Research: Magazine Front Cover Analyse 2

What is being represented? How is it being represented?
The style and presence that Drake has, this is by the black and white and then his name in a contrasting gold colour which also shows his importance. The issue is also the 150th of the magazine which means they want to have a high profile artist on the cover.

How is the representation made to seem 'true', 'commonsense' or 'natural'?
It is made to seem a mix of all of the factors as the black and white but also the look he is giving is a natural look.

What is Foregrounded and what is Backgrounded? Are there any noticeable absences?
The photo is Foregrounded and the Masthead is in the Background, there isn't any noticeable absences.

Whose representation is it? Whose interests does it reflect? How do you know?
I think Dyer isn't being represented as Drake isn't acting and is natural arrogant, and will all ways try to look his best.

At whom is this representation targeted? The representation is targeted a very teen audience but also targeted at a mixed sex.

What does the Representation mean to you? To me is means that drake is the best and that he's used as a special occasion.

How does people make sense of it? Its quite a simple Front Cover to understand with as the Masthead is the same and the Title is the name of the artist 'Drake'.


What I would include in my magazine from this:

- I like the colour scheme that the front cover has, also the fact that the masthead is the in the regular colour helps to show it's importance.

Research: Magazine Front Cover Analysis 1

Does the image relate to the headline? How? How big is the image? The headline will relate to a certain type of music

Is the model(s) looking in to the camera? Yes

If one person, what is the pose? What is the shot type? It's a close up, with the person looking straight
faced into the camera

Has the photo been manipulated? If so, how? Is the picture sharp and clear? The photo has been used to high light Kanye West, the photo is very clear

How much of the image is covered by text? The image is on top of any text as it is the main feature

Is the background in focus? Is the background cluttered? The back ground is empty and Blank

Is the image black and white or colour or both? The image is in colour

What is the model wearing that represents the genre? How does the clothing appeal to the TA?
The clothing isn't very visible as it is a close up shot

Is the photo taken in  studio or location? Studio

What Props are included? Non

Music Mags are constantly being reinvented to attract the TA. Does this follow the convention or is it something new? This is quite Conventional as it is just a simple photo

Which elements do you Particularly like about the Mag and which might you use? I like the fact the photo is the centre and not event the title of the Mag gets in the way

What is the Most outstanding Feature? The importance of the Photo which even over powers the title of the Mag

Where on the page is the masthead? What colour is the Masthead? How much of the page does it occupy? The masthead is at a the top of the page and is a light blue colour the title takes up to 1 fifth to 1 quarter

Is the masthead font serif or san serif? Would i us it? The masthead is San serif and i would consider using it

How many cover stories are there on the front cover? 8-9

Are they are all the same font style? Are they all the same size? Font is different styles for different stores and also different styles

How does the font represent the genre? How does the font appeal to the TA? The font is very clean and simple which is used for many different genres not just a specific genre

Are there any banners? Are the Banners semi-transparent? There isn't a banner but there is a stretch of right that could represent a banner

What is the main colour scheme?  Are there any colour that you might be the house style? What do you think makes the house style?  That remain colour scheme is blue, pink and white.

Is the Mag intended to appeal to a Male or Female TA? How do you know this? The Mag is intended to a Male and Female as it is a popular artist on the cover that appeals to both Male and Female

Does the Mag have a slogan? No

Is there a sell line?-

How does the Mag front cover connote the Mag quality? High Quality



What I would include in my magazine from this:
-The way the cover star is seen as the most important thing on the front cover

Evaluation of key skills

Mac's- This is my first experience with a mac and not a normal PC, i find them more clean and easier to use than a normal PC. But i still have a lot more to learn about the Mac's as i have only been working with them for the matter of a couple of weeks. 

Cameras/Photography- Unlike my experience with Mac's or should I say lack of it, I have used cameras in the past to take photographs before, and I would like to say I can take a good photo; but again i still have a lot to learn about them and news techniques to pick up and use. 

Adobe Elements 11- My skills in the past on adobe are non-existant, and as my first experience with it I would say it is very useful for various different needs, I would also say that I think I have picked up the basics and used them them quite well. The adobe elements 11 software will also take time to get use to and there is a lot more to learn about the software and put in to action.

Evaluation Of Preliminary Task Pt. 2

Why did you choose what you did?
I chose the image as it is high quality and good lighting which high lights the model, i also choose the colour and style  because it contrasted with the background that i had. I positioned everything where i did as it doesn't crowd the photo, and also the Masthead and cover stories aren't squished to the corners or side.

Were you guided by audience feedback?
I haven't had any feedback

If you did it again, what would you do differently?
Even though the Style and colour of my font was reasonable i would change to a more subtle colour.

Evaluation Of Preliminary Task Pt.1

My front cover which was uploaded on a previous post is what i'm evaluating-

Colours- the background has a very varied colour form green to a grey, but the text is in a orange which contrasts with the background.

Masthead- the masthead is orange just like the other text on the front cover, it is also in the top
right as it is the first to see, the masthead is also large to also been seen easily.


Image- the image is a short to medium shot, where the model is looking past the camera, the image is also made so the model is the main feature and centre of the Magazine front cover.

Cover Stories- The cover stories are on the edges of the front cover which are very visible but not over power the main features such as the Photo and Masthead.

Finished Contents Page

College Finished Front Cover

Face Draft of college

Selection of images

My Favourite Genre

My favourite genre: to be honest I'm not sure if i have a favourite as i enjoy all types of different genres from horror to comedy or sport to adventure. Even though I don't have a favourite I enjoy genres such as horror or thriller as they keep the audience entertained throughout- beginning to end. I feel that the films that are highly convectional are quite drab or boring, but however convections can be worked well in the use of stereotyping or comedy. I think that also in production codes are very important and interesting as they can help the specific 'thing' become a higher level, due to camera work being well worked or the expressions that are used.

My Ideas for the Front Cover Photo

My idea for the front cover of my Magazine will be,

Firstly I will use Harry Ford on the front cover, i will then be using simple background so that the front cover looks clean and basic to look at; and the spot light is on the main feature which is the photo. The photo will consist of a simple picture which will be close-up, this will mean that the photo is focused on the image and nothing else.

My Analysis of a Q magazine Front cover

 I have looked and reviewed the cover of the Q Magazine featuring the Band Foo Fighters on the cover, which is linked above; i believe the cover uses symbolic signs as the Magazine uses Lead singer Dave Grohl alone and the caption 'DAVE GROHL SAVES ROCK. AGAIN.', which gives it the feeling that he, not his band, saves rock. The image is also of himself walking with his guitar which uses indexical signs because it shows that again he is alone. He also has his guitar over his shoulder showing a indexical signs as he is strong but also relaxed.

Response to Brief

My first impressions of the idea of a music magazine is mixed with positive ideas and also confusion, due to my lack of experience of reading and/or producing a music magazine. My idea of genre is also not great as i like and enjoy all types of music.

THE BRIEF

Print
Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new scholl/ college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-upplus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. additionally candidates must produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the program.
Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine.