The document provides information for creating a magazine, including potential color schemes, masthead designs, magazine names, target audiences, and more. It discusses using a black and white color scheme with hints of red to appeal to older audiences or represent darker music genres. Names proposed for the magazine include Death Sector, Dead Sector, Amplified, Mute, and others related to death and rock music. The target audience is identified as those ages 16-30, mainly male, to match the rock and metal music genres featured. Images would include known bands and sponsors. The magazine would be released weekly to keep readers updated and feature monthly competitions.
2. Magazine Ideas
Color scheme
Black and whiteHint of Red,
white and
black
This style of color scheme could
connote that it will be an old
band being covered or to make it
more appealing to an older
audience.
Masthead
Types of images
Frequency
Target audience
This style of color scheme could
connote that it is a metal
magazine as they are dark colors
and that it represents the
darkness of the music and the
artist
Names for Magazine:
-Death Sector
-Dead Sector
-Amplified
-Mute
-Death Row
-Rock
-Riff
-DeadRiff
This would be a weekly issue, as it would keep
the reader up to date every week. As this will
be a weekly issue the prices will be reasonable
and affordable for my ages group on which my
target audience is in.
At the end of every
month there will be
a special edition
where a competition
is held with a mega
prize.
The target audience for the magazine will be
between ages of 16- 30. I chose this age range
mainly due to the fact that the genre of the
magazine will mainly consist of rock and metal
music. My ideal target gender of the magazine
will be mainly male as most males listen to this
type of music stereotypically . But may have
things for the female gender to. So the female
gender can also be able to read it.
The images I will use is, that I will use
picture of well known bands and well
known sponsors so more people would
want to read it, this would also gain more
attention as if they see a band that’s not on
the other magazines they would pick it up
out of curiosity. I will have to make sure
that my images are not copyrighted, if they
are this mean I cannot use the,.
Price
The price of this magazine will
be at £2.50, this is a
reasonable price on which
anyone will be able to buy it.
5. Bauer Media Group
Bauer is a privately owned media company, and is
one of the largest in Europe (in 2008). Currently
owned by the fifth generation of the family
ownership, it was founded in 1874, Hamburg. They
are located in 19 different countries and have
11,000 employees
Bauer media produce a number of different types
of magazines ranging from music to vintage
vehicles.
They are many different platforms such as: TV
Magazine Digital and radio
Source: http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/about/our-company
In the UK alone they reach out to 25 million readers,
listeners and watchers .
The company reach out to all sorts of people.
They do magazines for the old the young me and
women.
6. Kerrang! Is a rock/metal magazine which is issued every week. The indent of Kerrang! Is that it has the
shattered glass which connotes its edgy rough genre of music.
The Genre
Non-verbal code: body positons. In this front cover the band
is in a group and together and not just the lead singer,
connoting the article is about the whole band and not just one
of the band members.
Non-verbal code: hair - Their hairstyles also connote
that they are a heavy metal/rock band, as they have
similar hairstyles to other artists from the genre such as
metallica, slipknot, five fimger death punch and guns n’
roses
Non-verbal code: what other content is available in the
magazine
This for example is about artists that are “inked” and that some
people may see this and pick the magazine up and purchase it.
Non-verbal: denotes bands official logo, attracts
attention of fans of that band
Source: http://home.avengedsevenfold.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/kerrang118.jpg
7. Inspiration Slide (Front Cover)
The masthead used in my magazine is
very similar to the one of my inspiration.
This is due to the cracks in the logo and
the erosion of the logo could connote
how heavy the music genre is.
Headline: The concept of this certain
piece will be very similar to the one I will
be using in my magazine. This will be
because it is very bold and gets the point
across.
The barcode will be placed on the
back side of my magazine so I can
have more space for my
puff/promotion and it will look more
ascetically pleasing.
These are the main cover lines of the
magazine. I will be using this on my
magazine and trying to use each
element of my magazine on this.
8. Inspiration Slide (DPS)
Main Image: In my magazine I will
attempt to do the same as this as
this is similar to the genre I am
covering. Also I will be using this
color scheme of black and white
images with white and red text
The title: this tells what the article is about and is made
with a thought out graphic to catch the eye of the reader
so they read more. While doing my magazine I will use a
similar style font, with the erosion effect on it, I will also
be putting it in a similar place to where it is in this photo.
