Reflection on Planning Process
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The document reflects on the planning process for a music magazine. While some documents like a diary PowerPoint took longer than expected, the mockups were created in Publisher and the real magazine was produced in InDesign. Photos for the magazine were taken by the author's sister, who was the focus of the magazine. Two photos required a backdrop and lighting since they were closeups. A mood board was easy to create since the author knew they wanted a formal, classic look inspired by Vogue magazine. Therefore, only a few colors were used to maintain consistency across the photos and text. The overall layout was in Vogue's style but the contents focused on music, aiming to attract the target audience that prefers fashion magazines.
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Evaluation question 1
This document discusses how the media product both uses and challenges conventions of magazine design. It analyzes the forms and conventions seen in existing music magazines like Clash and Mixmag. While some conventions are followed, such as placement of the masthead and main image on the cover, others are challenged to better suit the target audience and genre. For example, bold colors and more edgy designs are used on the front cover compared to traditional magazines. The contents page and double page spreads also follow and adapt some typical magazine conventions discussed. Overall, the document examines how the magazine both draws from common conventions but makes adaptations to appeal specifically to its intended pop music readers.
Evaluation question 1
This document discusses the forms and conventions used in the media product of a music magazine. It begins by explaining that all magazines have codes and conventions that are generally followed to meet audience expectations. However, some magazines like Clash break conventions to better convey their genre.
The author analyzed existing music magazines Clash and Mixmag to understand conventions. Their magazine follows some conventions, like the masthead and main image on the front cover, but challenges others to seem more fun and edgy for their target audience of pop music fans.
Double page spreads in Clash magazine inspired the author's style, with a large central image and minimal text. Typography and layout are also discussed in relation to conventions used and challenged in the
Evaluation Q7
The document reflects on what was learned from a preliminary student magazine task to the final music magazine product. Key lessons included using fewer colors and fonts to appear more professional, including headers and footers for consistency, choosing impactful cover images that fit the genre, and ensuring layout follows conventions like the rule of thirds. For contents pages, sticking to a house style, using bigger images and less whitespace improved professional appearance. Creating a double page spread helped apply conventions across a multi-page layout.
Q.2
The document discusses how a media product represents a social group. It focuses on a magazine aimed at a rock/classic rock audience. Key elements that appeal to this audience include the font, color scheme, positioning of text around the main image, and casual clothing of the band member featured. The mood created by the image and colors, and a sharp photo of a band member performing live will also appeal to the target audience. The house style and white background provide a sense of maturity. Consistency in house style and color scheme across the magazine makes it recognizable to the intended audience.
Compare two magazine covers
The document compares two rock music magazine covers, Total Guitar and Rhythm. Total Guitar uses layering of text and images to convey importance and familiarity for regular readers. Rhythm uses a larger main image to highlight the main article focus. The magazines also differ in font styles, with Rhythm using a bold, capitalized font and Total Guitar using a mixed case title. Comparing language devices, both magazines use personal pronouns and imperative verbs to engage the audience. Analyzing the magazine covers provided inspiration for layout, techniques, target audiences, and consideration of non-traditional color schemes.
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The author created a preliminary magazine cover and contents page as a first attempt at magazine design. For their final project, the author created a music magazine cover and contents page. While the preliminary designs showed promise as a first effort, the final music magazine designs demonstrated significant improvements in areas like photography, layout, color scheme, and use of design elements to create a more polished and professional looking product. The author's skills in Photoshop and magazine design conventions improved noticeably from their initial to final designs.
Evaluation Question 1
The document discusses how the media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real music magazines. It describes using conventions like placement of mastheads and barcodes on the front cover. It develops conventions by changing the opacity of the masthead and having more formal clothing. It challenges conventions by including a flower crown on the front cover to portray the male artist in a more feminine way. On the contents page, it follows conventions like layout and descriptions but changes model placement. On the double page spread it develops conventions like pull quote placement and using three rows of text instead of two columns for the interview. It subverts conventions on the contents page by adding a second image.
