Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
My Evaluation.
Question 1)
Question 2)
Question 3)
The media institution that would distribute my magazine would be one that was interested in producing a magazine to my target audience, teenagers. Publishers such as ipc media and emap would publish my magazine these are three of the UK's biggest magazine publishers.
Considering there is a limited amount of pop magazines, my target audience which is females from the ages 13-19.
Question 4)
Question 6)
Question 7)
Looking back to my preliminary task, I feel I have learned a lot, when I look at my preliminary, it seems dull and I know just how I would fix it if I were to go back now, I realise that it looks nothing like a real magazine, it has no real mese en scene, no correct mode of address and I don't have a very limited amount of images. I feel as though I have learnt a lot in my progression from my preliminary task up to now, slowly but surely I have got used to using the different programmes such as Photoshop and Quark and feel I got a lot of new skills. Therefore looking back at my preliminary task, I have progressed hugely after creating my media product.
Monday, 12 October 2009
Sunday, 11 October 2009
Saturday, 10 October 2009
Article for my double page spread
Do you remember Britney with her pigtails in and her red lippy? We certainly do! We are going to follow Britney’s tough and amazing journey from a shy childish school girl doing a step by step dance routine. To a red hot woman in a all in one leather cat suit, black make up and red hair. How Britney changed, and why she did. The princess of pop soon became queen. She first was on national television in 1992 on the Disney channel, in 1997 Brit got a contract with ‘Jive’ and released “baby one more time” in 1999 she sold over a whopping 25 million records worldwide and was an instant star. In 2001 she starred in “crossroads” and it was a big hit! And she was still the innocent girl she started out to be. In 2004, Brit married her childhood friend Jason Allen in Las Vegas. The marriage lasted a whole 55 hours ending in annulment, suddenly when the star was a few weeks away from being 20, she brought out “I’m a slave 4 u” and used caged animals as props and they were seen to be mistreated and shocked the nation in her revealing leather pants and pink thong! Then in early 2002 Britney and big star Justin Timberlake ended their four year relationship. Then Timberlake brought out “Cry me a river”. Throughout the years Britney Spears has sold over a huge 83 million records worldwide she was named the second-best selling act of the 2000’s. She has had a number of different albums; including Baby one more time “Britney”, “In the zone” and “blackout”.
has had one hell of a journey through her pop career, as you probably know already Britney went a bit off the rails and shaved her head. She lost the plot a little which is understandable with all the pressure she is under. She brought out the song “Piece of me” which in my opinion was a brilliant come back, the lyrics included “I guess I can’t see the harm in workin’ an bein a mama” She is basically saying I am back and this is why I am back and I am not ashamed of who I am. Which is why Britney is who she is today, the legendary Britney Spears who isn’t scared of anything and will always make a come back! She also says in the song “I’m Mrs She’s too big now she’s too thin” proving that no matter what she does she is either disgustingly fat or anorexic.
When she is eating something, the paparazzi are straight on her saying she is putting on weight and giving up on herself, when poor Brit has only taken a bad picture like we all do once in a while. “If she’s a size 14 she is “fat” and if she is a size 6 she is too thin!” Fan described her as “an inspiration” and another fan said “I know she has had her ups and downs in the past but it is understandable after all the pressure she has been put under and the stress of it all, also she can’t do anything without being criticized”. Britney must have very thick skin after all the hat she has been put through and all the things that have been said to criticize what she does. Past the fame and beauty it must be a hard life for Brit.
. She has gone from innocent teen with hair in piggy’s and long socks, to the girl next door type, to sexy Brit with dance moves to die for, to caring mother trying to get on with her career, to elegant and upper-class. And now Britney is just living her life with a huge pop career still going strong, but what will Britney do next? Will it be good? Bad?
What an achievement. And that is why Britney Spears is the queen of pop, never letting anyone down with her songs. She has gone through a huge and inspiring journey through pop over the years and is an inspiration to anyone. Britney has had a tough life with the things people have said about her and it must really hurt and she must have very thick skin. Especially when you’ve got to look as glamorous as Britney Spears. She is not perfect, but then again who is? So give it up for Britney and show your appreciation at www.craze.com/BritneySpearsAppreciation it’s time we gave the once was princess and now QUEEN of pop a break. She is a fantastic icon and an inspiration to us all. A huge pop star and a woman to be proud of, it can’t have been easy doing a whopping 152 songs! -What a woman!
