Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog I hope you liked it. The whole project was a real learning curve for me and I hope that I have shown my work to the best of my ability and I hope that this is clear to you :)
Thanks
George Price
Friday 30 March 2012
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Evaluation Question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
College Desktop Computer
The majority of my work took place and the different technologies were used. Through this I was able to use all of the other programs and softwares that aided my coursework. Everything, from my research and planning to my final copy came through the computer to be put onto my blog.Iphone 4
My personal Iphone aided my work in many forms. Firstly, it allowed me to communicate with my model Harry Yates, my draft model Thomas Leason and other members of my class for advice with my work. Secondly, I was able to download the blogspot app from the app store. This allowed me to update my blog with small comment or posts from where ever I was. Also, I occasionally used the camera on my iphone to take pictures and post them through the blogspot app.
Samsung Black SL30 Camera
I used my personal camera to take the pictures for my draft magazine and also my final images for my final magazine. I then uploaded the pictures from the camera memory card directly to the college desktop computer to be used in my work. From doing this I have learnt a lot about the effect lighting can have on the resolution on photographs as when I did my test photos a lot of them did not work form the shadows displayed.
Memory Stick
I used a memory stick a lot during the researching and planning phase of the coursework. I did this mostly to make myself able to take word documents that I was working on home after college to complete them in my own time.
Animoto.com
This was the first time I heard of this product so from using this I learnt a new skill of a practical way to present work in a video form. The main use of this was when I had to present my magazine pitch to the rest of my class, I had to put together a presentation to make people aware of the intentions for my magazine. Luckily, I found it easy to use and I was very happy with my presentation.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
When I decided to take media studies on as a A-Level course I had never before heard of or used any form of photoshop and truth be told initially i struggled with it. It took some time practising with it before I understood the techniques of it so I think this was a dis-advantage to me. But eventually from using it I was able to take a group of pictures and text and arrange them to create my magazine.
Microsoft Powerpoint 2010
This is a program that I was very familiar with so when using it I did not struggle to compose Powerpoints for use in my Research and Planning.
Microsoft Word 2010
I used this program a lot when creating general documents for my research and planning. Out of all of all of the programs and technologies I believe this is the one I was most familiar with so I had little to learn when using it.
Scribd
Scribd is a program that I had never previously heard of, It allows you to put word documents onto your blog. Luckily I had practised using this earlier in the year on other media work. I now find this to be a useful program that is available to me.
1001freefonts.com/dafont.com
These are two similar websites that I used to browse through different fonts some of which I used on my draft and final magazine. i found them helpful because they are free to use and are categorised so you can find the styles of fonts that you want.
Facebook is a very popular social networking site that I have used for a while now and it aided my work from how it made it easier to communicate with other members of the class to ask for advice or guidance. Also, I choose Harry Yates to model for my photographs because I was able to see his facebook account and evaluate his style to decide whether he would be suitable or not.
Microsoft Publisher 2010
I had very little practice with Publisher before this task and I did not understand the benefits of it, but through this project I have been able to use it for different aspects of the work and now I understand the program
Evaluation Question 5
How did you attract/Address your audience?
Front Cover
Firstly, I knew that to sell a magazine it is important to highlight a target audience at which your magazine is going to be aimed. When I decided the specification for my magazine I chose that my target market would be males and females in the age bracket of 14-25. Therefore, I decided that to attract my target audience my model would have to fit my age bracket and would appeal to both genres. This why I decided to use Harry Yates for this, in real life he is 17 years old so is clearly inside my age bracket. Also, I believe that he is an attractive male so would appeal to girls in this respect.
Secondly, another method I used to attract my audience is that in the bottom left hand corner of my front cover I have listed the names of other artists of the same genre to match the genre of the magazine. This attracts the audience from how they see the names of the other artists and it gives them more reason to purchase my magazine form how it gives them more of an insight to what features are in my magazine. Also, I only featured British artists in my magazine. I believe that this makes the artists more familiar to the readers and it gives them more of a chance to have seen or to see them live.
