Front Cover Drafts

This is my first front cover I need to change the image to improve this.

Here is my second front cover draft.

Here is my third front front cover draft.

Here is my four front cover draft.

 

Second shoot

This is my second shoot, I feel this shoot is a lot better than the first; the lighting I used were a lot better, the colour of the costume were a lot better and the poses I used were a lot better. I feel like these images will help me create a better magazine.

Front cover print screens

First Shoot for front cover

This is the first photo shoot I took for my front cover I have used one of these images for my front cover however I am going to change it because the camera I used wasn't the best also my lighting wasn't that good. Some of the pose my model did didn't work for my front cover; when I take another I will use a different camera, arrange the lights differently, change her outfit and change her pose.













I told my modal to stand like this because my original feature story was about her tour being candled because of a pregnancy however I changed this idea because of my target audience and I realised that young girls wouldn't want to know about celebrities being pregnant therefore it would be inappropriate. The lighting in this photo is also really bad.













I picked this dress because I thought it was elegant however I have decided it isn't bright enough there for when I do my shoot again I will change the outfit to something brighter.

Test shots

This a contact sheet of all of my test shots below you will see the best examples for the following shots.

• Medium close up
• Close up
• Long shot
• Two shot
• Example of bad lighting
• Example of good lighting 
• Example of a badly framed image

This image has an example of a badly framed image,
to make the product look good the image should be central
and now have half excess space and part of the models arm
chopped off. 

This image is an example of a bad lighting; there is shadow in the
background and the model looks washed out this is because the light
is too close to her face.

This image is a close up because all you can see is
her head. This wouldn't look good on a magazine front
cover because there would be the writing would cover her
face taking the focus off the main artist.

this is an example of good lighting the artist doesn't look washed
out and there isn't much of a shadow. I think I could of improve
this image by making sure there wasn't a shadow in them at all
but this was the best example of good lighting in the images I
have taken.

This is a good example of a long shot. I like this image
and would think about using a shot like this for my
final images because it shows the artists costume off
clearly also there is enough room to put stories around the
edges and plugs, extra images ect.

This is an example of good lighting there isn't much of  a shadow
and they artist's face looks really good. It isn't the best but it is
the best out of  my images.

This is an example of a two shot. I could of framed
it better and if I did frame it better this image certain
shot would be good for my magazine.

Focus group

Focus Group

Why is audience research important?

Audience research is important because we find out what the people who are buying the magazine want and helps me what content in my magazine such as certain images and the way I use text. I also need to know what style to make my magazine so it is key to my magazine.

How will it help when creating my magazine?

This will make it easier to make my magazine and help I sell easy.

My Questions

1. Would you buy a pop magazine and why?
2. What five artists come in mind when I say ‘pop music?’
3. What price do you think is suitable for teenagers, 13 to 16?
4. What things would make you look at the magazine and make you want to buy it?
5. How often would you buy this type of magazine?
6. Which name out of these ten would you choose and why?
7. Which colour schemes do you think is the best for a pop magazine and why?
8. Do you agree that students would be more likely to buy this magazine and why?
9. Name two prices or competitions I could include which would be appeling for students
10.  Would you buy this magazine and why? 

During the focus group I will show the group a list of the colour scheme and all the names.

      

      The focus group was very useful because it helped me choose certain things to add to my magazine. It helped me decide what colour scheme to use, how often the magazine will be published, how much it will be, what celebrities top use, what prices to use and what target audience to aim for. I didn't expect half the group to say they would buy it monthly I would buy a magazine like this weekly. I generally found the group mainly said the same thing for example they all agreed that it should be sold at about two pound they also agreed that students would buy this type of magazine more than adults. By doing this focus group and other research it has changed my mind about my name of the magazine. I have decided to use a name with the word ‘pop’ in so POP, pop tunes, pop hits or iPop; I think I am going to use iPop as my name on my magazine because gives a clear understanding of the genre also it links with itunes which shows links the internet and modern technology because of this I will show how you can access the magazine on line. 

Demographics

Magazine Name Ideas and Research

The following names are ideas for my music magazine I will do some research and find out which name is most popular. As seen at the bottom I have asked 18 people who fit my target audience which name they think is best for a pop magazine and the charts show which was the most popular.

Names

1. Pop Tunes
2. POP
3. Top Hits
4. Pop Hits
5. Tunes 
6. Top tunes
7. iPop 
8. Tunez
9. POW!
10. iMusic

Research

I have done some more research about the decision of the name

Because of this I have decide to call my magazine 'iPop'

Colour scheme

Music magazine name research

The word 'Kerrang' is the sound which a power chord makes on an electric guitar. The magazine was called this because guitars are a key stereotype in rock music and because 'Kerrang' is a rock magazine they editors deiced to make the name so audience know it is a rick magazine.

'NME' stands for 'National Musical Express'. the magazine was called this because it is a music magazine for everyone and it is an express way of getting news out to the public.

This magazine originally wanted to call it 'cue' as in a cue in music sheets however 'Q' seemed to look better and more memorable. 

Mood borad

This mood board will help me create with my magazine.

Google mock up

This is my Google mock up. This will help me make my final piece where I will take my own images. "Pop tunes" is not my definite name but it is an idea also the colour scheme but it is an idea. When I create my final product I will edit the main image.

This is my Google mock up double page spread.

This is my Google mock up content page.

This is my second Google mock up front cover.

Genre reseach

Reader profile research

The reader profile is like a survey so the editor knows what type of audience reads the magazine for example for example this magazine has 73% of the readers are male therefore the editor would know for his next issue he would include images for female celebrities who look more attractive so the men are attracted to her and will buy the magazine. They will is also have to think about the colours which are use and the age of people who read the magazine because this magazine has a average age is 23 the editor will need to include adverts and stories that would interest 23 year old men.

This is my own reader profile.

Conventions research

Pop

This shows the conventions of a front cover in a pop magazine.

This shows the conventions of a content page in a pop magazine.

This shows the conventions of a double page spread in a pop magazine.

R&B

This shows the conventions of a front cover in a
R&B magazine.

 This shows the conventions of a content page in a R&B magazine.

This shows the conventions of a double page spread in a R&B magazine.

Rock

 This shows the conventions of a front cover in a
rock magazine.

  This shows the conventions of a content page in a rock magazine.

This shows the conventions of a double page spread in a rock magazine.

Main brief

To design a front cover, contents page and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, a minimum of four image must be used.

Evaluation

This is my evaluation of the task.

Content page

This is my content page.

Final cover

This is my final product.

Mock up for final cover

This has this image is the wrong type of framing and there is not enough sub headings also there is no barecode, date or issue number.

Mise-en-scene

This is the only prop used in my front cover image.