Clash Magazine targets readers aged 21-31 with its minimalist color scheme and varied page layouts. The front cover features a smiling photo of musician Bobby Womack using simple fonts and colors to attract indie music fans. Inside, articles use a formal writing style with advanced vocabulary treating readers as adults, while incorporating genre-specific music terminology. The consistent design across pages gives the magazine a professional, stylish look.
Clash Magazine targets readers aged 21-31 with its indie music-focused content. It maintains a consistent style across issues using minimal color schemes and varied layouts to appear modern. While the front cover features only one image to seem sophisticated, it provides little information about the magazine's contents to potentially put off consumers. The contents page also lacks images but maintains a professional format. Overall, the magazine cultivates a grown-up feel through its stylish presentation and intellectual writing suited to its audience.
The document provides an analysis of the design elements of the front cover and opening contents page of a music magazine called 'Q'.
The cover uses bold red and white colors that contrast strongly and draw attention. It features an image of Dave Grohl in a field to create a comedic pun. Other elements like the price, barcode and coverlines are conventionally placed. The contents page continues the color scheme and features an image of Nick Cave to provide information on an article. It is laid out in columns and sections to organize the contents clearly.
Overall, the document analyzes how the design choices on the cover and opening page aim to attract the target audience of older music fans through bold colors, familiar artists, pun
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music. It was initially focused on heavy metal genres but expanded its coverage in the 2000s. While sales declined after the nu-metal trend ended, adopting emo and metalcore helped boost readership. Kerrang! primarily targets 16-24 year old males and appeals to them through imagery of iconic male bands. It maintains a devoted audience through diverse online content that keeps readers engaged between issues.
The document analyzes the front cover of Kerrang magazine to understand its target audience. Kerrang targets predominantly male rock fans aged 17-24. The front cover uses conventions like a dominant image of a rock artist and headlines in line with the magazine's house style to attract this audience. The codes and conventions employed on the cover aim to appeal to the attitudes and lifestyle of the target readership.
The document discusses the conventions and design elements used in the creation of a music magazine mock-up. It addresses how the magazine both follows and challenges conventions. Key points include using an unusual front cover image that avoids eye contact to highlight obscure music, including regular and featured content, and having a unique cover and color scheme for each monthly issue designed by a competition winner. The goal is to reveal obscure music that is underrecognized while conveying a message of individuality.
The document describes the codes and conventions used in a music magazine cover and articles created by the student. The cover includes elements like the masthead, center image, quotes, headlines, and house colors of red, white and black. The contents page lists the stories and images while maintaining the house style. A double page article features a large main image, interview and questions about a rock star, presented as the lead story using an exclusive feature format.
1) The masthead of "Q" magazine and the dominant image of Ed Sheeran implies that the artist is the most important part of the magazine. The casual image of Ed with his guitar suggests his relaxed musical style.
2) Details like font, placement, and color are used purposefully throughout the magazine to draw attention to important information and create a clean layout that would appeal to their target audience of 16-24 year olds.
3) The well-organized front cover uses techniques like bold text, separation of articles with lines, and framing of the dominant image to clearly present content to readers.
The document summarizes and analyzes various aspects of magazine covers and articles, including their layouts, designs, images, and how different elements are used to target audiences and convey information. Key points discussed include how logos and fonts establish brands, cover images and headlines attract attention while revealing just enough to intrigue readers without giving everything away, and article styles and visual presentations aim to engage specific demographics. Color schemes, imagery, and other stylistic choices are examined for their symbolic meanings and how they position the magazines.
Clash Magazine targets readers aged 21-31 with its indie music-focused content. It maintains a consistent style across issues using minimal color schemes and varied layouts to appear modern. While the front cover features only one image to seem sophisticated, it provides little information about the magazine's contents to potentially put off consumers. The contents page also lacks images but maintains a professional format. Overall, the magazine cultivates a grown-up feel through its stylish presentation and intellectual writing suited to its audience.
The document provides an analysis of the design elements of the front cover and opening contents page of a music magazine called 'Q'.
The cover uses bold red and white colors that contrast strongly and draw attention. It features an image of Dave Grohl in a field to create a comedic pun. Other elements like the price, barcode and coverlines are conventionally placed. The contents page continues the color scheme and features an image of Nick Cave to provide information on an article. It is laid out in columns and sections to organize the contents clearly.
Overall, the document analyzes how the design choices on the cover and opening page aim to attract the target audience of older music fans through bold colors, familiar artists, pun
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music. It was initially focused on heavy metal genres but expanded its coverage in the 2000s. While sales declined after the nu-metal trend ended, adopting emo and metalcore helped boost readership. Kerrang! primarily targets 16-24 year old males and appeals to them through imagery of iconic male bands. It maintains a devoted audience through diverse online content that keeps readers engaged between issues.
The document analyzes the front cover of Kerrang magazine to understand its target audience. Kerrang targets predominantly male rock fans aged 17-24. The front cover uses conventions like a dominant image of a rock artist and headlines in line with the magazine's house style to attract this audience. The codes and conventions employed on the cover aim to appeal to the attitudes and lifestyle of the target readership.
The document discusses the conventions and design elements used in the creation of a music magazine mock-up. It addresses how the magazine both follows and challenges conventions. Key points include using an unusual front cover image that avoids eye contact to highlight obscure music, including regular and featured content, and having a unique cover and color scheme for each monthly issue designed by a competition winner. The goal is to reveal obscure music that is underrecognized while conveying a message of individuality.
The document describes the codes and conventions used in a music magazine cover and articles created by the student. The cover includes elements like the masthead, center image, quotes, headlines, and house colors of red, white and black. The contents page lists the stories and images while maintaining the house style. A double page article features a large main image, interview and questions about a rock star, presented as the lead story using an exclusive feature format.
1) The masthead of "Q" magazine and the dominant image of Ed Sheeran implies that the artist is the most important part of the magazine. The casual image of Ed with his guitar suggests his relaxed musical style.
2) Details like font, placement, and color are used purposefully throughout the magazine to draw attention to important information and create a clean layout that would appeal to their target audience of 16-24 year olds.
