Thursday 22 November 2012

Article Reaserch- Video

This is a video of my article reaserch. This video includes links to relevant websites including my space and links to social net working sights. This video also includes article reaserch of other magazines ( double page spreads) this gave me a idea of how i wanted my magazine double page spread to look like.



Friday 9 November 2012

Thursday 8 November 2012

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Audience Reaserch- Results and Conclusions

In class we had to tally up all of my answers of the 20 questionnaires which have been filled. Once i tallies the results i wrote a detaild conclustion for each question. Once i finished the conclusions i had to produce bar chars to show the results of the questionnaire.

Audience Reaserch Questionnaire

This is my audience reaserch questionnaire that will help me to decide on a variety of different things, for example the name of the magazine, the price, and the colour scheme.



Audience Research Questionnaire

1.       Are you
Female or male
2.       How old are you?
14-16 17-19  19-21 other
 

3.       What is your favourite colour?                                                                                           

 

4.       What colours do you associate with Indie Music?

                                                                                                           


5.       What Features would you like to see in an Indie Music Magazine? (Backstage With...,  Win tickets too see)


6.       What regulars would you like to see in an Indie Music Magazine? (Top 10 Chart, Band Review)

 

7.       What is your favourite Indie magazine?
                                                                                           
 

8.       How often do you buy a Indie Music Magazine?
Weekly   Monthly   Other

 


9.       How much would you pay for an Indie Music Magazine?

£1.00-£1.50     £1.50-£2.00     £2.00-£2.50     £2.50-£3.00     Other 

 


10.   What typography would you associate with an Indie Music Magazine?

Ariel     Calibri     Broadway     Century Gothic     Other
 


11.   What three words do you associate with Indie music?
 


12.   What do you like about the current Indie Magazine you are reading?
 
13.   What do you dislike about the current Indie magazine you are reading?

 

Saturday 3 November 2012

Initial Plans For My Magazine

In lesson this week we had to come up with our initional plans for our magazine. This included the price, and how many pages the magazine had.
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Tuesday 30 October 2012

Reaserching The Market Place

Today in class we had to reaserch two different magazines. We had to reaserch what the magazine prices, and how many pages there are in the magaine ect.

Sunday 30 September 2012

Analysis of Double Page spreads

In lesson we looked at the codes and conventions of double page spreads. We had to make a video analysing them.

Saturday 29 September 2012

Analysis of Proofessional Contents Pages

Today in lesson we learnt about the codes and conventions of professional magazine contents pages. I made a slide share to show this information.

Thursday 20 September 2012

Analysis of Professionel Magazine front covers

Today in lesson we learnt about the codes and conventions of magazine covers i made a prezi to show this information.

Wednesday 19 September 2012

Evaluation Of School Magazine and Contents Page

In the lessons this week we had to produce an evaluation of our magazine front covers and contents pages

Saturday 8 September 2012

Production of School Contents Page- Quark Xpress

In class we had to make our contents pages using quark express. For each step we had to create a screen crab to show how the contents page was made

Friday 7 September 2012

Production Of School Magazine- Adobe Photoshop

In class we had to make our magazine front cover using photoshop. For each step we had to create a screen crab to show how the magazine front cover was made.

Thursday 6 September 2012

Pre-Lim Task 5- Photographs For School Magazine

These are the pictures i took for my magazine front cover and contents page. However i only used two out of them.

Wednesday 5 September 2012

Pre- Lim tasks1-4- Plans of School Magazine. Sketch of Front Cover. Content for School Magazine. Sketch of Contents Page

Today in class we had to draw and plan our front cover and contents page of our school magazine. We had to decide what images, and what they was going to include

Tuesday 4 September 2012

Camera Angles- You've Been Framed Task

Today in class we had to take pictures of different types of camera angles and these are the pictures below.

Monday 3 September 2012

Codes and Conventions of a Magazine

Codes and Conventions of a magazine front cover:

-Masthead- the masthead is bold. It creates a brand
-Main image- the main image normally gives you direct address and it draws the reader in.
-Coverlines-this reveals an article thats inside the magazine
Barcode- this will have the issue number on
-Slogan- This can reveal the type of genra the magazine is. It is a posting statement.
Price- the proce tells you how much the magazine is and it will aslo have the date of when the magazine comes out.
-Bolod colours- The colours will relate to the genre and the colours will aslo be eye catching for the readers, this will draw them in.
-Website- the website will be posted on the magazine and this is for any additional information the reader wants to know or find out.
-Graphic features- the graphic featurs make things stand out and make things fun.
-Buzz Words- the buss words make things more exciting, for example 'EXCLUSIVE', 'ALSO'.
-Ancharge text- the ancharage texts pinns the meaning onto the image. It ios usually on the biggest cover line.

Codes and conventions of a magazine contents page:
-Date and Title-  This is udes aa 'this week' . the title is the same as the masthead on the front cover of the magazine,
-Main image- there is normally one image and the main image is the main story.
-Different images- there is different images to represnt different storys within the magazine.
-Page number-  the page numbers are usually in a different colour and they represent what is on what page.
-Editors letter
-Colour scheme- the colour scheme represnts what the genre of the magaizne is and the colour scheme will run throughout the magazine
Font- the font also represents what type of genre the magazine is and the fontd will murge in together so they all look the same
Advertisment- subscription details, this is when the readers can suscribe to the magazine to getr sent home every month