FIRST DRAFT OF Music Magazine Pictures

Here are some pictures I have taken from my two magazines.

This is a close up image of artist Alicia Keys, taken from my Hip-Hop Weekly magazine.

This is another long shot image taken from my magazine, it is a typical Hip-Hop picture, beasue of her body language and her facial expression.

FIRST DRAFT OF Textual Analysis of Music Magazines

The two magazines I have chosen to compare are hip hop weekly and XXL. They both come from the same genre which is Hip-Hop. Both of the magazines clearly indicate that the genre is hip hop as well known rappers are included on the front cover such as Nicki Minaj and Jay Z, and the fact having celebrities wearing sun-glasses and having tattoos indicates Hip Hop and shows swag. The magazine Hip-Hop weekly clearly indicates its genre as it says it on the masthead.

It is clear from the Hip-Hop weekly magazine, that it is aimed at females aged between 16 to 25 as it contains gossip and rumours about celebrities and girls like to read about that including myself also because of the use of colours such as pink and yellow, while on the other hand the XXL magazine is targeted at men, because there is mainly male artists in the magazine and the colours look suitable for males such as black and white and red.

The life style for the XXL magazine seems to be gangster life and black culture whereas on the hip hop weekly magazine seems to be a partying lifestyle, going out, attractive women and fashion.

The similarities in the two magazines are that they both feature some of the same artists such as Kanye West, Jay Z, Rhianna and Nicki Minaj. Also both of the two magazines have bold mastheads and both have medium close up images on the magazine front covers. Also the contents pages seem to be similar as the page numbers are large next to each feature. However there are some differences such as the colour scheme, the XXL magazine focused on three main colour which were red, black and white, on the other hand the hip hop weekly magazine had focused more than three colours, which are; yellow, pink, white, red and blue. The main front cover image is black and white in the XXL magazine and coloured in the hip hop weekly magazine.

Finally I would choose the XXL magazine as my favourite because I liked the way they only focused on three main colours throughout the magazine, and the black and white theme, which gets attention quickly, and the colours are not all over the place, like the hip hop weekly magazine. I also liked the idea of the colour red, as it blends well with black and white and stands out clearly as well.

FIRST DRAFT OF Evaluation- Music Magazine

FIRST DRAFT OF Front Cover- Final Design

FIRST DRAFT OF Contents Page- Final Design

FIRST DRAFT OF Double Page Spread- Final Design

FIRST DRAFT OF Flat Plan- Contents Page

This is my flat plan of my contents page, I will stick with the same colours, which are; red, white and black, and these are the main features that are going to be in my contents page:

1)  YMCMB back in New York

4)  RIHANNA on the top of the world

7)  Worst celebrity breakups

15) BEYONCE We got behind the scenes with Beyonce in the studio

18) JASON DERULO SHOWS OFF HIS NEW GIRLFIREND “Happy with my Girl”

27) RIHANNA AND CHRIS BROWN

32) SWAGGA JACK Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Jay Z and T.I

37) DIDDY Too big for Hip- Hop?

42) AMBER ROSE Takes Miami

49) Grammy Awards

FIRST DRAFT OF Audience Feedback

This is my audience feedback sheet filled out by my friend Diana.

From my feedback I have learnt that I needed to use the overlapping idea of the masthead and make the negative colour stand out by using more white. However the positive comments were the negative effects and the boldness of the title relate to my genre Hip-Hop.

FIRST DRAFT OF XXL Media Kit

FIRST DRAFT OF Flat Plan of Double Page Spread

FIRST DRAFT OF Photoshoots For Music Magazine

FIRST DRAFT OF Initial Ideas- Main Task- Music Magazine

Initial ideas- Main Task- Music Magazine

Ø  Name- connotation?: Blowout

Ø  Target audience: 15-25

Ø  Main genre of music to focus on: Hip-Hop

Ø  My strap line/mission statement: Hip-Hop Don’t Stop

Ø  Real magazine, it’ll be similar to and how: XXL Magazine, similar colours such as having a black and white front cover and a red masthead with black cover lines.