Finally, I also decided that with my particular target audience (Boys and Girls, 14-25) it would be important to bring some element of fashion into my magazine. This is because my particular target audience would be particularly concerned about fashion and looks. The method I used to incorporate this into my magazine is by styling my model Harry Yates in stylish clothes so he would relate to the audience in that way.
Contents Page
I decided, taking my target audience into account, that I would try not to make my magazine to long of read. To avoid this I would have to try not to over pack pages with text or use very difficult long words. It is not because I believe my target audience are not very intelligent, but because I think that when my target audience read a magazine they do not want it to be a strenuous read but just interesting without using too much text. Through considering this, I decided on my contents page that I would use short sentences to describe the articles featured in my magazine.
Following on from this, too make what artists are featured on what pages in my magazine clear I decided to make the page numbers and the artists names font size 18 and leave the rest of the text size 10. I think this addresses my audience from how even if they are just skimming through the magazine the artists names will just catch their eye and will engage them in the magazine.
Also, I decided that I would put headers on my contents page to highlight the different sections of my magazine. For example, I used headers like 'Features' and 'Reviews'. This addresses the audience from how they can quickly find the sections that they are most interested.
Finally, to break down the page to make sure that it wasn't all text I decided to include some pictures. The first picture was a large picture of Harry with text about his article underneath. This is to remind the reader about the main article of the magazine and tell them what page it is on. I decided to use a second picture of a different artist to emphasise how the magazine is not just about one artist. I used a small picture of Tom Leason, who was my model for my draft magazine. I put this picture into the reviews box and made up a album for Tom.
Double Page Spread
The first method I used to attract my audience to my double page spread is how I made it relevant to the audience through using slang words which fit with the Rap/Grime genre of the magazine. Just using simple slang words such as 'Garms' and 'Tunes' makes the genre of the artist and genre clear and also addresses readers who use similar words.
The second method I used to attract the audience was placing the artist name in giant letters. This would attract readers from how if they were flicking through the magazine they would stop and see the words 'Harry Yates' and have their eyes drawn to it.
The cover line is another element of the double page spread which would attract readers from the words used. The cover line reads 'I'm young,i'm fresh and I want to bring something new to music'. This would attract the reader because by saying he is 'young and fresh' it implies the readers may not know who he is now but they will soon. Also, the word 'new' in the cover line is in capitals, a larger text and coloured grey. This makes the word new stand out above the rest of it, this allows it to draw peoples eyes to it and re enforces my last point about how the readers may not of heard of him.
Front Cover
Firstly, I knew that to sell a magazine it is important to highlight a target audience at which your magazine is going to be aimed. When I decided the specification for my magazine I chose that my target market would be males and females in the age bracket of 14-25. Therefore, I decided that to attract my target audience my model would have to fit my age bracket and would appeal to both genres. This why I decided to use Harry Yates for this, in real life he is 17 years old so is clearly inside my age bracket. Also, I believe that he is an attractive male so would appeal to girls in this respect.
Secondly, another method I used to attract my audience is that in the bottom left hand corner of my front cover I have listed the names of other artists of the same genre to match the genre of the magazine. This attracts the audience from how they see the names of the other artists and it gives them more reason to purchase my magazine form how it gives them more of an insight to what features are in my magazine. Also, I only featured British artists in my magazine. I believe that this makes the artists more familiar to the readers and it gives them more of a chance to have seen or to see them live.Finally, I also decided that with my particular target audience (Boys and Girls, 14-25) it would be important to bring some element of fashion into my magazine. This is because my particular target audience would be particularly concerned about fashion and looks. The method I used to incorporate this into my magazine is by styling my model Harry Yates in stylish clothes so he would relate to the audience in that way.
