Classical/Jazz music magazine contents page
Classical/Jazz music magazine double page spread
School magazine front cover
School magazine contents page
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Final Product
Classical/Jazz music magazine front cover
Classical/Jazz music magazine contents page
Classical/Jazz music magazine double page spread
School magazine front cover
School magazine contents page
Classical/Jazz music magazine contents page
Classical/Jazz music magazine double page spread
School magazine front cover
School magazine contents page
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Evaluation
Evaluation
1.In what way does your media product use forms and convections of real media product?
When i looked at other classical music magazine front covers, contents pages and double page spreads i found that my magazine contained all the same aspects as a real magazine and included each code and convection that is found in a real magazines.
I have recorded myself asking a member of my target audiance and these are my results.
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
The two images above are collages of the different technologys I used to create my magazine. The first collage is of the three different technologies I used, Photoshop, paint and Quark found all three technologies easy to use however I found photo shop much easier to get started with because I have used it before in years 10 and 11, but when I got stared and became more comfortable with quark I began to enjoy using that a lot more than Photoshop.
Using paint I was able to adjust the size of the images I used however I did not use paint as much for my production, this is because all the tools found on paint are also available on Photoshop.
When I first used quark I didn’t understand it well but after I begun to use it I found it much easier to use. With quark you are able to create a much cleaner layout for all your information. I used only the text box and import picture box because I had no real use for any others. I was able to create a drop capital in my work by using one of the tools provides. However I did find some bad points to quark, you were unable to spell check anything so when writing my article I had to draft it in word then import it into my magazine. I found that the layout I was left with looked similar to those found in real magazines.
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
1.In what way does your media product use forms and convections of real media product?
When i looked at other classical music magazine front covers, contents pages and double page spreads i found that my magazine contained all the same aspects as a real magazine and included each code and convection that is found in a real magazines.
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
When i look at my media product i can see the target audience it was made for is reflected in the front cover. The images show that the magazine is aimed at people who are interested in classical music and are well educated.
By making my front cover much more appealing and relate more to the target audience i have been able to by
By making my front cover much more appealing and relate more to the target audience i have been able to by
3 .What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
After researching different publication companies I found that for my genre of magazine Haymarket media group would be a good company to publish my magazine through because it offers more classical music magazines than IPC or Bauer media. Therefore they would know how to advertise the magazine, knowing where to sell the magazine and where to place advertisements. However I also found that it would be good idea to use a publisher that does not have any magazines in the same genre as the classical magazine, this is because it would not have any competition with other classical magazines in the publishing company. Therefore they would be able to advertise it much more and focus on selling it.
4.Who would be your audience for your media product?
An ideal buyer for my magazine would be a middle aged to elderly well educated person either male or female who enjoys listening to classical music, reading and travelling. The perfect male reader would be a business man because he would be smartly dressed suggesting that he has a good job to other people and able to buy a magazine every month, he also would be successful therefore he might be interested in classical music, boats or golf etc. The ideal woman reader would be a successful woman who enjoys going to watch ballet and going to watch the orchestra.
An ideal buyer for my magazine would be a middle aged to elderly well educated person either male or female who enjoys listening to classical music, reading and travelling. The perfect male reader would be a business man because he would be smartly dressed suggesting that he has a good job to other people and able to buy a magazine every month, he also would be successful therefore he might be interested in classical music, boats or golf etc. The ideal woman reader would be a successful woman who enjoys going to watch ballet and going to watch the orchestra.
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
For question 5 how did you attract/ address the audience? I audio recorded questions being asked and answered.
I asked members of my target audience what they thought of my magazine and weather it appealed to them. The following questions are what I asked them.
Questions
1. Does my music magazine appeal to you?
2. Would you buy my magazine if it was on sale?
3. Do you think the colour scheme works?
4. In what ways do you think I could improve my magazine?
5. Do you think the price of my magazine is reasonable?
6. Do you think my layout worked well?
7. Do you think my images related to my magazine genre?
8. Do you think that my double page article was relevant to the genre of my magazine?
9. What are your favourite aspects of my magazine?
10. Do you feel my magazine relates to my target audience?
For question 5 how did you attract/ address the audience? I audio recorded questions being asked and answered.
