Teacher Feedback.

From this, the latest of my teacher assessment I have realised what exactly I need to do over the next three weeks working on my project.

I still need to create my audience profile sheet and piece it into the appropriate placement above in my school blog; I need to finish the elements of my magazines, assuring that all of the photographs and the graphology of each of the three elements of the magazine and assuring that they are completely up to date; to finish off I also need to go through my peer assessment on my finished magazine and my drafted magazines and assure that each element is evaluated correctly.

Magazine Article (Redrafted).

Magazine Article (Redrafted)

Potential Photographs.

These are some more - more recent - photographs of musical events which I could incorporate into my coursework piece and place within my magazine. These photographs were taken at a local gig and as a result of this I could advertise the band in my magazine coursework as an "up and coming" or local band to fit in with the theme of new bands which is the specific theme of my magazine.

Marking Criteria for the Presentation of the Research and Planning.

Marking Criteria for the Presentation of the Research and Planning

Teacher Feedback.

From the feedback that I have received from media studies teacher I have realised what it is that I still have to accomplish in the coming weeks; I still need to create a music bar and personalise my blog to fit more suitably into my target market for my magazine; I need to create mock ups of my magazine so I can assure that my finished piece is done to a correct and professional standard; I also need to assure that my target market is correctly established and assure that every detail about my specific target market is reached. 

Audience Feedback.

Audience Feedback

Magazine Double Page Spreads, Rough Draft.

Magazine Contents Pages, Rough Draft.

Magazine Covers, Rough Draft.

Potential Photographs.

Above is the original photograph which I took of my model; this photograph could be used within all three selections of my magazine coursework. I would say that this piece would more than likely be used within my double page spread as the subject of the piece would be very clearly shown as well as the purpose and main objectives of the piece of writing.

Underneath my model's eye - once taken - we discovered that my model had a clear blemish under her left eye and as a result I came to the conclusion that I needed to edit this out using the Photoshop software on the computer and assuring that the photographs that I have taken for use within my magazine are of the highest and best quality.

Potential Photographs.

Through all of the photographs that I have taken and compiled throughout different gigs and live events that I have attended over the past few years and the lat few months; I have selected a few different photographs that could be incorporated into my finished magazine - these pieces could be altered and edited to fit a purpose - and could be incorporated into my cover, contents or double page spreads within my magazine.

Both of these photographs were taken at the Kerrang! Relentless Energy Drink 2009; I believe that I could incorporate these photographs into my magazine and into the contents page. I believe that these photographs could be deemed appropriate as they are simple and could easily have writting displayed over the top of them; these photographs have no distinguishable people on them and could be used on any magazine that is created.

All of the photographs that have been displayed above could be used in either the contents page - either as a way of displaying live events and gigs that have occured over the time between the last few weeks and allowing the magazine as a way to review what has already happened; I could also use these photographs that I have complied within the double page spread of my magazine, these photographs can be cropped and edited to fit this purpose and assure that each photograph is used appropriately.

Magazine Article.

Magazine Article

Band Name.

Once I had the original idea for my magazine, as well as the genre and target audience of my magazine sorted it came around to the time of the project where specific names and news features have been decided for your specific magazine.

As my magazine is primarily designed to introduce any brand new bands I decided that I was going to have a model on the front that would be a member of what would be a brand new band and would feature within this specific issue of the magazine

Literally, I searched band names that were avaiable online and from the suggestions that arose I decided to use  http://www.ratemyband.co.uk/Band-Name-Generator to decide on what name would be appropraite; from the selection I picked the name Boy Roadside.

I decided that the name Boy Roadside as this was one of the names that I was immediately drawn to; in today's society there are several artists that have obscure and unheard of names - all of which stand out and most of which are very memorable - and I decided that Boy Roadside was going to be a name that would appeal to everybody; have any different musical genre and would appear within any different music magazine.

Artist Moodboard.

These are some of the bands that I would want to feature within my magazine. In this moodboard there are more "mainstream" bands that everybody has heard of, like Paramore, Florence + The Machine and Temper Trap; on the otherhand however, there are also more unheard of and smaller bands that would only have a niche audience, such as that of Hey Monday, Mindless Self Indulgence and Bring Me The Horizon.

I believe that the wide range of musical genres which are displayed on my moodboard would symbolise what sort of music would appear with my magazine; like in Q Magazine, a lot of the music which would appear is very ranged - Florence + The Machine and Green Day both appeared in the November 2009 issue - and I would, very much like to continue this aspect of the magazine into my own piece.

Target Market Moodboard.

My target market that I am designing my magazine for is that of teenagers; I decided that I would think about and discuss the elements and features of a person's lifestyle that most teenagers would be aware of and would have some kind of interest within.

