My magazine main genre is hip-hop and a slight of hippie style. My group decided that as hip-hop was most common we thought it would be best to make the music magazine about it, as we know a lot about hip-hop and most people enjoys it. The colours I used in my magazine were mostly black and some other bright colours to make the writing stand out.
My Music Magazine front cover has some similarities of a real music magazine like the basic of every magazine i.e. bar code, price, and date are positioned down bottom. My masthead is in big font and positioned in the top left corner of the page, like most magazines. The main cover image is always in the middle and is cropped as a full page to attract the audience and bring the main “story” out. My main cover line is in big purple font so that it can stand out from the rest of the text, making the readers know what’s the main “story”. In my “main” cover line I have used basic mode of address like “slang” language and exclamation marks. My cover lines are placed on the left hand side of the page and are in simple smaller text like in most magazines moreover I have add “sell lines” on the right hand side of the page. The graphic I used are highlighted in a banner and has a special offer saying, “Free magazine for every reader”.
My Music Magazine represents certain social groups like “young teenagers” and our aim are to the make sure it falls into the hip-hop industry. My cover shows a contrast between old fashion and modern style as like “hip-hop and peace makers”. Hip-hop is one of the most watched genres and teenagers love seeing new things therefore having thought of what hip-hop involves I try to add interesting stories to my music magazine. The two girls are looking into the camera showing a lot of emotion and connecting with the audience however, “Elizz” is looking down and is mostly showing his hat, showing that this is a type of pose to make the audience wonder who it is and want to find out who the person is too.
The music magazine is aimed at the hip-hop industries and a twist of peace makers, which doesn’t often blends together in a music magazine but overall it is meant to stand out in the hip-hop category. I believe that the media institution suitable for my magazine should belong to a big company so that the magazine should become worldwide.
The target readers for my magazine should be urban teenagers and young adults who are interested in hip-hop music. To make the target readers interested I added strap line like “50cent Exclusive interview” to target and attract new readers.
I used different techniques to grab reader’s attention. The colours in the magazine make it stand out from other hip-hop magazine and I also used bold fonts to grab readers attention when there scanning through the magazine shelves. There are some Photoshop editing used in my magazine to improve the quality of the picture.
The technology from the process of the magazine help me learn that Photoshop is actually not that difficult to use and there are many functions that I can use on my own image or college work.
If I had a chance to make my magazine a better one I would have made the front cover image stand out even more and also make sure that the image actually connects with the audience (includes the people, clothes and the arrangement) and the genre. Moreover, I would have typed up more advertising stories to attract the readers to buy it. Through many effort I put in to this work I am pleased on my outcome and enjoyed every practical work.
Monday, 20 October 2008
Friday, 17 October 2008
Evaluation
My music magazine has many different styles and conventions of a music magazine. It develops by the way every conventions is layed out but in a different way. My music has a Masthead, Banner, Graphic, Main Cover Image, Cover lines, Bar code, Main Cover Line and a Strapline.
The Masthead is title of the magazine, which is NY, which is in bold and white at the top left corner. The Banner is the strap across the top of the page, which is ultimate magazine for teenagers. This shows who the target audience is. The graphic is price, which says only £2.50, which is in a black hexagon written in blue. The main cover image is me and there are some cover lines on the right hand side. The bare code is at the bottom, the main cover line is Ellzz is back which the main story is and the strapline is the sub heading called hip hops greatest. The sub heading also attracts audiences for people who like hip-hop. These are all conventions of a magazine, which I think I have done well by having them all on my music magazine cover.
My music magazine covers a social group for mainly teenagers because the banner says whom it is for. In addition, teenagers are mostly like to listen to hip-hop, the main picture of the magazine is of me, and I am a teenager. In addition, there is a picture of 50cent who is well known to teenagers. It is also for other people that listen to hip-hop because not only teenagers listen to hip-hop. Hip-hop is for a variety of people and can really be listened to by anyone who likes it.
The type of media institution, which might distribute my magazine, is the hip-hop magazines itself and the radio. The reason for hip-hop magazines is because the genre of my magazine is hip-hop and it being in a hip-hop magazine will be able to help the target audience to know what the latest and new coming artists. Also the radio because when your listening to your hip hop music you will be able to hear the latest hip hop magazines out. In addition, why listening to a tune they will be hearing the artist and will be able to refer to magazines knowing the artist.
