Select and Deselect

I have taken some images to go onto my blog and i may also need to take some more as i feel that the images i have taken are all very similar and i must experiment more with my models and props. With the images that i have got i have made a select and deselect image, this is where it shows which images i will be using, could possibly use and which images i'm not going to use in my magazine.  

Moodboard

As part of my magazine research I put together a moodboard to help generate ideas that I would want to put on my magazine. I put lots of different pictures and key words to trigger thoughts of what my magazine could look like. My moodboard is in sections so that it is easy to see that I have made connections through most of my images that I have found. This is my moodboard that I created in order to get idea on how my jazz magazine could be created in order to look professional and appeal to my niche target audience: 

 Although my magazine is to do with jazz music, the way that the models look is important as you need to make sure that the magazine looks professional so you would want the artist/bands look like they are jazz players. The important thing is that I DON’T make my magazine look like a fashion magazine so I need to make sure everything is jazz related.

I have put pictures of suits/hair/make-up on my magazine as those images are the style that I want to inspire my models to look like so that my magazine will look professional like it’s a jazz music magazine. I think that the boy models that I put on my magazine should be wearing suits so that they look old fashioned, smart and jazzy. I wanted to go for an old fashioned look with both the men and women to give that jazz vibe off the magazine. From the images that I have gathered I would like my models to have big make up and big hair/curly hair this will make the models look old fashioned.

Another thing that I have in put into my moodboard is the instruments that I relate to jazz music. This is so that I can get an idea as to what instruments I might want to use in my magazine. I feel that the main instruments that you could see or hear in jazz music are piano, trumpet, saxophone, double base, trombone and others. Other thing that I would like to try and include in my magazine is an old microphone so that it looks like an older fashioned and jazz like magazine. Another thing that I incorporate with jazz is vinyl’s this is because they are old and vintage.

Something that I need to think about when doing my magazine is whether I am going to use a band or artist or both. I have put those images on my moodboard as well so that it shows the contrast of things that I may include in my magazine. Another thing that I have put on my moodboard is pictures of Michael buble. This is because he partly a jazz singer as well as doing other things such as pop. He is also quite an inspirational singer and the way that he portrays himself is important as I might be able to incorporate that into parts of my magazine so that I can use him as part of my impressions to the magazine as well as making it look more realistic. 

This images are on my moodboard and are
to represent the different types of angles
that i could use in my magazine.

Another angle which i find
would look good on
my magazine.

The angles of the images are important as I want to make my magazine look professional. On my moodboard I have added different images that show different angles to the artist that is being shown in the image, this is so that I can get a bigger idea of how I might want the images on my magazine to look and how I should take my images so that I can make my image look professional. 

 I put words around edge of my moodboard to give myself more inspiration on what I can incorporate inside my magazine. To make the magazine look realistic I need to look at what a jazz magazine might entail inside. I also need to have an idea of what my magazine masthead is going to like. This is why I added a magazine masthead to the image to create ideas of what my jazz magazine masthead is going to be like.

This is the magazine masthead that is on my
 moodboard to try and give me inspiration.

questionnaire analysis

For part of my audience research in the process of making my jazz music magazine I made 3 different  questionnaires so that I could find out information on what my target market likes. I asked 3 lots of 10 questions so  could find out a lot of information on what my target audience is.

For my first questionnaire I asked a ranger of questions that would help me to find my audience and get to know more about them. The first 3 question that I asked (Figure 1,2 & 3) was asked so that I could find out my main target audiences and how far people would be willing to go to get a magazine. I also wanted to know where people mainly shop for a magazine so that I would know where to put more of my magazines. This is why I asked question four (figure 4). I then went on to talk about social networking sights as I feel it is important that when making a magazine you know which social networking sights they go on so you can find out advertising. The first question asked was if my audience used social network sights (Figure 5) the reason that I asked this is so that I know what my target audience likes, I then went on to ask how many times a day do they use a social networking sight (Figure 6) I feel that this is important as you need to know roughly how often the ad needs to be show. The last question that I asked about social networking sights was which one did they use the most (Figure 7). With this question they could only tick one as I wanted to know which social network sight my audience used the most so I could use it for advertising. The next question I went on to ask was to do with were they shop (figure 8) the reason that I wrote this question was because the next question (Figure 9) was a follow up question that asked if the way they dress from those shops is influenced by the music they listen to. It is important that I find this out because I need to know if the clothes that my models wear are important or if they can wear anything because it wont matter to the reader. My last question (Figure 10) asked what type of music they listened to as you can listen to more than one genre and I needed to know whether I needed to try an widen my audience