The drop capital tells
the reader where to
start reading the article
in the magazine. I will be
using this also in my
magazine as it one of
the must haves when
making one.
Stand First:
Pull Quote:
9. Magazine Flat Plan
c o n t e n t s
advert
editorial
advert
headline
article
headline
headline
headline
headline
headline review review Next
issue
preview
H E A D L I N E D P S
article
article
headline
articlearticle
article article
article
article article
articlearticle
headline
article
D P S P O S T E R
headline
D P S P O S T E R
review
article
advert
10. Font Style
The font styles I will use is a heavy grungy looking font on
which it gives the impact of what kind of magazine it is.
Dead Sector: Flesh
Wound
DeadRiff: flesh
wound
Amplified: flesh wound
Dead Sector: the dark
DeadRiff: the dark
Amplified: the dark
Dead Sector: A Gothique Time
DeadRiff: A Gothique Time
Amplified: A Gothique Time
11. House Styles
Same house styles as my magazine of inspiration
• Red, black, white
• Blue, black, white
The colour blue represents. Blue is the colour of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability.
It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven.
Black Color Psychology and Meaning. Associated with power, elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery. A
mysterious color associated with fear and the unknown (black holes). Usually has a negative connotation
(blacklist, black humor, 'black death').
The colour red represents the colour of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength,
power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. Red is a very emotionally intense colour. It enhances
human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure.
White is associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity. It is considered to be the colour of
perfection. White means safety, purity, and cleanliness. As opposed to black, white usually has a positive
connotation.
26. Graphic layout conclusion (Front cover)
These will be my final 4 ideas for both my magazines
both front cover and double page spread.
Mast head
Main image
Competition
headline
Cover
lines
Cover
lines
Mast head
Secondary headline
strapline
Cover
lines
33. Hand Drawn Drafts And Graphic Layout (Final
Amplified Double Page Spread)
news
interview
34. Hand Drawn Drafts And Graphic Layout (Final
Amplified Front Cover)
Mast head
Secondary headline
strapline
Cover
lines
35. Proposal (Amplified)
My proposal is a word
document, that connotes how
I will be making my magazine
on which includes:
-how I will be making it
-the software I will use
-the tools in the software
interface I will use
-the size
- The length of my magazine
- the frequency
- The audience
- And the genre
36. Proposal (DeadRiff)
• My proposal is a word
document, that connotes how
I will be making my magazine
on which includes:
• -how I will be making it
• -the software I will use
• -the tools in the software
interface I will use
• -the size
- The length of my magazine
- the frequency
- The audience
- And the genre
37. Equipment and Cost
The cost of not only equipment but also
software is a big deal as profit is needed
to create sales and income. For my
magazine to run well I will need the
following things:
-office space
-laptops (macbook pro)
-software (adobe collection)
-desks
-chairs
-a high quality printer
-cameras (a7s II)
-pen
-high quality paper
This will all total up as if I have 3 sony a7s
II it will cost me over £5,000 just on
cameras
38. Advertising revenue
I will be charging for adverts in my magazine as this will be a bonus
for making profit. I will be having 10 full page adverts in my
magazine. And I will have 5 half page adverts so even more profit
can be made. For 10 full page adverts it will cost £50,000 and 5
half pages will cost nearly £10,000.
I will be charging £5,005 for a single full page advert and £2,752
for a half page
39. Subscription Revenue
My subscription would be on a 12 month basis as I
will be releasing 1 a month.
It would then be 12 x £2.50 which is £30.
At 10,000 subscriptions I will be making £300,000 a
year.
40. Printing Quotes and Costs
Printing costs are also very important as if the printing is low, the quality overall
might be low. Compared to when the price is high the quality is a lot better. Also
paper needs to be included on this as high quality gloss paper is going to be the
best for printing out magazines compared to stock paper. So the total for the print
will be 11,998 pounds this means I have to make profit or break even to keep
making my magazine.