Contents Page
I decided, taking my target audience into account, that I would try not to make my magazine to long of read. To avoid this I would have to try not to over pack pages with text or use very difficult long words. It is not because I believe my target audience are not very intelligent, but because I think that when my target audience read a magazine they do not want it to be a strenuous read but just interesting without using too much text. Through considering this, I decided on my contents page that I would use short sentences to describe the articles featured in my magazine.
Following on from this, too make what artists are featured on what pages in my magazine clear I decided to make the page numbers and the artists names font size 18 and leave the rest of the text size 10. I think this addresses my audience from how even if they are just skimming through the magazine the artists names will just catch their eye and will engage them in the magazine.
Also, I decided that I would put headers on my contents page to highlight the different sections of my magazine. For example, I used headers like 'Features' and 'Reviews'. This addresses the audience from how they can quickly find the sections that they are most interested.
Finally, to break down the page to make sure that it wasn't all text I decided to include some pictures. The first picture was a large picture of Harry with text about his article underneath. This is to remind the reader about the main article of the magazine and tell them what page it is on. I decided to use a second picture of a different artist to emphasise how the magazine is not just about one artist. I used a small picture of Tom Leason, who was my model for my draft magazine. I put this picture into the reviews box and made up a album for Tom.
Double Page Spread
The first method I used to attract my audience to my double page spread is how I made it relevant to the audience through using slang words which fit with the Rap/Grime genre of the magazine. Just using simple slang words such as 'Garms' and 'Tunes' makes the genre of the artist and genre clear and also addresses readers who use similar words.The second method I used to attract the audience was placing the artist name in giant letters. This would attract readers from how if they were flicking through the magazine they would stop and see the words 'Harry Yates' and have their eyes drawn to it.
The cover line is another element of the double page spread which would attract readers from the words used. The cover line reads 'I'm young,i'm fresh and I want to bring something new to music'. This would attract the reader because by saying he is 'young and fresh' it implies the readers may not know who he is now but they will soon. Also, the word 'new' in the cover line is in capitals, a larger text and coloured grey. This makes the word new stand out above the rest of it, this allows it to draw peoples eyes to it and re enforces my last point about how the readers may not of heard of him.
Evaluation Question 3
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Since my media product is a magazine I believe that it would be distributed by a publishing company. Publishing is the process of production of literature or information being made available to the general public. In some cases, magazines can have there own publishing company. But most often magazines are produced by publishing companies which will produce many different magazines. With their being no major production company for magazines of my genre the biggest magazine of the genre RWD publish there own magazine with their own company 'RWD Creative Media Ltd'.
RWD is magazine that is produced monthly and each month has a circulation of 98,300. It has been running for over 10 years and has produced over 100 copies. It is considered the largest magazine on youth music and lifestyle in the UK.
With statistics like that being something I would want for my magazine, I would want my magazine to be produced alongside with RWD by RWD Creative Media Ltd. If think this would work because the market is big enough for two similar magazines but also with them being similar they would be able to be distributed together.
Out of the types of magazine distribution, I would choose paid circulation for my magazine since I think this would work the best. This would mean there is a fixed costs for purchasing it in shops as well as making it available to subscribe too.
I would also consider putting the magazine for sale on the Internet. I believe this would work from how my young adult target market use the internet for leisure and then would be able to read the magazine without leaving their house.
With statistics like that being something I would want for my magazine, I would want my magazine to be produced alongside with RWD by RWD Creative Media Ltd. If think this would work because the market is big enough for two similar magazines but also with them being similar they would be able to be distributed together.
Out of the types of magazine distribution, I would choose paid circulation for my magazine since I think this would work the best. This would mean there is a fixed costs for purchasing it in shops as well as making it available to subscribe too.
I would also consider putting the magazine for sale on the Internet. I believe this would work from how my young adult target market use the internet for leisure and then would be able to read the magazine without leaving their house.
