Monday, 8 February 2010
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
You have started to get some anlysis her which will be useful- maybe look at the effects of the techniques on the reader for the contents and double page spred and link all three to show how they create branding and a house style that you incorporate into your own product and planning.
An example of a real media artefect
The front cover
The layout of the front cover is simple, not too much appearing on the page, less busy which is symbolic as it could reflect what news/ information on upcoming events or gossip by artists is produced throughout the magazine. The use of the colour white as the background colour is effective as it grabs the reader straight away; it also contrasts with the picture, as the picture is printed in black and white. The Picture on the front covers takes most of the page which emphasises the point that the music band could be well known or big in the music industry. The picture is the main focus, it’s a capture of the band ‘Arctic Monkeys’ standing in an order looking straight at the camera, this shows a lot of seriousness and could also show that the magazine is confident that their target market will like them and therefore buy the magazine. There are four members in this band and all seem to be wearing casual clothing, for example the guy standing in front is dressed very relaxed a shirt with un-done buttons and a blazer with jeans, where as they guy to the right of him is dressed in a white t-shirt meaning that any reader would assume he might be the quiet one of the group hence why he dressed differently to the others. Also the guy in front is holding an award, which links with the stories included inside the front cover. The Long shot image is clean not cluttered; it captures the band looking straight at the camera which also shows seriousness. They also have long hair and looks a bit scruffy which represent their target audience and the genre of music. There are no captions on the front cover, meaning that there could be a limit to what is inside the magazine and could be the fact that they are selling the magazine just on the band and a the image. The design of the image being big could mean most of the magazine is covered with ‘Arctic Monkeys’ information on the recent awards. Red, white and black are the main colours printed on the front cover, these colours connate what the audience may think of the band of the type of magazine, boring. The title has uniqueness as it is one letter ‘Q’ and is ambiguous as it has a double meaning, almost like a pun as it could mean the magazine is cueing new bands and artists in. The letter could be seen to be a symbol for the band, for example, it could an abbreviation for the word questions: the band has so many questions from fans and that all answers are revealed in the magazine. The cover line at the top of the page states that this is ‘the award issue’ meaning that it’s a different issue released this week, also the fact its placed at the top means that its important: separated from the rest of front page feautures, this could also mean that it’s a different issue there for have a different band on the front: On the front of the page there is a gold strip of different artists that came up in award i.e. Lilly Allen, U2 etc. The pug is positioned in the bottom left of the magazine, with a bar code, and on it there is the price, and date (month/ year).
Contents
The content page takes up the space of two pages and has a large image on one page and on the other consists of small little images. The images, are captures of the artists' names printed on the front cover. The layout overall is neat for example the columns and text boxes, it's not cluttered a bit like the front cover. The colour scheme is very simple, using colours such as black, white and red which links back to the front cover. The text is printed neatly and clear which is effective as it gives information on the features of the other pages. The contents page includes sub headings that are underlined and follow a column alignment a bit like the front cover. At the bottom of the page, it shows a picture of Cheryl Cole, listing what was included in the Q review.
Double page spread.
On the double page it includes two drop caps at the beginning of the story. It also has casual language such as ‘init’; it has a fairly large image of the band ‘N Dubz’ which reflects the language used on the opposite page. On the page with the image it has a pull quote of what one of the members had mentioned later on in the magazine. The text on the left hand page has only two columns which is clearly represented which could mean what is being said by the band is very clear in which the way they want to portray it to the target audience. It also helps guide the reader. Again the colour is limited on this page, for example the background behind the band is black which could mean something bad has happened in their music career or they could smell trouble as the images shows them serious. This also links top the pull quote printed as they are talking about their 'Haters'. The words read in the poll quote are symbolic as they had said. 'the haters come at you to plunge a big metal thing into your leg or neck'. This again is symbolic as the large picture has two of the band members revealing both body parts. i.e neck and legs.
The layout of the front cover is simple, not too much appearing on the page, less busy which is symbolic as it could reflect what news/ information on upcoming events or gossip by artists is produced throughout the magazine. The use of the colour white as the background colour is effective as it grabs the reader straight away; it also contrasts with the picture, as the picture is printed in black and white. The Picture on the front covers takes most of the page which emphasises the point that the music band could be well known or big in the music industry. The picture is the main focus, it’s a capture of the band ‘Arctic Monkeys’ standing in an order looking straight at the camera, this shows a lot of seriousness and could also show that the magazine is confident that their target market will like them and therefore buy the magazine. There are four members in this band and all seem to be wearing casual clothing, for example the guy standing in front is dressed very relaxed a shirt with un-done buttons and a blazer with jeans, where as they guy to the right of him is dressed in a white t-shirt meaning that any reader would assume he might be the quiet one of the group hence why he dressed differently to the others. Also the guy in front is holding an award, which links with the stories included inside the front cover. The Long shot image is clean not cluttered; it captures the band looking straight at the camera which also shows seriousness. They also have long hair and looks a bit scruffy which represent their target audience and the genre of music. There are no captions on the front cover, meaning that there could be a limit to what is inside the magazine and could be the fact that they are selling the magazine just on the band and a the image. The design of the image being big could mean most of the magazine is covered with ‘Arctic Monkeys’ information on the recent awards. Red, white and black are the main colours printed on the front cover, these colours connate what the audience may think of the band of the type of magazine, boring. The title has uniqueness as it is one letter ‘Q’ and is ambiguous as it has a double meaning, almost like a pun as it could mean the magazine is cueing new bands and artists in. The letter could be seen to be a symbol for the band, for example, it could an abbreviation for the word questions: the band has so many questions from fans and that all answers are revealed in the magazine. The cover line at the top of the page states that this is ‘the award issue’ meaning that it’s a different issue released this week, also the fact its placed at the top means that its important: separated from the rest of front page feautures, this could also mean that it’s a different issue there for have a different band on the front: On the front of the page there is a gold strip of different artists that came up in award i.e. Lilly Allen, U2 etc. The pug is positioned in the bottom left of the magazine, with a bar code, and on it there is the price, and date (month/ year).
