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The document discusses the design choices made for various elements of a magazine cover and interior, including: - The front cover uses a comic book-inspired design which challenges magazine conventions. Color schemes and masthead placement follow typical indie magazine formats. - The contents page uses bright colors, manipulated images, and informal writing to appeal to a younger audience compared to other music magazines. - The double-page spread features a colorful "cork board" design with notes, photos and varied fonts to look more inviting and personal than typical magazine spreads. More photos could have improved the range of images.
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The document evaluates different design elements of a magazine cover and contents page created by the author against conventions of real music magazines.
For the front cover, the author used a comic book-style image which challenges magazine conventions but is influenced by other magazines. Color scheme and masthead placement follow indie magazine stereotypes but price/date separation improves readability.
The contents page uses bright colors and manipulated images to appeal to a younger audience, in contrast to researched magazines. Informal writing style and mix of fonts make the text relatable. A studio photo shows the band in an atypical pose.
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The document discusses how the author's media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real music magazines. Specifically, it summarizes how the magazine's cover, contents page, and double page spread draw from conventions of magazines like Mixmag while also adapting and challenging conventions to better suit the author's target EDM audience. Key points include using bold fonts and layouts on the cover inspired by Mixmag, including multiple images on the contents page for visual interest, and featuring an exclusive DJ interview on the double page spread rather than just informational articles. Costumes and props of models also reflect EDM iconography to represent the genre through appearance. Overall, the author draws from real magazine conventions but adapts them to craft a product
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This document summarizes the ways in which the student's media product uses and develops conventions of real media products. The student developed their logo over multiple iterations to make it more professional. They changed the front cover image to better reflect the genre. Elements like the barcode, price, and date are included per magazine conventions. The contents page is organized by genre and includes typical elements like the editor's letter. The double-page spread features the text wrapped around a large central image, with varied fonts. Research informed conventions like pull quotes and Q&A article formats. Overall, the student aimed to replicate real magazine styles while adding some original elements.
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This document evaluates the student's media product, an indie rock music magazine called IRM, in terms of how it uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real music magazines. The student researched magazines like NME to inform the design of IRM. Key elements like the color scheme, masthead, bar code, coverlines, and strapline on the cover follow conventions. However, the student also developed conventions by adding elements like a free poster offer and international pricing. The contents page and double-page article similarly use typographic and layout conventions while expanding them, such as bleeding the cover image across both pages of the article spread. In conclusion, the student meets expectations by adhering to necessary conventions but also developing the format
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The document summarizes the key design elements and conventions used in the student's media magazine project. It examines aspects of the front cover, contents page, and double-page spread. For the front cover, the student researched magazines like DJ Mag and Mixmag for inspiration on elements like the masthead, color scheme, cover lines, and featured model shot. The contents page layout was inspired by DJ Mag, using columns and headers. The double-page spread emulates Mixmag's layout of a full-page image alongside the article. Design conventions like pull quotes, captions, and consistent colors are utilized.
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The document summarizes how the author attracted their audience to their music magazine. They did several things:
1) They put a famous rapper on the front cover based on audience survey feedback that famous artists are most attractive.
2) They used an attention-grabbing masthead font and color placement.
3) They included a promotional free gift offer in the top corner, which research showed would encourage 50% of people to buy.
4) Images, costumes, and poses on the front cover and inside helped communicate the rap genre.
5) Language in interviews struck a balance of formal and informal to engage younger audiences but maintain professionalism. Pullout quotes were also used to grab attention
Contents page research
The document summarizes the process of creating a contents page for a magazine. It was inspired by the contents pages of "Billboard" and "We Heart Pop" magazines. Elements borrowed from "Billboard" include using its logo, positioning two featured artist images at the top of the page similarly, and using two colors of text (maroon and black) to indicate what each page is about. Elements from "We Heart Pop" include placing the magazine logo at the top, featuring a main image, including an editor's note, and adding color behind the text for visual appeal. The creator aimed to design a contents page that looked professional by drawing from conventions used in other popular music magazines.