For the second questionnaire I wanted to find out more about my audience. The first question that I asked is show in Figure 1. the reason I asked this question is so that I could find out what TV my audience likes the most so then I would know where I need to advertise my magazine. I then when on to ask another question (Figure 2) this question was important as it asked how often my audience watched TV. I need to know this so that if I was to advertise my magazine I would know how many times I would need to put my magazine advert a day. I also needed to now what channels they watched (Figure 3 – question 3) so that I would know what channels to put the advertisement on. The 4th question was to do with colours (Figure 4) it is important that  find out what colour people associate with jazz magazines as that’s the genre I am making my magazine as and I would need to know what colour people would think would suit this. I also needed to know whether the colour scheme would influence someone to buy a magazine so I knew whether it was really important or not. This is why I wrote (Figure 5) so that I could find out whether people notice the colour scheme a lot. (Figure 6 & 7) was to do with hairstyles. The first question asked what their hairstyle is and their second question asked was this influenced by the music you listen to. I felt like these questions were important as I wanted to know whether I needed to make my models hairstyles to suit the music genre or not. The last 3 questions (Figure 8,9 & 10) were to do with there hobbies, its important that you find out everything about your audience so you know how important music is to them. The reason for asking about their hobbies and whether it related to their preferred music genre is so that I knew how important music was to my audience.

The last questionnaire I wrote was more to do with magazines and what my audience would like to see in this magazine. The first question that I asked was about price (figure 1) the reason I asked about price is because you want to know how much your audience is willing to pay for a magazine as I don’t want to over price my magazine. The next 2 questions (Figure 2 & 3) was about the USP (unique selling point) on a magazine. The first question was asking if they would want a USP on the magazine and the next question asked was what USP would they like to see. I want to know what people like to see on a USP so I get an idea of what I could use on mine. (Figure 4) was talking about online magazines as I want to know whether an online magazine is beneficial to my audience. The 5th question that I asked was if you would subscribe to a magazine. I want to know this so that I can find out if subscribing is beneficial to my customers. Question 6 (Figure 6) is a question that still related to subscription as I wanted to know whether people would subscribe online or on paper more so that way I would know which is the best method for my magazine. Question 7 (Figure 7) was to do with the front cover and whether a band or artist on the front would make you want to buy a magazine more. I asked this question so that I could find out whether having a band or artist on the front was better so that I could think about my layout of the magazine and what could possibly go in the magazine. The last 3 questions (Figure 8,9 &10) were more personal and were about my audience as I wanted to know a little bit more about them. I asked whether they play/played an instrument or not and whether that instrument was an influence to their music. I feel it important that I know what influences people to listen to the music they listen to as it will help make my magazine.  

Focus Group 2

Today in my lesson we did another focus group which was recorded. We got given particular types of question topic and they had to come up with 3 questions to ask to the year 13’s in the class next door. My topic of question was any other question that I could come up with, so these are my questions and the answers that were given by the year 13’s:

What colours would you find affective when looking at a magazine?

One of the year 13’s said that it depends on the genre if you was going for a heavy metal magazine you would want to see dark colours like black but if you was looking at a pop magazine you would want to see more bright colours like pink and purple.  

How much would you be willing to pay for a magazine?

One of the students in the class said that the most they are willing to pay for a magazine would be £2.99 and another student mentioned that they would only pay £1.99 because of the recession.

