Research and Planning- Music magazine cover drafted idea

This is an improved drafted version of my music magazine cover and has been improved from the last draft as it is only content made by myself.

Research and Planning- music magazine cover Draft 1

 This is the first draft of my music magazine, it needs improving because it has pictures off the internet and this is not allowed on your music magazine and also the masthead design could use improvements.

Research and Planning- Progress post for music magazine, Front cover start

Research and Planning- Double page spread story for music magazine

The story of my double page spread follows an up and coming rap artist nicknamed 'the prodigy' born in Manchestern which means that she is something special and someone to look out for in the music industry.

The story titled 'the long road to success' explains that the story features details of how Brooke made it into the rap industry from making mix tapes in the underground scene to releasing rap songs being played all around the world.

Her story started when she recorded a cover of eminem's hit song lose yourself and hit 3 million views and she then gained a record deal with the well known company 'Hill productions' and then she went on to get a song featured in the top 50 RnB charts worldwide and now has upcoming tours at the 02 arena in Manchester and other large venues.

The story will then feature questions like
*How do you feel about being featured on your first magazine front cover?
*What has been your favourite part of fame recently?
*How did you get into rap? and what inspired you?
*Do you have any exciting announcements for your fans?
*Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Research and Planning- Progress post for music magazine

This is the first post for my music magazine, and is my masthead design for the front cover of the magazine and this will be used in the real magazine.

Research and planning- Pictures for music magazine (Model 1)

 These are the photos I will be using for my music magazine, this is Model 1; Brooke Steadman

Research and Planning- Plan for the week

This week I am going to produce my first post for my music magazine and this will be the masthead design and complete all the production documents for the music magazine (Shot list, Shooting schedule etc.)

Research and Planning- Shooting schedule

Research and Planning- Shot list

Research and planning- Weather Post for shots

This is the weather report for Manchester on the 30th November when I am taking my shots for my music magazine 

Research and Planning- Publication plan

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link to prezi presentation on publication plan

Research and Planning- 5 Double page spreads of rap genre

Conventions of rap double page spreads are:
* Picture on one page text on the other page
* Columns of writing, Small text in Serif font
* Features artist name in every Title/subtitles
* Contrasting colours (White background, white text and black baground, white text)
* Two columns of text
* Artists featured all have mean facial expressions that would be stereotyped to rap
* No bright and Vibrant colours, only dark and contrasting to the background
*Flashy titles that relate to the story

Research and Planning- Magazine Text, Sans serif/serif

Serifs are semi-structural details or small decorative flourishes on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. An example would be the Times New Roman font. Sans serif does not have these details or flourishes. An example would be the Arial font.

Research and Planning- Production Documents

Pictures of:
Release forms model
Production risk assessment
Shot list
Recce information

Research And Planning- Rap artist clothing conventions research

Artists:
Eminem
50 Cent
JAY-Z
Notorious B.I.G
Snoop Dogg
Tyler the creator

What do all these artists have in common(clothing wise)...
Dark clothing, generally black or grey, no bright coloured clothing whatsoever
Wearing jewellery, e.g. watches, chains most things gold to show their power
Baggy clothing, very casual
Not heavily branded clothing, can rarely see their brand of clothing
Accessories like hats are popular with rap artists

Research and planning- Drawn redrafts of music magazine shaped by audience feedback

My drawn redrafts of my music magazine, constructed by my interview feedback, including: front cover, contents page and double page spread analysis

Research and Planning- SLR test shots

Research and planning- Plan for half term post/what I have done today

This week I am going to:
Complete my improved college magazine in my own time (Not in college time)
Complete my college magazine evaluation in my own time
Record A podcast for all the work I have done, in my own time
Interview 3 people about my music magazine drafts layout
Collect some SLR test shots
Draw redrafts of music magazine shaped by audience feedback

Research and planning- Equipment and software list

The software I will need is:
Photoshop
Indesign

The equipment I will need:
 Canon Camera
Mac

Research and Planning- Costume and props list

Costume:
Dark casual clothing
Jewellery on show
Watch

Props:
Headphones

Research and planning- Production Schedule

Research and Planning- Audience Interviews 3

This is my third and final interview about my music magazine drafts...

Research and Planning- Interview with audience 2

This is my second interview...

Research and Planning- Interview with audience 1

This is my first interview about my magazine layout...

Research and Planning- Audience interview questions

These are the questions I am going to ask to get feedback on my music magazine drafts.

Research and Planning- Questionnaire results

These are my questionnaire results that I got from 10 different people:

1) Gender?
 7 Females, 3 Males

2) Age?
9 sixteen years of age, 1 seventeen years of age

3) What music genre is your favourite?
3 Pop, 2 Rock, 1 Indie, 1 Alternative, 1 House, 2 Rap.

