This is a list of tasks I will need to complete to successfully plan and produce my magazine cover and double page spread.
► Brief
► Explain LIIAR
► Conventions of a Music Magazine
► Conventions of a normal Magazine
► Compare Conventions
► Conventions of front pages
► Conventions of contents pages
► Conventions of double page spreads
► Spider Diagram
► Mood board
► Planning and Research (Types of magazines, Typography, Style, photography etc.)
► Hand Rendered and IT Drafts
► Photographs
► Analise drafts, change and tweak,
► Produce final draft using photographs taken etc.
► Evaluate
All these things will be completed in time for the given deadline.
LIIAR
The concept of LIIAR within Music Magazines.
L angauge - Terminology and wording used in media text, which should be relevant to genre, audience, and the specific piece of media. Such as: Cover lines, main image, mastheads, selling line etc.
I nstition - The company/organisation within which produces the media.
I deology - This is the reason they sell produce the media, what it is for. For example a music magazine is for/about music. A TV magazine is for/about TV.
A udience - The people, age group, sex etc that the media is aimed at.
R epresentation - How concepts are represented in the media, such as stereotypes etc, such as how you see a certain character and remember something, this person becomes representational towards this thing.
L angauge - Terminology and wording used in media text, which should be relevant to genre, audience, and the specific piece of media. Such as: Cover lines, main image, mastheads, selling line etc.
I nstition - The company/organisation within which produces the media.
I deology - This is the reason they sell produce the media, what it is for. For example a music magazine is for/about music. A TV magazine is for/about TV.
A udience - The people, age group, sex etc that the media is aimed at.
R epresentation - How concepts are represented in the media, such as stereotypes etc, such as how you see a certain character and remember something, this person becomes representational towards this thing.
The Brief
Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph o a student in medium close-up plus appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout connects page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP.
Main Task: the font page and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images the text used must be original, produced by you - minimum of four images.
Presentation Of Work: The presentation of the research, planning and evaluation may take the form of any one, or combination of two or more, of the following:- A presentation using slide show software such as
- A PowerPoint;
- A blog;
- A podcast;
Evaluation
Evaluation:
My main task was to create a college magazine front cover, along side drafting a contents page. For this I knew I would need to do research for my project, research based upon conventions of a front cover, convents of a contents page. I would also needs to research and deconstruct exciting magazines, college and other genres too. I also produced two mood boards, the first consisting of magazines I think students, or the target audience would read, I also produced one based upon items which I believe are desirable to the target audience.
For my magazine, I designed to design it for my college, “Wyke”. The colour theme for Wyke’s logo etc is Purple on Green, the negatives of each other. I also used the usual conventions for my cover such as a masthead, cover line, cover image, main article. I discovered the conventions through my research. I compared college magazines, and compared commercial magazines to college magazines to see the conflicting attributes.
For my work I created a Blog to present it, this also made it easy for me to work on my project from home, and anywhere in the college. On this I uploaded all of my work, my research and my plans. I also had to think of what to use in the components on my magazine, such as the magazine masthead. I could imitate Vogue’s masthead, but I have to think of the content within the masthead. I came up with a few cover stories and headlines, so I had a variety of ideas for my final piece.
I believe my magazine has many strengths personally, mostly as it fits in with the style and colour scheme of the college. When I asked for peoples opinions, the feedback I received were that it was very professional looking, natural and bold. Well constructed and designed. I received very positive feedback towards my magazine.
I was also told that my magazine would be well suited to the audience I was aiming it at. This was very pleasing since the people I was asking for feedback was my target audience, they said they would happily read it and it strongly appeals to them.
When I was designing my front cover, the layout came from an old hand rendered draft. I didn’t see many designs with a side masthead, but I liked the idea. I worked upon this design to finalise it, adding the font “Arial” from my research into typography, and also my colour scheme that has previously been mentioned.
This magazine needs to be representational of college, students etc. I believe that is you was a student of wyke college, you would find the magazine very representational of the college. This magazine needs to show it’s a college magazine, this can be shown through the masthead subheading “College magazine”.
Finally I brought together all my work. I did not add a barcode, as I didn’t have a price since the magazine is not for sale, its for distribution throughout the college. All my work was finally uploaded and displayed on my Blog, I redesigned my blog with a new layout, as I take pride in my work and I want it to not only look good, but the content to be to the same standard.
As an extra piece, I decided to produce an actual contents page, instead of just draft. The contents page has page numbers in numeric orders, it fits with the magazine cover and the colour scheme. The contents page also fits with the conventions of a contents page, and the feedback again was positive.
I took inspiration from everyday desirable objects, alongside with today’s magazines, and I believe this benefited me massively.
My main task was to create a college magazine front cover, along side drafting a contents page. For this I knew I would need to do research for my project, research based upon conventions of a front cover, convents of a contents page. I would also needs to research and deconstruct exciting magazines, college and other genres too. I also produced two mood boards, the first consisting of magazines I think students, or the target audience would read, I also produced one based upon items which I believe are desirable to the target audience.