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Essential criteria:
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Main Duties and Responsibilities (summary)
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Person Specification:
Essential Criteria:
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44. Staff And Cost (Writers)
Reed are working with an established international business who are looking for a
writer. This is an exciting opportunity for a Passionate Writer to provide content for
the client’s website.
Responsibilities
- You will join a friendly team, writing descriptions about the company products
- To deliver clear, grammatically correct, compelling and engaging content
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Requirements
- You will have experience in writing content
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- Have attention to detail
- Sub-editing and proof reading experience
45. Staff And Cost (Photography)
• You will be based in NW, London and the hours are 9:00am – 5:30pm (Monday to
Friday)
• My client is looking for an experienced Photographer to join the team. It is
preferable that you have had experience in this area and have knowledge of
Photoshop and Capture One as well as working with Canon equipment. It is
crucial that you are flexible and are able to support the E-commerce team and the
Press Team with imagery.
• Responsibilities include-
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• Manage all Studio Kit and Equipment
• Shoot and produce a high standard of product photography
• Ensure product is shown to its best advantage in order to maximise sales and
avoid reshooting
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46. Staff And Cost (Marketing)Job Description
Senior Magazine Marketing Executive - Publishing Division
The Opportunity
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awards in the last 10 years and are continuing to grow, taking over and launching more magazines and events each year.
The Candidate
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writing comes naturally to you.
The Role
• Key responsibilities
Sourcing and establishing effective working relationships with aligned brand partners for competitions, reader offers, covermounts and catalogues
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Develop, establish and maintain marketing strategies
Analysing direct marketing data, producing reports which shows full campaign analysis, including ROI
Social media campaign management
Event planning and providing support at shows and events to capitalise on all magazine marketing opportunities
The ability to 'think outside the box' and show a creative sales development flair and devise sound and robust business plans around these ideas
Responsible for all aspects of projects, including organising print orders, polybag schedules and collation of monthly marketing reports for internal meetings
Line management of the Marketing Executive
Internal reporting and other duties as assigned
Copywriting
• Candidate Requirements
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As Digital Account Executive you will manage a variety of digital projects that will support the large scale events and exhibitions that the
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Responsibilities:
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Working alongside the Digital Director you will communicate across different account teams including film, technical and exhibitions and
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Requirements:
Experience of digital systems (e.g Wordpress)
A solid understanding of digital marketing (web builds, social media, content etc)
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IT and Mac proficiency
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As Digital Account Executive you will have the ability to communicate client’s digital needs to other members of the team, and will be able to
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Job Description:
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Produce designs for websites, social media content, HTML emails and all round digital design solutions.
- Step in and design for print when the work load is heavy.
Mentor and manage other designers in the team.
What We're Looking For:
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lifestyle, property and finance.
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49. Profit and Loss breakdown
How much profit are you going to make?
I hope to make over £3,000 in profit as this will help make the next magazine and more
profit will be made
How much are you going to loose?
Hopefully I will loose a little amount. Every company looses money and I will be aiming
to loose maybe a £4,000
How much will it cost to produce 10,000 copies.
£11,998
How much are you selling your magazine for?
£2.50
If you sell your magazine at 2.50 for example and you sell at least 10,000 how much
will you then make?
£25,000
Now deduct the printing costs – what are you left with?
£25,000-£11,998= £13,002
50. Launch date
The launch date of my magazine will be December 17th
2017.
My magazine will start to be released in December of
2017. this will mean people that get money for Christmas
can buy the magazine meaning a higher profit rate than
any other month. Additionally releasing it in December
means that I can do a first edition special. Meaning I can
fill the magazine up with the biggest things that happened
over the year as a one off, this will promote the magazine
and more people will buy it as it shows the entire year and
not just a month.
51. Step-By-Step: Front Cover (Overview)
After this step-by-step guide the
end product will look very similar to
this magazine I made previous to
making the step by step guide.
In the step-by-step guide it will
show you how to take the photo,
use certain tools, make the fonts
look aesthetically pleasing and
other things such as the barcode
and other detailed things needs to
make a magazine really stand out.
Now that we’ve covered what we
are going to do lets get straight into
it and make our front cover for our
magazine!
