Front Cover

One of the main focal points of my finished front cover is the effects of the masthead. I used a font modifying website called dafont to create the disorientated effect I was looking for. I chose to use a capitalised font to illustrate strength and the emotion excitement; I used this to attract the audience’s attention. The disorientated font used represents high voltage music, and creates the imagery of danger, the font features white decoration which portrays an old and rusty image. The masthead portrays a loud screaming image which could portray the shattering of windows as well as the light shining through the darkness to show hope and happiness. I chose to complete the masthead in a black font to convey a mysterious effect as well as introducing a sex appeal for the magazine which would enhance the audience. The name “REVOLUTION” introduces the idea of the changing music, and that music is revolutionary and comes in different genres, the name Revolution was inspired by clubs within my local home time, however I feel the name portrays the ideology of the magazine and shows that even though the image shows a biased woman’s audience, it relates to different genres of music therefore to a broader audience.

Another main focus from the magazine is the imagery used, the wide shot eye levelled image shows natural imagery and the slight lower angle illustrates a strong dominance, the image portrays independence as she stands alone, and at such a young age, the independence evidences the dominance and creates a strong role model which an audience would be interested in. The positioning of the body being slightly tilted forwards highlights attitude as well as introducing her status within the music industry secondly this establishes a professional approach. The editing of the imagery conveys a contrast of the stereotypical woman, the pale white skin contrasts with the tanned style this emphasises on her unique taste in fashion as well as illustrating her strength and independence. The focus on the long hair imitates volume and the imagery of loud volume music. Lastly the image shows the woman staring directly into the camera, as well as showing a distinctive sex appeal it looks welcoming and inviting for an audience.

“I’M SO NOT CONFIDENT” The anchorage links directly to the imagery portrayed and persuades the audience to read further into the magazine, this is due to the anchorage also acting as a screamer. The black capitalised serif font illustrates mystery, which should enable an audience to want to find out more, and read further more into the magazine. The anchorage is juxtaposition as it contrasts with the image, she stares directly into the camera emphasising confidence, however in reverse the anchorage proves the image to be putting on a brave face and illustrating strength.

The flowers used represent a wild personality to the artist as well as illustrating freedom; the flowers also represent the ideology of a female audience, and giving them the imagery they want. He flowers are used to represent beauty and blossoming, the imagery shows a young girl blossoming into a woman. Another feature of ideology used is the love hearts, increasing the femininity and relating to the target audience.

The flash convention used is portrayed in a circular shape representing the image of a CD, to give the magazine a musical atmosphere, secondly I used a circle shape to represent never ending music and to introduce that genres changed all the time however are inspired by other genres of music. “IMOGEN ROSE” The kicker conveys the same sans serif font as the anchorage, this enables and instant recognition, the graphology looks presentable and professional. Another convention used is the bar code and dateline, emphasising on the professionalism of the magazine. Through institutional terms a company would market “REVOLUTION” due to it conveying different genres of music, therefore attracting a broader market audience rather than a niche market.

Contents Page

The main focal point of the contents page is the imagery used; the wide shot low angled image shows a dominance which creates a direct mode of address, the imagery ensures she is dominate to everything else which stands amongst the page. The strong facial expression illustrates confidence and attitude this is evidence due to artist looking directly into the camera, another effect this has is welcoming the audience into the magazine. The artist looking down at the camera illustrates her status within society, as if she is looking down at the audience. The image used contrasts with the anchorage illustrating a dominant stance where as the text shows her to be “SO NOT CONFIDENT”.

Another main focal point is the mast head featured on the page, the title is small which allows the imagery to be the main attraction and focus, and this highlights the dominant stance as well as making the artist look tall. The disorientated font is repeated from the front page to re in state an instant recognition of the magazine, this ensures a well established audience, and secondly it increases professionalism. The capital letters used attract the reader’s attention and create an exited emotion which portrays the artist’s personality.

The flash used is a repeated imager of a CD portrayed on the front cover of revolution this reinstates the instant recognition which establishes an audience. “IMOGEN POSTER” The flash works as anchorage as it anchors the image to the text, this is an advantage to the magazine as it persuades readers to read the interview as well as to receive a free poster. The capital letters used emphasise on the free gift which will attract a reads attention.
The content text used contrasts against the strong white colour, which allows the black font to stand out and become audience friendly. The content text allows the audience to widen and become broader due to the context in different genres of music. The front page of the image attracts a female audience where as the language of the text used introduces a gender neutral audience.

