Main Task: Evaluation Final

Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

When this project was given to me I then went ahead and looked at different and official existing magazines to how magazines would capture the attention of their target audience and the different kind of conventions that would be used. Before even starting along with my music magazine I thought about all the conventions that I could use and what will challenge me into making a professional magazine. A very common convention that I found was being used in various different music magazines was a large mast head which I decided to also incorporate into my own, but I also had to figure out what sort of font I would be using as I was doing a magazine on a genre that doesn’t do magazines so I had to look at hip hop magazines and then compromise my own sort of feel of how a grime magazine would look; I downloaded most of my fonts used from www.dafont.com to give it more of a grime feel to it. With the proper mast head and font it will attract the right set of target audience I am looking for, plus the red will capture the attention of a lot of people when it is in the stands in the shops.

“How it all began” UNDERGROUND KING this is my selling line which I used, which also is a very common use of a convention so I made sure that I was able to fit it into my magazine front cover so it stands out and also doesn’t make everything else on the front congested and close together, it was essential for me to get this right as for most magazines it is its selling point and gives you a slight insight of what the magazines is mostly going to be about as well as the main image. For this cover line a had to base it on what the main story of my magazine was which is the story of how “lil J” came from the bottom to the top and he started from the underground scene so it has a slight connection.
For my front cover I used 3 different types of fonts but I made sure that they collide together and blend well so it doesn’t seem like I have 3 different sections “top, middle and end” but that is all looks like one complete magazine. All this is to keep the target audience interested and wanting to purchase the magazine but the main selling points would be the image and the selling line, these are the key facts of what makes a successful selling magazine. One of my covers lines is very eye catching and intriguing as it says “take your chance” this builds a thought into the customers head that they could have a chance at something and automatically want to know what they have a chance at. The right set and amount of cover lines is beneficial as to much will distract people from the main cover line and the image and if you don’t have enough you will have to many gaps on your front cover, also you have to balance it out as most magazines put the cover lines on the right and one or two on the left.


























Q2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My music magazine was aimed at young teenagers mainly male but females who were also interested in the type of music it is. This type of social group hasn’t been represented with a positive image any time they ark spoken about so I decided to represent them in a manor which people of this age group can relate to with person experience and thoughts of my own age group. The images I used represented the social group I was looking at with the clothes they were wearing which strongly represents the social group I am aiming my magazine at.

The clothes that my model is wearing on my front cover is very basic and dark colours which is strongly worn around this type of age groups which is dark coloured clothing, he is wearing a plain grey hoodie which blends in well with the mic and the jacket that he is wearing I was aware of the amount of accessories to put on my model as with people in this social group it depends on your taste weather you have a lot or not so I took it from my models perspective and he only wanted his earring ring so we went with that and it work really well as it blended with the whole look and feel of the social group. The clothes could represent a casual but rough sense of dress which correlates to the expression on my models face as he looks focused and the dress type shows that it stressful and takes dedication to be were he is.

















Q3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

To the publishing housing case study I was given in the planning stage of my full product, I think that Harris publishing would most likely publish my magazine, even though most of there magazines are about sports I feel that sports and people taking sports are getting younger every year and in this being said I feel that they would publish my magazine to get a wider audience and enter into a new line of magazines and market to help them build as a company which will increase the sales of there other magazines and increase the publicity.

These are the types of magazines that Harris publishing publishes, very sporty also this will attract a lot of youngster as it looks fun and exciting to do and with my new addition to the magazines the publish it will defiantly increase the popularity of the other magazines they sell

Though the principal focus of my magazine is music, youth and ethnicity is a large part of the grime scene so my magazine would be suitable for the company. Many Harris publishing magazines target a young audience with the type of sports the use, and adding my magazine in the attraction of the youth would defiantly diversify the company.

Publishing and distributing my magazine would have a major increase in profit to the company not only from the sales of my magazine but the increase of sales from there other magazines due to the new audience my magazine has provided, they will be putting there hand in a new pond were none of there other magazines have been and I am positive it will bring a much bigger audience to the business, as mentioned before by publishing a new music magazine like my own, the company would gain popularity. their profits increase extremely, as there is no competition within the company. It will have a major affect on the advertisement and sponsorship for the company which is nothing short of a benefit to the company, this will make the company more recognisable and the audience will be able to associate a lot of things with my magazine which again will widen the audience.

