Front Cover Second Draft

This is the second draft of my front cover with all the changes made mentioned in the earlier entry. The image makes it seem alot more like a music magazine, keeping to convention but still giving a more individual feel that was intended. however it is still lacking something which i have decided is an image, I need to take more images which will fit on the front cover but not attract attention away from the main image.

Front Cover First Draft

This is the first edit of my front cover, I have had to change my image to fit convention as this only fits a niche market, also i have added a grey banner behind the title text to make it stand out more. I changed the image because it did not stand out as an obvious music magazine front cover, instead i have moved this image to the contents page.

Unfinished Double Page

This is a earlier version of my now finished double page spread, I have changed the two thin images to one larger image to fit convention, i have also changed the quote font colour to a pale red, similair to the hood on the image. Also the first letter of each answer is larger, similair to mainstream magazines like 'Q'. Finally i have fitted both the pages together onto either a A4 or A3 depending on my final magazine size idea.

Contents Almost Finished

This is my unfinished contents page, it needs a few small tweaks for example an editors image, a new image for one of the bands, some small font changes and a colour wash or fade in the background. However this is near enough my final idea, i am also considering a change from A4 to A5 to make it easier to carry and read on the move.

Magazine Photo Ideas

Front Cover - The front cover image will be a head and shoulder eye level image, Subject will be looking directly at the audience and will look serious and slightly mysterious. Hair not covering face. Hair is red to make the image less dull against the black or white background.  

Other - 

•  Full portrait photo of stood up person, white or black background. Same preferences as first option
• Person using decks or synth equipment, from behind or side angle, lights obscuring photograph
• More casual image of person laughing, smiling, messing around in general, messy room or woodland. 
• a hideaway or spying style image of person with objects in foreground

Person will be wearing ripped or regular skinny jeans, a pattern t-shirt or vest, a pattern headband, all bright colours to give a individual look.

My Magazine Titles

Ideas:

• Rank - to be ranked, but also linking to a dirty or grimey feel
• Septic - a fixative, to cure modern or generic music
• Sceptic - sceptical of pop and generic music
• Hideaway - a hideaway from life, hideaway from generic pop music
• Shelter - similair to hideaway, a shelter from modern music
• Basic Space - one sided magazine, basic views
• Transmission - transmission relates to transmiting soundwaves, transmiting information

The final choice for my magazine name is 'Transmission'
I have chosen this because of how it relates to a electric style of music

Existing Magazine Names

NME - New Musical Express, magazine being so well established that it could reduce its name to just initials and still be recognized
Kerrang - Guitar related term
Artrocker - shows obviousley that it is about music but also includes lifestyle and art
Mens Health
GQ - Gentlemens quarterly, a more sophisticated magazine for older men and is released 4 times a week
OK - Abreviated term in capital letters, atracts modern generation of people
Look - implys looking closer into the magazine
Top of the pops - implys the best music in a popular music range
Q - it answers questions hence Q, you are queing up to buy it
Country Living
Auto Trader
Horse and Hound
Miz - The impression of youth and rebellion, replacing the word miss to have a 'z'
Red
Elle - french conotations making it seem sophisticated, also elle is a feminine word matching it to a womans magazine
Marie Claire - again french conotations making it seem sophisitcated
Grazia
Loud and Quiet - interviews and reviews, also different forms of music between mellow and harder
Good Housekeeping
FHM - For Him Magazine, one of the first magazines aimed only at men
Big Cheese - modern phrase, meaning modern music, the bigger rock bands in new range
Good Food 
Nuts - outragous, connotations of sex and sexual parts obviously for men
Rolling Stone

Denotative And Connotative Analysis of Artrocker Magazine

Denotative

The title of the magazine is written in a bright dominant red, it is at a slant with the main ‘A’ in the Artrocker logo. The image is of a 3 person band took from a low angle with a large skyscraper narrowly behind them. The title of the band is in a large bold red font, it is attached to the line of the banister they are leaning on. At the top of the page there are 5 words describing basically what the magazine is about in a small basic white font. The website is mentioned below the main title of the magazine in a small red font, there is a small slanted writing of ‘free mp3’s inside’ it is above the title of the magazine. There are 5 other features of the magazine mentioned on the right of the cover, they are in a white serif font with a transparent black background.  There is 6 more features at the bottom of the cover in a smaller white serif font. The barcode, price, date and issue are small at the bottom right corner of the screen. 

