front cover picture

For my front cover picture i am going to take a picture of my and my brother together. The reason i am doing this is because th two stories im the magzine are going to be about me and my brother who is the made up rap star (D-BUDZ).

My double page

I am going to put an interview on my double page. it is going to be an interview of my made up rapper- Dbudz. The reason i am doing this is because a lot of music magazines have interview on their double pages.

PLANNING MY PICTURES

I have planned my pictures. I have decided to take pictures outside School because i can not take them in school due to the fact that i am always in school uniform and i never have clothes. also i have decide about the range distance for my pictures.

I am going to take 3 pictures of myself, two of those pictures will be medium shots and the one will be a medium close up of my body and face to show what i am wearing.

I am also going to take another 5 pictures of my friends and my brother. three of those pictures will be of my brother. i will take 2 medium shots and i close up of his face. the other two of the pictures will be two of my friends who will be taken together and it will be a medium shot. the reason i am taking both of them is because they are going to be as if they are celebrities.

change to the name of my title

I have decided to change the name of my title form true religion music to true rap. The reason i have done this is because, true religion sounds like the fashion designer. Also my audiance could get confused about the magazine. So my new mane for my magazine is TRUE RAP.

Language

It is important to have the apropriate language for my music magazine. I am going to use a lot of slang but my language will also be appropraite. It will be a mix of inaprpriate and apropriate. The reason i am doing this is to appeal both the young and old.

FRONT COVER DRAFT

This is my front cover draft. It is not my real magazine front cover, it is just an experiment

My tagline

i have been thinkin of my tagline and i have come up with

THE REALLESS RAPPERS IN THE GAME

This tagline is catchy and it links to my magazine because the magazine is about rap stars. i have also asked a lot of people waht they think about the tagline and they agreed with it.

My title for my magazine

after caring out a survey to investigate the most popular titles. i ahve come to a final decision of:

True Religion Music to be the title for my music magazine.

this is a pie chart showing how many votes i got for each title and whichg title got the most votes.

WHY PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO READ MY MAGAZINE

People would want to read about my magazine because it will have exclusive information on new rap stars in the music industry and it show them the lastest and hotest fashoin out now. it will also be an escapism from the stress from their daily life it will be a magazine that makes them happy and keep them ahead of everyone else. also my reader will never feel alone when hes/her freinds are are talking about rapstars and new fashion.

Aplying and using grattification theory to the main task

Use and gratification theory of the audience explains the use of media in terms of the gratification of the social or the psychological needs of the individual.

right now there isn't any information provided about my artist or band but it is something that i am thinking about and it is something that I'm thinking on how to use it in my music magazine.

in terms of the reader, he/she will like my magazine because they will be reading about the music they enjoy or they will be reading about something that they have in common. there would be something within the magazine that would apply, relate or be of interest to them.

My music will have a sense of belonging in the community because a lot of people enjoy listening to rap, and if the don't, they will have something in common with my magazine.

Ideal Reader

He is my ideal reader. He is 19 and he enjoys reading music magazines,hip hop music magazines and Reggae music magazines. He would like to read about Rap Stars hip hop stars Reggae musicians. he would also  like to read about new fashion, and whats hot in the industry. he would also like to read about new upcoming rap stars. his favourite rapper is Lil Wayne. he would enjoy knowing more about Lil Wayne and if he has any concerts in London.

Target audiance

I am aiming for the ages of 18 to 25. the reason i have chosen these ages is because my music magazine is going to very mature and young people will not understand my magazine. the magazine will have a lot of messeges and a lot of writting but it will also include a lot of pictures. I am also going to do a lot of research to find out what my target audiance will want to read about.

Choosing the title for music magazine

I have come up with four titles for y magazine but i can only use one. I am going to do a survey to see which is the most popular name. The reason i am doing a survey is because i cant choose the name myself because some people might not agree with my title and my music magazine will not appeal to my audience. I am going to use Facebook MSN and a tally chat to see which name is the most popular.
The names are:
True religion Music
Black step Music magazine
Hip Hop Economics Music magazine
Forgotten message's Music magazine

research on music magazines

I have found a few magazines on the internet that are good examples. These music magazines that i have chosen are convesional and they will help me a lot towards designing my own music magazine. They have also showed me why people are interested in them.

Music Magazine

For my next task I have to design my own music magazine. It is going to be the same as my college magazine because i have to use my own pictures and ideas, I cant use other pictures that I have not taken or pictures from the Internet. I am going to research on music magazines and find conversional ones.

My College Magazine

This is my final Draft of my college magazine. I changed the name from art vibe to oxfrod art college but my tagline stayed the same ARTISTIC ABOUT LEARNING.

Homework

Write notes on teo types of magazines
image- what sort of image is used
text- copy and sell line
masthead- layout
contents- whats inside

Completed my preliminary

I have finally completed my preliminary. It has taken a few weeks but i have managed to hand it in on time and i haven't missed the deadline. This preliminary task has helped me learn a lot, i have learnt a lot from this. before i could barely use photo shop but through the preliminary i have learnt how to use it. know i can use photo shop without asking for help. I have also learnt a lot about the media and read the media. all those things have helped a lot and helped me understand my course.

Changes to my magazine

I have changed a few things while designing my magazine. I have decided to change the name and the style. The name for my magazine will now be Oxford Art College. I have also decided that i am going to take a serious approach towards my audience. the reason i changed the style from cool young and soft to serious hard working is because the pictures i had taken for my magazine i was wearing a school uniform so i wouldnt be able to do m previous thoughts of my magazine.

