Final Piece - Double Page Spread

This is my updated version of my double page spread. The things that I have added to it is-

• I've put mini logo's on the page footer next to the page numbers, as this is what music magazines have.
• I've added new text on the first page next to my picture of my artist reading "Rockfusion Exclusive".
• I've changed the font of the title to a more shaded style. This is because so it could have more effect then the last font.
• I also made my editor's note bold so that it is sepreate from the text.
• Also I made the pull quote red instead of black because it needed to match with my colour scheme of Black, grey and red.

This is my very final piece of my double page spread and when comparing it to the other double page spread, this one looks more better because it gives off and has more effect then the other DPS.

Double Page Spread - final

This is my final product, from my research, planning, analysing and ajusting. instead of putting it on two pages, I put it all on one page in landscape mode so that it would be easier. The DPS looks so much better in terms of preentation and layout. The interview is corrected and changed so that it makes sense and instead of placing it on the layout of the arm I seperated it so that it is on it's own, I also changed the design of the interview's text and that it matches the existing DPS's interviews text font. I also used a pull qoute from my interview and placed it in the middle of the three columns and placed the second image underneath the third column and put a caption underneath it (which is conventional of the DPS images), also I placed a editors note on what is to come from Max Newman. With a bottom bar with the page numbers, in total my DPS looks neat, professional and realistic and that it shows a good use of typical and generic conventions of a music magazine double page spread. From my first draft, this final piece look better (interms of presentation and organisation).

Music magazine Double Page Spread - First Draft

This is my original image that will be my artists portait photo for the fist page of my DPS. This image is very good and effective because it matches the rock genre in how my artist scruffy and the style of the hair.

This is my second page with my interview for my DPS. It has the title in bold and the other image. However since this is my first draft there are some faults with this. To star,  the interview is scruffy as I'm trying to get it to organise with the arm (that is part of the image as it usually comes into the second image aswell). Also it is not organised, in terms of the text as there are multiple space inbetween and there is no pull qoute. All of this I will sort out and my next one will be my final piece which will look much better and presentable.

Analysis of interviews - contents and Plan

Before I made my Double page spread, I had to research about the interviews in the double page spread which I need to create my own one for my magazine. I had to decrypt the interviews and point out what is talked/ written about in the interviews and these are what I found or what are usually included.

These are what I found in the interviews that I found and with the use of my general knowledge aswell and how there are many topics that can be discussed in the interviews.

With this I had to create my own interview with the typical conventions of an interview in it as well.

This is my interview that I finished

This is my interview that i constructed from my research and analysis. Although this is my first one there maybe some faults and this I will change and correct.

Double page spread plan

This is my plan for my double page spread, following on from my research of existing double page spreads and listing/ finding the generic conventions and features of a  typical double page spread.
Throught my research of existing double page spreads of Q, Vibe and NME magazines I have come to a final plan of how I'm going to layout and present my double page spread and these are what I'm going to do -

• From my research, I found that what I usually typical of a DPS is that they usually have a whole page that is completely filled with an image taken from the photo shoot of the artist and on the other side is complete text and so I thought that my DPS would have that layout.
• Onto the other side the layout of the text is usually sorted into/ or has usually three columns on a page and that is what my text will be presented as.
• The title of the page is usually catchy or is named to match the discussion of the interview. I will have it in bold (as that is what most titles are shown as in DPS) and make it big and in black lettering.
• The most typical feature of a DPS is a pull quote (a pull quote is bits of text that have been taken from the interview and that are already in the text and put usually in the middle of the page/ column to pick/ show the important bits and sayings of the interview. I will have this in my DPS and I will work out which qoute I will use from my interview as the pull quote.
• I will also use another photo on the second page (that is because the second page features another image of the artist doing something which is usually doing a concert or doing something that they love).
• I will also have a caption under the picture to describe the photo and also the editors note on whats to come from my artist (i.e. album releases, concerts etc.).

These and many other things are what I will have and use for my DPS from my research and use of genric conventions and the typical features of DPS's as I want to stick to it aswell and that I will make a effective and realistic double page spread.

