Candidate Information

Charlotte Annie Coe

5027

Wilmington Grammar School for Girls

61119

FINAL PIECES

DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD DEVELOPMENT

i started with this kind of style for my double page spread because I really like the idea of having a block of pictures down at the bottom. unfortunately my interview does not fit on the page properly and I have had to result to making an extra page which is below:

This is as far as i got in creating the second page for my interview. I am not entirely sure about it yet and of course, there are things that I will ammend and change.

This next screenshot is of my doublepage spread that I have yet again adapted. i decided that I wanted all of my interview to fot onto one page, so I moved the main photo over and also minimised the pictures in the boxes in the hope that I could fit all of the interview on. I have also changed the pink interviewer typo to grey because I liked how the green stood out quite a lot.

This time I changed the layout slightly, swtiching the pictures from one side to the other. I think it looks better like this because the interview looks neater. I like to think that this is more or less finished but there are still some things I can add to it.

DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD RESEARCH

I love the layout of this double-page spread because it is very clear to read and the colours are very consecutive. I don't like how boxy the page is, however, for it is set out in a very certain way.

This double page spread to the right is one of my favourites in my research. I love the way the title is set out, for it is in accorance with the picture because of the model's dark hair. I also like how there a hints of red in and around the text, clearly linking the picture to the text.,

Like the first one, this page is quite boxy. However, I do like how this double page spread uses the picture in accorance with the title, like the one before. The title is very eye-catching and when I create my double-page spread, I hope to be able to do the same thing. On this one and the one before, they both share the feature of having the first letter of the text as a capital. I love this idea, for it signals the start of the text and also makes it more interesting.

This last double-page spread that I looked at is much more rocky than the other three. I love how this double-page spread is set out, with the black and white pictures, the column on the right breaks up the text a bit and the title is extremely eye-catching. By making 'THE BEST MCR' in white a bigger than the rest of the title, it inrigues the reader to read on to the actual text. The colours are all consecutive, which is what I will aim for also.

Elaborating on the Kerrang double-page spread from before, I have cut out the pictures from the bottom because I love the effect. The article is about My Chemical Romance recording their new album and these pictures definitely show that. When I create my double-page spread I plan to use at least four pictures like this magazine has to enhance the interest of my reader.

DEVELOPMENT OF CONTENTS PAGE

As of at the moment, this is my final contents page. I have focused on one of the contents page that I found in my research. I have taken the idea of having a big picture on one side of the page and then a bar of information on the other. The colours continue from that of the front cover, also complimenting the darkness of the picture.

DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC FRONT COVER

This is the busiest I have managed to get my fron cover. I like the continuity of colour and I have also decided to change the font and colour of 'IVA' because it is much more bold as of this one. I have yet to put on more information but I really think this draft is one of my best. The one above is a continued version of the one to the left. This is the best draft I have come up with, I think, and I'm very likely to keep this one.

This is my first start to my front cover of my magazine. I have positioned the PULSE just above the model's head, because this was shown in a lot of my research on the fron covers. I'm still not sure about the colouring and the font of the 'IVA' next to the model's head. I have also been playing around with a phrase or something to use to support 'IVA'.

SECOND PHOTO SHOOT

THESE ARE THE FEW FAVOURITES THAT I PICKED OUT

I love the bright red in this picture, although it is slightly blurred. I like the angle of the camera. The picture with the headphones would be good for my double page spread or my contents page. I won't use it for my front cover because I would like a picture of her whole body. The picture with the 'peace out' on the chalkboard is also another favourite. I like the humble look on her face also accompanied by the high camera angle. I think these picutres are aimed at teenage girls.

These next two pictures are two of my favourite. Although I like the one on the left with the head phones, i would not use it on my front cover because her face is not visible. Although I really like the picture. It really captures the essence of music and I think teenagers could relate to it because most teens have an ipod accompanied by headphones, which they listen to their favourite bands on. It highlights the fact that the magazine is all about music. The picture below is my favourite, I think. It shows innocence, which I believe is relevant for this artist, aiming her music towards an audience of teenage girls. This would be a very good potential front cover photograph.

This picture above is a good one because it is quite personal to the reader. They would see the hand reaching out and feel as if the artist is directly addressing them. It is a fun picture, allowing the artist and the reader to be light hearted. The photo to the right is a little more serious, like some of my research on photographs. This will probably be used on  my contents page or double page spread. The two pictures below also show light heartedness like the one above. I love the angle of the one on the left. Her facial expression shows lightheartness, fun and laughter. I think this could be good with the idea of innocence. The picture below on the right is also a bit of fun whilst also being quite aggresive. I will definitely use this picture on the double page spread.