3) The well-organized front cover uses techniques like bold text, separation of articles with lines, and framing of the dominant image to clearly present content to readers.
The document summarizes and analyzes various aspects of magazine covers and articles, including their layouts, designs, images, and how different elements are used to target audiences and convey information. Key points discussed include how logos and fonts establish brands, cover images and headlines attract attention while revealing just enough to intrigue readers without giving everything away, and article styles and visual presentations aim to engage specific demographics. Color schemes, imagery, and other stylistic choices are examined for their symbolic meanings and how they position the magazines.
The document summarizes how the media product, a magazine called Libertie, uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real indie music magazines. It conforms to conventions such as having a large, bold masthead; minimal costumes; and a variety of shots. However, it challenges conventions by featuring new, unsigned artists on the cover instead of famous ones, and using a long shot on the double page spread. The color scheme is mainly monochrome but uses color in a muted, toned-down way to develop conventions rather than fully conforming or challenging them. Overall, the magazine aims to look professional while representing the alternative music genre through its design choices.
The document analyzes how the creator's media product, Libertie Magazine, uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real music magazines. It conforms to conventions such as having a large, bold masthead; minimal costumes; and a variety of photo shots. However, it challenges conventions by featuring new, unsigned artists on the cover rather than famous ones, having a packed contents page layout, and using a long shot for the double-page spread. The creator developed conventions by giving the masthead deeper meaning related to the magazine's values and genre, and using edited single-color images. The color scheme follows the indie magazine convention of mostly muted tones with splashes of color.
Sam Wells created a magazine called "The Throwback" aimed at fans of classic indie rock music like The Smiths and Joy Division. To appeal to this target audience, the magazine featured a black and white cover photo in a minimalist style reminiscent of magazines from the genre's origins. Throughout the magazine, Sam employed conventions like page numbers but also included elements like Polaroid photos stuck on with tape to give a nostalgic, DIY feel. All elements of the design were chosen to represent indie rock's past while showing its potential future through coverage of new young bands.
The document discusses a campaign by Kerrang! magazine to encourage young people to register to vote in the 2010 UK general election. As part of a cross-media campaign, Kerrang! created a creative execution to communicate that the voter registration process is easy. The execution emphasized that registering takes only 3 minutes by filling out a simple form and that registering does not require someone to vote, but rather ensures they have the ability to vote if an important issue arises. The goal was to inspire young readers to use their voice by registering and help their peers do the same, as voting gives people a say on issues that affect their lives and community.
The document provides an analysis of the design elements and conventions used on the front covers and contents pages of several music magazines. It discusses the placement of images, text, and other graphical elements and how they are used to engage the target audience. Color schemes, fonts, and layouts are examined and related to the genre of music and intended demographic for each magazine. Typical magazine conventions are also identified, along with some instances where conventions are subverted.
The document provides an analysis of the front covers of several magazines. It summarizes key design elements like the placement of the masthead, main image, plugs, and other conventions. For one magazine, it notes the red theme reflecting the brand's energy and the band members' unusual outfits conforming to the magazine's insane mood. It also discusses design choices like font colors and the representation of gender in the layouts.
This document summarizes how the magazine addressed and attracted its target audience across various elements of its design. On the front cover, it used imagery and text related to music to appeal to readers in the music industry. It also included a "special" offer and information about a new artist to attract younger readers. The contents page included alternative artists and information about features to interest a variety of readers. Design elements like colors, layouts, and sell lines were used consistently across pages to match the magazine's style and attract its target youth audience.
The document provides information on the key demographics and readership statistics of various music magazines.
It then analyzes the cover designs of different magazines, noting things like masthead placement and style, photo choices, text usage and layouts. Common techniques included using provocative photos to appeal to target audiences, minimal text to entice reading, and stylistic choices to reflect the magazine's brand image.
The summaries show how magazine covers are deliberately designed to attract certain readers through visual cues and content choices that align with the publication's goals and readership profile. Elements like mastheads, photos, text and colors aim to clearly identify the magazine and draw in the intended subscriber base.
The document provides an analysis of the textual elements and layout of various music magazine covers and articles. Key points analyzed include target demographics, masthead placement, imagery, and article formatting. Across all examples, an emphasis is placed on creating a rebellious yet relatable brand identity through unconventional design and a focus on authentic music coverage that draws readers in.
This document summarizes the key elements of magazine front covers including:
1) The main image which dominates the page and is positioned in front of the masthead to draw attention.
2) Cover lines and tag lines which list articles and the magazine's selling point to target different audiences.
3) The masthead which is typically positioned at the top third of the page in a large, attention-grabbing font.
4) Date, price and barcode which provide basic identifying information in a subtle manner.
The document provides information about music magazines, including:
- The first music magazine was founded in 1894 called Billboard. Music magazines grew popular in the 1950s-1960s with magazines like NME and Rolling Stone.
- The biggest music magazine publishers currently are Rolling Stone, NME, Smash Hits, Kerrang!, and Billboard.
- The document then analyzes sample pages from magazines like NME and Smash Hits, examining things like layout, colors, target audiences, and conventions used across issues.
The document provides information about various music magazines, including:
1) NME (New Musical Express) is a UK-based weekly magazine that started as a newspaper and is now owned by IPC Media.
2) Bauer Media Group owns several UK music magazines including Kerrang, Q, and Mojo.
3) Rolling Stone is a US-based biweekly magazine founded in San Francisco that was started by Jann Wenner and Ralph J. Gleason.
4) Billboard is a US-based magazine that provides information about its large audience which is predominantly between 25-54 years old and has an average yearly household income.
The document analyzes the covers and content pages of several rock music magazines, including Kerrang, Rock Sound, and Spin. Some key techniques used across magazines include iconic mastheads, bold fonts that convey energy, and imagery of recognizable rock artists to attract readers. Color schemes often incorporate darker tones like black, white and yellow. Cover lines use short, attention-grabbing phrases. Content pages provide a taste of articles through quotes and small images while maintaining the magazines' visual identities. Overall, the analyses show the magazines employ similar styles that align with perceptions of rock music to effectively target their audiences.
