Contents Page Draft

Above is the mock up I did for my contents page on Photoshop, I did it similar to the way I did my front cover, I used the rectangle tool to create the boxes, but as this is a draft I'm not sure if I will use this exact template, as I wanted my contents page to not have a lot of images and stuff involved, to the left is a colour code of what each box is. 

Double Page Spread Draft

Above is the draft mock up of my double page spread, at this stage I'm torn between two choices, the one above and the one bellow. The colour code for them are the same, which is to the left.

Front Cover Page Mock Up

Above is a mock up of what I want my front cover to look like, to create this I went on to Photoshop and after creating a new page I then used the rectangle tool to create the boxes to show where I want things going and I did the same to create the colour code which is to the left. Though this is my final draft for the cover, I may not keep the headline ect on the right side.

Drawn Draft

This is a draw draft of my font cover, contents page and double page spread which there are two ideas for, I will also make a draft on Photoshop for each one so it is easier to see and so you can understand which bit is which.

Model Release Form

Shot Type

Shooting Schedule

Personal Record Of Progress

Music Magazine Front Cover Draft

This is the mock up I created on Photoshop using the rectangle tool to make the boxes I need and the the colour tool at the top to change the colour of the lines and fill them in, to the left is the colour code so you know which box is what.

Smart Society

What is a Smart Society?

A Smart Society is the society now as is, its a society that has different ways to access the internet such as; mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet, a tv ect, we are a sharing culture who can share anything via most things, where as before the technology we had to share things with each other through letters or talking not we do it over social networks. Within the internet there is a place to store everything, from your tweets, messages, facebook videos and images, but there is "the cloud" this is a place within the internet, you don't think about it being there you just know everything on you social networks will be there unless deleted.

Millennials

Millennial

Millennials, also refereed to as "Generation Y", are a demographic cohort following "Generation X". Generation Y first appeared in 1993 and was used to describe the teenagers of the time, Generation X is the generation that was much before then it was a time between the 1960's and 1990's.

Digital Natives And Digital Immigrants

What is a Digital Native And Digital Immigrant?

A digital native is a person who grew up always knowing technology, they knew the internet, smart phones, they're generally born in 1985 and above, these are the "Generation Y". A digital immigrant on the other hand is the total opposite, these people were born before technology came, they therefore adapted to the technology when it came later on.

Fonts

There are two different types of fonts used on magazines. The first type is "Sans-Serif" this is a font generally used as the title, as it is simple to read. Examples of this are Helvetica, Avant Garde, Arial, and Geneva. Serif fonts include Times Roman, Courier, New Century Schoolbook, and Palatino.

The second type is called "Serif" this is used for the writing, it is easier to read as it has a little flick at the ends, this also helps distinguish the difference between Sans and Serif, the little flicks help the writing come together so it is a lot easier to read. Examples of fonts like this are Didot, Onyx and Times Bold. 

Test Shots

With this we had to go and get used to the SLR cameras so we could do our test shots of the models on them and the actual shots of the models for our magazine. These are examples of mid shots, I will probably use a mid shot on my magazine cover but i'm not too sure yet so I'm not committing to that idea when i'm still not sure if I will use it, but the possibility is high as it would be the best type of show to use on a magazine cover. I used Gifmaker.com to create the gif used above.

Weekly Plan 2

Front Cover Analysis

The three above images are all examples of types of front cover magazines, as you can see they are pretty similar and two are "Rollingstones", but I chose this to show how one brand of magazines can be different. I personally like all of these covers, I like how in the first Rollingstones magazine that its all black and white but the masthead is in colour, I think unless It doesn't work that I will probably do the image in black and white but the text and masthead in colours so they stand out. In the second magazine cover I like how its very bright, but I doubt I would use too much colour as I don't want it too bright, as it would distract the real genre of music, bright colours are more for a kids pop magazine but as mine is for an older pop audience then i wouldn't want it too bright or the audience will be lost at who it is aimed at. The last one, though being another Rollingstones, is totally different to the other one, this one is brighter, this one uses a long shot whereas the other uses a close up, I think depending on you aim for the magazine the shot type makes a big difference, the close up and black and white together in the first gives of a feeling that this is for the lay back, indie kids, whereas the one in colour give you the, this is aimed at pop fans. 