Analysis of double page spreads

Contents Page Final piece

This is my final product of my music magazine contents page, following on from the planning and research and analysing of existing magazine's contents pages.
Through my analysis of contents pages I've designed and made my magazine's own content's page with the use of the typical format, layout and features of a contents page. For example I have put a couple of contents that are in the magazine on the page and presented them all neatly in a row and with text of whats in them/ teasers of what the context will have in it. Also with the use of the contents page numbers in line with their content and the Max Newman number in white apart from the rest being purple. This is because it seperates the two and that the Max Newman content is different compared to the other ones. I've also use an original image of me portraying as Max Newman over his intended text box. I also have some small text at the bottom of the page and that displays the people who contributed to the shoot and where it was actually taken (this was taken from analysing the contents page's of Vibe magazine as I thought that it would be good for my own one).
I also added the masthead/ logo of my music magazine onto the top of the page and at the bottom (this was due to analysing of Q magazine's contents pages and also due to many magazines having their logo/ masthead on the top of their contents page's). I also added the month and year of publish and my music magazine's website, this is because I thought that it would look good on there and also that some magazines have that on their pages and so I wanted to stick with the typical features and generic conventions of a contents page of a music magazine. The tear of the top magazine I put is good because it sepreates the two and also that because my music magzine is dedicated to rock and it's genre is rock music, it is usually scruffy and torn and so I thought that I would place it there as also to stick with the conventions of a rock music magazine.

Contents Page plan

This is the plan for my contents page, following on from my research and analysis of existing contents pages of existing music magazines I have planned how my contents page willl look like and how it will be structured when I come to make the final piece. My main image will be a medium shot and I will use the generic conventions of contents pages in my work some of which include:

• Articles are sorted/ organised into collumns
• The page number is big and blod (this is so the audience can easily read/ see what page the article is on in the magazine)
• The page number at the bottom right hand corner of the page
• The differents articles have sub - headings which are shown in bold and bright colours (usually colours that follow the magazines colour scheme/ theme.

With this I will be able to create a genericly conventional and professional and realistic contents page.

Analysis of contents pages

Magazine front cover (Final draft)

 This is the final draft of my front cover and my final product as following from the research, analysis and the issues and concerms from my previous drafts. Following on from the revious two drafts, this cover has had massive improvements. The improvents that have been made are;

• The fonts of the contents have been made very small following on from the conventions so it dosen't undermine the masthead.
• There is more content. The botton of the page is filled with a "coldplay poster special", this is/was so I could offer my audience with more contents and features.
• I've made the masthead bigger, following from the generic conventions, I've made it bigger, as it is steriotypicaly bigger than the rest of the text and the caption "the magazine that rocks this world" I've made smaller as well. This because that the previous drafts, the caption was also undermining the mastead as it was bigger than the masthead itself.
• I've organised my contents and put them into columns and not so far apart.
• The barcode is smaller and is put horizontaly on the right side of the page.
• The main issue I've made bigger and put it all in black and pink. With the box surrounding it, I decided to give it some texture and used a silver graded style box, as I thought that it would look nice, which it does.

Overall, this version of my front cover is fitted well to the generic conventions and the layout of a magazine cover, interms of position, layout, text and design.

Magazine Front cover (second draft)

This is an updated version of my front cover following the generic conventions and the research of front covers. The changes that I have made are;

• The fonts do not have a different variety, they instead have the same style of font as following the convention of that "all magazine fonts are the same throughout, they do not use different fonts as that particular font may shadow the other texts".
• There is more contents on the cover, this is so it can tell the audience the different articles and context that they have to offer.
• I have kept the colour scheme the same, as I my magazine is rock it uses darker colours so I 've used less red and I am keeping to the colours that my audience have suggested following from the feedback/ questionnare.
• The main article (in the middle of the magazine) I have enlarged, as it was abit small and genericly it needed to be bigger as it is the main article of my issue. I 've also ajusted the "I want to change the music industry!" quote by making it black instead of red and I've placed it with the other text in the same box and not on its own as it would look better.