This document contains planning and pitch materials for a print-based music magazine called "Jump". Ideas generated include using bright pink, blue, and white colors to convey a summery, relaxed feel. The target audience is identified as males and females ages 18-25 in socioeconomic categories E, D, and C2. Mood boards and mind maps visualize the brand identity and magazine concepts, showing imagery of lights, pools, and explosions to represent club and festival atmospheres. Fonts like "Digital Anarchy" and layouts with the word "Hyperspace" featured are considered to make the magazine stand out visually. The magazine will release monthly to compete with similar titles and feature a thoughtful model looking into the distance on
The document describes the key elements of magazine front covers including the masthead, main image, tag line, cover lines, date line, publisher information, and more. It analyzes how different magazines use elements like colors, fonts, images and text to target audiences and promote their content in distinct styles aligned with their brand and topic. Elements are typically positioned conventionally but magazines may take risks with placement to stand out or draw more attention to priority content.
There are three main types of music videos: concept-based videos utilize unusual filming or editing techniques around a single concept; narrative-based videos attempt to tell a story through actors and linking to lyrics; and performance-based videos feature the artist primarily performing the song. Examples are given for each type including "Land of Confusion" by Genesis for concept, "Clocks" by Coldplay for performance, and "Stan" by Eminem for narrative.
This document lists the top 20 pieces of fantasy media and provides 10 additional recommendations. It includes brief descriptions of color-changing and falling letter animations to highlight in a related blog post.
The document presents three initial ideas for a new music magazine. Idea One focuses on indie/indie-rock music and features casual language and reviews of featured artists. Idea Two focuses on live indie/indie-rock music and features a scrapbook style layout with photos of bands performing. Idea Three focuses on new popular music genres of 2013 and appeals to teenagers and young adults interested in concerts, awards shows, and fashion. The purpose is to get feedback on the ideas to help develop the magazine concept.
The document provides an overview of film trailers, including their purpose and conventions used for different genres. It discusses how trailers originated from playing after films in theaters and how technology now allows them to be viewed online. Common conventions for action, romance, and horror genres are outlined, such as fast pacing for action, beautiful settings for romance, and dark colors/music for horror. Example trailers like Man of Steel, LOL, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre are briefly analyzed.
The document is a screenplay for a music video for Ed Sheeran's song "Autumn Leaves." It follows a female character grieving the loss of her friend. Through a series of shots depicting memories and moments between the two friends, intercut with shots of Sheeran singing, the character works through her grief. At the end, Sheeran's character comforts the grieving character and releases balloons with a photo of the two friends floating into the sky.
The document analyzes Ed Sheeran's website, focusing on its layout, design elements, and how it engages its target audience. The website uses a blog-like layout with the latest news updated at the bottom. While the featured video draws attention, other news may be overlooked. Navigation is clear through prominent links, and a loading icon provides feedback. Consistent colors, fonts, and images create a recognizable brand identity for Ed Sheeran across the site.
The document summarizes how the media product, a magazine called Libertie, uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real indie music magazines. It conforms to conventions such as having a large, bold masthead; minimal costumes; and a variety of shots. However, it challenges conventions by featuring new, unsigned artists on the cover instead of famous ones, and using a long shot on the double page spread. The color scheme is mainly monochrome but uses color in a muted, toned-down way to develop conventions rather than fully conforming or challenging them. Overall, the magazine aims to look professional while representing the alternative music genre through its design choices.
The document analyzes how the creator's media product, Libertie Magazine, uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real music magazines. It conforms to conventions such as having a large, bold masthead; minimal costumes; and a variety of photo shots. However, it challenges conventions by featuring new, unsigned artists on the cover rather than famous ones, having a packed contents page layout, and using a long shot for the double-page spread. The creator developed conventions by giving the masthead deeper meaning related to the magazine's values and genre, and using edited single-color images. The color scheme follows the indie magazine convention of mostly muted tones with splashes of color.
Sam Wells created a magazine called "The Throwback" aimed at fans of classic indie rock music like The Smiths and Joy Division. To appeal to this target audience, the magazine featured a black and white cover photo in a minimalist style reminiscent of magazines from the genre's origins. Throughout the magazine, Sam employed conventions like page numbers but also included elements like Polaroid photos stuck on with tape to give a nostalgic, DIY feel. All elements of the design were chosen to represent indie rock's past while showing its potential future through coverage of new young bands.
The document discusses a campaign by Kerrang! magazine to encourage young people to register to vote in the 2010 UK general election. As part of a cross-media campaign, Kerrang! created a creative execution to communicate that the voter registration process is easy. The execution emphasized that registering takes only 3 minutes by filling out a simple form and that registering does not require someone to vote, but rather ensures they have the ability to vote if an important issue arises. The goal was to inspire young readers to use their voice by registering and help their peers do the same, as voting gives people a say on issues that affect their lives and community.
The document provides an analysis of the design elements and conventions used on the front covers and contents pages of several music magazines. It discusses the placement of images, text, and other graphical elements and how they are used to engage the target audience. Color schemes, fonts, and layouts are examined and related to the genre of music and intended demographic for each magazine. Typical magazine conventions are also identified, along with some instances where conventions are subverted.
The document provides an analysis of the front covers of several magazines. It summarizes key design elements like the placement of the masthead, main image, plugs, and other conventions. For one magazine, it notes the red theme reflecting the brand's energy and the band members' unusual outfits conforming to the magazine's insane mood. It also discusses design choices like font colors and the representation of gender in the layouts.
This document summarizes how the magazine addressed and attracted its target audience across various elements of its design. On the front cover, it used imagery and text related to music to appeal to readers in the music industry. It also included a "special" offer and information about a new artist to attract younger readers. The contents page included alternative artists and information about features to interest a variety of readers. Design elements like colors, layouts, and sell lines were used consistently across pages to match the magazine's style and attract its target youth audience.
The document provides information on the key demographics and readership statistics of various music magazines.
It then analyzes the cover designs of different magazines, noting things like masthead placement and style, photo choices, text usage and layouts. Common techniques included using provocative photos to appeal to target audiences, minimal text to entice reading, and stylistic choices to reflect the magazine's brand image.