52. Step-By-Step: Front Cover (Creating The
Bases)
First we need to open our photoshop document. There's two ways to do this file new or cmd+N to create a
new document. After this is done we need to chose the size we want to make our magazine. Most typically its
A4 (2480pxx3508px) this is done by using the drop down and selecting “international paper "make sure the
resolution is on 300 DPI or the magazine wont look as clean and HD as it is. although this is already set by
photoshop. After this is done u will be greeted with a A4 white background. This is just the base layer so don’t
worry. There will be a padlock next to the layer this will make the layer rasterized and then we can change the
colour of our background. In the magazine I used I resulted to a midnight black background (pure black)
Double click the padlock and it will
turn into a layer so we can change
the colour
There is a couple of ways that we can change the colour of the layer the
easiest way to do it is press alt+backspace. If it doesn't’t do anything
press the X key and it should change from white to black (this is only if
you want a black or white background). The other way and the slightly
longer way is to double click on the layer and go to the option “colour
overlay” and then select the colour you are wanting.
53. Step-By-Step: Front Cover (Creating The
Barcode)
The barcode is one of the most technical and astatically complicated pieces to do as it, needs
to be correct and show the correct price when scanned, as if the price was different then it
will be classed as false advertising by the company. So the barcode needs to match the price.
Also the lines on the barcode need to be exactly the same height. The barcode below is my
barcode I used for my magazine. As you can see I have labeled the web address issue number,
and date of issue. I also included the social media logos and my magazine logo as well as
price. The
When making the black lines if the barcode I made one thin
black line and duplicated the layer (cmd+J) and controlled
the thickness of each bar individually. Make sure the last
and the first bar are slightly longer than the other lines.
Once these lines are created we need to add random
numbers. I used 4 text boxes so I can get the most accurate
spacing I wanted. I added the issue number the website
address and the date it was published. This needs to be on
the barcode as if its not there or if its on another piece of
the front cover people wont see it and get confused.
Adding price, the logo and the social media icons help fill up space in the barcode section.
The logo and price have to be there but the social networks are mainly there to fill up space
and make the area look more full.
54. Step-By-Step: Front Cover (Adding
The Masthead)
There's 2 ways to add a masthead onto your magazine. The easiest way to do
it is to find a font you like and that will suit your magazine and download the
font and add it in by typing it out in a text box on Photoshop. The other way
of doing it is to make your own custom font or logo. This can be done by
drawing out your writing logo and putting it in to either Photoshop or
illustrator. Illustrator will be better as it is vector based so you can clean out
lines and make it seamless.
For example here I have drawn out
multiple logos, and I will chose the
best ones to do. In this case it’s
the bottom one as it is all on one
line. I will put these into illustrator
and do the line work for the
lettering then I will export it into
Photoshop so it as seamless as
possible.
55. Step-By-Step: Front Cover (Adding
The Masthead Continued II)
I scanned my design into the computer and now in illustrator. If you want the cleanest
seamless lines possible I recommend to use a tablet as it is a lot easy to control and to use
the paintbrush tool. In this instance we do not own a tablet so will will go over with the pen
tool and making a few anchor points so we can adjust the letters to flow and look clean.
Photoshop Illustrator Here I show an example of why many use illustror compared to
Photoshop. As iluustar can make smoother cleaner curves than
photoshop. This is because of 1 reason. One is that photosop is
pixel based so it uses tiny squares to create an image,
compared to illustrator where it is vector based meaning it
follows path and shapes to create an image. This mean if you
scale up a image in illustrator it will not pixelate like in
Photoshop.
56. Step-By-Step: Front Cover (Adding
The Masthead Continued III)
Now that we've gone over our design and made it solid black we can add a slight hint of white
to give it that vintage feel. As the image below, this is the final result of our sketch. Now that
we have finished our logo we can place it into Photoshop and start to create the rest of our
front cover. The next step of what we have to do is to export it from illustrator to Photoshop
and this is simple.
