Audio recording

Here I have uploaded my audio recording for my evaluation.

Evaluation

To create my final product I had to use conventions of other magazines, the magazine I mainly used to create my final piece was Kerrang. I used this because I liked the mastheads, text layout and the overall layout of images and photos used. I decided to use various similar layouts to the ones used in Kerrang, this was because it would make my magazine look professional and stylish. My magazine mainly focuses on rock, so for the front cover page i tried represent the picture I took with rock attitudes, these are mainly aggressive and violent, so the magazine will look effective and professional.

Almost every element of media texts (e.g. magazines, adverts)are made to target a specific audience, the target audience is decided by the producer of the media text, the chosen audience will be targeted by using spefici texts, such as car adverts, if a action film is on, this is because mainly men will be watching the film, so they target them using they different texts for different medias. The colours I mainly used on my magazine are black and red. I chose these colours because they connote violence and danger, whic is mainly shown in rock magazines. I have also used bold words for most of my text, this is because it connotes power, and makes the writing stand out.

The type of company that might distribute my magazine will be a in dependant company, because the circulation of the magazine will only be small. The magazine will be promoted mainly through the Internet and Radio because these medias will be cheap to advertise, and get the message across effectively. This magazine will be aimed at 16 to 21 year old's, this is because the content in the magazine will be most suited and understood by that age range. It will be targeted at males and females, this will give me a wider audience and readership. The magazine I am designing will be for a niche market.

Here I have annotated my magazine front cover to show the elements I used to attract/address my audience.

During my experience throughout this project, I have learnt quite a lot of skills, with various programs, these included; Photoshop, Quark Xpress, Web 2.0. These skilled have developed and enhanced, the more have used it.

In Photshop I have learnt:

* Using the different layers, to create a better overall look.
* Tools like; Smudge, Blur, Burn, Lasso, Magic Wand - to make the image look more professional, and less like it has been cut and edited out.
* Cropping and Resizing photos.
* Adding text enchantments, such as drop shadow.

Whilst using the programs I came to some advantages and some disadvantages.

Advantages

I was familiar with this program, but with a earlier version, and more complex. so i was familiar with most of the tools, they just worked in different ways. The program was very easy to navigate around, and find the tools you needed.

Disadvantages

New tools have been added, from the previous version I had used, so if i had known this, I could have done some parts of my work must faster and efficient.

In Quark Xpress I have learnt:
* Modifying Pictures - drop shadows, cropping, contrast.
* Scaling the picture to the box size, which makes it easier that altering the image size.
* Creating a house style and save it so its easy to keep using your house style

Whilst using the programs I came to some advantages and some disadvantages.

Advantages

I became familiar with this program quite quick, and was able to use it, to its full extent in a short space of time. It was easy to use, and very user friendly.

Disadvantages

I had never used this software before, so I had to learn it from scratch. I realised that it had some tools, which i did not notice, and i was editing the picture in Photoshop to then copy it back into Quark, when I could have done this all in Quark, so that would have saved time.

During my experience over this project, I think I have become more familiar with http://www.blogger.com/ as before this project I have never used a blog site. So now I understand, how useful it can be, And why it was much easier to use this ratehr tha it being on paper.

Lesson Objective

Today I will be Finishing Off my evaluation and Uploading it to the blog.

Props I will Need For My Photos

Sun Glases,
Drum Set,
magazines,
Microphone.

Front Page Plan

For my front page i will have a main photo in the background, of 2 people, posing with aggressive attitudes. I also will be adding photos around the bottom of the page, to show the different article in the magazine.

Contents Page Plan

In my contents I will have 6 photos, " main photos and 4 smaller ones around it. The photos will be of people in groups or by themselves.

Double Page Spread Plan

In my double page spread I will be doing a bio on the band "The Widgets", this will include information on the and, such as where they come from, how they got together, previous history at college/university etc. I will include quotes of what they said, to enhance it.

Differences between niche and mainstream

Mainstream - A very popular product, familiar and unthreatening to the masses. Common, usual or conventional.
has a large circulation and readership figures.
Examples of Mainstream magazines - Kerrang!, NME, Q.

Niche - A small targeted audience or specific portion of the population. Not hugely popular.
It will have a small circulation and readership figures in comaprison to mainstream magazines.
Examples of Niche magazines- Guitar & Bass.

Practise Photgraphs

Here I have Uploaded my practise photos. I took these in front of a back drop so the background is all the same colour, which makes them easier to edit. I positioned the people in the way i thought would look best, and appealing to others.

5 Rules Of Photography

Rule #1 : The Decisive Moment - pressing the shutter button at exactly the decisive moment.
Rule #2 : Go Close - getting the right distance from the person/object is vital.
Rule #3 : The Rule Of Thirds - This is where things in your photo should be placed.
Rule #4 : Camera Settings - getting the right focus, and settings on your camera is important.
Rule #5 : Use The Light - The magic hour, the hour around sunrise and the hour around sunset, give the perfect lighting.

demographic analysis of my potential audience.

Male Readers - 57%
Female Readers - 53%
Average Age - 19
Working Full Time - 79%
Working Part Time - 21%
Still Studying - 32%
ABC1 - 54%
Circulation - 26,127
Readership - 120,278
ABCe Unique Users - 1,348,214

Internet:
96% of Unplugged's readership use the internet, and 72% have broadband.
They spend a average of 2.1 hours a day using it.

Games And Games Consoles:
£189 spend of games consoles last year,
total readership spends £26m
73% recieve cable or digital channels.

Unplugged Readers Agree That:
They enjoy life and don't worry about the furture - 43%
Its inportant to be up-to-date - 72%
It's worth more paying for quality goods - 58%
They like to try new things - 69%
It's important to look the part - 89%

Out And About:
Unplugged readers spend:
£134 a year on shoes/trainers.
Total Readership spends - £35m

£398 a year on clothes
Total Readership spends - £215m

£459 on audio equipment per year
Total Readership spends - £145m

32% own a digital camera
£132 on digital cameras per year
Total Readership spends - £860

Buy a average of 8 DVD'S a year
Total Readership spends - £1.7m
spend £67 a year on DVD'S
Total Readership spends - £19m

10 generic conventions of a double page spread

1. Colours of the magazine that cannote the genre, e.g. using bright vivid colours for a pop magazine

2. Artists relating to the magazines genre.

3. Synergy - If the companies they work with are relavant to genre of the magazine.

4. Anchorage that connotes artists and genre.

5. Sell lines that relate to the genre, e.g. Kerrang - Life Is Loud!

6. The photos and images that are genre related, like the way they will edit the images to suit it, e.g. black and white.

7. Mode Of Address tells you the particular audience the magazine is aiming at.

8. Advertisements - if they realte to the magazines genre, e.g. T-shirts

9. Masthead that connotes the genre of the magazine

10. Reviews - on bands and artists within the genre of the magazine.

Lesson Objectives

Today I will be adding the final touches to my double page spread, and double page spread analysis. I also will be starting my Evaluation. After these are complete i will be doing a final check of all my work, to make sure it is all in order and correct.