Sunday 20 December 2009

Front cover - draft 4


Monday 14 December 2009

Things to do


  • The Brief


  • Key concept - Liiar


  • Conventions of music magazine/textual analysis


  • 3x front covers


  • 3x contents page


  • 3x double page spread

  • Mind map; Planning- camera shots, name, audience, cover lines, typography (fonts, size, colour?)

  • Organisation - Models, location, costume, probs, angle

  • Mood board

  • Mock up: front cover, contents page, double page spread

  • Drafts; front cover, content page, double page spread

  • Pictures, Diagrams..

  • Final front cover

  • Final contents page

  • Final double page spread

  • Evaluation - Denotation - What you can see and connotation - The meaning

Sunday 6 December 2009

Conventions of double page spread

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Here are 3 images of different types of double page spread. That includes all the conventions of a double page spread, such as; heading, text (descriptions), images and page number.

Image 1 isn't a a double page spread from a music magazine. Majority of the images is on the top half of the page and the majority of the text is on the bottom half. The language used in this image is heading, images and text. The image contains 1 main heading, 1 sub heading, 5 images, article text. Normally there page numbers in the bottom corner of each corner. However i can't see any on this double page spread. The colours that is used in this double page spread is 3 different colours font is used for this contents page, these are; black, white and yellow/cream. The coloured background that is used is black and white. The institution for this double page spread is unknown however it is obvious that it's not from a music magazine. Probably from a environment magazine. The ideology for this magazine is the environment for the local area/society, an example of media that shows this is "in our urban environment". The audience for this magazine would be people who lives in the local area/people who are interested in the environment. The target audience are people who are the age from 25+ i would say. The representation for this magazine is local news, updates about the local area and environment.

Image 2 is a double page spread from a music magazine called "Kerrang" approximately 3/4 of the splash is images. The text is on the left side of the page and images on the right. With text on the images to show what they image connotes. The language in this is images and text. The page contains 7 images with one main one. That's is placed in the top centre of the page, with 3 image placed on top at the bottom of the image. There are page number at each bottom corner of the page, majority magazine have page numbers. There are 3 different types of colours that had been used for the front. These are black, white and red. The colour background that is used is black and white. Black for the white front so that it would show up as they contrast each other. The institution for this double page spread is Kerrang and the ideology for this magazine is rock, punk, goth, metal, thrash, classic indie and unsigned bands types music whereas considered important. An examples of media text that shows this is that main image place in the centre of the page, along with images around the main images, as the images consists 3 images of artist on guitar, 1 of fans and other with 2 artist and the shot was taken from a medium close up perspective. These images give off a rock type of genre. The target audience for this magazine is anyone who enjoy the types of genre that in the content of the magazine. The estimated average age of audience would be 23. The price of this magazine cost £2.99 this is affordable for teens as well as adults, as they can afford £2.99 weekly. The representaion for "Kerrang" is indie to rock and screamo. There would be a bit of every genre inside the magazine to attract different but similar audiences with similar taste in music.

Image 3 is a double page spread from a music magazine called "NME" 2/6 of the double page spread is the mashead 3/6 is the image (of Lily Allen) and 1/6 of the page is the text, however the text may run onto the next page or couple of pages in the magazine. The language in this page is images and text, the page contains 1 image, 1 main title and 3 area of text. There are page number at each bottom corner of the page, majority magazine have page numbers. There are 3 different types of colours of text in this image, these are black, white and red. The colour background that is used is black and white. Black for the white front so that it would show up as they contrast each other. The red font used as it balance from the image of Lily Allen's shirt, also the red font stands out and attracts the audiences' eyes. The institution for this double page spread is "NME" and the ideology for this magazine is punk rock however it is now indie, that is seen as important. An example of media language that connotes this is the masthead and image of the artist. Lily Allen is a artist that sings: pop, pop rock, ska, electropop, grime and alternative. The target audience for this magazine is anyone who enjoy the types of genre that in the content of the magazine. The estimated age range for this magazine is 16-28. The price of this magazine cost currently is £2.20 this is affordable for teens as well as adults, as they can afford £2.99 weekly.The representation for this magazine is from indie to rock and screamo. There would be a bit of every genre inside the magazine to attract different but similar audiences with similar taste in music.

Thursday 3 December 2009

Conventions of contents pages

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Here are 3 images of different styles of contents page.That includes all the conventions of a contents page, such as: numbered headings, small brief descriptions. Also images this is majority only in magazines and newspapers (in other words image[s] and text), however not all content pages has images for example in fiction books.

Image 1 isn't a music contents page. However image 2 and 3 is. Image 1 is arrange and lay (the splash) differently to image 1 and 3 as the numbered text on image 1 is all on the left hand side with one image on the right of a mid-age posh woman. The language used in this contents page is text and images. The colours that its used for this contents page is black, white, gold and red on a white background. The image has been edited so that it's black and white. The institution for this contents page is "Icons". The ideology is classic Hollywood, the piece of media language that show this is "CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD STARS & LIFESTYLES".The audience for this type of magazine are from the age of 45+. This magazine is mainly for American audience as this magazine is published in America in addition only American audience would know who the classic Hollywood star was. This reminisce the days they used to be in. This suggest to the audience how much Hollywood has changes in today's society. The representation for "Icons" is classic Hollywood.

Image 2 is a contents page from a magazine called "Kerrang" the layout is very different to image 1 and image 3. The language used in this contents page is text and images. There are 11 different images placed on this contents page, 3 different colours of font is used these are black, white and yellow. The coloured background used in this contents pages is white, black, yellow and red. The institution for this contents page is "Kerrang". The ideology for "Kerrang" magazine is metal the piece of media that shows this is "metallica". The audience for this magazine is from the age range of 16 to 28 . Who are into metal, rock, classic rock, and indie type of music. The representation for "Kerrang" is indie to rock and screamo. There would be a bit of every genre inside the magazine to attract different but similar audiences with similar taste in music.

Image 3 is a contents page from a magazine called "Epitaph". This content page is very different from image 1 and 2. One of the reason is because image 3 contents page is spread across two pages. The language used for this contents page is images and text. There are 6 different images used on this contents page. In addition 3 different colours used for the font these are black, white and blue. The colour background used in this contents page is white, red and blue. The institution for this contents page is "Epitaph". The ideology "Epitaph" magazine is rock music, the piece of media that shows this is "p58 vessels". Reason is because Vessels is a band that was formed in 2005 that produces Post-Rock, Alternative rock, Experimental rock music. The audience for this magazine is from the age range of 16 to 28. Who are into rock music. There are audience who are the ages below and over the age range, in addition majority the youth/teens nowadays would be interested this magazine, as society has changed and indie trend and music has become popular. The representation for "Epitaph" is rock music, this is because all the band name on the contents page is a form or rock band. From a range of Post-Rock, Alternative rock, Experimental rock, Classic rock.