I asked members of my target audience what they thought of my magazine and weather it appealed to them. The following questions are what I asked them.
Questions
1. Does my music magazine appeal to you?
2. Would you buy my magazine if it was on sale?
3. Do you think the colour scheme works?
4. In what ways do you think I could improve my magazine?
5. Do you think the price of my magazine is reasonable?
6. Do you think my layout worked well?
7. Do you think my images related to my magazine genre?
8. Do you think that my double page article was relevant to the genre of my magazine?
9. What are your favourite aspects of my magazine?
10. Do you feel my magazine relates to my target audience?
I have recorded myself asking a member of my target audiance and these are my results.
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
The two images above are collages of the different technologys I used to create my magazine. The first collage is of the three different technologies I used, Photoshop, paint and Quark found all three technologies easy to use however I found photo shop much easier to get started with because I have used it before in years 10 and 11, but when I got stared and became more comfortable with quark I began to enjoy using that a lot more than Photoshop.
Using Photoshop I have learnt how to edit pictures a lot better cutting out images much cleaner and placing them onto a different background. With one of my images (the image below) I was able to cut out the middle section and place the correct image inside it. I was bale to do this by using the lasso tool then scaled the image down to size to fit into the box.
Using paint I was able to adjust the size of the images I used however I did not use paint as much for my production, this is because all the tools found on paint are also available on Photoshop.
When I first used quark I didn’t understand it well but after I begun to use it I found it much easier to use. With quark you are able to create a much cleaner layout for all your information. I used only the text box and import picture box because I had no real use for any others. I was able to create a drop capital in my work by using one of the tools provides. However I did find some bad points to quark, you were unable to spell check anything so when writing my article I had to draft it in word then import it into my magazine. I found that the layout I was left with looked similar to those found in real magazines.
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Technology and Differences
By looking at real magazines I was able to produce my classical magazine to follow the codes and convections of those magazines, unlike the preliminary task where I made a school magazine without looking at any magazine prier to the production.
By looking at both my preliminary task and my classical magazine front cover you can see that my technology skills have improved greatly. My presentation is much clearer organised. Because I was able to look at real magazines during my music magazine production I was able to create a magazine much more similar to one found on a shelf. The technology used to produce my preliminary front cover was the same as the technology I used to produce my front cover of my music magazine but you can see that my knowledge for the different tools available has improved. By looking at real magazines I was able to understand the codes and convections of agazines much more, this meant I was able to create a magazine more accurate to a real magazine.
The images I used on my preliminary task were all taken by me and edited by me the same as the images on my main task, but you can see the difference in quality and mise en scene.
By looking at both my preliminary task and my classical magazine front cover you can see that my technology skills have improved greatly. My presentation is much clearer organised. Because I was able to look at real magazines during my music magazine production I was able to create a magazine much more similar to one found on a shelf. The technology used to produce my preliminary front cover was the same as the technology I used to produce my front cover of my music magazine but you can see that my knowledge for the different tools available has improved. By looking at real magazines I was able to understand the codes and convections of agazines much more, this meant I was able to create a magazine more accurate to a real magazine.
The images I used on my preliminary task were all taken by me and edited by me the same as the images on my main task, but you can see the difference in quality and mise en scene.
Monday, 8 March 2010
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Friday, 5 March 2010
Artical
This is my double page artical finished
The jazz bands leading man
People say that classical and jazz music isn’t something teenagers are into these days in a world where Beyonce and Paramore rule, but the teenagers in Weatherheads schools jazz band are just as interested in classical and jazz music as the current top chart entries thanks to Mr Brown a talented and enthusiastic music teacher and band leader.
