Media Coursework Evaluation

Evaluation on Prezi

Front Cover

Here is my finished Front Cover. Inspired by magazines of the similar genre, such as Q and NME.

Double Page Spread

Here is my Double Page Spread. Inspired by magazines of similar genres, like Q and NME.

Contents Page

Here is my finished Contents Page. Inspired by magazines of the similar genre, such as Q and NME.

Mock up - Magazine Contents Page

Here is the mock up of my Magazine Contents Page.

Mock up - Magazine Double page spread

Here is the mock up of my double page spread

Mock up - Magazine Front Cover

Here is the mock up for my Magazines front cover.

Production Log

Below is my production log, this shows what taks i was set and when i was set them. It also shows the problems i came across when completing tasks, it also shows how i tackled them and the outcome of the tasks.

Risk Assesment

Before the shoot goes ahead i must make sure certain safety procautions are in place to make sure the people taking part in the shoot do not get injured. I will check around the area that the shoot will be based in and will make sure there is nothing around that can harm the people taking part, then when the shoot is over i must check again to make sure we have not left anything behind that could potentially danger other people.
What i searched for and what i found was wrote down on the Risk Assesment, shown below.

Contributor's Release Forms

Before the shoot could actually happen i had to find people who would want to contribute in the magazine. The people who i asked to be in the shoot firstly had to fill out a release form, giving information such as adress, phone number, name and description for contribution. I also had to give information such as my name, adress and phone number. Below is my filled out Contributors Release Form.

Vocabulary of Newspapers and Magazines

Almost all sections of a magazine have a name. I have written up a list of definitions of magazine and newspaper vocabulary. Here it is.


House Style: A distinctive and original design that magazines have to make them different compared to other magazines. Colour, position and font is included in the house style.

Masthead: The masthead is a title usually printed on the front of all magazines which includes the name of the magazine or company.

Strapline: A strapline is a company slogan included in the magazine, usually on the front page.

Headline: A headline in a magazine is the title to a main article, the main article will usually be on the front of the magazine and will continue on a different page.

Banner: A strip of text that is usually found at the top or bottom of the magazine, it will normally give a little bit of information about what is inside the magazine or about promotional offers,

Pugs: These are usually place at the top left or right hand corner of the magazine. Usually included in the pugs are promotional offers, prices, logos or brief info about the contents of the magazine.

Puffs: A puff in a magazine is a box with information on what is featured inside the magazine or achievments that the magazine or company has earned.

Sell Lines: These are little pieces of text that help sell the magazine to customers.

Drop Capitals: Oversized first letters of an article, these show that it is the start of a new article or that the story is changing.

Anchorage: Usually a picture or text that has other information added in around it. Anchorage is usually in the middle of the magazine.

Buzz Words: Words that attract people and show off the magazine, "Free" "Amazing" and "Exclusive" are all really good examples of this. These are used by many magazine companies.

Caption: Text that is added next to an image to describe it or tell you whats going on in the image.

Double Page Spread Analysis

Here is the second double page spread i analysed. It is the inside of an edition of Kerrang.

Double Page Spread Analysis

Here is the first double page spread i analysed. It is the inside of an edition of NME.

Mood Board

Here is the mood board i created. The mood board includes lots of bands and things that are related to indie folk and indie rock.

Deyes High School Magazine Mock up

Here is the layout for my Deyes High School Magazine.

St Ambrose Barlow Newsletter

Here is an issue of the St Ambrose Barlow Newsletter that has been analysed by me.

Deyes High School Newsletter

Here is an issue of the Deyes High School Newsletter that has been analysed by me.

Theories - Semiotics, Feminism and Cohen's Moral Panic

Feminism

Femenism refers to the defining and defending of equal opportunities for women. Feminism mainly focused on the issues with women, but because most femenists seek gender equality, it is arguable that mens rights and issues are also a part of feminism, also showing that men are also effected by sexism.

Semiotics

Semiotics is the study, analysis and signification of signs. Semiotics are mainly divided into three categories.These categories are Semantics: The relevance between signs and what there meaning is, Pragmatics: Relation between signs and the effects that they have on people and Syntactics: Relations of signs in formal structures.

Cohen’s Moral Panic

A moral panic is the feeling expressed by people about an issue that threatens or disturbs the social order. Cohen’s Moral Panic is the thoery that a moral panic occurs when something emerges that is defined as a threat to both societys interests and values.

Genre / Choice Analysis

The chosen genre for my magazine is both indie rock and indie folk, i chose these two genres because personally i listen to this type of music a lot. Bands like Mumford and Sons, Born Ruffians, Noah and the Whale, Arctic Monkeys and Beady Eye fall under the indie rock and indie folk music category, all these bands i regularly listen to and really enjoy their music.

    Arctic Monkeys

    Mumford and Sons

    Beady Eye

    Noah and the Whale

Deyes High Newspaper

Here is the newspaper for Deyes High i created. I created this on Adobe Fireworks.

Music magazines analysed

Here is the second magazine cover i analysed. It is the cover of a 2007 edition of Kerrang.

Music magazines analysed

Here is the first magazine cover i analysed. It is the cover of a 2008 edition of NME.

Questionnaire

I created a questionnaire to be filled out by potential customers of my magazine. The aim of my questionnaire is to find out information that could be used to help increase the popularity of my magazine.

Here is the link to my questionnaire: Music Magazine Questionnaire.

Media Coursework to be Completed

A task was assigned to me to design and create the front cover of a new school or college magazine, this magazine is to feature a photograph of a student in medium close up and appropriate text for the picture including a professional layout.

There are lots of areas that i have been asked to complete to a specific design and i will be marked asessed on these areas. There will be a Preliminary task to help me with my main task.

Before i start working on the task that has been assigned, i will need do research on different areas such as other well known, published magazines and bands of the genre i will be including in my magazine. These will be researched in the form of questionnaires and internet research.