fashion magazines such as ELLE or Vogue. On the opposite page there are a few photos of each of the band members. I like the way the photos are slightly scattered down the side of the page. This is what i will be having on my front cover. I think i would like to use this technique on my article as well. Itis a good way of putting them on the page if you want alot of photos on the page. They are also in black and white, which is a nice touch, especially because the main photo of Brandon is in colour. On the last page it has a slightly different layout. All the photos are in the top right of the page. A large one and then two other small ones. The rest of the page is text. I think if this was my article i would have layed it out slightly differently. Firstly, the photos all squished up in the corner makes the article look like alot of text, which could make the reader skip it, becasue thye cant be bothered to read it. I would have spread the photos out evenly on the page. This is one thing that i will take with me onto my article. One final thing is, as every other magazine does, they include quotes from the interview scattered over the article. These ones for instance, at in yellow writing and with a red background to them. I will definately use this in my article.

Week 4...preliminary task...

Evaluation of preliminary task...

My task was to produce a front cover and contents page of a school magazine. The front cover had to feature a medium close up of a student plus some appropriately laid out text and masthead. The contents page was a mock-up to show layout of text and photos.

My initial ideas were to create a clear well presented front cover that would appeal to any student at my school. I wanted to include interesting sell lines and to make it evenly laid out. For my contents page I wanted it to also look appealing to readers, mainly to have a good layout and colours and text that would work well with the front cover.

Looking at my front cover I notice that I have succeeded in having it evenly laid out, the photograph I took of a student is in the centre with the writing around the students body. The writing is in capital letters apart from the main story, they are clear to se. The name of the magazine is ‘Sheldon’s best’ and is in a navy blue which is the colour of the school uniform. The rest of the writing is also this colour. I used a star as a competition prize to grab the reader’s attention and used a vibrant yellow colour. There is a picture which is linking to my main story, which is in large black text across the front of the student’s body.

The sketch I drew of my front cover is generally the same layout as my finished front cover. It includes the writing alongside the body and the star with the competition in it. It also has a banner at the bottom which is also include on my finished front cover. Although the picture I drew is slightly different front my final photo. The picture looks like the person is looking down at the camera, whereas my final photo has the student look slightly to the side at the camera. The writing is entirely different. I originally wanted to use an old fashioned style of writing, slightly italic. This is not what I used on my final front cover; I used a more modern and clearer style.

I found it quite tricky to get the photo perfect for a magazine cover. I tried taking a photo outside, but couldn’t find anywhere suitable on a rainy day to take it. I thought a library would be acceptable, as it is educational and is setting a good example, although when I took various photos, I could not make the photo stand out and look good enough. I did take many photos of the same student in different position such as leaning on a table, sitting on a beanbag and standing by a window. I had a problem with the background for the photos. Firstly that the books on the shelf looked untidy, and that I could not line up the book shelf behind the person in the photo. I finally found a photo which was suitable, sitting on a beanbag with bookshelves in the background.

I decided I needed to use Photoshop on the photo to make it more enhancing. I had used Photoshop before, but wasn’t confident on it. Looking at the bookshelves in the background of the photo I knew that if text was put on to it, it wouldn’t be very clear. So I used a blurring filter which would make text clear, but would also make the student stand out more. I also enhanced the contrast and brightness because the photo was dark and dull. This made it look much more positive. I used the magnetic lasso tool to make the student fairly brighter than the background as well.

I am happy with my Contents page because think make use of layout is good and I think it would be appealing to younger students. I have used similar colours to the front cover. Down the side there is the list of contents and a main story on the right hand side of the page. The title is my favourite part of it, because it is slightly transparent and behind it is a musical note and stars which grabs reader’s attention. I used the same star for the competition prize for this page too. I used three boxes to show where there would be photos, of different size and some diagonally placed on the page.

The sketch I drew of my content page was exactly what I wanted to achieve, so I did the same for my final page which I am happy with. The only thing I altered was the border around the edge. On my sketch I put everything into one border, but I decided to use separate boxes for all my text on the final outcome.

As this was a mock-up I didn’t use any photos and I didn’t use Photoshop either. I used the drawing tools on word to make the boxes for my text and to layer the title and the stars and musical note together. I also resized everything to fit to size onto the page.

I think my layout of both my front cover and contents page turned out really well, because it really does stand out to readers, especially young readers. I’m also happy with my photoshopping on the photo on the front cover because it looks so much better brighter. I think I made a good choice on what text to use and what sizing to use so it can be seen well. Although I think I blurred the background of the photo well, I think the one thing that I would change would be the setting of my photo. The writing is clear on top of the blurring, but I think it could be clearer. Next time I may also try doing both my front cover and contents page on Photoshop as it is easier to fit onto an A4 sheet to print.

