what i need to think about for my front image on my music magazine

1. ·        Colour scheme
2. ·        Clothing- costumes
3. ·        Lighting
4. ·        Camera shot
5. ·        Camera angle
6. ·        Background- (doesnt match with colure of writing or main image )
7. ·        Props
8. ·        Hair & Make-up
9. ·        Shot distance
10. ·        Composition
11. ·        Number of models
12. ·        The genre of magazine
13. ·        Representation- gender, age, music
14. ·        Pose
15. ·        Setting- interior
16. ·        Model on cover represents audience
17. ·        Take at least 5 shots

Music fan profile

Rapping Ryan

Age – 16- 25

What is he wearing- wearing a chain necklace with baggy jeans, baggy top and a puffy jacket, also wearing a snap back hat, the same as da boys in the hood.   

Listening to- 50 cent, eminem, game, lil Wayne listening to the rap of the 20^th century.  

Wants to be- rapper mixing it up with a bit of r and b and doing covers for singers like Rihanna, Ne-yo and Chris brown.

Find him-    Chilling with his homies in da urban city club, waiting for his chance to shine in a freestyle rap battle.  

Analysis of magazine front covers

1

This masthead is hard to see due to the main image of the magazine. The main image of the magazine is a medium close up of a rapper. Within the photo the editor has focused on the clothing and the pose of the artist. This editor has made the photo with a series pose. The magazine has also concentrated on the background and not matching it with colourer scheme of white and the photo itself. The slogan of the magazine seems to be across the bottom of the page. The main story is not too long but short and very effective.  The layout of the design seems to have the sill lines down the right, and then it seems to have the subsidiary images down the left. The target audience of this magazine would be 15 +.

2

The masthead of this image is distracted by the main image. The main image is a mid shot of a man. The editor has again concentrated on the pose and the clothing. The clothing of the artist is matching with the genre of the magazine, they have done this through a flat cap and long jewellry, also doing a pose of being very serious. The layout of the magazine  is the two sell lines are on the top of the magazine and the susidery images are on the bottom. The sell lines mostluy include famouse artists for the genre.

evaluation of questionnaire

 



Within my questionnaire I asked 10 people. I asked 4 girls and 6 boys all from the 6 form area. At the beginning of the questionnaire I wanted to know which music magazine they like. The options were between Q which had one tick, NME and VIBE which shared two ticks and with 4 ticks and most popular was top of the pops. This is understandable as top of the pops is mainly a feminine magazine and the others are relatively masculine magazines.  My next question was to ask them, what minded target audience should I focus at, the ages of 10-15 and 30+ had no consideration. The answers were mostly focused on 15-20 and 20-30 sharing all the votes. This next question was to help me understand a criteria for my future magazine in which masthead should I go for. The options involve CMR which shared 2 ticks, pops leading with 4 ticks leaving soul and drop a rhyme with 1 vote each. Not all but most magazines involve a slogan the slogans in which I came up with were music with the soul and feel the rhythm with 1 person liking them each. Also first generation rhymes and rapping with the 21^st century sharing 2 votes. This means leaving the most popular slogan with, tunes all around us with 4 ticks.   A magazine front cover must have a certain colour scheme to match with the environment the front cover tries to make the magazine release. The colours which i went for are white and blue which had 3 ticks, pink and yellow involving 4 ticks leaving red and black with 2 ticks and white and black with 1 vote. My last but 1 question involves me asking which main sell line the audience would prefer. These sell lines varied from 50 quid speaks out and the found reunited with 2 ticks each. Also involving, kangaroo’s first generation band and Fake that split leading with 3 ticks. My last question was beyond music and a magazine. This involves video games and computer sites sharing 2 votes , sports and movies equalling 1 vote each. Leaving 4 votes with fashion. 

Questionnaire

1Are you male or female

male
female

2 Which music magazine do you like?

Q

Kerrang

Vibe

Top of the pops

NME

3 What minded target audience do you think i should target at?

10-15

15-25

25-30

30+

4 Which masthead do you prefer?

CMR

POPS

EMCEEING

SOUL

DROP A RHYME

5 Which slogan do you prefer?

Rapping with the 21^st century

Music within the soul

Feel the rhythm

First generation rhymes

Tunes all around us

6 What colour would you like the magazine to be?

White +blue

Pink +yellow

Red +black

White, blue, black

7 What main image doo you ant on the front of magazine?

Boy band

Girl band

Boy

Girl

8 what subsidiary images do you want on the front of the magazine?

Singer

Rapper

Clothing

Tours

Cities

9 what sell lines do you want on a music magazine?

50 quid speaks out

Fake that split

The found reunited

Kangaroo’s first generation sound

Red day American idiot

10 What entertains you in your spare time?

Video games

Computer sites

Sports

Movies

Fashion 



My finished product of the front cover for my school magazine has come out very pleasing. It may have come out pleasing but the making of my front cover was far from it. This is evident within my first attempt. My main image was very successful as I have gone for a 2shot medium close up of two 6^th form pupil’s one boy and one girl. I adapted this photo with a picture of the millennium stadium giving of an sporting environment I went for a bright colour scheme as most of my words were white or yellow. Looking at my two drafts I noticed that the layout of the front cover was pretty dull I embraced this and made it more in common with the layout of other magazines. If I were to do this  again I would first improve on my timed schedule for example not leaving it to the last day, second I would think more about were I should take the photo. The third and final substance in which I would improve on is to add more photos to the sale-lines and make the photos good for my target audience.

final design- school magazign front cover

pictures to be used on front cover

Draft

Questionnaire

1 What year group are you in?

7

8

12

2 Which of the following master heads would you prefer?

Schools in

Khs gossip

Student weekly

3 What type of magazines would you like to read?

Music

Sports

Gossip

News

4 which of the following slogans do you prefer?

Surviving first term

Back to school

Teacher’s secrets

Behind closed doors

Smaller by the years

5 what colours would you like on a school magazine?

 Red and green

Pink and white

Blue and yellow

Gold and black

6. What pictures would you like on a school magazine?

Teachers

Sports team

Year 7

Six formers

7. What gender are you?

Male

Female

8. What stories would you like to read about in a school magazine?  (Please pick 3)

Teacher’s gossip

Sporting success

Lack of resources

6^th form facilities

Canteen food

Khs results

Student gossip

New students

9. How often do you read magazines?

Weekly

Daily

Monthly

  

Would you want to by a school magazine ?

yes

no