Though the first one is not for me, i personally like how theres a lot of text on the side, but you know just by looking that the text is pretty irrelevant, theres too much and its too little for you to read it all, you just have a quick glance to see who and what is going to be inside of the magazine, I like how its not sentences or bullet point but its just written straight after it all. 

The colours are a main statement for your magazine, if its bright, its a kiddy pop, its its dull and lay back, its indie, if its just slightly lay back but its got colour on it then its an older pop. Rollingstones is known and recognised for their masthead, I think the masthead is the most important with the main image, your magazines masthead should be repetitive, it should be the same style and maybe the same colour, different colours if its a special addition.

The text down the side should not be too big, your eyes should stay in the image, use some photography skills to keep their eyes in the picture, such as triangles and leading lines, this and the small or not so noticeable selling, head and cover line will keep your eye on the image so you notice it, the masthead needs to be the boldest thing on the page or you will lose it, if you cant see it or notice it, your buyers will not know whats its called, or care.

Contents Page Analysis

Above are three different images of contents pages, all three are very different in their style, colours and fonts. This is unlike with my double page spread analysis, as they were very similar. But similar to the double page spread there is a recurrence of the colour red, in all three, even the none colour one in the middle red is involved. The first contents page give me the feeling it is a magazine aimed at a younger audience such as 13 year olds or around that age, I believe this because the writing is very big and bold, the colours are bright and the image is of Katy Perry and she looks very girly, all of theses factors make me think that the magazine is aimed at a younger audience.

 In the second contents page I believe this is aimed at a slightly older audience this is because the colours are not as bright as they are in the first contents page. I also believe that it is for an older audience as the band featured on it is The Rolling Stones, which is a older band from the 1970's to the 1990's so they're audience would be on the older end of fans or the ages around 17-20, this is also because the layout and colours and the artists in the picture are very lay back. 

In the last image I believe this is also aimed at a slightly older audience but not the same audience as the first, which would be a pop audience or the second which I believe to be aimed at a indie styled audience, the last is a pop but not the same type of pop as the first, I believe its aimed at a slighter soul based pop audience. 

In my personal opinion I like the first the most but the second I could use as ideas for my magazine as it would see to fit in with it more, although the first is a nice simple it catches your eye with the bright colours and bold fonts, I like that about it but in the second I think it is also simple yet effective, it fits the purpose, its very lay back and calm, but it gives you information as unlike in the first one which gives you information but its very image based, the image is taking over so you just don't get to notice the information at the side its pushed away and hidden but in the second the page is split down the left side so you get the clear sight of the information especially as it is in a different colour than the image background unlike the first image where it is all white.

I'm not too keen on the too much information, I prefer the big image little, but enough information, I think its too much writing, you don't want to give it all away, you want to give them enough to keep them interested but not everything you want them to open the first and carry on not know what inside in full.

Double Page Spread Examples

Above are three different examples of a double page spread of music magazines, each of theses are similar. They all have the main subject covering at least one full page and one page full of writing, apart from the bottom one, this one has the main image covering most of both pages and the bottom of it is this side. I personally think the top and bottom look the best, I like the idea of the big L that covers the full page but you are still able to read the text underneath, I also like how everything is black and white but the L, which is a nice red.

On the bottom on the reason I like it are the fact that the image covers most of both pages, not all magazines do this, I also like, how similar to the first one there is big writing covering the image but not the writing like the first one, you can still clearly see the image but the writing is covering most of it, but unlike the first one, the image is not in black and white, I think in both double page spread covers both black and white and colour, it has the same effect, it stands out.

I would personally use something similar to the top or bottom one, as O like the idea of the writing and images. The middle example isn't bad, I just personal don't like how there is no background behind the subject, but I do like how there are the lines going under the text and image but in that sense I think it would be better if the lines went over the text.

