My evaluation plan

(Finished) My front cover

This is my final draft for my music magazine front cover. At this point in time everything is complete and ready to be assessed for my coursework.

(Finished) My contents page

After the last feedback I got about the image used for the DPS, I decided to apply it to the contents page as it felt right to do to keep the consistency throughout the magazine. I also added page numbers for a more professional finish.

(Finished) My DPS

After receiving some feedback on how I made my dps I altered it a little. Firstly I changed the image to its original as the feedback said it looked like it was cut out. And also I added in the required text for the dps article, and also page numbers. Any further comment would be great to hear. Thank you.

DPS for my music magazine

I will soon get to writing up the article once im done with the contents page

RE UPDATED - my music magazine contents pageI

I have now included some articles which will feature in my magazine. Once i complete the contents page i will upload the finalised version.

(COMPLETED) front cover of my music magazine

i have now completed my front cover for my magazine

My music magazine contents page (UPDATED)

I have re-created my contents page to make it look more professional and to show to the audience that there is a lot of content within the magazine and that it is worth buying. Also another reason for why I re-designed the contents page is because the last design wasn't aesthetically satisfying to myself which made me realise it will not aesthetically please the audience also. Any comments or suggestions are up to you, and ill be happy to hear them.  

Updated front cover for my music magazine

I have used photoshop to edit my cover star and place him on the front cover. Comments and suggestions will be appreciated.

My Double Page Spread creation for my music magazine

Any form of comments whether it is constructive criticism or praise or even comments on what you'll like to see, are all appreciated as it will make me feel confident about what i'm doing or whether I need to make changes. Thanks

Updated plan for my contents page.

I've decided to make the background of the contents page black. And the reason for this is because I want to continue using my 3 colour scheme throughout the magazine were possible.

Front cover plan for my music magazine

I have created this front cover using the programme photoshop. If there is anything I can improve on or what you will like to see please comment me some suggestions. Thank you

Call sheet

Plan for contents page

I created this contents page concept on the software called Adobe InDesign. This will be my desired layout for my contents page. Any constructive comment is welcome. Thanks

My music magazine proposal

Photography induction

I had my photography induction, which was put in place for me to understand how to take pictures for my front cover of my magazine. I had a quick introduction to all the equipment that will be needed, for example, two soft boxes- the main light, the fill light and also a snoot - the hairline light. This is also known as 3 point lighting which is what is used for most cover start photoshoots. There are two brands of lighting which are Bowers and Trinity. I also got introduced to the two DSLR cameras that i can choose to use which are Nikon or Cannon. Other things I learnt about were, F-stop, white balance, ISO and shutter speed. There are two backdrops to choose from, either a white backdrop or a black drop. The choice I make depends on how I want to show the cover star and also the genre I choose. For my magazine I will be choosing the black backdrop because I think that it will suit my magazine much better rather than having an image on a white backdrop. When I want to take pictures of my cover star I will have to make them stand around 5-6 feet away from back of the backdrop, because if they were too close to the back then they will blend in with the backdrop. Another piece of equipment that was introduced to me, was the reflectors. Their main job is to bounce light back onto the cover start so that the image looks a lot more better due to the extra lighting. When using a DSLR camera I need to choose either manual focus - MF, or autofocus - AF. Manual focus is when I want to focus on certain areas and autofocus is when the camera focuses on the frame itself, without me having to rotate the focus dial.

My magazine proposal

My Music Magazine Proposal

Check out my magazine proposal. Click the link below

Music magazine presentation on prezi

my custom made masthead

I created this masthead for my magazine using the Adobe Illustrator programme

working on masthead

magazine proposal

Magazine proposal

Title of magazine

‘Tune-in’ will be the title of the magazine and the tagline will be, ‘where the music world really speaks to you’

Your chosen musical genre(s)

I will choose my magazine to fall under the genre of rock. I have chosen this genres because I feel as if it is a safer market than going into the market of R&B or hip-hop and the reason for that, is because there will be a very high standard compared to rock magazines due to the number of the audience for the genre.

The kind of content you’ll include – for example, the type of artists you might include, regular items, and most importantly what makes your magazine different.