The audience for this magazine is for teenagers and young adults. The reason for this is that the main image is of a teenager. That shows the most of the music magazine is going to be about young teenager hip-hops. It will attract young adults because if the genre and maybe the dress code, what I am wearing. It may also attract other audiences. E.G people that like 50cent. 50cent is a well know hip-hop artist and people are used of seeing him and no what he looks like. The reason for this is that theirs a picture of him in the bottom left corner.
It attracted the teenage audience in many different ways. One of the reasons is that it has a main picture of me. I am a teenager and audiences will be able to see that. Also the picture of 50cent. Teenagers and young adults no him and having seen him they will want to buy the magazine.
I also used big bold font this will grab people’s attention because it is easy for them to see. I also had a sub heading of hip hops greatest which will mean the best of hip-hop in which many people will want to buy because it has the best.
From the process of constructing my magazine cover, I have learnt many different techniques. I have learnt how to use Microsoft Photoshop, which we used to make our front covers. It made the front covers realistic like it was actual magazine from the shop. I also learnt many different attributes u can use in Photoshop e.g. cutting a picture from a background. I also learnt all the main conventions of magazines, which will help me for later projects. I liked my music magazine cover because I used most of the conventions. I liked the colours I used blue, black, white they all went in well together. I also used my own picture, which was unusual because no one from my group did that. I also used different fonts. That also made it realistic.
If I was to make another front cover this time, it will be different colour and will have a different layout. I would probably take a picture sum were else e.g. music studio this will make it much more realistic for a hip-hop genre. I would also put more pictures but fade them into the background to make it more realistic. I may also would like to do a group photo because they stand out quite a lot.
The Masthead is title of the magazine, which is NY, which is in bold and white at the top left corner. The Banner is the strap across the top of the page, which is ultimate magazine for teenagers. This shows who the target audience is. The graphic is price, which says only £2.50, which is in a black hexagon written in blue. The main cover image is me and there are some cover lines on the right hand side. The bare code is at the bottom, the main cover line is Ellzz is back which the main story is and the strapline is the sub heading called hip hops greatest. The sub heading also attracts audiences for people who like hip-hop. These are all conventions of a magazine, which I think I have done well by having them all on my music magazine cover.
My music magazine covers a social group for mainly teenagers because the banner says whom it is for. In addition, teenagers are mostly like to listen to hip-hop, the main picture of the magazine is of me, and I am a teenager. In addition, there is a picture of 50cent who is well known to teenagers. It is also for other people that listen to hip-hop because not only teenagers listen to hip-hop. Hip-hop is for a variety of people and can really be listened to by anyone who likes it.
The type of media institution, which might distribute my magazine, is the hip-hop magazines itself and the radio. The reason for hip-hop magazines is because the genre of my magazine is hip-hop and it being in a hip-hop magazine will be able to help the target audience to know what the latest and new coming artists. Also the radio because when your listening to your hip hop music you will be able to hear the latest hip hop magazines out. In addition, why listening to a tune they will be hearing the artist and will be able to refer to magazines knowing the artist.
The audience for this magazine is for teenagers and young adults. The reason for this is that the main image is of a teenager. That shows the most of the music magazine is going to be about young teenager hip-hops. It will attract young adults because if the genre and maybe the dress code, what I am wearing. It may also attract other audiences. E.G people that like 50cent. 50cent is a well know hip-hop artist and people are used of seeing him and no what he looks like. The reason for this is that theirs a picture of him in the bottom left corner.
It attracted the teenage audience in many different ways. One of the reasons is that it has a main picture of me. I am a teenager and audiences will be able to see that. Also the picture of 50cent. Teenagers and young adults no him and having seen him they will want to buy the magazine.
I also used big bold font this will grab people’s attention because it is easy for them to see. I also had a sub heading of hip hops greatest which will mean the best of hip-hop in which many people will want to buy because it has the best.
From the process of constructing my magazine cover, I have learnt many different techniques. I have learnt how to use Microsoft Photoshop, which we used to make our front covers. It made the front covers realistic like it was actual magazine from the shop. I also learnt many different attributes u can use in Photoshop e.g. cutting a picture from a background. I also learnt all the main conventions of magazines, which will help me for later projects. I liked my music magazine cover because I used most of the conventions. I liked the colours I used blue, black, white they all went in well together. I also used my own picture, which was unusual because no one from my group did that. I also used different fonts. That also made it realistic.
If I was to make another front cover this time, it will be different colour and will have a different layout. I would probably take a picture sum were else e.g. music studio this will make it much more realistic for a hip-hop genre. I would also put more pictures but fade them into the background to make it more realistic. I may also would like to do a group photo because they stand out quite a lot.
