Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Fonts
These are a few websites iv been on to get the fonts i want that work well with the style of magazine im going for. The fonts iv chosen stand out and get the eye of the reader, there different to other magazines iv seen and will hopefully pull in a bigger audience.
http://www.dafont.com/embossing-tape.font
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/coniglio/carbon14/
http://www.dafont.com/embossing-tape.font
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/coniglio/carbon14/
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Feedback On Magazine
The feedback i got was i need to change the layout of my contents page, use different kinds of fonts that stand out and get the readers attention as well as using differnt colours on the page as at the moment it looks very simple and boring. Also she said i need to think about the places i take my pictures for my magazine and the clothing im going to use as i need more than one outfit for my models, facial expressions are another thing i really need to think about as their faces need to be blank but need to work on how i can best show it in the faces. She said i need to use a bigger bolder font on the double spread so the heading stands out, using a quote or somethign different to my magazines name, also editing my picture on the double spread to make it blend in better and stand out by using brighter colours. The font for my bands name on the front cover needs to be in a different font and colour to stand out and changing my lay out as its really plain at the moment and it needs to be eye catching for the reader which it isnt doing at the moment she said.
- Take more pictures in different places
- Use mutlituple clothing for the models
- Use more colour on all pages
- Change the font for the bands name
- Changed the layout of contents, look more messy and over the place
- Change double spread heading to a quote
- Make text box's all the same size (might need to delete some information)
- edit photos
Monday, 20 February 2012
Friday, 17 February 2012
Evaluation Question
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My magazine uses the F and Z model on each page which is used in every magazine we buy these days, I also looked at the types of fonts and colours they use in magazines and used a few on mine like a white background with black text on it which stands out to the readers. I use a lot of photos of the band im using so the readers can see what there style of fashion is and how simple they look but it works well with the audience there going for. On the double spread page we use three columns to make the article look neat and easy for the readers to read with a whole page of a picture of the band so it gives the reader more idea who there reading about. The contents page numbers out each page and gives you a bit of information about what your going to read about so you can see if you like the magazine before you buy it. The front cover uses a big blown up picture showing the band and there main features as its just there face and shoulders you see with bold lettering for there name and the title of the magazine which would fit in with the media market as mainly magazines are set out like this just a few things are different to get more of an audience.
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My product mainly represents teenagers who want to know about the new types of bands and singers coming into the industry at the minute as there is always new up coming singers that people don't know about but with this magazine it will give you up dates on what's new in music and will target teens who are into new different sounds. It will open up many peoples eyes to how you start off becoming a singer and will inspire the teenagers out there wanting to get into the music industry which will give them tips on how to do so. Also the type of clothing is geeky but stylish and only suits certain people which will get the eye of this social group we're going for and making them more interested in the style were approaching.
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The kind of magazine I was going for was the NME style magazine as it is bold and uses the kind of music genre im going for in my magazine. Also DAZED magazine inspired me to as it uses neutral colours that im going for in my magazine as it works best with the models im using. The way they layout their pages are how I wanted mine and inspired me to mix it up a bit and make my magazine plain so people buy it for what's inside but also catches your eye as its different to other magazines in the market by using neutral colours but making some brighter than others on key features so it stands out on the page, like the two magazines iv chosen which inspire me to make mine.
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
My product mainly represents teenagers from the age of 14-18 as its a simple design on the front cover and uses the kind of language teens would use which relates with their life style also the kind of clothing iv used on my models represents teenagers too and in the magazine I talk about fashion as this is one of the biggest subjects teenagers are into and look up to artists for their style of clothing. Also the type of magazine it is would interest all the age group im going for as we like to stay up to date on who's new in the music industry and who's good or not so good as we don't like to be left out on gossip, which teenagers are all about.
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
I attracted my audience by using neutral colours also making part bright which will stand out and catch my audiences eyes also I used bold black text for headings and master heads so you know what your reading about at the time. The band im using wear the kind of style my audience would wear and also would bring new and different audiences as it has a bit of a unique style to it. I addressed my audience by using the type of language they use and understand, not using any difficult big words they might not understand. In the article and through the magazine I use quotes from the band so the audiences feel like they know the band and get to know about what they've done to get to the stage there out which will interest the teenagers.
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
The photo shop I went on to make my magazine cover, contents and double spread pages was hard as iv only used it a few times before and to make the picture the style and colour you want it by changing the back ground colour can be hard. Putting fonts onto the magazine wasn't hard but trying to find the style font you wanted and that would go well with the magazine you were going for was hard and took time, also to make it to the size I wanted so it would cover the top of the page. It a very creative technologies and can make your magazine look very unique and different to others in my class but you have to spend a lot of time working on it to get it to the best of you abilities as it can be tricky to use. It can divide the pages into grids which makes it easier to layout the page as it gives you guide lines on where to go and you can count the space your using for text boxes and then do it again to make it all equal and look right.