Written by Charlotte Hawthorn
has had one hell of a journey through her pop career, as you probably know already Britney went a bit off the rails and shaved her head. She lost the plot a little which is understandable with all the pressure she is under. She brought out the song “Piece of me” which in my opinion was a brilliant come back, the lyrics included “I guess I can’t see the harm in workin’ an bein a mama” She is basically saying I am back and this is why I am back and I am not ashamed of who I am. Which is why Britney is who she is today, the legendary Britney Spears who isn’t scared of anything and will always make a come back! She also says in the song “I’m Mrs She’s too big now she’s too thin” proving that no matter what she does she is either disgustingly fat or anorexic.
When she is eating something, the paparazzi are straight on her saying she is putting on weight and giving up on herself, when poor Brit has only taken a bad picture like we all do once in a while. “If she’s a size 14 she is “fat” and if she is a size 6 she is too thin!” Fan described her as “an inspiration” and another fan said “I know she has had her ups and downs in the past but it is understandable after all the pressure she has been put under and the stress of it all, also she can’t do anything without being criticized”. Britney must have very thick skin after all the hat she has been put through and all the things that have been said to criticize what she does. Past the fame and beauty it must be a hard life for Brit.
. She has gone from innocent teen with hair in piggy’s and long socks, to the girl next door type, to sexy Brit with dance moves to die for, to caring mother trying to get on with her career, to elegant and upper-class. And now Britney is just living her life with a huge pop career still going strong, but what will Britney do next? Will it be good? Bad?
What an achievement. And that is why Britney Spears is the queen of pop, never letting anyone down with her songs. She has gone through a huge and inspiring journey through pop over the years and is an inspiration to anyone. Britney has had a tough life with the things people have said about her and it must really hurt and she must have very thick skin. Especially when you’ve got to look as glamorous as Britney Spears. She is not perfect, but then again who is? So give it up for Britney and show your appreciation at www.craze.com/BritneySpearsAppreciation it’s time we gave the once was princess and now QUEEN of pop a break. She is a fantastic icon and an inspiration to us all. A huge pop star and a woman to be proud of, it can’t have been easy doing a whopping 152 songs! -What a woman!
Written by Charlotte Hawthorn
Friday, 9 October 2009
Research on my article.
I decided to do my double page spread article about Britney Spears and her journey through pop, I went on the internet and found out lots of information about her and her journey and dates about important things in her life, I found out a lot of information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney_Spears
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Detailed decisions
On my front cover i will have a main image of a young girl with a microphone and a picture of an ipod with Britney spears on it.
My cover lines will be:
Britney Spears, queen of pop?
Two more PCDs leave
POP GROUPS, who's hot and who's not?
Buy or Download? Have your say.
How Lady Gaga owned the Brits!
Images for my contents page:
A young girl on the phone to pop duet Jedward, a princess crown, a new member of the pussycat dolls. A stressed out girl and Paul Cooban, a new pop singer in town.
Double page spread article on Britney Spears journey through pop.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Publication Plan
Publication Plan
Title: Craze.
Positioning statement: It’s poppin’
Frequency of publication: Monthly.
Price: £2.50
Title: Craze.
Positioning statement: It’s poppin’
Frequency of publication: Monthly.
Price: £2.50
Distribution: Newsagents and supermarkets.
Rationale: The approach of the magazine is for young adults ages 13-19. It will have a lot of about the latest pop albums, pop artist outfit of the week (also about fashion). Posters of pop artists and pop bands and pop music. It is a mainly a female dominated magazine, however males can purchase if interested in pink and girlyness.
Style: It is informal and has a friendly tone. The audience (reader) will be quite involved and will be able to send in questions asking bands, it will also have a lot of competitions on music and lots of prizes to be won. It will be friendly, female dominated, and brightly coloured. It will include short writing and will be very up-beat.
Regular content:
Editors Letter
Competitions
Horoscopes
Love quizzes
Pop star of the month
Pop star outfit of the month, who’s “hot” and who’s “not”.
The chart top ten
Fan page
Posters
Feature content
Your favourite pop singer of all time
Britney spears tour photos
Britney’s journey through pop
Buy or Download?
What do you want in a pop magazine?
How Lady Gaga owned the Brit Awards.
House style
Coverlines:Tahoma
Headlines:Tahoma
Features first paragraph: Drop capital first word bold
News first paragraph: First word bold capital
Body text: Times new roman
Colour scheme:Pink, Black, Bright Green.