Daniel's evaluation
My magazine cover incorporates some of the more traditional styles and techniques of a magazine but with a few modifications. My masthead is left justified but doesn’t span the width of the magazine, like most magazines, due to the fact the name NY is so short stretching it would distort it and would make reading it uneasy. I used a strap line to show the issue information beneath the title. However instead of having a banner above, I had a cover line next to the masthead to sell the magazine but more to show that NY is not your conventional magazine and to make it that little bit more different. I used a graphic to highlight the price and attract the reader’s attention to it. The use of the word only helps to create the ‘affordability factor’, which means it will appeal financially to any class of person. My main Cover line was in the largest font like on other magazines I had seen, to attract the reader’s attention to the issues main story and, I in turn made the picture relating to it the largest, thus making it main focus of the cover. Like on most magazines I saw I had the picture of ‘ELLZ’ one of him looking straight at the camera to connect with the audience.
Hip-Hip is a genre plagued with negativity and rebellion. My magazine cover aims to disassociate hip-hop with that serotype. Use of colour played a big role in doing so. I chose a white background to give the cover a fresh and peaceful appeal to it, but vibrant text to give it an energetic twang to it as well as to look appealing. Also however I wanted the cover to show that hip-hop means an appreciation of music. So although the main image was of a rapper which would be expected on a hip-hop magazine the second largest image was of the band ‘Peace Makers’ who don’t look like they would typically fall into the hip hop category. This was to appeal to a larger market but again to show the diversity of our magazine.
Our magazine is aimed at hip-hop enthusiasts but anyone who likes music so any shops selling magazine would sell ours so it is accessible to any. As well as what’s stated above we used one of hip-hops iconic figures to help attract people to our magazine. We included an interview with 50 cent. His picture is the smallest of the three because my cover focuses on fresh new talent but is placed near the top of the page so when on a self and glanced at it would be able to be seen to show we talk on the established artist in hip-hop as well. Also people will tend to buy something they recognise or can identify with and an establish artist would achieve that more than new ones. Referring back to the main image of rapper ‘ELLZ’ I chose to put a car speakers and I microphone behind him to related to the text next to him but to show the lavish lifestyle associate with hip hop in a more humbled way with the focus on him as the text oval covers most of the car.
I have learnt that technology has come a long way in making this magazine cover. To see how far pictures have come, even from the clarity of pictures due to mega pixel cameras to the editing of them in Photoshop. Even how easy it is now to transfer images directly from a camera to a computer, printer etc, in comparison to film cameras that use to have to be processed in a dark room. Photoshop allows you to do so much with images like cutting out objects or people and putting them in another completely different picture, cloning images, duplicating them flipping and rotating etc means you can be as creative as you want with images.
If I was to make another front cover I would make it more traditional to approach it at a different angle to what I have produced. Like use one image to be the background as well as my main image as in most magazines. And had banners and cover lines in the traditional places, to ensure a look that regular magazine buyers would be familiar with and mite feel more comfortable with. Also the arrangement of my magazine could be different like having a known artist as the main story to really show we are a hip hop magazine that knows bout who’s hot as opposed to knowing more about who’s new. I would try a different colour background to white as well to see if I could give the magazine a more interesting. All in all doe I am pleased with the work I was able to produce and enjoyed working on this project.
Hip-Hip is a genre plagued with negativity and rebellion. My magazine cover aims to disassociate hip-hop with that serotype. Use of colour played a big role in doing so. I chose a white background to give the cover a fresh and peaceful appeal to it, but vibrant text to give it an energetic twang to it as well as to look appealing. Also however I wanted the cover to show that hip-hop means an appreciation of music. So although the main image was of a rapper which would be expected on a hip-hop magazine the second largest image was of the band ‘Peace Makers’ who don’t look like they would typically fall into the hip hop category. This was to appeal to a larger market but again to show the diversity of our magazine.
Our magazine is aimed at hip-hop enthusiasts but anyone who likes music so any shops selling magazine would sell ours so it is accessible to any. As well as what’s stated above we used one of hip-hops iconic figures to help attract people to our magazine. We included an interview with 50 cent. His picture is the smallest of the three because my cover focuses on fresh new talent but is placed near the top of the page so when on a self and glanced at it would be able to be seen to show we talk on the established artist in hip-hop as well. Also people will tend to buy something they recognise or can identify with and an establish artist would achieve that more than new ones. Referring back to the main image of rapper ‘ELLZ’ I chose to put a car speakers and I microphone behind him to related to the text next to him but to show the lavish lifestyle associate with hip hop in a more humbled way with the focus on him as the text oval covers most of the car.