Ø  Suitable Publisher from my Magazine and why?: XXL because it’s popular amongst Hip-Hop culture

Ø  Describe the House style: The main image is going to be in black and white; however the masthead and the main cover lines are going to be in red, the rest of the cover lines and the strap lines are going to be in black. The background of the front cover is going to stay white. The typical style would be giving direct eye contact and

Ø  Adjectives I would associate with my magazine:

Ø  Regular Features in my magazine:  

3)  LIFE IS GOOD Kimberly may have begun her career as a rapper, but by expanding her scope, her career might come true.

5) ADRIANA Baddest in the Street, Baddest in the Game.

11) TOP 10 HOTTEST SONGS OF NOVEMBER

17) ‘I AM KIMBERLY' the Hottest Hip Hop Honey

23) DRAKE HIP HOP’s new religion

1)  YMCMB back in New York

4)  RIHANNA on the top of the world

7)  Worst celebrity breakups

15) BEYONCE We got behind the scenes with Beyonce in the studio

18) JASON DERULO SHOWS OFF HIS NEW GIRLFIREND “Happy with my girl”

27) RIHANNA and CHRIS BROWN Topless Tweets...

32) SWAGGA JACK Lil' Wayne, Kanye West, Jay Z and T.I

37) DIDDY Too big for Hip-Hop?

42) AMBER ROSE Takes Miami

49) Grammy Awards See the winners of this event

50) Upcoming events what’s inside the next issue?

Ø  Range of contents available in my magazine: there will be some celebrity gossips, there will also be interviews with celebrities such as Adriana, and there will be photos of celebrities and quotes from celebrities as well, such as Jason Derulo “Happy with my girl”.

Ø  Real artists and bands that would be appropriate in it:  YMCMB, Rihanna, Beyonce, Jason Derulo, P Diddy, Kanye West, Jay Z, Chris Brown.

Ø  Name of 2 made up artists that I’ll refer to: Kimberly and Adriana

Ø  People I could use as Models for the photo shoot of these made up artists: I could use Rhianna Miller as Kimberly and Maiya Markovic as Adriana.

Ø  How I will represent these artists in my photos: Adriana will be the main celebrity as she will be represented on the front cover and she will be interviewed on the double page spread, and Kimberly will be represented in my contents page.

Ø  Type of language I will use that suitable for target audience: I will be using slang words such as ‘Da Street’ and using the word street gives ideas that its Hip-Hop.

Ø  Other ideas I have that I could apply: I will make the front cover image black and white, but I will change the colour of the models lips into red, so they match the masthead and so the picture stands out. I will also place headphones on the ‘o’ of the, masthead (Blowout) to make it look like my genre- hip hop.

Ø  Computer applications I will use in product:

·         Photoshop

·         GIMP

·         InDesign

·         Microsoft Word

·         Microsoft Publisher

·         Portrait Professional

·         Blogger

·         DaFont

Ø  Reference to other media platform used by my magazine: Facebook, Blogger, YouTube, Twitter

FIRST DRAFT OF Making My Double Page Spread

This is a print screen of my double page spread I am working on using InDesign.

                                                         and these are some of the pictures i have taken for my double page spread.

FIRST DRAFT OF Double Page Spread Interview

Interview

Adriana is back with her fantastic new album ‘Ha to the Haters’, which is her fourth studio album. Two years, Adriana rapped for the stars – she provided vocals on hits by Drake, Jay Z, who mentored her, and perhaps most famously Kanye West, for whom she sang in his single ‘Otis’. We caught up with her to chat about the new album, a change in her sound and what lies ahead in 2013.

Your new album is ‘Ha To The Haters’ so what can fans expect from your new collection of tracks?

