Final Shots/Mise-en-Scene

This is a video I made on 'Animoto' explaining why I chose my final image and why I didn't choose others.

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Test Shots

This is a video I made on StupeFlix of the shots I took of my artist for the front cover, contents page and double page spread. I have included some images that wouldn't be up to standard to include in the magazine as they may have shadows, parts of lights, some are out of focus or they might be when the model moved at the wrong time. However I have also included some of the images that I could use for my final shots to go into the magazine as they are centred, there are no shadows and the lighting is good and the overall quality of these images are decent.

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My Artists' Image

My Artists' Image from HollyRosa98

This is a presentation I created on SlideShare to break down the choices I made for make-up and outfits used on my artist.

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Shot List

This is my shot list that I am using for my test shots and from those I am going to take my final shots to use in my magazine. I have included a variety of shots I will try out for my front cover, contents and my double page spread. These will help me to test out which shots suit the magazine best and which ones go with the genre well as well as those that are the most sensible to use in a music magazine.

Flat Plan Feedback

I asked some students from my target audience to have a look at my flat plan and tell me their thoughts on it, this is the feedback I have received:

Angelie: I like the overall layout of the flat plan and used the space wisely however I think you could include an element to make the double page spread cohesive with the content and the front page. 

Rubab: I like the overall look of your flat plans as I think it links well with your genre of Alternative Rock. I also like the drawings and general idea of your shots as it suits well. I think you could create a stronger link your pages though.

Hannah: I like your flat plan because it shows what genre it represents. I like the double page spread a lot as it is simple but effective.

Trisha: Overall I really like the layout of your cover and I really like the masthead and the font. I also like the spacing of the contents and front cover

Hibah: I really like the graphics and I think the masthead and model pose really suit the genre

Sana: I think the contents page is really simple and ‘rock’ looking

Anmol: I love the double page spread it is set out really nicely  

Shivani: I like the layout and simplicity of it. I especially like the contents page as it is different and eye-catching. It fits the genre well, especially the title.

Naomi: I think that the layout for the contents page is creative, the front page fits the genre well.

This feedback will help me to make my magazine look as good as possible and I can take into account their thoughts because they're from my target audience so I will make sure to keep certain aspects of my magazine and possibly discard others if they don't fit.

Flat Plan

Ordinary Flat Plan:

Front Cover                                                                           Contents Page

Double Page Spread

Deconstructed

Visual Moodboard

This is a visual mood board video for my magazine that I uploaded on YouTube. The pictures I took are of some post-it-notes I made that have important words relating back to the genre of Alternative Rock and they could be incorporated into my magazine. The words I have featured in the video are words I believe relate to the genre of Alternative Rock and can help me decide what my magazine will look like etc. On top of the words used in the video, there are of course the other important factors, such as the artists, that need to be featured too.

Artist Profile

Artist profile from HollyRosa98

This is a presentation on SlideShare about the artist 'Ava Garcia' I have created for my Alternative Rock music magazine.


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Reader Profile

Reader profile from HollyRosa98

This is a SlideShare presentation about the type of person I would expect/want to be reading or purchasing the magazine I'm going to create.

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Audience Research - Focus group

For my focus group I took three students from my sixth form and asked them some questions first about music and then music magazines, then I showed them two front covers of the same magazine and asked some more questions about that.

These are my questions:

1) Do you like to know what is going on with artists you like or the genres of music you like?

2) Would you get information from music magazines or in a different way?

3) What do you think are the most important conventions of a music magazine?

4) These are some rock magazine front covers, what makes it obvious to you that it is this genre?

5) What do you like or dislike about the front cover? What works well?

The students I asked:

Yusuf                                                Shivani                                             Neel

Question 1:

Yusuf - Yeah I do but I don't look anything up unless I want to know about new albums.

Shivani - Yes I do as I find it useful to know what's going on with the artists I enjoy, especially if there's new music being released. I also like to know when my favourite artists are going on tour so I have a chance to go and see them live in concert.

Neel - I don't really need to keep up to date with the artists I like because I just listen to their music instead of knowing more about them, also if there's new music being released I'll know about it anyway from other people talking.

Question 2:

Yusuf - No, I don't buy music magazines, I don't want to waste my money on them. I just find out stuff on the internet.

Shivani - I do occasionally get information from music magazines because there's a couple I enjoy reading because you can get more detailed information as well as exclusive things hat you can't really find anywhere else. However I also find out a lot online as well because information tends to be put out a lot faster there rather than a magazine which last for two weeks, so if information is released during that period, they won't release it yet.