The summaries show how magazine covers are deliberately designed to attract certain readers through visual cues and content choices that align with the publication's goals and readership profile. Elements like mastheads, photos, text and colors aim to clearly identify the magazine and draw in the intended subscriber base.
The document provides an analysis of the textual elements and layout of various music magazine covers and articles. Key points analyzed include target demographics, masthead placement, imagery, and article formatting. Across all examples, an emphasis is placed on creating a rebellious yet relatable brand identity through unconventional design and a focus on authentic music coverage that draws readers in.
This document summarizes the key elements of magazine front covers including:
1) The main image which dominates the page and is positioned in front of the masthead to draw attention.
2) Cover lines and tag lines which list articles and the magazine's selling point to target different audiences.
3) The masthead which is typically positioned at the top third of the page in a large, attention-grabbing font.
4) Date, price and barcode which provide basic identifying information in a subtle manner.
The document provides information about music magazines, including:
- The first music magazine was founded in 1894 called Billboard. Music magazines grew popular in the 1950s-1960s with magazines like NME and Rolling Stone.
- The biggest music magazine publishers currently are Rolling Stone, NME, Smash Hits, Kerrang!, and Billboard.
- The document then analyzes sample pages from magazines like NME and Smash Hits, examining things like layout, colors, target audiences, and conventions used across issues.
The document provides information about various music magazines, including:
1) NME (New Musical Express) is a UK-based weekly magazine that started as a newspaper and is now owned by IPC Media.
2) Bauer Media Group owns several UK music magazines including Kerrang, Q, and Mojo.
3) Rolling Stone is a US-based biweekly magazine founded in San Francisco that was started by Jann Wenner and Ralph J. Gleason.
4) Billboard is a US-based magazine that provides information about its large audience which is predominantly between 25-54 years old and has an average yearly household income.
The document analyzes the covers and content pages of several rock music magazines, including Kerrang, Rock Sound, and Spin. Some key techniques used across magazines include iconic mastheads, bold fonts that convey energy, and imagery of recognizable rock artists to attract readers. Color schemes often incorporate darker tones like black, white and yellow. Cover lines use short, attention-grabbing phrases. Content pages provide a taste of articles through quotes and small images while maintaining the magazines' visual identities. Overall, the analyses show the magazines employ similar styles that align with perceptions of rock music to effectively target their audiences.
This document contains planning and pitch materials for a print-based music magazine called "Jump". Ideas generated include using bright pink, blue, and white colors to convey a summery, relaxed feel. The target audience is identified as males and females ages 18-25 in socioeconomic categories E, D, and C2. Mood boards and mind maps visualize the brand identity and magazine concepts, showing imagery of lights, pools, and explosions to represent club and festival atmospheres. Fonts like "Digital Anarchy" and layouts with the word "Hyperspace" featured are considered to make the magazine stand out visually. The magazine will release monthly to compete with similar titles and feature a thoughtful model looking into the distance on
The document describes the key elements of magazine front covers including the masthead, main image, tag line, cover lines, date line, publisher information, and more. It analyzes how different magazines use elements like colors, fonts, images and text to target audiences and promote their content in distinct styles aligned with their brand and topic. Elements are typically positioned conventionally but magazines may take risks with placement to stand out or draw more attention to priority content.
There are three main types of music videos: concept-based videos utilize unusual filming or editing techniques around a single concept; narrative-based videos attempt to tell a story through actors and linking to lyrics; and performance-based videos feature the artist primarily performing the song. Examples are given for each type including "Land of Confusion" by Genesis for concept, "Clocks" by Coldplay for performance, and "Stan" by Eminem for narrative.
This document lists the top 20 pieces of fantasy media and provides 10 additional recommendations. It includes brief descriptions of color-changing and falling letter animations to highlight in a related blog post.
The document presents three initial ideas for a new music magazine. Idea One focuses on indie/indie-rock music and features casual language and reviews of featured artists. Idea Two focuses on live indie/indie-rock music and features a scrapbook style layout with photos of bands performing. Idea Three focuses on new popular music genres of 2013 and appeals to teenagers and young adults interested in concerts, awards shows, and fashion. The purpose is to get feedback on the ideas to help develop the magazine concept.
The document provides an overview of film trailers, including their purpose and conventions used for different genres. It discusses how trailers originated from playing after films in theaters and how technology now allows them to be viewed online. Common conventions for action, romance, and horror genres are outlined, such as fast pacing for action, beautiful settings for romance, and dark colors/music for horror. Example trailers like Man of Steel, LOL, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre are briefly analyzed.
The document is a screenplay for a music video for Ed Sheeran's song "Autumn Leaves." It follows a female character grieving the loss of her friend. Through a series of shots depicting memories and moments between the two friends, intercut with shots of Sheeran singing, the character works through her grief. At the end, Sheeran's character comforts the grieving character and releases balloons with a photo of the two friends floating into the sky.
The document analyzes Ed Sheeran's website, focusing on its layout, design elements, and how it engages its target audience. The website uses a blog-like layout with the latest news updated at the bottom. While the featured video draws attention, other news may be overlooked. Navigation is clear through prominent links, and a loading icon provides feedback. Consistent colors, fonts, and images create a recognizable brand identity for Ed Sheeran across the site.
Lauren Barrett's document is titled "Personal Best A2 Work So Far". It appears to be a student assignment where the student is reflecting on their best work completed for assignment A2. In just a few sentences, the document name provides the context that it will discuss a student's own work and reflection on their performance for a past assignment.
The document provides options for a media studies coursework project involving creating a music video. It discusses potential songs, artists, genres, and target audiences. For each of three potential songs - "Exit Wounds" by The Script, "Dark Horse" by Katy Perry, and "Autumn Leaves" by Ed Sheeran - it outlines ideas for the narrative, locations, characters, and visual style of a music video that could be created. It also mentions creating additional promotional materials like a digipak and magazine advert to accompany the selected song.
The document discusses a student's AS media coursework where they created a magazine targeted towards 35-45 year old middle class men interested in classical rock music. The student analyzed conventions of real classical rock magazines and both followed and challenged conventions in the design of their magazine's front cover, contents page, and double page spread layout, images, and stylistic elements. They also represented the target audience and discussed how a company like Bauer Media or IPC Media may be suited to distribute a magazine like theirs.
