Monday, 7 December 2009
week 3 review
in week three I finished the front cover and started the contents page, according to feedback I got from the questionaires. and as such I am ahead of schedule.
Evaluation
• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
As with every Magazine i have had to include a masthead, cover lines, an image to draw in the reader and other critical information such as issue number and barcode. in my contents page i have included a list of all the articles listed on the front cover, created a few new ones to fill space and a list of the "editorial team" accompanied by pictures, however apart from the four small close ups of faces i have no pictures on the contents page, contradictory to the two contents pages I looked at and reviewed previously. Differences concernng the front page include: i have placed the masthead nearer the bottem of the page and the barcode is at the top. placing the masthead at the bottem is unusual but i felt for artistic design, that is where it looked best.
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I have tried to represent teenagers in the development of the front cover and tried not to be gender specific, although the cover does not show this well apart from the masthead, it is mainly aimed towards students, this is more obvious in the contents page with articles about universities and academics. the main image on the front cover is a mid long shot of Jason Mewes, this would appeal to most who are fans of the Kevin Smith movies of which he first appeared and is most famous for. the picture takes up a large area of the front page along with the mast head, the contents page however is mainly made up of text. the majority of text are rhetorical questions or statements designed to make the reader interested and want to know more.
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I think the most likely place to ditribute my media product would be mainly colleges, as most topics adressed relate to students. The student council would help with the distribution.
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
the audience I have targeted is a non gender specific age range of around 16-18, the age of most students at the college. primarily those with an interest in the media, ie films.
• How did you attract/address your audience?
To attract the reader i have used rhetoric devices, aspects of comedic writing with the whimsical cover lines, and in the contents page spoken directly to the reader in the second person. i kept to a simple colour scheme of red, purple and black.
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I mainly used publisher for this project and this is the first time of using a blog, I learned how to upload publisher files to the blog by saving them in the JPEG format, which i previously did not know i could do.
As with every Magazine i have had to include a masthead, cover lines, an image to draw in the reader and other critical information such as issue number and barcode. in my contents page i have included a list of all the articles listed on the front cover, created a few new ones to fill space and a list of the "editorial team" accompanied by pictures, however apart from the four small close ups of faces i have no pictures on the contents page, contradictory to the two contents pages I looked at and reviewed previously. Differences concernng the front page include: i have placed the masthead nearer the bottem of the page and the barcode is at the top. placing the masthead at the bottem is unusual but i felt for artistic design, that is where it looked best.
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I have tried to represent teenagers in the development of the front cover and tried not to be gender specific, although the cover does not show this well apart from the masthead, it is mainly aimed towards students, this is more obvious in the contents page with articles about universities and academics. the main image on the front cover is a mid long shot of Jason Mewes, this would appeal to most who are fans of the Kevin Smith movies of which he first appeared and is most famous for. the picture takes up a large area of the front page along with the mast head, the contents page however is mainly made up of text. the majority of text are rhetorical questions or statements designed to make the reader interested and want to know more.
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I think the most likely place to ditribute my media product would be mainly colleges, as most topics adressed relate to students. The student council would help with the distribution.
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
the audience I have targeted is a non gender specific age range of around 16-18, the age of most students at the college. primarily those with an interest in the media, ie films.
• How did you attract/address your audience?
To attract the reader i have used rhetoric devices, aspects of comedic writing with the whimsical cover lines, and in the contents page spoken directly to the reader in the second person. i kept to a simple colour scheme of red, purple and black.
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I mainly used publisher for this project and this is the first time of using a blog, I learned how to upload publisher files to the blog by saving them in the JPEG format, which i previously did not know i could do.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Review of Contents Pages
Smaart Talent
The contents page is split into two halves, one side is a list of the contents, white font on a dark red background, however there is one line highlighted in yellow directing the reader to a subsection of the magazine. it is headed with a larger font and all the titles for articles have a smaller font underneath giving brief descriptions of what to expect.
the other side is a compilation of photos with no direct link to the articles but the majority show places of learning.