The velvet leggings worn within the images illustrate the expense and unique fashion Imogen has, the velvet was influenced by the rock band music era, illustrating a strong sex appeal. The use of lace conveys a vintage and unique fashion sense as well as in contrast introducing the sparkly belt is up to date fashion this increases femininity and illustrates that the clash of vintage and modern clothes corresponds to her use of music and lyrics, old fashioned and modern beats are pushed together to create her unique musical style. Lastly the flowered background ensures a strong anchorage between the front page and contents page. The contents page overall interacts a female audience of teenage girls aged 17 plus, however in contrast to the front page introduces a male gender as the text explores different genres of music, and eras.

Double Page Spread

The main focal point of the double page spread is the manipulated imagery. The eye level wide shot was manipulated within the publication photo shop, I used the effects of hard light focus, and the increase of the contrast to create the bold photo. The black and white colour scheme allows the seriousness and the concentration of death to contrast against the white colouring, the purity softens the imagery, and allows it to juxtaposition to create mystery. The imagery alone illustrates a strong dominance, and the artist being stood alone emphasises independence.

The second image features the artist standing alone again, secondly evidencing the independence and dominating representation the magazine wanted to create. The bird’s eye view photography introduces the use of Mise en scene, the pearls wrapped around the artist’s neck portray the effect of elegance and expense as well as the notes splashed around her body, this imitates a strong sex appeal, which is evidenced as the model is lying down. The use of playing cards imitates a game, which illustrates a fun loving personality as well as evidencing the love/ hate, win all or nothing effect. The use of newspapers emphasizes on the black and white colour scheme, as well as enhancing the importance and seriousness. The last factors of Mise en scene used are the flowers around the wrist, these highlight the wild sense of personality and a young artist blossoming into maturity.

Another focal point used within the double page spread is the manipulated masthead; the masthead was created on dafont, the same font which has been used for each individual title creating a house font and instant recognition. The disorientated capitals emphasise excitement and the seriousness of the music magazine. The target audience I feel are students and young adults aged seventeen up to the age of late twenties.

Evaluation

The main task was to create a front page spread, contents page and a double page spread of a music magazine. I will consider the college magazine I created and use the similar media conventions and terminology. I studied different genres and styles of music magazines in order to find an ideal genre to base my music magazine on, overall I tried to base the magazine on different genres therefore a broader audience would be attracted rather than a niche one, however I failed to relate it to different music types as I used one image, and only used one plug and anchorage which related to the individual image used. The only convention which allowed the magazine to attract a different genres’ audience was the masthead “REVOLUTION”. I used Revolution as it relates to the evolution of music, and imitates the fact of music changing all the time through different decades. Overall the magazine was viewed as a pop music magazine. All of the texts and images used had to be original; in advantage this was easy to stereotype the genre. I did the same when choosing the text style within the interview, for example overall I based the magazine on pop music therefore I did the interview upbeat. The graphology stereotypes a typical teenage girl, this was stereotypical however really helped me to create the structure and original writing. For the planning process I analysed a range of different music magazine consisting of different genres, I did this to compare the different styles in pop genre, for example the lexis from a rock genre was different from the text in a pop genre. I found analysing Q magazine to be the most successful analysis as it didn’t target one particular niche market; it targeted a wide range of markets which gave me a range of ideas.

“REVOLUTION” magazine develops the conventions of magazines, due to analysing different magazines including “Rolling stones” I was able to understand the professionalism and realism in creating a magazine, I generally used the typical conventions of a magazine, including a mast head, kicker and teller, anchorage, bar code and date line and lastly a main image to represent a pop music image. I used a basic black and white colour scheme, to convey a mysterious image; the mystery would encourage the audience to read further within the magazine.

The initial idea of the magazine was to attract a neutral gender based audience, and an age group of sixteen years to twenty five. I wanted the magazine to relate to a wide audience interested in different genres, my initial idea was influenced by Q magazine. However in my opinion the finished product targeted a group of pop interested fans due to the lack of imagery and different subjected tellers and kickers. However the results from an audience based fifteen years plus 47% thought the magazine attracted all social groups. The model I used within the images illustrates attitude and dominance; this is shown throw the camera being slight tilted, as well as illustrating a direct mode of address. The slight lower angle illustrates a strong dominance; the image portrays independence as she stands alone. The independence evidences the dominance and creates a strong role model which an audience would be interested in. The positioning of the body being slightly tilted forwards highlights attitude as well as introducing her status within the music industry. I styled the artist in lace and velvet to establish a unique image as well as relating to different music genre eras, this evidences the masthead “Revolution”. The velvet was influenced by the rock band music era, illustrating a strong sex appeal. The use of lace conveys a vintage and unique fashion style as well as in contrast introducing the sparkly belt is up to date fashion this increases femininity and illustrates that the clash of vintage and modern clothes corresponds to her use of music and lyrics. Old fashioned and modern beats are placed together to create her unique musical style. “I’M SO NOT CONFIDENT” I included the lexis “SO” to relate to a teenage/ young adult audience, rather than using taboo language which would introduce a rock related audience.