The document discusses a student's AS media coursework where they created a magazine targeted towards 35-45 year old middle class men interested in classical rock music. The student analyzed conventions of real classical rock magazines and both followed and challenged conventions in the design of their magazine's front cover, contents page, and double page spread layout. They represented the target demographic through imagery and styling choices. The student concluded that their magazine would be well suited for distribution by media companies like Bauer or IPC Media that publish magazines for both male and female audiences.
The document describes the cover of a music magazine focused on the band Oasis. It has a clear color scheme of black, red, and white. The largest text is about Oasis on the left side and there is a prominent photo of one of the band members in the center. Additional cover stories are listed down the right side to attract other readers. The layout maintains a consistent font, color scheme, and organization throughout the cover without any elements conflicting.
Rabbeah Ahmed created a magazine targeting 35-45 year old middle class men. The magazine focused on the genre of classical rock. In constructing the magazine, Rabbeah followed conventions of real magazines such as Classic Rock, including using different fonts, colors associated with the target audience, and standard layout elements. However, some conventions were challenged, such as changing the typical location of images. Through the process, Rabbeah learned how to use software like WordPress, Photoshop, and InDesign to construct the magazine professionally.
The document analyzes the front cover, contents page, and a double page spread of BBC Music magazine. On the front cover, the BBC logo is placed in the top left corner as is conventional. The magazine title spans the cover's width in white text to emphasize it against the dark background. A tagline calls it the "world's best-selling classical music magazine." The contents page lists regular and irregular features in three columns. The double page spread features a full-page portrait of the cover story subject, with the article split into three columns and including a pull quote and fact file about the musician.
The magazines researched target different audience demographics. Kerrang targets a younger audience interested in punk and alternative music. It uses casual writing and includes free posters. Mojo targets an older audience with more established music tastes. It focuses on classic artists. Q targets the widest range of ages and musical interests but lacks a consistent visual identity across issues. Common features included bold color schemes, photography focuses, and double page spreads for major stories.
The document provides an analysis and evaluation by Samantha Pople of various magazine covers in order to inform the design of her own music magazine cover. She looks at color schemes, layouts, fonts, and main images on existing covers from magazines like Q, Rolling Stone, and NME. Samantha decides on a 2-4 color scheme with contrasting colors and either bold or pastel hues. She also experiments with editing photos and choosing appropriate fonts and images for her own cover.
The magazine aims to engage with mod culture through its design elements that reference symbols of mod subculture like the Union Jack. These include the masthead, cover lines in red, white and blue, and a feature photo of a band member addressing the camera intensely. The double page spread continues these design elements and features a large photo of a band in black clothes against a background with graffiti, appealing to the aesthetic tastes of the target audience. The magazine targets males aged 18-45 interested in mod music, fashion, and lifestyle, especially those interested in reliving the mod revival era or passing the culture to younger generations.
The document discusses how the magazine attracts and addresses its target audience of girls aged 16-19 who are interested in rock music. The main image on the cover features two models of the target age/gender to create relatability. Throughout the magazine, bold fonts, vivid colors, images of rock icons, and informal language are used to appeal to the youthful audience. Pull quotes and previews of band interviews draw readers into articles and keep their attention. The consistent branding and preview of diverse content aims to convince readers that the magazine is worth purchasing.
This magazine cover targets an older, more educated audience interested in classical music. The masthead at the top is formal and elegant. The main image takes up the whole cover and shows a classical musician in a calm, sophisticated pose. The main cover line introduces the musician and the story in simple, understated text. Fonts and colors across the page are mellow and spread out for readability. The overall presentation is simple and professional to match the classical music genre and appeal to its audience.
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The document provides information about various UK music magazines, including Q Magazine, Kerrang!, and Mixmag. It summarizes their focuses, publishing details, and target audiences. For Q Magazine, it notes that it covers almost all genres as well as other content, is published monthly, and aims for a sophisticated audience. Kerrang! focuses solely on heavy rock music, is chaotically presented, and costs around £2.20. Mixmag exclusively features dance music but also some fashion, pursues good music over popularity, and is concise in its reviews.
This document summarizes a magazine called Q. It provides details about the magazine such as its price, circulation numbers, publisher, and mission statement. The mission statement indicates that Q aims to provide an "unmissable widescreen picture" of rock music through star interviews, reviews of new releases, and investigations into the world of rock and roll. It aims to appeal to both younger readers interested in various genres as well as older readers through its access to stars and sophisticated stories. The document also includes images and descriptions of sample pages from issues of Q, including the cover, contents page, and articles, showing layout, design, and focus on artists.
This document summarizes a magazine called Q. It provides details about the magazine such as its price, circulation numbers, publisher, and mission statement. The mission statement indicates that Q aims to provide an "unmissable widescreen picture" of rock music through star interviews, reviews of new releases, and investigations into the world of rock and roll. It aims to appeal to both younger readers interested in various genres as well as older readers through its access to stars and sophisticated stories. The document also includes images and descriptions of sample pages from issues of Q, including the cover, contents page, and articles, showing layout, design, and focus on artists.
The document summarizes the process of evaluating existing magazines to help design a new music magazine. Key points analyzed include covers, color schemes, fonts, photo editing, conventions, target audiences, and potential distributors. Existing magazines provided inspiration on techniques like limited color palettes, prominent mastheads, and featuring artists to represent the genre. The goal was to create an eye-catching cover that established the magazine while appealing to both male and female readers across various music interests and ages.
Connor Wood created a magazine aimed at younger classic rock fans aged 16-25. He targeted this group because typical classic rock magazines appeal to older audiences. The magazine would be distributed by Bauer Media, which also distributes similar magazines.
For the cover, Connor featured a new artist representing the magazine's target demographic. He used styles of dress and posture emulating classic rock icons to appeal to readers. Through the design process, Connor learned to use tools like Photoshop and Publisher effectively and improved conventions like bolder text and clearer formatting compared to his preliminary work.