First Car
The first car contents page is seperated into several sections, the majority of the page are pictures with a page number in one corner, a yellow coverline and underneath a smaller white font explaining the subject. there are four smaller pictures and one larger one that is the main focus of the cover page.
on the right is a white text box with several major headings, white text in a coloured box, with smaller subheadings for articles and smaller fonts again for brief descriptions.
Under that is the editorial team with comedic introductions to them and what they have done in this issue.
The contents page is split into two halves, one side is a list of the contents, white font on a dark red background, however there is one line highlighted in yellow directing the reader to a subsection of the magazine. it is headed with a larger font and all the titles for articles have a smaller font underneath giving brief descriptions of what to expect.
the other side is a compilation of photos with no direct link to the articles but the majority show places of learning.
First Car
The first car contents page is seperated into several sections, the majority of the page are pictures with a page number in one corner, a yellow coverline and underneath a smaller white font explaining the subject. there are four smaller pictures and one larger one that is the main focus of the cover page.
on the right is a white text box with several major headings, white text in a coloured box, with smaller subheadings for articles and smaller fonts again for brief descriptions.
Under that is the editorial team with comedic introductions to them and what they have done in this issue.
My Final Covers
here are two front cover designs, not much deviation but feedback on one or both would be appreciated
Monday, 30 November 2009
Title
Cant decide between "the students almanac" and "student madness"
i had decided on the former but also have used some more whimsical cover lines to which the latter would suit better,
lil help?
i had decided on the former but also have used some more whimsical cover lines to which the latter would suit better,
lil help?
week 2 review
This week I have designed three possible covers to the magazine and thanks to the feedback have decided on one to use as my final piece and have started to develop it into the final cover.
for the title of the magazine i am torn between "the students almanac" and "student madness".
however I still ned to plan the photo shoot and get it done before i can finish my magazine cover and start work on the contents page
for the title of the magazine i am torn between "the students almanac" and "student madness".
however I still ned to plan the photo shoot and get it done before i can finish my magazine cover and start work on the contents page
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
magazine cover tres
inspiration hit and i thought id just throw this one out there, i thinks its quite pretentious and artsy, excactly the type of demographic this cover would be aimed at
cover plan numero duece
a little bit minimalist compared to the previous but ok none the less.
comments on comparison or singular critiques are welcomed
Monday, 23 November 2009
first design plan
this is my first plan for a magazine cover, used a random image from the internet, shoul do more soon.
Thursday, 19 November 2009
week one report
most things i wanted to do have been achieved, i have done the weekly plan, finished the questionaire, evaluated existing student magazines (acompanied by images of said covers), and have comment on several others blogs. however i have, at the present time, only had one reply to my questionaire. hence i have not decided the best route to take in the area of my target audience.
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
questionaire
Gender:
What type of person would you like to see on the cover of a student magazine:
(ie other students, models, celebrities etc)
What type of things would you like to see in the magazine:
(ie types of articles/stories)
What do you beleive to be the most impostant aspect of a magazine cover:(ie mast head, cover picture, cover lines)
What would you expect to pay?
What is your favourite colour?
What is your quest?
What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
What type of person would you like to see on the cover of a student magazine:
(ie other students, models, celebrities etc)
What type of things would you like to see in the magazine:
(ie types of articles/stories)
What do you beleive to be the most impostant aspect of a magazine cover:(ie mast head, cover picture, cover lines)
What would you expect to pay?
What is your favourite colour?
What is your quest?
What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Monday, 16 November 2009
looking at existing student magazines
Smaart Talent
the most prominent feature of the magazine cover is the medium close up of celbrity Miquita Oliver in a flirtatious pose pulling on her necklace and blowing a pink bubblegum bubble, this picture is acompanied by a cover line saying "Miquita goes pop", linking to the bubble gum but giving absolutely no clues as to what the story/article will be about. the second most prominent feature is the mast head, "smaart" written vertically upwards along the "T" in "Talent" at the top of the page. the mast head is placed behind Miquita as to not block the "eye candy" used to draw in the possible readers. It has two cover line headings on the left side of the "careers" and "advice" with lists of appropriate articles featured in the magazine. It has boxed information text at the bottom of the page stating the publishers and beneath that its website. the smallest and thinest font is used for the price.