Neel - I don't really read music magazines to be honest, not unless someone wants to show me something in one. I just use the internet instead because it's more easy to access plus the information comes up quickly.

Question 3:

Yusuf - The picture on the front should look nice because no one will like it otherwise.

Shivani - I think that the colour scheme is really important because it makes the magazine look really well put together and professional, especially if everything matches, adding to this professional look, if the layout is neat it also really helps. Of course the image on the front has to look good as well and relate to the magazine otherwise, like Yusuf said, no one would like it too much and be attracted to buy it.

Neel - I think, what Shivani said sums up what I think quite well, to me the colour scheme is the most important thing because it brings the whole magazine together and makes it look more professional.

Question 4:

Yusuf - The people on the front look a bit different to normal people, there's a lot of black and other dark colours. Also the name of the magazine looks a bit messy.

Shivani - The most  obvious thing to me is the image, the clothes that they're wearing aren't like your typical pop artists outfit or anything, they look different to most. The facial expressions also relate to the genre as rock tends to be seen as quite angry or weird and their expression could suggest that. The colours used also stand out to me as the running theme seems to be black but on both magazine their is a highlight colour- red or yellow. Also the fact that both covers are quite chaotic represents the genre well because there is often a lot going on in the music and rock covers a really broad spectrum of music.

Neel - I think that the colour scheme makes it look like a rock magazine because there's a lot of dark colours like black or grey but they do have another colour, like red, that makes the magazine stand out. The masthead also makes it look like rock because it looks a bit broken up or something. I can see a lot of graphics too which makes it look more like rock, for example the lightning bolts.

Question 5:

Yusuf - I don't like the pictures on the front because they don't look very normal, I think the colours they used in the one that has a lot of yellow is good.

Shivani - I like that you can obviously tell what genre of music the magazine is, everything about it shows it off. I like that the banner on top looks likes it has been ripped and there is an overall distressed look to the covers, also demonstrated in the masthead. One thing I don't like is how messy the cover kind of looks because there is so much going on.

Neel - I like the colours they used because they look good together, also the colour theme doesn't really change on either cover so it makes it look more professional. On the second magazine I don't like the background because it makes the cover look messier because it's too much happening.

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Shivani                                                                                          Neel

Yusuf

Audience Research - General

This is a survey I created on SurveyMonkey for my general audience research. I sent it to people through whatsapp as I know they are all within my target audience age range, in total I got twenty people to complete my survey and from this I can get new information and opinions about music magazines as well as just my own. These are my results:

1) Do you buy/read music magazine? If yes, why? If no, why?

First of all, I chose to ask this question to see how popular music magazines actually are and their reasons behind buying or not buying them. My results have shown that the majority don't like to purchase magazines, the most used reason is that they don't want to waste money or they just don't interest them. For the few that said they do purchase them, the reason was always  that they like to keep up to date with music and artists they can enjoy. The main thing I can get from this is when I create my magazine, I will put a low price on it and include a range of interesting articles on the front.

2) How often do you buy a music magazine?

I chose to include this question as it would be helpful to know how often people purchase music magazines and from this and the questions to come I can decide what would make people buy a magazine.

3) What is the main thing that makes you want to buy a music magazine?

I asked this question to see what the first thing people will look at on the cover of a music magazine, this will help me to make certain things stand out more than others. Most people said the image on the cover is the main thing that would make them want to buy it so from this I know that my chosen image will have to be really interesting and good to look at. The second most voted thing was the content, so  will have interesting and attractive headlines on the front that are noticeable and to follow up the article inside will also be intriguing and engaging.

4) What features of a music magazine tend to be bad or the least enticing?

I asked this question so I know which features of the magazine I will have to work on a lot and make sure they aren't done badly or are uninteresting. A lot of people said tat the colour scheme is usually the worst thing about a magazine, so I will make sure that my chosen theme actually works properly and goes with the genre. Interestingly, the layout seems to be the next most voted for, insinuating that also tends to be one of the worst features, this is also reflected in the previous question as no one voted for layout being a factor as to why they would purchase the magazine.

5) What features do you expect to see in/on an 'Alternative Rock' magazine?

I asked this question to see what other people, apart from myself, think should be included in and 'Alternative Rock' music magazine. Also, as it helps to know what people from my target audience think should be included in a magazine that is aimed at them, if they take an interest in the genre. A lot of people mentioned dark colours or a theme of red and black which is what I was planning on doing, this is good as I know that people think similar things to what I believe an Alternative Rock magazine would have.