I chose television programmes - Ugly Betty, Friends, Malcolm in the Middle, Family Guy and The Simpsons - show how people within this target market would be more inclined to a more humorous and less serious way of life and would not be very interested in a serious point of view or something that would be too grown up or sophisticated; I also chose different themes that would be appropraite to this target market.

Reviewing Magazine Double Page Spreads.

The above is a double page spread from November's issue of Q Magazine; this particular magazine stuck out when looking at the other magazines that were avaliable at the specific time of purchase.

This specific piece (compared to that of Kerrang! Magazine) is very clear and simply set out; with this specific page only consisting of three main colours - black, white and green - as opposed to an article that would be displayed within a Kerrang! Magazine which would be full of colour and would could, perhaps put people off from reading the magazine who are more likely to read something that would be more sophisticated.

I like specific article do to the context of "Artist of the Century" which was a unique element of this specific issue, however this sort of idea has the potential to have some sort of article like this incorporated into my magazine - perhaps, "Artist of the Month" or "Gig of the Month", or something similar.

When it comes to designing and creating my magazine's double page spread the way that elements are displayed on the page is very important - the use of fonts and colours; the use of photographs and the use of information - I need to very aware that if any of these elements are overlooked then I could lose of some my specific target market who would be off-put and would not continue reading the magazine.

Reviewing Magazine Contents Pages.

This particular contents page is an example of one that would be very common to appear within an issue of Q Magazine and appeared on the shelves of most newsagents in the late part of December 2009.

The way that a contents page is laid out in very important to how an audience would register a magazine; this is because the first piece of information that the reader would look at would be the contents page and if this page was going to be set up in a messy and unregimented way this could stop people reading the magazine further and would, perhaps not read any future issue of the magazine.

This particular contents page is made up three main colours - black, red and white - similar to the other elements of the magazine which I have discussed within my blog; as before this idea assures that the piece looks professional and sophisticated as to not have these included within my own contents page (or other elements of my magazine cover) would, most definately stop people from buying my magazine receptively.

Reviewing Magazine Covers.

When looking through different magazines that has become available over the end of November and the beginning of December, the magazine that stuck out the most on the shelves was an issue of the popular Kerrang! Magazine.

This particular issue (dated and issued around the week of December 12th) featured the alternative punk band Paramore with a photograph of Hayley Williams - the band’s lead singer - taking up the majority of the front cover; around the photograph of Williams are a selection of photographs over other acts that have appeared throughout 2009 and will be “upcoming”  acts into 2010.

The elements of this magazine front cover that have appealed to me is how this particular magazine uses the rule of three and how it is applied on this magazine front cover. The most obvious use of colour is that of the different shades of red; Williams is shown to be dressed in a red top which is laced with white - this takes up the majority of the page; Williams is also shown to be wearing red lipstick which matches her dress. Due to her fair skin, the second colour that is used in the front cover of this particular magazine is that of white and very light colours - with the majority of the writing around William being white. The third colour that is used is that of grey and black which - alongside the red and the white - contrasts well together.

One element, however that would deter me from continually buying Kerrang! Magazine would be how cluttered most of the front covers are - alas, this particular issue seems to be less cluttered then the norm - the use of a cover that is too cluttered would also deter people who would believe that this way of laying out a magazine cover would look too messy and too unprofessional.

When it comes to creating and piecing together my own magazine front cover the way that the front cover and all the other elements are laid out and placed is a very important point as to how the magazine would - theoretically - sell to the target market; the magazine layout, whether simplistic or jam-packed, would have to be suitable for the target market. This element and how it is applied when creating a magazine cover could literally mean whether or not the magazine would continue and sell to the correct target market or not.

Magazine Colours.

These are some of the colours that I believe would be effective for use within my magazine, contents page and double page spread; the colours that have been chosen are a very important element to a magazine, the colours that have been incorporated have to be appropriate to the piece of media - they have to be bold, attractive and stand out on the page itself.

I decided upon the colours of white and black as they are - obviously - very contrasting colours and both would very clearly stand out if they were to be displayed on top of the other design; I decided that the addition of the blue could be more board that just this specific shade and any different colour of blue.

These colours may change, however as the process of designing and creating my magazine continues - this could be dependent of the mock up of the magazine, the colours of the model that has been photographed or a change in opinion.

Magazine Fonts.

Above are a selection of fonts which I could use within my finish magazine and elements within my finished piece.

The fonts which are displayed are appropraite to a very wide audience with all of these fonts being appropriate for use within any piece of media. For my specific magazine, however it would be more appropriate to acquire a text that would be seen as more grown up and more sophisticated.

The favourite font from the selection above would be Cambria and would allow the target market of the magazine to older and more sophisticated and assure that young adults would be more likely to read the finished magazine.