Weekly Plan

Sombre Scene

This scene is called a sombre scene, a sombre scene is where it seems sad, it's a scene without humour and is normally very serious. The way you can tell if a scene would be considered as sombre would be the mise-en-scène and the music, but if for example it's just the image, like above, then you would have to just rely on the mise-en-scène. For example in this image, it is an over the shoulder shot, the female looks sad, she looking over her shoulder almost in regret the woman just out of focus in the back, is also looking the same way. There's nothing bright or hapy about this image, the background is dull and grey, there's nothing to this scene but saddess.

Cheerful Scene

Unlike a sombre scene, a cheerful scene is what it says it is, it's a happy scene. With every scene mise-en-scène is involved, for example in this scene the three of them are eating ice cream, now ice cream can be used for a sombre scene or a happy scene, it just depends on how you portray it, In this one it's obvious it's not a sad scene, this is because not only because they're smiling but because they're dressed brightly and they look to be in a park, maybe near a river, any sad person would not be doing this. Bright colours hold a major part in desiping whether it's a cheerful or sombre scene, the clothing in this scene is bright, the backing is bright, the make is wearing sunglasses which would insinuate that it's sunny, the sun and colours all indicate that this is a happy scene, bright colours indicate happiness, the sun also does and it makes a lot of people happy. 

Publication Plan

Magazie Poll

Voice Thread Magazine Analysis 2

                      

For this analysis I chose to do a rollingstone magazine. This was because although this brand of magazine do not always do music, they do various things, they have quite a few music additions, it would of been easier to do a full music magazine but I wanted to show that though music magazines are purely music, magazines such as rollingstone also have a large amount of music additions. The first thing I see when I look at this cover would be the mid to long shot of a shirtless young male, he appears to be doing some form of performance as he has a mic in his hand. The second thing I notice it the clear yet simple colour scheme which consists of red and white. I also see that the mast head is behind the main image instead of in front of it. Down the side of the cover I see various things such as different articles which would be in the magazine being mentioned along with other artists. 

The connotations of this magazine are that the shirtless male in the picture is Justin Bieber. Bieber has a large fanbase that ranges from a young age to a much more matured age, unlike my previous magazine analysis that had Bieber on, this magazine is not targeted at a younger audience, just simply because he is shirtless, parents do not want their 12 yet old, or younger daughter strain at a shirtless young adult, he is more sexualised in this magazine cover, reasons for this are because he is shirtless, he is also sweating due to the fact he probably was just performing. Other reasons as to why this would not be aimed at a younger fanbase would be the headline "Bad Boy" this makes Bieber seem childlike, almost as if he's being told of, but if you look at it in that sense you can also see the sexual innuendos, underneath the head line it mentions how he "won't behave" which is degrading to a young adult, they've made it seem as though Bieber is a child, maybe because of his behaviour and the way he is acting, even though the picture clear shows he is not child.

The shirtless main image will pull on the crushes of teenage fans, a typical teenage heartthrob, topless.

The colours and fonts of this magazine cover are very plain and simple, I believe this is because it will make it easier to read and it shows that the magazine is not a kids magazine, another thing that shows this would be the lack of eye catching articles down the side, there's no free posters or fashion guides it mentions artists such as Rick Ross but doesn't say what about him? It leaves you wanting more. What about Rick Ross? I believe this is to also not take your eyes away from the main article, but it would be a lot easier to just not have anything if that was the idea, which Is also why I believe that the mentioning of other artists will show people who read this magazine regularly that just because Bieber is on the cover doesn't mean everything is about him, it shows that the magazine is full of other stuff too just incase you regularly purchase this magazine but are not such a big fan of Justin Bieber so may not want to buy it if it's all about him. 

Everything I've mentioned, such as the colours, fonts, articles and main images all show that this magazines genre right now is pop, but not your typical little girl pop, this magazine is similar to how my music magazine would be, not too bright, not to childish, it gets to the point but isn't boring and it's eye catching but not blinding, this is why I believe this magazine is aiming at the older side of pop music.