I would distribute my magazine in a music store such as HMV and also shops such as Morrisons. This is because HMV is one of the biggest music stores all across the UK and people who love music and finding what’s going on around the music scene, and by selling it in a place like Morrisons is that your bound to walk past the magazine area and most people if not all take a look at one or took magazines and with my masthead very eye catching am sure a lot of people would pick up my magazine to take a look at it.




Q4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

My target audience would be from 16-25 as I stated in my audience research earlier in this process, it will be mainly for British audience but I will also be trying to attract the same target audience from various areas such as Tottenham as a lot of artist has come up from there. I mainly aimed it at British audience as a lot of young people in the London area are trying to come up though the music scene telling you there stories in there music so I thought I would aim it at them so they have something to relate to and know there not the only ones also that there help out there, which I thought would attract a lot of them.


The younger audience was my aim target so I decide to make my model on the front a young artist who’s coming up from a rough background and has made it, I thought this will attract more young people as it will show they can also do it as well, even on the content page it was different images of young boys doing something or telling you bout something that’s happen to them and how it affect there music career. The attraction my magazine will have to the older part of the audience is that what these young up and coming artist are dealing with in life and how they need help to move forward in there road to success . ethnicity is something I wouldn’t have an issues with as there is a wide and balanced audience which are interested in this genre and also with people who have made it so ethnicity wasn’t and issue as people like don strapzy, Benny banks and k koke show that its not only black people that live hard lives and have the ability to come up though the music scene coming from a rough background, this makes my magazine more accessible and relatable.









Q5. How did you attract/address your audience?

Firstly one of the way I decided to attract my audience using my audience research as a guideline I thought a good way was though my front cover which is vital to get right and one of the thing that had to be perfect was the fonts I used as it had to be eye catching and also relevant to the genre my music magazine was based on, this was a vital part of the magazine as I realised as I changed it various times before coming to my final outcome, after getting my fonts sorted I needed to find a model that relates to my audience and genre of music, so even though my target audience was from 16- 25 I decided to get a model round the younger side which is 16- 17, another thing I took into consideration based on gender as it is a boy I made sure he was fairly attractive so even girl that don’t like the music could jus pick it up and want to buy it just to find out more on the artist on the front so that was vital as well.

The model is wearing a branded timberland jacket, but in this picture I decided not to make it visible as it wouldn’t show what I was looking for which is that rough sense of look which could only be strongly represented as no brands are showing which as you can see in the image no brands are.


The Second way I decided to target my audience was by keeping the focus on the way British people act and the type of stuff young people get into, so it is more realistic and basing my magazine on young British teens with false information as you can see with the other cover lines, it gives the audience a small insight of what the rest of the magazine is about and also could give you tips and information on how to go about your way to make it. I also didn’t use to many well known household names to over look the up and coming artist as I only used Krept and Konan because even though they are big well known and successful they still haven’t been signed to a record label o I thought they were the best to household names that will attract more of the audience without over shadowing the up and coming artists. A strong cover line was “ HOW LIL J MADE IT BIG” this is a young up and coming artist who has come from a bad area and made it out though the music scene I thought this sort of success story will motivate and attract a wider audience.

With my magazine I used to different fonts called that I downloaded from da font and I used these fonts because I thought it brought out the genre I was looking at and it collided well together but I had to make sure the sizes of my text was accurate as they are both very bold font and if too big could both look like mastheads and by doing this I would be able to attract my target audience. I used the downloaded font for my masthead as I thought it strongly connected to my genre of music and would make a strong masthead and stand out, plus with the title being “GRIMTIME” it shows that the music genre grime is up and coming and more people are into that type of music so maybe you should be too.


And used the other downloaded font for the main cover line to also catch peoples attention as it was more bold and eye catching, the way I laid it out right in the middle of the front cover image really worked well and I really think it came off well but with the cover like I used a bit of the font “Arial” were it says “how it all began” as if I used the “ “ again the lines would have collided and it would have looked tacky and un professional.


