Mind Map 1

Rock sound

Aimed at people who like indie rock so age 15 plus.

Content is going to cover the gigs and interview from the latest artists.

The front page will feature the chosen band to interview

Bold colours for the mast head with a blank colour background that makes the text stand out.

The magazine will be sold every month so that the magazine can have a month to gather more information and content

The target audience will be aimed at people who like to dance. I have contacted a band member who will be featuring in my magazine. Here I have the evidence to prove.

Mind Map 2

Hot Metal

This genre is going to be based on the more rock version of music instead of my previous idea which was based on the indie rock.

The colour scheme of the magazine will feature more wild colours such as bright red with a black back ground.

The font style of the magazine would look wild instead of the indie look that would tend to be more of a simple font

The target audience would be aimed at rock fans between teen and mid 20 years. This is due to the music bands inspired fans to wear different types of rock fashion such as piercings and make up.

The masthead name will be rock related in terms of the heavy metal such as mad rock returns.

The magazine will be sold monthly. This is due to the magazine gathering more content over the month to make the magazine better.

The main image on the front cover will feature the monthly band that the magazine interviews.

Mood Board

Mood Board

Masthead - Ideas

• I am going to relate the masthead to the band that I am going to feature in my magazine called The Coasts. As I have mentioned previously in the slide I have a family friend in the band. I was able to ask James Gamage the bass guitarist some questions about the music magazine and how his music would fit in. I asked what genre would you class your music. James then explained what he classed the band as. At the end of the message James then said that “ as long as we make people dance we are happy” so this gave me the idea of naming the magazine ROCK DANCE. This is then linked with the ROCK SOUND magazine that I have been studying and the band I am going to feature.

• I had also come up with the idea of calling the magazine rocking sun as this brings the indie rock culture into the picture. As the music is partly tropical the sun can represent the tropical music along with the rocking. This is then linked with the genre of my music magazine.

Masthead – Font Styles• My Masthead is going to be kept looking smart , bold and simple with a hint of

tropical. Bellow are some ideas of how I am going to convert the tropical ocean , smart, bold and simple look. The back ground represents the ocean and tropical colours. This then relates to the indie tropical rock genre that I am going to feature in the magazine.

Masthead – Font StylesFor my second magazine idea I have chosen to base the genre on heavy metal. This means that I need the font styles looking like they look bold and hot. I have chosen the colours red and black the make the mast head of the magazine stand out and look fierce to the readers. This connotes to the readers that this magazine is scary and full of hot metal music, this will be easily identified for the target audience.

House Style

House Styles

House Styles

I based the house style on being red and black to connote the magazine being hot with the latest's heavy metal music. The metal connotes the genre of the music, the genre of the music is heavy metal. This is why I have decided that I need to include the name. This magazine will have the hottest heavy metal music. The black and red connote scary and powerful colours for the genre of the heavy metal music.

Hand drawn drafts 1(Rock Dance)

Under lined albums text to make it stand

out

Here I have included the colour change down the front cover so that the magazine has more style. Rather than one colour I have merged two colours down the front cover of the magazine.

Here we have two head masts in front of the image and then behind the image. The magazine I am producing will have the image in front of the text to make the main image look more important. My step dad will be on the front indicating that he is going to be the main story.

Included the free CD on my magazine so that the magazine become more interesting to the reader.

Hand Drafts 2 (Hot Metal)

The mast head has been made a lighter colour compared to the back ground colour. This then makes the mast head stand out.

I have used the red background to connote the fire of the magazine being hot with the new albums.

I have made the main image the band that gest featured to show the importance of the new issue.

Here I have included a free CD with the magazine to make the magazine stand out when the magazine gets distributed to the shops.

Double Page Spread 1 (Rock Dance)Here I have Taking the similar idea of making the background look the same. This covers the genre of the rock, over the double page spread I have introduced a band of rock that has been interviewed monthly. As this will be advertised in my magazine double page spread. Open my double page spread Bandai will be interviewing are going to be the coasts. The coasts are a band that my family friends are part of so I am able to interview them and get an idea of what kind of style and music they like. This double page spread is a good example when comparing to pop magazine. As the pop magazine would have much for brighter colours and bold text. For boxes I have drawn a double page spread are each questions that I would be asking the band. This displays a double page spread of a good structure to the interview. This makes it much more easier for the viewers to read.

