DPS moodboard

DPS Moodboard

Final Contents Page

Contents Page Design Outline

Contents page analysis

Contents Page Analysis

Final Cover Page

This is my final design after using feedback given by my audience; I added more cover lines on the right hand side, enlarged the splash in the center so it will grab your attention and also added noise to the whole page.

Cover Page Codes and Conventions

Codes and Conventions

Final Cover Page before feedback

My Model And Appearance

The person i have chosen to be the model for my article is Angus Jevons, the reason I chose him is that he has a look about him which fits in perfectly with the Indie Genre. When taking my photos I kept him in a dark area of somewhere confined, To make the image look grungy and mysterious to portray the character he is.
When also taking the photos I had him dressed in Either a Green parka with skinny jeans or a blue Harrington with skinny jeans, I did this as bother those 2 items of clothing are very significant to the Indie genre. Many iconic Artists have worn this style of clothing which is will also give a clear indication of the Genre of my magazine.

Contact Sheet

 

 

 

 

Here is a selection of photos i have taken with my Nikon D3100 in digbeth, i will pick one photo to use as my cover page image, i will choose the most suitable photo fit for this task.

 

Mood board

 

 

 

Here is my moodboard, i will use this as a guide to help create and take photos for my front cover, contents page and 2 page spread. It will also help me with the colour scheme in which i will use for all 3 parts of my magazine.

 

Moodboard and magazine analysis

Masthead Designs

Drawing of draft contents page

contents

Draft drawing of Cover Page

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Primary evidence

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Audience research

1. Who will buy your product?
Young adults or unemployed students who listen to bands such as Arctic monkeys, Kasabian, etc..
2. What media do they use most often?
They tend to get there news online but have a screen break and gather information about the bands they like by reading magazines.
3. Are they predominately Male or Female?
They will be predominately male but will also be a tiny percentage of females
4. What’s the general attitude towards the product?
They enjoy buying the magazines and reading the information inside. Also enjoy collecting them and having a large collection
5. Age group?
Age range from 16-20
6. Education level?
Quite sophisticated language aimed mainly at students and unemployed graduates
7. What are their spending habits?
Due to my magazine aiming at people ranging from 16-20 years of age they will not have much money however may have a part time job with the money they would usually spend on clothes or activities
8. What are their product needs?
They will expect a lot of interviews of artists within this genre, upcoming artists, information on album releases, gig venue dates, etc...
9. What are the reader’s lifestyle indicators?
Preferably living at home or renting a flat/home, still in education and receiving ‘pocket money’, driving or learning to drive, paying university funds.
10. Geographical location?
Mainly situated in large cities such as Birmingham and London, also found in smaller cities like Sheffield and Yorkshire

Target Audience
 Gender: Male
Age: 16-20
Education: Further education-graduate
Class: D class inspiring to be in group C2 and also E class to focus on students.
Geographic location: Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, Yorkshire, London
Product needs: Exclusive information, upcoming bands, New albums, Gigs and venues
Social Media sites: Tumblr, twitter, Facebook

Mindmap for Draft ideas

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Target Audience Survey Analysis

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Segmentation of Target audience

There is 3 segments when it comes to target audience; Geographic, Demographic and Psychographic
Geographic is to do with the area of which the audience lives in for example the region, the size of the area or the climate. Whereas Demographic is to do with the basic information about a person or the audience. Mainly focusing on The age, Ethnicity, gender, family size, generation (boomers, generation X) and also things like income education or social class. Finally Psychographic is to do with the lifestyle of the audience the way the life, how they live it, there personality, values, interests etc..

Research of Magazines within my Genre

NME Magazine:

The New Musical Express a weekly magazine, better known as NME first created by Theodore Smythson in 1952 is an Indie/alternative styled magazine, however has drawn the attention to hip hop, electronic and experimental over the last decade

NME’s Audience range of 15-34, with Male readers being the predominant with 66% and female readers being 34%

An online version of NME, NME.com, was launched in 1996. It is now the world's biggest standalone music site, with over 7 million users per month.

Every year NME host an award ceremony. NME Awards is an awards show held every year to celebrate the best new music of the past year. The nominations and eventual winners are voted for by the readers of the magazine.

Also every Year they hold a venue across the UK called the NME tour where new and upcoming bands come together to play a venue and advertise their music


The current price of the magazine is £2:40


Mojo Magazine:

MOJO is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title which would cater for the interest in classic rock music.

MOJO’s audience range of 30+, with the majority males with 73.1% and female readers with 26.9%

 MOJO was first published on 15 October 1993; in keeping with its classic rock aesthetic, the first issue had Bob Dylan and John Lennon as its first cover stars.

The company behind the magazine, Bauer, also produced a digital radio station this station was called Mojo Radio, and was transmitted on the digital television networks in the UK

Assement on Angus Jevons Magazine cover and contents

Angus Assesment

I have a good understanding of features and key focus points to do with cover pages and content pages, this is showing progression in my learning and will help produce the best quality finish for my final magazine. However do not have a full understanding of every key term and must learn the definitions and effects each one gives, in order to give the best finish and grade

Terms for content page features

Contents Page

Terms for Cover page features

Front Cover

Eminem task

Eminem Analysis Task

Annotation of Mojo magazine

Annotation of MOJO

Level 4 annotations

Annotations

My contents page for my magazine

Contents

Tom Dalton Assessing My cover page

Working ony my front cover In DTP

printscreens(cover).docx

preliminary task- school magazine cover

My school magazine

During annotating the contents pages i felt that i could point out advantages and weaknesses' a lot easier from when i was annotating the front cover of the school magazines, this is giving me an idea that my understanding of how a magazine should be layed out is improving and this will help when designing my final magazine

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Magazine annotation's

Media Homework by Aaron Wilkes

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Main Task Brief

Hello, Im Aaron Wilkes and this is my AS Media studies blog. Throughout the course i will present to you a step by step development of my final task creating a music magazine and the use of programmes such as photoshop, publisher etc.. However before creating my music magazine i will be designing a front page and contents for a school magazine. I predict this may be very basic and unprofessional, but as the course progresses on i will learn from mistakes and learn how to use software like photoshop to a much greater extent.