Third way I attracted my target audience was though the colour scheme I used. The colour scheme I used was based on black, red and white which I thought collided well and made my magazine stand out even more, with my audience research these colours came up the most so I decided to go ahead and use them as that’s that the audience would associate a grime magazine colour scheme to be. The colours I used are bold colours and black and white go with anything so it was mainly the red that made the real stand out, but I also had to use the stroke tool in Photoshop to bring out some of the red writing with a black stroke on it to give it that stronger feel to it.


Another way I attracted my target audience was by the language I used such as “locked up” this is not slang but it is a way of jail time for young people, I used standard English throughout so that my magazine was understood with even old people as well as the youths of this world, the reason I decide not to over flow my magazine with slang is that when it is distributed across the UK and other areas in England is that the slang changes and if I based it on south east London slang people in north London same age my not understand what it says so I just went with standard English.
With my content page I attracted my target audience with keeping a neat and balanced style with the writing and images used even thought the contents page is meant to be mostly content it shouldn’t be all content and the sizes of my images helped the balance of my content page also allowed myself enough space for my editors note. I made sure it was readable and easy to the eye so it couldn’t be overly congested.





























Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

The process on constructing a magazine is very technological and such things as Photoshop and a professional camera and equipment was very essential in getting the best images and the best fonts to make my magazine look as professional as possible, i take photography so i new how to use the canon C0S 400D camera and how to position my model to get the best image. All my images was taken in one location which was a media class room in Christ the king sixth form were they had a black background set for my images to be taken, for the best affect i had to take into consideration the brightness and contrast of my image to get the best affect and outcomes. I used the flash kit so that my images were at a better standard.


Photoshop CS5 was the software were I developed my ideas and built the and completed my magazines front cover, content page and double page spread, as I do graphics, media and photography Photoshop is used in all so even though while I wasn’t in media I was able to enhance my skills on Photoshop so every time I came back to do my magazine I had learnt new techniques and skills to use on my work. Manipulating my images and giving it the affect I wanted them was very easy with Photoshop CS5 I refined images, brightened them and adjusted the contrast.

I used the rectangle tool to create my boxes I used on my content page, I also used the grid to make sure everything was in line and had a equal balance to it either side of text and it want more to one side than the other, I also found that useful to change my file from a jpeg to a GIF which allowed me to upload all my work onto blogger with ease. I downloaded fonts from da font so this was useful to me as I knew how to import them into Photoshop


I also knew how to put a stroke on writing drop shadows and different affects on the writing so it made it stand out more and gave it more of a professional look to it and also related to the genre I was basing my magazine on

Q7. Looking back at the preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to a full product?


From doing the preliminary task which was to create a college magazine using people in my class as my models for my work I didn’t have a wide range of skills on how to use a professional camera and how to use Photoshop and use the tools that Photoshop had to offer, but over the period of time plus with using a professional camera in my photography class and using Photoshop in my graphics class helped me learn a lot of skills and techniques which helped me a lot for my full product which was to create a music magazine. a major skill I learned was the effectiveness that the masthead and cover lines was and how it had to be of a good standard to make your magazine look professional and of a good quality, from the preliminary task I really didn’t have enough time in doing it as you can see and looked like I just threw words on the image with out thinking of the positioning of my text bar code or nothing like that same goes for the contents page I done, it was rushed and could be clearly seen.

Photoshop was always a main use for my preliminary task all the way though to my full product of creating a music magazine but it’s the techniques and skills I learnt along the way that made the difference on how my magazine looked at the end of the product that made it look professional and had its own unique feel to the magazine, I also feel the process leading up to eventually starting my music magazine was very beneficial as it gave me a good feel of how a music magazine was meant to be laid out and how important cover lines and mastheads looked to attract the right type of audience, with my preliminary task you could see no such thing as you could see it was very poor and I had a lack of skills but over the course it got better and you can see that with my end product of my front cover, content page and double page spread.

