Tuesday 21 January 2014

Prelim work

How does your prelim represent particular social groups?
My prelim aims at sixth formers by including them on the cover, the use of questions to grab their attention "Harry talks about sixth form", as well as the use of a student on the cover.
 Who would be the intended audience for your product?
The intended audience would be sixth form students looking to go university as well as students going into sixth form.
How did you attract/ address your audience?
I addressed my audience with questions, "What options are available to you" and "Stressed about exams?". This attracts the audience as if this I relevant to them they will want to keep reading. Also with eye catching colours that stand out on a white background. 
 What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have become familiar with the camera and have learnt the basics of Photoshop. So I will be able to take a decent picture and be able to edit it on Photoshop using the tools I have learnt.

Friday 17 January 2014

UK tribes auidence profile

http://www.uktribes.com/tribes/young-alts
http://www.uktribes.com/tribes/skaters


I am going to aim my magazine at "Young alts" as well as "Skaters". Young Alts are interested in different music, not mainstream so if I feature experimental bands in my magazine then it could appeal to them, as well as using punk-rock bands for the skaters. although there isn't a set  music scene for skaters, there is a trends of punk and rock throughout. Also the stereotypical look of a skater would be thick skate shoes, baggy or skinny black jeans, baggy t shirt and a beanie. As mentioned in another post about what sort of fashion my audience would be dressed like, this closely relates to what skaters wear.

Language register

The language register for my type of genre, could include guitar terminology such as "Sweet picking", "riffs" and "tabs". These are words which the audience I'm aiming for would probably understand. This is quite informal  language, which is how I would like to speak to my audience.
For example the magazine Kerrang use acronyms, to shorted band names, Fall Out Boy= FOB.
The audience I am aiming for should already know who fall out boy are, so I could use acronyms.

Thursday 16 January 2014

Research of fashion accosiated with genre

Usually the 'Punk' style would stereotypically be a sleeveless leather jacket, with ripped black skinny jeans, tattoos, piercings and a brightly coloured Mohawk.
Because I'm going to be including Pop-Punk and other sub-genres of punk , there will be more different styles. Most of these would be Skinny black jeans, black shirt/ t-shirt and in some cases eyeliner.
Also because my magazine will feature non 'Mainstream' bands, I would also be appealing to Young Alts. Their style would be long bright hair, bright tops and skinny jeans, Young Alts want to stand out.
Here is a typical Young Alt:
Here is Billie Joe from Green Day:

And here is a stereotypical Punk:

The decision of My Magazine Title/ Font analysis.

My magazine will be called "Pariah"
I was unsure about my magazine title font. I could either research into fonts online and then printscreen them and upload it onto my cover or use a font that is already on photoshop.
I could choose a font where its in the style of being an outcast/lawbreaker which would be a graffiti sprayed on look, like this:

or a type writer font, like the perks of being a wallflower movie title. Although my magazine is quite modern, the old fashioned type writer theme would tie in with being different, and alternative. This is an example:



Lastly i could just have a plain bold font . For exapmle arial black.  I do have an idea in mind about having the left side quarter of the page black, then having the title black at the top, but the "P" in PARIAH white. So that the P, stands out. Like Fader magazine but the stripe goes all the way down.



REFRENCES:
PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER:
FADER:


Existing titles


What we have to actually do


Tuesday 14 January 2014

Analysis into One Magazine cover




Masthead: The mast head goes under the main and only image, and it uses a 'classical' type of font with a old style border. The border itself is a faded golden colour, which still goes with the theme of old and classical. The masthead's colour is white which on a black background makes it stand out, as well as its large font size. The magazine name "Classic rock' goes along with the style the front cover is. The word 'rock' is a lot larger which draws attention to it, as well as having the black background. The 'classical' is in-between the 'R' and the 'K' on rock. This makes it noticeable and still draws attention to the top of the page.


Cover Lines : The cover lines are above 'Black Sabbath' on the left, it looks like the same font as the black Sabbath, and its also in the same colour this makes it stand out, but because of its size it doesn't immediately draw attention to it.


Main cover line: The main cover line is surrounded by the border which is the same as the 'black Sabbath'  writing so it is still in the theme of old fashioned. 'THE FINAL INTERVIEW?' is in all capitals as well as being bold and in red, this will make it stand out as it is a different colour to the rest of the cover.
Banner: This magazine doesn't have a banner, this will be because the magazine is all about one band.

Layering: There are 7 layers in the cover of this magazine, with the 'Black Sabbath' writing going over their photo. As well as the Stamp with 'New interviews' on it.


Main Image: The main image is the band black Sabbath wearing suits, and old fashioned clothing. This still goes with the theme of being old fashioned, could connote that they are finishing because they are old fashioned.


Colour pallet: The colour pallet is predominately black and white, with some red included. The black is used for the background while the white is used to contrast it with the text. The red is used to include other information.

Magazines That I Like

I like this cover photo because the background colour is white and it makes the band stand out a lot more because they are wearing black.  Also because the band is covering the majority of the page, and there is not a lot more information on other bands.



 

I like this cover because the  background colour is black and the title is in the middle surrounded by pictures of artists, so the attention is on the title not the artists. Also because they are not only focusing on one band they are spreading across 5, on the cover.
 



I like this because the colour along the left side of the page matches the girls hair. As well as the bands font being orange, also other bands being on the side it doesn't clog up the page.

 


I like this cover because the main focus is one person, and the use of a neutral colour for the background makes him stand out wearing a darker colour shirt. Also how other bands are mentioned but surrounded by a yellow ‘Highlight’. This makes them stand out, but the focus is still on the Billie Joe.