Monday, 7 January 2013
Friday, 4 January 2013
.jpg)
Research: Inspiration Through Mood Boards
Here is a collection of mood boards that I've created. I've used these as a source of inspiration, therefore they have helped me with ideas for my magazine.
This first mood board is made up of album covers. I made this in the very early stages of the project - that's why this mood board consists of other genre's of music besides my main focus on rock.
Once I was certain that the genre for my magazine was rock, I made another mood board that consisted of examples of rock magazines. These have also helped me, in terms of what type of layout, colour scheme and main image I should think about using.
This first mood board is made up of album covers. I made this in the very early stages of the project - that's why this mood board consists of other genre's of music besides my main focus on rock.
Once I was certain that the genre for my magazine was rock, I made another mood board that consisted of examples of rock magazines. These have also helped me, in terms of what type of layout, colour scheme and main image I should think about using.
The Main Project and The Deadlines
For the main project, we have been asked to create a front cover, a contents page and a double page spread for a music magazine. In order to get these three things done in the time frame that's been set, I will have to make sure I plan out my time accordingly so that the final result is as good as it can be. The type of magazine I've decided on is a rock magazine. A rock magazine has all the conventions of a stereotypical magazine but they usually feature it with things to do with the rock genre like bands/artists. I'm trying to create something that could be as successful as rock magazines already out there like Kerrang and NME. I've decided my target audience to be from the age range of 12 - 18, so from preteens to young adults.
The deadline for all work to be handed in is 28th March 2013 and I have set out what is to be done before then on different dates.
December 2012:
11th - Write out deadlines
15th - Analyse a few front covers, contents pages and double page spreads
17th - Carry out surveys for research
19th - Draw out Flat Plan
21st - Look at the appropriate props
January 2013:
7th - Start production
9th - Choose the official design for the masthead
9th - Choose the official design for the masthead
12th - Produce 3 Images for the Front Cover,
19th - Proudce 3 Images for The Contents Page to chose from
26th - Produce 5 Images for The Double page spread to chose from
February 2013:
9th - Begin designing the front cover on Photoshop
16th - Begin designing the contents page
23rd - Begin designing the Double page spread
28th - Write up the article for the double page spread
March 2013
11th - Finalise everything, make sure everything is up to high standard
18th - Write up Evaluation
28th - The official deadline - everything should be finished
19th - Proudce 3 Images for The Contents Page to chose from
26th - Produce 5 Images for The Double page spread to chose from
February 2013:
9th - Begin designing the front cover on Photoshop
16th - Begin designing the contents page
23rd - Begin designing the Double page spread
28th - Write up the article for the double page spread
March 2013
11th - Finalise everything, make sure everything is up to high standard
18th - Write up Evaluation
28th - The official deadline - everything should be finished
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Evaluation
My magazine cover uses a variety of conventions so that it follows what is expected of a typical magazine. For example, it has a masthead directly at the top so that you know what the name of the magazine is, and a skyline above the masthead which promotes the magazine in a good light. It also has cover lines to show snippets of what is inside the magazine and most importantly a main image that relates to what the magazine is about in the specific issue - so in this case a student because its a student magazine.
My magazine represents different social groups due to the fact nothing is being specified in terms of who it's aimed at apart from the fact it's for sixth formers. Other than that it has a a wide range of pictures that consists of all sorts of people interacting, therefore representing all sorts of social groups instead of just one in particular.
I think the type of media institution that would distribute my magazine would be one that specialises in school magazines. For example, the SPC (School Publications Company) would probably consider my magazine as I have made sure that it has everything that is looked for in a school magazine and more. They are probably looking for new and well put magazines to publish and I feel that my magazine meet that criteria.
As I've mentioned before, the audience for my magazine is sixth formers. I've made this clear through the conventions on my magazine cover. The name of the magazine is 'iStudent' and since the 'i' stands for independent. I feel this is a good way to reach out to my target audience because then sixth formers are going to relate to the fact that they are now independent learners. Also, the cover lines consist of things that sixth formers are going to see as interesting or helpful. One of my cover lines promotes a double page spread on a sixth formers journey through to A2, and I'm sure sixth formers would like know what happened because then they will feel that they can relate to any struggles along the way or just out of pure curiosity as to how some else's sixth form years went.
Looking back on the preliminary task, I feel I have learned a number of things. One of the main things being how to go about designing the front of my magazine cover. Throughout the weeks I've learned exactly where to place things on the page and about colour scheme and typography. During of the early weeks of being set the task, I wasn't sure on where to place things and I had a very vague idea of what I wanted but had no idea of how it was going to be created as the end result. Though as the weeks have gone by I have managed to learn skills that have produced the end result of my magazine cover.
My magazine represents different social groups due to the fact nothing is being specified in terms of who it's aimed at apart from the fact it's for sixth formers. Other than that it has a a wide range of pictures that consists of all sorts of people interacting, therefore representing all sorts of social groups instead of just one in particular.
I think the type of media institution that would distribute my magazine would be one that specialises in school magazines. For example, the SPC (School Publications Company) would probably consider my magazine as I have made sure that it has everything that is looked for in a school magazine and more. They are probably looking for new and well put magazines to publish and I feel that my magazine meet that criteria.
As I've mentioned before, the audience for my magazine is sixth formers. I've made this clear through the conventions on my magazine cover. The name of the magazine is 'iStudent' and since the 'i' stands for independent. I feel this is a good way to reach out to my target audience because then sixth formers are going to relate to the fact that they are now independent learners. Also, the cover lines consist of things that sixth formers are going to see as interesting or helpful. One of my cover lines promotes a double page spread on a sixth formers journey through to A2, and I'm sure sixth formers would like know what happened because then they will feel that they can relate to any struggles along the way or just out of pure curiosity as to how some else's sixth form years went.
Looking back on the preliminary task, I feel I have learned a number of things. One of the main things being how to go about designing the front of my magazine cover. Throughout the weeks I've learned exactly where to place things on the page and about colour scheme and typography. During of the early weeks of being set the task, I wasn't sure on where to place things and I had a very vague idea of what I wanted but had no idea of how it was going to be created as the end result. Though as the weeks have gone by I have managed to learn skills that have produced the end result of my magazine cover.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)