Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Friday, 8 April 2011
audience feedback charts
A pie chart to show what my audience thought the genre of my magazine was...
A bar chart to show how genuine my magazine was...
audience feedback
Evaluation: audience feedback
Q1. What does the title suggest to you?
A1) This is a rock magazine
A2) Anarchy/ trouble
A3) Trouble
A4) A rock magazine
A5) Trouble
A6) Trouble, but in a gothic kind of way
A7) that it is a rock magazine
A8) rock magazine
A9) trouble
A10) gothic
Q2. What genre does this magazine focus on? Can chose more than one.
Rock: 8
Punk: 1
Metal: 1
Indie: 0
Pop: 0
Hip hop: 0
Q3. What makes these pages look professional, and what doesn’t?
A1) the colour choice makes it look professional, but some of the images look a little to squashed to be in the magazine.
A2) professional because of the colours used and the background effects, also the photography looks more realistic
A3) the pages look professional due to the photos used
A4) titles, pictures and captions are good, but the small writing is bad
A5) The layout is good
A6) the way it shows different bands at the bottom and the way the front picture slightly covers the title
A7) the different fonts used, different things catch your attention
A8) the pictures
A9) the tone of writing
A10) the layout
Q4. How genuine does the front cover seem?
Very genuine: 7
Genuine:2
Not as genuine as it should be: 1
Isn’t genuine at all: 0
Q5. And why do they look or don’t look genuine?
The layout: 3
The pictures:5
Another reason: 2 (font)
(Please state)
Q6. Does the contents page simply inform or does it also manage to interest you in reading on?
A1) interest
A2) inform
A3) interest
A4) interest
A5) inform
A6) interest
A7) interest
A8) interest
A9) inform
A10) interest
Q8. Does the article layout make you want to read it?
Yes: 9
No: 1
Friday, 25 March 2011
changes and challenges
- my original idea of having a black background dint work so i changed it to white, this didnt work either because it didnt look grungy enough and that was what i wanted to create. i ended up using a picture of crumpled paper and darkening it this worked really well for my front cover. Also wasnt going to have any other pictures on the front but of the main band, but it looked to simple and not as interesting, so i used three other picture as free posters i really liked this because it made i look more attarctive and appealing to my target audience.
- firstly i wanted my contents page white as i thought it would contrast well with my model being all in black, but i changed this and used a blurred imaged of the crumpled picture and made it a lighter colour this worked reall well as it kept the flow as a rock magazine.
- for my feature story i setteled for a black background and had the writing in black and red to make it really stand out this did work well, i also added in some text grabs and i made them yellow as this contrasted really well and stuck out (they are very eye catching).
The main challenge i had to over come was the pictures because i wanted some of the hair that was out of place in my picture and having a dark background really showed the bits of white background. i over came this by taking the picture back in to photoshop and using a magic eraser to help the picture not lose some of the highlights, but smooth them down to not show attention.
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Friday, 18 March 2011
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
name questionnaire
1) what colour scheme would you chose for a girl rock band?
- black = 1
- black & red = 2
- black & white = 2
- Fallen Angels = 3
- Angelic = 0
- Scarlet = 2
- up coming tour = 0
- new album = 5
- life on the road = 0
this has helped me chose not only what i am going to call my band but also the colour scheme and what feature article is about.
moodboard
All these pictures relate to the rock genre, as you can see most is in black, but I do like the idea of adding a bit of colour (red). In the picture of the band you can see they all try to look a little masculine in order to fit into the idea of what we usually expect in rock, I want to adapt this but I don’t want to make my model look masculine I think they should show the girl inside them, but sticking to the other aspects of this genre.
Phoenix is the word, For the Fallen Angels!
Yes people, Phoenix is the name for the new album by Fallen Angels which will be on sale in just under a month. The Fallen Angels are more than thrilled to be releasing another hot album. As I sat down to talk about this with the band I could see how much they believed in the album. It was great to hear about the amount of time and effort that had been put into this and how much they hope it pays off.
We haven’t heard from the Fallen Angels in over three years, questions arose about what the band was doing? And would they ever return? Last thing that was made clear by the band was that they were unhappy with the lack of creative control they had with their record company, but things have changed people, it seems that they are now in full control of their music because drummer Amy Macpherson’s dad James has his own recording studio and although she worried about the effect of working so closely with.
her dad, it seems to have paid off.
The album itself is made up of a range of rock and metal, but definitely doesn’t change what the girls are about. They said “it feels good to be creating new music, we feel closer than ever and we definitely are still about the music.” Will this be the biggest album ever for these girls? Well fans, the truth is up to you now; it seems the sound hasn’t changed much, but the focus of the girls in their attitude of what makes music great has definitely changed. Apparently there aren’t any plans at the moment for touring, but they are sure that this will change. Don’t worry though fans; it seems that even though touring isn’t happening at the moment, the girls are planning on performing at their local bars and old hang outs sometime in March so keep your eyes out for that.