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
A lot of my ideas have change and became stronger for the type of magazine im doing, also my article was easy to do as I knew the band I was going to talk about and the type of genre there music was which fitted in with my magazine. Iv had to changed a few things like the pictures im doing to get the best finishing effect on my models so it works well with them and will still fit in with the front cover I want to do. By doing my draft magazine I can see the thing I still want to change and certain bits I think work well with the style im going for, also hearing back from the teachers gives me more ideas on what to do and lets me know if they understand what kind of magazine im going for and if there not sure I can change parts to make sure they understand completely what style of music my magazine is. Id do this by changing the layout and pictures also colours as they describe everything about my magazine.
My magazine uses the F and Z model on each page which is used in every magazine we buy these days, I also looked at the types of fonts and colours they use in magazines and used a few on mine like a white background with black text on it which stands out to the readers. I use a lot of photos of the band im using so the readers can see what there style of fashion is and how simple they look but it works well with the audience there going for. On the double spread page we use three columns to make the article look neat and easy for the readers to read with a whole page of a picture of the band so it gives the reader more idea who there reading about. The contents page numbers out each page and gives you a bit of information about what your going to read about so you can see if you like the magazine before you buy it. The front cover uses a big blown up picture showing the band and there main features as its just there face and shoulders you see with bold lettering for there name and the title of the magazine which would fit in with the media market as mainly magazines are set out like this just a few things are different to get more of an audience.
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My product mainly represents teenagers who want to know about the new types of bands and singers coming into the industry at the minute as there is always new up coming singers that people don't know about but with this magazine it will give you up dates on what's new in music and will target teens who are into new different sounds. It will open up many peoples eyes to how you start off becoming a singer and will inspire the teenagers out there wanting to get into the music industry which will give them tips on how to do so. Also the type of clothing is geeky but stylish and only suits certain people which will get the eye of this social group we're going for and making them more interested in the style were approaching.
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The kind of magazine I was going for was the NME style magazine as it is bold and uses the kind of music genre im going for in my magazine. Also DAZED magazine inspired me to as it uses neutral colours that im going for in my magazine as it works best with the models im using. The way they layout their pages are how I wanted mine and inspired me to mix it up a bit and make my magazine plain so people buy it for what's inside but also catches your eye as its different to other magazines in the market by using neutral colours but making some brighter than others on key features so it stands out on the page, like the two magazines iv chosen which inspire me to make mine.
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
My product mainly represents teenagers from the age of 14-18 as its a simple design on the front cover and uses the kind of language teens would use which relates with their life style also the kind of clothing iv used on my models represents teenagers too and in the magazine I talk about fashion as this is one of the biggest subjects teenagers are into and look up to artists for their style of clothing. Also the type of magazine it is would interest all the age group im going for as we like to stay up to date on who's new in the music industry and who's good or not so good as we don't like to be left out on gossip, which teenagers are all about.
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
I attracted my audience by using neutral colours also making part bright which will stand out and catch my audiences eyes also I used bold black text for headings and master heads so you know what your reading about at the time. The band im using wear the kind of style my audience would wear and also would bring new and different audiences as it has a bit of a unique style to it. I addressed my audience by using the type of language they use and understand, not using any difficult big words they might not understand. In the article and through the magazine I use quotes from the band so the audiences feel like they know the band and get to know about what they've done to get to the stage there out which will interest the teenagers.
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
The photo shop I went on to make my magazine cover, contents and double spread pages was hard as iv only used it a few times before and to make the picture the style and colour you want it by changing the back ground colour can be hard. Putting fonts onto the magazine wasn't hard but trying to find the style font you wanted and that would go well with the magazine you were going for was hard and took time, also to make it to the size I wanted so it would cover the top of the page. It a very creative technologies and can make your magazine look very unique and different to others in my class but you have to spend a lot of time working on it to get it to the best of you abilities as it can be tricky to use. It can divide the pages into grids which makes it easier to layout the page as it gives you guide lines on where to go and you can count the space your using for text boxes and then do it again to make it all equal and look right.
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
A lot of my ideas have change and became stronger for the type of magazine im doing, also my article was easy to do as I knew the band I was going to talk about and the type of genre there music was which fitted in with my magazine. Iv had to changed a few things like the pictures im doing to get the best finishing effect on my models so it works well with them and will still fit in with the front cover I want to do. By doing my draft magazine I can see the thing I still want to change and certain bits I think work well with the style im going for, also hearing back from the teachers gives me more ideas on what to do and lets me know if they understand what kind of magazine im going for and if there not sure I can change parts to make sure they understand completely what style of music my magazine is. Id do this by changing the layout and pictures also colours as they describe everything about my magazine.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Shots
These are a few pictures iv taken that i might use for my background on my front cover behind my models and the other kind of backgrounds ill use for my double page spread and smaller pictures in my article and contents page so the readers get more of a feel of the style my band is as the pictures descride everything about a person and there music.
I was thinking of using this as my front cover background as its simple and my models would stand out on the wall but im not completely sure.
Here this picture is set in the garage which i thought it gave a new band feeling to it but the wall isnt plain as it has objects on there i could take off but wouldnt completey work with the style im going for, but defently and plain wall will be used for my front cover. I was thinking my room walls which ill show on here later.
