Time schedule

Evaluation

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Double page spread

Contents page

I decided that this was to be my final front cover as it is simple and not cluttered. I noticed that on  most contents pages of my chosen genre that they were simple with one image and the features.

This was a mock up of a contents page that I created. I like the font of the headline especially but then thought of the features to be a cluttered in the layout, so therefore opted for my first choice.

Front cover

Original picture

Sharpened and airbrushed skin

Enhanced lip colour to red

Corner bottom left of wall and shadow's from the light taken away

Whitened teeth

Lowered the vignette and midpoint. Also increased exposure.

Vector mask added

Added drop shadow to text

Increased vibrancy and hue. Also added text with drop shadow and a gradient banner at the bottom.

Lists for production of magazine

Actor List
Victoria Yee
Lucy Cashman
Costume List
Lucy:
Blue shirt, black leggings, black leather boots and big gold earrings.
Victoria:
Outfit 1: Checked shirt, leggings and black boots.
Outfit 2: Sequin dress.
Venue List
2 Aragon close
55 Hall Lane

Production log

Mock photographs

Photoshop practices

 

These are my Photoshop practices in which I had to build on my skills for my music magazine. 

Music magazine mock ups

I will create mock ups for my music magazine including a front cover, contents page and double page spread. The mocks up will probably change overtime due to using Photoshop and transforming my ideas.

Front cover

Contents page

Double page spread

I have chosen all of the mock ups to be in a simple style as it will draw more focus to the image. In my opinion, I think too many magazine features looks tasteless and out dated, therefore have only put a minimum amount.

Risk Assessment and venue relsease forms

Risk Assessment form

People at risk form

Contributors release form

Contributors release form

Analysis of 2 double page spreads

Here I will analyse 2 double page spreads, in which one will be of my chosen genre.

These two images are of a double page spread of Rihanna in Q magazine, my chosen genre

These two images are of a double page spread of Arctic monkeys in NME

Analysis of 2 content's pages

Here I will be analysing 2 content's pages, which one will be of my chosen genre.



Vibe magazine content's page, my chosen genre



Kerrang's contents page











College contents page mock up

This is my mock up of the contents page for my college magazine. I have involved the house style colour scheme of blue and white font so it coincides with the logo. Features I involved was headers,a school motto, images and captions, head teach comment and a features column. 

Questionnaire results

For my questionnaire, I got 22 responses.

These results are from people who answered yes.

These answers are from people who answered no.

These are the number of daily responses

Analysis of 2 music magazine covers

I will be analysing 2 genre music magazine covers, of which one will be my chosen genre.
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Analysis of VIBe magazine, closely associated with R&B

Analysis of NME magazine, closely associated with punk rock.

Charter of values

This is the Deyes High School charter of values, it involves a set of characteristics and traits that Deyes wish for every student to obtain. These include; Commitment, kindness, a forgiving attitude, value & respect all people, trust, to be responsible for your own actions, enthusiasm, honesty, co-operation, respect all peoples property and fairness. 

This comes along with a motto of 'Our values develop good citizens', this links in with ideology of how it is a system of values, beliefs and aspirations that are aimed at a specific group.

This charter of values is important because it reflects on how other people see them as a whole school, it leads students to be a better person. 

Genre choice

The choice of my genre is contemporary r&b, artists like Beyonce, Rihanna, Usher and many more alike are seen to be under this category. In the 2000's, the influence of r&b and hip hop together started to get recognition and became more popular. R&B was based on rhythm and hip hop relied on more hardcore and soulful urban, in which both genres lacked these qualities of the opposition and together created a new sound. The rhythmic aspect descended from new jack swing which was popular from late 1980's to mid 1990's, new jack swing is a fusion genre which includes dance-pop, house, funk, R&B, swing, hip hop, motown and soul. 

Like contemporary R&B, new jack swing developed by integrating new and old styles. The main reason for genres to be involved in other categories to produce a new genre is because when a genre appears to be separate, then artists are often left out if they are influenced by two or more genres. 

