Peer Feedback - Comments and Improvements

From this feedback from my peers I will improve my magazine front cover by adding a website either on the cover or when I come to producing my contents page. Furthermore, I will try to make the key point of the magazine clearer by changing the size of some text to make the main aspects large.

 

 

Comments	Improvements
Writing on masthead - I like	Possible website?
Image and layout is very nice	Website and contact number?
Image layout, bold, eye catching, I like band logos	Slightly hard to focus on key points

Fifth Draft

I really like this image, as its very intense and the lighting (mise-en-scene) relates to one of the three main house style colours which is red.

Draft Four

This is my Fourth Draft. I feel asif there is a lot of negative space to the right of the top of the image. This is why i will continue to edit my draft until i get a final front cover i am happy with (done to meet deadlines therefore continuing with this in my spare time will improve them). 

Draft Three

 

 

I like this draft because the image stands out with the mast head due to the head of the model being above the mast head. The use of two colours for text allows the magazine to be verisimilitude and create realism to it.

Final Image of Draft Two

 

This draft is my favourite. Even though the text is usually on the left side of the page of magazines, mine is on the left but i feel that it works. The only aspect which i may change is the Main cover line "CHLO DUNN" and change it to the layout as seen in draft 4.

Developments of Draft two

First draft

This is my least favourite. I've not used a good enough mixture of text and the mast head is right at the top of the page. As seen in my other drafts, i changed this so i would have a plug splash at the top of the page and I think it looks better that way then this. Even though it may have the main aspects of a magazine, it does not attract or look very intereseting. The image is the only aspect which would draw attention to the audience. 

Examples of my own images I may use in my magazine (edited)

In these images i concentrated on lighting for the two images with red and green light along with the black and white ones. They create a dramatic effect which draws the audience in to look at the magazine  I believe the main aspect of a front cover is the image. It needs to be eye catching to draw attention. I was inspired to use this red lighting from a photograph of Jay-Z with red lighting. This use of mise-en-scene will connote the house style of my magazine as I plan to used red as my main colour. 

In these images I have concentrated on the the use of lighting. Doing this is a great way to produce dramatic effects which are extremely eye catching to the audience. Doing this draws attention to the face and hands in some images. Furthermore, thinking carefully about the composition of the image allows there to be a use of leading lines; for example. The photographs with my model shaping her hands in a triangle and square draws the eye to her face, it is also framing her face. My favourite images are the black and white ones which are dramatic, although I do like the photographs with the use of the guitar.

Digital Mock up of what I'd like my Magazine to look like using found images off the internet and my inspiration to show difference

 This image is from Q magazine which is my inspiration.


I changed the name of the magazine to MM (main music) as I thought it would relate to the genre, but yet again i changed this when i came to doing my drafts.

Photoshoot plan with own taken test images

Planning for photoshoot on Prezi

Inital Idea

DRAFTS placed on market research

When doing these drafts i was planning to call my magazine WLT (watch listen tell), although i didn't feel that it fitted my genre. So when I came to doing my final drafts, i changed it to cult.

Target Audience & Price

Target Audience & Price on Prezi

Identify and explain choice of music genre & Market research & LIIAR of music mag & Focus group

Identify and explain choice of music genre AND Market Research on Prezi

More Market research (LIIAR) on Prezi

Main task (Music Magazine) brief:

The front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine.
- All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate, minimum of FOUR images.

Front cover and contents

Evaluation

I have chosen to do a college magazine instead of a school magazine as i feel that whilst I’m at college, I'd be able to get more inspiration at college then just from my experience at secondary school. I began to look at existing college magazine covers on the internet. At first I thought it would be difficult to analyse them, but from learning the key elements of a front cover in my media lessons, i was able to complete a brief analysis of them (labelling an NME magazine with elements such as 'mast head', 'main headline' and more)

As this isn't going towards our final grade and is preparing us for our music magazine, i felt that having to show our own examples of different camera angles has made me feel much more confident for when i actually take photographs. In this project, i chose to take a photograph of Jamie and Chloe, long shot, as i wanted them standing in front of a brick wall which made them stand out for when i add text to the image. I got my models to hold books as this will relate to some of the cover lines and main headline of the magazine; such as 'exam preparation'. As they are college students and holding books, it will look how the audience expects students to look (conventions).

When drafting my contents page and front cover i felt confident and enjoyed having to think of what i needed to include so the conventions of the cover and contents page were what to audience expected. I chose to set the Front cover like the green college magazine which i analysed. As for the contents page, i decided to use the layout used by 'Q' magazine contents which i labelled and analysed. I feel both layouts are simple yet eye catching and suit the expectations of the audience. When I got to the Photoshop stage of the task, i found this quiet easy and enjoyable from the preparation i had done for the task which made it simple. I wanted to use an image of a fellow student which i got to take a photo of in my photography class as he is stood in college grounds and it relates with the magazine as it is for wyke college.

All original images taken for college magazine

 

Initial Idea

Contents page drafts

Front Cover Drafts

Analysis of exsisting college magazines and types of camera framings

Analysis of existing college magazines and types ofcamera framings

Magazines

Thismagazine layout of the front cover to the right of this page is my favouritelayout as I believe it suits the purpose it has. It's a very simple layout,although, from my memory of my secondary school, their magazine was verysimple. They tended to use colours either relating to the school (school logowas green) so they would use green in their magazine. Most magazines I'velooked at tend to use the same font of text or two different fronts, one forthe Masthead and one for the main cover line (the rest of the text is usuallyin the same font as the cover line just smaller). This example is a house styleas there are two colours used. Although, there are three different text fontsused. When I create my college/school magazine i think i would rather use twodifferent fonts at the most. I like where the main cover line is placed in thecentre of the page, although, to attract students to buy the magazine I think Iwill include a plug splash such as "FREE MEMORY STICK - if you take partin extra curriculum". I'd also like to include a selling line whichrelates to the school/college like "create your futures".

Different types of camera framings 

1. Thisis an extreme close up shot

2. Thisis a close up

3. Thisis a medium shot

4. Thisis a medium/long shot

5. Five is not on this diagrambut five would be a long shot if it had the whole body in the shot includingthe model's feet on the floor