During the planning process I created a mood board, to show the props used, and the Mise en scene of the images, I used props including pearls to portray elegance, flowers illustrating a wild and free personality, and playing cards influenced by Lady Gaga. One of the main problems I had when creating the magazine was not having detailed or appropriate backgrounds, I used photos from my bedroom however didn’t realise that the background pictures had to be original as well, therefore I disliked all of the photographs taken because of the background pictures. I used photo shop to try and remove the background with the lasso tool; however the finishing product didn’t look professional as it consisted of rough edges. Due to the complication I took different images however took them against floral wallpapered backgrounds, evidencing the wild spirit of the musician. I also researched pop artists within the music industry as well as looking through fashion magazines which consisted of interviews.

I completed various drafts during the planning process, I completed different drafts for the front cover, drafts for the contents page and similar to the double page spread. I feel that this was due to my lack of organisation skills and that my ideas were in the air, I never settled on a complete idea, I changed it constantly, however in advantage I took various images from different angles and different shots, for the final magazine front cover I used a wide shot, eye levelled image which was inviting for the audience. The initial drafts were completely different to my overall finished design, I completely changed both the contents page and the double page spread, and I did this due to the comparison of other music magazines and felt that it didn’t look professional. I changed the ideology of the images as well as the drafts; I wanted the magazine to connote a neutral sex based audience. I should have done this by including photographs with both male and female artists. I also could have done this by using the same artist but a different background as the flowers targeted a strong female audience.

Front Page Analysis; One of the main focal points of my finished front cover is the effects of the masthead. I used a font modifying website called dafont to create the disorientated effect I was looking for. I chose to use a capitalised font to illustrate strength and the emotion excitement; I used this to attract the audience’s attention. The disorientated font used represents high voltage music, and creates the imagery of danger, the font features white decoration which portrays an old and rusty image. The masthead portrays a loud screaming image which could portray the shattering of windows as well as the light shining through the darkness to show hope and happiness. I chose to complete the masthead in a black font to convey a mysterious effect as well as introducing a sex appeal for the magazine which would enhance the audience. The name “REVOLUTION” introduces the idea of the changing music, and that music is revolutionary and comes in different genres, the name Revolution was inspired by clubs within my local home time, however I feel the name portrays the ideology of the magazine and shows that even though the image shows a biased woman’s audience, it relates to different genres of music therefore to a broader audience.

Another main focus from the magazine is the imagery used, the wide shot eye levelled image shows natural imagery and the slight lower angle illustrates a strong dominance, the image portrays independence as she stands alone, and at such a young age, the independence evidences the dominance and creates a strong role model which an audience would be interested in. The positioning of the body being slightly tilted forwards highlights attitude as well as introducing her status within the music industry secondly this establishes a professional approach. The editing of the imagery conveys a contrast of the stereotypical woman, the pale white skin contrasts with the tanned style this emphasises on her unique taste in fashion as well as illustrating her strength and independence. The focus on the long hair imitates volume and the imagery of loud volume music. Lastly the image shows the woman staring directly into the camera, as well as showing a distinctive sex appeal it looks welcoming and inviting for an audience.

“I’M SO NOT CONFIDENT” The anchorage links directly to the imagery portrayed and persuades the audience to read further into the magazine, this is due to the anchorage also acting as a screamer. The black capitalised serif font illustrates mystery, which should enable an audience to want to find out more, and read further more into the magazine. The anchorage is juxtaposition as it contrasts with the image, she stares directly into the camera emphasising confidence, however in reverse the anchorage proves the image to be putting on a brave face and illustrating strength.

The flowers used represent a wild personality to the artist as well as illustrating freedom; the flowers also represent the ideology of a female audience, and giving them the imagery they want. He flowers are used to represent beauty and blossoming, the imagery shows a young girl blossoming into a woman. Another feature of ideology used is the love hearts, increasing the femininity and relating to the target audience.

