Production Contents Page

Contents page
To produce my contents page I used Quark. I found quark was difficult to use when I first used it but then I found it easier as I used it more throughout the lessons. When I used it more I found that my work was progressing and looking more professional.

Production Double Page Spread

Double Page Spread
We used Quark again to produce our double page spread, this time I found it slightly easier because I had used it to produce my contents page. I thought that my double page spread would be harder to produce but I really enjoyed making it. This took us 2 lessons to complete it.

Photographs for my front cover

Article Research

Three young Dubliners took on the world, with music fashioned from the emotional detritus of their own hard lives raised up by a love of pop, rock, hip hop and soul. In two years they notched up a handful of hit singles, including ‘We Cry’, ‘Breakeven’ and ‘The Man Who Can’t Be Moved’. Their 2008 debut album, ‘The Script’, went to number one in the UK and Ireland, approaching 2 million world wide sales. They played stadium shows with music heroes U2, Take That and Paul McCartney. They played a triumphant homecoming set at Ireland’s Oxegen festival before 78,000 fans and won Best Live Performance at the 2010 Meteor Awards (beating their mentors U2). And to cap it all, ‘Breakeven’ became one of the slowest climbers in US pop history, eventually hitting the top of Billboards Adult Pop Song radio airplay chart after 40 weeks on release. ‘Breakeven’ has sold over 1.7 million downloads in the US alone. But that was just the first draft. Now it’s time to write a whole new Script. The scene is a recording studio in London. Two young Irishmen are listening to playback. Handsome, dark haired Danny O’Donoghue is The Script’s charismatic vocalist and keyboard player. Shaven headed Mark Sheehan is their intense, loquacious guitarist. Third member, friendly but taciturn drummer and multi-instrumentalist Glen Power is in an adjoining studio, laying down a beat. Danny and Mark cannot sit still. They are leaping about to the music blasting from huge speakers, an addictive blend of hip hop rhythms, flowing melodies, sparkling hooks and emotive, story-spinning lyrics, with Danny’s mellifluous soulful vocals riding high over huge, anthem choruses. This is their forthcoming second album, ‘Science And Faith’, and it is fair to say the band are excited.

http://www.thescriptmusic.com/gb/biography/

Planning Production

In todays lesson we decided what the regular content which will appear in the school magazine, A list of feature article and a list of the images whcih i will uise in the contents page.
These are the list of regular content that will be in the magazine:

• Interveiws.
• Advertisments.
• Competitions.
• Picture Page.

The list of articles is:

• Interview with jeffrey the cleaner.
• The mice return.
• The uniform change.
• Common room news.
• A level results.

A list of pictures I will use on my contents page:

•   A screen shot of my front cover
•  Close up of jeff
• Mid shot of the new uniform 

Publication Plan

This is the main plan for my magazine, I have gathered all of my information together so it is quicker for me when it comes to completing it.  Our teacher checked our work to make any amendments to it before uploading it.

Questionnaire 1

Questionnaire

I have made a questionnaire in order to help me produce my magazine.

1)   Are you male or female?

Male?

Female?

2)   Do you read Indie magazines?

Yes?

No?

3)   How old are you?

4)   What is your favourite band or singer?

5)   What 3 words do you associate with Indie?

6)   What is your favourite colour?

7)   How often do you buy music magazines?

8)   What do you like about the magazines you currently read?

9)   What do you dislike about the magazines you currently read?

10) What mood do you asscociate with indie?

11)What is your favourite music magazine?

12) Is indie music your preffered genre?

13) When would you like the magazine to be published?

Weekly?

Monthly?

Annually?

Questionnaire 2

Audience Questionnaire

1)   Do you think my magazine looks like an Indie Magazine?

Yes

No

2)   What Indie magazine do you read?

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3)   List 3 things you like about my magazine.
    
    _______________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________

4)   If you seen my magazine in a shop would you buy it?

   

    Yes

    No

5)   What are your reasons for your answer to Question 4?

    _______________________________________________

    _______________________________________________

      6)   Do you think my front cover is anchors in with my contents page?

         Yes

         No

    7)   If not then why?
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   8)   What would you improve on my magazine?
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       _______________________________________________
       _______________________________________________

  9)   Do you think my article anchors in with my magazine?
   
      Yes
    
      No

10)Do you think the main story line on my front cover ‘JUST JACK’ is eye catching?

     Yes

     No

Yes          

              No

11)Do you think there are enough contents on my contents page?

     Yes

     No

12)Do you think my colour scheme is consistent throughout my magazine?

     Yes

     No

  

13)Do you think my double page spread picture is relevant to the article?

     Yes

     No



14)Do my story lines in my contents page make you want to read on?

     Yes

     No



15)Do you think there are enough pictures on my contents page?
   
    Yes

    No

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Initial Ideas 2

After researching and deciding what type of magazine im going to produce which was indie. I chose indie because it is a unique genre.Ive always been interested in indie music so i knew that i would enjoy researching and producing indie magazines. My target audience for the magazine will be aimed at 16-24 years old.


I chose to produce an indie magazine because i found that it is a popular with my target audience.
My target audience is of both genders and i think that it is a suitable because i believe that these readers will be interested in this genre.

