Wednesday 17 March 2010
Tuesday 16 March 2010
7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Monday 15 March 2010
4) Who would be the audience for your media product?
An example of a typical reader of an indie-folk magazine.
6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Alongside my use of Adobe Photoshop, I also edited my pictures in Adobe Lightroom. Again, I was already very familiar with this product and I find this the easiest way to manipulate images.
Wednesday 3 March 2010
1) How does your media product use, develop, or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My media product is similar to the current magazines shown above, which all present the genres rock and indie rock. Therefore I purposefully took inspiration from these magazines as I intended my magazine to present an indie/folk genre. The similarities between my own magazine and the others listed are the typical elements of a magazine such as a masthead, barcode and strap lines but also the features specified for the genre such as the font and language. The font used in my magazine and the current ones is a sans serif font, typically used to connote colloquialism and to appeal to younger audiences. The language mine and the other magazines have used is a chatty, informal style but as well as showing intelligence.
However, my media product shows some difference in style and content because it was an indie/folk magazine. This is shown through the colour scheme being quite neutral, laid-back colours as apposed to NME’s ,for example, bright red, black and white scheme.
Friday 12 February 2010
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Friday 22 January 2010
Time Plan
- Small contents shot to be taken, image of two people in a pub/club, smiling.
Saturday 23rd January:
- Double page spread image 1, medium close up shot of someones feet for album cover.
- Double page spread image 3 & 4 to be taken, involving a boy and girl in quirky outfits. It will look as though they have just been pulled straight from the street even though I am using models.
Sunday 24th January:
- Double page spread photo five, image of a boy sat in an armchair or a field if the weather is nice playing a mandelin or acoustic guitar.
- Large contents shot: Taken in a field including a 4/5 mixed group, all with instruments.
Tuesday 25th January:
- Front cover image to be taken, outside if the weather is good, if not in a studio.
Thursday 21 January 2010
Planning: Shot list
Here are some examples of the kind of style I want in my cover image:
Large contents shot: Wide shot, landscape, group of about 4/5 young people. Various instruments will be in the shot to show that they are in a band. The picture will look very casual and natural rather than posed.
Small contents shot: Wide shot, portrait, the editor of the magazine and a band member stood next to eachother smiling with arms around one another. There should be a distinction between the editor in the shot and the band member. E.g. clothes, height, age?
Double page spread photo one: Mid shot, Image of something quirky e.g. socks with sandals? To represent an indie film.
Double page spread photo two: Wide shot, image of a crowd of people to represent a gig. I may be able to take a picture of an actual gig if the opportunity arrises.
Double page spread photo three: Wide shot, portrait, of a girl in the high street wearing desirable indie clothes.
Double page spread photo four: As above but with a male.
Double page spread photo five: A medium close up image of something herbal like to represent a herbal high, or an actual legal high if I can get my hands on one.
Double page spread photo five: I will upload a two second video clip of someone playing an instrument like a mandelin or guitar and I will then do a screen shot, crop it and then include it in my double page spread.
Audience research on rough sketches
Here is the rough sketch of the contents page. It looks quite bare but I intend to fill the whole page with a lot of text which will include not only the content of the magazine but with a note from the editor aswell. Next to the text detailing the content of the magazine I hope to include a large image of a band with a page reference, and beside the note from the editor I plan to include a small image of something relating to the note.
Finally, this is a rough drawing of the double page spread I will include in my magazine. I decided to include a variety of information such as fashion, film and music as a result of the audience research I gathered.
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Audience Research
These are the questions and responses:
Does this appeal to you, Why?
" Yes, it has lyrics from bands I like... and features logos of magazines I already read"
"It appeals to me... it is suited to teenagers because it has images like the Topshop, Myspace and WKD logos"
Would you read this magazine? All those asked said they would
"it looks interesting to read"
What would you want it to include?
"stuff about gigs and festivals and new music"
"a mixture of fashion, music and general issues"
What do you think about the fonts?
"I like the fonts because they are varied and interesting"
" really like the fonts at the bottom"
For an uptodate view of the mood board follow this link;
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=4360862&id=727423277
Now that I have gathered this information, I will bear it in mind when I create rough drawings of my magazine which I intend to do next.
Tuesday 12 January 2010
Research and Planning: Distribution
Contradictorally Vice, and independant UK magazine who have a very different distribution strategy. Their magazine is free, and this is because it is only distributed to places where their target audience will go and this consists of bars, cafes, record stores and galleries and is therefore not in stocked in mainstream stores such as supermarkets. This quirky way will appeal to their target audience as they will feel that they are connecting with them on a personal level.
After researching into the distribution strategies of major and independant magazines I have decided that I would distribute my magazine through independant distribution and I intend to stock it in mainly bars and cafes. This is because it will make it more personal for my audience, who are into quirky and independant music, and I think they will appreciate it.
I will have a multi platform strategy where the audience can listen to and watch independant music and films made by my company.
Sunday 10 January 2010
Audience Profile
- Generally aged between 14 - 21 although age can vary depending on personal taste.
- Mostly female, with some males.
- Intelligent, but won't put as much effort in at school as possible e.g. leaves homework to the last minute.
- Will shop at Topshop, Urban Outfitters and various charity shops.
- They will most likely smoke, and have tried or intend to try cannabis.
- They may have a saturday job, and spend their wages on gigs, alcohol and nights out to the cinema/ restaurants.
- They will have a piercing somewhere, a popular choice being a plug.
- They will have a facebook/ Myspace addiction.
- Will be interested in unsigned bands/ interested in quirky music.
- The girls will own at least one long cardigan
- Both genders will own a pair of skinny jeans and a checked shirt.
- Their favourite TV programmes will include Skins, the Inbetweeners, Misfits etc.
- The films they are likely to favour are ones like Juno and 500 days of summer.
Summary of Research
- A 3 way colour scheme, with a fourth colour used to highlight particular areas.
- A capitalised masthead in sans serif font.
- A main image of a popular band within the chosen sub culture looking directly at the camera.
- Cover lines and reversed out cover lines to give the cover variety and depth.
- A large image dominating the contents page with the actual content listed in a box to the side.
- A lot of small text on the double page spreads with one large image and a few smaller ones.