Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Planning Production

Planning Production

Publication Plan


Publication Plan New

Friday, 11 November 2011

Audience Research - Results and Conclusions - Audio

I have created a video including some of the results that I got from my questionnaire. I recorded some of my answers and added them together to make it.

Thursday, 10 November 2011

Audience Research - Results and Conclusions

Above is a presentation that shows all the results from my questionnaire. I have included graphs and tables to help show the results visually.

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Questionnaire

Before I could produce my magazine, I had to conduct a questionnaire in order to find out more about my target audience. I went into Liverpool City Centre and asked 20 different people within my target audience different questions that could help with the production of my magazine. I then compiled my results on a website called Zoomerang.



Saturday, 15 October 2011

Analysis of Music Magazine Double Page Spreads



Before I could make my magazine I first had to understand the codes and conventions of music magazine double page spreads. Above is a presentation that includes analysis' of three different rock music magazine double page spreads.

Analysis of Music Magazine Contents Pages

Before I could make my magazine I first had to understand the codes and conventions of music magazine contents pages. Below is a video that includes analysis' of three different rock music magazine contents pages.

Analysis of Music Magazine Front Covers

Before I could make my magazine I first had to understand the codes and conventions of music magazine front covers. Above is a presentation that includes analysis' of three different rock music magazine covers.

Friday, 14 October 2011

Initial Plans for My Magazine

Kerrang Media Pack

As part of my research I searched for media packs for magazines that were similar to the one I wanted to create. I found one for Kerrang! magazine that can be viewed when the image below is clicked on.

Researching the Market Place

Initial Ideas for Music Magazine

I will be producing a rock music magazine. It will be aimed at rock music fans between the ages of 14-25. However, anyone is welcome to read it if they are interested in the bands or the music in the magazine.

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Evaluation of School Magazine



Above is an evaluation of both my school magazine front cover and contents page.

Friday, 7 October 2011

Final Images for School Magazine

This entry shows the final images I am including on my magazine. It also shows the editing I have completed on them (this is mainly cropping to get them to fit in with the layout of my contents page).

Thursday, 6 October 2011

Photographs for School Magazine

I took photographs for my school magazine but didn't use them all. All of the photos I took are below.

Rough Layout of Contents Page

I produced another rough sketch but this time of my contents page. On my sketch I have shown where images will go and the positioning of the columns I have included.

Rough Layout of Front Cover

I produced a rough sketch of my magazine front cover including where the title, issue date, price and coverlines would go.

Plans for Front Cover and Contents Page

Before I could start creating my school magazine, I had to plan out both the front cover and contents page. Below is an image of the notes I made:



For my front cover I had to decide on a title for the magazine, the coverlines and the details of the main image.

For the contents page I had to make a list of regular content, a list of 10 features and a list of the images I wanted to include.

I also made a mind map to help my decide on a title:




Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Photography Shot Types

In class we were given a photography task to complete which involved us being given a list of different shots that we had to take as acurately as possible. Below are the photographs I took. Some of the shots I took are slightly wrong (for example some of them are too far away or close), however this is something I can work on.

Monday, 26 September 2011

Introduction

I am a year 12 student and have decided to study Media as one of my a levels. I have been given a brief that I must stick to. Firstly, I have to take part in a preliminary exercise, this means using desktop publisher and an image manipulation program to produce the front cover of a new school magazine. It must feature a medium close-up of a student, some text laid-out appropriately and a masthead. I must also produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page demonstrating my grasp of desktop publisher.

Secondly, I have to complete a main task. For this I must produce a front cover, contents page and a double page spread for a new music magazine. Any images and text that I use throughout must be my own work.

I will be using Blogger to record any work I complete.