First what we do is file> export> export as then you will be greeted with this window. As you
can see we can choose where to save the document and also we can decide what format to
save it in, some of the examples we can save it in are PSD, JPG, PNG
once this is saved we can now open our file in photoshop. If you
saved it as a PSD then just double click the file and it will open in
Photoshop, if you saved it as a jpg or png then u can drag the file
into your photoshop document.
57. Step-By-Step: Front Cover (Making
The Main image Seamless)
To make our main image seem real and professional there's a number of things we need to do. One is to have good
lighting in your photo cause it may be to dark or too light, but we can edit this in affinity photo or Photoshop. I
personally like to use affinity photo, but for this step-by-step guide I will be using Photoshop. Firstly open your photo
that you took into Photoshop, if your photo has a crazy background like brick walls or wallpaper this will mean you need
to do a little more work. The ideal background for doing this type of photography is either a black or white black ground.
Once we have our image we need to start to edit it. If we have a pure white background we can use the quick selection
tool and press delete (make sure you rasterize the layer) then its done, but if you have a slightly more complicated
background then a little more work needs to be done.
So we've put our image into photoshop, and we need to get this background out of our image. For this example I will be
using a photo I rejected for my front cover.
I will be using this photo
for this demonstration
as it is simple and yet
not so simple at the
same time. But as you
can see the background
is not pure white or
black and needs some
editing to so we will go
into photoshop and edit
it
As you can see I have used the quick
selection tool and went round my photo
(the background) Now we need to mask
the layer so go round the subject in the
quick selection tool and then we do this by
clicking this button here.
Now the background will be transparent
and we have only our subject in the
document. But we have encounter an issue
as with the hair on the left hand side we
still have some of the wall in the
background. We need this to be gone. (this
will continue on the next slide)
58. Step-By-Step: Front Cover (Making The
Main image Seamless Continued II)
Now we've got our transparent background we can start to touch up the hair (from last slide) now we have are
layer mask with are subject white and the back ground black we double click on the layer mask and press enter
layer mask. Then we are greeted with this tab (bottom right of the PowerPoint) and we can move the pins and
find what's best for us and for our image. Once this is complete we can add curves and other things just to
enhance the image and make it more clean. Then after we can now drag it into our Photoshop document and
place the photo on where we think it will look appropate.
As you can see ive added the
refinement. Ive raised the contrast a
tad and smoothed out the image
round the images and made the image
a lot softer round the edges. As shown
you can see how much I raised the
contrast and other sliders to make this
image as best as I can. I am still going
to add curves and levels to it to make
it look a lot better. And then we are
ready to add it to our main front cover.
We are ready add curves now, so there
are two ways to get to the curves
adjustments. The first way and easiest
for beginner of Photoshop is to go
image>adjustment> curves the second
way is a lot quicker and a good
shortcut to learn on which is cmd+M
59. Step-By-Step: Front Cover (Making The
Main image Seamless Continued III)
Now we are ready to add our curves, so continue from last said we press cmd+m and it brings up
our curves adjustment layer. Here we can control the darks and lights. Here I have set the curves
and it brings out the dark side and the light side of my subject which is what I am going for. Now
we are going to add our subject into our composition. As you see here the curves make a massive
different to images.
Now from using a example made for my
actual magazine (next slide) we need to
think about placement and other sources
for example how the main image covers
the masthead or how the subject is
posing. All these aspects make a good
magazine front cover and makes it pop.
So here is an example of
the work I have done for
my actual magazine as you
can see I have placed the
subject in the middle so
the main focus is on her.
60. Step-By-Step: Front Cover (Adding
Cover Lines And Cover Images)
To add cover lines its very simple it simply just text and a few boxes. The are many ways we
can the easiest is to get a image of a person that on the cover line so for say meticalla, and
use a photo put a border round the image and on the bottom of the magazine we can out
the other people that are include in the magazine. As you can see here ive put 3 photos over
lapping each other and some titles of artists and bands at the bottom. These are the cover
lines and very simple to do. These are very important in a magazine front cover as it shows
the reader what is included in the entire magazine without them looking through the
magazine.