This magazine cover features a bold red shattered glass masthead that draws the eye. The main image uses contrasting purple and yellow colors that force focus to the center. Subheadings subtly answer and advertise the magazine's contents. An offer of an exclusive meet and greet competition entices readers and creates a sense of exclusivity. The layout focuses all elements on the masthead, drawing attention to it and posing the question of which band or artist is number one.
The document discusses the front cover design of three different music magazines: Kerrang, Kerrang, and Billboard. It analyzes the key design elements of each cover, including the masthead, main image, pull quotes, fonts, and target audience. Some of the magazines challenge conventions by omitting certain elements or placing them in unusual locations. Overall, the document examines how the magazine covers appeal to their target rock/music audiences and conform to typical magazine design standards.
The document discusses the student's preliminary work on designing a magazine. It provides feedback on areas that need improvement for the next iteration, such as using more appealing fonts, including more information on pages, and studying layout conventions from other magazines. It also outlines aspects the student will focus on for their final magazine project, like targeting a specific music genre audience, including an original front cover and content page, considering design elements like fonts and color schemes, and gathering feedback from a questionnaire. The student analyzes cover designs from existing magazines to inform aspects of their own design like layout, image size and type, and font usage. They recognize the need to transform their preliminary work into a more polished final piece.
This document lists the top 20 pieces of fantasy artwork, including color-changing animations and falling letter animations that are described in more detail in a blog post. It also lists an additional 10 pieces, such as a footballer animation, with links to view more details in the blog post.
Lauren explored the theme of fantasy for her Unit 4 photography portfolio. She enjoyed this theme the most as it allowed her to be creative and have fun. Her favorite shoots were from her exam, including a "Little Mermaid" inspired shoot at the beach, which she felt rivaled the work of her inspiration Annie Leibovitz. Overall, Lauren found the unit rewarding but physically challenging as she made cardboard props and carefully set up shoots to realize her fantasy concepts.
Lauren explored the theme of fantasy for her Unit 4 photography portfolio. She found this theme the most creative and fun to work with. Most of her shoots were carefully planned from the start, allowing extra time for contextual work and experiments. While challenging to set up, the process of creating props like cardboard shapes helped influence her storybook-inspired shoots. Her favorite shoots included her exam work, where she photographed a model at the beach, and potion-inspired shots where she experimented with lighting effects. Overall, Lauren had a very positive experience bringing her imaginative fantasy ideas to life through photography.
The document discusses how the creator of a music video product followed conventions of the genre to make the video appealing and familiar to the target audience, while also experimenting with some unconventional elements. Specifically, the creator shot portions of the indie/acoustic music video in natural, rustic locations commonly used in other videos in the genre. While mostly adhering to conventions like matching cuts to the song's pace, the creator uniquely edited the entire video in black and white to emphasize emotion. The creator also ambiguously challenged romance-focused narrative conventions to match the song's theme of loss. Websites and packaging for the song were designed with brand identity in mind by following exemplars while also experimenting somewhat with color schemes.
This document provides a list of the top 20 fantasy pieces and an additional 10 pieces. It includes color-changing, footballer, and falling letters animations that are described further in a blog post.
The document summarizes an image taken by Monika for her online origami exhibition. It shows origami birds emerging from a book and scattered about in different formations. The photographer used selective coloring to make the birds stand out against the gray background. While each bird is the same shape, the angles and composition make them appear slightly different as if flying in different patterns. The author appreciates how Monika photographed origami, which is not real, in a natural scene. They like the bold colors emphasizing the fantasy idea and vivid origami against the green background. Shapes in the blurred background also make the image appealing. Monika included hands in the photo to contrast real life with the fantasy of the origami birds.
The author created an image combining shots of origami birds from one photo shoot and a close-up of an eye from another. They wanted to portray the idea that the paper birds have come to life and are now imprisoned in the captor's eye. The eye is in black and white for contrast and intensity, while the small birds are not immediately visible.
Thomas Barbey is a photographer like Jerry Uelsmann who combines different images to create surreal works. Barbey's black and white photo of an alley inside a mouth adds depth and a serious tone, with the mouth forming a circular frame. Both the author and Barbey present surreal scenarios using body parts and black and white tones, connecting their works through
The author created a surrealist image by combining two photos to place facial features on a bridge, inspired by stories of trolls living under bridges. They centered the bridge for depth and contrasted its straight lines with the busy background. Black and white tone added severity and realism while evoking something slightly evil. Famous surrealist Jerry Uelsmann similarly combines images, placing lips on a forest path to imply something is watching. Both use facial features in the landscape to suggest fantasy characters and black and white tones suit the surreal and eerie feelings. The author prefers Uelsmann's technique of adding depth and shadows to the lips for more contrast with the background.
The author took a photo shoot using droplets of food coloring placed in glasses of water. Using a macro lens, the author captured images of the ink dissolving and moving in the water, creating swirling patterns meant to look like magic potions. The author compares their photo to a similar photo by an unknown blogger that used colored ink in water. Both photos connect in their use of lighting, macro lenses to capture detailed patterns, and movements of the liquids creating depth and illusions of magic. However, the author's photo focuses on compact patterns to look like potions, while the other photo has freer movement creating unique shapes with a more surrealist look.
- The author took photos inspired by The Little Mermaid, using a friend dressed as a mermaid at the beach to capture the fantasy theme in a realistic way through costume and location.
- Photographer Annie Leibovitz's Snow White photo used actress Rachel Weisz as the model, dressing her in an accurate costume and setting her in a forest location with animals to mirror scenes from the film.
- Leibovitz's Disney Dreams series inspired the author's Little Mermaid shoot, though they portrayed different characters. Both used costume and setting to represent the cartoon characters realistically and separated the model from the background to focus attention.
The document discusses the various media technologies used during the research, planning, production, post-production, and evaluation stages of an Advanced Portfolio course. PowerPoint was used to create site plans and layouts during research and planning. Word and Excel were used for documentation, questionnaires, and analysis. Photoshop and Premiere Pro were key tools for post-production editing of images and videos. Live Type was also used to create animated text sequences for the music video. A Mac, digital film camera, tripod, phone, and iPod were vital hardware used during production, filming, and on-location work.