4) Do you read any music magazines?
4 Yes, 6 No

5) What magazines do you read? (if yes)
    Kerrang, AP, Q, NME, top of the pops, WE love pop
or

5) Why don't you read any music magazines?
   5 say don't interest them, 5 say too expensive

6) What would you expect in your favourite genre of magazine?
6 say gossip/ famous stars, 2 say upcoming concerts/interviews, 1 say funny stories

7) Who is your favourite artist of your chosen genre?
One direction, 21 pilots, Coldplay, the weekend, Krypt and konan, imagine dragons, green day, martin garrix, bring me the horizon, one republic. ( all different variations of answers)

8) What is your favourite song?
Bonfire Heart, Charlie brown, Migraine, Grind on me, My nigga, demons, Eye of the tiger, animals, blasphamy                                                    

Research And planning- Questionnaire

This is an example of the questionnaire I used:

Research and Planning- My podcast

Research and Planning- Contents page analysis

Genre
The genre of this magazine is Rap, to clearly show this they have placed a long shot image of famous rap star 50 Cent and from what he is wearing you can also tell it is a rap magazine.

layout
The layout shows whats inside on the right hand side in a list show the reader how to make his way around the magazine. But it highlights the main story by placing a large picture on the left hand side and the information of where to find this artists story underneath in large bold writing.

Representation
In the image 50 Cent is shown in a sort of over the shoulder shot, this emphasises his gangster style look, for instance: his low hanging pants and loose clothing and the backwards bandana on his head giving him the bad boy rapper image.

Target audience
This contents page looks to appeal to the younger teenage generation, mostly males because generally more males are interested in rap than females, and also mostly appeals to lower classes because not many upper class people listen to rap.

Research and Planning- Double page spread analysis

Target audience
The target audience for this double page spread is stereo-typically female teenagers because it has two figures that are popular in the female favoured boy band 'One Direction' and not many males like boy bands.

Layout
There is an image on each of the pages and the text is also on the same side on each page, this makes it easier for the reader to read the double page spread.

Genre of magazine
The genre of the magazine is clearly pop because there are 2 big stars in the pop industry from a popular pop group called 'One direction'

Research and Planning- My music magazine cover and contents page drafts

These are images of my 

Magazine cover

Contents page

Double page spread inside 

Research and Planning- Mastheads for my magazine

To decide which masthead I was going to use for my magazine I passed a piece of paper around with all three fonts on and asked each individual to tick their favorite font. 7 chose the first font, 4 chose the second one and 5 chose the third. This helped me towards my decision in what masthead to use for my magazine cover.

It is the most appealing font because it is gold and in a spray paint type font, in which both of these points link closely to gang culture and rap as a genre.

Research and planning- Music collage

this is my chosen music genre collage that I have created.

Research and planning- photos for college magazine

Research and planning- Magazine target audience

Research and Planning- Analyse 2 music magazine covers Part 2

Hip Hop magazine
Here is the second Rap magazine I am going to be analysing and this is also one of the very popular rap magazines out there today. 


The main character shown on the front cover is the world-wide famous rapstar Jay-Z and he is huge in the music industry and has paired up creating songs with world renown artists such as: Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake and Kanye West. 

The genre of this magazine is clear that it is a rap magazine because the Masthead shows 'Hip-Hop' in large bold writing and Jay-Z is shown wearing chains and a ring, which associate with the steretype of all rappers wearing lots of bling.

The audience the magazine is aimed at is normally stereotyped for instance: skin colour, age, gender and class. Skin colour is the point that this is aimed at the African American community because generally lots of African American people listen to Rap and the higher majority of rappers are Black, the age it is aimed at would be younger ages mainly 15-30 because rap influences younger generations nowadays. Also in terms of gender, Rap is more popular within the Male community (this is possibly because of all the profanity towards women shown in the lyrics used by most/ if not all popular rappers) and also class is another stereotype of audience because Rap is mostly listened to by Middle class/ Lower class people because it is accepted by them but rarely do you see any upper class individual listening to Rap.

Also the image used in the main image is a eye level shot, this is used to grab the readers attention and his eyes tell a story of how he does what he wants and isn't scared of anyone or anything because he is one of the most famous rappers in the world.

Research and Planning- Analyse 2 music magazine covers Part 1

XXL magazine
Here is the first Rap magazine I am going to be analysing and is one of the most well known Rap music magazines in the industry.

The main characters of the magazine cover shown are 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) and Soulja Boy (DeAndre Cortez Way) and these are two very well known rappers that are not only huge in the rap industry but also in the music industry altogether and having them on the cover will attract many Rap fans into buying the magazine.

The genre of this magazine is clearly Rap because 50 Cent is dressed like a 'thug' and stereotypically Soulja Boy wears his pants low with lots of gold jewellery (bling) these general stereotypes about Rap are what segregates it from other music genres.

In the images they are represented in some ways as gang members/ thugs because 50 cent is covering his face up in a way that suggests he is a thug. However Soulja Boy is the common 'gangster' type, with a body full of tattoo's, low hanging jeans, lots of gold bling on show and a shaved hair style.