Mr Brown is the brains behind Weatherhead’s School Jazz Band and is keen to get all children in Weatherhead interested in music, but has he always been interested in music himself? The answer is yes, since he was a little boy Mr Brown has always liked music but it wasn’t until he was about 12 that Mr. Brown truly knew he loved music and everything about it, humming a new tune. At this point he picked up and began to play an instrument. Like any music lover, Mr Brown had a collection of instruments he learnt to play, Mr Brown took up five instruments, the tuba, trombone, piano, euphonium (small tuba) and the drums. Unlike most people who learn to play an instrument Mr. Brown taught himself to play. Mr. Brown’s inspiration to become a music teacher came from a ‘Bloke’ that taught him in the youth orchestra. He taught Mr. Brown how to get the best out of his instruments but in doing so inspired him to teach by the way he taught and the rewards that he gained from teaching children to love music so much more than they already did. This ‘Bloke’ had a great impact on how he teaches and he encourages more people young and old to join in with music and start playing an instrument. Mr Brown found it difficult to control a Jazz Band with so many people with so many diffrent sounds and personalities at once but as the months went on he began to understand the ways the band worked and he was able to teach and keep the band in time with each other. Mr Brown picked up on how Talented everyone was in the band and knew their different personalities affected their way of learning so he worked his teaching skills around his band, therefore making the band sound and act as one. As he begun to teach them he noticed that eachmember was committed to the band and in turn made Mr Brown’s work so much easier. Jazz and classical music has always played a major part of Mr. Brown’s life but as he got older he found this interest gr ew. Miles Davis, one of the greatest visionaries and most important figures in jazz history, is one of his favourite jazz artists and heroes. Mr Brown feels that if just one person could really inspire him to become musical then he could inspire more kids to join jazz bands or take up an instrument. Mr Brown feels that you should allow children to see what music is like, giving children a musical instrument and letting them play what they like, letting them see how fun and interesting music can be. He feels now that more bands have become more involved in the instrumental side of music they will help encourage more kids to get involved. When asked who he felt was his best musician Mr Brown was reluctant to tell me but he then told me that he felt Nicky Howley was his most talented student as of yet. However he then added that all of his band are talented and the Year 7s thathave joined this year are at a stage where they could become fantastic and great by the time they are Nicky’s age. Growing up Mr. Brown won a lot of awards during his time in primary school and high school but as he got older there were no real opportunities to win but he always enjoyed winning musical competitions this is where he felt he belonged, on stage with an instrument in his hands. Mr Brown enjoys both jazz and classical. He confessed to me that he has never been to the proms and rarely watches it on the television because he is so busy teaching and mentoring the Jazz Band however he did say that he would love to go, every year he says to himself, “this year I’ll go”, then the proms come and go and he still hasn’t gone. For a music teacher at Weatherhead High School, Mr. Brown hasmanaged to meet many different famous people, I was amazed and shocked to find that he has met people from the Queen to John Barnes as a performer in orchestra and bands. Although Mr. Brown has always loved and beeninterested in being a music teacher he loved being in a band just as much, he was in a band called CheeseCake. Unfortunately they didn’t have a record deal however Mr. Brown is currently in a band and play at weddings, birthdays and Christmas parties, where he becomes the rock star he’s always dreamed of being.
The jazz bands leading man
People say that classical and jazz music isn’t something teenagers are into these days in a world where Beyonce and Paramore rule, but the teenagers in Weatherheads schools jazz band are just as interested in classical and jazz music as the current top chart entries thanks to Mr Brown a talented and enthusiastic music teacher and band leader.