This call sheet provides details for the fourth day of shooting including location, scene, cast, makeup/costume requirements, equipment needed, and directions. Katy will be playing the role of a nurse at a house/bedroom location shooting scenes 1-6. Her makeup should be light foundation and lipstick or gloss. The call time is 2:00pm on February 26th at 25 Abbotsweld in Harlow, Essex. The sheet lists transportation details by bus, train, foot, and car.
The document is an edit decision list for Ed Sheeran's "Autumn Leaves" music video. It reviews over 60 video clips and 40 photo assets, identifying whether each will be used in the final video and providing editor comments. Clips of Ed playing guitar, a girl singing, people walking in the street, and balloons being released were selected for inclusion and editing. Photos of flowers, family portraits and memories will be included in a sequence with fade transitions.
This document lists the top 20 pieces of fantasy artwork so far, including color-changing animation and falling letters animation, with links to further details in a blog post. It also mentions that an additional 10 pieces will be listed.
The call sheet provides details for the third day of shooting including scene locations, cast, script pages, character details, equipment needs, and travel directions. The scenes will be filmed at Epping Station, Stratford Station escalators, and outside at a bowling alley where the cast will actually bowl. Sarah-Jayne Barrett will play the lead role along with Hayley Bird and Jodie Armstrong as friends. Makeup, costumes, props and camera equipment are specified. Cast members are to meet at the bowling alley at 3pm and have insisted on paying for a game themselves to get the best footage. Travel directions to each location are provided.
The call sheet is for the second day of shooting on February 21st 2014. It will take place at The Dashes Sports Ground and feature a scene of the character Yasmin Watkins releasing balloons. Yasmin's makeup, hair, costume and props are specified. The equipment needed includes cameras, tripods and spare batteries. Cast are instructed that only the top half of their bodies will be visible so their clothing should be modest and focus on the top half. Directions for getting to the location on foot from Harlow College are provided.
The document discusses how the author of a music video product followed and challenged conventions of the genre. They mostly conformed to conventions like using natural locations, matching edits to the song pace, and a black and white color scheme. However, they challenged conventions by using an ambiguous storyline rather than a typical love story, and experimenting with mixing black and white and color footage. For their website and digipak ancillary tasks, the author conformed to conventions like using consistent branding but challenged overly contrasting colors in favor of more complimentary tones fitting the genre.
This document lists the primary and back-up actors for various character and scene roles in an upcoming production. It assigns leading actors like Katy Nurse, Jessica Russell, and Yasmin Watkins to portray characters such as a girl singing, playing guitar, and releasing balloons, while also listing alternate actors like Jodie Armstrong, Katie Mould, and Nicola Baxter who can fill in if needed.
The production schedule outlines the tasks, finish dates, and comments for a music video project. Research is scheduled to finish by February 10th. Planning and shooting ancillary tasks are scheduled for February, while editing ancillary tasks and shooting main tasks are scheduled for March. Evaluation is set for March 31st to review the completed project.
The call sheet provides details for the first day of shooting including call time, date, director, scene, cast, character, location, makeup/hair, props, script pages, costume, special instructions, equipment, and directions to the location. The scene involves a guitar performance by the character Jessica at a house in Harlow, Essex. Cast are to wear everyday clothing that is not too flashy as only the top half will be visible. Directions are provided for public transportation, walking, and driving to the location from Harlow College.
2. Clash Magazine
Readership:
Clash’s Mission Statement:
188, 940
‚Clash Magazine is the flagship product in the Clash
portfolio. Award-winning and widely revered, Clash Circulation:
provides in-depth features and stunning shoots 47, 235
alongside informative news, exclusive interviews and
respected reviews. Our opinion-forming audience is Gender (approx.):
treated to a premium print product which challenges 50/50
convention like no other across twelve monthly
issues, many of which are themed specials..‛ Average Age:
21 – 31 (71%)
The average Clash reader is ‚in employment and follows
music, films, books, gadgets and clothes. When they choose to spend their
hard- earned cash, it’s well considered and based on recommendations from
the sharpest sources. They are gig-going, fashion conscious, tech hungry and
consider the Noughties the decade of cheap money, and ‘nothing’ politics. The
30+ are settling down to laugh at the days of Acid House with the 18+ creating
what’s new.‛
Clash magazine is published by Clash Music Ltd twelve times a year. Clash magazine is a trademark of
Clash Music Ltd. Clash Music Ltd originally extended to live events and festival partnerships, until the
magazine was founded by publisher John O’Rourke in 2004.
3. Clash Magazine
The colour scheme used on the front cover of Clash
magazine is very simplistic and pale mostly made up of
brown and sepia tones which helps to compliment the
clothing Bobby Womack wears in the main picture and
also symbolizes the indie genre of music. Clash
magazine’s readers are typically aged between 21 and
31, so this colour scheme helps to connate a very
calm, mature feel to these readers. Typically, magazines
would use bright colours to stand out to readers in a
shop, whereas this magazine does the opposite in order to
stand out against these other stereotypical music
magazines.
Again like the front cover, the colour scheme of the
contents page has been kept to a minimal black and
white theme in order to fit in with the general house style.
Using these two basic contrasting colours allows the text
to be easily read by anyone. The use of black and white
colours also connotes a modern, retro feel to the
magazine, which fits in with the quirkiness of the genre of
4. Clash Magazine
To follow this house style, the double-page spread
with Bobby Womack featuring in it continues to use
the black and white, simplistic theme seen on the
contents page. This helps to give a nostalgic feel to
the article, which is appropriate as they are
interviewing a „music legend‟. On the page,
everything is completely black and white, apart
from a small block of orange which has been used
to list the photographer, the writer and the director
of fashion for this particular article. Clash magazine
is famous for it’s writing and house style, so the use
of a bright colour enables readers to know exactly
who is responsible for the article. The colour orange
also symbolises something quite warm and happy,
which tells the readers what the overall tone of the
article should be like. The follow-up pages to this
article follows the same colour scheme but
alternates between black and white and sepia
photos to link in with the house style of the
magazine.
