Planning contents

So I have decided that this technique of brainstorming is not quick enough and considering my deadline is in less than 2 days I need to get a move on. Therefore my new technique is uploading mock-ups of my ideas. 

Front Page Mock-Up

I will need to obtain images with a free screen and SLR camera this week

Planning front page

The conventions the images on the front page are are bands with serious but relaxed body language and facial expressions. Due to the genre I have chosen I will ask all my models or actors to wear black indie styled clothes because the colour black is iconic to the rock and punk genre which will be combined from my research kerrang!, NME and Total guitar. I will challenge the conventional use of props as unlike kerrang! which uses a megaphone and Total Guitar which has several guitars my product like NME will have no props. I will adapt the use of graphics from NME which uses arrows for text box like Franz Ferdinand free CD's brand and the circles in the background of kerrang as I used paint spatters from Conquer the Decade (the free cd in my product) to use synergy as these will be both in the background and used as a text box. Using synergy is convebtional for example Total guitar use the actual background of the magazine where the cd was placed maintaining both the brand of the magazine and cd as both were promoting the band Avenged Sevenfold. Barcodes and publishers logo are also essential for magazines but I will adapt the logo slightly by using the synonym of future; ultimate and copy the San serif font with a smooth edged square for a text box which will be purple to connote royalty and imply high and ultimate standards.  

I will also challenge the colour scheme of using yellow and red which for some strange reason both NME and kerrang! did. Thus I will be origanal and use light blue and orange. 

I will combine the language of all my reaseaevh for the masthead as I all if their genres are in my hybrid for example NME is indie pop, Kerrang! is pop-punk and Total guitar is rock. My masthead will therefore be ABM which will stand for absolutely booming media because absolute is a synonym for totaland absolute is a rock radio station as well, so I will be able to use synergy, NME is an ancronym for new musical express and kerrang! is onamatopia like boom which is also a pop festival so I will be able to use synergy.  I will also utilised the conventional repeatition of words about the free CD in my products issue ensuring I use synergy for example NME and total guitar repeats the words Bands name 3 times on the front cover but I just did so 2 times in order to emphasise the excitement about the merchandise but intrigue  the readers with creativity at the same time. I will use convebtional plugs and teasers throughout both my front and contents page. 

I combined conventions of layout I will have mid-shots of the band conquer the decade from NME, this main feature will have is teaser and plug on top like kerrang!s "sleeping with sirens" "here to wake up your town" I will just adapt it to suit my band "conquer the decade" "has Brocken records this year". Furthermore, I will develop puffs such as revealed to get the inside scoop to make it more creative. I also copied the use of connectives to reinforce the added value in the music magazine. Moreover I will include the use of a pull out poster from green day in kerrang but moved the positioning of it under the cd aligned to the right at the bottom like Total guitar. (The poster will be a copy right free image from google). 

Font I will use a strong bold and big San serif font like kerrang! and NME for the masthead and smaller fonts for the connectives, teasers, plugs and puffs but still capitals like the masthead. However to convey the importance of the main feature I will subvert this convention by using the serif font used in the digipak to create synergy. 

preliminary task

In order to practise using photoshop I decided to use my A2 coursework and create album advert:

Survey analysis

Magazine survey results analysis 
As I am currently making mind maps for the planning stage of my project I have decided to change my genre to a hybrid of indie Pop-Rock and Pop-Punk to ensure I have a bigger target market. 

Survey

Now my secondary research is complete I can do my primary research I have created this survey to find out more about my target audience:

Magazine Terminology glossary

Masthead - name of magazine or publishers etc. these are usually the same for every issue in order for the audience to remember the brand. Thus the in house is strong.

byline - The byline on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name, the date, and often the position, of the writer of the article. Bylines are traditionally placed between the headline and the text of the article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byline

pugs - logo, price merchandise (freebees) all to grab the audiences attention usually on the front cover.

plugs - before the teaser usually an event or name of band to give info then tease audiences into buying the magazine.

puff/tags - a magazine term e.g. revealed and exclusive when its not that secret because other magazines have the same story it is just advertising the magazine and band more because technically the album or news story has just been publicised for the first time.

teasers - usually bands names to grab the audiences attention but then toying with the readers to read on as it says read about their new album afterwards to get more people to buy the product.

pull quotes - this is the most interesting quote from an interview repeated in the middle of columns just larger and bolder so that it stands out to the audience so that they read on

fonts - there are many different kinds of typography to create different effects in order to portray different tones and atmosphere ( e.g.San-Serifs and Serifs)

this is San-serif which is used mainly for headings and has a more Gothic feel.

the added red bits change the font to serif as san in French means without. It would probably would be used in the body of the text for a magazine feature page.

images - photos animations ect it is said that a picture can say a million words. this can be done with mise en scene such as props, facial expressions, body language, costume, make up and lighting

layout - usually conventional e.g. feature page main huge image with little ones breaking up the text or the masthead always at the top of the front page

colour - signifies representations that the producers try to imply e.g. blue and green can be inferred by the reader as masculine thus it portrays a stereotypical male representation.

semiotics - signs icons and indexical features - the study of language in media

symbols - metaphorical meanings red is the sign for love but can be interpreted differently through blood.

iconic - mise en scene that has related meanings e.g. an iconic feature of the genre rock and metal is the colour black because because the lyrics speak much about death and black symbolises death due to the notion that it is tradition to wear black clothing to funerals. Something that makes u think of something else a uniform is iconic to schools, hair dressing, a fireman police officer or nursing depending on Which type it is.

direct quotes - in an interview word for word what the person being interviewed said in "quotation marks" but normal font.

direct address (synthetic personalisation) - talking straight to the audience also known as breaking the fourth wall which is post-modern as it blurs the boundaries of reality and media which engages the audience more.

Jargon also known as slang this further interacts with the audience because it uses language of the era