Double Page Spread 2 (Hot Metal)This double page spread is very similar to the one I have done previously. This double page spread that I have done reveals a more open plan for the band image. I have chosen this double page spread because of the layout of the text. As you can see I have highlighted implacable red how the text forms into an L-shape. This is a good layout because it gives their bands image in more Open View for how they wanted viewers to see them as a band. The only difference I have chosen on the double page spread in terms of colours. As for my magazines is going to feature indie rock, the colours of the magazine is going to have to be a lot more brighter than is going to be in a normal heavy rock magazine. Having the black and red background with the text will be shall reveal the band image in the top and corner more eye-catching than the previous double page spread.

Test photography

Here I had to go to the coast with my mate to take some photos to link to my magazine which is the coast. The coasts links with the band I am featuring. Here you can see that I have tried 2 different camera angles with the coast in the background. One picture is up close to the side with the coasts colours in the background which is the blue and white. The second camera angle that I have gone for is the front on camera shot with the full image of the coast in the back ground. In this image you can see me and my friend standing next to each other with the green, blue and white in the back ground. In both cameras angles you can see that you can see me in the images very clearly because of the coasts background with the white and blue and green make me stand out.

Target audience • The target audience for the Rock Dance magazine is teenage rock fans between the age of 15 to 22. Using Katz’ Uses

and Gratification theory, the target audience can relate to the musicians and bands within the magazine and feel a close bond with the subjects. This enables the audience to escape from reality for a while, giving the publishers an opportunity to educate and market to the target group.

• There is an argument that the target audience for “Rock Sound” are ‘social climbers’ (Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs), driven by improving their status in society and using the magazine to exist virtually in a fantasy world. This is evidenced by the way in which the narrative is directed at the reader

• Dissecting the target audience using Hartley’s 7 subjectivities, the target audience could be considered as:– Aged 15 to 22– Predominantly male (the articles and photographs are predominantly male biased)– Predominantly middle class (the advertisements and “gig” calendars identify price points suitable for middle income individuals)– Gothic in style (the photographs and fashion comments suggest this)– Predominately from native America (the origins of rock)

• As rock is a very loud and grown up kind of music the magazine is not for young children due to some of the images of the rock stars in their make up. This may scare children due to the images being inappropriate to them. Some rock stars in the magazine wear make up and have body piercing. Some like to give the image as a very dark and casual look with facial hair. As the tone of the rock period is moving on , different types of fashion are coming in to place. The magazine is therefore targeting young adults that like to keep up to date with the rock fashion. As make up and piercings are going out of style, the magazine wants to introduce more and more different types of rock fashion.

Target Audience • The target audience for the Hot Metal magazine is teenage rock fans between the age of 18- 45. Using

Katz’ Uses and Gratification theory, the target audience can relate to the musicians and bands within the magazine and feel a close bond with the subjects. This enables the audience to escape from reality for a while, giving the publishers an opportunity to educate and market to the target group.

• There is an argument that the target audience for “Hot Metal” are ‘social climbers’ (Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs), driven by improving their status in society and using the magazine to exist virtually in a fantasy world. This is evidenced by the way in which the narrative is directed at the reader

• Dissecting the target audience using Hartley’s 7 subjectivities, the target audience could be considered as:– Aged 18 to 45– Predominantly male (the articles and photographs are predominantly male biased)– Predominantly middle class (the advertisements and “gig” calendars identify price points suitable for middle income

individuals)– Gothic in style (the photographs and fashion comments suggest this)– Predominately from native America (the origins of rock)

This genre of rock is considered as lot more full on than my first idea which is based on indie rock. This genre of rock contains stronger language and imagery that some people may find distressing. This is due to the influence the music put the target audience. Piercings and crazy hair styles are considered to be all part of the culture of Heavy metal rock.

