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Marjorie Ferguson identified four common facial expressions in women's magazine covers: the "Chocolate Box" half-smile, the "Invitational" gaze with a hint of a smile, the "Super-smiler" full smile demanding attention, and the "Romantic" or seductive dreamy eyes. Trevor Millum also studied expressions, categorizing looks as "Cool" and confident, "Seductive" similar but less reserved, "Narcissistic" satisfied, and "Carefree" smiling, among others including "Maternal", "Practical", and even a blank "Catalogue" look.

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Costume and Props

The document discusses costume and props for a magazine cover shoot. It examines evening wear styles seen on pop stars as inspiration for outfits. It also considers more casual styles that represent the artist's true personality rather than public perception and would appeal to teens. Inspiration is drawn from plain colors with pops of color and both tight and baggy silhouettes are under consideration. Common music magazine props like guitars and stools are mentioned along with cameras, eye covers, and hats to create mystery and hide imperfections.

Facial expressions

Margorie Ferguson identified four common facial expressions seen on women's magazine covers in 1980: the chocolate box expression with lips together and no smile; the invitational expression with emphasis on the eyes; the romantic/sexual expression with straight faces; and the super-smiler with a big toothy grin. Trevor Millum later categorized five male facial expressions in advertisements: carefree with smiling; practical with concentration; seductive with limited smiling and straight face; comic with exaggerated expressions; and catalogue with a very neutral and straight face. These studies aimed to understand how facial expressions were used to portray particular moods and attract audiences.

Locations

The document discusses three potential photo shoot locations - Gadebridge Park, the skate park in Gadebridge, and the town centre. Gadebridge Park provides natural lighting and backgrounds but the focus would need to be on the model. The skate park is preferred as it has natural light, links to rock music with skating, and is empty due to cold weather, so it will be used. The town centre provides an urban backdrop but is likely to be crowded with people, so it will not be used.

Hair and makeup ideas

The document provides hair and makeup ideas for a pop magazine cover photo shoot. For hair, the model will have curly hair as that style is commonly featured on magazine covers. Curly hair also works well since the cover artist will be female. The hair will be kept simple and natural. For makeup, the goal is a look that makes the eyes stand out to draw attention on the cover. A golden glitter look was liked as it is common for female artist covers and suits the glamorous personality of most pop stars.

Colour scheme ideas

The document discusses different color scheme options for a pop music magazine. It first presents a bright color scheme that would attract attention and link to pop music videos. Another option uses both bright colors and grey scale to keep the cover neutral but linked to pop music. The author's preferred scheme uses grey scale with pops of bright color to look modern while not being messy. Pastel schemes are rejected as too basic and not capturing the feel of a pop magazine. The main scheme selected is grey scale to look modern and appeal to both males and females while allowing bright colors on the cover. The author was inspired by another magazine using grey scale and bright colors on its cover.

The document describes the process taken to edit a photo shoot image for a magazine cover. First, the brightness of the entire image was lowered to give it a darker atmosphere. Tattoos were added to the model's ankles and arm to give him a "rock" look. The jeans were darkened and stubble was added. Text and design elements like borders, barcodes and mastheads were incorporated. The model was made into a separate layer to overlay elements behind him. Captions and lines of text were centered and colored to fit the darker tone. The final product split the page into thirds to better anchor each aspect.

Props for magazine cover 4

This document discusses props that could be used on magazine covers to complement an artist's picture and subtitle. The author likes the first cover prop because it relates visually to the subtitle. They also like the second prop for its simplicity and how its colors fit the overall color theme. A third prop is liked because like the first, it relates to the subtitle through a photo. The last prop is preferred for the cracked effect created by the objects.

Costume, hair and makeup

The document discusses costume, hair, and makeup inspirations for a magazine with a dark theme. Costumes will be in dark colors like black and ripped jeans. Hair will be red, silver, or black to stand out against plain clothes, and will look messy but neat. Makeup will be dark to match hair and clothes, using dark eyes, lips, or a natural look for women, and eyeliner or red eyeshadow to make eyes pop for men.

Magazine institutions

Time Inc. is an American media company founded in 1922 that owns over 100 magazine brands such as Time, Sports Illustrated, and People. It also operates digital brands and websites. Bauer Media Group is a European media company headquartered in Germany that publishes over 600 magazines and owns radio and TV stations. Originally a small German printing house, it expanded internationally including acquiring UK publisher Emap. Emap was formed in 1947 and grew to include newspapers, later focusing entirely on digital.

Questionnaire results

The document summarizes the results of a questionnaire about music preferences. 88% of respondents were 17 or younger and most listened to music daily. The majority preferred pop music and keeping up with music charts. Most would pay £0-4 for a brightly colored magazine with many images focusing on pop artists and concerts. The summarization will help design a magazine for students interested in popular music.

facial expressions

Marjorie Ferguson identified four types of facial expressions used on magazine covers in 1880: chocolate box, invitational, super-smiler, and romantic/sexual. Trevor Millum later studied male models' expressions and categorized them as carefree, practical, seductive, comic, and catalogue. This research is useful for planning magazine photo shoots - different expressions can be used to match the publication's genre and target audience. For example, a rock music magazine may best feature an "invitational" expression to portray the heavy nature of the music.