Contents
The content page takes up the space of two pages and has a large image on one page and on the other consists of small little images. The images, are captures of the artists' names printed on the front cover. The layout overall is neat for example the columns and text boxes, it's not cluttered a bit like the front cover. The colour scheme is very simple, using colours such as black, white and red which links back to the front cover. The text is printed neatly and clear which is effective as it gives information on the features of the other pages. The contents page includes sub headings that are underlined and follow a column alignment a bit like the front cover. At the bottom of the page, it shows a picture of Cheryl Cole, listing what was included in the Q review.
Double page spread.
On the double page it includes two drop caps at the beginning of the story. It also has casual language such as ‘init’; it has a fairly large image of the band ‘N Dubz’ which reflects the language used on the opposite page. On the page with the image it has a pull quote of what one of the members had mentioned later on in the magazine. The text on the left hand page has only two columns which is clearly represented which could mean what is being said by the band is very clear in which the way they want to portray it to the target audience. It also helps guide the reader. Again the colour is limited on this page, for example the background behind the band is black which could mean something bad has happened in their music career or they could smell trouble as the images shows them serious. This also links top the pull quote printed as they are talking about their 'Haters'. The words read in the poll quote are symbolic as they had said. 'the haters come at you to plunge a big metal thing into your leg or neck'. This again is symbolic as the large picture has two of the band members revealing both body parts. i.e neck and legs.
Monday, 1 February 2010
From Mrs S
What you've learned from your questionnaire will be really useful - as you've shown in your analysis, don't lose momentum now as this is going well.
Analysis of Focus Questionnaire
Question 4.
Form these results i have noticed the public dont tend to buy hip hop magazines regulary, so i will make my magazine attrative so i can attract my audience and i will also inlude information they will find enjoyable,so they will want to read other issues.
Question 5.
My results show that i got a varied response from my audience the most popular elements were Gossip and Current Artists, so i will make sur these will definately appear in my magazine.
Question 6.
The most appropiate price my audience compramised with was £3, so i will sell my magazine at this particular price.
Question 7.
I had no results for not wanting each issue to correspond with eachother so i will make sure each issue with correspond either by theme or what the topic is.
Question 8.
My results show that appearence on the contents page will play a big part in my magazine. So i will make me contents page is appropiate for my audience and will also make sure its relevant to whats in my magazine.
Question 9.
I will include picture that relate to my interviews, so it can make the appearance of the page stand out and eye catching. As my audience preferred pictures, it would make sense that i put pitures on the double page spread.
Question 10.
My results tell me that my audience would rather have a CD as the freebie included with the magazine. so i will considered putting a CD.
Question 11.
I had asked this question to see if i could get a wide range of answers and was interested to see what my audience would like to see on the double page spread. The most popular elements the audiencepreferred were Gossip and Photographs.
Question12.
Majority of my audience wanted what was revealed in the magazine to be exposed on the front cover. However i disagree with this and think that if all is revealed on the front cover, they are less likely to read the whole magazine, so i think i should limit how much i put on the front cover.
Form these results i have noticed the public dont tend to buy hip hop magazines regulary, so i will make my magazine attrative so i can attract my audience and i will also inlude information they will find enjoyable,so they will want to read other issues.
Question 5.
My results show that i got a varied response from my audience the most popular elements were Gossip and Current Artists, so i will make sur these will definately appear in my magazine.
Question 6.
The most appropiate price my audience compramised with was £3, so i will sell my magazine at this particular price.
Question 7.
I had no results for not wanting each issue to correspond with eachother so i will make sure each issue with correspond either by theme or what the topic is.
Question 8.
My results show that appearence on the contents page will play a big part in my magazine. So i will make me contents page is appropiate for my audience and will also make sure its relevant to whats in my magazine.
Question 9.
I will include picture that relate to my interviews, so it can make the appearance of the page stand out and eye catching. As my audience preferred pictures, it would make sense that i put pitures on the double page spread.
Question 10.
My results tell me that my audience would rather have a CD as the freebie included with the magazine. so i will considered putting a CD.
Question 11.
I had asked this question to see if i could get a wide range of answers and was interested to see what my audience would like to see on the double page spread. The most popular elements the audiencepreferred were Gossip and Photographs.
Question12.
Majority of my audience wanted what was revealed in the magazine to be exposed on the front cover. However i disagree with this and think that if all is revealed on the front cover, they are less likely to read the whole magazine, so i think i should limit how much i put on the front cover.
4. Do you buy hip hop magazines on a regular basis?
5. What would you most like to see/ read about in a hip hop magazine?
6. What would be an appropiate price you'd pay for a hip hop magazine?
7. Would you prefer for the issues to correspond with eachother?
8. Would you prefer if the contents filled majority of the page?
9. Would you rather the interviews included pictures?
10. What type of freebie would you be content with?
11. On the double page spread, would you like to see......?
12. Would you like the cover of the magazine to reveal whats covered in the rest of the magazine?
5. What would you most like to see/ read about in a hip hop magazine?
6. What would be an appropiate price you'd pay for a hip hop magazine?
7. Would you prefer for the issues to correspond with eachother?
8. Would you prefer if the contents filled majority of the page?
9. Would you rather the interviews included pictures?
10. What type of freebie would you be content with?
11. On the double page spread, would you like to see......?
12. Would you like the cover of the magazine to reveal whats covered in the rest of the magazine?
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