Mr Brown is the brains behind Weatherhead’s School Jazz Band and is keen to get all children in Weatherhead interested in music, but has he always been interested in music himself? The answer is yes, since he was a little boy Mr Brown has always liked music but it wasn’t until he was about 12 that Mr. Brown truly knew he loved music and everything about it, humming a new tune. At this point he picked up and began to play an instrument. Like any music lover, Mr Brown had a collection of instruments he learnt to play, Mr Brown took up five instruments, the tuba, trombone, piano, euphonium (small tuba) and the drums. Unlike most people who learn to play an instrument Mr. Brown taught himself to play. Mr. Brown’s inspiration to become a music teacher came from a ‘Bloke’ that taught him in the youth orchestra. He taught Mr. Brown how to get the best out of his instruments but in doing so inspired him to teach by the way he taught and the rewards that he gained from teaching children to love music so much more than they already did. This ‘Bloke’ had a great impact on how he teaches and he encourages more people young and old to join in with music and start playing an instrument. Mr Brown found it difficult to control a Jazz Band with so many people with so many diffrent sounds and personalities at once but as the months went on he began to understand the ways the band worked and he was able to teach and keep the band in time with each other. Mr Brown picked up on how Talented everyone was in the band and knew their different personalities affected their way of learning so he worked his teaching skills around his band, therefore making the band sound and act as one. As he begun to teach them he noticed that eachmember was committed to the band and in turn made Mr Brown’s work so much easier. Jazz and classical music has always played a major part of Mr. Brown’s life but as he got older he found this interest gr ew. Miles Davis, one of the greatest visionaries and most important figures in jazz history, is one of his favourite jazz artists and heroes. Mr Brown feels that if just one person could really inspire him to become musical then he could inspire more kids to join jazz bands or take up an instrument. Mr Brown feels that you should allow children to see what music is like, giving children a musical instrument and letting them play what they like, letting them see how fun and interesting music can be. He feels now that more bands have become more involved in the instrumental side of music they will help encourage more kids to get involved. When asked who he felt was his best musician Mr Brown was reluctant to tell me but he then told me that he felt Nicky Howley was his most talented student as of yet. However he then added that all of his band are talented and the Year 7s thathave joined this year are at a stage where they could become fantastic and great by the time they are Nicky’s age. Growing up Mr. Brown won a lot of awards during his time in primary school and high school but as he got older there were no real opportunities to win but he always enjoyed winning musical competitions this is where he felt he belonged, on stage with an instrument in his hands. Mr Brown enjoys both jazz and classical. He confessed to me that he has never been to the proms and rarely watches it on the television because he is so busy teaching and mentoring the Jazz Band however he did say that he would love to go, every year he says to himself, “this year I’ll go”, then the proms come and go and he still hasn’t gone. For a music teacher at Weatherhead High School, Mr. Brown hasmanaged to meet many different famous people, I was amazed and shocked to find that he has met people from the Queen to John Barnes as a performer in orchestra and bands. Although Mr. Brown has always loved and beeninterested in being a music teacher he loved being in a band just as much, he was in a band called CheeseCake. Unfortunately they didn’t have a record deal however Mr. Brown is currently in a band and play at weddings, birthdays and Christmas parties, where he becomes the rock star he’s always dreamed of being.
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Double page spread research
for my double page spread i am goin to be inter viewing Mr Brown a music teacher in waetherhead high school he is also the leader of the schools jazz band.
thease are the quqestions i am going to ask mr brown..
1. Have you always been interested in music?
2. can you play an insstrument?
3. did you teach yourself to play any instruments?
4. who inspired you to become a music teacher?
5. Are the jazz band difficult to control?
6. who is your favourit jazz artist?
7. who do you think is your best student?
8. have you ever won any awards for your musical talant?
9. have you ever been in a band?
10. Have you ever met anyone famous?
thease are the quqestions i am going to ask mr brown..
1. Have you always been interested in music?
2. can you play an insstrument?
3. did you teach yourself to play any instruments?
4. who inspired you to become a music teacher?
5. Are the jazz band difficult to control?
6. who is your favourit jazz artist?
7. who do you think is your best student?
8. have you ever won any awards for your musical talant?
9. have you ever been in a band?
10. Have you ever met anyone famous?
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Sketches
I am going to produce a classical/jazz music magazine. I am choosing this genre because i do not read any classical/jazz magazines therefore i will be able to look at each section much more clearly. I have chosen all classical and jazz listeners as my target audience.
This is a sketch of my double page spread layout.
This is a sketch of my contents.
This is a sketch of the front cover.
This is a sketch of my double page spread layout.
This is a sketch of my contents.
This is a sketch of the front cover.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Publication Plan
Title: Symphony: Vladimir Script
Positioning statement: The world of classical music under one cover.
Frequency of publication: Monthly
Price: £3.50
Distribution: philharmonic halls, news agents, supermarkets.