The audience the magazine is aimed at is normally stereotyped for instance: skin colour, age, gender and class. Skin colour is the point that this is aimed at the African American community because generally lots of African American people listen to Rap and the higher majority of rappers are Black, the age it is aimed at would be younger ages mainly 15-30 because rap influences younger generations nowadays. Also in terms of gender, Rap is more popular within the Male community (this is possibly because of all the profanity towards women shown in the lyrics used by most/ if not all popular rappers) and also class is another stereotype of audience because Rap is mostly listened to by Middle class/ Lower class people because it is accepted by them but rarely do you see any upper class individual listening to Rap.

Also in terms of the image, the shot type used on the magazine cover is a medium long shot, the shot type used really influences the 'thug' look that is a common look in the Rap industry and emphasises how powerful 50 Cent and Soulja Boy are because of the gold, expensive jewellery on show, the tattoo's and big muscles (50 Cent) and the scary way they stare into the camera. Also the background is white to clearly show Soulja Boy's tattoo's and so Fifty's thug look is visible to the viewer.

In terms of text used, in the logo it really emphasises the name of the magazine using in some ways a pun because the magazine is named 'XXL' and the text shown is extra large and stands out because it is in a large red box that clearly stands out on the front cover. Also at the side of the rappers are large cover lines saying '50 Cent and Soulja Boy' in clear, large, bold text and this emphasises the power and popularity of both rappers because it is the largest piece of text on the front cover and would appeal to most rap genre fans because of the prestigious rappers shown on the front cover. However there are also a small section of cover lines in the top right corner that shows feauturing famous rappers that are included in the magazine but the size of the text shows how the pair in the image on the front cover are much more popular and a higher influence on the 'Rap game' than those less famous rappers shown in small in the corner.

Research and planning- Media shots

Here are 12 media shots we looked at in depth that are common in the media today:

Research and Planning- Magazine cover and contents page evaluation

This magazine cover and contents page is a lot better than the first I created, this is because I added lots more features to the magazine which have improved the way the magazine now looks. For instance I have added: an improved barcode, longer more detailed cover lines, a new and more related picture to the magazine cover, a picture on the contents page, the clarendon logo and improved the text colours to suit the magazine.

Magazine cover evaluation
In my opinion the magazine cover is a nice detailed piece of work. It has interesting cover lines to draw in the target audience, the cover line text and masthead fonts stand out clearly and boldly for the reader to see and the layout of the cover looks professional to me. I think what could be improved is the picture, it is too far out and you can't really see the student up close and also the space underneath the picture could do with cover lines or text so it doesn't look so empty. However in contrast to my last magazine cover it has improved massively, unlike the old design, this design has smaller more suitable text and a much better layout in comparison, but also the text in the last magazine cover was too large and didn't fit with the background colour.

Contents page evaluation
In my opinion the contents page is the best of the two. The picture fits perfectly around the text and is suitable for the contents page. And the colours match the Clarendon logo which makes the content page that much better. The cover lines are also very long and detailed and give the reader a clear insight on what they want and where to find it which is always helpful for a magazine. In contrast to the old contents page, it has improved greatly. I feel this is because I have taken more time on the contents page this time and researched college magazines to get a much better idea on how it should look. I think that the implementing of the picture makes the contents page look a lot better and more professional, also it looks a lot more presentable as the colours have been coded and changed in relation to the Clarendon logo whereas on the old contents page it was dull and boring and only the same font.

Research and Planning- Improved Magazine Cover, Includes Contents Page

This is the improved magazine cover and contents page I have created, it is much better than the previous contents page and magazine cover.

Research and Planning- Magazine cover interview

This is my interview for my magazine cover, and was given good feedback on how I am going to improve the magazine cover.

Research and Planning- Magazine Masthead Fonts

 These are my fonts I created to match each magazine genre. I created them on cooltext.com

PopWorld

 I created a pop related theme for this magazine, by using the text 'groovy' fon, it fit well with the pop genre because it's bright and vibrant and It would appeal to both sexes and especially a teenage audience.

 Death metal
I picked a gothic/horror type of font for this genre of music, which is composed of dark colours and red which link closely with gothic colours. I picked this font because it stood out from the rest because it was very creepy and appropriate for this type of magazine.

Popcorn
In this font I wanted to create a film style font to blend in with the magazine to do this I picked the 'heroic bold cartoon' font because I felt it would help the audience to understand the genre of the magazine.

Research and planning- Interview questions

My college magazine questions for interviews

1) What do you think of my magazine front cover?
2) Can it be improved in any way? How would you improve it?
3) Do you think the cover helps you to know whats going on?
4) If you had to buy the magazine, would you consider buying it?
5) From 1-10 how would you rate the magazine?

Research and Planning- My college magazine cover and contens page

This is my first draft of my magazine cover and contents page, I am going to list and ask some questions for my target audience and get there opinions on what they think of my magazine.

Research and planning- Medium close up's

These are a few examples of a medium close up, now I need to put these into my magazine.