Monday 26 March 2012
Target for the final week
It's now the last week but there is still a lot I need to do to finish my evaluation questions and get my blog up to the highest standard possible
Monday 12 March 2012
Tuesday 6 March 2012
Draft article improvements
One point highlighted to me to improve my magazine was the spelling and grammar in my article. So to correct it I copyed and pasted the article onto microsoft word and used the spelling and grammar tool to correct it, some parts are not corrected, for example, the spell check does not understand slang words which I have left in as part of my artists persona
This is the article again but with corrected spelling:
This is the article again but with corrected spelling:
He is one of favourite new artists for 2011 and we are convinced he is going worldwide in 2012.Not only is Harry Yates the self-proclaimed FIFA 12 don (don’t ask), he also finds time to write tight tracks, produce a string of tunes, rock his own garms and is pretty nifty behind the mic. After performances on Jools Holland and Radio 1’s ‘Young Guns 2011’ live lounge he has left everyone in the Blazin’ HQ fist pumping We’ve been keeping up with him as his whirlwind of a 2011 becomes his biggest year yet with big hype around him for 2012.
Harry is a home-grown music artist from Leicester. He became a fan of British Rap from the age of around 14. He earned his fame from constant performing at local clubs and bars, and his ability at free style Rap and performances. He’s big on staying in touch with his fans through his fan pages on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter; he also posts recordings of himself performing on MySpace. At the minute he is on the fringe of becoming successful in the UK and has an oncoming album which will be released in April 2012….Interview by Richard Knight.
Welcome to Blazin’ Harry!
Thanks for having me mate.
Firstly, tell us about the new album, what’s behind the idea of ‘Redemption’?
For me the title means what I’m experiencing, it’s my truth. Redemption is a list of tracks I have been working on for the last few years of recording and just scribbling down my thoughts and laid down onto a mixture of hard and soft beats. I hope to put things onto the radio that aren’t normally said or represented. I do feel young people are miss-represented by the media, so I just wanted to write something with more honesty.
You completed your album once and scrapped it. How does this differ to before?
I originally tried some girl singers, but sometimes I’m just trying to write and there’s too many ego’s in the room (laughs) so I was just worried that this big inspiration I had was just going to be a big ego. I’m hopping my new material connects better with the audience and shows my real side.
How would you describe your style in a few words?
Ermmm, Rookie, Over-confident, Constant, Keen, Smooth, Trendy, Rebellious and R.O.C.K.S.T.A.R
(Laughs) You must have been chuffed to have signed for Virgin Records for your album?
Yea, I mean I never had massive hopes for Redemption, but now with Virgin they’ve helped me really develop it into a project I can be proud of, they also hooked me up to collaborate with producers like Labrinth. They earned my respect when they stood by and respected my decision to scrap my album.
How did you being on Radio 1’s Young Guns 2011 come about?
My agent (laughs) and mate, Chris ‘Business’ Banks is a diamond on the phones. I mean whenever I need anything he can sort it and he’s been working overtime to push my album and when he called asked me about it I jumped at it!
We had a look through you back catalogue and there is a huge mix of sounds from angry shouting to almost soul singing, why did you have such a broad sound?
When I first started recording I had loads of ideas and I just literally tried everything. Sometimes I would wake up in the night in a sweat and an idea and just have to get up and note it down. I mean my first couple of recordings were just tests and I’m not ashamed to say some didn’t work.
What would you say are your career ambitions for the future?
Errrm (few second pause), I suppose I would like this album to be a platform for me to get me recognised and known so I can head up in the game and hopefully in the future collaborate with bigger artists and have big chart successes.
What would you say to potential fans who may be interested in you?
I'm young, I’m fresh and I want to bring something new to the music scene and I hope that you will be able to have a listen to my tracks and relate to them because in the end I make music to entertain.
Complete the sentence: I'm influenced by...