Rational: The approach of the magazine is to cover classical and jazz performers, reviews fan views and will offer insight and gripping articles and interviews. We will focus on what is big in classical and jazz right now.
Style: formal, related to the audience, sophisticated vocabulary clear and formal layout.
Words will be more dominant in the layout.
Regular Content
- whats on this month
- disc of the month
- performers diary
- performance reports
- musics hall of fame
- global musicians
- jazz band of the month
- readers letters
- composers discovered
- how to achieve your dream
- young performers
Featured Content - the proms back stage
- new performers
- great composers
- music in the movies
- CD vs downloads
- Melissa Heywood
- Christmas jingles
- Beethoven's best symphony
- top ten albums
- competition
- Art, Food and Drink
House style
Cover lines: Myriad pro
Headlines:Myriad pro
Stand first: Arial
Captions: Ano pro
News first paragraph: ano pro
Colour scheme: Black, Blue, Gray
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Results
1. How old are you?
however they did not agree with the price of the magazine.
If No how much do you think is a reasonable price of a magazine?
From the people i asked the most suable amout they felt a Classical/ jazz magazine should cost was between £2.00-£3.00
4. How often do you buy a classic/jazz magazine?
my resluts showed that people only buy there classical/jazz magazines monthly. however i found that from the 3 magazines i looked at they come out monthly. so i will also make my magazine come out monthly.
5. Who is you favourite classical/jazz performer?
6. Do you watch the Proms?
using my tallys i found that more people do not watch the proms than i expected.
Have you ever seen the Proms live?
i also found out that non of the people i asked have seen the proms live. so im my magazine i mite include a compation or a backstage look at the proms.
7. What do you like to read about in a classical/jazz music magazine?
8. What are your three favourite colours?
i found that the reocuring colours in my questionair were blue green orange and red. so i will be using some of these colours in my magazine.
9. What three things do you feel describe classical and jazz music?
10. Do you play an instrument?
most people i asked infact do not play an instament so i mite include chanses to win lessons in my magazine.
If yes what instrument?
11. Do you read classical magazines on the internet?
only one person i asked has ever read a classical magazine online. so i will include a feature within my magazine on how to start loking at them on the internet.
12. What was the last performance you have been to?
By doing this resurch i found that the mojority of the people i asked were between the ages 21-30. therefore my audiance is goin to be ages 21+
2. Have you ever bought a classical/jazz music magazine?
from the people i asked more people said they have bought a classical/jazz music magazine.
3. Do you agree with the price of the magazine?
however they did not agree with the price of the magazine.
If No how much do you think is a reasonable price of a magazine?
From the people i asked the most suable amout they felt a Classical/ jazz magazine should cost was between £2.00-£3.00
4. How often do you buy a classic/jazz magazine?
my resluts showed that people only buy there classical/jazz magazines monthly. however i found that from the 3 magazines i looked at they come out monthly. so i will also make my magazine come out monthly.
5. Who is you favourite classical/jazz performer?
6. Do you watch the Proms?
using my tallys i found that more people do not watch the proms than i expected.
Have you ever seen the Proms live?
i also found out that non of the people i asked have seen the proms live. so im my magazine i mite include a compation or a backstage look at the proms.
7. What do you like to read about in a classical/jazz music magazine?
8. What are your three favourite colours?
i found that the reocuring colours in my questionair were blue green orange and red. so i will be using some of these colours in my magazine.
9. What three things do you feel describe classical and jazz music?
10. Do you play an instrument?
most people i asked infact do not play an instament so i mite include chanses to win lessons in my magazine.
If yes what instrument?
11. Do you read classical magazines on the internet?
only one person i asked has ever read a classical magazine online. so i will include a feature within my magazine on how to start loking at them on the internet.