Front Cover start

The original picture was taken against a very flowery wallpaper but i have edited it out in order to get the colour of the background of the magazine.

Another potential front cover picture

Music Magazine Contents page research

This contents page for kerrang, in my opinion is quite effective. It is obviously packed with information, complete with photographs of the bands being mentioned. Also, there is an evident colour scheme of yellow which runs throughout the contents page. The is also an evident if slightly off centre example of having the contents page in thirds. I really like this layout.











This magazine for Q is quite like that of kerrang, but it is no where near as busy. I think the other contents is more effective as it tells us more about what is happening in the magazine. Like the other one, there is an obvious continuing colour, but this magazine uses red, not yellow. I do not believe this contents is striking enough compared to the other one. It does not make me excited to read it, which is what a contents page should do.

This contents page is on of the best in my opinion. Any paramore fan would know that 'riot' is the name of their second album. Already, this appeals to Paramore's fans. If I am right in thinking, this edition of this magazine is entirely dedicated to paramore. The layout is not too messy, it is clear to read and there is an obvious connection of red again. The labels claiming what else is to come in the magazine gives the reader more of an idea of what is to come and also making them want to read on. I'd like to use something catchy like the 'its a riot' on this contents page for my own contents page.

 This contents page follows the same sort of allignment as the other two like this. I like the big, bold 'THIS WEEK' at the top of the page and plan to use this kind of thing in my contents page. I also really like the side menu on the right of the page. It's clear and informative but also catches your eye. These two examples below are examples of different side menus.

Music Magazine Font Research

These are just a few fonts that I have selected from the possible ones that I like. The last one is probably my favourite because it is bold and eye catching. Unfortunately, I have acquired these fonts from the website www.dafont.com , which means that it is difficult for me to use them without them becoming pixalated like they are at the moment. The last font is quite stencil like, and I have found these fonts below which are quite similar to it:

This font above is rather similar to the one I liked before. It is possible that I will use this for the title of my magazine. However it is annoying that this font has seriffs. I liked the other font because it didnt have any seriffs. I could try to edit out the seriffs but this may make it more pixalated.

Preliminary Evaluations

1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Our preliminary task was to create a magazine in which represented a school. Being interested in performing arts and dance, I wanted to create a magazine of a performing arts school. I started looking into school magazines at first, just to get a general layout for my magazine. I could not find any dance magazines in my research and so I researched photographs instead for the dance theme. Many magazines I researched showed group dancers/performers but I wanted to go for a slightly different approach. I used my friend, Tilly, as a model for she is a very good dancer and she was very good at all the poses. The font I used was quite basic because I wanted the magazine cover to look quite simple. The colours are all quite similar too. I dimmed the colour on the picture because I wanted it to look more black and white than full colour. From dimming the colour, I found that the best colours that went with the picture was blue, grey and purple. i stuck with these colours in the contents page too.


2) how does your media product represent particular social groups?


Obviously, seeing as my magazine is a dance magazine, it would be for people interested in performing arts. The magazine represents young people interested in performing arts through the photographs used, etc. The magazine would be available to students at 'The Morganville Academy' and also their parents and to anyone interested in coming to that school. I think the magazine addresses these social groups by the language used on the front of it. The photograph is also of a young dancer, appealing to young students at the academy because they would aspire to be like that.




3)What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?


There are two major media publishing institutions that I have researched. One of them is Bauer, which mostly involves quite a few of the major music industries including Q magazine and Kerrang magazine. Bauer is a very widely known institution which publishes quite widely known magazines and radio stations so therefore I don't think it would be the suitable distributor for my 'The Morganville Academy' magazine. The other distributor that I found in my research is IPC publishers, who publish magazines that are based more around lifestyle and hobbies. Because my magazine is about performing arts and that is a hobby, I think it more likely that IPC will publish my magazine. They are widely known and well-respected and will give 'The Morganville Prophet' a good reputation.


4) Who would be the audience of your media product?

The audience of my media product would be the students and parents of The Morganville Academy. The age range would probably be from about 16 to 20 in the school, but also for parents. I think that the magazine would attract girls more than boys but having said that I think a dance college would have equal amount of boys and girls. Obviously, the magazine would attract an audience of people interested in performing arts.