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Q7 evaluation
In summarizing their progression from the preliminary student magazine to the full R&B magazine production, the author learned about genre conventions and how to better apply them. Specifically, they improved layout, font selection, color usage, and model positioning based on other magazine examples. The initial magazine sketches differed significantly from the final product, as taking photos led to realizing the layout needed changes to make images and text more appealing. Overall, the author gained experience in crafting publications that better match genre conventions.
Evaluation q1
The document discusses how the media product challenges and develops conventions of real media texts.
It summarizes how the front cover was inspired by "Q" magazine's color scheme, layout, and positioning of images while developing conventions through unique elements like a 3D masthead.
The contents page also draws from "Q" magazine's layout and positioning of images, numbers, and masthead while challenging conventions through additional text overlays and repositioned page numbers.
The double-page spread was similarly inspired by an existing magazine spread but developed conventions through original photography, a smiling model pose, and repositioned design elements. Consistency of style and house rules were emphasized across pages.
Magazine evaluation
The document summarizes the author's process for designing a magazine focused on the indie music genre. The author aimed to follow conventions of existing magazines like Q and NME in terms of layout, design elements, and representation of artists. Iconography related to guitars and speakers was incorporated to emphasize the indie genre. Font choices, imagery, and representations of the featured artist were designed to communicate the magazine's style while adhering to typical magazine structures.
Evaluation q1
The document discusses how the media product challenges and develops conventions of real magazines. It analyzes "Q" magazine's design and copies aspects like its color scheme, masthead positioning, and layout structure while making small changes to make it unique. Photos and fonts were chosen to suit the indie genre. Consistency in house style, color, and model are used across the cover, contents page, and double page spread to link the pages together and look professional. Real magazine conventions for images, text placement, and numbers are followed but also developed by adding new elements and repositioning some aspects.
Presentation slides
The document provides feedback questions for a student magazine project asking about target audience, design choices, lessons learned using Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, and areas for improvement. It also includes examples of the student's magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread and asks how they link together and achieve the goals of drawing in the reader.
Evaluation 1
The document discusses how the author's media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real music magazines. Specifically, it summarizes how the magazine's cover, contents page, and double page spread draw from conventions of magazines like Mixmag while also adapting and challenging conventions to better suit the target EDM audience. For example, the title uses an unconventional spelling but bold font for visual appeal. Layouts draw from Mixmag but add more images for engagement. Clothing and props portray an aspirational lifestyle while reflecting EDM iconography. Overall, the design aims to look professional while exciting readers with its genre representation.
As media evaluation
The document discusses the student's media magazine project from start to finish. It covers the development of the front cover, contents page, and double page spread, comparing early drafts to the final products. The student acknowledges areas for improvement, like the front cover photography, but feels mostly pleased with how the magazine fulfills the task brief. Overall, the document reflects on the progression of the project and what was learned throughout the process.
Evaluation
The document discusses how the media product, a music magazine, represents and conforms to conventions of real music magazines while also trying to be unique.
The summary discusses using conventions like mastheads, house styles, prices, and layouts similarly to magazines like NME and Kerrang. Photos and articles also conform to expectations but try to challenge stereotypes. Representation of various social groups is discussed through inclusion of male and female interviews and photos from music festivals. Overall, the magazine aims to be familiar yet independent for its target 16-21 year old audience.
As research planning_updated_2010-11
The student created a music magazine for their target audience of other students. They learned that Photoshop is better for photo editing while InDesign is suited for layouts. Based on feedback, they aim to make the cover more eye-catching using better images and design. The contents page was designed to link to the cover through color scheme and images while highlighting the best stories.
Question 1
This document summarizes the ways in which the student's media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real music magazines. The student developed their logo and cover design based on existing magazine logos. They changed their cover image based on feedback to better fit the genre. Column styles and placement of elements on the contents page were inspired by real magazines. Font choices, inclusion of an editor's letter, and double-page spread layout with image and text also emulate conventions. The student aimed to develop their initial ideas based on research into real magazines to create a professional product that readers would recognize.