Ideas to repeat- Graphic layout

Mast head

Main headline

Barcode

Main image

Free Posters

Ideas to repeat

Main image

Interview Q&A

Flat Plan

Flat Plan – 2nd Idea

My Magazine Final

My magazine of inspiration is called rock sound. My magazine will be produced as a new product to be launched in the genre of indie rock. The magazine will be aimed at adults due to the magazine having text that some young people will not be able to understand. This is because the magazines genre is based on indie rock which links with the lyrics that are used within the songs. The songs are based on love so the lyrics are aimed at both genders in terms of love. Love is classed as something people start to get into as they get older. Therefore the genre is aimed at older people between the age of 18+ when people get into love. People with a healthy and controlled life style are able to access the magazine. Meaning that the customer must have a job to be able to pay for the cost of the magazine.

Photoshop Front Cover

Photoshop DPS

Masthead – Final IdeaHere is the final idea for the masthead, I have been inspired to use the similar design to what the coasts use for there album. The text makes it look like its in a tropical atmosphere. The back ground gives out a ocean colour effect with the font style looking very smart and simple as this type of rock is a lot more calmer than other types of rock such as heavy metal. Below I have taken a screen shot of what their album colours and font style look like. I have then gone onto a cool text website and chosen a similar font style and colours to the album cover of the coasts.

House Style

• Black back ground • Bright colours such as red to show DANGER• Bold text

Photoshop 2nd Idea Front Cover

Photoshop 2nd Idea DPS

Font style • I have chosen this as my font style because

this style is bold. Heavy metal music is about being loud and bold. This is where I got the idea from. Linking the style to the genre of the font style is very important.

Proposal 1

This is my first proposal idea for the music magazine that I want to produce. In this word document that I have completed is a break down of what I needed to include within the magazine for my first idea. For example the first idea I wanted to produce has the genre of Indie rock. Every bit of content and house style was broken down into this document.

Proposal 2

This is the template that I used for my second music magazine idea. Instead of the first idea being about indie rock. I have decided to make this one about heavy metal rock. Here I have explained what content I am going to include about the heavy metal rock.

Magazine interview inspiration• I have used the interviews in side my

magazine of inspiration. This is found in the middle section of the magazine Rock Sound. They have inspired me to use the similar house style that they have used in the double page spread that they have used.

• This then allows the interview to have a clearly detailed structure to the magazine. They have inspired me to ask a detailed open questions in the interview with the featured bands.

• The interview has been set out in the similar as Rock Sounds to give the same effect. This way also looks more professional. The featured band have to sit on a sofa in a calm atmosphere so they can give me the answers feeling comfortably .

Draft Article

This is my draft article where I ask the featured artists all the questions. To make it easy for the reader to identify the questions and answers, I made sure that they were put into different colour’s. For example here I have got the questions in Blue and then answers in Red. When I then placed the article in the magazine I made the colours more appropriate to suit my house style.

Photo shop

• To get the image that you want onto the canvas you must as the screen shots show. Click file then place. You will then have the option of being able to select the image that you want.

Photo shop

This is then the image with the lines around it. You can use the resizing tool which allows you to change the size and angle of the image. You can then also click on the image and press control T. this gives you the access to the sizing tool.

Colour

Here I used the eye dropper tool to be able to select the correct colour for my images and text boxes.

All the images had to have exactly the same colour to look very formal.

Size Tool

Here I was able to re size the images. As the moment I can re size this image. Due tot the grey lines surrounding the image. To get to this stage you must have the image selected. You can then push control T.

Conclusion • Within the LO3 I have shown how the coasts back ground for the front cover has

made an impact on where the singers will be seen on the front cover. I have shown the images of what type of clothes that the band will be wearing within the phot shoot. The stereotype that I have included within the photo plan shows the rock guitar and shades that are used typically within rock. So I have shown that you can link the typical rock theme with the band that I am going to be featuring which is going to be about the tropical coast indie rock. I have shown images of how I want to show the band on the front cover looking fresh, cool and smart. I have made sure that the mast head is easy to read and able to catch the eye in the shops where they will be sold. The text will be bold in front of the white clouds on the magazine. As the clouds are in the coasts back ground that I have taken a picture of in the test photography.