House style
Coverlines:Tahoma
Headlines:Tahoma
Features first paragraph: Drop capital first word bold
News first paragraph: First word bold capital
Body text: Times new roman
Colour scheme:Pink, Black, Bright Green.
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Tally
Age:
10-12 4
12-14 9
14-16 4
16+ 3
Favourite music genre:
Rock 3
Pop 5
Jazz 4
Hip Hop 4
R n B 4
Would you consider buying a pop magazine that is out?
Yes 18
No 2
£1-£2 2
£2-£2.50 5
£2.50-£3 7
£3.50-£4 5
4+ 1
Other 0
Who is your favourite pop band or pop genre artist?
Black eyed peas 3
Christina Aguilera 3
Artic Monkeys 2
Paramore 4
Muse 2
The subways 1
Akon 4
The saturdays 1
What is your favourite part of a music magazine?
Cover 10
Contents 2
Information (Gossip) 4
Images 4
What are your favourite feature articles?
Reviews 9
Interviews 5
Gig dates 6
10-12 4
12-14 9
14-16 4
16+ 3
Favourite music genre:
Rock 3
Pop 5
Jazz 4
Hip Hop 4
R n B 4
Would you consider buying a pop magazine that is out?
Yes 18
No 2
£1-£2 2
£2-£2.50 5
£2.50-£3 7
£3.50-£4 5
4+ 1
Other 0
Who is your favourite pop band or pop genre artist?
Black eyed peas 3
Christina Aguilera 3
Artic Monkeys 2
Paramore 4
Muse 2
The subways 1
Akon 4
The saturdays 1
What is your favourite part of a music magazine?
Cover 10
Contents 2
Information (Gossip) 4
Images 4
What are your favourite feature articles?
Reviews 9
Interviews 5
Gig dates 6
Questionnaire
Questionnaire
1. How old are you?
10-12
12-14
14-16
16+
2. Please tick which is your favourite genre?
Rock
Pop
Jazz
Hip Hop
R ‘n’ B
3. What colours would you expect to find in a pop magazine?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Would you consider buying a new pop magazine that is out?
Yes
No
5. How much would you be willing to pay for a pop magazine?
£1.00 – £2.00
£2.00 – £2.50
£2.50 - £3.00
£3.50 - £4.00
£4.00 +
Other
6. Who is your favourite pop band or artist? Please list 3.
………………………………………………………………………………............
7. What is your favourite part of a music magazine?
Cover
Contents
Information
Images
8. What is your least favourite part?
………………………………………………………………………………………
9. Can you think of any pop music magazines past or present?
…………………………….
………………….................
…………………………….
10. What 3 words do you think of when you think of pop?
…………………………….
………………….................
…………………………….
11. What are your favourite feature articles?
Reviews
Interviews
Gig dates
1. How old are you?
10-12
12-14
14-16
16+
2. Please tick which is your favourite genre?
Rock
Pop
Jazz
Hip Hop
R ‘n’ B
3. What colours would you expect to find in a pop magazine?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Would you consider buying a new pop magazine that is out?
Yes
No
5. How much would you be willing to pay for a pop magazine?
£1.00 – £2.00
£2.00 – £2.50
£2.50 - £3.00
£3.50 - £4.00
£4.00 +
Other
6. Who is your favourite pop band or artist? Please list 3.
………………………………………………………………………………............
7. What is your favourite part of a music magazine?
Cover
Contents
Information
Images
8. What is your least favourite part?
………………………………………………………………………………………
9. Can you think of any pop music magazines past or present?
…………………………….
………………….................
…………………………….
10. What 3 words do you think of when you think of pop?
…………………………….
………………….................
…………………………….
11. What are your favourite feature articles?
Reviews
Interviews
Gig dates
Monday, 5 October 2009
Analysis of double page spread.
This double page spread is from the magazine "top of the pops".
This double page spread seems, friendly and chatty and seemed to appeal to female teenagers.
This theme is mostly disney channel themed and therefore suggests it is for a younger audience.
They have stuck to the codes and conventions of a typical pop music magazine because of their bright colours, the layout, the pictures, the colours and the actual words written.
"Hello Campers!" is connoting it is friendly and chatty.
Analysis of contents page.
This particular pop magazines has stuck to the codes and conventions of a sterotypical view of contents pages for example:
-There are lots of images in odd places, creating a funky look.
-They have used page numbers
-There is a particular colour scheme, red blue and gold.