I was thinking of using this as my front cover background as its simple and my models would stand out on the wall but im not completely sure.
I was thinking about using this picture as my background to the double page spread i was wanting to do as its a more detialed background and shows a bit more to the models personality's.
This is the same as the other picture above id use it for the double page spread but its just set in a differnt place and has featuers in the background like the house's i dont want, as they arent part of my design for the magazine.
Here this picture is set in the garage which i thought it gave a new band feeling to it but the wall isnt plain as it has objects on there i could take off but wouldnt completey work with the style im going for, but defently and plain wall will be used for my front cover. I was thinking my room walls which ill show on here later.Artist Profile
My artists are two girls at the age of twenty becoming part of the music industry. They have known each other for many years and have always had a dream of becoming famous singers, writing there owns songs and lyrics showing the world what they can do. They were both born in leicester and went to the same schools when they were younger. They used to always play on instrument toys as kids and made there own tunes and performed it to there parents, there parents could tell they were going to become big one day. Daisy is tall with dirty blonde hair and wears simple colours of clothing, she wears vans or nike's also knitted jumpers of the geek look that is very popular at the moment. Emma has the same style of clothing but she has long blonde hair and is a little bit shorter than daisy which makes daisy stand out as she is the lead singer. Daisy raps and emma sings as well as playing the guitar which she learned when she was a young child.
These are the picture of my artists daisy is on the right hand side and emmas on the left hand side. The profile describes there style and looks in the pictures but they wont be wearing those clothes for my photos as theyll look more geek sheek.
Mock Article
Stereotypical music is not a place to search for hidden depths. It’s a mixture of pop and hip hop incorporating the fun elements of the old school hip-hop era circa 1988-92. Stereotypical was founded in 1999 in their miniature form they would play together round the lead singer’s auntie's house. Three years later walking through a fog of cigarettes with bright lights flashing, the adolescents meet again and started to create a cover track of one of lily allens songs. They soon realised how pleasantly there styles of music went together and created the band name stereotypical this was the start of something fresh and simplistic.
Rapping and singing mixed together, there styles of music so different but what they wanted to achieve in life was so similar and this is what made the band so strong and determined to make it big in the industry. At their first concert at the ‘mac lock garage’ the girls suited up and geared up for their first show. The noise grew louder and louder from the sound of alcohol influenced crowd which weighed the pressure on the shoulders of the two average height girls, one shorter than the other. First on stage is the front lady Daisy long legged, dirty blonde with a stylish head band, hair on end, following her comes Emma long blonde hair so thin it flows in the wind. Beams of bright lights and smoke flooding the stage making the girls faces glow with excitement. “Our first performance and I’m confident will get the crowd going”.
As they started to sing the lights pin pointed them, they had no where to run this was it what they had worked for all eyes on them. A few people stood around at the sides of the floor holding on to each other out of breathe as the theatre was so small for the thousands of body’s jumping around people slowly falling to the floor begging for water of the security guards. The girl’s faces drop thinking it was their music generating all this aggravation, you could see in some of the audience’s eyes they weren’t sure about the style of genre the girls had picked but the mob was on such a high from the fumes they didn’t care, a successful night in the end for the band Stereotypical. “We’re different to other people and we have been waiting for this chance to perform, it’s our dream”. Progress had been made and they got their chance to let people listen to their music and see the reactions on there faces.
They got a recording contract from this and have started working on their first album called ‘Progress’ that will be sold in all high selling CD shops. This name worked well for their first album as this is how they felt when they went through the stages to get to where they are now. The front cover of their album is on a simple neutral colour background showing the clothes there wearing, a full view. There is also other picture shown in the album page of different views of their style and fashion on how they look to give the fans more of an idea of their style and appearance. Their first song was realised on the 14th of January and was called ‘Heat Wave’, they used this name as the song describes there effort creating there sound over the years and it all paid off in the end. They write their own songs as they want there work to be all them self’s and get inspiration from everyday life. They have worked so far with the artists Gorillaz, Lily Allen, and Arctic Monkeys as their music has inspired them in the past and like to hear what other well-known artist think of their style of music to give them inputs on the sound and lyrics they use.
Their next step this year is to work with big names in the industry that inspirer them the most and to spend lots of their time in the studio working on the new style they want on their next album as they want their fans to keep buying their music. By doing this the songs will have to be different and not sound to similar which a lot of artists find it hard to do but their willing to give up everything to get the best sound and look to catch the eye of the public and try to get a bigger audience. Their planning on doing a tour around the UK and see how well they do, then moving on to places around the world where they’ll be a larger population of teens that will enjoy their style of music, giving an unique vibe about them to catch the ears and eyes of the public and enforce a fan base behind them to make them a strong working band achieving all the visions they have of being part of a band and the life they want with it. They are very home loving girls and spend a lot of time with their family and they are part of the group of people that make sure their performances and albums go right and have no troubles on stage, this is the beginning of the new band Stereotypical.