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Evaluation question 1
This document discusses how the media product both uses and challenges conventions of magazine design. It analyzes the forms and conventions seen in existing music magazines like Clash and Mixmag. While some conventions are followed, such as placement of the masthead and main image on the cover, others are challenged to better suit the target audience and genre. For example, bold colors and more edgy designs are used on the front cover compared to traditional magazines. The contents page and double page spreads also follow and adapt some typical magazine conventions discussed. Overall, the document examines how the magazine both draws from common conventions but makes adaptations to appeal specifically to its intended pop music readers.
Evaluation question 1
This document discusses the forms and conventions used in the media product of a music magazine. It begins by explaining that all magazines have codes and conventions that are generally followed to meet audience expectations. However, some magazines like Clash break conventions to better convey their genre.
The author analyzed existing music magazines Clash and Mixmag to understand conventions. Their magazine follows some conventions, like the masthead and main image on the front cover, but challenges others to seem more fun and edgy for their target audience of pop music fans.
Double page spreads in Clash magazine inspired the author's style, with a large central image and minimal text. Typography and layout are also discussed in relation to conventions used and challenged in the
Evaluation Q7
The document reflects on what was learned from a preliminary student magazine task to the final music magazine product. Key lessons included using fewer colors and fonts to appear more professional, including headers and footers for consistency, choosing impactful cover images that fit the genre, and ensuring layout follows conventions like the rule of thirds. For contents pages, sticking to a house style, using bigger images and less whitespace improved professional appearance. Creating a double page spread helped apply conventions across a multi-page layout.
Q.2
The document discusses how a media product represents a social group. It focuses on a magazine aimed at a rock/classic rock audience. Key elements that appeal to this audience include the font, color scheme, positioning of text around the main image, and casual clothing of the band member featured. The mood created by the image and colors, and a sharp photo of a band member performing live will also appeal to the target audience. The house style and white background provide a sense of maturity. Consistency in house style and color scheme across the magazine makes it recognizable to the intended audience.
Compare two magazine covers
The document compares two rock music magazine covers, Total Guitar and Rhythm. Total Guitar uses layering of text and images to convey importance and familiarity for regular readers. Rhythm uses a larger main image to highlight the main article focus. The magazines also differ in font styles, with Rhythm using a bold, capitalized font and Total Guitar using a mixed case title. Comparing language devices, both magazines use personal pronouns and imperative verbs to engage the audience. Analyzing the magazine covers provided inspiration for layout, techniques, target audiences, and consideration of non-traditional color schemes.
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The author created a preliminary magazine cover and contents page as a first attempt at magazine design. For their final project, the author created a music magazine cover and contents page. While the preliminary designs showed promise as a first effort, the final music magazine designs demonstrated significant improvements in areas like photography, layout, color scheme, and use of design elements to create a more polished and professional looking product. The author's skills in Photoshop and magazine design conventions improved noticeably from their initial to final designs.
Evaluation Question 1
The document discusses how the media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real music magazines. It describes using conventions like placement of mastheads and barcodes on the front cover. It develops conventions by changing the opacity of the masthead and having more formal clothing. It challenges conventions by including a flower crown on the front cover to portray the male artist in a more feminine way. On the contents page, it follows conventions like layout and descriptions but changes model placement. On the double page spread it develops conventions like pull quote placement and using three rows of text instead of two columns for the interview. It subverts conventions on the contents page by adding a second image.
Question 1 presentation
This document discusses the development of a magazine targeted at teens and young adults. The author chose this audience because teens have disposable income for items like magazines and are interested in current music. The magazine is called "Rhythm" to appeal to fans of pop and R&B music. The bold red masthead uses a heartbeat graphic to convey a musical feel. Photographs on the cover use techniques like rule of thirds to make the featured artist recognizable. The layout follows the Gutenberg principle to draw attention to key elements like the masthead and cover lines.
Music Magazine
This document provides sketches and outlines for developing a new music magazine. It includes three mood boards and sketches for the magazine's front cover laying out elements like the masthead, skyline, and main image. A contents page sketch is also included. The document describes the magazine as focusing on rock, indie, and metal music genres with some R&B. It aims to have wide appeal through its casual tone and featuring music that readers of all experience levels can enjoy.
