My Competion

my competion are magazines like:

kerrang


Rolling Stones magazine


Rock magazine


As you can see the colours i have used in my magazine (black, white & red)are also commonly used in other rock magazines.  these magazines are mainly wear the insperation for my magazine came from.

Questionnaires

Im currently in the middel of recieving audience research. I have decided to use questionnaires to get my eedback as they can be easily analysed and the audience ffind this easier. I also plan to do one on one interviews with some target audience as I feel using different techniques to get feed back will improve not only my practical work but also my blog as i can post the results and analyse them.

changing my front cover image

The image I have on my front cover is going to be changed as i have changed my magazine from a pop magazine to a rock magazine and the image and costume that the model is wearing doesn't fit to this genre. However im using the same model for my magazine as i feel she is photogenic and is easy accessible for  retaking photos.

I have changed my colour scheme form pink,blue and grey to black white and red. i did this because i feel it looks more professional. I have also change the name of my magazine to suit my new colour scheme here are some screen shots.

Front Cover Image (change)

This is the image i had in mind to use on my front cover

This is it when i have cut it out.

This is the image i had in mind to use on my front cover however this has changed because it was not very good quality compared to what i first thought. Instead of using this image i decided to use a medium close up that is of better quality. The model is not looking at the camera. I feel that the lighting in this image is very effective and professional. I cut the back ground out however this was difficult because of the environment, the wall paper blends with the models hair so it ios hard to tell which is hair and which is not.

Target udience

front cover design

This is my design for my front cover for my music magazine.




Names for my magazine

• Brand
• Angelic
• Musique
• Bold
• Innocent
• Estellar
• Esta
• Muzik
• Cent

I made a questionnaire to hand out to....

Questionnaire

1.     What type of magazine do you prefer and why?

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2.     What sorts of pages do you like e.g. puzzles? ----------------------------------------------------

3.     What is the most you would you pay for a magazine? -------------------

4.     How many magazines do you buy a month?(Tick one box)

0-1                  2-4                   5+

5.     What makes a good magazine? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6.     What is the first thing you look at on a magazine and why? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7.     What would you like to see on a magazine and why? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

8.     What do you not like on a magazine and why? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

9.     What articles would you look for in a magazine? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

What Makes A Great Photo And Layout?

Photo
For our front cover of our school magazine we are required to put on a medium shot image for the main photo.Photos look good in various way however, for a school magazine cartain things wouldnt look right.I think that the key to a good photo is: Lighting, camera angle and the mise-en-scene of the image. The lighting should not be to bright but it should show a bright glow on the model if thats what purpose it should fit. The camera angles should change as depending on what magazine thta photo is for should change that camera angle.Like thia the mise-en-secen also depends on the purpose of the magazine. or my magazine i chose grey, white and blck or the colours on the models clothes as i think this goes well with my magazines colour scheme, this is because it make the model stand out but doesnt clash to much.



An example of a good photo




An example of a bad photo

The good photo manipulated the light to complapent her body language which makes for a good picture.Her body language is very approprate for fashion.The bad photo is very blury and only shows half of his body.


The Layout
The layout of a magazien will change acording to what magazine genre it is for example, a rock magazine will be on edge and wild where as an interlectual magazine would be more organised. For a good layout on a magazine i think you need and image where there is lots of text so it doesnt look to full of chunks of text. I also think it should be organised however not boring as it could look messy if there is no organisation.

School magazine 31/01/11

In todays lesson we started making our school magazines. I choose to make mine a Thomas Hepburn magazine.I used a medium shot image for my front cover.The model used is wearing the appropriate clothing for school. The colour clothes he is wearing goes well with my colour scheme as the image do stand out but not so much that title doesntlook important.I cut out the back grouind and only used the model on my front cover.



The main image on my front cover



Media Lesson 13/01/11

On the 13th January 2011 in my media lesson we were asked to work in groups to analyse the magazine covers and we also had to take pictures which we could use on our magazines.When evaluating previously made magazines we had to take into account the colour scheme, font, background and the audience it was aimed at. For my task i am required to create a magazine cover and contents page for a school.