For the preliminary task consisted of a front cover and a content page as did the full product the difference was that for the full product I also had to create a double page spread as well which I had no practise on but due to the preparation leading up to me doing it was very helpful even though I till found it hard I was able to pull it off at the end, the task that was at hand was how to work on a A3 canvas and adjust everything on it according to the space so it doesn’t look congested and clattered together. Due to the preparation we was given for the full product leading up to the making of my music magazine was much longer than we had for the preliminary task and much more in depth which I benefited a huge amount from and one of the main things I learnt was how to attract the audience I wanted for the type of magazine I was creating, I learnt how to base my magazine of a particular social group and how i had to use the conventions to get the best affect and feel to associate to my social group which I was aiming my magazine at, as for my preliminary task it was to a wider audience. I had to do research on my target audience and what they thought a grime magazine should look like and how it will attract them if certain people were in the magazine.

With my preliminary task I was jut give a canon E05 400D camera to take my pictures and I didn’t really know how to take pictures to get the best quality and images out of it but with the help of my photography course I learnt more about camera so when it was time to take the images of my full product I was able to take quality pictures.









O8. Conduct Post production Feedback to see how successful your new magazine is with your target audience. Collect feedback on ALL magazine pages, identify strengths & weaknesses of each product, reflect on the feedback, and discuss to what extent you agree with it, what would you do differently?

As I am at the end of my full product of making a music magazine with a front cover, content page and double page spread, I had to find out how I done what I had done well and what I could improve on, so I asked a hand full of my friend who was into grime and was even own there own music thing, and the feed back was:

Summarized:

First Feedback: I liked the colours used it really brought out the magazine and it actually got the feel of a grime magazine and not just another hip hop or Rnb magazine so you done that well, the thing I think you need to improve is the space as on the contents page it looks neat and well presented but it also looks kind of clustered together, so many you need less text or make the images smaller other than that I like the double page, so as a whole I think you represented a grime magazine very well.

Second feedback: yeah I really like the images as it give you that feel of the “youth” the costumes was well thought out, I liked the colour scheme used and how it was laid out, what I think you can improve on is the double page it just looks to plain and it also looks like the main image is out of focus which Is not good.”

Third feedback: I love the colour scheme used it really give you that “grimish” feel like the double page spread it simple with the questions in a border, the thing I think you could have done better was work the space on the contents page better as it kind of looks to congested even though I was still able to follow it and also the double page spread image it looks out of focus, but apart from that I think you done really well to capture the grime feel for your magazine.”

With the feedback I was give I really thought that it was the most beneficial feedback I could possibly get it wasn’t very critical but it pointed out were I could have done something better and pointed out stuff that I didn’t do right which could be improved which I thought was very helpful and I will now take into consideration if I ever make a music magazine again, I like the fact that all of the liked the colour scheme which I was pleased with as I changed it a few time, so am glad that my final colour choice was the right one.

The things I would do differently is mainly the advice I got from the feedback and also try and make ma double page spread look more interesting I would also have liked to go out of college and taken the pictures to use for my magazine so that’s something I would have done differently and if any thing I would change the whole lay out as well jus to see if I could have done better and then I would be able to compare the two, but all in all I am happy with my effort and think I done a good job of capturing the grim feel to a magazine.

Main Task: Contents Page Final

Main Task: Double Page Spread Final

Main Task: Front Cover Final

Main Task: FC,CP,DPS Mock Ups

Main Task: Unmanipulated Photos

This is a image that i have decided not to use aswell even though i have took into consideration of putting the image to one side it styl wasnt as good as i wanted it to b so i rather prefer the one that i have chosen.

This is a image i am not planning to use in any of my magazine pages, as it was a badly taken picture as i forgot about the composition of a double page spread and forgot about the middle creasing and thats the reason why i have chosen not to use this image.

This is the final image i want to use for my contents page as it kind of shows the up and coming artist colabing with a artist whos be in the grime scene for a while now and it shows that he is heading in the right direction.

This is another image ihave decided to use for my content page. as he is going to be a upcoming artist who tells a little bit about his life and how he got to were he is now in his career and were he wants to go.

This is one of the images i have decided to use for my content page as he is my main artist of my magazine so i decided he should be on all my pages.

This is the image i have decided to use for my double page spread as you can see i have took into considerationg the space there the writing would be and there for made my image more to one side of the picture so when i manipulate it there is enough space for the writing without it coliding with the image so thats why i chose this image as my double page.