Week 4...preliminary task...

This is my contents page from my preliminary task. The first thing i have to say about this is that i really aimed to have the contents page and front cover matching colours; house colours. I was really happy with this, because i used navy blue in alot of areas on my front cover and this contents page. I chose these colours because they are my schools uniform colour. I also created this on a word document. My favourite part of this is the sub heading, "Local Stars". I like the transparency of the title. I wanted the pictures behind to be seen through the title. It gives it a bit of difference to other magazines. I used the yellow star advertisement shape, but for a different reason. I worded it slightly differently than i did on the front cover and i also added the page number for readers to skip to this page. I have three photos for this page, one being larger than the others. I think its also important to keep the title of the contents page the same as on the front cover. I added an ellipsis and then underneath wrote 'CONTENTS' in capitals os it stands out slightly. The part where the contents is written, was originally clear with no colour, but after looking at it for some time, i decided to add the same slightly transparent blue that the sub heading has. This way it all matches perfectly.

Week 4...preliminary task...

This is my front cover from my preliminary task. I have photoshopped the photo, in many ways. I used a blur filter on the background so the writing would be more clearer. I also increased the saturation to make the photo much brighter. One mistake i made was making the whole front cover in a word document. I should have used photoshop, becasue this then lead to me having trouble printing the whole page off. Although, making it on word, made me find it a little more easier to make the cover. For example the title is word art and the text is in a text box. One thing i do admire about this is the sub heading at the bottom of the page, "The SQuid card is here!". I like the fact i enlarged this text and placed it on top of the person in the photo at the bottom. It is large for readers to see and a call out that can drag readers in to read this magazine. The competition in the star, i thought, added to the cover. Its bright colour and placement definately calls out the the reader and it can be seen from a distance. Finally at the bottom of the cover is a ( ). I felt i had to include one of these because it can add advertisement and a bit of added information to get the reader to buy the magazine.

Week 4...analysing contents page...

This is Kerrang's contents page. The first thing that comes to mind when looking at this page is that it is too fussy. I think there is to much squashed onto one page. There are alot of photos taking up about three quarters of the page and then a tiny section for the actual contents. Saying that i do like the small bit of text for each photo. It gives the reader a bit of information on what the photo is about. The colours of yellow, white and black are generally the house colours of Kerrang magazine. The title at the top of the page is not overly standing out as it is not that large and unlike the other contents pages, the letters are not in capitals. A thing i do like is that there is one large photo, and the rest are all the same size. This photo is obviously more important and the magazine wants readers to see this one first. There is an editors letter on this contents page unlike the others. The language is very much similar to NME magazines. Words like 'coz' and 'this weeks mammoth cover story' gets the readers in the mood for reading the magazine and also matches the stereotypical readers language. Underneath the title, there is a quote from a band member. "who really notices anyone else when i'm on stage?" this shows some personality of a band member adn could encourage readers to read aboutthis band. It also includes a page number underneath where this is written. Not my favourite contents page, but includes a few nice ideas i might use on my contents page!

Week 4...analysing contents page...

This is the contents page for 'Q' magazine. This is quite a simple magazine with only a very simple layout. The text is down the left of the page, and images for the right side of the page. Starting with the title, there is the large 'Q' in the centre at the top of the page. 'CONTENTS' is written and lies upon the Q. I liek the way that these two words are joining and the colours of black and grey work well together against the white background. For the sub heading, it says 'ON THE COVER>>' I like this idea of the arrows pointing to where the photos are. It is very clear to readers straight away on the contents. The photos are a few different ones from the from cover, althoguh one of these photos shows the front cover, so readers know this is the main article. The photos are in a montage and scattered across the right side of the page. I like this scattered effect. I will be sure to use a different photo from my front cover photo for the contents page like most of these contents pages. I also really like at the bottom of the page there is a scanned photo of one of the articles, which is Duffy's and anopther article with the heading 'TEENAGE RAMPAGE'. this gives a taster to the reader of some of the best articles in this issue. Another thing i admire is on the far right edge of the page. There is a binding effect, which is similar to one of my sketches. Alhtough in my sketch, it was a fret board of a guitar. This is one of my favourite contents pages, even though it is quite simple with not much colour, it has the best qualities.

Week 3...analysing contents page...