5) How did it attract/address your audience?


The photograph on the front of a student from the school is clearly used to address my target audience because she is a girl who belongs to that school. The text on the page is quite colourful, addressing the young audience that it's aimed at. I've also put text on the front page displaying what is new in the school and what can be found in the contents of the magazine. I think that this will make my audience intrigued to read the magazine, attracting their attention, especially as it is information on what is going on in their own school.

6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?


I have used programmes such as photoshop and indesign in making this product. I have learnt how to use tools in photoshop to amend my photos to get rid of any blemishes and change the colouring of the photo. I have also learnt how to use blogger in which I have been updating all of my developments of my products. In making my front page and contents I have also used my dad's canon eos 30D camera to take the photographs on my front page. I have learnt how to use it efficiently but hopefully in the main task I will be able to use it a lot better in order to take the best photographs for my music magazine.

Music magazine research

My focus for my music magazine will be a kind of rock style. This is because I have a lot of influence by the band Paramore, who are a rock band. I love the way rock magazines are layed out and would love to have that kind of layour for my own magazine. A focus that I would like to pursue is the magazine's being of bands, not solo artists. Here are a few examples:

This magazine cover of Duffy is exactly the kind of thing I would like for my magazine. I like the central picture with the information around the sides, all the colours are consecutive and it works very well. The target audience for this type of cover is middle aged women, I think. The magazine cover next to Duffy's one is quite different. The same magazine has edited its style slightly to suit the model on the front. Hayley Williams is a bolder, more original female singer, and I think that is shown through the picture and also the big 'PARAMORE' across the page. I especially like the colours on this page.

Slightly different to the two above, the front cover of this one is quite sexual. I dont think the colours are very good in this one for they are not entirely consecutive. The picture is not focused enough with the rest of the cover.

This one is a personal favourite of mine. I like the way Hayley Williams is the central picture and also how it is quite direct to fans, because it is quite personal. Any fans of paramore would see this and want to read it.

Having said that I'd like to do a photo shoot of a band, this is going to be quite hard to do. What I have decided to now focus my research on is female rockstars. The three women that I will focus on are Hayley Williams, Avril Lavigne and P!nk.

Although this picture is actually of the band, I love how direct and focused this picture is. It is as though she is reaching out to the reader.





This photo of Pink is quite aggressive but I think it works really well. It shows a lot of expression and also the idea of rock and roll. It would be very fun to replicate a photograph like this because of the flawless hair and aggressive looking make up.  

Again, this photo shows a lot of expression. What I like most about this is that her eyes looks very big, which is relevent to the model who I will use, for she has very big eyes.

Avril Lavigne has a different kind of look to the other two. I would call this photo kind of sexual because of the intense glare from the eyes. Although the model I will use does not have long hair, so I will probably use the shorter hair styles shown in the above pictures.

This picture here is one of my favourites of Pink. The green leggins contrast to the black leather jacket and white hair. The microphone also shows us that singing and performing is her proffession. The snarling smile on her face also shows what kind of music she sings.

Just focusing on Hayley Williams in this picture, I think that this is a very good picture. It is directed totally to the camera and her facial expression is quite different. I like the contrast between her pale face and her vivid hair.

Drafts of front covers and contents pages

This is my first design for the front cover of my magazine. The subheadings are eye catching and it is colourful, but I believe that this will not be my final draft for my front cover. This designs colours do not correspond very well with each other and I will probably try and get the colours to compliment each other. The colours in the picture defnitely do not correspond at all and i will try to do that.

I have changed the colour of the headline to black because I think it looks more striking and corresponds with the colours in the picture. I have not changed much apart from that. I have started my first draft of the contents page, shown next to the cover draft. I plan to put pictures down the left side of the page to fill up the page but this is subject to change.

i have once again changed some aspects of the front cover. This is as far as I have got in developing the front cover and the contents page. the colours on the front cover are much more corresepondent with the colours in the picture and in the title of the magazine. on my contents page, the third rule is apparent. I plan to put little pictures in the middle third that can be seen as quite empty at the moment. the colours on the contents are correspondent and coherent with the colours on the front cover. Evidently, this is my favourite design yet, although there are still some things to be developed on both pages. I am unsure whether to put a box around the 'Ivy Danvers' part on the front page.