What I did Today

Today I designed my questionnaire and uploaded it to blogger. I then added my masthead to my magazine using Photoshop.

My Questionnaire

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Music Magazines

Front Covers
The front cover is a persuasive selling tool.
They motivate the audience to buy the product.
They establish their own identity to cultivate a brand loyalty.
The front cover shapes the readers expectations.
The readers are invited to join communities with distinct cultural identities.
The prime position for important information is the top left hand corner.
You need to consider the layout and graphology and colour.

Sentence Functions
Declaratives - making a statement.
Imperatives - giving orders.
Interrogatives - asking questions.
Exclamatives - surprise or alarm.

Intertextuality
Where we are reminded of another form of media or sayings.
In music magazines they often refer to films.

Information value - the placement of elements that reflect their importance.
Saliance - the relative size of subjects that reflects its worth.
Framing Devices - connect or disconnect elements.

Editorial
Consider the relationship between the text producer and the reader.
In music magazines it is to review and recommend.
In the editorial the style corresponds to the style of the magazine.

My Edited Pictures

These are the pictures that I will use in my music magazine.

This is the image I will use for my Front Cover.

Before Editing

This is the original photo before I edited it in Iphoto.

After Editing

This is the image after I have edited it in Iphoto. I decided to use the tool 'colour boost' as this boosted the colours and made them look more vibrant than before. It also gives definition to each individual colour. I then removed the plug socket by using the 'retouch' tool. I removed the plug socket as I felt that your attention was draw to it and it made the image look unprofessional. I enhanced the highlight level and the definition level as this made the image brighter and it also made the image shaper. I then used the 'de-noise' tool as this made the image less pixilated.

This is the image I will use for my Double Page Spread.

Before Editing

This is the original image before I have edited it using Iphoto.

After Editing

This is the image for my double page spread, after  I have edited it in Iphoto. I used the 'colour boost' tool, as this boosted the colours which made the picture look more vibrant. I also adjusted the levels of the image as this helped to enhance the colours. I then changed the 'saturation', as this increased the intensity. I then decided to increase the 'definition level' and the 'highlight level'. this improved the sharpness of the image. Finally I increased the 'de-noise' tool which made the picture less pixilated.

This is the image I will use for my contents page.

Before Editing
This is my original image before I edited it in Iphoto.

After Editing

This is the photo after I have edited it using Iphoto. Firstly I boosted the colours in the picture using the 'boost colour' tool. This made my image brighter. I then changed the exposure, as this changed the lighting. I also changed the contrast tool, which gave my model's skin a warmer tone. I increased the sharpness, as this increased the focus of the image. I finally changed the 'de-noise' tool so that it improved the quality of the picture and made it less grainy. 

Creating My Front Cover For My Music Magzine

This is the picture that I have chosen to use as my front cover image. I have edited this picture in Iphoto.

I am going to use Photoshop to make my Music Magazine. After choosing the image for my front cover I then made it my background on Photoshop. This enables me to then add a masthead.

Here is a screenshot, which shows my front cover with the masthead. After adding the masthead I decided to erase part of the 'E' and the 'A' as I didn't like how the masthead covered the tops of both of my model's heads. By doing this I have made the masthead look like it is behind the models. 

This is my finished Masthead. I added a heart beat symbol either side of the word 'Beat' as this symbol signifies a beat, which fits in with my music magazine.

I then had to make the decision of whether to put a box around the barcode, date and price. I thought the box made it stand out and how the other design is not as visible so therefore does not attract the reader's away from the main photo. As a result of this I chose to use the design without the white box.

This is my front cover so far. I have added my 'Exclusive' story. I wanted the word 'Exclusive' to be in red as I want it to stand out because it is my anchorage text, so therefore it is important. Also because my model is wearing black I wanted the word to be in a contrasting colour, instead of blending in with what she is wearing. I have added some text about getting a free CD as I feel that this will attract readers to purchase my magazine because of the promotional offer. On the other side of my magazine I have included the names of solo artists and bands as this will encourage my reader to buy this magazine if they see an artist or band that they like is featuring in the magazine.

At the top of my magazine I have added an article about another Solo Artist that is featuring in my magazine. However, I am not sure if I am going to keep it at the top of my magazine near my masthead as I don't want to make it clustered or detract the reader's attention away from the main image.

Reader Profile

Here is my reader profile for the magazine that I am going to make.

The Music Press

1950s -1960s 

- Magazines: Melody Maker (1952), New Musical Express (1926) and Rolling Stone.

- In the 1960s there were changes in society.

- Arrival of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

- Drug culture in the 60s changed the nature of music and music writing.

1970s

Early 70s

- Youth Sub Culture was 'Glam Rock'.

- Bands and Artists such as Sweet, Mud, Slade and T Rex.

Mid 70s

- NME embraces punk.

- NME starts writing about politics and philosophy etc.

- The music press becomes divided into Musicians' papers and Political papers.

Later On

- Youth Sub Culture became 'Prog. Rock'.

- Bands and Artists such as Pink Fylod, Emmerson Lake Palmer and Yes.

- Until the 'Prog Rock' bands became known the music papers were still largely uncritical of groups. This changed as 'Prog Rocl' began to spend too much money on staging, lighting and lasers etc.

Late 1970s - Early 1980s

- The style became Pop.

- Music becomes more important than content.

NME

- It changed its style to meet the Youth Sub Culture 'Punk'.

- Writers were recruited from the magazines own readership.

- Late 70s early 80s readers abandon NME as it no longer writes about 'normal' bands.