Convensions

I need to consider the type of language i am going to use for example, my art college magazine is going to include slang to because of the audience i am trying to attract, but i were to make a science magazine i would have to use appropriate language because of the audience i would want to attract.

My writing is going to be mixed, i am going to include informal and formal language. i will use slang for example, my title (Art Vibe Art College) that is informal language.

My magazine is going to be humorous because i am trying to attract teenagers so if it is to be serious no one would read my magazine.

Denotation and Anotation (my lesson)

 My lesson objective was to understand what denotation and annotation meant. also i needed to be able to identify how it underlines narrative and representational issues.
I also learnt that according to Roland Barthes we, the 'reader' go through various stages when we deconstruct the meaning of a sign.

Denotation is the first simplest level of meaning of an image, example
an island could mean peace or loneliness.

My Questionnaire

This is my questionnaire. I asked students in my media class to answear the questions. This is going to help me improve my magazine.


I asked students to circle four things that they would want to read about in the magazine. 15 students answeard my questionair and the most popular choices were

• Famous artists working with the college students
• Competitions
• Trips to museams or art gallaries
• Art by the students in the magazine

Out of all the six things i put on the questionair they chose those four. Those are the four things i am going to  put in my art magazine. As well as those four things i asked if they wanted to see other things in the magazine and they wrote they want to see pictures

Pictures ive taken for my college art magazine

 

These are the pictures i took for my magazine. I am going to use them for my magazine. I will probably change them but for now i am going to use them and see if i can improve on them. These are some of my pictures.

Identifiying my ideal reader

Today i was researching on how I'm am going to present my college magazine. I was looking on what age i am going to attract and how attractive my magazine is. I looked at a few magazines, for example Rock star magazine. i looked just at the front cover and stereotypically suggested that young single university students would read this magazine and they are not very rich . i had a few questions to answear, for example, what breakfast do they eat, and i wrote they eat left over takeaways because its quick and easy and it tastes good. for my magazine i am going to target the ages between 16 to 20. the reason is, i want to target older students and young students at the same time. the people who are going to read my magazine will probably be middle class and working class or working lower middle class. I want to target ordinary people who love art and have a passion for it.

Representation for an adiance (research)

My objective was to understand how a Media text can create representations for an audience. My other objective was to understand how gender maybe represented by a media text.

What is representation?
A representation is the way that media represents individuals, groups events and issues. Also media institutions use stereotypes because the audience will quickly understand  them. Also stereotypes are repeated so often that we assume they're true.

Archetype- the ultimate stereotype
Countrype- the opposite of stereotypes and archetype.  representation that challenges tradition.

Film poster research

 Today i researched on film posters. I look at how their presented.  The main character (Zack Efron) looks very stereotypical. He looks like a rich and spoilt teenager. Also you can see why the movie is called seventeen again because he right foot has got a mature shoe compared to his other foot which has got a trainer, and theirs trousers on the floor and a suite case.

the title is at the bottom of the poster which is not very conventional compared to other movie posters. also the background doesn't look very interesting, it is just plain and simple which is boring. Also the tag line is where the title should be which is very different and odd.

Target audiance

My target audiance will be college students who are the age of 16 to 19. Also other target audiance are teahers. I am going to try and attract all these poeple to read my magazine. I have to think about what they are interested in and what they are not.

Ready to take my pictures for my magazine

i am now ready to take pictures for my magazine. i am going to take pictures in the art room of students doing their work. i am also going to take pictures of art teachers holding up their best art. i am also going to take epictures of myself paining a blank canvas. iu will take severel more pictures aound the art rooms. i will then make my first magazine draft.

Example for my college magazine(research for my magazine)

 I found a school art magazine on the internet on google. this magazine looks really good and i could use this magazine to better my college magazine. (this is not my magazine)

Learning more on photoshop (title tryout)

I was learning more about photoshop and how i could do my magazine title and frontpage. Its not my real cover or my title but its helping me know more about photoshop. Leave a comment.

MY first draft of my title

This is my title for my magazine. I will ask the class what they think about it and what i should improve on.

My results from my tally of titles for my magazine

this is my pie chat to show the votes each of the magazine titles got

RESEARCH FOR WHICH NAME SOUNDS GOOD FOR THE MAGAZINE

23/09/10
I have just done a tally to see which name for my magazine was most popular.I asked students in my year which name they preferd. i had 5 names for my magazine. They were:

1. White board 0
2. Art vibe    17
3. White boat  0
4. D.P.A       2
5. Airbrush    11

The most popular one was Art vibe. Students said they liked the name because it sounds cool and you could read it while relaxing because of the name. They said it also sounded different to other names because it didnt sound so serious.
My name for my magazine is going to be Art vibe

What students might want to read in my magazine

23/09/10
Students might want to read about what the graduation party will include and where its going to be held. Prizes at the end of the year for students who have achieved the most. what trips they might take during the year. if there are going to be new art rooms available. If famous artists will visit the collage and teach the students a thing or two.

My tites for my school magazines

23/09/10
I have come up with a few titles for my school magazine. i havent yet decided on which title im going to use. i think i will decide my title next lesson, i will have time to think well about the title im going to choose. my titles are:
whiteboard art collage magazine
white boat art collage magazine
Dipingere pennello art collage
Art vibe collage

i will also do a tally chat to see which title is more popular between students

MY FIRST RESEARCH

Today i started thinking about my school magazine title. i also research on other school magazines on the internet and collected some from my school. They have given me an idea on how to design my school magazine.