Just life, everyday life. In the beginning, I used to listen to lots of people, when I had more time. I listen to Professor Green, a lot. He made me realise there are more people like me that can make beats and spit and DJ. He was a big inspiration to me. Now, when peoples UK albums come out I buy them.
What is the best gig you have played to date?
I dunno man, I suppose if I had to pick, when I played The Jazz Cafe in Camden. It may not have been the biggest gig that I have played to date, but it was the first propa' time I have played a gig that everyone that had showed up new my lyrics and were singing them back, it was like having hundreds of friends in one room.
Thanks Harry, we really wish you big success for the future
My pleasure mate, thanks for having me!
Harry's album, Redemption, is released 6th April 2012
Monday 20 February 2012
Feedback
I have received my feedback for my draft magazine and I have acquired a level 2. The posotive things about my magazine seem to be the framing of the shots and the cutting of the images. Some of the problems with it seem to be that the contents page is too basic and unclearness about the genre.
Saturday 11 February 2012
Half term holidays
I am about to head on holiday for the next two weeks so there maybe won't be as many blog posts as I would like to be able to make
Wednesday 8 February 2012
Tuesday 7 February 2012
Monday 6 February 2012
Test shots
http://www.flickr.com//photos/76136706@N08/show/
I couldn't get the HTML link to work so heres the URL link
I couldn't get the HTML link to work so heres the URL link
Draft Article
He is one of favourite new artists for 2011 and we are convinced he is going worldwide in 2012.Not only is Harry Yates the self-proclaimed FIFA 12 don (don’t ask), he also finds time to write tight tracks, produce a string of tunes, rock his own garms and is pretty nifty behind the mic. After performances on Jools Holland and Radio 1’s ‘Young Guns 2011’ live lounge he has left everyone in the Blazin’ HQ fist pumping We’ve been keeping up with him as his whirlwind of a 2011 becomes his biggest year yet with big hype around him for 2012.
Harry is a home-grown music artist from Leicester. He became a fan of British Rap from the age of around 14. He earned his fame from constant performing at local clubs and bars, and his ability at free style Rap and performances. He’s big on staying in touch with his fans through his fan pages on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, he also posts recordings of himself performing on MySpace. At the minute he is on the fringe of becoming successful in the UK and has an oncoming album which will be released in April 2012….Interview by Richard Knight.
Welcome to Blazin’ Harry!
Thanks for having me mate.
Firstly, tell us about the new album, what’s behind the idea of ‘Redemption’?
For me the title means what I’m experiencing, it’s my truth. Redemption is a list of tracks I have been working on for the last few years of recording and just scribbling down my thoughts and layed down onto a mixture of hard and soft beats. I hope to put things onto the radio that aren’t normally said or represented. I do feel young people are mis-represented by the media, so I just wanted to write something with more honesty.
You completed your album once and scrapped it. How does this differ to before?
I originally tried some girl singers, but sometimes I’m just trying to write and there’s too many ego’s in the room (laughs) so I was just worried that this big inspiration I had was just going to be a big ego. I’m hopping my new material connects better with the audience and shows my real side.
How would you describe your style in a few words?
Ermmm, Rookie, Over-confident, Constant, Keen, Smooth, Trendy, Rebellious and R.O.C.K.S.T.A.R
(Laughs) You must have been chuffed to have signed for Virgin Records for your album?
Yea, I mean I never had massive hopes for Redemption, but now with Virgin they’ve helped me really develop it into a project I can be proud of, they also hooked me up to collaborate with producers like Labrinth. They earned my respect when they stood by and respected my decision to scrap my album.
How did you being on Radio 1’s Young Guns 2011 come about?
My agent (laughs) and mate, Chris ‘Business’ Banks, is a diamond on the phones. I mean whenever I need anything he can sort it and he’s been working overtime to push my album and when he called asked me about it I jumped at it!
We had a look through you back catologue and there is a huge mix of sounds from angry shouting to almost soul singing, why did you have such a broad sound?
