Monday, 31 October 2011
Main Task: Introduction
I'm Sharon and I'm an AS student studying at Christ The King Sixth Form College. I am taking AS media in which I have just been given the task of my main coursework, I will have to produce my own Music Magazine. Along with this, I must also include a front page, contents page and a double page spread.
The music magazine that i will produce is 50% of my coursework. All 3 tasks that I will complete for this coursework is out of 20 marks each. Therefore I will try and complete the magazine to a high standard so I can gain extra marks.
When doing this task I will have to do a range of planning and research which some consist of:
Magazine Conventions Diagrams-These will be my drawings/sketches of what my magazine's final outcome would be like. Or some ideas to help me plan out what the final design would be.
Audience Research- I will ask my target audience what type of things they would like to see published in the magazine. I will ask them by using social networking.
Magazine Mock Ups- For this I would have to design diferent styles in which I could design my magazine. It has to include, a masthead design, character positions, overall colour schemes, and positioning of cover lines.
Mood Board-For this, I would have to create very similar to a collage which is a range of pictures on one page which would help me to design the music magazine. It will help me to develop and gain ideas for the final outcome.
Unmanipulated Photos-These will be the photos that have not been edited, the ones that were taken in the studio.
Main Task: Front Cover Textual Analysis
Denotation
This magazine cover is brightly coloured with the subject (Justin Bieber) looking towards the camera. The shot taken is a medium long shot as it is showing everything apart from his feet, lower leg. In this shot he is standing upright but the shot taken was at an angle. The background is vividly coloured, using green, red and white stripes.
Masthead
The masthead is placed behind his head. It is easy to read as it is in a bold font. No editing techniques were used on the masthead as it is already bold. The letter o's are coloured in yellow as this must be the company's logo-the title. The word 'Billboard' is the company of a magazine brand, they cover many celebrities of all different genre's of music.
Character/Composition/Costume/Mis en Scene
The boy on the magazine cover is the singing teen pop sensation Justin Bieber, Justin is standing quite firm looking towards the camera. His clothing is linked to also his body language. He is wearing a white shirt with buttons, light beige chinos (with his hands in his pockets) and a jean/cowboy style waistcoat. The audience for this magazine would be teen girls as Justin Bieber is on the cover of the magazine.
Justin is not smiling in the shot, just looking at the camera which gives him a more edgy look. Lighting used here is high key because the background and the picture of Justin himself if very bright. Taken in a high lit area.
There is no setting on this cover as the background is of the bright colours.
Cover Lines
There are many cover lines on this particular magazine cover. They connote different things. Each of the cover lines are within the stripes of the background image. The main cover line, is of course about Justin Bieber who is on the front cover. This cover line takes up the whole chest area of him on the magazine cover. The cover line says 'Justin Bieber' and a little line about his christmas album underneath it.
Not all of the cover lines connotes to the music industry, they come across different aspects like technology, film and TV.
The way the cover lines are written are, in different fonts and sizes. The most important would be biggest and the least important smallest.
Target Audience
I think the target audience would be teen girls aged (12-19) as Justin Bieber has millions of fans and want to know everything about him. Which is why I think this is the main target audience for this magazine. The target auidence would most likely know a great deal about Justin or want to know more about him and his christmas album which was released not long ago.
Dateline/Barcode
This was published on the bottom right hand corner of the magazine. The barcode is placed on the bottom left hand corner of the magazine.
Selling Line
I think the selling line for this magazine would be the main cover line which says Justin Bieber as it would immediately appeal to the target audience.
Website Link
This is placed at the very bottom of the magazine in a green font.
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