Katys Evaluation
The document evaluates the author's journalism skills in creating a music magazine, comparing their preliminary work to the final product. Conventions used in established music magazines like mastheads, pull quotes, and column layouts were analyzed and applied. Images were improved to better represent the band. Photoshop was used for the final production instead of Publisher to create a more professional magazine aligned with industry standards.
Evaluation Question 1
The document discusses how the student created a music magazine for a school assignment. They researched conventions of real music magazines to inform their design choices. Specifically, they looked at "We Love Pop" magazine to understand layouts, cover lines, images, and other conventions. Their magazine cover follows conventions like the left third rule for the masthead and placing cover lines around the main image. However, they challenged conventions by using fewer cover lines and images than typical pop magazines. Overall, they were influenced by "Top of the Pops" and "We Love Pop" magazines but made some adaptations to better suit their purpose and audience.
Devina godfrey fpresentation
This document outlines a student's process for creating a music magazine as part of a media studies project. It discusses researching target audiences, designing covers and content pages in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, incorporating feedback to improve drafts, and linking the different components together through consistent visual elements. The student created a cover, contents page, and double-page interview spread for their imagined grime music magazine before evaluating the project.
Evaluation
The document summarizes how the author's magazine product represents and conforms to conventions of real music magazines while also trying to challenge some conventions. The summary uses conventions like mastheads, covers, layouts, and content from magazines like NME and Kerrang as references. It also discusses representing various social groups like gender and ages to appeal to different audiences. Overall, the author aims to create a magazine that feels unique but is still recognizable to their target audience of 16-21 year olds interested in indie music.
My musicmagevaluation
This document describes a music magazine project created by the author using Photoshop and InDesign. It includes details on the magazine's masthead "Spotlight", target audience of teens and young adults interested in pop and R&B music, and contents like an interview with an up-and-coming young artist. The author discusses design elements like fonts, colors, and images used to make the magazine appealing. They also reflect on what they learned from preliminary tasks and audience research to help construct their music magazine.
EVALUATION - QUESTION I
The document discusses the ways in which the author's media product uses and challenges conventions of real music magazines. Specifically:
- The logo "Stereo Beat" was designed to be memorable while challenging conventions of typically one-word magazine titles. Design elements were inspired by magazines like Kerrang and Q.
- Images on the cover and contents page were selected and styled to represent the target genres of alternative and pop music while following conventions like close-up portraits and eye contact.
- Typography was chosen to be readable while reinforcing the vintage style, with techniques like colored text blocks used for emphasis.
- Layout of elements generally followed conventions seen in magazines like Kerrang and Q but the author
Question 1
This document discusses how the media product challenges conventions of real magazines in its design. It uses a short masthead like music magazines but develops it to match the genre. It uses a 3 color color scheme for the cover and inside pages as most music magazines but chooses black font for one article to match the style of another magazine. Photos are from gigs rather than professional shots but were edited to improve quality. Font size and boldness varies by element for continuity and emphasis while keeping the color consistent with the color scheme.
Question one
The document summarizes how the author's magazine product both follows and challenges conventions of real music magazines.
It discusses similarities between the author's magazine and professional magazines like using pull quotes and coverlines to attract readers. It also discusses differences, like the background images and color schemes used.
The author explains how they followed conventions like using a masthead, cover image focusing on the featured band, and a color scheme implying the rock genre. However, the author also developed some conventions by using a female band as the cover image and a varied color scheme to attract female readers and subvert stereotypes.
Evaluation powerpoint
The document provides an evaluation of Alice Bates' media magazine project. It summarizes the key decisions made in designing the magazine, including opting for a minimalist style with white space over a "top of the pops" style. It describes experimenting with different fonts and layouts for the front cover and contents page before settling on designs inspired by other magazines but with her own twist. The double page spread design was also influenced by another magazine but uses a single background image instead of columns. The magazine aims to represent young women interested in music in an empowering way rather than focusing on sexuality.