This is the image i am planing to use for my front cover of my magazine as "jordan" is my main artist for my magazine i have taken may other images of him and have decided that i would prefer this one to be my front cover and i also have one for my double page spread.

Main Task: Mood Board

This is my moood board for the artist that people picked in my questions and also some of the artist i like.

Main Task: Case Study Of A Publishing House

HARRISPUBLISHING

Harris publishing publishes magazines such as:

Boating sportsman
Sowest
Potato grower
Sugar producer
Dirt toys
Turf
Houseboat

All these title and more that I have looked at looks like sporting magazine and also informational magazines with the potato grower and the winter fun guide magazines, but mainly what I saw on there website is to do with sports and not just one type of sport it his different types of sporting activities such as quad biking, boat sports and baseball.

The audience that is targeted with these types of magazine is mostly people who have the interest in sports and physical activities and competition. There is also magazines that attract different kind of people with the potato grower could attract people who have a thing for growing there own fruit and vegetables in there back gardeners so it could get the interest of farms gardens and even just people who like to read about things like that even if they don't have nothing in common. Harris publishing attracts different types of audiences to broader there customer and community base as people don't like the same thing and people that like the same thing don't always buy magazine to find out about that they are interested in so creating different and publishing different types of magazines creates a bigger customer base which will make it more likely for different people to be buying your magazine because they like your magazine and our interested in what they magazine is about like a lot of people who are into bikes and cars and that would be buying Harris publishing magazines like “Snowest, Dirt toys and Turf” as thats what they are interested in and what to find out about the latest thats going on around them sports and subjects and the latest and upcoming people in those event but if Harris publishing just published magazines like “ potato grower” it would attract people who like growing vegetables and fruits in there back garden and people who have a interest in it but it wouldn't necessarily make them want to buy it as it doesn't have any appeal it just tells them how to grow potatoes and different fruits and vegetables and then thats it but with sports magazine it talks about the famous people in the sport might have a team or person you support and give you information about the, the next time they will be taking part in the sport what they do when they are not doing the sports and more so there's a wider range to read and also gives you information to look forward to and making you want to buy the next magazine that comes out.

With Harris publishing they do not have ant other business interest as there home page are just front covers of 16 different magazines on different topics and give you the opportunity to read the magazine online or even subscribe to that magazine and get the latest and old magazines which have been issued in the past and what will shortly be coming out, so with the Harris publishing website it is strictly just magazines that they publish and have no other business interests.

Main Task: Profiling Your Audience

Micheal 19 has made music his life. With grime being the type of music he loves it has encouraged the way he dresses the friends he hangs round what he likes doing in his speare time the areas and raves he goes 2 and even his own attitude. His mind is set on becoming and MC as he has done music technology in college and progressed with the same passion into university and now is taking a music course, were he is making his own beats and writing his own lyrics. He constatntly keeps up to date with his music scene as the website grimedaily.com helps young people like micheal make a mark on the scene and helps them with there music carreer it also is a great place to receive comments on improving ur music and what people liked about your music, and it has made a few artist in to day and age more known and famous for there bars.

Micheal is constantly on the next way of fashion in his genre department as he is allways looking for the new “swagg” and the new style but also like to bring his own induviduality into the mix, he has a group were they write lyriics together but also clash against each other to keep the motivated and prepare for when the go into freestyle battles and competitions. Artist like skepta and wretch his what he calls icons and looks up to them as they have made it even thought they have had a rough background. He is known for his music and allways whats to be known for his music and how talent and indidual style and flow.

Main Task: Audience Research

Question 1

Who is your favourite artist?

Question 2

When you read magazine what do u look for like events gossip

Question 3

What colours do u think go together

Question 4

What type of font do you like?

Question 5

Are you more into Hip Hop, R n B or grime?

