Lesson 29.2.12

In todays lesson I have finished off my feedback evaluation and put it onto my blog. I have also uploading my 5 evaluation questions to scribd and started to put them onto my blog.
For my magazine I have partly cut out 2 pictures, both for my contents page. I plan to finish cutting these out next lesson and start to put wording into my contents page.

Magazine cover improvements

After recieving feedback on my magazine cover, I realised that there are a lot of improvements that can be made to all concepts of my magazine
Firstly, the front cover needs more adding to. For example, there needs to be a bar code and the date on there somewhere. I also think the main writing such as the masthead needs to stand out more, as it blends in with a lot of other text. I also need to think of using 2 or 3 more different fonts in order to make my magazine stand out and look different.
On my contents page I also need to change fonts of the heading a numbers. I also will be changing my pictures and adding more pictures, in order to give a better feel to what type on genre of music I am trying to get across. Size of the text will also need to be change so everything is similar.
My DPS was something I liked, but need to change my image and maybe add more images, so it again relates to my genre of music. The places of the text also need to be changed as some of it blends in, and some text doesn't quite match the picture.

Teacher feedback (Magazine)

Teacher Feedback for Magazine

Draft Magazine shots

 These are some images I have took in order to place in my final magazine. They will be edited in Photoshop, and are photos for my front cover and double-page spread.

Draft Magazine

These draft covers are what I would like my final piece to look similar to, however I am using a female for the pictures instead of a male, just did not have the right resources or time to take these pictures.

Magazine Genre

These are magazines which have inspired me as to how I want magazine. These show my genre (indie/rock) and the kind of style which I plan to do my magazine. The masthead from these is what inspired me to do mine, however mine will be different due to colour and fonts. Most of these have a mid-shot image in the middle of the page, and I'm doing a full body shot, but also doing mine in the middle of the page.

Colour pallette ideas

Colour Palettes

Title of magazine

AIM
The title I chose for my magazine is AIM. I chose this as it stands for Alternative Indie Music, which could be wrote underneath it on my front cover. I feel that this name is catchy and matches the indie genre, with a short, snappy title.

Font ideas

Here are some examples of fonts which I found. I decided that I would do 2 or 3 fonts on the front cover, and continue with them throughout all my magazine articles. The coverheads will be simple, maybe the 'Rockwell' font or a simple 'Arial'. For the masthead the font is obviously going to be large and I want it to stand out, so I shall use a font similar to the 'Tragic' one to make it different from others

Draft article

Lillia Dunkley - 'If you asked me a year ago what I'd be doing now, I'd of said still playing in pubs and stacking shelves at Tesco' 


The new indie youngstar has hit the UK with a bang in the past few weeks, and her fame seems to of only just begun..
After releasing her debut song 'Fear Not' just over 6 months ago, Britain seems to of taken an instant liking to her, and say they cannot wait to hear more. AIM got in touch with her last week to see how she's handling the new fame, and how she managed to get so well known, is so little time!

Its nice to finally see the face which everyone has been hyping about in the last few months! It must of all come to a massive shock to you?
Haha, I have to say this was the last thing I expected. Even after the debut song I never expected it to get this well known, and never expected to be asked for autographs and pictures everywhere I go! I was still playing in my own local pub just over a year ago!

Lets just hope you can live up to these expectations that people now have of you hey?! What more can we expect from you in the next year or so?
I'll try my best! Well, I've recently found the time to start working on an album. It may take sometime to be released to the public, but I just want to perfect it so I can give my fans what they deserve! I do however have a new single coming out soon which has already been made, just a teaser for the people before the real thing comes out!

Can't wait to hear it myself! How did the whole interest in music and wanting to become an artist come about in the first place? When did you realise you had such talent?!
Well my mother and father always had a massive love or music, and were both massive fans of The Beatles, who I seemed to grow up listening to everyday! At the young age of 9 my father taught me how to play some simple things on the guitar, and then by 13 I was fluently playing the guitar and singing! My mother first realised my talent then, and thought it would be a good idea to upload some of my music to YouTube, which clearly turned out to be a very good idea!

You mum deserves a massive thank-you then! Well unfortunately that's all we have time for this week. We would be delighted if we could speak to you in the near future after the album is out
She definitely does! Thanks a lot, yes feel free to get in touch whenever you want.  

Typical Reader Profile

This is Seb Harrington, he is a 16 year old male. I chose him as a typical reader for my magazine as I know him well personally, and feel that he could relate to my magazine, and would be the exact type of person to want to read it. He keeps up with the up to date, non mainstream music and has a subscription to the NME magazine, but feels that more could be offered to the magazine and it could be changed a little, which is what my magazine would do. He also likes to read magazines such as Kerrang, Q and Rolling Stone. Seb likes a wide variety of music, including bands and artist such as Foals, The Stroke, The Vaccines, The Horrors, Paolo Nutini and The XX. I chose him as my typical reader as he said that he thinks there is a lack of indie music magazines around, and that more are needed so there is a wider variety and something a little different. 

Magazine Publisher

I have chose IPC Media for the publisher of my magazine. This is mainly for the reason that it is the publisher of the NME magazine, which is the magazine that I was most inspired by, and the one which is closest to my magazine genre. I feel IPC Media is a very well-known company, so would be able to publish my magazine in the correct manor, and put it to its full potential. IPC Media also aim there magazine at a very similar target audience as mine (16-26) so I feel that if people knew my magazine was published by them, they would get the concept before they even see the magazine as to what it is about and what kind of age range the magazine is for.

Test Shots

 All of these images represent the ideas I have as to what kind of angle I want my shot for my magazine. I plan to do a full body shot for my front image, whilst a close up for my double page spread. However on my final piece, I plan to use a female for my picture, but didn't have the adequate amount of time to get the person I wanted for the test shots. I also plan to change the lighting on one or two of the pictures slightly, eg. Shadows or a darker background. But due to only being able to do these in school and with a short amount of time, wasn't able to get the shots as good and as close to the real thing as I would of liked them to be.

Mock ups

This is an idea of what I want my magazine, double-page spread and contents page to look like. The front page has a variety of colours and words. There is a simple masthead across the top, and the name of my model straight through the middle. I have also involved band names, to give an insite as to what will be inside my magazine. My double-page spread will have one large picture covering the whole of the left hand side of the page, and I have spoke about how I want this picture in my pitch evaluation. My contents includes a lot of information and will include 2/3 pictures of different shots of people and festival/gigs. The contents page will be very crowded as I feel that is a concept of the indie genre magazines that are already out, and feel that it gives it a good affect.