-It connects well with the front cover
and sticks to the basic codes and conventions.
Also, it is very bright and very busy which is typical of a pop magazine to do. There are alot of images and alot of random colours. This adds to the effects of a pop magazine, making it seem fun and interesting.
Analysing front covers.
On the magazine smash hits, there is a picture of Michael Jackson on the front, it's a long shot view and he is not connecting with the camera, he looks as though he is in the middle of singing his heart out. This is purposely so he looks like he is doing what he does best. It is a special tribute to Michael Jackson, he looks like he is 'rocking out' but he's just singing his heart out. The mode of address is that he isn't connecting with the camera, he isn't doing this because he is singing, and this is a music magazine. Therefore it suggests that the magazine is a lot about music.
The artist on the front is extremely well known and therefore makes is familiar to the target audience and can relate with the magazine. The subsidiary images are pictures of Michael Jackson when he was a little boy. These are smaller because they may not appeal to the audience as much as the cover image would.
The colour scheme is yellow, red, blue and black. And is quite simple.
The masthead at the top is big, bold and bright red. This suggests it is very important, and needs to stand out, and straight to the point.
The buzzword 'FREE' has been used in a subsidiary image, to show there is a free double page poster.
It is obvious it is informal because of the language and images used.
The artist on the front is extremely well known and therefore makes is familiar to the target audience and can relate with the magazine. The subsidiary images are pictures of Michael Jackson when he was a little boy. These are smaller because they may not appeal to the audience as much as the cover image would.
The colour scheme is yellow, red, blue and black. And is quite simple.
The masthead at the top is big, bold and bright red. This suggests it is very important, and needs to stand out, and straight to the point.
The buzzword 'FREE' has been used in a subsidiary image, to show there is a free double page poster.
It is obvious it is informal because of the language and images used.
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Decisions
Price:£2.50
Frequency of publication: Monthly.
Average issue size: 60 pages
Regular Content:
Editors Letter
Competitions
The chart top ten
Fan page
Posters of popstars
Feature articles:
Katie Webb, the next best thing...
Britney’s journey through pop
Buy or Download?
How Lady Gaga owned the Brits!
Only 2 PCD’s left!
Frequency of publication: Monthly.
Average issue size: 60 pages
Regular Content:
Editors Letter
Competitions
The chart top ten
Fan page
Posters of popstars
Feature articles:
Katie Webb, the next best thing...
Britney’s journey through pop
Buy or Download?
How Lady Gaga owned the Brits!
Only 2 PCD’s left!
Saturday, 3 October 2009
Research into existing pop magazines
CD-UK
Price:
1.80
Frequency of publication:
Weekly
Issue size:
55
Regular Content:
Things to win
Live reviews
Gig reviews
Gig dates
Feature Articles:
Band interviews
Gig adverts
S club 7 re united.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Main Task, start of my magazine.
My magazine is going to be a magazine from ages 13-19. I am going to produce a pop music magazine which is will appeal to both sexes however will be mainly female dominated it will be fun, with posters and new music singles and albums out. I want it so it is light hearted, happy and involve lots of information about pop music.
Monday, 28 September 2009
Evaluation
Evaluation
For my front cover of my magazine, I used a programme that I am semi familiar with. In my previous years of doing media studies I have used the programme Photoshop however have never really got the hang of it. Recently I have had to knuckle down and really try and understand it. I think I did quite well eventually but I am still learning how to use it correctly. Also, I used a programme I have never seen, used or even heard or called Quark. I found this very useful and was able to use it correctly within minutes and find it a lot easier to use than Photoshop. This is only because it seems to be a lot more simple and logical.
Secondly, if I could go back a couple of weeks and re do what I did, I wouldn’t have spent endless time doing useless things such as making my main cover girl more tanned, more pretty, less freckles. I would have simple left it how it was because it isn’t as important as getting the actual cover done and I got behind. This meant I had to use my spare time and lunchtimes and after school. However if in the first place I put it all on and in the right place and then later on in the process had more time I could have done it when I’d finished and not wasted any of my time and done it all in the lessons.
I would say it was most definitely a challenge to complete a real looking front cover and a contents page in a matter of weeks. Therefore I realised I needed to work faster and spent more time doing what really matters instead of just fixing the hair and make up. I also found it very challenging to take all of the pictures I needed myself, and in school because I don’t have a camera to use at home. Therefore I think I did particularly well to have finished with most of the images I wanted correctly done.