Question 1
The media product uses conventions from real magazines to appeal to a wide audience. It features classic rock bands like Pink Floyd to draw in fans of that era. The color scheme and layout are inspired by 1960s magazines to create a retro style. The close-up image on the cover portrays the artist as an ordinary person to show readers they can achieve their dreams too. Conventions like the issue number and artist listings make the product look professional. The cover, contents page, and articles combine styles from older and modern magazines to be eye-catching yet functional.
Question 7
The document discusses the differences between the author's preliminary magazine cover task and their final magazine cover product. Some of the key things the author learned were: 1) Using a minimalistic design with solid colors allows the cover image to stand out more effectively. 2) Including conventions like cover lines, structured text, and links between text and images improves communication. 3) Choosing bold, iconic design elements like the masthead helps the magazine stand out within its genre.
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The media product constructed was a music magazine for the Two Tone genre. Conventions like a masthead, cover image, and genre-specific content were used. The front cover challenges conventions by not overloading with text and adding a border. The contents page uses symbolic codes like image size to denote importance and relates to the genre through color and a border. The double page spread follows conventions such as a pull quote, drop cap, large central image, bold artist name, and standfirst to introduce the subject. Formats and designs are developed and challenged in genre-appropriate ways.
Contents page research for magazine
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Mood Board
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Question 1
This document summarizes how the student's media product follows conventions of real music magazines. On the front cover, conventions like the barcode, banner, and cover lines are used. The main difference is centering the title instead of putting it in the top left. The contents page similarly includes a main image on the right with smaller images and a page guide, matching a real magazine. A double page interview spread includes page numbers, a big title, and quotes, as in real magazines, but could be improved. While not as clearly laid out as professional magazines, the busier style may appeal more to the target teenage audience.
Iconography
Iconography refers to the use of images and symbols to represent ideas. Rock/pop rock music genres typically use certain iconography in their magazines and album covers. This includes costumes consisting of dark colors, music instruments as props, large central images on magazine covers surrounded by bold text, and plain backgrounds so the focus is on the artist. The layout inside magazines features a large image on one page with partial text overlay and mostly text on the facing page with smaller images to avoid walls of text. The design aims to attract male readers through masculine styles and focuses on interviews and reviews of bands/artists.
Evaluation question 5
My target audience for the music magazine is rock and metal fans ages 14 to 25, as research showed they are the biggest buyers of music magazines. The front cover uses a unique font for the masthead to look loud and in your face, appealing fonts for cover lines to attract different ages, and dark clothes as the central image since that is what rock/metal fans typically wear. The contents page relates the three images to the main article and uses the same font as the masthead to look loud, with an editor's paragraph to appeal to the target audience. The double page spread features a large central image, changes the color scheme to avoid looking boring, and includes guitars/drums in images to indicate a rock/metal genre
Evaluation question 5
My target audience is rock and metal fans ages 14 to 25. For the front cover, I used a unique font for the masthead to make the magazine stand out as loud and in your face. I included various colors and images of dark clothes to appeal to rock fans. The contents page relates the images to the main article and uses the masthead font to convey a loud impression. For the double page spread, I used a large central image taking up most of the page along with guitars and drums to showcase a rock/metal band and appeal to the target audience.
Question 1 evaluation
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Overall, the document examines how the mock magazine product design utilizes established conventions from real music magazines to look professional and appeal to the target audience.
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Question 1 - Evaluation
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The document discusses the design and layout of a student-created music magazine called "The Beat". It summarizes the choices made for the magazine's title, masthead, images, fonts, and other design elements. The student aimed to follow conventions of real music magazines while also making the magazine stand out. The document analyzes several pages of the magazine, including the front cover, contents page, and a double-page spread, explaining how they develop or challenge conventions of published music magazines.
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Double Page Spread Progression
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Double page spread progression
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The document summarizes the evaluation of a music magazine the author created for their main task. It discusses the key design elements of the magazine including the title, layout, images, fonts, and target audience. The author aimed to follow conventions of real music magazines like using eye-catching cover images and simple layouts. They targeted teenagers and focused on hip hop/R&B music. The author learned new software skills in Photoshop and how to better research audience needs to create a more professional magazine.