At the top of this contents page is the title 'NME'. This keeps the house colours of red, white and black. In a much bigger font, is another title saying, 'THIS WEEK' to show we are on the contents page. The large bold black letters against the white background stands out well. There is a 'band index' at the side of the page which is NMEs own style. It help readers find what bands they want to read about, and get to the page much more efficiently. Down the far right of the page is the main contents. The information is written underneath large sub headings, again with white writing against a black background;very clear to readers. Along the cover stories, there is an arrow in red to show where these are. This stands out to readers, and very often they want to skip to what is on the cover and this makes it much easier. The whole page is split mostly into red and black, with the band index a bright red and the contents on the opposite side black. This information lies perfectly on the white background behind. In the centre of the page is a main story, with a large photo and text underneath. This is a feature and is always included. This usually shows an important event in music, a festival or maybe introducing a new band. The language used on the contents page, is very modern and up to date with young people like 'crash' and 'like'. this slang is quite stereotypical to the young people.

Week 3...sketches...

This is a smilar sketch to my first sketch. I kept the title in the same place as i think it is slightly different going down the side of the page. This might not be the definate font, i will research different fonts. I also kept the photos that decend down the side of the page. this is one of my favourite parts of the cover sketch, i might also add a peice of text for each photos as well. One thing i will definately take towards my final cover will be the one person in the photo. I think the photo of one person works well with the layout i have created. I have added down the side on the right, a neck of a guitar, this suits the genre very well. I like this touch to the cover, no other magazine i have looked at has anything like this. The text i have used on all my sketches wont necessarily be the same on the final piece. I may change them, but the text i have used is just there to get an idea of where it is going to go...etc

This is another of my sketches. I have kept the same title font, photos down the side of the page and the photo. I think these are things to keep the same when designing my magazine front cover. I have changed the size of the title and added a border at the top of the page.

Week 2...analysing front covers...

I have chosen Mojo magazine to analyse last. This caught my eye becasue of the colours used. I think the white, burgundy and smokey black work well together and they are quite dark. This photo is also overlapping the title. I think the sub title "aerosmith" is quite high up the cover and the text around the edge of his face looks to intrusive. I like the callout on the far left at the bottom of the cover. I think i might use the 'plus!' for my magazine. The font is very simplistic in capitals, and with different bolds and sizes.

Week 2...analysing front covers...

This is the second of my analysis of magazine front covers. I have chosen Kerrang! When i look at this cover, i notice the photo more than the title. The photo overlaps the title. I may use this technique when making my own magazine front cover. I like the font of the title, it looks edgy, black font on a white background makes it stand out. It has a slight spray paint style to it. This cover also has an unusual layout. The writing is usually at the edges of the cover, but this one has images and text at the bottom. I also admire the photo because it is just the heads of the band. I was thinking of having a photo of one person with a guitar, although i think this has broadened my choice a bit more.

Week 2...sketches...

Starting Week Two i have created some sketches for a front cover. I like this one because it has an even layout and there is alot to look at. From the font of the title to the photos that would be placed down the side of the cover. This is just planning and could be changed in any way.

Week 2...analysing front covers...

Starting with the title of the magazine 'NME', this is very bold, mainly red with a white outline. This is very noticeable and can draw readers in. When making my own magazine front cover i will make a title that will, like this one, have the same affect on readers. There is a list of bands next to the title, such as Metallica and Slipknot. The text is in capitals and a bright yellow, which is very eye catching. These bands are the same genre and can interest readers. For my genre of magazine, i might do a similar technique of including different band names that match the genre, that are inside the magazine. On the centre of the front cover are three similar photos of the main singer in the band 'The Killers'. When i see this photo, it makes me want to read this magazine because i am a fan of The Killers. This would be the same for any other fan. Just on top of the image near the bottom is a Callout. It says, "Im having a personality crisis right now..." This is a little preview, and makes the reader want to read the rest of the article. I will hopefully include a Callout similar to this one. The Ellipsis also shows there is more to read inside. Underneath the bold white text 'THE KILLERS', is a tag which says, " Can Brandon find out the plot in time for Reading & Leads?" this sentence summarises the Callout. At the very bottom of the cover is another sell line. "THE VERVE-How it all went down" The dark colours such as black or red against white stand out.

Week 1...

I will be researching 3 different magazines so i can familiarise myself with diffrent genres and styles. NME and Kerrang will be two of these. I will also look at some contents pages and double page spreads. This will really help me in creating these things.

Week 1...

I have started preparation for the project, with a questionnaire. I will hand this questionnaire out to ten students in my school.I think this will help me decide certain choices such as colours and an idea on what my article will be. I have also been looking at different music magazines to get an idea of the style and genre. Popular magazines such as NME and Kerrang!

Media Studies

I intend to write about information for my project. Explaining my decisions and making process using photos, text and sketches. I will discuss and analyse my work. Iff anyone can think of any feedback, please feel free to leave a comment.