Person 1

Question1 answer: Wiz Khalifa, trey songs, Frank Ocean, tyrese, Gaza slim

Question 2 Answer: Gossip fashion horoscopes

Question 3 Answer: Pink and black

Question 4 Answer: Comic san

Question 5 Answer : R n b

Person 2

Question 1 answer: T.I and Mary j

Question 2 answer: Gossip

Question 3 answer: Black and red

Question 4 answer: Big fonts that stand out nothing fancy

Question 5 answer: R n b

Person 3

Question 1 answer: Mary j

Question 2 answer: Gossip to do with singers love lives, things they been up 2, events that are going on that I can attend

Question 3 Answer: black and white

Question 4 Answer: Arial and Bold

Question 5 answer: R n b

Person 4

Question 1 answer: Drake

Question 2 answer: Upcoming artist

Question 3 answer: Black and yellow

Question 4 answer: Big and bold

Question 5 answer: Hip hop

Person 5

Question 1 answer: Professor Green and pixie lot and ed sheeren

Question 2 answer: Gossip

Question 3 answer: Black and white

Question 4 answer: Bold

Question 5 answer: R n b

Person 6

Question 1 answer: J.cole, Bruno mars, Trey Songs

Question 2 answer: Gossip on celebs and news

Question 3 answer: Red and yellow, Hip hop magazines use brown n blue most

Question 4 answer: Something bold and eye catching

But not too much

Question 5 answer: Hip hop

Person 7

Question 1 answer: Skepta, j.cole and drake

Question 2 answer: Events so I can attend

Question 3 answer: Black and white or grey and white or blue n green

Question 4 answer: Any font

Question 5 answer: R n b

Person 8

Question 1 answer: Hopsin skepta

Question 2 answer: Job crisis for media

Question 3 answer: Red and black

Question 4 answer: Trebuchet

Question 5 answer: Hip hop

Person 9

Question 1 answer: Rihanna Jessie j Chris brown, lil Wayne and drake

Question 2 answer: Gossip

Question 3 answer: Black and white purple or gold and blue brown and pink

Question 4 answer: Font stands out big black n underlined

Question 5 answer: R n b

Person 10

Question 1 answer: Frank Ocean and Rihanna

Question 2 answer: Gossip and events

Question 3 answer: Black red and white

Question 4 answer: Think bold Arial

Question 5 answer: R n b

Person 11

Question 1 answer:Nicki Minaj Drake, J.cole Mary J

Question 2 answer: Gossip advice and fashion tips

Question 3 answer: Black and yellow

Question 4 answer: Standard font fancy when needed

Question 5 answer: R n b

Person 12

Question 1 answer: Drake, Rihanna

Question 2 answer: Tips

Question 3 answer: Lime green and black

Question 4 answer: Italic

Question 5 answer: R n b

Person 13

Question 1 answer: Nicki minaj

Question 2 answer: Gossip essence

Question 3 answer: Black and red

Question 4 answer: Century gothic

Question 5 answer: Hip hop

Person 14

Question 1 answer: Beyonce Alisha keys jay Z, lil Wayne drake fantasia Chris brown trey songs

Question 2 answer: Gossip

Question 3 answer: Baby pink and white or black and yellow or black and blue

Question 4 answer: Normal font

Question 5 answer: R n b

Person 15

Question 1 answer: Nicki Minaj, Drake, Trey Songs

Question 2 answer: Gossip, music event (concerts) latest about artist

Question 3 answer: Black and yellow, blue and grey, white and black

Question 4 answer: Arial

Question 5 answer: R n b

Person 16

Question 1 answer: Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Drake

Question 2 answer: Events, and latest albums, upcoming artists

Question 3 answer: Grey and blue, pink and black

Question 4 answer: Big and bold no fancy writing

Question 5 answer: Hip Hop

Person 17

Question 1 answer: Skepta, Ghettz, Scorcher

Question 2 answer: Events, lifestyle new mixtapes, upcoming artists.

