Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Monday, 25 January 2010
Double page spread: miss america
similar to the other double page spread this has the text on the left and a picture of the featured artist: Taylor Swift, on the right.
the title is split into two, "miss" being black text in a white box and "america" in white text in a black box, it looks stylish. The text of the article is all white, as the picture covers the whole of the spread and black text may be too hard to read. the text is split into two columns, as the article is not too long but this way still takes up most of the page.
the picture of Taylor Swift is a long shot of her on a wooden walkway over a lake with a picturesque autumn wooded area with golden leaves littering the floor in the background. She is wearing a black and white prom style dress inkeeping with Q's colour scheme.
there is also, in the bottom right hand corner and quote from ne-yo on Taylor swift, with his portrait and a quote from his quote above the quote to anchor the quote.
the title is split into two, "miss" being black text in a white box and "america" in white text in a black box, it looks stylish. The text of the article is all white, as the picture covers the whole of the spread and black text may be too hard to read. the text is split into two columns, as the article is not too long but this way still takes up most of the page.
the picture of Taylor Swift is a long shot of her on a wooden walkway over a lake with a picturesque autumn wooded area with golden leaves littering the floor in the background. She is wearing a black and white prom style dress inkeeping with Q's colour scheme.
there is also, in the bottom right hand corner and quote from ne-yo on Taylor swift, with his portrait and a quote from his quote above the quote to anchor the quote.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Questionaire
1. Are you male or female?
2. How old are you?
3. Colour scheme; three or all of red, white, gold and black seems to be the most popular in music magazines, would it be the best idea to play to form or chose a different route?
4. What would interest you most for a double page spread? An interview, review or article on a band.
5. Pictures are important, but would a collage be better than a large picture? and to what ratio to the text?
6.Whats your favourite type of music (or just some bands you like)
7. What magazines do you read?
8. How often?
9. And why?
2. How old are you?
3. Colour scheme; three or all of red, white, gold and black seems to be the most popular in music magazines, would it be the best idea to play to form or chose a different route?
4. What would interest you most for a double page spread? An interview, review or article on a band.
5. Pictures are important, but would a collage be better than a large picture? and to what ratio to the text?
6.Whats your favourite type of music (or just some bands you like)
7. What magazines do you read?
8. How often?
9. And why?
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
double page spread: a round with Jon Bon Jovi
the left hand page is all text whereas the right hand page is medium shot of Jon Bon Jovi pouring a glass of white wine (possibly pinot grigio, which is mentioned in the text). is body language shows a relaxed, casual attitude, as he is leaning on a bar (we assume by the fact he is pouring wine, there are many coloured bottles behind him, blurred and the surface he is leaning on looks like that of a bar somewhere expensive. It is revealed in the text that he co-owns a fancy restaurant, this could partly influence the scene, however it is more likely a feature of this regular article: "a round with", of which the first line of the interview, is "It's Q's round. What are you having" which suggests the interview is being orchestrated in a bar type location.
he is in all black and wearing sunglasses adding to the casual ambiance.
And the annotation says "Jon Bon Jovi: Wine and cheese" a play on words for comic effect, wine and cheese makes you think of the food and drink, but its in reference to his "cheesey" grin.
The text is lain out in four columns, with the regular bold for questions and normal font for answers, in the middle of the text is a quote taken from the text which has been deemed interesting and is a feature often used in articles to intrigue the reader, and get them to read the said article, because its funny, interesting or just confusing, the one used here plays off the fame of Obama: "I've written a song for Obama".
Only three questions actually relate to his music career, the others relating to different events of his life such as his aquisition of a restaurant by accident and his football team.
he is in all black and wearing sunglasses adding to the casual ambiance.
And the annotation says "Jon Bon Jovi: Wine and cheese" a play on words for comic effect, wine and cheese makes you think of the food and drink, but its in reference to his "cheesey" grin.
The text is lain out in four columns, with the regular bold for questions and normal font for answers, in the middle of the text is a quote taken from the text which has been deemed interesting and is a feature often used in articles to intrigue the reader, and get them to read the said article, because its funny, interesting or just confusing, the one used here plays off the fame of Obama: "I've written a song for Obama".
Only three questions actually relate to his music career, the others relating to different events of his life such as his aquisition of a restaurant by accident and his football team.
Monday, 18 January 2010
Q contets page analysis
Unlike kerrang the Q contents page is spread over a double page, with with pictures bordered by a list of contents on either side, and a boxed title with "contents" in black on the first page, with the Q awardon the left. And "issue 281" in white on the other with a minature front cover on the right. The box is red with black lines around it to seperate it from the rest of the page and border it, it looks better than if it were just a red box.
the left side contents is the features, the title "features" is in white text highlighted in red (as is the regularstitle on the right) with the main feature (the Q awards) in bold and a bigger font with the breif overview in a red font acompanied by a picture of Al Murray "your convivial host". with following features in a repeating format of page number / title in bold, with a red line seperating the overview with a thin red line between the next feature, this style is the same on the other list of contents. this provides a stylish symmetry.
