Evaluation: Question Seven

• My college magazine has lots of empty spaces
• The picture only takes up a small amount of the page
• There are no real editing techniques used, other than the cutting around my model
• The layout of the story previews are very basic

• My music magazine makes the most of the space
• There have been different techniques used, such as putting the heads of my model over the masthead, and adding lines for effect
• Each story featured on the front page is presented differently
• Different pictures have been used to represent my stories

• For my college contents, I used inDesign
• Everything seems very disorientated
• The contents are not grouped together
• There is only a limited amount of articles
• There is no director - reader connection
• There is a constant house style between front page and contents

• Everything links together and is a useful and vital part of my magazine as a whole
• There is a director's note, as well as a 'contact us' bar to allow connection between director and readers
• The contents are split into different sections, to make it easier to navigate
• There is a large range of articles

Evaluation: Question Six

I used blogger to record my progress with my magazine. It was good because it meant I could see my progress in front of me, and all my notes in regards to research were all in one place. People can also comment, which was useful for audience feedback

I used an iMac to produce all of my work. It was more useful than a pc as imacs are designed specifically for creative use.

I used ishowu to record elements of what I have learned during this task

Prezi is a good method of storing information in a presentable way. My prezis helped me to stay focused on what I had to do with my magazine

Photoshop was the program I used to create my magazine front page, contents page and double page spread. It's a great program as there is so much you can do with it, and I feel it was the best program I could've used in the editing of pictures and creation of my magazine

Evaluation: Question Five

How did you attract/address your audience? on Prezi

Evaluation: Question Four

Who are your audience? Why?

Kelly is a typical member of my target audience because she loves the music featured. She's the sort of person where the music she listens to forms part of a soundtrack to her life and defines her completely. Because of this, music is more than just listening to tracks to her. She loves knowing interesting facts about her favourite bands, and has been to so many gigs and signings that she could probably write a biography about some of her favourite indie stars.

Evaluation: Question Three

How would I distribute my magazine?, a photo by TashTash2410 on Flickr.

Evaluation: Question Three

How is Q magazine distributed?, a photo by TashTash2410 on Flickr.

Evaluation: Question Three

What is magazine distribution?, a photo by TashTash2410 on Flickr.

Evaluation: Question Two

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My magazine

NME magazine

• Both pictures have backgrounds
• Similar clothing shows that they are both of a similar genre
• All models are stood, and casually posing
• Nothing too extortionate has been used in regards to mise en scene
• The closeness of the models on both shows a positive relationship
• Not all models on my magazine are looking into the camera - this shows attitude, and makes my magazine more suited to its audience
• The facial expressions of models on my magazine are much more lighthearted - this shows the casual nature of the story attached
• With NME, there is an obvious main focus in the picture, where as with my models, they are equal

Evaluation: Question One

In what ways does your magazine use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Evaluation: Question One

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Research and Planning: Final Pieces REVISED

Research and Planning: Final Pieces

Research and Planning: Double page spread and Contents Photoshoot 21/03

Research and Planning: Front page and contents photoshoot

To fill the spaces on my front page and contents page, I have taken some more photos.
These are below:

Research and Planning: Front page and Contents page progress so far

Research and Planning: Changes to my front cover

Originally, I planned to use this photo for my front page. However, looking at it again, I decided the photo I used for my double page would work better. So I swapped them around:

My front page evolved into this

And my double page now looks like this.

Work still needs to be done on my front page.

Research and Planning: Magazine name

When designing the front cover, I decided 'Philosophy' is not a word that suits the overall feel of the magazine. With my tutor, and a friend, we mind mapped other ideas, linking indie music to University, upper class living, and easy listening.

New names we thought of are:

Balance
Epic
Classic
Sound
Noise
Campus
Majesty

Research and Planning: Double Page Spread Progress

I have now completed my second draft of my double page spread, and am happy with my progress. My double page spread has gone from this:

to this!

Research and Planning: Interview Material 2

Below is the new interview for my double page spread:

“Hey guys! It’s good to see you. How’ve you been?”

Daniel: Honestly? We’re the best we have been in a while. A lot has changed since the last single.

“That’s good to hear. What’ve you been up to
recently?”

Danny: We’ve been so busy with everything. We’ve just come back from what I’d call a well deserved break in LA, where we spent a lot of time writing and laying down tracks for the new album. It’s just been finished actually, and I can’t wait for the release.

Niall: The album’s taken up a lot of our time, but it’s been great, because it’s all us. There’s a combination of Arterix’ love, blood, sweat and tears been put into it, but it’s been worth it because the album defines Arterix, and what we’re all about completely.

“Have you found it difficult being without a record label?”

Danny: No, not at all. It’s been an amazing experience for us, actually. We’ve learned a hell of a lot about what the processes behind the scenes when making an album, and we’ve been able to do them ourselves this time round, our way, which is very new to us.

“Fantastic. And you’ve got a tour coming up soon, haven’t you?”

Niall: Yep. Our first ever arena tour. Arterix are getting big this year! There’s been no limits to what we can do, and we’ve really made the most of it.

Daniel: The nicest thing about it though is that whilst we’re getting bigger and bigger with everything we do, we’re still able to keep in touch with fans personally. We run our own fan base, and always go out to local bars and clubs after gigs if we can, so fans can come along if they want to.

“It’s all about Arterix right now, isn’t it! What do you get up to when you’re not with the band?”

Daniel: We’ve all got girlfriends,so we spend a lot of time with them.

Niall: Yeah. At the same time though, the three of us are really good friends, and so are our girlfriends, so we spend a lot of time together at each other’s houses or out and about. A few of our songs are based on the times we’ve had together.

“You worked with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin on the new album, didn’t you? How was that?”

Daniel: Yeah, working with Chris has been great. He’s always been an inspiration to us, so to have the opportunity to work with him has been really good. It’s been quite an eye opening experience as well, to look at how far we’ve come since we were all practicing in Niall’s garage two years ago.

“Who else do you see as inspirations, both personally and to the band?”

Danny: Jimi Hendrix is definitely one of mine. He’s considered one of the best electric guitar players of all time, and I can definitely see why. My Dad loves him, and as a kid I spent a lot of time listening to his stuff.

Research and Planning: Re-creating my double page spread 1

Today I have started the recreation of my double page spread. This is my progress:

Research and Planning: Double page spread peer comments

Above is my first draft for my double page spread. I showed it to my peers, and the feedback I received is as follows:

- Too much white
- Maybe add a blurb to photos
- Professional lay out
- More colour needed
- Main photo is attention grabber
- Put questions in a different colour
- Add a subheading to top of page - what type of article is it?
- Add a substory under the heading
- Story and pictures must be linked
- Layout should be symetrical
- 3 columns per page
- Check columns are all the same size

Because of all the improvements that have been suggested, I am going to re-do my double page spread, starting from scratch.