I have learnt that technology has come a long way in making this magazine cover. To see how far pictures have come, even from the clarity of pictures due to mega pixel cameras to the editing of them in Photoshop. Even how easy it is now to transfer images directly from a camera to a computer, printer etc, in comparison to film cameras that use to have to be processed in a dark room. Photoshop allows you to do so much with images like cutting out objects or people and putting them in another completely different picture, cloning images, duplicating them flipping and rotating etc means you can be as creative as you want with images.
If I was to make another front cover I would make it more traditional to approach it at a different angle to what I have produced. Like use one image to be the background as well as my main image as in most magazines. And had banners and cover lines in the traditional places, to ensure a look that regular magazine buyers would be familiar with and mite feel more comfortable with. Also the arrangement of my magazine could be different like having a known artist as the main story to really show we are a hip hop magazine that knows bout who’s hot as opposed to knowing more about who’s new. I would try a different colour background to white as well to see if I could give the magazine a more interesting. All in all doe I am pleased with the work I was able to produce and enjoyed working on this project.
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
continuing front cover
In this lesson we had to add a bit more features to our front cover. My group was looking over each others work to see if it all goes. I took my time because i wanted mine to have all features posssible. I added a couple of my own pictures to my magazine and the barecode to make it look real.
photoshoot
In this lesson we went down to the park to take some photos for our magazine cover. Grace and Lauren dressed up as hippys for the hip hop magazine well I dressd normal. I had diffrent items of clothes that i could change so it would make it more proffesional for our music magazine.
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
My Evaluation!x
Today's lesson was the final deadline for us to finish our magazine front cover.
My magazine front cover uses some of the main conventions of normal magazine coves. for example the masthead is at the top left hand side and is very bold like most mastheads in magazines. Also i have made sure that i included the bar code and price down the bottom like other magazines. My issue number and date is at the top underneath the masthead which is similar to some magazines but not all. I have used a graphic in my cover to highlight the fact that there are free posters in the contents of the magazine, this will help to sell the magazine. My magazines main cover image is in the center as this helps draw the attention of my audience to this magazine and this is also another main convention of not only music magazines but magazines in general. I have used a very basic sample of mode of address thus being exclamation marks, which helps to connect with the reader as being a interesting/exciting story. I also saw banners as being important on a magazine front cover and although they are usually used to describe the magazine i thought i could use it for another purpose and so i decided to place one down the bottom of the page to highlight an interview with an artist connected with the genre of the magazine. My main cover line shows the main 'story' in our magazine which in my case is the new twist to the genre of Hip-Hop; 'Hippy-Hop'. I have also used cover lines or 'sell lines' on the cover so as to help capture the attention of the readers. We also as a group decided not to make different issues E.g. summer, winter autumn and spring; but to make 5 covers of the same issue and make them collectors edition, you need all 5 for the set.
My magazine cover not only represents a young teenage male social group it also touches on a teenage-y hippyish social group. we decided to combine the two as it will help get a wider range of a target audience. Also the 'Hippy' style has made a come back amongst teenage girls and with this in mind we decided to implant the new trend into the magazine to draw in the attention of them.
All the images on the front cover of the Artists, whether they are up and coming or already well known, all help to represent different social groups. Whilst the main cover image isn't for a typical Hip-Hop magazine i have used other pictures which are. The Main cover image represents a style which is around 30 years old and has hardly been seen for most of these years.
The type of media institution which may distribute my magazine are those that are in the 'Hip-Hop' music institution. the reason for this being first and formost the magazine is a general 'Hip-Hop' music magazine. the could distribute it to raise sales and help the target audience become more aware of new up and coming artists but also helps them to stay in touch with the already famous and well know artists. I may also take some kind of Indie or Hippy media institution into consideration as on my front cover it is trying to branch out into other kinds of social groups.
The audience for my music magazine would be typical teenegers and young adults, the reason for this being this is the type of music a vast majority listen to. To be particularly specific i think my magazine may reach out to a more young black audience as most of the artists specifically adress this audience. One thing which i like about my music cover is that we have combined two very different styles hoping to create a larger target audience for the magazine itself.
I adressed my audience by using various different techniques. Firstly the bright colours halp to grab the attention of my audience which is always a key thing. Then the masthead of the magazine, altough short and simple, is very catchy and useful. I Have also used Code Of Adress, this helps draw the reader into the magazine by actually involving them.