For my magazine, I designed to design it for my college, “Wyke”. The colour theme for Wyke’s logo etc is Purple on Green, the negatives of each other. I also used the usual conventions for my cover such as a masthead, cover line, cover image, main article. I discovered the conventions through my research. I compared college magazines, and compared commercial magazines to college magazines to see the conflicting attributes.
For my work I created a Blog to present it, this also made it easy for me to work on my project from home, and anywhere in the college. On this I uploaded all of my work, my research and my plans. I also had to think of what to use in the components on my magazine, such as the magazine masthead. I could imitate Vogue’s masthead, but I have to think of the content within the masthead. I came up with a few cover stories and headlines, so I had a variety of ideas for my final piece.
I believe my magazine has many strengths personally, mostly as it fits in with the style and colour scheme of the college. When I asked for peoples opinions, the feedback I received were that it was very professional looking, natural and bold. Well constructed and designed. I received very positive feedback towards my magazine.
I was also told that my magazine would be well suited to the audience I was aiming it at. This was very pleasing since the people I was asking for feedback was my target audience, they said they would happily read it and it strongly appeals to them.
When I was designing my front cover, the layout came from an old hand rendered draft. I didn’t see many designs with a side masthead, but I liked the idea. I worked upon this design to finalise it, adding the font “Arial” from my research into typography, and also my colour scheme that has previously been mentioned.
This magazine needs to be representational of college, students etc. I believe that is you was a student of wyke college, you would find the magazine very representational of the college. This magazine needs to show it’s a college magazine, this can be shown through the masthead subheading “College magazine”.
Finally I brought together all my work. I did not add a barcode, as I didn’t have a price since the magazine is not for sale, its for distribution throughout the college. All my work was finally uploaded and displayed on my Blog, I redesigned my blog with a new layout, as I take pride in my work and I want it to not only look good, but the content to be to the same standard.
As an extra piece, I decided to produce an actual contents page, instead of just draft. The contents page has page numbers in numeric orders, it fits with the magazine cover and the colour scheme. The contents page also fits with the conventions of a contents page, and the feedback again was positive.
I took inspiration from everyday desirable objects, alongside with today’s magazines, and I believe this benefited me massively.
Final Magazine Cover
Final Magazine Cover:
This is my final magazine cover. I had a few problems along the way, but I believe I have produces a solid, well made cover. The aim is to attract the right audience, relate to the subject, inform and entertain. I used stuck to the colours from the Wyke logo as the colour scheme for my project, it works well, its bold and it connects with the college.
I think the above cover did work, but over all I am pleased with my outcome. I believe the images I produced to stick to the brief look better, and are more fitting to the magazine.
The above image is my final IT draft of my magazine, as you can see I kept with the layout, placement and content. Along with the colour scheme etc.
This is my final magazine cover. I had a few problems along the way, but I believe I have produces a solid, well made cover. The aim is to attract the right audience, relate to the subject, inform and entertain. I used stuck to the colours from the Wyke logo as the colour scheme for my project, it works well, its bold and it connects with the college.
The above image is my final cover, but the below image was going to be my final design, before I realised it didn't work with the brief. According to the brief all photographs must be original, the below image has photos of an iPod and a picture of the wyke website. These where not original images by me, so I had to change them to something that was still symbolic to the article, but my original images.
I think the above cover did work, but over all I am pleased with my outcome. I believe the images I produced to stick to the brief look better, and are more fitting to the magazine.
The above image is my final IT draft of my magazine, as you can see I kept with the layout, placement and content. Along with the colour scheme etc. Final Contents Page and Draft
Contents Page:
This is the contents page for my Magazine, As you can see, it follows the theme of my magazine cover, and all my Drafts.
I used the same colour theme as the wyke logo and my magazine cover. It follows the convents of a contents page, having featured articles, and a numerical ordered list of pages from the magazine.
Contents Page Final IT Draft:
This is a final draft of my Contents page, before I produce it.
This is the contents page for my Magazine, As you can see, it follows the theme of my magazine cover, and all my Drafts.
I used the same colour theme as the wyke logo and my magazine cover. It follows the convents of a contents page, having featured articles, and a numerical ordered list of pages from the magazine.
Contents Page Final IT Draft:
This is a final draft of my Contents page, before I produce it.
As you can see, the colour theme has been the same throughout and I kept the same layout.
Unused Photograph
This is the only Photograph that hasn't been used on my magazine cover:
This is 1 of 2 photographs I took. Personally I don't think that this photograph was as strong, nor did it work as well as the other photograph.
Both of my photographs were Medium Close-Up, and both were not blurred. The only reason I decided to not use this photograph was because it didn't fit the magazine as well as the other photograph, which can be seen in my final magazine cover post.
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