Model organisation

The document outlines the creator's ideas for modeling a photoshoot for a pop music magazine. They decided on simple, neutral outfits and a lightly curled hairstyle for the model that is easy to style. For makeup, they chose a gold-focused look with glitter eyeshadow to draw attention in a way that fits the magazine's theme. They also researched portrait and full-body photography styles to inspire poses and shots that represent the genre of music for the magazine.

possible hair & props

Georgia smith

Deconstruction of 'Q' magazine

The document outlines the key design elements of a magazine cover and interior pages. The cover features a large photo of the featured artist, the magazine logo, and cover lines highlighting articles. Interior pages use different fonts and colors to draw attention to important information like titles, photos, and page numbers. The feature article includes a full-page photo of the artist and column text alongside to provide information while allowing visibility of the image.

Deconstruction of 'totp' magazine

This document deconstructs the key elements of a magazine cover and contents page. The magazine cover features the title, masthead, dominant artist image, sell lines, barcode, sub images, logo, and plugs. The purpose is to attract readers and advertise the featured artist and contents. The contents page lists sub-titled page numbers in columns separated by gutters, with sub images to preview each section. Bright colors and layout are used to make these pages exciting and easy to navigate. Double page spreads lead with impactful quotes and large dominant images accompanied by sub images, captions, and bylines to entice readers into specific articles.

Rationales

Location Scouting

The document discusses potential locations in Hemel Hempstead to take photos for a pop music magazine. Locations include Gadebridge Park, Charter Tower, Grand Union Canal, Adeyfield Park, Adeyfield School Grounds, alleyways, 'Smokers' Alley', a white backdrop, The Old Town, and Briery Woods. Advantages and disadvantages of each location are provided, such as available natural lighting, ability to control lighting, busy-ness of the area, safety, and whether the setting fits with the magazine's theme.

Finalupload survey resultspresentation

The survey results showed that the target audience for the magazine is primarily female aged 16-20 who are interested in music. Pop and alternative music were the most popular genres. Most respondents do not frequently buy magazines so the magazine should provide a month's worth of content. Respondents were attracted to clear artist photos on the cover, featured artists, and fitting colors and titles. The most popular existing magazines were NME and Billboard. Respondents expressed interest in free gifts with the magazine.

Location Recce

The document describes a location recce for a photo shoot using a white backdrop in the photographer's home. Some key advantages are that indoor lighting can be controlled, weather is not a factor, and outfits/makeup can be easily changed. A white backdrop draws attention to the model and allows flexibility in editing background color. Potential disadvantages are that flaws in lighting or the model will be visible without background distraction, and backdrop marks may show. There are no risks described as no tripod or backdrop sheet will be used, though a fan poses minimal risk of catching the model's hair if kept at a safe distance.

Flat plans

What kind of magazine institution might distribute your

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An media institution is an establishment that distributes, markets, and produces media products. Examples include Development Hell which distributes Mixmag and Bauer Media which distributes magazines like Kerrang and Mojo. The author's existing product is researched and is distributed by Development Hell Ltd. which also distributes another music magazine. The author would like their dance music magazine to be distributed by Bauer Media as they do not currently distribute any electronic dance music magazines and would allow the magazine to reach a wider audience. Extending the brand to radio stations, festivals, and dance music events would also help promote the magazine.

Magazine institutions

Jenny Walsh

IPC Media is one of the largest magazine publishers in the UK, publishing over 350 million copies across various divisions including women's, lifestyle, and television magazines. Bauer Media Group is a large German publisher operating in 15 countries that publishes magazines including Q, Mojo, and Kerrang. Emap was previously the second largest UK magazine publisher but was split up and sold in 2007, with its consumer magazines going to Bauer.

Competition

The document analyzes and critiques various aspects of Rolling Stone magazine covers to inform the design of a new rock magazine cover. It notes that Rolling Stone charges a higher price than competitors like NME and Kerrang. It also finds Rolling Stone covers to have simplistic layouts with plain white backgrounds that lack visual interest. Additionally, Rolling Stone does not promote gifts, competitions, or other interactive elements that could attract younger audiences. The document concludes that incorporating brighter backgrounds, distinctive fonts, partially overlaying images on the masthead, and advertising gifts and competitions would help make a new rock magazine cover stand out and appeal more to its target demographic.