5. Clash Magazine
The general house style throughout the magazine is
really varied – every individual page more or less has a
different layout in order to suggest how modern and
fashionable the magazine is. The general layout of text
is used effectively in order to frame the different
images, such as on the double page spread, where
the text is altered and varied to „fill‟ the empty space
on the page. The unusual combination of different
fonts throughout all pages of Clash magazine actually
looks quite effective and quirky, which well-suits the
indie/independent style of the magazine. The more
decorative fonts connote quite a fun, fashionable
message about the magazine, whilst the simpler, sans
serif fonts show that the magazine is also very
informative and mature. This idea is shown on the front
page, in order to get the main headline to stand out;
on the contents page, to inform readers what page it
is; and on the double-page spread to distinguish
between the title of the article, the featured
artist, subtitle and a snippet of the text.
6. Clash Magazine
In general, especially where there are pictures
present on the front cover and the double page
spread, the magazine uses the rule of thirds as a lot
of the images take up the whole page. The rule of
thirds needs to be present in the images to allow the
reader to engage with the artists featured – the eyes
are always positioned near to where the vertical
lines intersect with the top horizontal line, as this is
where the eye is automatically drawn to, and the
eyes of the model/artist can give a lot away about
the image. Bobby Womack, who features on the
front cover and double page spread, is pictured
smiling in order to appeal to the audience and
connote a warm, happy tone to the magazine. The
indie music genre is very unique, and typical
listeners of this genre of music also have very
bold, extravagant tastes in fashion, which is why the
main image features the artist with very unique, out-
there fashion in order to appeal to the target
audience.
7. Clash Magazine
Only one main image of Bobby Womack has
been used on the front cover to reflect on the
main content within the magazine. Many
magazines will often feature more than one
image on their front page to entice readers with
the content, but I think the simplicity of just one
image makes this magazine look more mature Maslow‟s Hierarchy of Needs
(1954), stated that, “magazines
and stylish. Bobby Womack is not seen as a
and advertisements promise to
particularly attractive figure (especially not to fulfil many of our needs to be
Clash magazine’s target audience), but he accepted into social groups
could be seen as someone who young and our need for self-esteem
musicians aspire to be. and self-respect.” The main
image on the front cover is
styled to allow readers to really
The photo itself and the pose is quite natural; connect with the indie vibe and
having him smile connotes a warm, happy allows them to feel like they
feeling to the magazine. His styling and make- belong to that particular
genre/group. Styling Womack
up is also kept to a minimal level to show the like this would also allow
simplicity of the magazine style and tone. Using readers self-respect as they see
a mid-shot also allows the reader to clearly see people with similar interests can
the model‟s facial expression, whilst also filling look ‘cool’ so allows them to
the page but leaving space for text. feel better about themselves.
8. Clash Magazine
The front cover for Clash magazine doesn‟t
give a lot away to the reader about what is
featured inside the magazine – there is a list
of the featured artists and just a couple of
the main articles, but nothing that really
gives a hint to the reader about what is
being said inside the magazine. In some
sense this could be quite effective as it may
intrigue readers to read and buy the
magazine, whereas it may also put
consumers off from buying the
magazine, as there is no clue as to what
they will read about – if there is noting
interesting, they won’t continue to buy it.
However, what is actually written on the
front cover is very clear and easy to read
from a distance, and the minimal use of
text could also entice a reader to buy the
magazine, as it is not too overwhelming.
9. Clash Magazine
The contents page actually
has no images apart from
two of the alternative front
cover designs to inform the
reader of the issue they are
reading. The use of no other
images actually makes the
magazine look more
organised and professional,
but arguably looks more
like a high-profile fashion
magazine such as Vogue
because of the way it has
been structured. This
doesn’t help the reader at
all as it makes the page
look boring to look at, and
doesn’t give any clue
away about the content of
the magazine.
10. Clash Magazine
Overall, the front cover has been designed quite
well in the sense that the magazine has created
its own identity, being one of the few indie-music
magazines published. It would stand out really
well against most other magazines because the
overall design is so unique and different, but
really the actual language and text may not
necessarily be enough to entice a reader into
buying the magazine, as very little information is
given away about the magazine’s content. The
magazine front cover also does well to “include
both a categorisation and an evaluation of the
group being stereotyped,” Branston and Stafford
(2010). The indie music genre is something that is
slowly becoming more popular in British
culture, and just like any other genre of music, the
people who listen to it are often stereotyped. The
front cover does well to create and hold a „style‟
and „title‟, which stereotypical indie fans would
relate and conform to.
11. Clash Magazine
The layout of the text is really well
structured and is appropriately
organised according to the type
of article to make locating page
numbers/articles easier for the
reader. The use of lines across
the page to section text also
helps to effectively give the
magazine identity, as it is
something which is repeated on
a lot of the pages throughout the
magazine. These lines also help
to fill blank spaces and creates
an interesting design/pattern for
the page. A lot of the fonts have
also been made bold in order for
the numbers and the titles to
stand out better against the
regular text.
12. Clash Magazine
The language style, which is particularly
evident on the double page spread, is
quite formal considering, the fun, quirky
design of the magazine. As Clash try to
target quite a few students, the
language style is very intellectual and
uses a wide range of advanced
vocabulary – the text talks to the
readers and treats them like adults. The
text also features some examples of
rude/adult language here and there
within the article, but this just makes the
whole magazine seem much more
grown up and perfect for adult readers.
The language used is also fairly genre-
specific, it uses a lot of music
terminology in order to connect directly
with the readers, who are more than
likely to be big fans of music.
13. Clash Magazine
Overall, Clash Magazine gives off a very grown up feel
which is well suited to its target audience, and has a
very professional and stylish look to it. Every single page
is well thought about and the style and design is kept
consistent for that professional look which is what
makes the magazine so popular. However, some
readers may argue that a few pages, such as the
contents page, are too simple and do not live up to the
design of the rest of the magazine. I really like how ‘real’
the magazine is, everything from the colour scheme to
the writing style is kept very natural and realistic, and
helps to bring out the indie vibe. With my magazine, I
would like to use Clash‟s language style and page
design and layout for inspiration.