Q3

As my magazine is a mainstream magazine I will be looking for a large company which owns other companies also knows as conglomerates like Bauer to distribute my magazine because they will have much more knowledge of the distribution process and as they are really successful and well known for their magazines they will be more successful in the sales of the magazines. I would also use cross media which is using another form of media to advertise my magazine and I would create a “TOXIK” website where fans can archive previous magazines, search for band tour dates. This magazine will be able to be bought singly as well as subscriptions which can be paid for monthly at a cheaper rate however on a contract or a one off lump sum and will be distributed to specific rock/metal music and clothing shops.

Q2

My music magazine represents a particular social group because I have used specific fonts which show rebellion and don’t follow a common trend of normal fonts which I believe will make my magazine more specific to the genre of rock. The colours I chose to use work well with the magazine name which is “TOXIK” and the colours I have decided to use are reds to show power and blood, greens to represent bio-hazards and radiation. The image of the iPod which represent the age of people who will be reading my magazine are around 16-35. Using images of guitars and saying up for grabs anchoring them means that the readers rather have interest with playing guitars or play them and want to win these guitars.

Q1

Using a combination of masthead work, cover images, text layout I created a realistic looking music magazine by having different sized fonts for more important text and selective colours to make these pieces of text stand out more. The cover images I have used give reference to my magazine genre because I have decided to use pictures which refer to metal/rock music such as guitars, iPods and Metallica. I used a special type of font for the title to make it look more graphic and textured so it will suit the name more rather than it being plane. Also using slanted images makes the cover look more out the ordanary and original like Kerrang! does.

Finished Double Page Spread

This lesson i want to upload my double page spread to my blog

This is the final version of my Double page spread finished using quark.

Final pictures for double page spread

I have used these different types of images because each one encodes a different story for instance the low angle camera shot makes him look aggressive big and mighty where as the high angle shot of the balancing guitar shows he's not dead serious and enjoys doing unordinary things and the two pictures where he is playing the guitar show his dedication to music and the large picture holding the guitar in the air is going to be used as a full page picture as it shows might, pride and power.

FINAL CONTENTS PAGE

This is the final draft of my contents page and I have used Quark to create this because the ability to manipulate text is much easier than Photoshop so it made it easier putting text in however I edited the pictures on Photoshop and the title and imported the images. I was not experienced in quark at all before this media project however I have managed to use it really well and because of this iv managed to create a realistic contents page simulate to Kerrang!

FINAL FRONT COVER

This is the final draft of my magazine front cover. To make this look realistic is used Tag lines, Banners, Barcodes, Title, Cover image Anchorage on pictures. I created this using Photoshop Elements and am already familiar with Photoshop cs3 so elements is a simplified version so I was able to pick this software up really easily and offered my knowledge of the software to other students who were not as familiar with it.

The photo's i will be using for my magazine

This lesson i will upload the some of the final images for my magaizne

The picture of callum holding the guitar is suitable for the front cover shot because it represents the generic elements of a rock look with the guitar and the brick wall, their is room for a masthead on top and down the sides for the pugs and sell-lines

02/04/09

That lesson I wanted to finish off my treatment and upload it to my blog

Treatment

The work I am currently working on is a music magazine of the rock and metal genre at the age group of 16 to 35, aimed at both men and women not directly at one gender. The reason I have chosen to do this is that this magazine is going to be a mainstream magazine so it is looking to reach many different people throughout the sub genres of rock and metal such as hard rock, heavy metal and punk rock.

Target audience:
16-35
Males and females due to being a mainstream magazine.
Rock, metal and punk people
The reason I am aiming this at this audience is because if it becomes a much less metal and rock magazine and these are the main audience so I plan to stick to these.

Photography design I will be using a plane background using lighting to remove shadows for my cover picture. A cover picture needs to be a medium close up shot at normal level not higher than the person or lower because these look unprofessional. I will need a medium to medium long shot for the double page spread. I will be taking photos of Louise Stevenson, Jade Dannet, James Davis, Callum Ward and Zach Lovatt for my magazine. I will also gather different photos of people to put in the contents page as I plan to have quite a few pictures in their. I will get photos of Zach and Callum outside of college and Jade James and Louise in college.

My layout will be similar to modern rock magazines because they seem to be successful. As well as the contents page and double page spread. The reason I have chosen this layout is that it is dynamic and direct with the images and writing combo. The front cover will be busy and exiting with lots of images and text

I will need to make some health and safety precautions while taking photos in case I choose to take photo’s outside then I need to make sure the person I am photographing is safe and not in danger. I will be taking some pictures in the college media suite vicinity and there is a first aider who works up in that area as well as the fire assembly points in the car park. There is a chance of people being burnt with the lights and damage to the eyes. My other photos I will be taking are going to be at people’s houses and the surrounding area so I will inform them of what to do in an accident.

I will be using basic props for a rock look such as a guitar, lots of hair, a hat and specific facial expressions. The guitar I will have Callum holding by the neck with it resting on the floor. I will also take photo’s of his Ibanez Gem and his Fender Stratocaster Mexican 1968 as up for grabs in the magazine. The clothing he will be wearing will possibly be a loose open topped shirt with jeans trainers. Zach will be wearing his too tight jeans and a shirt and be using his bass guitar.

Production schedule.

On monday i will be taking photos for my contents page because the people who are going to be in this i can use in the photography area in the media rooms.

Tuesday i will create album art for a "free Cd" i will be giving away using photoshop

Wednesday i will be taking photos for the front cover

Thursday i will be taking photos for the double page spread

and on friday i will be editing my pictures for the magaizne