final magazine pages

original pictures

Progression

Draft of my article

This isn't what my actual article is going to look like, but it will be similar.

mock up of contents

this is a mock up of my contents page. my magazine contents page isnt going to look exactly like this one, but this is a general idea.

mock up of cover

Plan for Photoshoot

For my photo shoot my model will be Alice Whittaker from tear 12. She will portray an R & B artist. The props she will be using are some sunglasses. This is because in most magazines, on the cover the artist usually wears sunglasses. The clothes she will wear are casual/fashionable clothes. And because she is female she will be wearing a lot of make-up. The shots that i will be taking are; close up, medium close up and long shots. i may or may not use all of these types of shots when it comes to producing my magazine but at least now i will have an idea.  
This is a picture of 2 popular R & B artist Rihanna and Chris Brown. 

my reader profile

The target audience for my magazine is 16-25. This is because the genre is most popular to this age. My magazine will be weekly magazine, because artist are making more songs and they are hitting the charts (UK top 40) so every week there will be something new for my readers. Therefore i think that one week is enough and suitable time for my readers to buy the magazine and absorb the information before the next issue is out. With the age target audience being 16-25 i think that mature language is appropriate is okay, such as; swearing and sarcasm. Not all the songs that are in the charts today contain swearing but there are still a few songs with swearing in the lyrics. But i still feel that bad language is appropriate as the target audience are at an age where swearing will pop up rather a lot in their lives. =D

weekly calender

6/02/11- Practicals (planning- book equipment/studio)
13/02/11- Practicals (production- photos, article)
28/02/11- Practicals (post production- front cover)
6/03/11- Practicals (post production- contents)
13/03/11- Practicals (post production- feature)
20/03/11- Practicals (post production- projects complete)
27/03/11- Practicals (audience feedback, intro to evaluation etc)


This is my plan of how i am going to do everything within the coursework weeks =D

Mood board

equipment and technology

Equipment and technology i will be using for me coursework.

•  college camera
• studio lights at college
• Indesign- MacBook
• Photoshop- MacBook

Feedback 9.2.11

Well doen Richard. You are pretty much up to date. You must ensure your planning is complete by Monday so you can start production work from then. Keep this up!

Mrs A

name of my magazine

after thinking of a few ideas i have come up with a name for my magazine. i have researched into google and on the internet to find out if this name has already been used for a magazine and luckily it hasn't. 


R 'N' B Stars


hopefully my audience will like the name for my magazine, but if not then i don't people to be put off =)

USP of my product.

The unique selling point of my product is that unlike most R&B magazines mine will be a more mature magazine. The language will be unsuitable for those under 16 as it is not appropriate for children under this age, but also that those in the 30's may not like the language that is used in this magazine as they are too 'old' some would say. So its best to play safe and keep the target audience of a range between 16 to mid 20's, 29 being the highest age suitable.

Target audience

IPC instatution

Analysed journalistic style

Here i have used a double page article from Kerrang magazine featured on Hayley Williams. I have used this article because i couldn't find a double page article on the internet which is the R&B genre.

The text stands out to the reader and attracts the reader as they have used big bold writing for the important bit such as "We hated each other" and "three-track teaser". 

There aren't any pictures used in this article but they have stuck to the media conventions and used three columns on a page. 

Band images-posters and cd covers

UK download top 40!

1. Kesha- We R who we R
2. Bruno Mars- Grenade
3. Adele- Rolling in the deep
4. P. Diddy/ Dirty Money/ Skylar grey5- Coming home
5. Chase & Status ft Liam Bailey- Blind Faith
6. Jessie J- Do it like a dude
7. Wretch 32 ft L- Traktor
8. Britney Spears- Hold it against me
9. Rihanna ft Drake- what's my name
10. Chris Brown- yeah 3X
11. Katy B ft Miss Dynamite- Lights on
12. JLS ft Tinie Tempah- Eyes wide shut
13. Martin Solveig & Dragonette- Hello
14. Tinchy Stryder- Let it rain
15. Adele- Make you feel my love
16. David Guetta ft Rihanna- Who's that chick 
17. Taio Cruz/ Travie MCcoy/ Kylie Manogue- Higher
18. Ellie Goulding- Your song
19. Bruno Mars- Just the way you are
20. Blackeyed Peas- The time (Dirty bit)
21. Pink- F**kin' perfect
22. Aggro Santos ft Kimberly Walsh- like u like
23. Tinie Tempah ft Kelly Rowland- Invincible 
24. Rihanna- Only girl in the world
25. Katy Perry- Fireworks
26. Nero- Me and you
27. Far east movement- Like a G6
28. Jodie Connor ft Wiley- Now or never
29.Matt Cardle- When we collide
30. Cee lo green- Forget you
31. Beady eye- The roller
32. Alexis Jordan- Happiness
33. Vaccines- Post break up sex
34. Pink- Raise your glass
35. Adele- Someone like you
36. Noah and the Whale- L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N
37. Mike Posner- Cooler than me
38. Pitbul ft T-Pain- Hey baby
39. Tinie Tempah ft Ellie Goulding- Wonderman
40. Willow Smith- Whip my hair

