planning

during my prelimanary task i took various images for my school magazine, i was thinking of themes that i could use for the front cover and i took an image of the head girl reading a book for performing arts university which ties in with the title of my magazine which i picked perform out of all my possible titles, because it was the most commonly chosen one from my piers, and because i liked the title.
on my front cover i thought of things i could write on the front cover.
i took a few more pictures that i used on the contents page of all different curricular activities such as the football team winning the match, and an arts student doing his work and a teacher teaching his lesson. and majority have been mentioned on the front cover.

For my music magazine i used examples and ideas from some well known rock magazines seeing i was going to use rock as my theme i wanted to see what was appropriate for convensional and typical rock magazine. I took parts of Kerrang, nme and rock sound magazine and combined it to create my own magazine with a twist for the front cover i used one main image to show that my magazine is based on this one image(band).
i also chose 3 main colours for my magazine which are Grey, Red and Black, i applied this colour scheme through out all of my pages which are my Front Cover, Contents Page and my Double Page Spread.
This was applied to make it conventional such as Kerrang, NME and Rock Sound.

these are a couple of images i put into my magazine.

i went outside the classroom to ask other people in the school for a title they would like for a rock magazine. these were my results:
afterlife: 5 votes
rebel: 5 votes
deadly silence: 3 votes
envy: 2 votes
entity: 1 vote
appetite for destruction: 7 votes
drop dead rival: 2 votes
rivalry: 0 votes

i asked people in my class the title they prefered more they came with

after life : 3 votes
rebel : 4 votes
deadly silence: 2 votes
envy: 1 vote
entity: 1 vote
apetite for destruction : 1 vote
drop dead rival : 1 vote
rivalry: 1 vote

i will also ask people outside my classroom for their opinions

im looking for a good title for my magazine ive looked at:
1)rivalry
2)envy
3)drop dead rival magazine
4)afterlife
5)appetite for destruction
6)entity
7)deadly silence/deadly noise
8)rebel
i gave myself a selection to choose from and get pointers from my friends.

this is brendon smith, hes 17 years of age, he lives in camden, london.

the way he is dressed is pretty formal for a typical indie emo look, he is wearing a black waistcoat and a red t-shirt underneath skinny stripy trousers with a belt, on his waistcoat he has a brouch.
his hair is black and pretty long for a guy he has bangs which is a typical emo haircut.
he likes rock music and prefrebly bands such as: panic at the disco, fall out boy, escape the fate.
he buys most of songs on either itunes or hmv. He also likes to buy his clothing from places such as topman, river island men, blue and baron jon, h&m for men, holister, marks & spencers, paul and bear, abercoumbie and fitch.

i think my ideal reader of my magazine will be in the ages  of 15 - aprox 27 or more depending wether they like the typical rock bands mentioned in my magazine. i know many people who are of the older age which do listen to the typical popular rock bands such as mettalica, guns and roses, so it could be aimed at the older audience if i manage to send a message forward that my band is a classical rock band.
taking from this you can tell that my magazine is most likely to be a rock magazine but i am still thinking of doing a mixed magazine which includes hip-hop, indie, heavy metal, so on and so forth.
so the magazine could be targeted to many people such as people who like knowing about alot of different types of music, the general music papers.

in todays lesson we are to:
1. think about what you want for the magazine?
2. Age,gender, ethnicity, social class, religion?
3. what other media products would they buy?
4. would the reader invest in other music industry such as itunes?
5. what artist would intrest the reader?
6. is the reader looking for serious music commentry, or is the reader driven by a desire for star images and celebrity lifestyle?
1. for my magazine i want to have many small images in the backgroung of the main image of a band or just the lead singer
2. i want the age to be attracted by 15+.
a) male and female.
b) not a specific ethnic.
c) middle class.
d) any whoever likes the music.
3. CDS, concert tickets, other lifestyle products.
4. yes if they want to download the latest tracks.
5. possibly both serious and a mixture of a celebrity lifestyle and images.

in todays lesson we are to:
1. think about what you want for the magazine.
2. Age,gender, ethnicity, social class, religion.
3. what other media products would they buy.
4. would the reader invest in other music industry such as itunes.
5. what artist would intrest the reader.
6. is the reader looking for serious music commentry, or is the reader driven by a desire for star images and celebrity lifestyle.

contents pages for my magazine cover...

front covers for my main magazine...

my final contents page :)

the title on this magazine stands out alot as it has white font and a darker background, the font is very bold and writtien in block capitals.

just on top of the magazine theres a small subheading saying jimmy page at the olypics-Exclusive. just beside it has a small picture of jummy page.

the magazine also has a small little guitar pick sayign free 15 track cd. which is effective to the reader makes them want to buy it.

the image is very strong becuase you have james hetfeild posing right in the centre of the magazine

the magazine bellow is my final piece for the front cover of my school magazine.
i used the image because the person (me) is hiding her face away from everything and it is outdoors
i think it is effective for the little subheading about her making her way through a-levels and i think it would make the reader want to know how and want to look inside for the story.
i used the yellows and black to stand out from the white and the image itself.
:)

to understand mode of address means and how to use it effectivly.

- style of language
- use of slang
- is it written formal or informal
- the quality of what is being written
- humorous/ serious?

link to - ideal reader
          - representation of school or college

uses & gratification theory

what we have to do: to be able to apply uses & gratification theory to your c/w

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uses_and_gratifications_theory  

what uses & gratification thoery means
- is a popular approach to understanding mass communication.
- focuses on the audience.
- what people do with the media.
- they use media to meet their needs.
- they intergrate media in their own life.

1) what information is provided about the school college itself?

2) what is sense of personal identity has the reader with the magazine & sort of school it promotes?

3) how does your school mag a sense of belongings as a part of a community of reader?

4) what form of entertainment does the mag provide for the reader?

5) what form does this entertainment take and how does it create escapism for the reader?

this lesson we looked at different magazine covers and answered the following question:
1.what breakfast cereal do they eat?
2.what car/mode of transport do they use?
3. what accomadotion do they live in?
4.what do they drink?                
5.what tv shows do they watch?
6.what music do they like?
7.what is their favorite meal?
8.what sport do they watch or play (if any) ?
9.who is their partner or are they single?
10.where do they go on holiday?
11.do they vote and if so who for?
12.what type of bar/pub/club do they go to?

we looked at classic rock magazine for one of them and we came up with the following answers:
1. cheerios, wheetos, crunchy nut.
2. train, vans(volkswagen).
3. studio flat, houses.
4. alcohol, redbull, frizzy drinks.
5. kerrang, skuzz, countdown, pretty much everything.
6. rock, screamo, heavy metal, indie.
7. chicken nuggets , chilli con carne, feast, chinese food
8. everything.
9. several partners.
10. home (theyre simple people), wherever concerts are, tours.
11. yes they do and BARACK OBAMA
12. club, pub and clubs.

extra 3 questions.
1. whats was theyre last downloaded track? joe perry from aerosmith becuase he was on the cover.
2. what clothes do they wear? skinny jeans, leather jackets, vans, band t's and boots.
3. what could be theyre biggest fear? chavs if not lawyers.




we then looked at improve your COURSE FISHING.

we answered the questions as followed:
1. kellogs cornflakes, porridge.
2. boat or a very cheap car.
3. boat, house or tent.
4. cider,whiskey, energy drinks.
5. finding nemo, the big catch.
6. what music do they like?
7. classic, whale sounds.
8. fish.
9.swimming, fishing sports.
10. single but looking, there plenty of fish in the sea ( could be a player).
11. relaxing places, islands, sea areas.