I have lernt a lot of techniques whilst making my front cover which i will take on and use in other stages of my media career. Dor instance i have learned how to use photoshop which is extremly handy as it helps to edit photos and change them to how i want them to be changed. I have also learnt the main conventions of not only a music magazine but magazines in particular which will help me for later projects.
If i was to make another magazine front cover i would probably spend more time anaylising a couple of other covers in the style which i am going to do. E.g. fashion magazine, music magazine etc. I would also take more time out to get the usual conventions perfect without cluttering my cover.
Overal i am happy with the work i have done on my cover and am confident that i have done it to satisfaction.
My magazine front cover uses some of the main conventions of normal magazine coves. for example the masthead is at the top left hand side and is very bold like most mastheads in magazines. Also i have made sure that i included the bar code and price down the bottom like other magazines. My issue number and date is at the top underneath the masthead which is similar to some magazines but not all. I have used a graphic in my cover to highlight the fact that there are free posters in the contents of the magazine, this will help to sell the magazine. My magazines main cover image is in the center as this helps draw the attention of my audience to this magazine and this is also another main convention of not only music magazines but magazines in general. I have used a very basic sample of mode of address thus being exclamation marks, which helps to connect with the reader as being a interesting/exciting story. I also saw banners as being important on a magazine front cover and although they are usually used to describe the magazine i thought i could use it for another purpose and so i decided to place one down the bottom of the page to highlight an interview with an artist connected with the genre of the magazine. My main cover line shows the main 'story' in our magazine which in my case is the new twist to the genre of Hip-Hop; 'Hippy-Hop'. I have also used cover lines or 'sell lines' on the cover so as to help capture the attention of the readers. We also as a group decided not to make different issues E.g. summer, winter autumn and spring; but to make 5 covers of the same issue and make them collectors edition, you need all 5 for the set.
My magazine cover not only represents a young teenage male social group it also touches on a teenage-y hippyish social group. we decided to combine the two as it will help get a wider range of a target audience. Also the 'Hippy' style has made a come back amongst teenage girls and with this in mind we decided to implant the new trend into the magazine to draw in the attention of them.
All the images on the front cover of the Artists, whether they are up and coming or already well known, all help to represent different social groups. Whilst the main cover image isn't for a typical Hip-Hop magazine i have used other pictures which are. The Main cover image represents a style which is around 30 years old and has hardly been seen for most of these years.
The type of media institution which may distribute my magazine are those that are in the 'Hip-Hop' music institution. the reason for this being first and formost the magazine is a general 'Hip-Hop' music magazine. the could distribute it to raise sales and help the target audience become more aware of new up and coming artists but also helps them to stay in touch with the already famous and well know artists. I may also take some kind of Indie or Hippy media institution into consideration as on my front cover it is trying to branch out into other kinds of social groups.
The audience for my music magazine would be typical teenegers and young adults, the reason for this being this is the type of music a vast majority listen to. To be particularly specific i think my magazine may reach out to a more young black audience as most of the artists specifically adress this audience. One thing which i like about my music cover is that we have combined two very different styles hoping to create a larger target audience for the magazine itself.
I adressed my audience by using various different techniques. Firstly the bright colours halp to grab the attention of my audience which is always a key thing. Then the masthead of the magazine, altough short and simple, is very catchy and useful. I Have also used Code Of Adress, this helps draw the reader into the magazine by actually involving them.
I have lernt a lot of techniques whilst making my front cover which i will take on and use in other stages of my media career. Dor instance i have learned how to use photoshop which is extremly handy as it helps to edit photos and change them to how i want them to be changed. I have also learnt the main conventions of not only a music magazine but magazines in particular which will help me for later projects.
If i was to make another magazine front cover i would probably spend more time anaylising a couple of other covers in the style which i am going to do. E.g. fashion magazine, music magazine etc. I would also take more time out to get the usual conventions perfect without cluttering my cover.
Overal i am happy with the work i have done on my cover and am confident that i have done it to satisfaction.
Continuing Front Cover
Today's task was to finish everything on the front cover before lesson ends. I started of by adding in my main cover line and straplines like "Exclusive 50 Cent interview" and "Behind the scenes for Chris Brown Exclusive video". I added more images to attract the audience and made certain important text bigger so it can stand out.
I checked what my group had on their magazine and add certain features they had on mine therefore we would have some similarities.
I checked what my group had on their magazine and add certain features they had on mine therefore we would have some similarities.
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