When I asked them about what the inspiration was that had created this album, lead singer Amber was more than
happy to share the real reason behind this album was in fact her two year relationship
with Ryan Barrow had fallen through. “He didn’t get how important this band is to me, I know it’s not all his fault, but I needed to focus on my music and unfortunately that came between us.” The fact is though is that in this line of work sacrifices have to be made. The girls made it very clear that no matter what goes on their love for creating music won’t disappear.
So I guess what you want to know then is how is this album different from their others, well where do I begin. There seems to be a great amount of mixture in the music, not only have they experienced the thrill of rock, but apparently this just isn’t satisfying enough. They want to expand their sound into different types of metal.
Well it is made clear the Fallen Angels are here to stay. “This album is only the beginning of our comeback; wait till you see what we have in store.”
photo shoot
- props- micro phone, guitar, drum sticks
- costume- lead singer --> (black skinny jeans,black boots, black top, red and black checkered) drummer +guitar girl --> (black skirt, black top, red belt or head bands, black top, black boots)
my models are called chloe, katie and nat
the make up is going to be very dark and heavy, but i want their foundation to be very pale
the hair is going to be straight and back combed (going to be down)
equipment and Technology used
- camera
- indesign
- word
- photo shop
- lighting is going to be be bright as i want to make my models look pale to show a big contrast with their hair, make up and clothing
Sunday, 27 February 2011
reader profile
Name: Vanessa
Sex: F
Age: 18- 21
Hobbies: loves listening to rock, plays guitar, socializes with friends
Vanessa is a typical rebellious teen, who wants to make a statement. She wants to stand out and show the world that she is one of a kind; she does this through her music.
She plays guitar and one day hopes to be part of a band.
At weekends she loves to go to rock concerts and hang around with her friends. Her friends also enjoy rock music. Her favourite artist/band is between Linkin Park and Paramore. She studies some of the arts options because she is creative and shows a range of different emotions through this.
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Target audience questionnaire
Questionnaire
- female - 11 male - 2
- what music magazines do you buy? and what genre would it be? Rock - 4 Punk - 2 Rap/Hip Hop - 1 R&B - 4 country - 1 others - 4
- how old are you? under the age of 13 - 1 age 16 - 5 age 17 - 4 over 30 - 3
- who is your favourite artist/band? (put as many as you would like) Rihanna - 3 Taylor Swift - 2 Bruno Mars - 2 Blink 182 - 1 The Script - 2 Kings of Leon- 1 Red Hot Chilli Peppers - 1 Paramore - 1 Metalica - 1 Ellie Goulding - 1 Bowling for soup - 1 Kate Bush - 1 Michael Jackson - 1 Elkie Brooks - 1 Sex Pistols - 1 Jay Sean - 1 Lady Gaga - 1 Hollywood undead - 1
- how much would you pay for a magazine? under £2 - 1 £2 - 5 £2.50 - 3 £3 - 0 £4 - 2 £5 - 2
- how often do you buy a magazine? once a week - 2 once a month - 3 every few months - 2 every 6 months - 1 once a year - 2 hardly ever - 2 never - 1
media theory
Project Phoenix is basically an on-line advertising site which helps design certain advertising site which helps design certain advertisements (this could help gain my audiences interest). Using this along with Psychographic profiling is very interesting. If I want to make my target audience aware by advertising my product on websites that my target audience is most likely to use. I want to interest the Demographic of people who listen to rock music.
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Feedback 9.2.11
Rebecca,
I am sorry to hear about your accident. If you can manage to, please use your time to complete the planning work. It can all be done from home. If you are still unable to come in next week, then please feel free to email your draft feature article to me or email me with any questions/problems.
Hope you are better soon.
Mrs A
I am sorry to hear about your accident. If you can manage to, please use your time to complete the planning work. It can all be done from home. If you are still unable to come in next week, then please feel free to email your draft feature article to me or email me with any questions/problems.
Hope you are better soon.
Mrs A
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Institition to produce/distribute my magazine
EMAP magazines
EMAP's publications provide industry-leading information, analysis and inspiration. A committed reader and advertiser base have been using Emap titles to enhance business performance for over a hundred years. Sectors in which Emap titles are essential include: retail, media, built environment, automotive, health, government and education.
IPC Media produces over 60 iconic media brands, with print alone reaching almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men – almost 26 million UK adults – while our websites collectively reach over 14 million users every month.
IPC Media publishes a huge range of magazines and websites across many different sectors.
some of their magazines
EMAP's publications provide industry-leading information, analysis and inspiration. A committed reader and advertiser base have been using Emap titles to enhance business performance for over a hundred years. Sectors in which Emap titles are essential include: retail, media, built environment, automotive, health, government and education.
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IPC magazinesIPC Media produces over 60 iconic media brands, with print alone reaching almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men – almost 26 million UK adults – while our websites collectively reach over 14 million users every month.
IPC Media publishes a huge range of magazines and websites across many different sectors.
some of their magazines
I think the IPC will be best suited for my magazine because it does distribute music magazines like NME.
Friday, 4 February 2011
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The most popular genres nowadays are R&B and pop, yes there are other genres in EG. pop/rock by famous singers such as ''PINK''. but this doesn't seem to be effecting the rising of R&B/ pop as it keeps getting more and more popular.
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