12. What was the last performance you have been to?
Tally
1. How old are you? 16-20 0 21-30 7 30+ 13 2. Have you ever bought a classical/jazz music magazine? Yes 13 No 7 If yes what one? Classical fm BBC music 3. Do you agree with the price of the magazine? Yes 7 No 13 If No how much do you think is a reasonable price of a magazine? 1.00-£2.00 1 £2.00-£3.00 10 £3.00-£4.00 8 £4.00 + 1 4. How often do you buy a classic/jazz magazine? Weekly 0 Monthly 20 Other 0 5. Who is you favourite classical/jazz performer? 6. Do you watch the Proms? Yes 12 No 8 Have you ever seen the Proms live? Yes 0 No 20 If yes where? 7. What do you like to read about in a classical/jazz music magazine? News 5 New artists 2 Interviews 6 Pictures 1 Performances 6 8. What are your three favourite colours? Blue 8 Green 7 Orange 3 Red 2 9. What three things do you feel describe classical and jazz music? Music 3 Conductor 9 Bands 7 Rhythm 6 Violin 9 Symphony 10 Proms 12 Philharmonic 4 10. Do you play an instrument? Yes 3 No 17 If yes what instrument? Drums Violin Piano 11. Do you read classical magazines on the internet? Yes 1 No 19 12. What was the last performance you have been to? 0 This is a voice recording of me asking a member of my target audiance some of the questions above. The questions where.. 2. Have you ever bought a classical/jazz music magazine?:Yes If yes what one?:Classic Fm 4. How often do you buy a classic/jazz magazine?:Monthly 6. Do you watch the Proms?:Yes Have you ever seen the Proms live?:No
Questionnaire
1. How old are you? 16-20 21-30 30+
2. Have you ever bought a classical/jazz music magazine? Yes No
If yes what one? ¬____________________________________________________________.
3. Do you agree with the price of the magazine? Yes No
If No how much do you think is a reasonable price of a magazine?
£1.00-£2.00 £2.00-£3.00 £3.00-£4.00 £4.00 +
4. How often do you buy a classic/jazz magazine? Weekly Monthly Other
5. Who is you favourite classical/jazz performer? ___________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________.
6. Do you watch the Proms? Yes No
Have you ever seen the Proms live? Yes No
If yes where? _______________________________________________________________.
7. What do you like to read about in a classical/jazz music magazine?
News new artist’s interviews pictures performances
8. What are your three favourite colours? _________________________________________
9. What three things do you feel describe classical and jazz music? ____________________
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10. Do you play an instrument? Yes No
If yes what instrument? _______________________________________________________.
11. Do you read classical magazines on the internet? Yes No
12. What was the last performance you have been to?
__________________________________________________________________________.
2. Have you ever bought a classical/jazz music magazine? Yes No
If yes what one? ¬____________________________________________________________.
3. Do you agree with the price of the magazine? Yes No
If No how much do you think is a reasonable price of a magazine?
£1.00-£2.00 £2.00-£3.00 £3.00-£4.00 £4.00 +
4. How often do you buy a classic/jazz magazine? Weekly Monthly Other
5. Who is you favourite classical/jazz performer? ___________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________.
6. Do you watch the Proms? Yes No
Have you ever seen the Proms live? Yes No
If yes where? _______________________________________________________________.
7. What do you like to read about in a classical/jazz music magazine?
News new artist’s interviews pictures performances
8. What are your three favourite colours? _________________________________________
9. What three things do you feel describe classical and jazz music? ____________________
¬¬____________________
____________________
10. Do you play an instrument? Yes No
If yes what instrument? _______________________________________________________.
11. Do you read classical magazines on the internet? Yes No
12. What was the last performance you have been to?
__________________________________________________________________________.
Monday, 9 November 2009
Research
Classical Magazines are for classical music lovers who enjoy the music but don't consider themselves to be experts on this genre.
Front cov
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Contents page's
Double Page Article
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Double Page Article
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Decisions
I am going to make desicions on diffrent aspects of my magazine.
Price: £3.00-£4.00 this is because most classical magazines are priced at £4.00 or more and i plan on pricing mine lower to make it more attractive to the reader.
Frequency: monthly this is bacause most other classical/jazz magazines are this frequent.
Average issue size:100 pages this is because this is how many pages the avergae classical/ jazz magazines have.
regular content:
Price: £3.00-£4.00 this is because most classical magazines are priced at £4.00 or more and i plan on pricing mine lower to make it more attractive to the reader.