Would a having unique selling point on the magazine make you more interested in buying it? (CD, posters etc)

The whole class agreed that a unique selling point would make them more interested in buying the magazine as you would generally be getting a free item. One boy then went on to say that stickers or posters would be cool as you would be able to stick them where ever you want and it would make the magazine more interesting. One student said that a CD would be more interesting and would attract the audience well as that way you would have something to listen to like and that maybe a track of there latest song would be interesting.

 

This is the video that was recoreded whilest everyone ask there questions to the class:

Audiences

Today in my media class we learnt about audiences. Audience is an individual or collective group of people who read or consume any media text for example radio listeners.

Why is the audience important?

1. Without a audience there would be no media
2. Media organisations produce media text to make profit and without the audience there would be no profit made.

The mass media is becoming more competitive than ever to attract more audience in different ways to stay profitable.

Impact of new technologies on audiences

Old media such as TV, print and radio used to have a high audience numbers now they have to work hard to maintain the high audience numbers. Digital technology has also lead to an increasing uncertainty over how we define an audience, with general agreement that a large group of people reading the same thing is seen as the audience as being “fragmented”.  

Fragmented: The division of audiences into smaller groups due to the variety of media E.g. news > online and hardcopy

Aim to it many people

With magazines they aim to print less so by putting there magazines online not only does it give a wider audience it also reduce the amount of printing.

Type of audience

Mass audience: Media and communication that targets a very large group of people (women, men, children etc)

E.g. friends, heat magazine, top gear, Disney films

Niche audience:  Much smaller audience but very influential and has a unique interest that would only appeal to a small audience.

E.g. Birds magazine, aimed at people who like bird watching.

Categories

Categories are divided by social class.

Psychographics

Every advertiser wants a particular type of audience. In terms of commercial media, much of fundraising is generated by advertising.

In society there are different types of class, the class ranks would generally generate what type of media they would watch or buy.   

Group A

• Lawyer
• Doctor
• Scientist
• Well Paid Professionals

Group B

• Teachers
• Middle Management
• Fairly Well Paid Professionals

Group C1

• Junior management
• Bank Clark
• Nurses
• White Collar Professional

Group C2

• Electricians
• Plumbers
• Carpenters
• Blue Collar

Group D

• Manual
• Drivers
• Post Sorters

Group E

• Students
• Unemployment
• Pensioners

Research Methods

How do you measure audiences?

• Sales
• Subscriptions
• Ratings
• Figures

Who measures audiences?

• NRS
• ABC
• BARB
• Booksellers

New Media

Facebook and social networks

Online forums

Views on YouTube

Twitter trends

Quantitative research is to do with questionnaires, numbers, closed questions and factual. These type of questionnaires not that wide range and very factual but t the same time they are not specific enough. Qualitative research is doing focus groups or interviews, analysis of existing products, open questions this is for open interpretations and individual preferences.

Format Research Magazine 3 - Q

The third magazine that i looked at was Q magazine. i started by looking at the front cover and analyzing it:

 On the front cover of Q magazine there is only one image and that is the main image, this is of the band Arctic Monkeys. This image covers the whole page and is big and bold. It then has writing to the left side of the image this clearly shows that it is the main article of the issue this week and that it is an important part to the magazine. Part of one of the band members head covers part of the masthead, although you can still clearly see the masthead this shows that the band is an significant part of the magazine and they are trying to make it more eye catching so that the viewer will read the article inside.

The Bar-Code of this magazine is in the right hand bottom corner, this is good because it means that it is out the way and it will not interrupt anything else on the magazine front cover. The bar-code also has the price right next to it in really small writing, this is also good as it means that it is out of the way. This could also be seen as a bad quality of the magazine though as you need to be able to see the price quite clearly and the writing is too small and it blends in with the bar-code to much so you struggle to find it when taking a first glance. People want to be able to see the price so they know how much they will be paying for the magazine.