Question 3 answer: Black and blue, grey and yellow, black and green

Question 4 answer: Big and bold with a underline

Question 5 answer: Grime

Person 18

Question 1 answer: Rick Ross, Wretch 32, tinie tempah

Question 2 answer: Gossip, Events, New Songs

Question 3 answer: Black And White

Question 4 answer: Fancy

Question 5 answer: Hip Hop

Person 19

Question 1 answer: J.cole, Nicki Minaj, Skepta, Krept and Konan

Question 2 answer: Up and coming artist, events and gossip

Question 3 answer: Black and white, grey and blue

Question 4 answer: Fancy and Bold

Question 5 answer: R n B

Person 20

Question 1 answer: Skepta, Krept and Konan, Ghettz, scorcher, wretch 32, Giggs

Question 2 answer: Events, gossip

Question 3 answer: Blue and white, green and black, brown and white

Question 4 answer: Bold and some fancy

Question 5 answer: Grime

So with this research i found out that it is good to use blck, white and red and to use bold writing which will stand out and capture peoples eyes, i havent yet decided the font that i will be using but i have realise from peoples responses they dont much like fancy writing on a hip hop, rn b and grime magazine as they are ment to be hard beat music. i also have decide the writing for my double page spread would be a whole 2 paragraphs about my artist and how he came up though the ranks and also what he is doing in his career right now.

Main Task: Double Page Spread Conventions Diagram

Main Task: Double Page Spread Textual Analysis

denotation

This double page spread of a music magazine shows and talks to you about to artist that have collaberated and have made a song together and how they both have made there journey to were they are now. One page consists a image of 50cent and soulja boy

Connotation

The setting in this image give of a very relaxed and calm double page spread were the background is white and whit is a very plain but very calm colour which gos ell with any other colour, you could connect it to doves and who are also very peacefull, plus doves always fly in no les than a pack of two that what you could say about the image and also the 2 men in this image.

The lighting in this image is a low key lighting as you can see shadows and it is also directional, but with the shadows and the low key lighting has a good affect on the white background and makes you focus on the to men in the picture even more. The non verbal communication represented in this picture is very different as there age but also very vain as you can so 50 cent the much more experienced and more older rapper has a casual stance but is standing like he is in charge of what is going around that involves him, were as with soulja boy the much younger but still talented rapper has a more of a modern pose which shows that he has made it and he is enjoying life in the rap business. It also has 50 behind soulja as 50cent is in and out of the music scene with his clothing line and other businesses while soulja boy is fully commited to his music which is his line of business soo it shows whos actually dedicated more to there music right now.

The colour scheme in this double paged spread of this music magazine is very simple but has a good affect on the image as both artist are wearing dark clothing btu the background is white to the collide which bring out more of the props that the artist are wearing as well as the postures.

There is one image on this double page spread but that image takes up one page which is on the right side, the image is very bold and eye catching with the to well known artist standing side by side the reason for both of the artist being on the double page is that they have released a song together that a lot of fans and people liked which as brought the attention there way.

The quote in this image as been enlarged from a tweet that 50 cent wrote talking about his friend soulja boy and that’s why it is in big as that was the cause of this interview to find out why he said that and the reasons behind it.


Stand – First Is used at the start of a written article, printed in a large bold capital font, in this case stand first wasn't used.

Drop Capital the drop capital is the a capital letter at the start of a article which has been dropped, in this case a drop capital wasn't used.

Headlines
Headlines tells the reader anything about the article this is used to draw attention of the reader. This is normally displayed on the top left hand corner or on the bottom but for this double paged spread that spegsific technique wasn’t used.

By – lines is a section where a journalist's name is written and the photographer is credited, in this case by - lines has not been used.

Columns The writing have been sectioned into two columns for reader to see it clearly and to read the in site of what was asked and replied in the interview with the two artist and how it has affect there careers or not..

Strap – Line Is often found on the top or bottom of the doubled page spread about a subject matter, in this case no strap line has been used.

Main Task: Contents Page Conventions Diagram

Main Task: Front Cover Conventions Diagram

this is my conventions diagram for the genre i picked which was hip-hop and r n b.
i spoke about all the main things on a front cover magazine such as barcode, coverlines and main images. this will guide me and help me for when i do my own magazine.

Main Task: Front Cover Textual Analysis

Denotation

What we have here is a front cover magazine which XXL has issued in the past. As you can see you have the one and only Nicki minaj and the mastermind drake who both our in young money on the front cover, with the title domination this shows that they are the hottest 2 in the rap game so far and even have music together such as moment for life, make me proud and up all night all. Right side prop image is wearing white top, with silver dog tag, a camouflage jacket with dark blue jeans, on the left side prop image has bright blonde hair some Chinese tattoo written along down the side of her arm, black lingerie dress wit a cheetah forearm/ forehand clothing piece and for the writing you can see black under layer back drop cover. White bold article heading on top left hand corner with red back cover, bold white 2nd heading, underneath small white sub heading. Small barcode on the bottom left hand corner.