61. Production Plan
Week beginning: 17h October 2017
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Materials are
being gathered
for interviews
etc
people start to
try and contact
artists for
interviews
interviewers go
out to interview
the specific
people needed
photographers
are hired for
photo-shoots in
studios.
consent forms
and other leagl
issues are
coverdd
day off day off
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Week beginning:17th November
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Researchers
start to research
facts, or festivals
that are coming
up.
graphic
designers start to
design the front
cover such as
cover lines etc.
with the DPS
graphic
designers start to
design the front
cover such as
cover lines etc.
with the DPS
editors start to
edit the
interviews and
write up the
articles
photographers
start to do their
photo shoot for
the magazine.
day off day off
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Week beginning:30th November
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
day off day off day off day off day off day off day off
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Week beginning: Realese Week 10thh Decemeber
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
final
adjustments
made to all
articles and
interviews
Task HERE
final tweaks for
the front cover
are made.
final tweaks for
the dps are made
to flow with the
rest of the
magazine
final additions are
made ready for
realse
final
adjustments
release date day off
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62. Interview DraftInterview draft:
Good afternoon violet hows your day been?
Its been good thanks. Yourself?
Its been good thanks. Ive heard you got a new album out soon can we get some info about it?
Yes my album is releasing in june of 2017 and I personally think this is gonna be the album to beat. I personally love this album as it talks about my
childhood and growing up.
And do we have a name for this new record?
At the moment its called “the fooled star of death” this may be changed but im 99% sure on that.
Amazing name violet im looking forward to it. Violet where/when did you start your
Well when I was 10, I wasn't able to sing however I could play the guitar and I had my heart set on becoming what I wanted to be. So I self taught my self
how to sing, by finding videos on the Internet. By the age of 16 I was busking on the streets, uploading videos to YouTube. Then finally I got into a band,
which made my career have different paths.
Where do you get your lyrical/ musical inspiration from?
The people that I find most inspiring are, Marilyn Manson, Taylor Momsen, Amy whinehouse, Queen, The Rolling stones, BMTH, Royal blood and
surprisingly folk music. I've always liked a wide of music but these artists have reached to me because the lyrics mean something deeper that's gives the
song the character.
What song from your album do you like the most?
That's a hard one. I would say "Oh no" because I find it a bit cheeky, it's up beat, catchy but not annoying. Also it's to do with all the things how I gained
my confidence and started to rebel.
You were saying how this new album is about your childhood and growing up can you expand on that for us?
sure, I didn't have much when I was growing up, I was just a regular girl, doing normal things. It was hard growing up with a single parent, but I
appreciate everything I had, and how my mum supported me, and if I needed something important she would help as much to get that thing. Other than
that, the family was pretty lively, we would always meet on Sundays and sing or do what we do best and it brought us together.
I hear you were working with Marilyn Manson on your next album after “the fooled star of death” is that true?
Oh damn that got out fast ahaha. it is true, looking up at him, then to think he's actually working with me, is quite shocking. We've made good
acquaintances over the year. And I hope you all like the duos we do. I will also be joined with other famous guests, but you'll have to wait till the songs
come out.
63. The difference between legal and ethical issues differs from the division between
the core areas of law and ethics; law controls what people can and cannot do,
while ethics are moral standards that govern what people should or should not
do. Legal and ethical issues arise frequently, and are commonly encountered in
certain fields such as medicine, healthcare and politics. In some instances, legal
regulations prohibit people from carrying out certain tasks, such as administering
life-saving support, that are considered morally permissible actions. Also it can
also cost the company millions of pounds if they get into this situation as they
could be sued. If the company does end up being sued it can resort into bad
reputation and will be hard for them to gain trust of there readers if they were
giving false information about a certain topic. Furthermore not only will they loose
their readers trust but it will be very hard for the company to start making profit.
Ethical & Legal Issues.
Source:
//www.reference.com/world-view/difference-between-legal-ethical-issues-b59c4a38f6029883
The following slides will consider what is important for my magazine to implement such as
the privacy of certain topics and accuracy and many other points that need to be taken into
consideration. If this is not met the company would be facing a massive downfall or
reputation and finance
64. Ethical & Legal Issues (Continued II)
My magazine needs to be accurate other wise they could be facing legal issues and in the worst case sued.