I then went on to analyzing the contents page of Q:

After that i then finished by analyzing one of the double page spreads from the magazine: 

This article from Q magazine is about Rizzle Kicks and how they challenged Andrew Perry to a go karting competition, it also talks about there music that they have being doing and a bit about them. This article is very different compared to the rest of the magazine as from the front cover you get the idea that the magazines genre is punk rock and music like that but actually this magazine clearly has a wider range and audience as they have pop rap Rizzle Kicks article inside.

The layout of this double page spread is one big picture. It has a main image that covers the whole double page spread. This picture is of the two boys in there go carting outfits the image is so big so that it catches the viewer’s eye and would make them want to read on. The article also has a small amount of text which is written in a small serif font the reason that the font is small is so that they can fit more writing on the page and then even more writing on the second double page spread that they have wrote more on. The masthead of this article is very different as it is scattered on both of the pages on the left side it says “Top “ and on the right side it says “Gear” this is quite quirky. The writing is in a san-serif font and is really large this is quite informal and it stands out a lot more. The subheading of the article is in a white text box and has black writing this is so it stands out more as it is in a text box. The subheading is there to give more information about the article to the reader and it also makes them want to read on more. The colour scheme is still held well with this article. They have use red white and black, black is for the background colour and some of the writing. The white is used for the masthead as it is the house style and it is also used for most of the text then you have bits of red which is used as text boxes so that they stand out more. It is good that they are carrying on with the colour scheme as this matches the brand of the Q magazine really well.   

In all I feel that this article is an informal article as it is aimed at the younger reader. It uses simple lexis so that it is an easy read for the reader. It also uses large images and small amounts of writing on the first page. Although the font is quite formal, because the masthead is so large I feel that it is more informal as it that is the main font that you see first giving you the instant idea that it is an informal article.

Format Research Magazine 2 - Kerrang

The second magazine that i analysed was Kerrang magazine. i started by analyzing the front cover: 

On the Kerrang magazine they have a big main image of the band “sleeping with sirens” this main image over laps the masthead, this shows the main image of the band must be an important part of the magazine as the lead singer is covering the middle of the masthead. The masthead is important on a magazine as it tells you want the magazine is called but as the main image is covering that this suggests that it’s not as important in this occasion. The main image also covers most of the page, giving just enough room for small images and text around it, this also suggest that the main image is the main article in the magazine as it’s one of the first things that you see on the page. The main image has the colour scheme within it too, this is good as it shows that there is a link between the brand and this would carry on throughout the magazine. The genre of Kerrang magazine is rock and having the main image as a rock band on the front shows the audience what the genre of the magazine is, the band are also dressed to look like a rock band which works really well as it shows a clear link in the magazine and that the genre would carry on through out the magazine. This will appeal to a younger audience who is interested in rock as the main image makes the front cover look informal and also everything is linked with the genre and brand.

The colour scheme of the magazine is red, white, yellow and black. White is the house style in this magazine so it will be carried on throughout most of the magazine when using masthead and subheading etc this is good as it works with the brand as they will always be using there house style. then the background colour of the magazine front cover is red, this makes the white masthead stand out against everything which is good as it means that it is easy to see and will attract peoples attention more. The colours black and yellow vary between text box colour and text. This makes the magazine more colourful, quirky and interesting it also give the feel that it is aimed at a younger audience as they have used 4 contrasting colours to catch the viewer attention toward the text and not just the pictures.

The Puff on the Kerrang magazine is in the top right hand corner of the front cover this isn’t very good as it is out of the way so people don’t see it as much because it is up in the corner rather than in a random place of the magazine to catch attention. It also does not really stand out much to the reader as it isn’t in your face and it doesn’t pop out at you as it is too hidden in the corner and isn’t bold enough to catch someone’s attention this is a bad puff as it doesn’t do what a puff should do because you can see it that well it doesn’t interest you as much. The puff has got the colour scheme of black and yellow which is good as it works well in with the rest of the magazine but it also blend into the corner slightly which isn’t good because then you tend not to notice it as much.

