Photoshoot- pre edit

Possible fonts; Sourced from www.dafont.com

In the process of choosing a font I was shown dafont by a few people in my class.

Dafont is a website with a whole range of different fonts that are free to download and use. 

Whilst browsing I came across a few fonts that I think would work for my chosen sub-genre.

OveR PLAYED- Indie Hand

OverPlayed-phatrave

OverPlayed -Little Snorlax

Over Played- Amazon Palafita.

Research of the Alternative sub-genre

Alt Magazine (altpress.com)

Cover Layout:
-text is shaped around the image, this makes it easier to see the image at the centre, it also organizes the layout to make it clearer, and make the magazine seem organized.

Font:
-Different sized texts pinpoint the leading articled and go from skinny and tall to small and bold
-All text on cover is serif (has little feet on the characters)

MOA:
-Informal, the magazine uses slang and chatty language to promote a more younger/youthful audience.

Colours typically shown:
-Red     
-Blue        All primary colours- All contrast one another.
-Yellow  
-Black
-White

Content:
-Posters
-Interviews
-Features ect.
All typical things found in magazines- they all involve the reader (posters- something the reader can make personal and display, interviews- the reader learns more about their favourite band ect, features- the reader broadens their view on the music sub-genre.)

Logo:
-Peices cut out and others added in, looks "reshaped"- suggests the sub-genre could be reshaping the music we listen to.

Images:
-Photo of band:
  Members put into a pyramid shape, with the most iconic person being at the front and dead centre of the magazine.
-Solo artist: medium close up portrait of them facing head on to make them recognisable.


NME

Cover Layout:
-Although there isnt much on the cover, the cover looks cluttered and untidy.
-Title is ALWAYS at the top, and they usually have a promotional offer/article advertisement just above them.

Font:
-Font is clear and crisp and also consistant throughout. (however this only refers to the font, not the colour)

Mode of Address:
-Front cover doesnt address reader directly. they do however use persuasive language that draws the reader in ("unseen", "Big... Interview inside!")

Colours:
-Red
-Black
-Yellow
-White 
These are consistant on almost every NME magazine.

Content:
-Competitions
-interviews
-exclusives
-ads
-reviews ect.

Logo:
Block colour on a bold font.

Images:
Cover: Previews of featured articles
Inside: Adverts, photos relevant to articles.

Pitch Presentation

My finished pitch for my magazine, it contains my ideas for colour schemes, price, content ect.

Questions for after viewing the pitch:


Q1) Out of all the possible names given, which do you feel was the one you preffered? Why?

Q2) What type of photo would you want to be on the front cover?

Q3) What Articles would you like to see in the magazine and or featured on the cover?

Q4) Which house style do you think would look best throughout the magazine?

Q5)How much would you be willing to pay?

Action plan+ time management.

Action Plan;

Date;

5th November;

Content:
   
-Introduction to main task
-initial ideas for music magazine
-creating pitch for music magazine
-research of chosen subgenre


Tasks to complete:
  
1. Introduce main task and post action plan on blog.
2. Post initial ideas for magazines.
3. Develop and complete pitch.
4. Post the 2 magazine analysis' (x2 front covers, x2 content pages, x2 double                                             page articles.)

5. If completed, post the institution research that we worked on in class before half term.

6. Complete further research of chosen sub-genre.

12 November

Content:

-Present pitch & receive audience feedback.

-Further audience research.

-Focus on photography.

Tasks to complete:

1. Post pitch and audience feedback on blog.

2. Gain more audience research.

3. Begin to take photos for magazine pages.

4. Complete mock-ups of pages.

19th November

Content:

-Indesign/photoshop training.

-Designing front cover

Tasks to complete:

1. Develop front cover: experiment with layout, colour, font, language ect.

2. Post photoshoot on blog.

26th November

Content:

-Designing front cover

-Audience feedback on front cover.

Tasks to complete:

1. Develop front cover design.

2. Gain audience feedback on cover.

3. Make adjustments to magazine design in response to feedback.

4. Complete draft content for double page article.

3rd December.

Content:

-Designing contents page.

-audience feedback on contents page.

Tasks to complete:

1. Develop front contents page with layout, colour, font, language ect.

2. Make adjustments to design in response to feedback.

10th December.

Content:

-Design double page spread.

-Audience feed back on double page.

Tasks to complete:

1. Develop front contents page with layout, colour, font, language ect.

2. Make adjustments to design in response to feedback.

17th December.

Content:

-Finalise magazine design

-Introduce evaluation.

Tasks to complete:

1. Finalise all pages.

2. Begin draft of evaluation.

24th/31st December

Christmas Holiday.

Tasks to complete:

1.Draft evaluation.

7th January.

Content:

-evaluation.

Tasks to complete:

1. Develop evaluation.

14th January.

Content:

-Evaluation

-Final blog check.

Tasks to complete:

1. Evaluation. 

2. Final blog check.

FINAL DEADLINE: 18TH JANUARY 2013. 

Introduction to main task:

For our main task we have been instructed to create a music magazine of a sub-genre of our choice (e.g. Rock, hip-hip e.c.t.)

We have to include:

1. Front cover
2. contents page
3. double page spread
4. at least 5 images.

Another thing we have to consider whilst making our magazines is the target audience, we have to constantly refer back to our audience to make it more appealing to their likes and dislikes.

Preliminary Task Evaluation.

Question 1:

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

I have used similar techniques that other student magazines use, such as the basic layout, and basic colours, and other techniques. 

Question 2:

How does your media product represent different social groups?

Since my magazine was aimed at students, I decided to make it be more appropriate to students as opposed to working adults/non-students by choosing more modern colours that attracted both genders and using students on the magazine itself, I did this so that the students felt more drawn to read it and that it related to them by having the students on there.

Question 3:

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

I would suggest it being distributed in places that the students work in alot, for example; a college library or cafe, so that the students can see it on a frequent basis.

Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my magazine will be college students aged roughly 16-19, I feel it would appeal to both genders due to the content (gaming reviews and film reviews), but I feel that the front cover would draw in a more female audience than male.

Question 5:

How did you attract/address your audience?

I decided to attract/address my audience by using modern and fresh colours, I even tried to incorporate this when taking the photo, the orange of the photo is vibrant and energetic which relates to the target age of the audience, I also decided to do a promotional offer that sparked the more creative side of the audience.

Question 6:

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

Whilst designing my magazine cover, I used both photoshop and inDesign, photoshop made it easier for me to come up with a colour palette as it let me put a whole load of colours together to see what the outcome looked like, so I could tweak with the colours easily to get the right look for the cover. InDesign, allowed me to put it all together and was better for the job as opposed to using microsoft word. The benefit of using inDesign over word was that if I needed to, I could put things onto different layers making it easier to organise the text and seperate the images making it easier to move things around.