Frequency: monthly this is bacause most other classical/jazz magazines are this frequent.
Average issue size:100 pages this is because this is how many pages the avergae classical/ jazz magazines have.
regular content:
- Whats on this month
- disc of the month
- performance reports
- hall of fame
- young performers
- readers letters
- extras
- the proms backstage
- new performers
- great composers
- music in the movies
- music notes
- ashleigh hoey
- christmas jingles
- you vote beethovens best symphony
- the top 10 ablums
- competition
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Magazine research
Classic Fm
Price:£4.50
frequency of publication:Monthly
issue size:100+ pages
Main story: Paul McCartney
Price:£4.50
frequency of publication:Monthly
issue size:100+ pages
Main story: Pappano
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Music Magazine Genre Codes And Convections
Front cover
• There is one Large main image (mid close up) this main image has the model always facing the camera. This gives the impression that the magazine is aimed at you and engages you. The main image also reflects what genre the magazine is. The large image is usually of a famous person that has something to do with the classical/ jazz genre of music.
• There are 3 main colours there are two different reasons for this. Colours on magazines are very expensive and this helps keep the cost down. A simple colour scheme also helps keep the magazine in a theme.
• The Largest font is linked to the main image. This is usually a quote or catchy 3 or 4 words to entice and entertain the reader.
• Bar code (right bottom hand)
• Tag line
• Smaller images (subsidiary images) are placed on the front cover this helps the reader to know what is in the issue.
• Every magazine has large fonts. This help the reader read the magazine. This is also a good way to get the readers attention.
• The mode of address goes by the main image and things placed in the magazine.
• The font of the mast head is different to any other font of the magazine.
• There are normally 5-10 cover lines in the front cover.
• Buzz words are placed on the front cover to attract you to the magazine.
• The layout is the same for most classical or jazz magazines.
Contents page
• There is one Large main image (mid close up) this main image has the model always facing the camera. This gives the impression that the magazine is aimed at you and engages you. The main image also reflects what genre the magazine is. The large image is usually of a famous person that has something to do with the classical/ jazz genre of music.
• There are 3 main colours there are two different reasons for this. Colours on magazines are very expensive and this helps keep the cost down. A simple colour scheme also helps keep the magazine in a theme.
• The Largest font is linked to the main image. This is usually a quote or catchy 3 or 4 words to entice and entertain the reader.
• Bar code (right bottom hand)
• Tag line
• Smaller images (subsidiary images) are placed on the front cover this helps the reader to know what is in the issue.
• Every magazine has large fonts. This help the reader read the magazine. This is also a good way to get the readers attention.
• The mode of address goes by the main image and things placed in the magazine.
• The font of the mast head is different to any other font of the magazine.
• There are normally 5-10 cover lines in the front cover.
• Buzz words are placed on the front cover to attract you to the magazine.
• The layout is the same for most classical or jazz magazines.
Contents page
- numbers are placed on the contents page in the columns.
- tidy layout
- columns 3or 4
- images
- issue date
- colour the same as the front cover
- sections
- different sized images
- lots images (all to do with classical or jazz music)
- websites are placed on the contents page to help advertise the magazine expansion to the Internet
- editorial- mode of address
- cover lines are all related to the front cover images
Double page spread
- image on one side
- large headlines
- quotes on the photos
- interview ( not just questions and answers)
- drop capital
- colours are the same
- words and photography (by lines )
- more than two columns
- the name is a different colour
- stand first (description)
- detailed writing
- formal mode of address
- headlines (short and snappy)
Friday, 30 October 2009
Genre and audiance
The genre of magazine i am going to produce is going to be classical/jazz because it isnt the type of magazine i would read therfore i will be able to put more thought into the final outcome.
The target audiance for my magazine is going to be middle aged classical and jazz listeners.