This magazine also has a footer at the bottom of the page which gives you more information on the magazine as it lists different band names. This works with the genre as people who are interested in those bands and the genre would by the magazine as those bands that are mentioned are more than likely to be featured inside the magazine at some point. It is also uses just one word which is each band to try and catch attention, this works well as because it is just a band name the band would interest people who like that genre.

I then went on to look at the contents page of this magazine:

The contents page of Kerrang magazine still mentions about there USP which is the green day posters, it does this by showing another image of green day which could be a poster this makes the audience more interested and wants to look at the posters it also give you more information about the USP.

  

I then went on to look at the article of the magazine and i analyzed that :

In the corner of the Kerrang article there is a quote form one of the members of the fall out boy band. This quote gives an insight as to what is coming up in the text of the article. This is an effective way of making the reader intrigued as to what all of the article says because it only give a little bit of information but enough information for the reader to want to read on. The Quote uses the white house style so that the colour scheme can be linked with the article and so that it looks more professional.

In the middle of the text there is a text box give you information about fall out boy but it isn’t on the same topic as the secret album. This is wrote here so that the reader gets given that little bit more information about fall out boy and so that it will get them excited about the things that fall out boy has to offer for there fans.

I find that this article is an informal article. This is due to the fact that the entire font on this article is a san-serif font which is seen as an informal font as it has no smooth edges to keep everything in line. The way that the layout is presented this also shows that this is informal as everything on the double page spread is edgy and quirky and would appeal to a younger audience. The lexis on the page is also informal as there is small non-complicated words that makes the article an easy read for the target audience.

Format Research Magazine 1 - NME

For my first format research i have looked at NME magazine. For starters i started by looking at the NME front cover and this is what i analysed from it:

Most of the information on the front cover is to do with the Band “Franz Ferdinand” and the free CD that is by them. The main image of NME magazine is a large image of the band “Franz Ferdinand” that is mentioned throughout the whole of the front cover. It is bold and covers all of the front cover as it is the main story that is being portrayed on the front of the magazine cover. The main image is the only image that is on the front cover, this presents the importance of the band as they are the only picture on the front cover they must be the main article in the magazine. All the text that is around the image is also to do with the band this shows that they are trying to promote there article inside and the Free CD that come with the magazine.

The Colour scheme for NME is red, white and yellow. The Red is there house style this is used for there masthead and any other important writing, the red is part of the brand and will be used throughout the whole of the magazine and every issue that NME produce. They then have a dirty white background with some white and some yellow writing, the colours that are used for the writing stand out on the front over and contrast well with the red. It is effective that they have more than one colour to write with because it makes it look more interesting to the eye.

The price of the magazine is located by the masthead, it is very small and out of the way. It is good that it is out of the way and small as it means that it doesn't distract you and get in the way of any of the other text or images that is on the front cover. But the writing is so small that it is hard to find and people with poor eye sight would not be able to see it that easily.            

I then went on to look at the Contents page of the magazine:                                      

The NME magazine contents page still talks out the USP which is the free CD by “Franz Ferdinand” this is so that the person who purchased the magazine would get to know a tiny bit more information on the USP before they read the article.

The contents page also has a text box which talks about subscribing to NME magazine. This includes the red house style this will attract attention as it is bright and it is also part of the colour scheme. It is also there to advertise subscribing for there magazine so by using bright colours it will attract the viewers attention.   

After looking at the contents page i then went on to looking at the double page spread:

The text that the magazine has used is a small serif font so it looks quite formal, it is a small font so that they can fit enough on the page and so that it doesn’t get boring with massive writing as you would finish reading it very quickly. At the start of each paragraph they have put the first letter bold and in the colour blue this is so that there is a contrast between colours and also so they show the start of a new paragraph that the viewers don’t think that they can there isn’t breaks in the text.

                                                                                    

The article also has a quote in the middle of the text, this quote is bold and is in a San-serif font, this stands out to the reader as it is in the middle of the text so it one of the first things you see when you look at the text. The quote also gives you a bit of an insight as to what’s written in the text this will catch the peoples attention the viewer will want to know a little bit more as to what’s inside.