it has a niche market as stated beneath the mast head: "the careers magazine for black and minority ethnic students"
Post Script
three colours; pink, brown and white, compliment each other, no clashes, not over powered by too many, also makes you create links, eyes travel to and from words of the same colour
coverline "miquita goes pop" anchors picture,
of which takes up the entire page
First Car
The first thing that draws the eye on this magazine cover is the image of the four actors, the one at the front being the most prominent and in focus, which decreases the further away the people get. They are leaning on a car, inkeeping with the genre of the magazine and the colour of the car; yellow, is inkeeping with the colour scheme of black yellow and white, again olnly three colours as to not be overpowering, also the colours do not clash. the image is anchored by the cover line "the inbetweeners interview inside" informing us of the content of the magazine and telling us who the people actually are. The title is in big block capital white letters in the top left and behind it the image fades out to black, and beneath it i breif introduction to what the magazine is: "the magazine for young drivers". to the right of the title are cover lines stating the main articles of the issue and there are two banners informing the reader of more content, a thin white one at the top and one at the bottem with pictures acompanying cover lines, at the far left of the banner is the bar code, price, website and cost, out of the way in the bottem corner.
check post entitled "existing magazine covers" for the cover of these two magazines
the most prominent feature of the magazine cover is the medium close up of celbrity Miquita Oliver in a flirtatious pose pulling on her necklace and blowing a pink bubblegum bubble, this picture is acompanied by a cover line saying "Miquita goes pop", linking to the bubble gum but giving absolutely no clues as to what the story/article will be about. the second most prominent feature is the mast head, "smaart" written vertically upwards along the "T" in "Talent" at the top of the page. the mast head is placed behind Miquita as to not block the "eye candy" used to draw in the possible readers. It has two cover line headings on the left side of the "careers" and "advice" with lists of appropriate articles featured in the magazine. It has boxed information text at the bottom of the page stating the publishers and beneath that its website. the smallest and thinest font is used for the price.
it has a niche market as stated beneath the mast head: "the careers magazine for black and minority ethnic students"
Post Script
three colours; pink, brown and white, compliment each other, no clashes, not over powered by too many, also makes you create links, eyes travel to and from words of the same colour
coverline "miquita goes pop" anchors picture,
of which takes up the entire page
First Car
The first thing that draws the eye on this magazine cover is the image of the four actors, the one at the front being the most prominent and in focus, which decreases the further away the people get. They are leaning on a car, inkeeping with the genre of the magazine and the colour of the car; yellow, is inkeeping with the colour scheme of black yellow and white, again olnly three colours as to not be overpowering, also the colours do not clash. the image is anchored by the cover line "the inbetweeners interview inside" informing us of the content of the magazine and telling us who the people actually are. The title is in big block capital white letters in the top left and behind it the image fades out to black, and beneath it i breif introduction to what the magazine is: "the magazine for young drivers". to the right of the title are cover lines stating the main articles of the issue and there are two banners informing the reader of more content, a thin white one at the top and one at the bottem with pictures acompanying cover lines, at the far left of the banner is the bar code, price, website and cost, out of the way in the bottem corner.
check post entitled "existing magazine covers" for the cover of these two magazines
the first blog: the plan
Week 1
1. Set up blog (x)
2. Research existing student magazines
3. Decide on target audience
4. construct questionaire
Week 2
1. Plan Design , front page and contents page, and think of a magazine name (Bedlam?)
2. Organise photoshoot, get model etc
3. Update Blog
Week 3
1. Review Audience feedback
2. Adjust plan design accordingly
3. Start work on front page
4. Do photoshoot
Week 4
1. Finish front page
2. finish contents page
1. Set up blog (x)
2. Research existing student magazines
3. Decide on target audience
4. construct questionaire
Week 2
1. Plan Design , front page and contents page, and think of a magazine name (Bedlam?)
2. Organise photoshoot, get model etc
3. Update Blog
Week 3
1. Review Audience feedback
2. Adjust plan design accordingly
3. Start work on front page
4. Do photoshoot
Week 4
1. Finish front page
2. finish contents page
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