Initial ideas for my music magazine from RahSutton

Developed Ideas for My Front Cover

 

Music Magazine Main Task:
 Task Analysis 1

Task Analysis 2:

Rolling Stone Magazine was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner. In the 1990s, the magazine shifted focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. In recent years, the magazine has resumed its traditional mix of content. Pink Floyd are a British band formed in London, one of the most commercially successful and musically influential groups in the history of popular music. were founded in 1965 by students Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright. They gained popularity performing in London's underground music scene during the late 1960s, and under Barrett's leadership released two charting singles and a successful debut album.

Task Analysis 3

Task Analysis 4:

This is another type of Rock magazine available and produced in the UK. The magazine aims at being more "underground" and less commercial, while also giving coverage to more well-known acts. Also some of the genres it can cover consist of; pop punk, post-hard-core, metal core, punk, emo, hard-core, heavy metal and extreme metal genres. Rock Sound was launched in March 1999 by the French publisher later brought by the director Patrick Napier in December 2004, with its offices in London. The magazine is well known for including a free CD in most issues, which has tracks from bands' new albums that have not been released as singles. The first issue was published in April 1999. Issue 2 featured British band Reef on the front cover, and later issues 3 and 8 featured Terrorvision and Foo Fighters. The magazine has quite a versatile and widespread audience with its main competitor being ‘Kerrang’ as it has the same genre featured however it is a weekly magazine.

Task Analysis 5:

Although there are subverting stereotypes of this genre the members are all still quite facially relaxed and emotionless and their clothing still has a 'rock vibe' as they are wearing printed t-shirts and denim jackets with beanies still conforming to this genre and its style as well as merchandise.

Genre Mood board:

Genre Research:
Rock is a form of popular music which evolved from rock and roll and pop music during the mid and late 1960s. Harsher and often self-consciously more serious than its predecessors, it was initially characterised by musical experimentation and drug-related or anti-establishment lyrics.
Musically, rock has centred on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar and drums. The genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political in emphasis. The dominance of rock by white, male musicians has been seen as one of the key factors shaping the themes explored in rock music. Rock places a higher degree of emphasis on musicianship, live performance, and an ideology of authenticity than pop music. It is also quite a male dominated genre with very little female presence.

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Genre research from RahSutton

Evoution of rock from RahSutton

Initial ideas:

• Masthead; Priority: as this relates to getting across main points as a magazine would and emphasises the importance of how it can help students and give them advice when starting sixth form.  
• Model: Abigail- looking directly into the camera/audience; smoking or alcoholism as the peer pressure issue. Possibly raised eyebrow and blurred out backing scene against a wire/gate background. The models appearance: slouched posture, dark/dramatic lip. Lit cigarette in one hand and other arm folded.
• Content: peer pressure, this affects all young people in environments with friends making it a widespread topic which could affect all teenagers and getting across the importance of knowing hat to do and how to prevent it instead of doing what your peers are doing.
• Idea of sheep- resembles following and the articles aim to get people to break away from following, mind over matter concept.
• All information on one side of the image to grasp attention of the reader and emphasise the models actions.
• Different fonts and colours.
• background - brick wall, wired fencing, grass, floor or a dark shed.

Analysis of an existing magazine cover:

Initial Sketch for School Magazine:

 

Cover Shoot Photography:
Un edited examples:

 

 

Edited examples:

  Here are a few of the fonts I looked at using on my cover magazine.

This is my finished magazine front cover based on peer pressure;

 

WWW: I particularly like the models facial expressions and how the photograph came out as she looks quite intimidating and rebellious supporting my theme of peer pressure. I also like the slogan as it is short and refers to how to overcome the strain of peer pressure. I think the editing of the image was successful as it didn't wash out the model or the background and the lighting contrast makes the props appear more visible.
EBI: Although I really like the photograph because of the different colours and the contrast in the background on the right hand side I found it difficult to get the writing visible on both the brow and white. I would also have left a spacing at the top so the masthead could of been bigger and towards the centre of the image with the background the plain brick wall to make colouring easier.


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