Question 7

I believe I have improved as I have mastered photo shop after doing my preliminary task. I did my preliminary task on publisher so when it came to doing my music magazine it was a new software so I had to adapt quickly so that I did'nt fall behind. I quickly adapted to photoshop and I am much more confident on it now, and I feel like I have improved a lot from my preliminary task as not only does photo shop offer much better software and effects but I was aware of what to use and how to apply it to my magazine.
I have made an animoto showing my improvements throughout the tasks so far.

Untitled Project

Untitled Project

Final Draft for Double Page Spread

This is my final draft for my double page spread.

Final Front Cover

This is my final draft for my front cover.

Contents Page

This is my last hand in for my contents page.

Question 6

I have learnt how to take a variety of pictures and pick the best one out of them pages of my magazine. I had to decide which of my pictures would suit which cover, from main, contents and double page.I had to make sure the levels on the picture were the right colour and would be able to match the page perfectly, I also learnt how to edit my photos to enable the photo looked perfect, I learnt how to crop out the background of my picture to enable the background image didn't disturb my magazine. I learnt a lot, the biggest thing I have learnt is how to use photoshop in general, after making my magazine covers I am much more comfortable with. I have learnt the conventions of a magazine and know what it takes to make a magazine, a magazine. I now know how to write articles and make it suitable for a magazine, and link it with a music genre. I used facebook to access pictures that my friend on that we had took, but I already had knowledge on how to use that software. I used the models camera, which i was aware of how to use and I also used the college computers to put together my magazine.

Question 5

Both models in these two magazines share a similar pose which attracts the target auidences' eye. The pose shows confidence and strength this is what will mainly attract the audience, as this is what the younger generation aspires for. I used the effect in my magazine by enlarging the letter where the paragraph starts helps to guide the reader to where they need to start reading. I used this in my double page spread too, I did it for the same purpose, so the audience were aware to start reading here. My magazine doesn't feature a fancy font as the one from the Florence Welch but it does the same as I have made the first letter much bigger than the other letters. I think this effect makes my magazine look very professional and helps it to stand out. I believe the way I have lay out my interview with the colour combinated text, to show who is who through our attracts audience by showing to them who is who and not making it to hard for them to interpret that. 





Question 4

I think the audience for my media product, being my magazine, MU would be around 15-20 year olds, I think this is the best age group for my magazine, a group who would listen to the type of music which would convey to the type of magazine I have produced. I think this age group is a good one to base my magazine around as there is a lot of people within this aged group that enjoy listening to music that is alternated around different genres. The music in which is produced appeals to this age group, the artist is only a few years above the target group also so that helps attract her audiences.

This is an image of my ideal target audience, a young sociable girl, who is most likey to be intrested in my magazine. Her tastes in life would be to aspire celebritys, keeping up with the trends of everything popluar. This girl would like to spend a lot of her time with her friends, and just having a good time but enjoying long bus journeys listening to her favourite type of music. She would spend a lot of her time getting up to date with celebrity life and gossip. She looks liek she would listen to any genre of music, depending on her mood for example, if she was on the bus home, alone. A nice Adele song, but getting ready to go out with her friends, a Rhianna song. She gives the typical teenage ideologies, which is what my magazine appeals too.

Question 3

I think NME relates to my magazine as it is a music magazine aswell it is also what mine is all auidence appealing magazine. I think this magazine links to NME, Robert Tame, the publisher of NME started a website alongside Steve Sutherland. I believe Robert Tame would help my magazine as he has had such great success with his own magazine, he could help me in other areas, in selling my magazine, he will know the right techniques such as producing a website and things to help promote my product online. I believe me and Robert Tame have worked the same way by researchin what public want from a magazine and how good we think it  would sell for after being published.

Question 1

This is the nine frames that I selected from my front cover, contents and double page spread.
Looking at the masthead 'MU' I think that it is very similar to other popular music magazines such Q and NME.One of the main similarity's is that the words are both short which makes the name of the magazine stand out to the readers. I also noticed while doing my research that NME sometimes place the masthead over the top of the models head which is where I got my inspiration from by doing this it creates importance to the magazine and gives it a significance. The font I used for the masthead is called Trajan Pro, this font creates a very bold and eye catching look to the magazine. I used many effects on my masthead so that the readers will look at it straight away. I used the colour gold first for my masthead but now I have changed it as it didn't stand out after I changed my main image. So now MU is in a grey/silver colour but it still has the same effects. I used this colour as it is representable to both males and females. The mise-en-scene of the images feature Emila in strong poses,  which links to the story within the magazine. These poses also show her change in attitude, how she is become stronger in herself and in the other confident in her own body. The pictures are all different, the one featured on my front cover shows Emila looking into the camera standing with her arms by her side, this shows a serious side to her. This magazine shows a normal girl who isn't a glamorous model and fake, just a normal girl who is making something of herself. Readers will relate and sympathise with her inspiration in life. Her clothes are up to date and something the target audiences can aspire too. In other photos, Emila is still in casual up to date clothing, showing that she is much like the target audience of the magazine. The picture that is different is the image of Emila at the awards ceremony, where she is an elegant dress but this dress is still up to date and very inspirational to her fans. In these images, there are no props either. For the title on my double page spread, Emila Fox is in a fancy font which is French Script MT, I find this a very femimne font and that it bring elegance to the story. All the other fonts on the double page spread are California FB, which is a simple, recognisable font which consists throughout. I used colour codes to define who was the interviewer and Emila. The written content on my double page spread consists of  a mixture between an interview and an article. I think its good that I have done this as I can get detail in through my article then abit of imangination with the interview. Ive set it into collums, where there is a little intro where Emila talks, then following that is a starter than two questions from the interview. I did start with more of an article but then I decided to change it to abit both. The font of this text is Califorina FB, I think it is a formal looking text but it is also very reconsible and not too much to read. I made the background colour white so the black and red text would stand out agaisnt it. My magazine suggests a mass genre, appealing to many people as it isn't just appealing to one auidence. Young people are intrested in many genres these days, its clear by the way the artist is represented that she appeals to many auidences and isn't appealing to just one genre of auidence.