Connotative

The Artrocker font is rugged and scratched to imply individuality and originality. The bright red is there to attract attention as it is a dominant colour. The title of the main featured band is larger than the title of the actual magazine because the magazine is meant for people who are really interested in music and should be more interested by the band than they should be by the magazine name. The hair of the laid figure of the band is covering his eyes implying his shyness but his individuality from other people. The text colour is sampled from the middle member of the bands jacket, it is taken from that because it is the most dominant colour in the photo.  The sky scraper is in the photo because it is symbolising that the band is aiming for bigger and better things.

Questionaire

1.Name 
............................

2.Gender  
male/female

3.Age  
10-12/13-15/16-18/19-21/22-25/25+

4.What genre of music are you interested in?
Pop/Rock/RnB/Rap/Indie/Experimental/Dance/Electro/Other..........

5.What music magazine do you read?
............................................

6.How often do you buy this magazine?
Every issue/Every few issues/Rarely/ Never

7.Where do you buy your music magazine?
Specialist stores/mainstream stores/other

8.State your favourite artists (3-5)
1........................... 2........................... 3............................
4........................... 5...........................

9.Do you prefer large monthly magazines or small weekly magazines?
Large monthly/small weekly/ larger or shorter period .....................

10. What attracts you to a magazine at first glance?
title/colours/image/reputation

11. do you prefer casual or formal written interviews?
casual/formal/somewhere inbetween

12. Do you prefer a music magazine to revolves only around music or to involve sections on the lifestyle that comes with the music?
Revolve only around music/lifestyle aswell

Proposal

Target Audience - My magazine will be aimed at 15 to 25 year olds of both genders, i have chosen this age because the text will be more interlectually written and have technical terms instead of a casual feel. I have also chosen this age because the price of the magazine will be around £3.50 in price because it will be provided monthly and also aimed to seem affordable to most socio economic groups.

Genre - The genre of my magazine will be Electro. It will include both live music reviews and interviews with both established and up and coming artists, it will also include a small section on fashion, art and gear. 

Institution - The magazine will be sold in record shops and most specialist shops which sell similair equipment or fashion but also sold in wh smith's as it provides all types of magazine genres.

Audiences

Why are audiences important?

1. Medias aboput making money and without an audience you wouldnt be able to make any money.

2. The size of the audience is used to measure the success of your product.

3. Alot of media is free of subsidised

4. Financed by advertising and the advertisers want value for money. 

Changing Audiences

Since the end of the 20th century audience has changed because new technology means theres now a huge amount of choice. We used to talk about broadcasting. Today we talk about narrowcasting and a fragmented audience. Now you get a Niche audience. (a small audience with a specialist interest)

Defining The Audience

• Age
• Nationality
• Location
• Ethnicity
• Religion
• Politics
• Education
• Socio-economic groups (income of head of household)  

A - High management positions
B - Middle level management
C1 - Junior managers
C2 - Skilled manual workers
D - Semi skilled and unskilled manual workers
E - casual workers, unemployed and state pensioners

School Magazine - Ideas

My idea for the name of the school magazine is 'Switch' it is simple and implies style. The reason behind the name is switching information or even trading information, anyone can have an input if it is reasonable.

My main colour scheme ideas is to use majestic colours like burgandy and dark greens, matching with a simple white base colour. 

I will use a serif text to further imply the majestic and proud yet stylish feel.

Mise-En-Scene - Notes

1. Costume
Choose carefully the style of hair, makeup and costume of subject in the photograph.

2. Location
Consider what image mood or atmosphere you are trying to create. Choose your location with this in mind.

3. Lighting and colour 
Again this should compliment the atmosphere e.g sense of age use sepia, vibrant energy choose primary colours, Wealth or opulence highlight greens, golds or silvers, sinister or macabre choose blacks or purples.

4. Props
Part of the setting, this must compliment the intention e.g a cup of tea in a delicate china tea cup might not be the chosen drink of a drug addled heavy rockstar. 


When analysing photographs or taking them you must be able to explain the Mise-en-scene.

Media Institutions - publishing

ICP Media publishing producers of magazines such as NME a indie music magazine.