Looking Back At Your Preliminary Task, What Do You Feel You Have Learnt In The Progression From It To The Full Product?

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What Have You Learnt About Technologies From The Process Of Constructing This Product?

Song: 'Roll with it' by Oasis (an Alternative song to fit with the chosen genre for my magazine)

How Did You Attract/Address Your Audience?

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What kind of media institution might represent particular social groups?

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

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Evaluation

Now that I have finished the actual magazine pieces I will start my evaluation

The actual final three pieces together



Front Cover

Contents page

Double page spread

Further changes...

I decided that in order to make my contents page a bit more realistic I should increase the amount of pages my magazine would appear to have. I increased the number from 30 to 50. Even though this may still not seem to be as many as most magazines would contain, this amount would be appropriate for my magazine as it is for a relatively niche audience and would not need to be a huge publication.

Changes I Have Made...

For my final pieces I made several changes from my first drafts

Front Cover:

• I changed the image on the front and then also in turn the name and information of the cover star to fit with her real name 
• I switched the tag line and website around so that the tag line was closer to the title as I thought this would be more appropriate
• I also changed the colour of the competition circle to black and made it bigger and more circular as I feel this makes it much more eye-catching to the potential reader and correcting the shape in particular much more professional looking



Final draft front cover







Final Piece front cover

Contents Page:

• I changed the page numbers to allow room for adverts within the magazine
• I also changed the colour of the page numbers to make them stand out more and catch the readers eye
• Again, name changes referring to the cover star were made





First draft contents page



Final draft contents page



Double Page Spread:

• Pictures were replaced with the final pictures
• Name changes occurred here also
• Questions and a quote were changed to be red. The questions were changed because I felt that they sunk into the background and were not very eye catching to the reader and even risked the piece looking a bit dull. The quote was changed also to be eye catching too



First draft double page spread



Final piece double page spread

Final Front Cover, Contents And Double Page Spread

Here is a closer look at my final pieces:

Close Up Of Interview

Pulling up at the location for the very first solo magazine photo shoot for new band Rock Steady’s front woman Vicky M, I’ve got to say I was feeling exited - yes, but also incredibly nervous. All I could think was this is the same woman who has been hailed as the next big thing by some very important people. How important? Try Chris Martin, Noel Gallagher, Morrissey and oh er Sir Paul McCartney - to name a few.


I walked around to the garden of the London home that has been generously lent to us for the purpose of today’s shoot and spotted her relaxing on the grass taking five. I casually strolled over and introduced myself. ‘Oh! the interview guy? Hey’ She said in her charming cockney accent. She patted a spot on the grass beside her signalling me to sit down and the most anticipated interview I have ever been asked to do for this magazine begun...



So, how are you?
Hungover. I’m not gonna lie. The make-up team have had their work cut out today! But, apart from that I’m ok.


What do you think of our location for today?
No expense spared was there! (laughs) Bet Florence Welch would get Hawaii or somewhere like that. What do I get? Someone’s back garden. (laughs) I’m joking. Sort of.


Not very rock ‘n’ roll is it? What is the most rock ‘n’ roll thing you’ve ever done?
Umm. I got drunk with the Kaiser Chiefs the other week. That’s it really. Well that's the second alcohol reference so far. Bet you’ve got a great opinion of me now!

Talking of rock ‘n’ roll have you made any really extravagant purchases yet?

(laughs) No. We’ve only just got known really. I’m still living with my parents! The first thing I would buy would be a place of my own. My parents would be happy, They wouldn't have to listen to my constant singing then!

Talking of singing, when did you start?

I’ve always sung. All my life. My dad was in a band, you might remember them they were called The Edge. They got kinda famous back in the late 80’s early 90’s. I was born just before they got known and am a total daddy's girl so I went on tour with them around the UK. With my Mum too. She used to sing as well, only in pubs and at weddings and places like that though. I guess it was a given that I would sing really.

Why Rock steady and how? Didn't you think of trying to make it solo?