Friday, 23 October 2009
Music Magazine Codes and conventions of a front cover,contents page and double page spread
Front cover
- Stories
- famous people on the front cover
- Bar code on the right hand side
- Main image is linked to the largest main text
- colour theme, 3 or 4 colours
- buzz words
- once a month
- pictures/ smaller images
- same fonts, 2 or 3 separate to the mast head
- mast head
- overlay with image
- tag lines
- interviews
- banners
- about 6 cover lines
- websites
Contents page
- Numbered
- images are numbered
- images
- colours
- sections regular and featured content
- editors letter/ note
- same colours and fonts as the front cover
- organised well
- 2 or 3 fonts
- issue date and number
Double page spread
- 2 or 3 images ( large)
- drop capital
- quotes
- not just questions and answers
- photographer is always mentioned
- page number at the bottom of the page
- short opening paragraph
School Magazine Evaluation
Evaluation
I was asked to create a school magazine front cover and content page using Photoshop and quark .I found that my magazine front cover and content page was within the codes and conventions of a magazine. I did not challenge the codes and convections of real magazines unlike other magazines have such as mojo. I also found that it was easy to create a school magazine and contents page that followed all the codes and convections that all magazines also follow.
I used Photoshop to produce my front cover. I found it easy to use and it all worked well with my magazine design. I had no problems using it because I had used it before this meant I was also aware of all the different things I was able to do to make my front cover as good as I could therefore making my finished product what I wanted, I used pictures I had taken myself and included them into my front cover I was able to digitally manipulate them using Photoshop. I was pleased with my finished front cover and it did not change much from my original sketch which means I was able to do most things to create the same product. I had positive feedback on my front cover, I got told that my front cover was well set out and bright. I did not get any negative feed back which is good however I would have liked some constructive criticism so I would be able to improve next time I have to produce a magazine front cover.
To create my magazine content page I used Quark. I found that quark difficult and I had not used this technology before, I didn’t like using it as much as I liked using Photoshop this technology was much more advanced and professional than Photoshop although they both are used in the media industry. I was unable to understand it as much as Photoshop however I found that my end product looked better than if I were to use Photoshop. The technology was well suited to what we had to make. The columns were set out better and it looked much clearer because I was able to make a clear content structure. I also did not get any negative feed back on my content page which I liked but like my front cover I would have liked some constructive criticism so I would be able to improve next time I have to produce a magazine content page.
I enjoyed using both new media technologies and found that the two different products suited different media equipment.
I was asked to create a school magazine front cover and content page using Photoshop and quark .I found that my magazine front cover and content page was within the codes and conventions of a magazine. I did not challenge the codes and convections of real magazines unlike other magazines have such as mojo. I also found that it was easy to create a school magazine and contents page that followed all the codes and convections that all magazines also follow.
I used Photoshop to produce my front cover. I found it easy to use and it all worked well with my magazine design. I had no problems using it because I had used it before this meant I was also aware of all the different things I was able to do to make my front cover as good as I could therefore making my finished product what I wanted, I used pictures I had taken myself and included them into my front cover I was able to digitally manipulate them using Photoshop. I was pleased with my finished front cover and it did not change much from my original sketch which means I was able to do most things to create the same product. I had positive feedback on my front cover, I got told that my front cover was well set out and bright. I did not get any negative feed back which is good however I would have liked some constructive criticism so I would be able to improve next time I have to produce a magazine front cover.
To create my magazine content page I used Quark. I found that quark difficult and I had not used this technology before, I didn’t like using it as much as I liked using Photoshop this technology was much more advanced and professional than Photoshop although they both are used in the media industry. I was unable to understand it as much as Photoshop however I found that my end product looked better than if I were to use Photoshop. The technology was well suited to what we had to make. The columns were set out better and it looked much clearer because I was able to make a clear content structure. I also did not get any negative feed back on my content page which I liked but like my front cover I would have liked some constructive criticism so I would be able to improve next time I have to produce a magazine content page.
I enjoyed using both new media technologies and found that the two different products suited different media equipment.
School Magazine My contents page finished
This is my finished contents page for a school magazine.
Contents Page I made a few changes to my front cover layout suchj as moving featured and regular content. insted of using a picture of the head girl i used a picture of the school because i could not get an image of her.the year news layout all stayed the same but i changed the year 12 and 13 news to one 6 form news instead. i also did not include the front cover on my contents page like i was on my first plan. the date is also missing on the contents page.
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