Colour Connotations

Production Log - 22/10/13

Production Log - 22nd October 2013

In the past week of media I have been working on my research and planning for my coursework. I have created a survey which I will be getting people to fill out within the next few lessons. I used a range of questions on this which will help me when I make my magazine. I then researched on the different mast heads. I got a range of popular mastheads which will has helped me to see how they have been designed and the different font types. Furthermore by doing this it will help me when I come to make my masthead as I would have been able to see the standard I would have to make it so that it looks as professional as possible. After doing this I researched more into the names and what the magazine suggests. Also in this research task I found out about the institution which has been used and why this has been used. As one of my tasks I researched the different institutions. I found out about the institution and what magazines have been produced from the institution. When I come to do my proposal I included about my target audience, my genre, and other key things such as the institution that I would use. The most recent task I have completed is the analysis of 3 existing double page spreads. By doing this it has allowed me to see the typical layout of a double page spread and will allow me to know how best to make my double page spread when I come to make it.

 

Existing Magazine Names

Part of my research involved finding out about existing magazine names. I found this very helpful for thinking about my magazine as I realised that all the names of the magazines were very catchy. I also looked at the designs for the names and I realised that they were all very bright and stood out. I believe I will be able to use what I have learnt from looking at these existing names to create a catchy name for my own magazine.

Double Page Spread's Analysis

This shows 3 music magazine double page spread which I have analysed. This has allowed me to see how I should design my double page spreads to make them appeal to my target audience as much as possible and also to make my magazine look as profession as possible. I have also got to see how the codes and conventions of a double page spread are structured on the page and this will help me when I make my magazine.

Double Page Spread Analysis

Contents Pages Analysis

This shows 3 music magazine contents pages which I have analysed. This has allowed me to see what I would have to include on my contents page when I begin to make my magazine. I have also got to see how the codes and conventions of a contents page are structured on the page and this will help me when I make my magazine. It will also allow me to make my magazine to the best standard I can.

Contents Pages Analysis

Proposal

This is my proposal which I made for my magazine. In this proposal I have gone into detail about what my magazine will be like including genre. I have also talked about my target audience and how I will make my magazine suitable for this audience. Furthermore  I have spoke about the institutions I would use to publish my magazine and my reasons for these decisions.

Proposal

Institutions

Existing Mastheads

Existing Magazines

Institutions

Music Magazine Institutions

As part of my research for the course I was able to find out about the different institutions. this was very interesting and gave me a lot more knowledge about the institutions and what they do. It also helped me think of who a suitable institution would be for my magazine.

Magazine Survey

I have included in my research a survey in which will help me to find out more about what the market prefer with magazines and will help me decide how I should create my magazine when I come to make it. I included questions about the different genres, how often people read magazines, how much roughly they spend on a magazine and other questions which will help me when I make my magazine.

This is the link for my survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TK3LWG9

Production Log - 15/10/13

Production Log - 15th October 2013

In the past few weeks of media I have created a mood board. By creating this it enabled me to gain more knowlegde about teenagers and the typical things that they are interested in. It also gave me a wider idea of the sort of things which I could include in my magazine and will help me decide what to include in my magazine. As well as gaining knowledge it will also help me to be able to design a more interesting and appealing magazine. In my moodboard I included images such as make-up, nail varnish and fashion as these are some of the main things which teenage girls are into. I also included other images such as sweets, shops and other things such as phones and music.

I have also learn't about the codes and conventions of a music magazine. This included writing about the codes and conventions of a contents page and double page spread. I also learn't about the codes and conventions of a front cover and I uploaded all my work onto by blog by using scribd. By learning about the codes and conventions of a music magazine this has allowed me to see what I need to include in my magazine to make it look as professional and appealing as possible.

Once I had learnt about the typical codes and conventions I then went on to do an analysis of 3 front covers of pop music magazines and 3 contents pages. When analysising the front covers I made sure  I put a lot a lot of detail into my analysis. This included writing about the masthead, selllines, images and how the codes and conventions are incorperated into the magazine. I also went into detail about the colours used and how the front cover had been designed to appeal to the target audience. When analysing the contents pages I made sure to write about how they had made the magazine appealing to the target audience by the language they had used and colour schemes. I also analysied the images that had been used and the different sections of the magazine. By doing this analysis it has helped me gain more knowledge on how I should make my magazine and what I shoukld include to make it appeal to teenage girls and make it suitable for the theme of pop.

The most recent thing I have done is come up with a variety of masthead names. I come up with a variety of names which I thought may be suitable for my magazine. However when I came to look back on these names I saw that some of them may not be suitable for my magazine. This is because I thought that names such as 'pop' would be too boring for my magazine and it would not make people want to buy the magazine. Therefore I expanded on this and came up with more complex names such as 'simply pop' and 'love pop'. I decided to make all my masthead ideas relate to the theme of pop music and I made sure that they would appeal to the target audience of teenage girls. Once I had come up with a wide variety of names I decided to create some of them in photoshop. This gave me an idea of different fonts which I could use and the different colours which would allow it to appeal to my target audience. Seen as my magazine is going to be a pop magazine I did not use fonts which could be related to other genres such as rock by using gothic type fonts. I decided that it would be best to use girly colours such as pinks, purples, and light blues as these would appeal to girl. Furthermore I thought that black would be a good colour to use as it makes the masthead stand out against the background colour and would make it catch the readers eye.

Name Idea's

 As part of my planning I came up with a range of different names that I could use for my magazine. When I started thinking of names for the magazine I thought f lots of different possible names and then expanded on these to see the different names I could achieve by compounding different names. When I had a large variety of possible names I chose the best ons and designed them in Photoshop. This allowed me to come up with the best possible name for my magazine rather than just using one and then using that.

Front Cover Analysis

This shows 3 music magazines which I have analysed. By doing this it has allowed me to see the different features that I need to include in my magazine when I make it. By looking at a range of music magazine front covers it has made me want to produce a similar magazine cover in which it would be a high standard like the ones that I have looked at.

Front Cover Analysis

Codes and Conventions - Contents Page

When I was looking for the codes and conventions I made sure to find all the main features which are included in a typical music magazine. This will allow me to create a magazine to the best standard and make it look as professional and appealing as I can. By doing this task it will help me when I come to make my magazine as I will be able to check I have included to the right things I need to include.

Codes and Conventions - Contents Page

Codes And Conventions - Double Page Spread

This shows the codes and conventions of a double page spread in a magazine. When I was finding out the codes and conventions I made sure I was looking specifically for the same genre as mine. This will help me as when I come to make my magazine it will help me to know what I should include in my work. It will also allow me to create a better and more professional looking magazine from doing this.

Codes and Conventions