Well, what is different to this album compared to other releases is that there are more upbeat songs on this one - I think I would call it more hip hop. I have tended to write a lot of long raps in the past rather than singing and showing off my vocals, but this time I made a conscious effort to have more of a balance (laughs). I expect  my new single to be a  hit in America and travel the world.

You've got a brand new single ‘Just By My Attitude’ - what's it all about?

In my opinion I think that it’s a great song, because it’s about reality, it says it in the song really. It’s about everything that I do. It's very catchy, because my producer Mark Dwyane added some harsh beats to the introduction and then we sampled an old jazz track to get the rhythm going. I love being in the studio, it’s really fun with Mark because he always knows what sounds right and what works with my voice and my sharp lyrics. This single allows me to reveal a part of me that fans may not have heard of before.

Can you describe the process of turning your songs into a video? Do you have a lot of input?

Definitely! That’s my thing. Usually because I wrote the song, I have a story of where it came from. I talk to key people about that story and then we get a director and they have a vision and they write out what is called a “treatment” and summarise what the video could be about. From there I’ll ask, can we add this or change that, or is there anything else we could do to make it better?  And eventually it comes into place. I really do like to be involved so that what you see is part of who I am.  The best video director I’ve worked with is Warren Chambers, he directed some work by Madonna and Rihanna which I really liked, I like it when female artists can use the opportunity to be chameleons.

I was reading that it wasn't until you were about 15 that you wanted to pursue singing, so what made you eventually go down this path?

I don’t know really. I have always loved writing and I use to write a lot of poetry and I wanted to be a film director and all of that creative stuff. People don’t realise that I actually used to be quite shy and didn’t like attention much, but now that’s changed, I want to show the whole world what I’m capable of.  I did a school concert when I was fifteen and I sung by myself and I realised that I could sing by myself and I just started doing it like that really and just fell in love with it.

I had the chance, as everyone knows, to compete in X Factor USA when I was 17, a few years ago and that changed everything. It blew me away. The fact that everyone was looking at me, I was burning up. It catapulted me into the limelight and then nothing else mattered. Yes, I sang in that competition but they encouraged me to rap also when I was covering other artist’s songs. I have to rap. It’s miles apart from anything else in terms of how it makes me feel.

So, who is your role model?

Ummm, I would say Cher Lloyd, as I love her swag and her style, but preferably Nicki Minaj as she is my dream role model, my love for her is infinite. I love her! She has inspired me a lot, and I would love to meet her. She is a very strong woman and an amazing rapper.

 Tell me about your family, are they influenced by your talent?

Well, yes indeed, my father stood by my side since I made this decision, my mother however has died, and I really wanted her to see me succeed in my future, and here I am saying these words that I’ve been saying to my mother before she died. Now she’s in heaven, hopefully proud of me.

FIRST DRAFT OF Making My Front Cover

This is a print screen of my current front cover design, however there are going to be some improvements made such as improving the greyscale of the image and extending the black banner to the end. Also I will resize the barcode and change it to vertical. I will also have cover lines overlapping over the image.

FIRST DRAFT OF Planning Text For Front Cover and Contents Page

These headlines are split into three different categories to be in my magazine such as which text is going to go on the front cover, and which is going in the contents page.

On the Cover

3)  LIFE IS GOOD Kimberly may have begun her career as a rapper, but by expanding her scope, her career might come true.

5) ADRIANA Baddest in the Street, Baddest in the Game.

11) TOP 10 HOTTEST SONGS OF NOVEMBER

17) ‘I AM KIMBERLY' the Hottest Hip Hop Honey

23) DRAKE HIP HOP’s new religion

Features

1)  YMCMB back in New York

4)  RIHANNA on the top of the world

7)  Worst celebrity breakups

15) BEYONCE We got behind the scenes with Beyonce in the studio

18) JASON DERULO SHOWS OFF HIS NEW GIRLFIREND Looks like Jason got himself a new ‘It Girl’

27) RIHANNA and CHRIS BROWN Topless Tweets...