However, there are still some concerns and issues about this version of my magazine cover. The barcode is still too big, it is taking much of the space and genericly it needs to be small and it usually is placed horizontally on the right hand side of the page. Another issue is that the different contents are too big (in terms of the font titles). The masthead is still small and is being underminded by the other fonts (this should not be the case as the mastehead is usually the biggest font on the page). To improve this I need to make it smaller, also the contents of "the competition" are over the artist. This should not happen as again genericly in the first issue, this should not be the case as the audience need to see the artist and not having some of the fonts covering his/ her face. Abig issue is that there is still lots of space that can be filled with more context/contents. All of these issue I will deal with a produce another front cover which will likely be my final one.

Magazine front cover (First Draft)

This is the first draft of my music magazine's front cover from my design and using the audiences responses. But with this being my first, there are some faults and things that don't work. A big problem is the very different variety of fonts and it would make the reader get distracted (it also dosen't follow the generic convention) in which typically they are all the same fonts but some are bigger and some are smaller and some are in different colours.  It is also covering the artists face and for this magazine being a first release and new this shouldn't happen in its first issue. Also too much different colours that have been used with the colours of black and grey maily beng the main colours but also red is a main one too. The purple is an odd one because it is too bright and because my magazine is a rock magazine, it need to have dark colour. I can still use these colours but I need to have them in a darker tone so I can match my rock magazine convention. Also the layout is messy and is not very presentable in terms of the fonts being out of place and the barcode being too big (where it is meant to be small and not take lots of space of the page). It also needs more contents (so there is not a massive bit of white space) so the audience will be able to see the wide variety of contents that the magazine has and is avaliable to offer. By using this I will be able to create a better front cover by using the generic and typical conventions of a front cover.

Magazine Masthead Final Desgin

This is my final design for my masthead from my research.
I have gained research from mot only my questionnare feedback but also from analysing existing music magazines in terms of:

• The style of the masthead
• The colour of the Masthead
• How it connects/ matches the magazine
• How it links with the magazines music genre choice (i.e. KARRANG - Rock Music/ genre)

I have been able to use this research to gain inspiration and some form of ideas into creating my masthead and to fit it to the generic conventions of a music magazine and its genre choice.

Magazine Masthead Questionnare Analysis

Fom the feedback and questionnares that I have gathered from my audience in terms of what my magazine masthed would be the most popular font was:

This was the most favourited font of the ideas, this is what people had to say in why they chose this:

• It's easily readable and it suits the genre
• Because it is bold and it stands out
• The font looks rocky and its easy to read
• It's unique
• It looks really cool

With the choice of the official name, the one that the audience loved the most was:

Finally with the Choice of colour the three that were the most popular were:

1. White
2. Red
3. Black

This is what people had to say on why they chose these colours:

• These colours seem to work well
• They match each other the best and are more conventional of a music magazine
• Because they match and stand out
• They are a good combination
• They are gender neutral and they suit rock
• They stand out and are suitable for both genders of audiences

With these results I will be able to make my masthead logo based on the feedback of my audiences from my questionnares.