We all went to college together. We got talking and they guys told me that they were in a band and needed a singer. I sing so that was it. Why not solo? There is just something special about being in a band. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. Especially with my early memories of my dad’s band.

So, lonely youth is the title of your album, was your youth lonely?

Yeah it was. When I was at secondary school anyway. College was fine cause I met the guys. Secondary school was a whole different story. I didn't really have any friends. I just used to go and hang out in the music room and sing and play guitar. I was the weird kid. I had no idea what people my age were listening to. The only music I’ve ever liked is rock, I’ve never understood the obsession with pop and urgh don’t even get me started on rap. I hate it. It’s not proper music is it? Let’s be honest, It’s just talking but much faster. 

Who are your inspirations in terms of music?

The Beatles, hence the t-shirt, Oasis,  Coldplay, Blondie and obviously The Edge - they kicked it all off for me really. Without them who knows what I would be doing now!

What about 10 years time? What do you think you’ll be doing then?

This hopefully! I don’t want it to stop. I love singing, writing songs, performing them, I love it all. Your gonna have to  drag me away kicking and screaming if you want to get rid of me cause I ain't going nowhere (laughs) Seriously though, I don’t want this to ever end. I love it way to much.

Technology

In order to research, plan and create my magazine I have used the following:

I originally started off my project using a Mac. However, I found this difficult to operate when creating my school magazine so I decided I would do a better job with my music magazine using equipment I more familiar with and could use with much more ease.

So, I decided I would create my magazine at home using my own computer. This computer is a HP Pavilion t430.uk. It is quite old but has had many changes made to it such as much more up to date programs added, memory upgrade and a new motherboard - so it does not seem slow or 'out of date' and could be used well.

However, my computer does not have the feature of saving a file as a JPEG (which is how I uploaded images of my actual work) so I had to use the family computer to do that, which is a HP Pavilion a671uk. I also edited some of my work from this computer too.

 All of the above technology was used to blog my work, as were various school computers too.

I used Microsoft Publisher 2007 to create both my drafts and final piece. This is the program that I access to both on my computer and the family computer.

I used Google as my search engine to find any information or pictures I needed for my project.

I used Blogger to display my research and work for my project.

Picnik was used to edit both my draft and final photos.

My camera, the Fujifilm A235, was used to take my final photos. (My draft photos were taken using a school cameras) My camera is 12.2 mega pixels, so the photos as of quite good quality. 

My Design Philosophy

The Four F's (formula, function, format and frame) are important to consider when creating a magazine. Formula is the elements that make up a magazine such as the number of articles and interviews. My style model 'Q' magazine has many interviews, gig/tour information and often features the top 10 or 25 of things like songs of the month.

Ideology

Alternative rock is usually associated with gigs, live music, bands as opposed to solo artists, who usually appear looking quite serious, moody and laidback and guitars. I will ensure that I take into all of these things and incorporate them into my magazine, either in the images, contents or double page spread.

Minimal vs Cluttered Design

They would both look effective on a magazine but, it depends on the genre of the particular magazine. for example a punk or heavy metal magazine would look better with a more cluttered design. Alternative Rock is seen as laidback and the people often look quite chilled out so, I decided that a more minimal design would compliment the genre and look more effective.

Retro vs Modern


I think a more modern look is more appropriate for the genre even though it did emerge in the underground of the 1980's, it only gained popularity in the 1990's - a decade that I don't regard as being particularly retro yet and so it wouldn't make much sense to create a retro feel as the two aren't really linked.

Conventional vs Unconventional 


Conventional:
Appeals to a wider audience and tends to be more successful - so I will ensure my magazine is quite conventional as the genre itself is not hugely popular and it would be too much of a risk to be too unconventional.

Unconventional:
Even though it does create an interest for challenging conventions and being different such as Ray Gun.

Use of colour

I chose to use the colours black and white for my magazine, with the exceptions of the page numbers on the contents page, the questions asked to the cover star and some quotations which are dark red.When I conducted my questionnaire the participants said that they associated those colours with the genre. They also said that bright colours tend to be used occasionally, I incorporated some brighter colours with my choice of clothing for the talent.