Question 1)
The document discusses the design of a music magazine media product. It begins by outlining how the design complies with typical music magazine conventions like using a triadic color scheme and sans serif fonts on the front cover. However, it uses a black and white front cover photo rather than color, diverging from conventions. The contents page also follows conventions like a sans serif font and color scheme continuity from the front cover. The double page spread layout separates questions and answers with color and includes pull quotes. Overall, the design draws from research on music magazine conventions but also challenges some norms with its photography.
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The document analyzes the design elements of several music magazine covers, including color schemes, photography, writing styles, text-to-picture ratios, and fonts. For each magazine cover, it examines how the design choices represent the bands featured and target audiences. Overall, the document finds that the covers use punk, rock, and indie aesthetic styles that align with their genres and eras to attract intended readers.
Media research 2
The document analyzes the design elements of several music magazine covers, including color schemes, photography, writing styles, and layouts. It finds that the covers generally use simple designs that represent the genres and images of the featured bands. Punk magazines emphasize rebelliousness through bright colors and informal fonts and layouts. Older band covers depict the artists as established through historic photos and classic color schemes. Overall, the covers are designed to attract intended audiences through visuals that align with the musicians' brands.
Media research 2
The document analyzes the design elements of several music magazine covers and contents pages, including color schemes, photography, writing styles, layouts, ratios of text to images, and fonts. Key points analyzed include how the design represents the bands featured and aims to appeal to the magazines' target audiences and genres of music. Overall the document provides detailed breakdowns of the visual rhetorical strategies used across different magazine covers and pages.
How did you attract your audience
The document discusses strategies for attracting and addressing a target teenage audience for a music magazine. Bright colors like yellow and orange were used to appeal to teens interested in indie music. Unique design elements like a stamp and cork board effect were intended to attract readers. Informal writing styles with slang and shorthand were employed to speak to the audience. Photographs of bands dressed casually in hoodies and jeans were included to connect with the reader profile. A variety of studio and live band shots were used to address different parts of the target audience.
How did you attract your audience
The document discusses strategies for attracting and addressing a target teenage audience for a music magazine. Bright colors like yellow and orange were used to appeal to teens interested in indie music. Unique design elements like a stamp and cork board effect were intended to attract readers. Informal writing styles with slang and shorthand were employed to speak to the audience. Photographs of bands dressed casually in hoodies and jeans were included to connect with the reader profile. A variety of studio and live band shots were used to address different parts of the target audience.
Social group evaluation
The document discusses how a magazine represents various social groups in its target audience. The magazine targets middle-class 16-18 year old indie teenagers. While trying to represent both genders equally, the magazine seems to support typical male stereotypes more than female stereotypes. The target audience would read the magazine to find information on their favorite bands, festivals, and gossip, as well as for social interaction and entertainment.
Evaluation
The media product challenges conventions of magazines by using a comic book-style front cover image rather than typical magazine covers. While the masthead placement at the top follows magazine conventions, the image is placed over the masthead for emphasis. Unlike some magazines, the price, date, and barcode are separated rather than combined to make them easier to read given the unique layout. The color scheme and cover text styles also relate to or differ from conventions of other magazines.
How did you attract your audience
The document discusses how the author attracted and addressed their intended audience for a magazine. To attract their target teenage audience interested in indie music, the author used informal and colorful mastheads, covers, and spreads with images like a stamp. Bright yellow and orange colors were used to attract younger readers while still appealing to those interested in indie music. To address the audience, the author dressed the band members in comfortable clothes representative of the readers' style and used contrasting photography studio and performance settings to showcase the different bands and appeal to different audience tastes.
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The document discusses the progression of the student's work from a preliminary college magazine to a final music magazine project. The student learned how to use new software like Survey Monkey to more easily collect and organize research statistics compared to manual methods. Planning photo shoots required considering lighting and setting. When producing the magazine, the student focused on both software like Photoshop to manipulate images and text as well as hardware, using tools like Lasso, Blur, and Stamp to edit photos and create the magazine layout.
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The document discusses how a media product represents particular social groups. The creator of an indie music magazine targeted their magazine towards indie teenagers aged 16-18. In designing the magazine, they looked at conventions of other indie and music magazines to represent that social group. Features like images, color schemes, and writing styles were chosen to appeal to and represent their target age group.