questionnaire

analysis of front cover

                    

my music magazine will be quite similar to this front cover and contents page but it will also look different. this is because my front cover will look totally different in terms of the pictures used, fonts and sizes used, stories published, colour of the background and writing etc.

my contents will look similar again also different in terms of fronts and sizes and the pictures and colours. 

Feedback 30.1.11

Richard, this is a good start. Don't forget to upload your sketched contents page to the prelim task post. YTou need to work on this more in your own time. You should be starting planning tasks by thursday's lesson to allow you maximum time for production. Work through the list and see me if you need further advice.

Mrs A

preliminary Task

              

The preliminary task was to make a college magazine (above- left). i think that for the first time of using photoshop and indesign, i have done quite well to achieve this. although there is room for improvement as i copied the SMC logo from the Internet and we are supposed to take the photo's our self. the conventions say the the person in the photograph is meant to look up at the camera and not look away. also there is quite alot of space on the page and it should be as covered as possible. apart from that i like it =) 
we also had to sketch a contents page (above- right) i think that i did alright on this as it was only a sketch, but i know that when actually producing my magazine the contents will look a lot better =D

magazine conventions

• All magazines follow the same rules.
• the image of the magazine must fit the content and the target audience.

• the name (heading) of the mag must also do this.
• magazines usually include stars/celebrities.
• stars are admired and are inspirations.
• famous people are conventionally included on music magazine covers to sell the magazine.
• The front cover of a magazine is its main advertisement.
• It should be bright, interesting, and eye catching to entice the reader to buy the magazine.
• The colours should not only reflect the target audience but in music magazines they should represent the genre of the music.
• There tends to be a variety of fonts on the cover to make it visually interesting and eye catching.
• Title/header usually at the top of the page (this logo/header will also create the brand image of your magazine and will make it instantly recognisable for your audience.
• one main model/star photographed.
• The leading caption usually dominates the page.
• Subheadings of the main stories you want to advertise.
• Straplines usually go at the or the bottom of the page.
• The date and barcode and usually now with the web address.
• Magazines are usually expensive monthly 'Glossies' (Q, Marie Claire, FHM) or cheaper weekly magazines e.g. NME, Zoo, Nuts etc.
• The contents page should be bright and colourful.
• Again- as it is typical of magazines images dominate the text (to allow for 'grazing') Image with page numbers included.
• Again direct address is used in all images.
• The title/header usually appears on every page (usually at the top of the page).
• There is a list of contents- usually under usual sections e.g gig guide, reviews etc.
• Headlines and subheadings to explain the story and catch the audiences interest (usually witty, puns base on the star/artist or new album/tour etc).
• Remember artists do not appear in music magazines unless they have something to sell (album/tour/DVD).
• Again the images should dominate- 1 large image and other smaller ones (usually different- location, setting etc..to make the article interesting.
• Dont be afraid of white space- there is a lot of this in feature articles- use it to frame your writing and images.
• The cover price of a magazine does not pay for the magazine to be published.
• The majority of the money that make magazines possible comes from advertising revenue.
• Your magazine has to appeal to its audience to sell well.
• The magazine can then charge well for advertising space, and encourage companies to advertise within the magazine.

initial ideas

I have chosen to do a music magazine article. I have chosen 2 genres but not quite sure on which one to choose. The genres i have chosen are: Rock and R&B.
My age target audience for Rock music is 15- 35. This is a wide audience range because there are quite a lot of young people who like rock music as well as there are quite a lot of adults who like Rock music. My age target audience for R&B is 15-24. i have chosen this target audience because young teens are interested in this genre also students up to 24 are more interested than older people.