The flash convention used is portrayed in a circular shape representing the image of a CD, to give the magazine a musical atmosphere, secondly I used a circle shape to represent never ending music and to introduce that genres changed all the time however are inspired by other genres of music. “IMOGEN ROSE” The kicker conveys the same sans serif font as the anchorage, this enables and instant recognition, the graphology looks presentable and professional. Another convention used is the bar code and dateline, emphasising on the professionalism of the magazine. Through institutional terms a company would market “REVOLUTION” due to it conveying different genres of music, therefore attracting a broader market audience rather than a niche market.

Contents Page Comparison; The main focal point of the contents page is the imagery used; the wide shot low angled image shows a dominance which creates a direct mode of address, the imagery ensures she is dominate to everything else which stands amongst the page. The strong facial expression illustrates confidence and attitude this is evidence due to artist looking directly into the camera, another effect this has is welcoming the audience into the magazine. The artist looking down at the camera illustrates her status within society, as if she is looking down at the audience. The image used contrasts with the anchorage illustrating a dominant stance where as the text shows her to be “SO NOT CONFIDENT”.

Another main focal point is the mast head featured on the page, the title is small which allows the imagery to be the main attraction and focus, and this highlights the dominant stance as well as making the artist look tall. The disorientated font is repeated from the front page to re in state an instant recognition of the magazine, this ensures a well established audience, and secondly it increases professionalism. The capital letters used attract the reader’s attention and create an exited emotion which portrays the artist’s personality.

The flash used is a repeated imager of a CD portrayed on the front cover of revolution this reinstates the instant recognition which establishes an audience. “IMOGEN POSTER” The flash works as anchorage as it anchors the image to the text, this is an advantage to the magazine as it persuades readers to read the interview as well as to receive a free poster. The capital letters used emphasise on the free gift which will attract a reads attention.The content text used contrasts against the strong white colour, which allows the black font to stand out and become audience friendly. The content text allows the audience to widen and become broader due to the context in different genres of music. The front page of the image attracts a female audience where as the language of the text used introduces a gender neutral audience.

The velvet leggings worn within the images illustrate the expense and unique fashion Imogen has, the velvet was influenced by the rock band music era, illustrating a strong sex appeal. The use of lace conveys a vintage and unique fashion sense as well as in contrast introducing the sparkly belt is up to date fashion this increases femininity and illustrates that the clash of vintage and modern clothes corresponds to her use of music and lyrics, old fashioned and modern beats are pushed together to create her unique musical style. Lastly the flowered background ensures a strong anchorage between the front page and contents page. The contents page overall interacts a female audience of teenage girls aged 17 plus, however in contrast to the front page introduces a male gender as the text explores different genres of music, and eras.
My initial first draft was created so that institutions such as NME and The Rolling stones would distribute Revolution magazine, however the results of the magazine poll showed that the magazine targeted more of a female audience therefore an institution which established a niche audience for example “Clash” magazine would distribute Revolution. Only one specific genre of music is conveyed throughout the front page, contents page and double page spread. Due to the magazine including the latest chart hits and news, it would be distributed within larger supermarkets which distribute various niche target audiences as well as advertised within radio stations which establish chart hits for example Viking FM and Galaxy.

The technologies I have learnt from creating Revolution would most definitely by the use of photo shop. Initially I had planned to create the magazine on publisher due to the trouble I had whilst creating my college magazine. I created the college magazine in photo shop however found it difficult due to it being the first time I had used it, I used a simple black and white colour scheme as edited font in paint. However I did create Revolution in photo shop and found some of the editing techniques extremely helpful. I used the lasso tool to subtract the background from an image, I then took images of background including trees and walls, my idea was to place the image on a brick wall, however I didn’t complete the task very well, therefore the body was edgy and didn’t look realistic or professional. I used the transformation tool to change the scale of the image, I used this to set the image as an A4 background as well as set it to the scale I wanted. Thirdly I used the spot healing tool to eliminate the moles on the models chest, I compared the image with and without and chose to use the image without the moles, the spot heeling tool worked really worked really well and allowed the work to look professional. Lastly I used a hard light to create the harsh context between light and dark, creating a dramatic and mysterious image.

However if I was given the opportunity to complete the task again, or improve it I would work on changing the genre slightly. I would do this by adding a range of images on the front of the magazine from different pop genres, for example a rock band costumed in tight jeans and skirts, holding a guitar and cigarette, I think that the imagery would be effective. I focused on the key conventions whilst analysing and creating my own, one of the main features I enjoyed created was a flash. I used a range of kickers, tellers and anchorage.

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Hand Drawn Drafts

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