Convention of front page

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Here are 3 images of music contents page of different genres. As you can see these music magazine have convention of a magazine and similar in ways layout(splash). All magazine has masthead, main image (which often covers the masthead slightly), anchorage, selling lines, cover lines, main cover line, mise-en-scene, bar code, issue number/dateline, model credit.

Image 1 contains all the conventions above that a music magazine have. The main image is overlapped the masthead because the main image is the selling point, that attracts the audience to buy. The language they have used is image a photograph of Taylor Swift also text/font as cover lines and masthead. They have kept the front cover page simple and clear by sticking to a few colours, these are white, blue and black. The institution is "Blender". "Blender" magazine's ideology is, pop music, whereas it is considered important.An example of Media Language that shows this is the cover lines "Panic at the disco, beg for a groupie ambush". The audience for this magazine is teenagers at the age group from 12-18. Majority of the audience would be female. The magazine cost approx £3($4.99). The magazine is for fans who would like to know the latest music and gossip in the music industry as well as the celebrities gossip and lives. The representation for "blender" is pop culture is because the main image is Taylor Swift and at the time her songs were very popular.

Image 2 contains all the conventions above that a magazine have. The main image is in the centre of the magazine. "Mojo" magazine are published monthly/ The languages of this magazine are images and text. There are more than one image used for this front over. The masthead of this magazine is "Rolling Stones", however this magazine is insert.They have kept the front cover clear by not having a lot of cover lines. Also have kept it simple by only using a few colour, these are black, white, orange and red. However there are other colours in the images in the bottom right corner. The institution for this magazine is "Mojo". The ideology for this magazine is classic rock 'n' roll, is it seen as important. An example of media language that shows this is "the worlds greatest rock 'n' roll band in action".The audience for this magazine would be music fans. This magazine cost £3.10 in 2000. Now in 2009 "Mojo" magazine cost approx £4.50. The age range for "Mojo" target audience from mid twenty's onwards, this is because this not everyone is willing to pay approx £4.50 on a magazine.
The representation for "MOJO" magazine is rock 'n' roll, reason is the main image on this splash is the "Rolling Stones" who are a rock 'n' roll band that came out in the 1960s.

Image 3 is layered (the splash) is different to image 1 and 2. One of the reason is that anchorage is displayed on top of the main image in the centre of the page. On image one the anchorage is on the side like a cover lines. That's doesn't really show the anchorage. However image 2 is different as it is an insert and not the actual magazine. The magazine NME is published weekly, every Tuesday.The language used for this front cover page is images and text. However the images and text is used and lay (splash) differently to the image 1 and 2 front cover page. For example where the text are place and images. On image 1 there is only one main image. However on image 2 and 3 there are more and not only one main image, the side images have a white boarder, this shows that the images are not related to the main image or the anchorage. The colours that have used for the text are yellow, white, red and black. The institution 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 "maniac street preachers". The audience for this magazine would be music fans that likes indie, and rock music who likes to be updated with the latest music and music industry as "NME" magazine is published every week. The target age group is from 18-28. However there are fans who are under the age of 18 who buys this magazine in addition majority the youth/teens nowadays buy this magazine, as society has changed and indie trend and music has become popular. 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.

Key concept - LIIAR

L - Language E.G. Text, Images, Music, Photography, Comic etc.

I - Institution E.G. Companies, like Tv channel, magazine, radio station etc.

I - Ideology E.G. Idea of what the magazine would be selling. The idea of ideology for a fashion magazine will be fashion. Consumer's selling point eg. funky, natural etc.

A- Audience E.G. The target audience like age group for Cbbebies is 0-10

R- Representation E.G. Represents a certain something or some one. Like how we see a character in any way in Tv drama or film.

The Brief

Main Task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, produced by your - minimum of four images

Presentation of your WORK: The presentation of the research, planning and evaluation may take form of any one, or combination of two or more, of the following;

• a presentation using slideshow software such as PowerPoint
• blog
• a podcast;

College Magazine - Evaluation

Evaluation
In the past few weeks I have been researching, planning and creating to produce a college magazine front cover and contents page. I‘ve research different types of magazine and what the conventions of a magazine is, for example the differences between a fashion magazine and a college magazine.

I have created plans, drafts and mood boards with digital technology. However I have made some by hand which I need to scan and post onto my blog.

To create my front cover I used conventions of what all magazines should have mine include: Masthead, main image, selling lines, bar code, main story, model credit, date/issue, main cover line and cover lines. For my front cover the image was take from Canon Digital IXUS I zoom, 5.0 megapixels. I have taken some other photos that were taken from a camera that was the college. If I remember correctly I think it was a 10 megapixels. The photos taken from the 10 megapixels camera, I didn’t really like them, as I didn’t think they was professional enough when I looked at the photos they doesn’t feels as though it’s a magazine as I wouldn’t pick up a magazine looking like that in the first place, so I think neither will my audience.

The font that I have used for my front cover, in my opinion they’re suitable for the front cover. However I do think that I might have over done it. I found it difficult to find the right colour that would suit my front over. Because normally a magazine front cover the text/cover lines are bold and simple. However I have put ‘fill effects’ for some of mine, so that it stand out, but I really do think that I have over done it. I have used 4 different types of colours for my text. These are Red, Orange, Black and White because I think it suits the theme “Halloween”. Orange seems to be a theme for Halloween as pumpkins are orange, you may say that orange has become a symbol/tradition of Halloween. For the college title/masthead was planning to use blue or red. However blue didn’t really stand out or show up, so I used red. The main image and title/masthead was created in Adobe Photoshop CS3 as I wanted my model to be on top of the title/masthead. I haven’t edited or used any effect for my front cover; all I did was cut my model out and made it a layer on top of the title and background. When I researched magazine covers I realise that most magazine covers doesn’t over layer the masthead over their model. I have kept the image background as the original, as I believe it looks good as it is, than having a white background.

My audience is mainly Wyke college students however teachers and student’s family and relatives may pick it up and read or look at the magazine when the student takes the magazine home. So I have to make the magazine family friendly and suitable for all ages to look and read. If the magazine was real and to be published my magazine would contain: upcoming events, scores from games e.g. football or netball, important dates and also what’s going on inside and outside Wyke. For example if students have done something and they’re proud of and would like it to be published e.g. saved a life, won a football match, dance completion. Also contain messages that were on the PowerPoint in tutorial for students who missed it or want to know more information about it.

The strength for my magazine I would say it is the main image and masthead. The model for my magazine was one of my friends called Emily, she was happy to participate. The front cover is what sells the product to I would say the front cover is the most important, the language image is much stronger than text. The weakness would be the cover lines/colours of them and I don’t think they look as good as I wanted then to be. I have made drafts and steps by steps on my blog that you would see that I have gradually developed from stage 1.

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Final - Front Cover

As you can see the development from the pass post of the front cover that how it was made and how the design/layout was developed and made.

Final - Contents Page Mock Up

Mood board

Here is a collection of magazine. That I made into a mood board. There is a mixture of front covers and contents page. I made this with Adobe Photoshop CS3.