32) SWAGGA JACK Lil' Wayne, Kanye West, Jay Z and T.I

37) DIDDY Too big for Hip-Hop?
42) AMBER ROSE Takes Miami

49) Grammy Awards See the winners of this event

Regulars

50) Upcoming events what’s inside the next issue

FIRST DRAFT OF Flat Plan of Magazine Front Cover

This is a flat plan of my front cover. I have labelled on the main features of design: masthead, strapline, logo, minor coverlines etc. I'm planning for my main coverline to be about the dominant image - of my made up artist, Adriana. It will say 'Baddest on the Street, Baddest in the Game'. This coverline means that she is the best in the genre at this time.

FIRST DRAFT OF Planning my Made up Artist

FIRST DRAFT OF Design Features I have found - Magazine Research

FIRST DRAFT OF 20 Featured Artists in my 2 Magazines - Research

FIRST DRAFT OF Market Research - Questionnaire and Analysis

FIRST DRAFT OF Researching my Genre - Hip Hop

As part of my research I collected images that I associate with my genre and it's target consumers.

FIRST DRAFT OF Researching Music Magazines

Whilst reading music magazines I made notes about how they tried to appeal to a target audience and what their contents told me about the messages that they were giving out to readers regarding lifestyle etc.

FIRST DRAFT OF Analysing Music Magazine Front Covers, Key Features

FIRST DRAFT OF Typography Research for Hip Hop Genre

In order to research the type of fonts that are used in Hip Hop magazines, I looked at the range offered by dafont.com. I also experimented with the language used by this genre at the same time for effect. I could choose to use this style in my production work.

FIRST DRAFT OF Researching my Genre - starting a Pinterest Board

I opened a Pinterest account to collect images of Hip Hop artists that would feature in a magazine such as mine.



http://pinterest.com/monaderulo/

Final Sketch of College Magazine Contents Page

This is my final sketch of my contents page.

Evaluation of College Magazine

For my media project I had to sketch four sketches for my front cover magazine, and two content pages ideas for my content page, as I sketched them I had to choose one of my four sketches and sketch it on an A4 sheet of paper, as my final design.

I have chosen my first design because it is very eye catching as the picture will involve a group of girls hugging in a medium close up picture as my magazine front cover picture. I also included another picture which will be in the bottom right hand corner to make it more vivid. I like my design because I think it is very friendly and suitable for any age group.

After I designed my four sketches I had to conduct a questionnaire to collect ideas and information of how to design my magazine apart from my picture for example the strap line and the title. Another reason why I chose my first design because it is going to include a lot of information in the front cover, which are cover lines. Also the idea of having a logo is to represent the school and to show maturity and respect of the school. The idea of having a strapline is to summarise in an approrpiate way.

I didn’t chose my other designs because they only had one main picture and the main picture had one person taken in it, the idea of having more than one picture in the front cover will make it sensational. I also think that having a friend or group picture will represent the school as a friendly environment, and will give a positive reputation of the school by just looking at the picture.

For the softwares I used Photoshop and GIMP to manipulate and edit the pictures, and I found the softwares very useful and easy to use, however I didn’t use InDesign because I didn’t find it useful and very different from Photoshop.

Overall I think my front cover turned out really well and how I wanted it to be, however I could of improved it by adding another picture, to make it appealing. For my contents page I could have improved it by adding more effect to the background and changing the style of the contents list. Finally I am pleased with my work.

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College Magazine Contents Page

This is my final design of my college magazine contents page

College Magazine Front Cover

This is my final design of my college magazine front cover...

Details of My Magazine

For my magazine front cover the main image will be a picture of a group of girls hugging each other I also decided to make a logo which will be at the top in the right hand corner. My title will be at the top and below the title there will be a strapline. 