Double Page Spread Draft 2

This is my second draft of my double page spread.

Double Page Spread Draft 1

This is my first draft if my double page spread.

Magazine cover draft 2

This is my second draft of my magazine cover.

Contents Draft 1

This is my first draft for my contents page.

Model, Costume, Make up, Props

This is my model - Danielle Darbyshire

These the clothes that Danielle will be featured in, in this magazine. Casual look on the two left pictures and the very end photo is Danielle in her prom dress so it gives her very formal look which she will be at an awards night.

Her makeup for the magazine are much like these photos, natural but not too natural. Much like the targart auidence, young adults. These are the different make ups danielle will be wearing in the photos.

Question 2

This split screen shows a picture from my magazine, which features on my front cover and a front cover which was one of my inspirational texts. The similiarties are both models are pulling a serious face, but they both look great at the same time showing confidence to promote it to the target audience, they both appear in a mid shot. The magazine is more of a mid/close up wheras my magaaine is a mid shot showing more of her body. Both models are looking straight at the camera however the model in my magazine on a slight angle but they both target to their auidences which is young adults. Both models blends in with the background, my model is wearing a black and white shirt and a black skirt. And the model from the magazine is wearing a wearing a white blazor and seems a purple blazor, so they both have similar clothing on. Although they have many similiarities, they have different hair colour. My model has bright red hair with olive skin and the model has black hair with quite dark skin also. They have different styles with their hairs aswell, my model has her hair down with a full fringe and the other has all her hair mainly off her face and up. The lighting on both images are bright and emphasies their facial features and makes them stand out, both images show confidence and strong attitude towards their target auidence, to show people look up to them and aspire them.

Inspirational Double Page Spreads

From this double page spread, I love the layout: how the main image is on half of the page with a black and white effect. I love the pose of Lady Gaga, how she is looking into the camera giving the audience a connection to her. If I could steal this I would but i know it would be difficult to get my person to pull of the same pose as Lady Gaga. The huge red 'l' on the page , standing for the first letter of the artists name stands out a lot, if I could I would steal this and use it on my magazine. I like how at every beginning of a paragraph there is a bigger letter for the starting word, it stands out a lot and gives guidance to the audience as to where the new paragraph is starting. I also love the way her name is at the top of the right hand page of the magazine, it shows to the readers who is featuring in the magazine.

From this magazine cover of Florence, from Florence and the Machine. I like the way her pictures features through the two pages and her pose within the magazine, it shows strength and beauty. I love how part of her lyric is featured on the page 'got the love'. The huge 'USA' in the background which is then followed by 'got the love' it is clear that this double page spread is on how the 'USA got the love' for Florence. Like the other Double Page Spread for beginning of the paragraph, they have made the first letter much larger and in a fancy font so that it stands out to the reader and guides them to the start of the paragraph. I love the use of colour in this double page spread, how the Florence is in all black, but sat on a USA flag which is red and white, her hair makes this stand out. The colour scheme works very well as the text used in this double page spread is grey and black and the background being a dark white/grey colour.

This magazine, is my final inspiration as I love the way the whole of the right hand page is a collage of Adele, featuring in various poses, which are mostly funny and are her pulling faces. It brings a sense a nature to the artist, and makes the reader aware that she is just a normal person. I love the way this magazine is set out, the use of colour between the interviewer and Adele. I also love the way they have pulled a significant quote and placed it in the middle of the text, in an italic font. I love the way, the colour red is worked around parts of the text and a prop that Adele holds in her collage. If I could steal something form this magazine I would pull a signifcant quote and use a collage if I could get my model to take enough photos.

Another Image

I am going to put this either on my double page spread or on my front page as it needs to be a brighter photo so it stands out. I will edit photo as the flash is too bright for the picture.