Looking back on your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? from Molly Barker

Who would be the audience for your media product?

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

What kind of media institution might distribute your from Molly Barker

How did you attract/ address your audience?

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge form and conventions of real media products from molly barker

My Magazine!

Annie and Ella

Photo shoot

photo shoot outside for double page spread

Colour scheme

The colours that I have chosen to use are light colours to enhance the girlyness and to entice my target audience. I have used a light pastel pink as the background for the double page spread and contents and  kept to using the same shade of purple and blue for the main parts of texts. I have used black where I needed the text to stand out against a busy background. I felt it was important to keep the colours the same and have a prominent house style though out.

Colour scheme

camera issues and a learning curve

I took some images on a camera that I had not used before and when I went to look at my photos I realised that I had not focused the camera so my photos were all blurry and I couldn't use them. The owner of the camera then taught me how to focus the camera to obtain an image that wasn't blurred. I was then able to use this for my front cover. 

Contents construction

Constructing my front cover

the putting together of my double page spread

a slideshare of preparation of my photo shoot

model preparation from Molly Barker

I asked the people in my class to annotate my front cover and say what they thought I could change and also what they liked. It was a really helpful thing to do as I can now work on the suggestions given to me.

Magazine front cover

This is my nearly finished front cover I am going to get some feed back on it so I have a different opinion on what I can do to make it better.

I have decided not to use either of the previous pictures that I took and posted on my blog, as I think the background of the photos are to busy and colourful and they detract from the subject. The colourful background also doesn't follow a specific colour scheme. I would like it to have an obvious colour scheme so when I retake my pictures I will create a planer background.

second possible front cover

Possible front cover images

photo shoot the makeup and clothes

photo shoot, reasons for setting it out how i did

audience research to front cover image

risk assessment!

Risk ✖	How to avoid it ✔
The camera lights could fall and injure the model or myself	Make sure all the lights cables are tucked away
The flash could blind the model	Make sure the lights re on a setting that is not to bright
The glittery make-up may have a reaction on their skin	I would do a small tester on her hand to make sure there is no reaction, if there is ill wipe it of quickly.

audience research

front cover audience research

front cover picture audience research

audience research on front cover images

Audience profile

how has my research helped me?

festival acoustic- mise en scene research

Festival acoustic power point from Molly Barker

Mise en scene of an album cover

The image in this album cover has been taken to look like its outside on a sunny day which could have the connotations of nature or even festivals, which is the type of venue they would play at. The location isn't particularly glamorous.

They also are wearing quite summery clothes which are also quite dark and not very colourful. This could be seen as quite plain but stylish and looks more sophisticated than loads of really bright colours. They are not covered in sparkles or sequins or rind stones and are not showing a lot of flesh like other genres like pop or R&B would as they are selling their music and sound, they don't need to try and get attention by showing lots of their bodies in a provocative way. They wouldn't be attracting the type of audience that they would like to.

this is an example of a festival acoustic artist

contents flat plan

flat plans for my front page

flat plans for my magazine

 

Photography studio

Photography studio

Today we had the opportunity to set up a photography studio to take our photos! It was very different from working in the other places that I have taken my photos for example outside, as we could get exactly the right lighting which is something that can be very hard to achieve when working with limited resources. With the lighting being so bright it really lightened up the subject and meant that it would not have to be edited too much in a photo editor and the image was of better quality.

 We also had a plain background which meant that on the front of a magazine the focus would stay on the person in the picture rather than what is going on behind them, they would not be distracted by a busy background. The images turned out very well and because of the blank backdrop and they can be edited to fit the right mise en scene in to the image on Photoshop if it was necessary. 

I found the experience really useful to be able to learn how to create a really well planned out image which was well thought out, considering the placement of the model and where they were looking and the expression, and also the angle of the shot, weather it should be taken from a high level or low. I also learnt how to set up professional equipment which I can then teach to other people. 

audience research conclusion

From my audience research i have decided that i am going to aim my magazine at girls and feature female artists as they seams to be more interested in a festival acoustic magazine more than boys would.

 I asked a selection of boys and girls weather they would like a festival acoustic magazine and the result was that many of the girls would like this genre of magazine and they didn't think that were was anything like it already so they thought it would be a good thing to introduce it to the shelves. 

On the other hand i didn't get a very positive reaction from the boys, they said they don't really listen to the kind of artist that would be featured in the magazine so they wouldn't really go out and buy it. They would just like it because of the attractive female artists. 

This is why my magazine will have a more girly theme to it and may not feature as many male artists and it may be a bit more flowery and colourful. 

audience research

audience research

audience research

audience research

audience research

audience research

plat plan of front page

first draft letter

Yo festivalgoers and welcome to the first edition of Festival Gem! This magazine will quench your thirst for the freshest new up and coming female bands and single artists from the festival acoustic scene, like Haim, Foxes and Nina Nesbit Its full of sneak previews in to the crazy flower patterned lives of the top festival acoustic band right now! As well as intriguing interviews I am happy to show off the fact that we have our very own festival fashion guru, who is going to get you kitted out in the latest indie gear and create you in to your own Jem. I really hope you can set up camp in this wonderful campsite of magazine and enjoy the musical vibes from all the exciting articles we have to offer. Molly!

Festival Acoustic Moodboard

pop genre

Pop genre from molly barker

code and conventions of festival acoustic

Audience research for my magazine title

photo shoot plan

Audience Research

tumbr blog

http://festivalmedia.tumblr.com/

we heart pop deconstruction

contents page deconstruction

mojo deconstruction

Initial research task

vFind out how many different music magazines are on the market.  Briefly write about this.

 vGenre research task- research what genre is.

 vHow many different genres are there? Make a list of these, why not create a wordal?

 vHow many sub-genres are the?

 vComplete at least one magazine deconstruction, like we did in class. 

Fashion magazine deconstruction

     

I am aware that this is a fashion magazine but I decided to deconstruct it as I though that it has connotations of my festival acoustic genre, the pastel shades and way that it was written. It is also aimed at a similar audience to the audience I am aiming my magazine at and feature artists that I would include in my magazine. I have other deconstructions that are of music magazine as well to help me to see the conventions of music magazines as well. 

Preliminary task

Preliminary task