When I first started recording I had loads of ideas and I just literally tried everything. Sometimes I would wake up in the night in a sweat and an idea and just have to get up and note it down. I mean my first couple of recordings were just tests and i'm not ashamed to say some didnt work.
What would you say are your career ambitions for the future?
Errrm (few second pause), I suppose I would like this album to be a platform for me to get me recognised and known so I can head up in the game and hopefully in the future colaborate with bigger artists and have big chart successes.
What would you say to potential fans who may be interested in you?
I'm young, i'm fresh and I want to bring something new to the music scene and I hope that you will be able to have a listen to my tracks and relate to them because in the end I make music to entertain.
Complete the sentence: I'm influenced by...
Just life, everyday life. In the beginning, I used to listen to lots of people, when I had more time. I listen to Professor Green, a lot. He made me realise there are more people like me that can make beats and spit and DJ. He was a big inspiration to me. Now, when peoples UK albums come out I buy them.
What is the best gig you have played to date?
I dunno man, I suppose if I had to pick, when I played The Jazz Cafe in Camden. It may not have been the biggest gig that I have played to date, but it was the first propa' time I have played a gig that everyone that had showed up new my lyrics and were singing them back, it was like having hundreds of friends in one room.
Thanks Harry, we really wish you big success for the future
My pleasure mate, thanks for having me!
Harry's album, Redemption, is released 6th April 2012
Harry is a home-grown music artist from Leicester. He became a fan of British Rap from the age of around 14. He earned his fame from constant performing at local clubs and bars, and his ability at free style Rap and performances. He’s big on staying in touch with his fans through his fan pages on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, he also posts recordings of himself performing on MySpace. At the minute he is on the fringe of becoming successful in the UK and has an oncoming album which will be released in April 2012….Interview by Richard Knight.
Welcome to Blazin’ Harry!
Thanks for having me mate.
Firstly, tell us about the new album, what’s behind the idea of ‘Redemption’?
For me the title means what I’m experiencing, it’s my truth. Redemption is a list of tracks I have been working on for the last few years of recording and just scribbling down my thoughts and layed down onto a mixture of hard and soft beats. I hope to put things onto the radio that aren’t normally said or represented. I do feel young people are mis-represented by the media, so I just wanted to write something with more honesty.
You completed your album once and scrapped it. How does this differ to before?
I originally tried some girl singers, but sometimes I’m just trying to write and there’s too many ego’s in the room (laughs) so I was just worried that this big inspiration I had was just going to be a big ego. I’m hopping my new material connects better with the audience and shows my real side.
How would you describe your style in a few words?
Ermmm, Rookie, Over-confident, Constant, Keen, Smooth, Trendy, Rebellious and R.O.C.K.S.T.A.R
(Laughs) You must have been chuffed to have signed for Virgin Records for your album?
Yea, I mean I never had massive hopes for Redemption, but now with Virgin they’ve helped me really develop it into a project I can be proud of, they also hooked me up to collaborate with producers like Labrinth. They earned my respect when they stood by and respected my decision to scrap my album.
How did you being on Radio 1’s Young Guns 2011 come about?
My agent (laughs) and mate, Chris ‘Business’ Banks, is a diamond on the phones. I mean whenever I need anything he can sort it and he’s been working overtime to push my album and when he called asked me about it I jumped at it!
We had a look through you back catologue and there is a huge mix of sounds from angry shouting to almost soul singing, why did you have such a broad sound?
When I first started recording I had loads of ideas and I just literally tried everything. Sometimes I would wake up in the night in a sweat and an idea and just have to get up and note it down. I mean my first couple of recordings were just tests and i'm not ashamed to say some didnt work.
What would you say are your career ambitions for the future?
Errrm (few second pause), I suppose I would like this album to be a platform for me to get me recognised and known so I can head up in the game and hopefully in the future colaborate with bigger artists and have big chart successes.