Connotation

In this front cover magazine we see a image of Nicki minaj and drake
Were the are both wearing the opposite from each other which represents the male and female differences like with Nicki she is wearing bright colors with the blonde in her hair and the leopard print clothing it shows a very strong sense of independence as not a lot of women die their hair bright blonde and also leopards print show the similarities with a leopard as The species' success in the wild is in part due to its opportunistic hunting behavior and its adaptability to habitats, such as Nicki minaj is always bringing out songs and working hard to please her fans and adapts to different locations as she’s on tour and does a lot of work, and the same goes for drake as he is wearing dark clothing but is wearing a army jacket and a dog tag which shows he dedication to his music and the fight he is willing to put in to stay were he is which is at the top of his game.

With drake and Nicki minaj in this picture you don’t seem to find any props on them as this shows the independence they have and will of not needing anything to help the get to the top. But if we try and find prop you could say drake dog chain and the item in nicki’s hand, you could also say the collide as you could say people wear dog chain because they have desire to aim for what they what in life and to help people and most army men have them and with that heart and dedication in life you can afford items such as the one that Nicki minaj is holding whether its jewellery or other things.

Its clear that they are standing in a studio which has provided them with a black background for the setting but this doesn’t move from the fact that they are still at the top of the game the black background could show that the are the dominate two and the focus point and they can over come anything and this also compliments the title which was given “domination” which shows they over come every obstacle in there way to getting to the top and the are the light of the moment.

The lighting in this picture is nothing short of a high-key lighting as the lighting is very even and hasn’t got any dark points or shadows, its very bright and natural which shows that also Nicki minaj and drake are normal people and you can do as well has them if you just try hard and get what needs to me done and done on time, it brings out the definition of what they are wearing and they way the have togetherness within the picture. Plus the lighting allows you to see what time of clothes they were and shows that they are ordinary people who just took there chance in life. The lighting allows you to see the detail on Nicki minajs outfit and also here tattoo.

The non verbal communication they show us with the body language is that they both have a very strong stance and posture about themselves, as although drake is in casual clothing he has a straight stance with his hand in his pocket showing that he is relaxed but takes control of situations when needed and with Nicki minaj she has a very upfront stance showing she’s constantly on her game as her back is straight but her head kind of forward with a certain gaze which shows she waiting for the next opportunity to improve and progress In her music career. With Nicki she has a item and she is holding it close to her chest this could represent the closeness she has to music and the dedication she puts into it and doesn’t want to get lazy and think she has achieve enough as when things are close to your heart your always try to protect them or it if its and object, as with drake he has his hand in his pocket and looks very relaxed as he looks to feel like he has his music career in control and knows what his next step is to improve on his career.

“DOMINATION” this is a very perfect word to link to the to artist Nicki minaj and drake as they are very highly rated icons in the music industry and have done a lot to grain millions of fans and people that listen to there music and follow them daily. The font is sans serif which is very bold and stands out and has no flick ups and is very modern, there names which is right above the word domination show they are the two dominating and underneath it says “the rebirth of hip hop” so this shows the reason why they are domination the music industry as they have brought back a dying genre of music or might of just taken it to a new level and meaning especially Nicki minaj as she is a woman who has made it big and the how difficult it is for women to be recognized in the hip hop genre type of music.

Main Task: Introductiion

hello my name is david ojeleye i am studying AS media, i have done a Pliminary Task to get use to the features and the work that you would have to do over the time of the course. with this music magazine i have been asked to create a front conver page, double page spread, and a content page which will be 50% of my overall grade. in the first couple week he have been expected to have completed a front cover word analysis (800 words), a double page spread (400 words) also a content page so we can choose our convention diagram. . in order to make all these pages i will use adobe software photoshop CS3. with this i have decided to go with a grime and hip-hop genre for my music magazine because i enjoy listening to this type of music and have a wide range of knowledge about it.