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The document discusses the process of creating a music magazine and what was learned from this process. It describes using Photoshop and Quark to edit images and layout the magazine pages. A preliminary college magazine task provided experience with the software before taking on the full music magazine product. This allowed the creator to improve their skills in using tools in Photoshop like selection and editing tools. It also helped produce a better layout and more professional design for the music magazine compared to the first draft college magazine. The preliminary task was beneficial for learning the software and evaluating mistakes to avoid repeating in the final project.
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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 discusses the development of a magazine targeted at teens and young adults. The author chose this audience because teens have disposable income for items like magazines and are interested in current music. The magazine is called "Rhythm" to appeal to fans of pop and R&B music. The bold red masthead uses a heartbeat graphic to convey a musical feel. Photographs on the cover use techniques like rule of thirds to make the featured artist recognizable. The layout follows the Gutenberg principle to draw attention to key elements like the masthead and cover lines.
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Question 1
The media product uses conventions from real magazines to appeal to a wide audience. It features classic rock bands like Pink Floyd to draw in fans of that era. The color scheme and layout are inspired by 1960s magazines to create a retro style. The close-up image on the cover portrays the artist as an ordinary person to show readers they can achieve their dreams too. Conventions like the issue number and artist listings make the product look professional. The cover, contents page, and articles combine styles from older and modern magazines to be eye-catching yet functional.
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The document discusses the differences between the author's preliminary magazine cover task and their final magazine cover product. Some of the key things the author learned were: 1) Using a minimalistic design with solid colors allows the cover image to stand out more effectively. 2) Including conventions like cover lines, structured text, and links between text and images improves communication. 3) Choosing bold, iconic design elements like the masthead helps the magazine stand out within its genre.
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The document discusses how the student's media product challenges conventions of real magazines. On the front cover, the main image is centered and layered above other elements to draw attention, and the masthead is placed behind the image. The contents page uses two photos to represent the main articles and has two columns, one for photos and one for text. The double-page spread uses three columns of text on one side and a large main photo and heading. Throughout, a sans-serif font and formal language are used to communicate effectively with the audience.
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The media product constructed was a music magazine for the Two Tone genre. Conventions like a masthead, cover image, and genre-specific content were used. The front cover challenges conventions by not overloading with text and adding a border. The contents page uses symbolic codes like image size to denote importance and relates to the genre through color and a border. The double page spread follows conventions such as a pull quote, drop cap, large central image, bold artist name, and standfirst to introduce the subject. Formats and designs are developed and challenged in genre-appropriate ways.
Contents page research for magazine
The document summarizes the contents page of a magazine. It uses a large central image of a female R&B artist to draw attention to her as the focus of the magazine. The small typography and single central image emphasize the artist over other content. The page is split into features and fashion sections to attract multiple audiences. Imagery like revealing costumes and spot lighting are used to reinforce the R&B genre.
Mood Board
The document discusses design choices for a music magazine, including font selection, image placement, use of bright colors, and layout designs. Various magazine pages, covers, and contents pages are evaluated for elements like masthead color, pull quotes, and background hues that make key information pop visually or create an appealing aesthetic matching the magazine's music theme.
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This document summarizes how the student's media product follows conventions of real music magazines. On the front cover, conventions like the barcode, banner, and cover lines are used. The main difference is centering the title instead of putting it in the top left. The contents page similarly includes a main image on the right with smaller images and a page guide, matching a real magazine. A double page interview spread includes page numbers, a big title, and quotes, as in real magazines, but could be improved. While not as clearly laid out as professional magazines, the busier style may appeal more to the target teenage audience.
Iconography
Iconography refers to the use of images and symbols to represent ideas. Rock/pop rock music genres typically use certain iconography in their magazines and album covers. This includes costumes consisting of dark colors, music instruments as props, large central images on magazine covers surrounded by bold text, and plain backgrounds so the focus is on the artist. The layout inside magazines features a large image on one page with partial text overlay and mostly text on the facing page with smaller images to avoid walls of text. The design aims to attract male readers through masculine styles and focuses on interviews and reviews of bands/artists.
