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Friday 23 March 2012

All my finished products


These are all my finished products the front cover, content page and double page spread

Wednesday 29 February 2012

time for feedback

After the feedback i got today i decided to make some changes to the front page, content page and double page spread

.add more text to the content page
.include the page number on the double page spread
.add a edtior section to the cotent page
.change some of the image

Tuesday 28 February 2012

this week in media

finishing off the double page spread  just had one more thing to do had to add the interview in  and made some changes to the pictures as i coundnt fit the text in didn't have many problems once i finished it i started to create the presentation.

the first thing i decided to start with was the front page of the presentation used other images of music magazine for the back ground. the next slide i talked about the research i did and what i gathered from it and how it is going to help me. next  few slide was the development of how i was going to start it. i then made a single slide for the front page, content page and the double page spread  and anaylsed what i did for each one

Friday 24 February 2012

this week in media

Started to create the double page spread i first looked at some Kerrang magazine to get a brief idea of what i wanted it to look like decided to stick with the same layout however i made a few changes. I stuck with the same colours scheme and use the same style of text. when i finally decided with the layout i statared to add the pictures had to fiddle around with the size of each picture but i did not have enough time to add the interview in. overall i didnt have many problems apart from the few changes and just need to finish it off.

making some last final changes to the front cover and content page just added the final text in and made a few changes to sizes of the text box, i also aked my friends what they think and said they like it so i stuck with it and  i was happy with it and finished both the front page and content page off.

Sunday 5 February 2012

this week in media

Started to create the front cover i followed the same idea i used for the drawing but made some changes went through a bunch of design for the title and move the pictures around i had some problems on in design trying to change the size of the title and trying to make it all fit together and tried using different photos for the front cover.

Then i started to create the content page again followed the same idea as the drawing but made some changes. i started with the layout i carried on the same theme as the front cover and then started to add the text box and planned where i was going to add the pictures

Wednesday 25 January 2012

What to do now

After looking at other rock amgazine I had a rough idea of what i wanted the front page and content page to look like so i started to draw it out. i satrted with a simple idea then had to make a lot of changes because the layout was going to be very hard to design i also so search different types of font so i could use for the title and the text but would fit for the magazine. then started to choose what colours iam going to use i choose red, black and white as it related to rock and is easy to work from.


when i finshed that i started to take photos i know what pictures i was going to take by using differnet camera angles and taking them from different locations but with limited resources i had to take the photos from my room i asked my friend if i could use him as the model  i made him wear black and wore paint face to help give the image of him be a rock star i took around 10 to 15 pictures although a lot of them i coundnt be able to use.


Wednesday 11 January 2012

Kerrang magazine cover, content page and double page spread

Kerrang is a rock magazine it provides you with all the latest news, bands and music. what Kerrang do so well is they grab the audience attention the most noteable method they use is making the text big so it easy for the reader to see it and show them what they want. They also use a mixture of photograph as it helps draw the audience in and gives you small information about the story.

The content page also uses the same theme lots of photo and text this helps the audience show what can be found at each page and make it easy for them to track a certain story.
On one of the pages they give an exclusive interview with the street fighters again they use a photo of the band and put the text around it they use a very simple layout but made very effectve as they only red, black and white making the text easy to read but stand out from the background
Research: 10/11th December to end of term
1.    Collect some evidence of current music magazines: NME, Kerrang, Q
2.    Analyse how they construct meaning for their audience – Front page, contents, double page spreads
3.    Establish a set of rules (codes and conventions they use) / guide to creating a effective music magazine – for each page
4.    Keep a record of your research
Planning: Xmas holidays, for presentation to class 9th January 2012
5.    Decide what type of music magazine you are going to design – what is the purpose of your magazine?
6.    Decide who is the audience (who is it aimed at?) – this will affect your design
7.    Draft sketch what you want on your front cover: colour, images, title, text, etc. – explain why (follow your rules)
8.    Draft ideal contents
9.    Photograph appropriate images for each page: stage a band / artist – consider locations, costume, props, makeup
10. Draft interview for double page spread – consider language used appropriate to genre and audience
11. Keep a record of your planning
Production: January 2012, for presentation 4/2/12
12.  Create your products using In Design
13. Record – as a diary / blog how you went about completing the task; discuss problems you encountered and how you dealt with them
14. Use an online production site to post your work and collect feedback