Magazine Masthead , style, name and colour Questionnare

Magazine Masthead analysis

These masthead are collected from different magazines that are in publish today and to create my own masthead I must first analyse different Mastheads of different magazines, so that I can gain some ideas and feedback into my own.
RWD- In my opinion I think that the genre of music for this magazine is pop. I think this because the font is styled fun and how it uses the R as rewind with the rexind art on the left.
KERRANG- In my opinion I think that the genre of music for this magazine is rock. I think this because how it uses the font as from where I see it looks like its been shattered (and also I think that rock can be loud to shatter things) and that is what this font is. Also with the exclamation mark coud mean that its making a point/ or statement, or even to show expression (but it could also refer to it being loud). With the colour choice of black and white it is a typical/ stereotypical colour/s for rock
Q- In my opinion I think that the genre of music for this magazine is all round. I think this because it dosn't show in my opinion the genre of music and it is just a simple Q (but Q could mean many things). It could mean the Q for music or the biggect star that are now and/ or that are rising.
The Source- In my opinion I think that the genre of music for this magazine is Pop. I think this because of the font it looks like a pop style but I also think that it could also represent Rap because it also looks like a font for rap music and how "THE" is on the left of "SOURCE" but also it is on its side.
Hip Hop- In my opinion I think that the genre of music for this magazine is Rap. I think this because the font is swayed and its font looks like it is in a sort of graffiti and through Rap conveyed in the media (i.e. Films and Television), this would be a typical font for Rap and with the use of the colours grey and black and how Hip is black and Hop is grey shows that both are different but fit together.
VIBE- In my opinion I think that the genre of music for this magazine is R&B. I  think this becuase the font is bold and in capital letters and it is simple which is what I would find on R&B and with the colour red would/ makes it bold and it is an R&B colour.
MixMag- In my opinion I think that the genre of music for this magazine is Electronic. I think this because the font is bold and it has a seperate design for the "I" as instead of a dot it has a cricle in a circle to replace it this is a reason why I think it is Electronic and also with the uses of the colour grep for the title it is (to me) a typical colour for Electronic because of the metal pianos and all the metal instruments and equipment that are used to make Electronic music.
XXL- In my opinion I think that the genre of music for this magazine is Rock/ Punk. I think this because the font is bold and it has (in my view) that look of rock and with the use of the colours of white and red which is a colour of rock for ewxample it has been a combination colou in rock and punk (especially in the 80's or 90's.
In general different fonts have a wide variety or style, colours and meaning (i.e. the type of magazine and what is its main type of music genre). With this I will be able to gain information and inspiration in creating my own masthead for my magazine, from this I have been able to identify the different aspects and conventions when looking at mastheads from other different music magazines.

Planning the Photoshoot

Planning the Photo shoot

 

Costume: My artist is going to wear black clothes Black shirt (which has neon New York on it), a black cardigan, and a silver coin necklace; also I will wear rings on some fingers and maybe wear American flag glasses. The reason that I have chosen my artist to wear black is because my genre is rock and black is a typical colour of the genre.

Props: I am not going to have any props for the front cover of the magazine but I plan to use it for the contents page, this is because I want the audience to concentrate on my artist 

Setting: I plan to cut out my artist and will plan to use a white background to take the photo at, so that fireworks is able and can detect the white background.

Facial expression, pose, body language: My artist will be looking directly at the camera and I will be taking two different photos with different expressions. Both will have a shocked expression on the face so that he is happy, but the first one will have the arms pointing out towards the camera as a sort of welcome and the second one will have both hands performing the rock gesture

Hair and make-up: I will have my artist wear black eye shadow because some rock artist wear eye shadow and make-up and I want my artist to be a conventional and stereotypical rock artist.

 

Shot types: I will have my artist taken in a medium shot and maybe I will try to take it in a medium long shot or medium close-up so that I get the upper half of his body (which is important and is conventional of a magazine to have a photo shot done in a medium shot).

 

Lighting: I will have the light shine on my artist and maybe have it to the side of him, so that when I edit it on Photoshop it will come out effectively and lovely. So that I can also have one side light and one side dark.

Magazine Plan and Feedback Analysis (Decisions)

This is going to be my layout/ design of my music magazine cover and how its going to be presented. I will be creating my magazine based on the feedback of my questionnares (completed by my target audience) I will be using the following feedback for my design:

• The genre of music that I will be using is Rock.
• The colours I will use are: Black, Silver and White and maybe also Black, Red and Purple.
• The feature I will use will be: Interviews, Top music listings, competitions and free gifts.
• The price for my magazine will be £3.00.
• I will inculde lots of artists relating to rock (such as AC/DC).
• Based on where poeple get their music from (which were Itunes and HMV) I will use in my competions (such as giving vouchers or gift cards).
• I will be using different fonts/ Font types so that each feature is different and it fits with the rock genre in terms of style (i.e. sharp and spicky fonts).
• I will make my magazine for both male and female even though female was the highest on my answers I will have my magazine apeals to both sexes. The reason I have done this is because Boys like rock more than girls and it would be difficult to make a rock magazine for girls as it would not fit with the rock genre (in terms of fonts, it would not appeal to girls, but more to boys).

