Monday, 7 March 2011
Changes to Double Page spread
I have decided that I am going to change the double page spread again as I feel the word 'exclusive' on the page could be changed.
I have decided to make it verticle and slightly larger to make it stand out from the other elements on the page more.
I have decided to make it verticle and slightly larger to make it stand out from the other elements on the page more.
Thursday, 17 February 2011
LIIAR
Language - Specific Media Terminology, Masthead title, Teaser, Subtitle, Smaller Feature. All language portrayed on the cover.
Institution - Organisation, something that produces media / media text.
Ideology - Represented by values, ideas and beliefs.
Audience- Consumers and Target Audience. How they will interpret the media and in what ways it would effect them.
Representation - Re-presenting society back to us. Values people represent such as stereo types. How things and portrayed
Audience Feedback about DEFinitive Magazine
I asked various people around the college 5 simple questions about how well they felt the my magazine worked, I thought it was important to find out some audience feedback so that if they could see any faults with the magazine they could give me constructive criticism about the magazine and I could improve the various elements in the magazine which the audience which is most likely to read my magazine felt needed to be changed.
I asked 2 random people from around the college about what they thought worked well with the magazine and what needed to be improved, here is the feedback which they gave me:
Participant 1
Is this a type of magazine that you would consider reading?
I don't see why not, it looks quite interesting and the bands which seem to be featured are all bands which are in fact in my personal music library and the featured stories do look interesting.
Do you think the colours which are used throughout the magazine work well together?
Yes, they seem to bring out the best from the images as they are very sharp and un-pixelated and work well on the black background, the idea of using some coloured images throughout the magazine whilst the majority of the photos are black and white works well and the idea of the small areas of colour on a dark background works well.
Are the images the type of images which you feel you would generally find in a magazine?
Indeed, I think the quality and the style of the images is simple yet effective, although some more colour photos on the pages would have made the magazine stand out a little more.
Does the text on the front cover of the magazine stand out from the images?
The banner style headline on the page works well, and the colours of the text make it stand out from the black and white image and black background, but if I would criticise you for anything I would say more text needs to be added to the front page.
Is the contents page interesting to look at?
Yes I like that it stands out from the other pages because of the red border style thing. It is effective and definitely works well. Also the difference in the size of the page numbers to the text works well because it gives the audience something to look at.
Participant 2
Is this a type of magazine you would consider reading?
The music which is involved isn't really well but it does look quite interesting.
Do you think the colours which are used throughout the magazine work well together?
Yes although some brighter colours would maybe appeal to me more as it would make the magazine alot more interesting to look at. But the simpleness of the colour scheme does work well.
Are the images the type of images which you feel you would generally find in a magazine?
Yes, they are a good quality of image, but I feel it is usually more conventional to use coloured images but this style makes the magazine slightly different from others and more unique.
Dose the text on the front cover of the magazine stand out from the images?
Yes, but more text would make the page look more appealing and interesting as it would introduce more colour onto the page.
Is the contents page interesting to look at?
Yes, the different styles on the page work well together and the colours and styles of image work well for what they are meant to do on the page, I also like that the page has been cut in half in a way because of the separation of the text and the image at the top of the page.
Over all, I feel that my magazine works well although I feel that I should maybe consider adding in various things too it, such as more text on the front page of the magazine so that it is more colourful.
I asked 2 random people from around the college about what they thought worked well with the magazine and what needed to be improved, here is the feedback which they gave me:
Participant 1
Is this a type of magazine that you would consider reading?
I don't see why not, it looks quite interesting and the bands which seem to be featured are all bands which are in fact in my personal music library and the featured stories do look interesting.
Do you think the colours which are used throughout the magazine work well together?
Yes, they seem to bring out the best from the images as they are very sharp and un-pixelated and work well on the black background, the idea of using some coloured images throughout the magazine whilst the majority of the photos are black and white works well and the idea of the small areas of colour on a dark background works well.
Are the images the type of images which you feel you would generally find in a magazine?
Indeed, I think the quality and the style of the images is simple yet effective, although some more colour photos on the pages would have made the magazine stand out a little more.
Does the text on the front cover of the magazine stand out from the images?
The banner style headline on the page works well, and the colours of the text make it stand out from the black and white image and black background, but if I would criticise you for anything I would say more text needs to be added to the front page.
Is the contents page interesting to look at?
Yes I like that it stands out from the other pages because of the red border style thing. It is effective and definitely works well. Also the difference in the size of the page numbers to the text works well because it gives the audience something to look at.
