Pop-punk mood board

Brief

To design a front cover, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, a minimum of four images must be used.

Evaluation

I started out by looking at conventions of different magazines and identified that the most used conventions are; the masthead, the Skyline, the main cover line, the selling line, barcode, the cover lines and the main image. Taking from my research, I decided to use these conventions on my college magazine.

In my planning I suggested that my model should be a student who is smiling and holding a folder/has a bag, I used this because this is the classic stereotype for a modern day student so when looking for my model I followed these classifications.

My audience would be anyone who is looking to join or already has joined Wyke College and wants to know more knowledge about the college/staff.

To appeal to my audience I used a model that fits into the same age group and using the word ‘welcome’ makes the reader feel like the college is happy to have them there. During my research I took out a survey to find out what people would like to see from a college magazine.

I took my photos of my model using my camera and loaded the best one on to Photoshop, using Photoshop I resized the image by using the ‘Ctrl+T’ shortcut. I then used the text tool to put the masthead, skyline, selling line, date line, and main cover line and cover lines. I then took a barcode from Google images and placed it onto my cover. The text was difficult to 

see on top of my image so using the blending options I used drop shadow to make my text easy to see over my image.

L – The image is a MLS of a student with direct mode of address. She is stood against a locker holding a folder which connotes that she is a student at Wyke College and is ready of a day of learning. Most magazines use a model with direct mode of address which inspired me to do the same on mine. I used the standard conventions of a masthead, skyline, selling line, date line, main cover line, cover lines and a barcode to make my magazine look realistic and make it actually look like a magazine and not a newspaper or poster. I used the college’s colour scheme to connote that this magazine belongs and is about the college.  I repeated the name of the college over and over again to show that the magazine is about the college. My skyline shows that this issue is a special edition issue and shows it’ll talk to people who have just joined/want to join the college.

I - I made this myself so it would be a small company and would only branch out to students/staff of this college or people considering joining the college.

I - The ideology of my magazine is to promote the college to people who want to join and for the people who have just joined to learn more about the college.

A - The audience is anyone who is looking to join/has already joined the college.

R – The model is represented as a student, she is stood within the college next to the lockers, holding a folder, these are stereotypical things you would see a student doing which connotes the ideology of the magazine.

Final front cover

Initial ideas

Original images

Examples of framing

ECU

CU

MCU

MS

MLS

LS

High angled shot

Low angled shot

Dutch tilt

Contents page draft

Front cover drafts

Hand drawn

Publisher

Examples of college magazines

These examples of college magazines all include a medium long shot of the model with direct mode of address with the model's head going over the masthead which both include the word 'College' in bold upper case text.

Contents page analysis/LIIAR

L: Language completed in image.

I: The institution is Kerrang!. Kerrang! paid for Tay Jardine, who is a large and successful artist, to be on their front cover which shows they are a big magazine and can afford to pay for big bands/artist to feature on their covers.

I: The magazine focuses on a rock/alternative/metal genre of music.

A: The target audience of the magazine is teenagers who are interested in rock/alternative/metal music.

R: The images saying "Pop punk's not dead" shows that the issue is going to include a pop punk theme for example the safety pins which is a great example of old school punk.

Mood board

Survey feedback

Front cover analysis/LIIAR

L: Language is completed on photo

I: The institution is Kerrang!. Kerrang! paid for You Me At Six, who are a large and successful band, to be on their front cover which shows they are a big magazine and can afford to pay for big bands to feature on their covers.

I: The magazine focuses on a rock/alternative/metal genre of music.

A: The target audience of the magazine is teenagers who are interested in rock/alternative/metal music.

R: The images on the magazine represent the genre of music because the bands make the said genres of music, they are also wearing dark colours which connote to the genre it represents. The masthead looks like it has cracks in it which could connote to the genre.

Front cover conventions