These two magazines are similar in the kinds of music they contain. The magazines would be aimed at the target audiece of older teenagers and early twenty's maybe, because thats who they appeal to and maybe people a little bit older too considering some of the cover articles. But the pictures are more like the age group i already mentioned as the target audience. Both main images are female artists and they both have the same look on their faces and for these two issues of the differents magazines they have gone for the same approach as it is a popular expression to use in pics for magazines. The eyes are wide on the pics and staring right at you as if it is trying to pull the reader in. On the cover of Q, we have Florence from Florence and the Machine, this is because she is a popular woman and therefore would maybe encourage more female readers. On the cover of NME, it's Lily Allen, this may attract more fans of her as readers as she is very popular and well known. The main story for Q: Florence woman on the edge, and NME: Lily Allen takes on the world, both show women as strong people and it's as if they are about to have a fight on their hands which would help to pull the readers in. Both of the music namesare on the left-third like all magazines for the rule of thirds. They also get slightly covered up because they are so recongnisable from a small portion that a reader does not need to see the whole logo to know which magazine it is. Red is used in both of these magazines and I think it helps make them stick out more. The bright, bold colours help to draw the reader in and have been good choices to make. The fonts being used on Q, are quite plain and simple which make them a tiny bit dull, this is the same with NME except for the main article headline as it is in a different font that is in all different sizes making it eye-catching. Booth of these magazines are well made and attracting to the eye and would therefore get good sales, making it a success.Friday, 4 May 2012
Music Magazine Analysis
Front cover Analysis:
These two magazines are similar in the kinds of music they contain. The magazines would be aimed at the target audiece of older teenagers and early twenty's maybe, because thats who they appeal to and maybe people a little bit older too considering some of the cover articles. But the pictures are more like the age group i already mentioned as the target audience. Both main images are female artists and they both have the same look on their faces and for these two issues of the differents magazines they have gone for the same approach as it is a popular expression to use in pics for magazines. The eyes are wide on the pics and staring right at you as if it is trying to pull the reader in. On the cover of Q, we have Florence from Florence and the Machine, this is because she is a popular woman and therefore would maybe encourage more female readers. On the cover of NME, it's Lily Allen, this may attract more fans of her as readers as she is very popular and well known. The main story for Q: Florence woman on the edge, and NME: Lily Allen takes on the world, both show women as strong people and it's as if they are about to have a fight on their hands which would help to pull the readers in. Both of the music namesare on the left-third like all magazines for the rule of thirds. They also get slightly covered up because they are so recongnisable from a small portion that a reader does not need to see the whole logo to know which magazine it is. Red is used in both of these magazines and I think it helps make them stick out more. The bright, bold colours help to draw the reader in and have been good choices to make. The fonts being used on Q, are quite plain and simple which make them a tiny bit dull, this is the same with NME except for the main article headline as it is in a different font that is in all different sizes making it eye-catching. Booth of these magazines are well made and attracting to the eye and would therefore get good sales, making it a success.
These two magazines are similar in the kinds of music they contain. The magazines would be aimed at the target audiece of older teenagers and early twenty's maybe, because thats who they appeal to and maybe people a little bit older too considering some of the cover articles. But the pictures are more like the age group i already mentioned as the target audience. Both main images are female artists and they both have the same look on their faces and for these two issues of the differents magazines they have gone for the same approach as it is a popular expression to use in pics for magazines. The eyes are wide on the pics and staring right at you as if it is trying to pull the reader in. On the cover of Q, we have Florence from Florence and the Machine, this is because she is a popular woman and therefore would maybe encourage more female readers. On the cover of NME, it's Lily Allen, this may attract more fans of her as readers as she is very popular and well known. The main story for Q: Florence woman on the edge, and NME: Lily Allen takes on the world, both show women as strong people and it's as if they are about to have a fight on their hands which would help to pull the readers in. Both of the music namesare on the left-third like all magazines for the rule of thirds. They also get slightly covered up because they are so recongnisable from a small portion that a reader does not need to see the whole logo to know which magazine it is. Red is used in both of these magazines and I think it helps make them stick out more. The bright, bold colours help to draw the reader in and have been good choices to make. The fonts being used on Q, are quite plain and simple which make them a tiny bit dull, this is the same with NME except for the main article headline as it is in a different font that is in all different sizes making it eye-catching. Booth of these magazines are well made and attracting to the eye and would therefore get good sales, making it a success.
Finished Prospectus
My preliminary task school prospectus is quite simple, this is mainly because i'm still getting used to photoshop and am not advanced enough in it to create a big masterpiece. I think it went well and doesn't look too bad considering how difficult a program photoshop is to work. My front cover and contents pages have both got the same colours included to make sure that there is a style going throughout the preliminary task work. The pictures I used did not require much editing and therefore this task didn't take as long as I originally thought it would. The slanting of the pictures is because I thought it looked too plain and simple with them just on the page all square-like. I also made sure to put the school logo on my popectus because a real one would have it's school logo on too. I only used pictures appropriate for the task including the one medium shot picture we were required to use in the task.
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Preliminary task: Picture time... Again.