the pictures aren't so evenly split, with the large picture on the left laying over the fold in the middle, it takes up almost half the page and features the band on the cover. it has a picture of the fron page of the Qawards over it, keeping the main band and main article together in the contents, with other articles mentioned on the cover and a few others on the right.
the footer contains page number, the month of the issues release, the Q logo and website to subscribe to the magazine, this is repeated through out the magazine unless obscured by a picture, (there is the Q magazines official website missing from the contents.)
the left side contents is the features, the title "features" is in white text highlighted in red (as is the regularstitle on the right) with the main feature (the Q awards) in bold and a bigger font with the breif overview in a red font acompanied by a picture of Al Murray "your convivial host". with following features in a repeating format of page number / title in bold, with a red line seperating the overview with a thin red line between the next feature, this style is the same on the other list of contents. this provides a stylish symmetry.
the pictures aren't so evenly split, with the large picture on the left laying over the fold in the middle, it takes up almost half the page and features the band on the cover. it has a picture of the fron page of the Qawards over it, keeping the main band and main article together in the contents, with other articles mentioned on the cover and a few others on the right.
the footer contains page number, the month of the issues release, the Q logo and website to subscribe to the magazine, this is repeated through out the magazine unless obscured by a picture, (there is the Q magazines official website missing from the contents.)
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Kerrang contents page
Font for titles is messy, subtitles for different articles (ie news etc) is in a red bold text with lists ofarticles in white, with page numbers in bols to the left. inkeeping with the colour scheme on the front page.
the majority of the page is taken up by a picture of a guy of whom i assume the target audience would know, crowd surfing. Its very dark, with the main source of in shot light is the lights of the bar and a neon sign that appears to say: "(something) doom"
The letter form the editor is in the top right hand corner, next to three pictures of bands/artists (I assume), with cover lines that dont reveal much about the articles.
additional information provided is the issue number, date of release, and information for about subscribing to the magazine.
the majority of the page is taken up by a picture of a guy of whom i assume the target audience would know, crowd surfing. Its very dark, with the main source of in shot light is the lights of the bar and a neon sign that appears to say: "(something) doom"
The letter form the editor is in the top right hand corner, next to three pictures of bands/artists (I assume), with cover lines that dont reveal much about the articles.
additional information provided is the issue number, date of release, and information for about subscribing to the magazine.
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Again the lead singer of the band featured on the cover is most prominent and in front of the rest of the band members. Their colour scheme is simple, all wearing black and white (except one red tie) but unlike Q they are in colour. The colour scheme is, like Q: red, white, black and gold. however it is a much darker cover with a background of grey and black being the most prominent colour.The Masthead is behind the lead of the lost prophets but infront of the other band members with the tagline "Life is loud" in gold, over the shattered, black "kerrang" on a white banner. The word kerrang is shattered supposedly to represent how glass is shattered by noise. There is another gold banner above the masthead, a red "free!" followed by a list of white text band names featured in the free posters. The word "FREE!" is also on one of the cover lines, in red, standing out next to the white text of the rest of the cover line, again referencig the free posters, this time with picturse of the bands.
Below this is a red "PLUS!" over a banner with several band names. The words free and plus are convincing words for someone to buy a magazine, free as people enjoy free things and plus suggests something extra.
Q
Main focus is the band, of which the singer/guitarist is at the front, and drummer is at the back. A common convention in group shots of bands. Also, the band is in black and white, (except the Q award, which is gold) this, with the lack of a background, keeps the colour scheme simple; red, white, black and gold. If too many colours were used the picture would not mesh and the magazine would not look visually appealing. the golden Q stands out as to draw focus, as it is relative to the main theme of the issue; the Q awards.
The name of the magazine; Q, is printed in a large white font in a red box. The red helps the title to stand out as it is the largest amount of the colour on the page with only a few other sentances in red.
There are two banners; one at the top and one just under half the way down. The top banner says; "the awards issue", the main feature of the magazine as opposed to the bigger banner lower down that goes into more detail about this subject, listing names of artists and bands who are "the winners", with "arctic monkeys" in a larger font. these stand out and are intended to get people to buy the magazine if they are fans of one or more of the mentioned artists or interested in the subject.
(Q used to be called cue but the name was changed to avoid any confusion with the sport of snooker)
With the preliminary task finished
I must now start on the main task of a music magazine.
Due to snow, holidays, exams etc,
the blog is starting late, with 2 weeks gone.
so to compensate I must attribute:
1.5Weeks to the front cover analysis and construct
1.5Weeks to the contents page analysis and construct
2.5Weeks to the double page spread analysis and construct
1Week to the evaluationusing any remainding time to
review feed back and finalise everything
I must now start on the main task of a music magazine.
Due to snow, holidays, exams etc,
the blog is starting late, with 2 weeks gone.
so to compensate I must attribute:
1.5Weeks to the front cover analysis and construct
1.5Weeks to the contents page analysis and construct
2.5Weeks to the double page spread analysis and construct
1Week to the evaluationusing any remainding time to
review feed back and finalise everything
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