Essex life deconstruction

This document analyzes and summarizes the symbolic, written, and technical elements of the cover page, content pages, and double page spread of a magazine called "Essex Life". The cover page features natural lighting and seaside imagery symbolic of Essex. It contains minimal writing focused on headers to emphasize place names important to older Essex residents. The split image layout clearly conveys the message. The content pages contain many small, symbolic pictures of Essex people and objects. The writing is dense but uses highlighting, different colors, and layout across pages to emphasize key points. The images are cropped close-ups focused on the main subject. The double page spread uses a traditional country pattern symbolic of older

Cornwall life deconstruction

This document provides an analysis of the symbolic, written, and technical elements of the cover, contents page, and a double page spread from a Cornwall lifestyle magazine. The cover uses natural lighting, blue colors, and signifiers of Cornwall like rock beaches and boats to represent the seaside location. Key words are prominently displayed to emphasize the magazine's focus on Cornwall. A mid-shot divides the cover neatly between sea and shore. The contents page contains many small images and writing in distinct sections, prioritizing information over attention-grabbing design. Images are cropped to focus on their meaning. The double page spread uses bright natural lighting and green colors to depict the countryside. A high

Devon deconstruction

The magazine cover features Shetland ponies in snow, symbolizing winter in Devon. The masthead is the largest text to follow conventions. Place names are emphasized to grab local attention. The close framing of the horses' heads could portray the tight-knit community. The second cover shows a happy woman feeding pigs on a farm, representing farming life. Her simple clothes express rural life. Larger text promotes the main story on the Devon County Show. The contents page has a studio photo and neat layout divided into words and pictures for easy navigation. Text uses simple, spaced fonts. The double-page image portraits a woman in traditional clothes by a chicken to simply represent the article.

Audience theory deconstruction

This document analyzes the symbolic, written, and technical aspects of the front cover of a regional magazine from Suffolk, England. The lighting, colors, positioning of the stag, and setting emphasize the rural context. Words like "fayre" and "country chic" also appeal to country residents. The framing and centering of the stag at eye-level portrays a stable, symmetrical look and implies the countryside is equally important to residents. The intended audience is likely older residents of Suffolk who enjoy country living.

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Costume, hair and makeup

Magazine institutions

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facial expressions

Model organisation

possible hair & props

Deconstruction of 'Q' magazine

Deconstruction of 'totp' magazine

Rationales

Location Scouting

Finalupload survey resultspresentation

Location Recce

Flat plans

What kind of magazine institution might distribute your

Magazine institutions

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Conventions

The document discusses how the author's magazine product both follows and challenges conventions of real rock music magazines. It largely adheres to the conventions of Kerrang magazine in its formatting and design choices related to fonts, images and organization. However, the author notes their cover artist does not fully conform to stereotypes of a "rock star" and instead portrays a more everyday rock musician, challenging expectations but reflecting the diversity in the music industry.

Prelim evalution

The document compares the author's preliminary and final magazine design project work. The author learned to incorporate design elements more realistically, isolate subjects from backgrounds, and use magazine conventions more effectively. The final contents page looked more professional and clear compared to the preliminary version. Working on a double page spread taught the author how to use editing programs and planning to manipulate space for impact.

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Response

Progress

The document describes the progress made on a magazine cover page design. The initial draft was lacking conventions like barcodes and issue numbers, so those were added along with a border, skyline, and sub-images. To better portray the rock genre, the model was given tattoos and the page was darkened and had its colors changed. For the contents page, an image-only draft was improved by layering writing around the model and darkening the page, but a new page was ultimately created. The double page spread required little change besides updating the background behind the article.

Photoshop tools

The document lists and briefly describes various Photoshop tools. The Blur tool blurs images more as you click and drag. The Slice tool divides images into smaller sections. The Repair tool fixes scratches by taking surrounding colors. The Eraser tool and Dodge/Burn tools lighten and darken areas like brushes. Other tools allow drawing, typing, selecting colors, shapes and paths, zooming, cropping, cloning and more.

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Contents process

The document describes the steps taken to design a contents page, including adding a dominant image at the top with lowered brightness, isolating and increasing the brightness of a model, adding essential information and a title with borders, including sub-images as posters with borders and plugs, creating a divider and section for an editor message, and finally filling in the article headlines, details, color changes, and page numbers.

Evaluation

The document discusses the evaluation of a student's rock magazine media product. It describes how the magazine follows conventions of real rock magazines like Kerrang magazine in its overall layout and design. However, it challenges conventions by portraying a rock artist who doesn't conform to stereotypes of a "rock star". The student wanted to show a more realistic and diverse depiction of people in the rock music industry.

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Monthly aims

The document outlines monthly aims for completing a magazine project from September to December. In September, preliminary tasks are to be completed including uploading tasks, drawing flat plans, selecting images, and creating cover and contents pages. October focuses on naming the magazine, researching fonts, creating mood boards, and researching props and costumes. November finishes deconstructions, researches similar products and institutions, profiles audiences, surveys target groups, and plans layouts. December finalizes the project with photo shoots, drafting, editing photographs, finalizing the magazine, and evaluating.

Nme cover deconstruction

The document summarizes various elements of a magazine cover layout. The main cover line uses different fonts and sizes to highlight the most important name. The main subheading spans the width of the page in capitalized bold font split into two colors. The cover lines are large and alternating colors to stand out from each other. The plug is a bold red sticker contrasting the background to hint at interior content. The dominant image serves as the background featuring the main article's artist. The masthead is a bold red placed behind the image to identify the brand without obscuring the focus.

Nme contents deconstruction