Media timeline

Media studies timeline:

7^th of January 2012: presentational work + research for my final music magazine

18^th of January 2012: showed my presentation in class and received feedback

25^th of January 2012: creating timeline

27^th of January 2012: start the photo taking

30^th of January 2012: improving InDesign technique

1^st of February 2012: mock creation of magazine cover

3^rd of February 2012 onwards: creation of magazine

Resources needed:

1.       Models (Billy, Danny and Connor)

2.       Camera

3.       2 guitars

4.       Drum kit

5.       Music studio

Shooting:

Models are listed above as well as the props needed and where the shooting is going to take place but for the lighting I’m going to have some lighting in the room and the effect I am going to go for which is through the glass of the recording studio will hopefully work as I think it will create a very good picture for the front cover.

Front cover:

For my front cover I do not know which font I will use yet but I will have a look at what fonts will go best with my design I have decided to go for a use of mainly black and white but also have tint of red in certain places to make the text or image stand out more from the back ground. The image I will hopefully be using will be the one of just the band playing but not the shot through the glass as I am hoping if it works to use it for my double page spread.

Contents and double page spread:

For my contents page I will use the codes and conventions page of my presentation to help me create this piece and I will use some of the photos I will take for both the contents and double page spread as I will have different shots of the images I am going to take. I will stick to the same clours from the front page as well as the text!

What to do...

• using the coursework brief (Student Drive: Media: As: Portfolio) design a time line for your production.  Working back from the deadline (using a calendar) work out your production schedule.
• Equipment:  What resources do you need to complete this brief?
• Shooting:  Who is your model?  Where will you shoot?  When?  Costume? props? Lights?
• Frontcover:  What will it look like?  Fonts, colours, text, images?  Sketch and a#scan your design ideas
• Content / Double page (as above)

This week in media...

This week in media we had to present our presentations to the rest of the class which consited of all of the research we had put together for our christmas task which will help us create our final piece. The presentations consisted of around 4-5 slides which would be about initial research, target audience, codes and conventions, fonts and a conclusion about how this task will help me create a music magazine. I have not been able to upload my powerpoint presentation yet but when I get back to school i will try again.

christmas work

1. The reasearch I have done is all about this one magazine NME. I did this because I have read and still do read this certain magazine so I know a lot about how a music magazine should be and look. I think this will help me a great deal so that i can get the bet possible marks available.

2. For the way in which NME ntise the readers is by having a main picture on the fornt of an icon of rock and roll as well as some smaller boxes with other stories which then lead people to read the contents page. This is where they see what stories are in this edition of NME which would then make the reader go to the exact pages they want to read.

3. The rules used by NME are effective so I will probably base my creation of my music magazine on them as well as using colours that reflect the type of music i decide to use in my music magazine.  The music magazines I have looked at NME used a lot of text boxes on the contents page and have columns of mini stories and sub headings. On the front page they have a main picture on the front cover then several smaller boxes that contain main stories and also have advertisement on the front cover.

4. So far the research I have done is just to see what I could include in this homework and I get a better understanding of the task that is ahead of us.

Brief for music magazine

1.    Collect some evidence of current music magazines: NME, Kerrang, Q

2.    Analyse how they construct meaning for their audience – Front page, contents, double page spreads

3.    Establish a set of rules (codes and conventions they use) / guide to creating a effective music magazine – for each page

4.    Keep a record of your research

Planning: Xmas holidays, for presentation to class 9^th January 2012

5.    Decide what type of music magazine you are going to design – what is the purpose of your magazine?

6.    Decide who is the audience (who is it aimed at?) – this will affect your design

7.    Draft sketch what you want on your front cover: colour, images, title, text, etc. – explain why (follow your rules)

8.    Draft ideal contents

9.    Photograph appropriate images for each page: stage a band / artist – consider locations, costume, props, makeup

10. Draft interview for double page spread – consider language used appropriate to genre and audience

11. Keep a record of your planning

last week in media

This week in media we had been focusing on the preliminary task as we had to look at everyone’s front page and contents page and give them analysis on what went well and what went bad.

What went well for me:

¨       The main point for me was that I meet the preliminary requirements!

¨       Made the target audience clear and precise.

¨       Colour scheme was good and was continual.

¨       Layout was uncluttered and was structured well.

What improvements may be made next time:

¨       Make the front cover more like a magazine by adding a barcode, ear piece, ect.

¨       Proof reading.

¨       Make the research and planning clear in the presentation.

My conclusion

I believe in order to improve my grade I must take on board all the positive criticism given by my teacher and my fellow class mates and add this to my final product. I think I also feel I need to research in longer detail my next task so I have a clear understanding about what I need to create and how I can improve from my first task onto my new task. I will also type all of my work in word to make sure it is grammatically correct and all spellings are correct also.

This weeks media work

This week we have been making sure our preliminary task is ready as in tomorrows lesson we will have to present our work to the class and explain out ideas behind it. I have also been making slight adjustments to my front page so that it looks up to the standard I can do at the moment.



The adjustments I have made are just adding a few minor details and also making my contents page look like  contents page. I have also I changed some parts of my background on the front page and contents page to make the pictures not look streched.