If the magazine is not factual/accurate then not only will it give the magazine a bad reputation on how well they can be
trusted to put out the truth, but it will put a bad reputation on the person on which whom its about.
My magazine Has to be accurate in many of the biggest parts of their magazine for example big stories surrounding big
singers need to be accurate it could not only give the artist a band name on them and give them a band reputation but
it will look bad for the magazine as cause one of their articles is wrong it could mean many of their other articles could
be false as well.
Source:
https://www.ipso.co.uk/editors-code-of-practice/
IPSO – Independent Press Standards Organization
65. The date and issue number need to be accurate
otherwise they may get a lot of slander or be
confused about what issue the magazine is on, for
example if they were on issue 235 and they labeled
it 253 the reader will be confused and if they are a
big reader they will want to buy the other issues.
Source:
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The MUST make sure that all the names of bands,
artists and festivals are spelt correctly with the
correct capital letters and punctuation.
Additionally the whole front cover of the
magazine needs to be accurate, this could
be from the artist on the main image, this
needs to be relevant to the main headline
otherwise there may be confusing on why a
different artist is on the front cover with a
different headline.
66. Ethical & Legal Issues (Continued II)
Source:
https://www.ipso.co.uk/editors-code-of-practice/
My magazine needs to be ensure that their privacy policy is up to the standard of my
publisher set other wise they could be facing legal issues and in worse case sued. If the
magazine does not provide this privacy policy in their content weather it be an interview or a
story then not only will it give the magazine bad reputation on how well they can be trusted
to put out public information of private info such as to put photos of an artist with out their
consent. My magazine Needs to ensure this privacy policy is kept up to my publishers
regulations, this may include the smallest of things such as something's full name or age. As
said before if this is not for filled then the company could be in court with the artist to sue
them for disobeying the privacy policy or using a photo or any other material without their
consent.
67. Ethical & Legal Issues (Continued III)
Source:
https://www.ipso.co.uk/editors-code-of-practice/
My magazine needs to be ensure none of their journalists engage in any inappropriate
actions on a famous artist, this could include harassment or intimidation. If this does happen
then not only my magazine But my publisher as well can be taken to court ad sue for violent
behavior towards the artist. Also if this does happen the editor needs to make sure he/she
does not publish this information and keep it private as this would brake the privacy policy.
69. Editors Code of Practice
All the items listed on the code of practice must be applied to my magazine. If not I could be facing
legal issues and may be getting sued. This would mean a big loss in the companies money.
I have to make sure my accuracy is 100% accurate otherwise this can lead me into the legal issues. No
matter what I do I have to meet all the rules and regulations other wise no matter what my magazine
will get a bad reputation and possibly sued by the people its about.
The Code – including this preamble and the public interest exceptions below – sets the framework for
the highest professional standards that members of the press subscribing to the Independent Press
Standards Organisation have undertaken to maintain. It is the cornerstone of the system of voluntary
self-regulation to which they have made a binding contractual commitment. It balances both the
rights of the individual and the public's right to know.
To achieve that balance, it is essential that an agreed Code be honoured not only to the letter, but in
the full spirit. It should be interpreted neither so narrowly as to compromise its commitment to
respect the rights of the individual, nor so broadly that it infringes the fundamental right to freedom
of expression – such as to inform, to be partisan, to challenge, shock, be satirical and to entertain – or
prevents publication in the public interest.
https://www.ipso.co.uk/editors-code-of-practice/
70. Data Protection Act 1998
The Data Protection Act protects any personal information and how personal information is used within
business
My magazine will be accurate of
information about artists, big or
small stories or any other thing that
may be in my magazine I will make
sure everything is 100% accurate.
Additionally my magazine articles
are not only accurate but politically
correct, ethically and religiously
accurate as if its not I could deal a
big lose towards the magazine and
and the publisher
71. Watermark
Water marks are very important for security and certain guide
lines. The most known watermark and stock image company
is “shutterstock” these images are water marked protected so
people can not use the images for commercial use they are
own for personal use. Here is an example of shutter stock
images. They have a website were u can search any type of
image that is available, make an account and subscribe to a
monthly or yearly contract to get royalty free images for
commercial use.
