Pop Masthead Designs

These are the mastheads I have created using word and Dafont. I used 3 different fonts and 3 different names. This will help me in my research as i can make a questionnaire on what font and name they want me to use on my magazine.

House style

House style

House style is linked to the branding of the magazine and how it makes it unique for their target audience. This includes layout and structure. To create the individual house style of a magazine they use  masthead, colours and positioning of common conventions. For example, magazines sometimes have images over their masthead as their brand is commonly recognized by the reader regardless.

The house style that is used in NME's magazines is that the brand logo is always located in the top left corner and the colours or design will change depending on the event or colour used in the background. The main colour for the logo is red. An example is the Christmas issue with Simon Cowell on the front that has the logo in the corner. It is red but it looks more glossy and has snow on top of the letters. This suits the theme of Christmas but sticking close to the music. The celebrities in the images are mostly located in the middle but one or two are located of too the side. The text colour on all of these magazines have the colour red or white and rarely have any other colour. This means that the brand have a colour scheme of red and white. To the audience, this makes it more clear to read but stands out from the rest of the cover meaning less stress in trying to read. There is no add pictures on any of the magazine except for one which is located in the top right of the middle magazine with "Joel starts over" as it's coverline. The main coverline is mainly located in the middle but can be on the sides but if the story is a big one it will always be in the centre of the cover.

emaze History of pop

Banner designs

Main Title banner designs

Survey monkey results

Music Genres

Music Magazine genres

• Pop
• Rock 
• Blues
• Heavy Metal 
• Classical
• Disco
• Jazz
• Hip-Hop
• House
• Country
• Techno
• Rap

Niche Audience

Is a small selected audience with a very unique interest. For example Music or Game genre

The music type that I have selected is Pop because I listen to a lot of pop songs as it's catchy and great to listen too. Plus this type has a massive fan base spanning from singles to groups. Most of the artists are adored by the public and that the songs can be influencing. Pop has some big idols over the years that have changed the people see the world. This is what interests me and I like to know more on the history.  

School Magazine peer feedback

Music Magazine Cover Analysis

PB magazine cover after improving

My School Magazine evaluation

evaluation

 In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of school magazines?  

The conventions of the cover that I used were a masthead, straplines, coverlines, main image and anchorage text. These are some of the elements that have created my front cover design. I used some of fireworks features like shadow to make the text stand out from the image. I rotated the coverline to give it effect. I added more pictures to make the cover more attractive to my audience. I edited the logo so that it doesn't have a white background.

Who would be the audience for your media product? 

My audience is students year 7 to 13 because the main picture shows year 12 students in front of the new build and the small pictures show different areas of the school with the same students in the shot. The text font is white and is attractive and clear for them. The anchorage on the front cover relates to the students as it links with sixth form and revision for exams. This would attract more students as the information relates to them. 

How did you attract/address your audience?

I attracted my audience by doing a online questionnaire to see what the people want on the front cover. this can give me results that will decide the contents of the cover. There was 5 questions which ask the name for the title, font colour, anchorage text and the age group I need to aim for. 


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

I have learnt from using Fireworks is how to use filters to make the picture and text look suitable for my magazine. I learnt how to use shadows to create effect as it separates the picture from the text. I used Curves to create a dark effect on the picture which makes the picture less bright. To create the title I used a website which had different font types that I could use as my title. The one I have chosen suited the magazine and my audience as it gave the magazine some style and creativity. 

September overview

Task Research and Planning Part	Incomplete/ Limited 0-7 marks	Basic 8-11 marks	Proficient 12-15 marks	Excellent 16-20 marks	Overall:
Reflective Technology HW			ü		12/20 C grade
Conventions		ü
Analysis of music magazine		ü
Analysis of school mag front cover			ü
Masthead		ü
School magazine names & mastheads
Photography shot types				ü
Photography portrait				ü
WWW:  J  You are managing the demands of AS Media Studies well and have learnt to adapt to a range of new technologies J  You use a range of media terminology in your blog posts J  Your media analysis is clear and comprehensive J  Your photography is considered, well framed and developing in preparation for your coursework. EBI: -          You need to add detailed descriptions to each post so that it is clear to an examiner what you are doing. -          You call ‘Mastheads’ ‘Masterheads’ you should correct this on all documents. -          Highlight/ colour code your analysis to ensure you have included all aspects of the analysis formula. -          Try to think outside of the box and research independently. It would be great to see some wider reading, research and ideas on your blog than just those from the spreadsheet. Pupil Comment: I will try and develop this to improve my grade. I will also try to think outside the box but I have a great opportunity to do this with our school magazine evaluation. Your comments are constructive and I will try to build on this over half term. I am happy with the grade I have so far but I want to push on and earn more than a C.