There were some images I just simply couldn’t do, such as “The football team”, and when I was in a school with 1500 girls and not as many boys I found it rather difficult. Also I can be a very shy person at times and would have felt rather awkward and inadequate asking them. Plus I didn’t have football kits for them to wear!
I found it rather difficult to make a school magazine, partly because there are very few school magazines out there, there were plenty of magazines such as music magazines, clothes magazines, fashion magazines but there were hardly any school magazines that I could get ideas from for my layout.
I am looking forward to doing my next piece of work on Photoshop because over the past few weeks I feel I have become more familiar and more confident using the programme, although it may seem a logical programme to use I found it very difficult at times because parts of it were so complex, like all of the unnecessary layers for example, I could never figure out which layer I was on or how to change or move things once I had started. On the very new programme Quark I found it difficult for the first ten minutes and by the end of the lesson I knew exactly what I was doing and was able to finish my contents page very quickly instead of spending endless lessons and spare time on working out how to use it.
Unfortunately when I had nearly finished my contents page I accidentally didn’t save it properly and had to re-start it again which I was understandably devastated about, however I just got on with it and made a new contents page the lesson after however it wasn’t as good because I couldn’t remember exactly what I had done. So next time I have to use Photoshop or Quark I will take into consideration that I need to save it properly and as I go along in case the same disaster happens again, but worse. Luckily I wasn’t very near the end and still had a few lessons to finish my contents. Therefore next time I will remember to save as I go along and make sure I have it saved on a memory stick aswell as on my computer/laptop.
For my front cover of my magazine, I used a programme that I am semi familiar with. In my previous years of doing media studies I have used the programme Photoshop however have never really got the hang of it. Recently I have had to knuckle down and really try and understand it. I think I did quite well eventually but I am still learning how to use it correctly. Also, I used a programme I have never seen, used or even heard or called Quark. I found this very useful and was able to use it correctly within minutes and find it a lot easier to use than Photoshop. This is only because it seems to be a lot more simple and logical.
Secondly, if I could go back a couple of weeks and re do what I did, I wouldn’t have spent endless time doing useless things such as making my main cover girl more tanned, more pretty, less freckles. I would have simple left it how it was because it isn’t as important as getting the actual cover done and I got behind. This meant I had to use my spare time and lunchtimes and after school. However if in the first place I put it all on and in the right place and then later on in the process had more time I could have done it when I’d finished and not wasted any of my time and done it all in the lessons.
I would say it was most definitely a challenge to complete a real looking front cover and a contents page in a matter of weeks. Therefore I realised I needed to work faster and spent more time doing what really matters instead of just fixing the hair and make up. I also found it very challenging to take all of the pictures I needed myself, and in school because I don’t have a camera to use at home. Therefore I think I did particularly well to have finished with most of the images I wanted correctly done.
There were some images I just simply couldn’t do, such as “The football team”, and when I was in a school with 1500 girls and not as many boys I found it rather difficult. Also I can be a very shy person at times and would have felt rather awkward and inadequate asking them. Plus I didn’t have football kits for them to wear!
I found it rather difficult to make a school magazine, partly because there are very few school magazines out there, there were plenty of magazines such as music magazines, clothes magazines, fashion magazines but there were hardly any school magazines that I could get ideas from for my layout.
I am looking forward to doing my next piece of work on Photoshop because over the past few weeks I feel I have become more familiar and more confident using the programme, although it may seem a logical programme to use I found it very difficult at times because parts of it were so complex, like all of the unnecessary layers for example, I could never figure out which layer I was on or how to change or move things once I had started. On the very new programme Quark I found it difficult for the first ten minutes and by the end of the lesson I knew exactly what I was doing and was able to finish my contents page very quickly instead of spending endless lessons and spare time on working out how to use it.
Unfortunately when I had nearly finished my contents page I accidentally didn’t save it properly and had to re-start it again which I was understandably devastated about, however I just got on with it and made a new contents page the lesson after however it wasn’t as good because I couldn’t remember exactly what I had done. So next time I have to use Photoshop or Quark I will take into consideration that I need to save it properly and as I go along in case the same disaster happens again, but worse. Luckily I wasn’t very near the end and still had a few lessons to finish my contents. Therefore next time I will remember to save as I go along and make sure I have it saved on a memory stick aswell as on my computer/laptop.
Main image before manipulated
This is an image of the girl on my front cover as my main image, I have cut her out and that is it.
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