Coursework Stage 2 Planning

Stage 2 Planning

 

I have created a plan for my magazine using this table.

Proposal Form

 

Describe your idea for the brief: I will create a magazine that focuses on the pop-punk, rock and punk genre. It will include an interview from a band of one of those genres and other content relevant to the chosen genres. The magazine will include a detailed contents page with images and cover lines designed to engage the target audience. The magazine will have images of the band that will be interviewed and also other musicians.

Genre/ sub genre: list similar texts which have inspired your thoughts The genres will be pop-punk, rock and punk. Magazines like Kerrang!, Rock Sound and NME influenced my choice of magazine style as they contain information about bands of my chosen genre and similar content that I’d like to be featured in my magazine. I will also be using similar colours as the colour scheme featured in these magazines so there’ll be no outstanding colours

Target audience: gender/ age/ characteristics/ behaviour My target audience will be for both genders of any age over 16 due to use of profanity. The target audience will be people with an interest in these genres of music and want to know more about the general lives of the musicians.

Major conventions I will use In my magazine I will use a masthead so people will know what magazine they’re reading. Coverlines and subheadings to show the content of the magazine. Essential data, for collectors and selling purposes and a main image to highlight the main feature of the magazine.

Conventions I may subvert/ change/ not use I may use a bubble if there’s too many coverlines if I still have information to put on the page. I may end up not using as many coverlines to avoid the page looking too busy. I will not use too much text so my magazine will not bore my target audience

Original images: what/ where/ what I will be taking images of my friend’s band to put on my front cover/double page spread. They will be taken at my friend’s house and at the venue that they will be playing at. I will take images of them while they’re playing and also more casual images

Potential difficulties/ Plan B: The difficulties I will face will be mostly when it comes to gathering the images as it will be difficult to get images of the band while they’re performing live as people could get in the way and the lighting might not be very good.

Coursework Stage 1 Proposal

Stage 1 Proposal

I have planned out what I want to feature in my magazine, these are my initial ideas:

Type of Magazine (fashion, music, etc)	Punk, rock and pop-punk music magazine
Name of Magazine	Not yet decided
Audience (male/female)	Both male and female
Audience (attitudes and interests)	People who are interested in rock/ punk/ pop-punk fans
Outlet (where it can be bought from?)	It will be sold in supermarkets and newsagents
Necessary Information	Barcode, website, price, issue number, date
Selling Point	It will appeal to a specific audience, of no specific age
Theme (article)	The theme of the magazine will be a rock/ punk theme, so it’d be dark with hints of bright colours
Images Front Cover	A big image of a band taking up the whole cover with cover lines overlapping
Images Inside	More images of the band and a main picture of the lead singer

Contents Page Analysis

Contents Page Annotations         I have annotated these magazine contents pages by describing the features used by the editors to make reading the magazine easier and more entertaining for the reader.

Inspirational Text

Inspirational Text

 

These are the types of bands I would like to be in my magazine as they appeal to my target audience and are all in the same genre










I have also created a mood board (shown below), on Bighugelabs.com

Music Magazine Front Cover Deconstructions

I have deconstructed 3 music magazine covers on powerpoint then uploaded it to http://www.slideshare.net/?ss

 

I have labelled the features used in each magazine cover and stated why the editors of these magazines might've done this

Photoshop Practice

This is how I edited the image on photoshop, I duplicated the image so separate the image from the background by making it two separate layers, that way I could adjust the hue and saturation of the image without it effecting the background. I added in the masthead/ coverlines to show where they'd go if this was on a magazine. I also added another layer in to insert the barcode.

Preliminary Task Flat Plans

I have created two flat plans, of my front cover and contents page, using publisher to plan the layout for my magazine.


Cover Page

On my Front Cover flat plan I have made the image the main focus of the magazine as the image and mast head are usually the things that're most noticeable on a magazine so will grab the reader's attention and encourage them to buy it. The magazine has an informal layout as it will be for students so will look appropriate for the audience as well as interesting and eye-catching. The Mast Head is in the top left corner as that is it is located on most magazines so that is where people will look to see the name of the magazine. The bubble is next to the mast head as it fills dead space and will be another one of the first things that'll be visable.

Contents Page

 



The Contents Page is layed out with an image next to the text to show in more detail what is inside of the magazine, the layout sticks with the informal theme as it is not particularly structured and keeps the reader's attention more than just words would. The images could also be useful if the reader is unaware of the information in the content.

Key Features of a Magazine Cover

Key Features of a Magazine Cover

 

I found this image using google images and edited it by labelling the features around the image

Masthead:
The title of the Magazine, it allows buyers to see what magazine they're buying but is not the main aspect of the front page.

Coverlines:


The coverlines are to tell you what this issue of the magazine will contain and will be  smaller versions of the subheadings.

Subheadings:The subheadings are a teaser as to what else will be in the magazine so the reader will want to buy it.

Essential Data:The essential data (the date, issue number, price and website) are all to inform the reader of basic details of the magazine, the smallest font on the cover.

Main Image:
The image is the first thing the reader will notice, it takes up most of the cover, it informs the reader what the main focus of this issue of the magazine will be and is used as the main selling point.

 

Foundation Portfolio Brief

Print Brief

You must complete two linked tasks. The set brief is as follows:

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate your grasp of DTP.

Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine (if done as a group task, each member of the group must produce an individual edition of the magazine, following the same house style).

All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate(s), minimum of four images per candidate.