Participant 2
Is this a type of magazine you would consider reading?
The music which is involved isn't really well but it does look quite interesting.
Do you think the colours which are used throughout the magazine work well together?
Yes although some brighter colours would maybe appeal to me more as it would make the magazine alot more interesting to look at. But the simpleness of the colour scheme does work well.
Are the images the type of images which you feel you would generally find in a magazine?
Yes, they are a good quality of image, but I feel it is usually more conventional to use coloured images but this style makes the magazine slightly different from others and more unique.
Dose the text on the front cover of the magazine stand out from the images?
Yes, but more text would make the page look more appealing and interesting as it would introduce more colour onto the page.
Is the contents page interesting to look at?
Yes, the different styles on the page work well together and the colours and styles of image work well for what they are meant to do on the page, I also like that the page has been cut in half in a way because of the separation of the text and the image at the top of the page.
Over all, I feel that my magazine works well although I feel that I should maybe consider adding in various things too it, such as more text on the front page of the magazine so that it is more colourful.
How would I promote my magazine?
In order to get more and more readers to become interested in my magazine, this is essential in order to get the highest possible readership figure as well as profit. In order for the magazine to become well known advertising is necessary so that people know about the magazine and what it has to offer.
To advertise the website I would do various things such as marketing campaigns which would include various things such as advertisements on both the web as well as the television.
In order for the magazine to appeal to the people who see the advertisements it must be advertised in the correct places in order for the magazine to appeal to the same people. To do this you would advertise the magazine in such places as music websites or channels on the television which play the type of music which is shown in the magazine, this would be on channels such as the NME channel, although NME do have there own magazine this magazine is for a specific genre of music which the NME magazine will only cover briefly as the magazine covers so many different type's of music. It would also work well if it was advertised on channels which get a wide range of viewers, such as ITV so that it is seen widely, not just by the audience which is necessary for the magazine but for everyone, so that the word about the magazine will get out and more and more people will be aware of the magazine.
Another way in which the magazine could be advertised it by making online versions of the magazine such as a website and an iPod/iPhone application this could work well in order to advertise the magazine as Internet use is so widely used. I feel that these two options would be very good in order to get the word out about the magazine, although the magazine website would have to be quite similar to the magazine it wouldn't contain some of the exclusives which the magazine included in order to keep the readership of the magazine up, this is important also so that the magazine will make a profit as the website will be free.
Another way in which i could promote my magazine is to make the magazine its own twitter page, this will mean that various people from across the world will be able to follow the magazine and find out about various updates on both the Internet and on mobile devices.
To advertise the website I would do various things such as marketing campaigns which would include various things such as advertisements on both the web as well as the television.
In order for the magazine to appeal to the people who see the advertisements it must be advertised in the correct places in order for the magazine to appeal to the same people. To do this you would advertise the magazine in such places as music websites or channels on the television which play the type of music which is shown in the magazine, this would be on channels such as the NME channel, although NME do have there own magazine this magazine is for a specific genre of music which the NME magazine will only cover briefly as the magazine covers so many different type's of music. It would also work well if it was advertised on channels which get a wide range of viewers, such as ITV so that it is seen widely, not just by the audience which is necessary for the magazine but for everyone, so that the word about the magazine will get out and more and more people will be aware of the magazine.
Another way in which the magazine could be advertised it by making online versions of the magazine such as a website and an iPod/iPhone application this could work well in order to advertise the magazine as Internet use is so widely used. I feel that these two options would be very good in order to get the word out about the magazine, although the magazine website would have to be quite similar to the magazine it wouldn't contain some of the exclusives which the magazine included in order to keep the readership of the magazine up, this is important also so that the magazine will make a profit as the website will be free.
Another way in which i could promote my magazine is to make the magazine its own twitter page, this will mean that various people from across the world will be able to follow the magazine and find out about various updates on both the Internet and on mobile devices.
Another Draft Of Double Page Spread
After looking at the double page spread again I realised that I had included the same picture twice in the magazine, one on the contents page and again on the double page spread, I also felt that if I changed this image putting more colour into the page would make it look alot more welcomeing to the audience, So i then deleted the new image which I had added onto the page and added in a newer image which was colour which made the page look alot more colourful and went with the other elements of the page alot better, this is the new version of the double page spread:
Final Draft of Double Page Spread
I felt that although there was alot of information included on the 2nd draft of the double page spread and it did look quite alot better than the previous drafts I felt that it needed gto include more images so that the page had more elements, this is the draft which I have come up with:
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