At the bottom right hand corner of my magazine there will be a picture of a school boy with a medal, which is an evidence of achievements and sports events. And finally at the bottom of my magazine there will be a list of features of what’s inside the magazine. :)
which are:
- Title page
- Strapline
- Logo
- Style and Tone
- Target audience which is for parents
- Colour scheme which are Blue, White and Black which are the final results from my questionnaire

Final Sketch of Front Cover

Out of my four sketched ideas, this is my final sketch design for my magazine front cover.

College Magazine Questionnaire, Analysis and Evalutaion

For my college magazine I conducted a questionnaire to research what my target audience would prefer interms of design and content of a college magazine which is parents and students, this is a tally of my questionnaire results.

1. What is your gender?

Male llll ll                Female llll lll


2. Please specify your gender?

16-18 lllll lllll l                 26-35 ll


3. How often do you read school magazines?

Always      Usually      Often l      Sometimes lll      Rarely llllll      Never ll     Don't Know l   


4. Which title from below would you prefer on a school magazine?

Life In Hove Park  lllll l
Hove Park Times  ll
The Nevill Way  llll    


5. Which three main colours would you prefer on a school magazine?

Light Blue, White, Dark Blue  lllll ll
Black, Blue, White  llll
Blue, White, Grey  ll

6. Which two of the fonts below would you prefer on a school magazine front cover?

Hove Park ll                 Hove Park lll                Hove Park ll              Hove Park  llll      

Hove Park llll        Hove Park lllll ll          Hove Park lll      Hove Park lll

7. Which of the following straplines, would suit in the school magazine?

Ahievement Through Caring  lll

We Enter To Learn, Leave To Achieve lllll l

Creating A Community Of Life-Long Learners l

Where Students Come First lll

8. What kind of features would you like to be included in a school magazine?(please tick 6)

Headmasters notes lllll lll               Drama and Music lllll lll

Achievements and awards lllll lll     Photos of students contributing lllll l

Sports and events lllll ll                   Key term dates lllll l

School trips lllll lll                            Visitors or Contributors ll

Statistics of results lllll l                   Students and Parents Quotes ll

Art work lllll lll                                 Upcoming events lllll ll

9. Which style do you prefer reading your magazine?

Print lllll ll            PDF llll                Computer ll

Looking at my questionnaire I think that it helped me a lot with my college magazine and gave me ideas of how to create it, it told me which fonts I had to use (hobo std) and which strapline and headlines would fit best, however I could have improved it by logos for people to choose. I have also found out that they don't really read college magazines, due to the load or texts, however I have found out that they'll enjoy looking at pictures of students such as pictures of school trips, drama and art pictures as well. Also looking at achievements and and stastistics and results.

College Magazine Annotations

These are two school magazines that I annotated, for my college magazine.

-Logo, to represent the college

-Direct mode of address- eye contact,

helps them feel part of the magazine,

also helps catch the readers attention.

-Over lapping text over image

-Cover Lines, this gives a description of

what’s involved in the magazine

and what to expect.

-Strapline, in yellow, to try to get the words across.

-Three main colours; white, yellow and blue,

makes it look more organised.

-Big, bold masthead which immediately attracts the readers attention and draws them in.

-The magazine cover is very organised and all of the house styles of the magazine are matching which gives the front cover a sophisticated look.

-Girl jumping on trampoline

-The main character on the magazine has been represented by jumping on the trampoline, this shows a good and consistent sports college.

-Long shot picture, the setting takes up most of the frame

-Pupils in the background

 

-The featured pictures on the front cover clearly indicate a schooling environment, this helps the reader realise what this magazine is representing and what to expect to see inside the magazine.

-The colour in the background of the magazine helps make the pictures stand out, this will stand out to the audience and cause them to read the magazine.

-Different types of camera angles, but mainly medium shot and long shot pictures

-Pictures of students succeeding

-School year

-Transparent school logo on the magazine to make it stand out and add effect

-Strap line- "putting achievement first"

-White font, to make the writing look clear and stand out