Hi. I hope you have enjoyed reading through my blog. Throughout this time of making my magazine, I have learnt lots about new techniques and my creativity skills have improved vastly.
Thank you.
Pat Mills.
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Friday, 6 May 2011
Friday, 8 April 2011
Thursday, 7 April 2011
Evaluation question 4 - Final
My audience would be fairly typical for the alternative music genre. They would be interested in fashion and culture. Would often attend musical gigs/festivals. As it is aimed at a fairly young audience they would mainly be students from universities. The clothing these people would wear would be brands such as Edwin, Farah, adidas originals, reebok, Dr Denim and other vintage clothing. Music they would listen to be would be artists like Crystal Fighters, The Maccabees, Foals, The xx, The Strokes and other guitary/synth bands. Other interests would be Dj’ing, art and technology.
Evaluation question 5 - Final
To attract my audience, of young alternative people, on my front cover, I made sure that my masthead stood out. At first I had a font with quite thin letters, so making this wider made it stand out more, making it more aesthetically pleasing, which would result in a greater attraction Mentioning well known artists on the cover would also help to attract to fans as my target audience would be interested in these artists, giving the magazine a bigger draw. Also mentioning such a large festival such as Glastonbury will draw in and attract to the audience, as it is likely that members of my target audience would have been to the festival. Putting an appealing photo on was key, so using an attractive model helped to relate to the audience. Also, using the shadow feature helped as it adds a sense of mystery, making people want to read on, attracting the audience. The unique selling point for my magazine was that not only do you get a music magazine, you also get pictures to a high standard, which have a very artistic feel to them. People in my target audience are interested in art, so will find this a nice feature
In my contents it was quite similar to the style of Esquire, which might not be a predominant music magazine, but has elements that I wanted to incorporate into my magazine. Members of my target audience will probably look at Esquire for fashion and art, so I felt that this would attract them well. Having a large page spread also will attract readers as they will be interested in some of the elements.
On my double page spread, I chose to have a simplistic feel, as when I have spoken to people who would be in my target audience, they said this was the best layout. Also the pose is similar to pop artists, so this would draw in another genre of audience. It is also fairly conventional for a music magazine, similar to a double page spread that Mojo or Q would run, making it fit in with the current market.
In addition to this I used the social networking site twitter and a small questionnaire to gain information on what my target audience would want from the product. The feedback I got was that they wanted a simplistic magazine, full with information. They also wanted to pages to look creative and be different compared with other music magazines.
After showing my friends, who would be part of the target audience my final magazine, their comments were;
- "I like the double page spread a lot, the positioning of the text boxes and the photo make it look realistic"
- "The contents is a bit messy, could do with tidying up. But other than that looks nice and realistic, could be a real magazine"
- "I like the front cover a lot, looks quite different, but would fit in well in a mag shop"
Monday, 28 March 2011
Evaluation question 7
Compared with my preliminary task, my overall magazine is a completely different standard. Firstly the cut out of my model was poor, looking jagged at the edges. Also the size of the photo is not fitting, with a lot of space available. The cover-lines just look randomly scattered and there is too much unused space. Also the fonts look like they should be used in the title and the font used for my masthead is too basic.
Compared with my front cover now I feel i have a good quality image, with a near perfect cutting. I have also added the shadow effect which brings another element to my magazine. The masthead is bolder, with a gradient making it look more interesting. The cover-lines are positioned better, making it look more like a music magazine.
On my contents page for my preliminary magazine, there is only a small page spread, and the information is brief. The photos have no real relevance and the alignment is poor.
With my contents page now, I have used a very large page spread and the pictures are relevant to the stories. The page numbers are aligned at i have added the masthead at the top. Also I have used some more fonts to make it look more interesting rather than the same font throughout.
In my double page spread, before I would not have been able to do it to such a high standard, but because of me developing my photoshop skills, I ahve managed to produce a far better piece.
Evaluation question 6
In this task I have used many technologies. I used a nikon d40 camera to take my photos with, which I borrowed off my friend. This part of technology was something i had to learn, as I had never really used a camera. I also relied heavily on my MacBook Pro, using it for blogging and then photoshop when making my magazine.
Evaluation question 5
To attract my audience on my front cover, I made sure that my masthead stood out. At first I had a font with quite thin letters, so making this wider made it stand out more, making it more aesthetically pleasing, which would result in a greater attraction Mentioning well known artists on the cover would also help to attract to fans, giving the magazine a bigger draw. Also mentioning such a large festival such as Glastonbury will draw in and attract to the audience. Putting an appealing photo on was key, so using an attractive model helped to relate to the audience. Also, using the shadow feature helped as it adds a sense of mystery, making people want to read on, attracting the audience. The unique selling point for my magazine was that not only do you get a music magazine, you also get pictures to a high standard, which have a very artistic feel to them.
In my contents it was quite similar to the style of Esquire, which might not be a predominant music magazine, but has elements that I wanted to incorporate into my magazine. Having a large page spread also will attract readers as they will be interested in some of the elements.
On my double page spread, having that simplistic feel shoudl attract my audience, as some will be interested in art. Also the pose is similar to pop artists, so this my draw in another genre of audience. It is also fairly conventional for a music magazine, similar to a double page spread that Mojo or Q would run, making it fit in with the current market.
Evaluation question 4
My audience would be fairly typical for the alternative music genre. They would be interested in fashion and culture. Would often attend musical gigs/festivals. As it is aimed at a fairly young audience they would mainly be students from universities. The clothing these people would wear would be brands such as Edwin, Farah, adidas originals, reebok, Dr Denim and other vintage clothing. Music they would listen to be would be artists like Crystal Fighters, The Maccabees, Foals, The xx, The Strokes and other guitary/synth bands. Other interests would be Dj’ing, art and technology.
Evaluation question 3
A publishing company is like the manager of the magazine. Companies will watch over the editorial, production, circulation and sales. Some publishing companies take a hands on approach, getting involved as editors. However some publishing companies take a back seat role, allowing the magazine companies to deal with the editorial phase, as it can cause conflict as publishers want lots of advertising.
The distributor I would use would be bauer media as it has big magazines such as Q an Mojo on their books. However I feel that my magazine is a little bit different so would be better, as if it was on IPC media, NME’s distributing company, it would struggle as NME would take priority as they were quite similar.
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