I also have my photoshoot for the main image on the magazine. How I will keep it conventional and to stay in the rock genre is that:

• The Shot type that I will be using will be a medium shot/ medium long shot.
• I will be wearing clothes that are black and dark (i.e. I will wear a Brown New York Shirt with a black cardigan with a coin necklace and also rings/ a ring.
• I will not be using props as I just want to focus on top half of my artist.
• I will use my inspiration based on KERRANG magazine as it is simillar to the genre that I am doing.

Questionnare Results

Representation of Artists in Magazines

Generic Conventions, Layout, Language and Analysis of KERRANG magazine

 

language and analysis of Q magazine

Generic Conventions of a Music Magazine

School magazine success criteria

Picture Relates to the:

Showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design question.

School Magazine Assessment Criteria

Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task:

I feel that the material that I have produced is appropriate for my target audience and task because it is appropriate for 16-17 year olds and in Sixth Form. The key and main colours of red, blue and black show that it is a school magazine, as it is the main colours of Sponne School. Also the main image of the magazine is of a student (which you can tell by the books next to her tell you that she is studying).

Showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design:

I have understood the conventions of the page design and layout of a magazine as it shows on my main and contents pages. I have no empty spaces and my sub-headings go to the sides and try not to overlap the main image. My magazine has two banners (one at the top and one at the bottom, t also has kept the colour theme along with the use of different fonts and that the picture is relevant to the topic or intended audience.

Showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size

I have understood in my magazine the awareness of the needs for different fonts and sizes as it shows on my magazine. I have used a wide variety of fonts and to not use the same ones as it makes the magazine seem boring and it doesn’t separate the different storylines on their own. By using dafont on the internet I have included a wide range of fonts to make each story stand out, and with the different sizes I have made them some similar and some maybe big than others.

Accurately using language and register

I have shown accurate use of language and register in my magazine. The language that I have used for my magazine is appropriate for my target audience as it relates to school and what the students would do. Such as school dinners and interview with sixth form head, it all relates to them. In terms of register I have used specific school settings to make my magazine interesting such as including different stories to make the audience (target audience) more appealed to it and wanting to continue reading on.

Using ICT appropriately for the task set

I have shown that I have used ICT appropriately for the task set. I have mainly used fireworks and the internet (dafont) for this task as getting different fonts and titles from the internet and then using fireworks to crop and fix my image. For example my main image I took it on my Canon 1100D camera, then I uploaded it on to my computer and I imported it onto fireworks. I then started to use the magic wand tool to delete stuff of my image that wasn’t necessary and when it couldn’t do enough I began to crop it using the Laso tool and then using the rubber tool and erasing the excess bits on the photo that weren’t cropped. I would do this also for my font titles, as I would use the magic wand tool on the white bits on a transparent page and then I would fill the letters with a different colour if I wanted to.

Appropriately integrating illustration and text

I have appropriately used illustration and text for my product and task that was set. My different fonts that I have used make it interesting for the audience to want to carry on reading and it separates them without having the same font, so it can make then individually unique and the text that contain little add-ons to explain them more that it shows on the contents page.

 Shooting a variety of material appropriate to the task set

The material that I have used/ shot is appropriate for the task set. On my magazine’s cover page it shows a student studying with books by her side, this is appropriate and that it tells what it is intend for is because she is surrounded by study books and also paper to write in for homework, this is what other similar students would be doing as well (studying for a big test or for coursework for their subjects.

Manipulating photographs as appropriate for the context for presentation, including cropping and resizing

The photo that I have used to manipulate is appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and resizing, because for my photo I used fireworks to help me with this. I used the Magic Wand, Laso, Rubber and fill tools to help me achieve my photo. I used magic wand to delete stuff of my image that wasn’t relevant of needed and when it couldn’t do enough I began to crop it using the Laso tool and then the rubber tool to erase the excess bits on the photo that weren’t cropped. I also did this for my font titles, as I used magic wand on the white bits on a transparent page and then I would fill the letters with a different colour if I wanted to.

Sixth Form School magazine

Contents page analysis

Target audience mind map

Target Audience mind map Prezi

 
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