Researching The Market Place

Once looking on the internet at different magazines i found a few that i want to base my magazine on.

Price:£2.20

Frequency of publication:  Weekly

Issue size (number of pages): 88 pages

Regular Content: Competitions,Band news

Feature article: 12 page articles

Price:£2.20

Frequency of publication:51 issues per year

Issue size (number of pages):

Regular Content:

Feature article:

           Price:£3.90

           Frequency of publication: 12 issues  per year
Issue size (number of pages): 65 pages
Regular Content:

Feature article:

Price:£2.20

Frequency of publication: 51 issues per year

Issue size (number of pages): 56

Regular Content:

Feature article:

Initial Ideas 1

In todays lesson we researched other magazines so that i could make the decision of what my magazine was going to consist of. Which is important for me making the magazine.
Price:£2.00
Frequency Of Publication:Weekly
Average issue size:30 pages
Regular Content: Interviews and Pictures
Feature Articles: A band Article

Evaluation

For homework we got told to produce and evaluation of the workwe have produced though out the the lessons,in cluding contenets page and front cover.

In our lesson we got told to produce a front cover and a contents page,i found the front cover alot easier to produce rather than the contenets page.This was because i have never worked with Quark but i have worked with photo shop which i find a lot easier with working with it in the past.Before we produced our front cover and contents page we had to draw a sketch of the work we wanted to end up with. We did this on an A4 peice of paper,after we produced this we had to get it checked by our teacher so that we could continue working on it.

My magazine Alert covers everyday life in Weatherhead also its covers the most important prospects of Weatherhead aswell.The target audience of my magazine is for students of Weatherhead.

I could of made my front cover better because i could of followed the codes and conventions better than what i did.My contents page doesnt follow all the codes and conventions because i wasnt comfortable with using Quark.

Front Cover Pictures

In todays lesson we took pictures for our contents page and front cover.These are the pictures for the front cover.

This is for my front cover which is a close up of a student in uniform.

This is the picture that is going to go on the contents page to show what the readers will be issued with in next weeks magazine.

Contents page pictures

Rough layout of my front cover

I drew my school magazine front cover on an a4 peice of paper,i did this because it would help me complete the final magazine cover.This is the drawing:

Practice Shots and Descriptions

In todays lesson we took pictures with different types of camera angles.

• A low angle medium close up.
• A high angle long-shot.
• An extreme close up of the time.
• A big close up of someone using a mobile.
• A close up of someone in nature.
• A two shot in medium long shot.
• An over the shouler shot of someone writing.
• A very long shot conveying isolation.
• A medium close up.
• A long shot.
• A photo has connotations of friendship
• A photo which has connotations of stress.

This is an over the shoulder shot of someone writing

This is an over the shoulder shot of someone on the phone.

This is a mid-shot of someone in isolation

This is a close up.

This is a mid long shot.

This is a close up of someone on the phone.

This is a close up of the time.

                                                      This is a low angle mid shot.

This is a high angle mid-shot.

This is a two shot medium long shot.

This is a shot of someone in nature

This is a shot of someone in Friendship.

This is a long shot of someone in isolation.

This is a shot which has connotations of stress.

Codes And Conventions Of A Contents Page

Today in our lesson we annoted Contents pages and this is what we discovered:

• They all have one main image.
• They have the main stories off the front cover.
• They have the date and issue number.
• Smaller and clearer font so it is easily read.
• Its always split into 2 or 3 colums.
• Page numbers are bigger than the other text.
• Images are different sizes.
• Theres a gap between each story to seperate each one.
• There are 2 different headings: Regulars and Features.
• Coverlines are bold so they stand out.
• Font size is 11 point.
• Coverlines are 12/13 point.
• Band-Long shot.
• Colour of text stands out from background.
• Mainly set out down one side.
• The text surrounds image.
• Editors letter are on most contents pages.
• Colour from font needs to be consistant.
• Page numbers are used to anchor stories to image.
• The magazine title on contents page rein forces the brand.
• Main image relates to the article.
• The main image dominates the page.

Codes & Conventions Of Magazine Frontcovers

In todays lesson we looked at different types of front covers.

Masthead..

• Title
• Postioning Statement-Sets Out the mags ethos

• Title is kept clear and seperate from the image unless the magazine is established only way it could happen is an image underneath the title.

• Title- Unique font- Large & Bold not used anywhere else on the magazine.

• Barcode- Generally bottom right: issue,date,price and website.

• Buzzwords- 'plus' 'exclusive'- makes the reader think they are getting extra for money or no one else has it.

• Images- One main image sometimes subsiduary images which are smaller.

         -Close up or midshot.
         -No text over face on image
         -Looking at the camera which is known as direct address.

Colour Scheme.

• Colour Scheme-
• Simple Colours dont clash
• 3/4 colours
• Colours reinforce brand

Coverlines.

• Font of main cover line is bigger.
• Generally all the same font on the front cover.
• Roughly around 5 story lines.
• Use a linited amount of font.
• Plain background to make the main image stand out.
• If its a picture of a band; Long Shot or Medium Shot.
• One artist is a Mid Shot
• Body language of the person muct fit the genre.