For the artists I will use to feature will be those who are either at the very peak of the career or those who are on their worst part of their career and anything in between, just so that I can give a variation of stories and not just have the same stories being told again and again, as I personally think it will get very repetitive and it would not make the audience pay for another magazine as it will seem too predictable. The regular items that will appear on my magazine will be interviews, quizzes, fact files, competitions etc. The thing that will make my magazine different to other magazines of this genre is that, there will be hidden codes within the magazine that will allow for the audience to win next month’s copy for free and also receive a cash prize of £10. Out of all the magazine’s distributed there will only be 10% of them which will have a winning code.

Any design features, such as masthead, lettering, colour scheme

My colour scheme will consist of red, black and white and the reason for this is because I think that these colours really help to make the magazine stand out. My masthead will spread along the top of the front cover just like what the magazine company ‘mixmag’ do as I think it looks very aesthetically appealing. The design of the magazine will have a techno sort of look to it as I think it helps to resemble the two genres I have picked for my magazine to be.

Who might publish your magazine?

I would like for Bauer Media to publish my magazine. The reason for this is because they are associated with many successful and also well-known music magazines on the market today. Therefore I think that if Bauer Media were to publish my magazine I will have a lot more success than if were to have another company publish it.

Who are the target audience (refer back to the press pack research you’ve already done). Consider age, gender, social class, hobbies / lifestyle.

The target audience for my magazine will be in the range of 20 year olds to 40 year olds. I feel that the way I will design my magazine will attract an equal male and female audience, solely on the fact of the design of the magazine. The people who will be buying my magazine will be in the social classes of AB&C1 and their hobbies/lifestyle will be something that revolves around listening to music or going to gigs and concerts.

evaluation on my self made college magazine

Two music magazine analysis

this is my analysis on two music magazines from the same genre (Rock)

NME magazine media pack

NME is a pop/rock magazine and as we can see NME's audience is male dominant with 63% male and 37% female readers. the median age is 25 and out of the whole audience, 26% of those are students. 47% have the social status of A, B or C1. there are currently around a quarter of a million readers for NME. From the quotes we can see that people trust the content that NME is posting and have a strong relationship with the brand.

Q magazine media pack

Q magazine (genre is pop/rock) says that their usual reader is around abouts the age of 34 and that 70% are employed. Also 71.8% of the audience have the social status of A, B and C1. There target audience are people who love to go to music concerts and that music is basically what they live for.

College magazine contents page

This is my magazine contents page which was made on InDesign

College magazine Front cover

This is my front cover of my magazine which was made on photoshop

My college magazine plan

This is the plan which i will be basing my magazine on

analysis on college magazine's contents page

1. The three colour scheme which consists of white, green and blue is very suitable for the magazine itself as well as its targeted audience.
2. The structure/layout of the contents page is very appealing as it looks very easy to navigate and understand.
3. The different articles in the magazine are all indicated very well making it easier for the reader to find what they would like to read about.
4. The images within the contents page look very friendly. They either have a person smiling or a picture of an activity.
5. The unique title of "what's inside?" rather than the typical "contents", draws people in as it is different, suggesting that the articles within the magazine are also unique.

Self Made College Magazine

This is my first attempt at making a magazine front cover on photoshop

College And Music Magazines. (Similarites And Differences)

This is my analysis on the similarities and differences between music magazines and college magazines.

First attempt of a DPS page on InDesign

This was my first attempt at creating a DPS on InDesign. Any constructive feedback would be very helpful towards me making a better DPS for reader. And remember to check into my blog weekly for new updates. Thanks!

Timline/Schedule for the coursework

Introduction to my blog!

Hey guys, welcome to my blog. I will be posting future blogs about my current coursework I will be working on for the majority of this year, which will be creating a magazine. I will be working on the front page, contents page and the double page spread.
Last week and this week I have been exploring the works of a programme named InDesign, which is the programme I will be using to create my magazine on (Front page, contents page and the double-page spread only).
As a heads up there will be times where I will make changes to my magazine to fit the criteria of the magazine which I have chosen to write for so that it will appeal to their target audience, and to make it better overall.
Keep on track with my upcoming blog entries and I hope you enjoy the content I will be entering throughout the next year!

Thanks!