For example, Rihanna has a fusion of r&b, reggae, pop, dance and urban pop.

Ne-yo has a fusion of r&b, pop, dance, soul and hip hop.
Each artist can make their own statement through what fusions they reflect in their music, making everyone individual and unique.

Examples of fusions 

Hip-hop soul= hip hop + soul (artist example, Ne-Yo)

Crunk= rap + electro (artist example, T-pain)

Alternative metal= alternative rock + heavy metal (artist example, Slipknot)

Jay-Z and Beyonce 

Beyonce is a great example for contemporary R&B. She is the third most honoured woman and is the most nominated in Grammy history, with 16 awards and 42 nominations. Overall she has received 214 nominations and won 123 worldwide. 

Her latest album 'I am... Sasha Fierce' sold six million copies worldwide and over 15 million digitally worldwide. In the 52nd Grammy awards (2010), the album received 8 nominations and won 5 including 'Best contemporary R&B album'; Beyonce has won best contemporary R&B album in 2004 and 2007 as well. Her influences for 'I am... Sasha Fierce' were husband Jay-Z and Etta James.

Ideology

Ideology is a system of value, beliefs or ideas that reflects on social needs and aspirations which is common to a specific group of people. Each magazine has an image they want the audience that read it to portray, for example 'The Elle reader is spirited, stylish and intelligent; she expects to be successful at everything she does. She takes the lead and breaks the rules.'
The ideology for Kerrang magazine is for their audience to 'Break the mould' and are seen as unique individuals. Sometimes this can influence the audience to be proud of a certain ideology or play off it like a Kerrang reader 'breaks the mould' then this can reflect on a person being rebellious and defiant and the audience wanting to strive to be like this. Ideology can change society or adherence to ideas of conformity. 

College magazine front cover

This is my mock up of the Deyes High School magazine, I stuck with the schools colour scheme of blue, red and white to make it have a recognisable house style which is what the original lacked. For example the background and text boxes are blue and the puff is red which relate to the school's logo. I combined more magazine features within the cover like puffs, motto's, tag lines etc. to make it seem interesting and have an entertaining concept.

 Changes I made in the magazine compared to the mock up was that I decided to not have a features section as it looked cluttered with information and I thought less would make it look sleek and modern. The headline, tag line and captions, in my opinion are self explanatory in telling the features of the magazine to entice the reader. The second alteration was a minor layout feature in which I had the headline and tag line to be in the same auto shape so the cover looked more composed than detached. 

I made sure that my images were all equal size and aligned together to relate to the headline and tag line as it says 'new improvements!', the audience may wonder what improvements and need the images to attract them to read on further. I used the 'rule of thirds' when taking my images as the eye is naturally drawn 2/3's up a photo and therefore I tried to make sure that my composition was balanced to be appealing. I also had to make sure the images were medium shots (waist up).

Unlike the two school magazines that I analysed, this cover's texts are the same font (Georgia), in which I think it gives a professional sense to it than being separate. I made important text features in bold to stand out like the masthead, headline, and motto whilst captions and the tag line weren't as they were just extra information that the reader may or may not need to persuade them to read. The headline I used was 'New year, New improvements!' in which I repeated the word 'new' to make it seem exciting to make the reader seem excited and the motto was 'care-courtesy-common sense' which uses the rule of three in to which is sticks in the audience's minds.

Mood board

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This is my mood board for my music magazine, I have included artists such as Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Rihanna and more who are seen to be included in the genre of contemporary R&B, which is a fusion of different genres put together, this includes R&B, pop, hip hop, soul and funk. Such genre doesn't have a magazine to represent them, in which I think would be popular if there was to be as it in the chart. Not all the images are to do with music artists, but mise-en-scene for my photo shoot like costumes, props, set designs and more. This mood board of artists and mise-en-scene gives a sense to be stylish and fun, in which I hope to attempt on my magazine cover.