this is my mock up page of my contents. as you can see a photo covers the whole page and writing over the picture. i like how its space out and not too sqashed up.

locations for pictures and clothing

photo shoot ideas

- woods

- canel bank

- music studio

- old empty building

- dirty, gritty street

- empty church

- brick wall

 - rooftop

-  feild

- train station




my final photo shoot idea

i have chosen my locations were i am going to take the photographs of the band decode. i have chosen a studio, i have chosen this because its a typical location for bands to be when just finishing a band. it gives a more natural feel to it that having every photo posed at the camera. i have chosen a plain background, so the photos are focused just on the artist. the last location is outside against a brick wall, this was inspired by a NME magazine were there photos background is a brick wall. it will give a ruff more grity feel to it. costume i want i natural feel instead of looking smart amore realistic everyday rock star cloths. i am going to show them in everyday rock stars cloths so it feels real shows them as casual people because this is much more typical in rock magazines. using a brick wall will be much more pratical to get the best shots because there are a number of places i can use. i will also use a music studio this will give a great impression of a rock band

NME studio picture

this image of a band called my chemical romance they have a picture of them in the studio. this photo have inspired me how i should take my photos like when in the studio. i really like this page a its layout. i like how under the picture in big bold black text as the title.

NME

this is the magazine NME i have been inspired by this photo and other use of text and layout how i want my magazine. i like how the name is bright red it stands out, it very bold and has become a logo of the magazine, i also like who the picture has been taken just from this one picture it gives the impression of serious, bad attitude band.

mock up of shockwave magazine

this is my mock up drawing of my magazine. i have draw fonts like the ones i want. the main feature artist is "decode" i have drawn how i would like the picture to be. i have added the shockwave slogan "music just got better" im pleased with the mock up magazine i have been inspired by other magazines such as NME to give me new ideas

Feedback - 6/12/09

See my previous post! You need alot more on here to get a decent coursework grade Lewis- you should now be working on this (research) and catching up on this as homework .

all the planning you are doing in class should be put on here also.

Research : Essential - research your target audience - use your demographic and psychographic profiling - do some questionannires and put yoru results on your blog.

- music magazines
-music genre chosen
- magazine publishers and audience/circulation figures (institution) etc...

Planning ( see the 'Before you Blog' handout - last 2 pages)

Include..

- Moodboards

-mock ups of pages

-location shots

-props/costume list

- rough draft of feature article

- photographs taken and final chosen ones etc...

Miss McNulty

St. marys content page mock up

this is my mock up for content page, i have drawn it up how i would properly create it if we did it on the p.c.. like this design because of the title and the layout. i didn't want to make it too close up, so i am very happy with the mock up

mood board

this is my mood board i have chosen many different ideas from 

magazines. i have chose things such as titles, images etc. these are all the things i find interesting and have inspired me in how i am going to create my magazine. i like the bold colours because they stand out such as the yellow and pink, and draw the attention to amore younger teen audience. i like these images because they are all in a pose this gives it a interesting  quality to it.

Feedback - 28/11/09

OK Lewis - you have alot of catching up to do - I have told the other students that this blog shoudl be being done at home now also - use your frees etc...

Research:

- make sure you put your prelim tasks on here with an analysis of their strengths and weaknesses.

- The first genre you should be analysing is music magazines - outline the conventions and then look at covers, contents pages and feature articles and think about the following questions...

- Do they follow typical conventions of music magazines? If not why?

- Who is the target audience (GRASS) and how have they been made to appeal to them?

- Do they successfully make the audience want to read on? ( Cover and contents?)

- why do they work?

In research you need to examine your audience - who is your target audience (Demographic - GRASS and psychographic profiling - Young and Rubicon) Also how will your product appeal to its audience - use MAslow too.

questionnaires are needed - to your target audience - and feedback on this - charts and graphs are always good!

Go onto the ABC website to find out audience/circulation figures for magazines too - is there a market out there for your product?

Now move onto planning this week - ( see the last two sheets on the 'before you blog' handout) Start your mood boards, rough mock up of pages, props list, shooting schedule etc....

Introduction - practice magazine test

I am Lewis Stewart and I have chosen to create a music magazine for my coursework project.

i have created my first magazine cover for SMC st marys collage. i have added a picture of two students at st marys collage in the chaple, i have used photoshop to edit the photo. i like my magazine cover because i have beleve to title is very bold which makes it very easy to know what this magazine is about. i have added subtitles to inform whats in the magazine, i have kept the title spread out to not make the page to pack with information. there are some faults in the cover such as the font isnt very appealing to a younger audiance and the photo has become out of portion this has effected the cover to not make it as good as it could possable be. overall im pleasd with the cover for st marys collage.