Wednesday 8th February- Our preliminary task is to create a school prospectus. To do this we had to go out around school in groups and take pictures to do with educational type things. This included getting a wide range of pictures in different shots and angles. The pictures we took were of students in uniform working in lessons, of sixth form students in the library and study room, and of the front of school with the St. Marks sign. We had to take lots of pictures to make sure we didn't end up using the same ones as the other people in our group. For the preliminary task we did have to have a photo of a student in the medium close-up shot, so we took a variety to choose from.
Magazine Contents Page Analysis on Prezi
Friday 3rd February- I had to do an analysis of a magazine contents page in a Prezi presentation. I found this task okay. At first it was a bit difficult but once I had figured out how it works, it was simple to use.
Link to my contents page analysis:
Link to my contents page analysis:
Nature Magazine
Friday 3rd February- Having taken pictures for a nature magazine, I then had to create the front cover. This was to get some practice with photoshop. I find photoshop a confusing and difficult program to use but for my first attempt at using it, I think it went well. However, I admit it could've gone a lot better. I don't think my cover looks too bad but it's not anywhere near something that would actually be found on a real magazine cover in the shops. But then again like I already mentioned, it was to get practice using photoshop before I start on the preliminary and main tasks.
My nature magazine front cover:
My nature magazine front cover:
Taking pictures in the cold...
Wednesday 1st February- In groups we had to go out with a camera and take pictures of all things to do with nature. We had to try and get as many different pictures as possible while thinking of what may be found on the front cover of a nature magazine. We also had to get a variety so that we didn't use the same pictures as eachother. This meant that although everyones cover was nature orientated, they wouldn't all be exactly the same. If we didn't get decent pictures, then our magazine covers wouldn't be that good.
Magazine Front Cover Analysis
Friday 27th January- Today I was set the task of analysing a magazine front cover. I didn't really understand what to write about and therefore found the task a little bit difficult. In the lesson, I learnt about how a magazine front cover is laid out and the importance of it being a certain way.
Colour: the main colours on this front cover are red, white and black. This is going to be because of the way they are used and set out make things on the cover stand out. These colours are also used because of the nature of the magazine, the type of music is rock and 'emo' and therefore would contain dark colours to go with the theme. It also has small bursts of yellow to make sure those certain parts do stand out as they are likely to help sell the magazine.
Barcode and dateline: the dateline containing the issues date, is set down with the price of the magazine next to the barcode on the bottom right corner of the magazine. It's well out of the way of anything important so as not to take and attention away from the cover itself.
Left-third: In some small shops, magazine covers aren't completely shown and so the left-third is important in the selling of a magazine. Like I mentioned in the masthead part, it is partially covered, but only on the right hand side so that when it's on display without the whole cover being seen the left-third is completely recognisable. The short coverlines in the left-third would also help to sell the magazine because this is where they would create the first sign of interest in the issue by a reader reading them to see what it includes before picking the magazine up to see the main feature.
Language: the language used on the front cover sticks to the theme of the magazine also. This is to make certain that the whole of the magazine is consistent and to show that the front cover represents the magazine correctly. Words and phrases like ''death' and 'come over to the dark side' stay true to the dark theme of the magazine and fit well with the genre of music.
Colour: the main colours on this front cover are red, white and black. This is going to be because of the way they are used and set out make things on the cover stand out. These colours are also used because of the nature of the magazine, the type of music is rock and 'emo' and therefore would contain dark colours to go with the theme. It also has small bursts of yellow to make sure those certain parts do stand out as they are likely to help sell the magazine.
Masthead: the Kerrang! masthead is widely recognisable and used for all advertising purposes. It is on the magazine and music channel, whilst also being used to advertise the radio station and Kerrang! tour. The masthead is made up of a font that seems broken, is bold and black. This would also be to stick with the dark theme of the magazine. On this cover the masthead is partially covered by the main image so is well known and doesn't need to be completely seen to recognise it.
Main image: the main image is a big photo taking up most of the page with a few small images around it. This is to not take attention away from the main feature of the magazine which the image accompanies. It would catch the reader because they will see who the magazine mainly involves each week and it will either interest them or not. The smaller images show the readers some of the other contents of the magazine.
Main coverline: this is in big bold font to show its importance in the issue and is situated with the main image between the middle and bottom of the cover. When you look at this cover the main coverline is the first thing your eyes are pulled to, apart from maybe the main image. The font colour is white so it's bright which helps it stand out.
Coverlines: all the coverlines are in smaller font to not take interest away from the main coverline. They are still made to stand out with some in different colours and some in italics, but the reader would still leave reading them until last.
Left-third: In some small shops, magazine covers aren't completely shown and so the left-third is important in the selling of a magazine. Like I mentioned in the masthead part, it is partially covered, but only on the right hand side so that when it's on display without the whole cover being seen the left-third is completely recognisable. The short coverlines in the left-third would also help to sell the magazine because this is where they would create the first sign of interest in the issue by a reader reading them to see what it includes before picking the magazine up to see the main feature.
Language: the language used on the front cover sticks to the theme of the magazine also. This is to make certain that the whole of the magazine is consistent and to show that the front cover represents the magazine correctly. Words and phrases like ''death' and 'come over to the dark side' stay true to the dark theme of the magazine and fit well with the genre of music.
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