Analysis of my music magazine double page spread

• Target audience - My target audience for my music magazine is young teenage girls.
• House Style - Because I have decided to create a pop magazine which are usually aimed at girls I have decided on 3 main colours which are: Pink, Blue and Purple, also using black for some text.
  - I have also used 3 columns for my article which is also the amount of columns I have used for my contents page.
• Layout - I think the layout of my double page spread is well set out and I have clear outlines of where I need to place my pictures.
  - I think the way I have set out my question and answer section of the article is well set, because I have researched other pop magazines and used them as guidelines. I decided to have my introduction go across all three columns because then it will catch the readers attention right from the start. I have also used the house style colours when writing my article because I have used one colour for the questions another colour for the answers and another for the names of the band members.
  - I do not like the way the advertisement for the band has turned out because there is too much white space around it, so I need to look at that part of my article and see how to improve it.
  - I also dont like the black line around the box for my article or profile information boxes, I thought it would look effective and stand out but with some of the boxes the lines over lap.
• Profile - Once again I have used my house style colours for the information boxes. I need to complete the boxes by filling in the information, this will then help me see if I could add more into the boxes or maybe have to take things out because there might be too much space left or not enough. I also need to edit and add my profile pictures into the correct spaces at the left side of their own information box.

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Contents Page Drafts

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Skills Undertaken This Term

• Digital Camera Basics
  Framing - Knowing what you want to take and how you move and position the camera, to get what you want in the picture. Such as long shot, mid shot and close up. The images for my front cover and contents page are mid-shots. I chose these images because they get the person in as well as some of the background.
  Rule of thirds - I used the rule of thirds when taking my photos for my front cover, i placed the model at the right hand side in the powerpoints and had her facing the left so it looked like she was looking in that direction.
• Image manipulation
  Layers - You have to layer the image first so it is easier to edit.
  Cropping - So you can get rid of parts of the picture you would not wish poeple to see on your magazine.
  Backgrounds - Can change the background, so it is brighter, darker ect.
  Adjusting colours - I had to adjust the colours on my main image because the model was really pale against the background. Also the lioghting on the picture was too bright. So i first had to make the image
  Bluring - So you can blur the background, to make the main picture more accented and standout on the page.
  Clone stamp - I used a clone stamp on my cover image, because there is curtains in the image which i used as my background. The whole image did not have a background though, so i used the clone stamp to get a full background that was the same colour.
• Placing a productYou have to be careful as to where you place things on your magazine. You have to remember to place the mast head at the top of the page so it is clearly seen by the reader. You also have to place the cover image very carefully, because you have to know if there will be plugs and other headlines going around the picture and placing the main cover line over the image but not covering too much of it.
• Forms and conventions of magazines
  Mast head - The title of the magazine, placed at the top of the page. In bold fonts, bright colours.
  Cover image - Has to stand out on the page, using bright colours.
  Main cover line - Relates to the cover image.
  Puffs - Telling the reader whats free, exclusive ect in your magazine
  Plugs - Giving the reader an insite to whats inside your magazine.
• Gettings to grips with DTP and layoutThis is getting use to using desk top publishers such as photo shop and serif page plus. Photo shop is used for editing pictures, you can crop, blur, layer, clone and many more. Whereas serif page plus is used for putting together the magazine, so placing the picture on the page and the other text that is needed such as the mast head and cover line around it.
• Font and colourFont and colour is very important for a magazine bcause it catches the readers attention, from distances.
  I used the school colours for my magazine that are blue, white and black.
• Understanding of genre and target audienceThe genre of a magazine is what your magazine is about, whether it is music or film. The genre of my magazine was the school, once the genre is decided you choose what target audience you will aim your magazine at. Some magazines like smash hits are aimed at younger children and teenagers. I decided the target audience for my magazine would be, the pupils of the school because it is giving them a lot of information about what is going on within the school.

Analysis of a Magazine Article

Vogue, September 2010 - TheView, Glee Range (page 188)

House style

• Large heading in a simple font, with information about the article underneath with a by line.
• Quotes in red -  keeping the colour the same throughout the magazine, like the front cover.
• 3 columns 
• 1 large picture of the celebrity the article is based on, to the side.
• keeping the colours simple, just using black font. 
• Block on the picture, telling the reader where the picture was taken and who it was taken by.
• the article is on only 3 quarters of the page.
• the article is lined off from the rest of the page with a red line, making it stand out from the article undernearth.

Analysis of a Magazine Cover

Vogue - September 2010

Front Cover

• ·        Mast Head – This appears at the top of the cover page in serif font.
• ·        Cover Image – Of celebrity Kate Moss, styling the latest trends.
• ·        Headlines – Bold font, in two main colours red and white that is used throughout the magazine. They are written in Sans Serif.
• ·        Sub-headings – These are giving you extra information about what the headings have said. These are in serif and sans serif.
• ·        The headlines and sub-headings are spaced around the cover image, so it doesn’t cover up the image.
• ·        Background – They have kept the background plain; this helps the text stand out so it catches the target audience’s attention.
• ·        Cover Line – ‘Vogue’s guide to minimal chick’ this is written across the main image, suggesting to the reader that Kate Moss is a ‘minimal chick’. This is also written in bigger font so it stands out a lot more.
• ·        They also show the price of the magazine in the top corner, but it is a lot smaller than the rest of the text because they don’t want the reader to concentrate on the price of the magazine they want them to concentrate on what’s inside.

Key Vocabulary in Media

•  Target Audience - The consumer of which a particular media product is aimed out.
                           - This can be broken down into the worlds demographics. These are: age, gender, sexuality, social class, backgrounds, ethnicity. 
• Genre -  The type of media product. Eg/ Horror, Comedy, Western and Romance
• Conventions - These are typical characteristics you expect to see in a given genre. Eg/ The way the characters are portrayed and the locations they are filmed.
• Codes - A way of conveying meaning to audiences without using words to explain what's going on. There are two different types of codes: symbolic - the props and costumes the actors/actresses use/wear and technical - the way the camera and lighting is used.

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