I would say that the magazine article is informal this is all because the genre and they way that everything the layout is set up it looks like it attracts a younger audience so the article would have to look more informal that formal. This is because there is a big image and images attract younger audiences and also some of the masthead is jagged so the text is also informal and it looks “cool” this would also appeal to a younger audience as it is more edgy and really stands out. There is a contrast in informal and formal fonts that has been used in the text and the use of lexis isn't that big and complicated so this make the article look like it is for a younger audience such as a teenager so it would be seen as informal. The magazine has also used direct address to engage the reader in there article by using the words like “you” this also suggest that it is informal and for a younger reader as it is talking directly to you rather than telling you about something. 

Focus Group

Today in my media class, we were told that we were going to have a focus group session and it was going to be recorded. So we all got into a circle and started to discuss the positives and negatives of each person’s school magazine front cover. I think that it is good that we discussed the positives and negatives in a group as it give you an indication of where you have gone wrong and will help you improve on our actual music magazine front cover. We started by discussing the positives of the front covers and how effective some of the things that people have done was to the cover of the magazine. One of the things that we discussed in the focus group was left thirds, the majority of the class had used left third on there magazine as they found it a good technique to use, we found that this was a positive aspect to our school magazine as when on a shelf the left thirds is the main thing you can see so you get to know about what’s inside the cover and get and insight to what the magazine is all about. We then went on to discuss the logos of our magazines. We all agreed that it is a good thing to have a logo on a magazine front cover so that people know what they are reading and also it will give them a little bit of an idea as to what the magazine involves. We also said that having the logo fairly bold and eye catching will help the magazine as it will look more interesting and the people will want to pick it up and read it. I used a logo on my magazine so that readers knew what the main genre of the magazine was about and tried to present a link to the school. This is good as it would have given a bigger impact on the reader when looking at the magazine front cover. After we had discussed all of the positive aspects to our magazine front covers we then when on to discuss the negatives and why we probably shouldn't use them on our magazine front cover and how we had used them incorrectly on our magazine and made it look unprofessional. One of the negatives that we discussed was having a bar-code on the front cover. A lot of people had put a bar-code on the front cover of there magazine which we realized that it was not needed as the magazine was a school magazine so a bar-code had no relevance to the magazine as the children at the school wouldn't be paying for it as it was free. This is where other people went wrong as well as they put a price on there magazine too which was also not needed and took some room which could have been filled with something else that mattered more. The price wasn't needed as the magazine was free and was suppose to be a school magazine so it wasn't needed. The bar-code and price took up a bit of space on the magazine cover when really that space could have been used for something else such as a puff.

Whilst talking in the focus group we started to talk about what we would still put in our magazines. We came to the decision on what it would be a good idea to still use left thirds on the music magazine front cover. We though that this would be ideal as left thirds are useful to find little bits of information about the front cover. As for the double page spread we though that the idea of having a bright text box to the left hand side of the double page spread like the one that we was looking at that was from an NME magazine was a creative and some people might think of using it in the magazine double page spread as it stood out because it was colourful and near to the middle of the double page spread and it also looked professional and slightly quirky.

In the focus group we also examined NME music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread so that we could get an inspiration as to what our magazine could look like and get suggestions on what professional looks like so we could try and incorporate that when designing our music magazine. 

We started with the front cover. We all said that the NME magazine had a unique selling point which was a CD. The reason this was the USP is because when going to buy the magazine you would see the CD and think that it would be a good buy because there is a free CD on the cover. This is a good USP as people who like that genre and band they would want to have that CD to listen to. With the USP the information on the front cover is all related to the CD so that this would give the reader more information and make them more interested. They also have a small price placed on the magazine this is so that not too much attention is drawn to the price but you can still see how much it is. 