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Conventions
- 1. Evaluation In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
- 2. Evaluation – Front Cover Image I have gone against usual conventions of an indie magazine by creating a type of comic book front cover, for my magazine. A magazine that influenced my front cover was Metal Hammers version of sin city, which has that type of comic book look about it. However I manipulated and developed my image so that it fitted in with the stereotypical comic, making it unusual to other front covers
- 3. Evaluation - Masthead Another convention I have followed is that my masthead is at the top of the magazine, which is typical in most magazines. Mojo and NME are examples of magazine that do this. This is to give me more space on my front cover, but also to emphasize my image and make it look better. Like other magazines such as Mojo and NME I have placed my image over my masthead.
- 4. Evaluation – Price, Date and Bar code Both NME and Mojo have included the price, date and issue number in with their bar code because this saves space and can easily be seen. However because my Masthead does not go across my page fully I decided to separate the price and date just so that the reader can see both clearly. Unlike Mojo, NME and other magazines I have separated my Price, Date, Issue number and Bar code.
- 5. Evaluation – Colour scheme For my front cover, I went with the conventional colour scheme of an indie magazine, which is stereotypically black, red and white. However I gave it a twist by adding orange as a main colour making it different . NME is a good representation of a typical indie magazine and gave me the basis for my colour scheme. Mojo has gone against the usual conventions of indie magazine colour schemes by using pink which then made me want to use a different colour for my front cover to make it different.
- 6. When looking at all my research on music magazines the cover lines always stood out and grabbed the readers attentions, whether it was what was being said or the colour of the font it managed to grab the readers attention easily. The use of different font styles manage to make this issue different to the rest. Using the iconic punk font makes it individual to the band that presides over the front of the magazine I’ve tried to use a mixture of fonts for my cover, but one that are similar to one another and also similar to my bands image. For example young modern fun fonts exactly match the bands look which makes the image and text fit together. NME uses informal text to try and relate with the reader more. Their informal writing style makes it appeal to the reader because it is how they talk. Existing Magazines – Cover lines and writing Styles
- 7. Contents Evaluation IMG_0240.JPG IMG_0237.JPG When designing my Contents I wanted it to be filled with colour because it was for young people. I decided that to keep to my indie stereotype I should use a mixture of masculine colours but include bright colours as well. I also wanted to make it individual so I used manipulation on Photoshop to create new images to go on my contents page. For example the police tape at the bottom of the page. When researching other music magazine contents pages I found out that they were aimed at an older generation, and so I wanted to create something that would appeal to a younger generation. I decided to include bright colours, unique images of both studio and live bands and make sure my writing style was informal so that my reader could relate to the text, and what the bands were saying. I used a mixture of fonts to make the most important pieces of text stand out. I had to make sure my font linked with my images and so I went with modern fonts but with a twist making them different and appealing The final thing I had to think about were my images. I decided that for my contents I wanted a studio image but something different than the typical studio image. I decided I wanted the band laying down and not all of them making eye contact with the audience. I thought this looked really good, because it gave the girl band a different image than what is stereotypically expected.
- 8. Double Page Spread Evaluation IMG_0244.JPG IMG_0243.JPG Compared tot he magazines I researched, my double page spread is full of colour and looks much more inviting to read. It looks interesting because of the background and image I have used to create to cork board effect. I think it would appeal to my target audience more because it looks like it is aimed at a younger generation. The use of the cork board background, post it notes and sticky notes, makes it look like it belongs in a teenagers bedroom and so it links well to my target audience. I liked the use of colour because it’s different and not the stereotypical white usually found in magazines. I decided to go with an informal writing style because I believed it would appeal my audience more because it would be more personal. I also wanted to use a mixture of fonts to make it unique and different and more appealing to my audience. I think one way to improve my double page spread would to have used a range of photos. While it’s good because they all link together I think having the band in the studio and taking some more pictures would have given my images a bit more range and made the outcome better.