Eye for detail

I ensured that I regularly and thoroughly looked over and checked for any mistakes on the magazine I then, of course, correct them. Even is the mistake was very small - as not matter how big or small it would have made a difference.

Consistency vs Inconsistency

Consistent: Looks tidier and more professional

Inconsistent: could look edgy and the tagline I have chosen is 'shake it up' but I was conscious of creating as professional looking product as possible.

So, I decided to create a consistent product and leave the edgy 'look' to my model.

Conclusion...

Following those decisions I have tried to create a magazine to follow them the best I could - but still make something that looked 'alternative' - so a bit edgy and laid back.

Colour Scheme

Further Research

I asked two people, who had not previously seen my magazine, to write down what they see in the order they see it. I then asked who they thought the target audience was.

These are the results:

Person one:

• Model
• Win V festival tickets
• Title
• Sub headings
• Barcode
• Website/tag line

-Teens plus. Because the model is a teen and you're advertising V festival tickets which is a more young adult event.

Person two:

• Model
• Title
• Win V festival tickets circle
• Sub headings
• Plus box at the bottom of the page

- Young people, late teens plus. Because the model is young and also festivals are for that age bracket.

In conclusion...
The features I hoped would be picked out were, such as the masthead and competition.
They also seemed to have spotted the genre as they noticed the music festival tickets quite quickly.

Final Picture Edits

I edited all of these images using http://www.picnik.com/

This is the image I will use for my front cover. I auto fixed it, then removed any blemishes using the blemish fix option. Next I airbrushed the model to create an even skin tone and finally added  bit of mascara to her eyes.



For this picture I started off by cropping it to reduce the size - as it is the image of me that will be used on the contents page. I auto fixed it, then removed any blemishes and airbrushed - again to even out my skin tone. I finally added a 1960's effect.

This image is going to be used on my double page spread. For this I cropped it, selected auto fix, then I removed any blemished by using the blemish fix option. Finally, I used the airbrush tool.



For this, my double page spread image, I auto fixed it, then I fixed any blemishes, used to shine-be-gone tool, airbrushed her and finally added some mascara.



This is an image that is used on the double page spread. It is the album cover for the person the article is about. For this image I selected auto fix. I then chose the black and white option and finished the image off by adding text.



Possible Final Images

The images above are all images I am considereing using either on my front cover, contents page or double page spread.

Final First Drafts Of My Front Cover, Contents And Double Page Spread

These are my final first drafts - I will however make some changes to my final pieces but I will document those in a later blog post

Shooting Schedule

11.00am - Talent arrive
11.00 -11.45am - Possible make up, jewellery,clothes and shoe options tried out
11.45 -12.15pm - Make up applied + talent changed into the selected outfit
12.15 - 12.45pm - Pictures taken
12.45 - 1.00pm - Pictures uploaded to my computer

Risk Assessment

This is my risk assessment for my final image photo shoot

Weather - may be cold or raining = Don't be outside for too long is the weather is cold. Try to pick a day that rain is not forecast or rearrange the day is possible

Tripping or falling = Be aware of any potential hazards such as steps and uneven pavement slabs. Remove any other kinds of tripping hazards such twigs and branches.

First Drafts



This is my first attempt at a first draft of a music magazine. After making this I noticed several mistakes that I needed to correct such as: The title needing to be more central , one of the sell lines needed to say 'from the IoW to V the top 10' , the information about the cover model needed to be moved further up as the first two letters of 'front' weren't very clear , further down in the 'plus' box there was a word missing and a spelling mistake - it needed to say 'Lana Del Rey: love or hate? and 'The black keys' should have been 'The Black Keys' and finally the barcode didn't look very realistic.

 I made these changes to the first draft as you can see in version 1. I then decided to have a go at creating some other variations as can be seen in versions 2 and 3.  

Version 1

Version 2

Version 3

Final first draft This is my final attempt at a first draft. There are still changes I would make to my final piece for example the competition circle is not very circular and I would like to swap the tagline and website around, but overall I am happy with the layout and will use it for my final one.