We also talked about the contents page of this magazine we said that it was like a second front page and the only difference was that it gave you more information about the articles inside. They also carry on using the house style which is red this is good as that way they show that the magazine has a colour scheme going on throughout every issue. We also discussed the double page spread this had a contrast of blue and black which stood out and we all thought that it would catch peoples attention. There was also bold text which was big and caught your eye so it would have interested people. We all thought that this magazine was a really good one as it was very detail and was a great magazine to research what a proper rock magazine would look like so that we could get an idea on what type of magazine we wanted to do and also give us ideas on what we would want our music magazine to look like.  

My Final Prospectus Front Cover

over the past few days at school, i have been creating my magazine front cover. I was working with Becky on doing this but i was then told by one of my teachers that we must work alone on making our front cover as then we both would have our own creation of what the magazine should look like. 

This is my magazine front cover:

I called my magazine The Style and had the Misbourne logo above it to show that it was to do with the Misbourne school. The reason i chose a simple name was because even though its not very creative it stands out and is easy to remember. The Misbourne logo was faded so that there wasn't too much attention drawn towards it as i wanted the masthead to stand out more. Underneath the masthead i then put a little slogan so that the readers would get more of an insight as to what it was about, my slogan was "...The style behind the Misbourne gates!" i had this in a different font to the title so that it stood out rather than blended in with the title. on the cover i also added puffs so that the main information can be presented first as its would be one of the first things you would look at. One of the puffs is the banner saying "first ever the style magazine!" this would stand out letting all the readers know that this is the first ever one and it is the start up of a good magazine. The other puff is talking about the new uniform, i put that as a puff because it the talk that everyone seems to be having so it is fairly important to the readers. I then used left thirds so that if the magazine was on a stand they could only see the pictures and text that i have put on the left side of the cover. As this magazine was all about fashion and the clothes in the Misbourne school i decided to put my main image as a boy smiling wearing the new uniform (all but the tie), because the guy is smiling it gives the impression that the boy is happy in the Misbourne and that he likes his new uniform, this photo makes you think as to whether the new uniform has had a good response or not that way it makes you want to read inside the magazine. 

I also did a mock up of my prospectus contents page, by doing this it allowed me to think into what i might actually want my magazine contents page to look like.  

   

2nd Mock Up

This is our second mock up that was done by my partner Becky to get another idea of what our magazine front cover could look like. This mock up looks very busy but should work well. Like me the masthead was put at the top of the page rather than anywhere else so that it stands out more. then she has the main image in the middle of the page with the Misbourne logo faded behind it, i think that this is a very clever idea as it will look cool and still have then Misbourne logo on the cover. Having a quote next to this that relates to the image is very clever and it will give you a little bit of information as to what the photo is about. This mock up has also included the left thirds so that if the magazine was on a shelf you would see the left thirds first. We added the idea of faded images in the background to so that the main image it still the main focus but the viewer would still be able to look at other photos and see that they have to do with the rest of the magazine.

We decided that we are going to try and follow this mock up of the magazine but we may have a few idea changes along the line so it may not be exactly the same but this is the frame of work we are going for. 

Key Words

My teacher asked my class to search some key words that we will need for our media work so i did and this is them:

Key Words:

Masthead: The main heading/ title of the magazine.

Left Thirds: Pictures and text that takes up the left side of the magazine

Main Image: The center, large image of the magazine

Anchorage Text: The meaning of an image in a magazine

Colour Scheme: A group of colour combinations that work well together and can be used on and throughout the magazine.

Cover Lines: A short sentence/statement that is found on the cover of the magazine giving a short insight as to the article inside.

Slogan: A short and striking memorable phrase that is used in advertising.

Hyperbolic wording: Using exaggeration in your work to make it more interesting.

Size of the price: The size that the price is on the cover of a magazine.

Layout: The way that something is arranged on a page.

Direct Address: Texts that direct the reader e.g. You

Flashes/Puffs: Random sentences that are put on the page to attract peoples attention.

Additional Images: having extra images on a page.

Location of Bar-code  where on the page the bar-code is placed.

USP (what is the magazines USP?): unique selling point a text or product that is seen as being new or unique in the market and is set apart from its competitors.