Evaluation question 5
My target audience for the music magazine is rock and metal fans ages 14 to 25, as research showed they are the biggest buyers of music magazines. The front cover uses a unique font for the masthead to look loud and in your face, appealing fonts for cover lines to attract different ages, and dark clothes as the central image since that is what rock/metal fans typically wear. The contents page relates the three images to the main article and uses the same font as the masthead to look loud, with an editor's paragraph to appeal to the target audience. The double page spread features a large central image, changes the color scheme to avoid looking boring, and includes guitars/drums in images to indicate a rock/metal genre
Evaluation question 5
My target audience is rock and metal fans ages 14 to 25. For the front cover, I used a unique font for the masthead to make the magazine stand out as loud and in your face. I included various colors and images of dark clothes to appeal to rock fans. The contents page relates the images to the main article and uses the masthead font to convey a loud impression. For the double page spread, I used a large central image taking up most of the page along with guitars and drums to showcase a rock/metal band and appeal to the target audience.
Question 1 evaluation
This document discusses the conventions used in the design of a music magazine cover and contents page.
For the cover, conventions included using a masthead, sell line, cover lines, advertisements, barcode/price, and a main image of an artist. Color schemes and fonts were also used consistently with music magazine conventions.
The contents page followed conventions such as a title, images of artists, numbered features, pull quotes, and social media links. Page layout conventions like columns, text formatting, and image placement were also used.
Overall, the document examines how the mock magazine product design utilizes established conventions from real music magazines to look professional and appeal to the target audience.
Jonathan dobson media evaluation
The document discusses the design choices made for a music magazine prototype aimed at 16-25 year old indie/rock music fans. These include placing the magazine title in the top third of the cover page, featuring a prominent central artist image on the cover and contents page for consistency, and using jagged boxes and color coding on the contents page to distinguish sections and draw the reader's eye. The magazine is intended to appeal to a niche market by including interviews on less mainstream genres like Christian rock.
Question 1 - Evaluation
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The document summarizes what the author learned from their preliminary school magazine task and how they improved for their main music magazine task. Some key things the author learned were to do more detailed research, use professional magazines as inspiration for layouts, vary fonts for visual interest, and better manage their time between research and production. For the music magazine, the author applied their Photoshop and InDesign skills, researched appropriate models, costumes, and photography styles to match the R&B genre. Overall, the author felt their final product more closely resembled a professional magazine compared to their initial school magazine.
Evaluation 7 f
The document summarizes what the author learned from creating a preliminary magazine that could be improved for their final pop music magazine product. Specifically, the author learned that for a pop music magazine to appeal to its target teenage audience it needs bright colors, original fonts, a cluttered but content-rich format, informal language, prominent images on the cover and throughout, and elements like banners and frames that relate to web/social media and retro styles enjoyed by teenagers. The author analyzed their preliminary draft and made changes like adding more colorful and varied photos, torn paper elements, and filling empty spaces to create a final magazine that better matches the conventions and interests of their target market.
Evaluation
The student made significant improvements from their preliminary magazine project to the final project. They conducted research like online surveys to learn what their target audience wanted. They paid closer attention to magazine design conventions. For example, they selected higher quality, simpler photographs that could be easily edited. Their final magazine covered followed conventions like featuring artist names and a teaser. It included typical sections like features and used a color scheme and tones fitting the targeted music genre. Feedback was mostly positive with some minor suggested changes to further improve matching conventions and audience.
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The document discusses the design choices made for a music magazine project. It was inspired by magazines like VIBE in terms of layout, fonts, and photos focusing on a single model. Photos were taken against plain backgrounds and edited to look more professional. Costumes and props were used to portray wealth as seen in other music magazines. The genre of R&B is represented through formal language, seductive photos, and fashion elements. The layout follows magazine conventions while making adaptations to make it unique.
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The document discusses the design choices made for a music magazine inspired by VIBE magazine. Fonts, layout, photos, and written content were selected to emulate conventions of music magazines and appeal to the target audience. Photos were taken against plain backgrounds and edited in Photoshop to look more professional. Costumes and props were used to portray wealth as seen in other music magazines. The overall style aimed to represent the R&B music genre through seductive photography, fashion elements, and formal language while putting a unique spin through original camera work and column layouts.
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