What would you say to potential fans who may be interested in you?
I'm young, i'm fresh and I want to bring something new to the music scene and I hope that you will be able to have a listen to my tracks and relate to them because in the end I make music to entertain.
Complete the sentence: I'm influenced by...
Just life, everyday life. In the beginning, I used to listen to lots of people, when I had more time. I listen to Professor Green, a lot. He made me realise there are more people like me that can make beats and spit and DJ. He was a big inspiration to me. Now, when peoples UK albums come out I buy them.
What is the best gig you have played to date?
I dunno man, I suppose if I had to pick, when I played The Jazz Cafe in Camden. It may not have been the biggest gig that I have played to date, but it was the first propa' time I have played a gig that everyone that had showed up new my lyrics and were singing them back, it was like having hundreds of friends in one room.
Thanks Harry, we really wish you big success for the future
My pleasure mate, thanks for having me!
Harry's album, Redemption, is released 6th April 2012
Target for this week 6/2/12 - 10/2/12
I have not yet finished uploading the work for all of my targets yet but I will have tonight
This week I need to make my draft magazine cover, contents page and double page spread and upload them to my blog. This is so I keep in check with the schedule and when we return after half-term I will be ready to start working on my final product.
This week I need to make my draft magazine cover, contents page and double page spread and upload them to my blog. This is so I keep in check with the schedule and when we return after half-term I will be ready to start working on my final product.
Thursday 2 February 2012
Test photo arrangements
I have just arranged with a friend of mine, Tom, to come to my house on saturday 4/2/12 to let me use him as my model for my test shots. I'm hoping to use him to document some poses I would consider for different parts of my magazine.
Monday 30 January 2012
Targert for the rest of the week 30/01/12 - 05/01/12
To keep up with the coursework schedule I still have a lot to finish this week:
- Finish my magazine design drafts and post them on my blog
- Arrange and take my test shots
- Draft my article for my magazine
My Artist Persona (Artist X)
Artist X would be male and age 18, X would be a home-grown music artist from Leicester. X would of become a fan of British Rap from the age of around 14. He enjoys things like Football, Hanging out with his mates and going into town. X became successful from constant performing at local clubs and bars, and his ability at free style Rap and performances. X stays in touch with his fans through his fan pages on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, he also posts recordings of himself performing on MySpace. At the minute X is on the fringe of becoming successful in the UK and has an oncoming album which will be released in April 2012. X's musical inspiration would be Devlin, Giggs and Dappy. Many people compare him to Professor Green from his style of music and attitude. As well as performing X is also very keen at producing his own music and other artists.
Sunday 29 January 2012
Magazine Cover Inpirations
While doing the first drafts of my own magazine, I have taken a lot of inspiration from magazines which covers are displayed in the colour pallet of Black, White and Grey. I think they particularly work well for this genre because these colours compliment the dark coloured clothes that Rap artists tend to wear. I also like how they have used Black and White images from how the black and white makes the dark colour clothes display well.
Thursday 26 January 2012
Monday 23 January 2012
Review of my Pitch
Just today I had to stand in front of class and present my 25 word pitch which I created on Animoto. After the viewing had finished I had to answer some questions form the class. I'm fairly sure my Animoto video went down well but I think I struggled witht he questions a little bit. I answered all of them but on some I struggled to properly respond to the best of my ability so may not have clearly got all of my points across. Overall I think it went pretty good and the members of my class got a better idea of what my idea is. This is a video that shows me responding to questions from members of my class regarding my animoto pitch.
Out of the other members of my class there were two other pitches that I thought out of the rest of the class were particularly good. Firstly, I thought Vishal Kumar's pitch about American Hip-hop was very well delivered from how out of everyones pitch his gave the most clear showing of what his magazine is about. Secondly, I liked Jack Olund's pitch because although I am creating a Rap/Hip-hop magazine, he included a lot of rock artists which I also like such as Blink 182 and Angels and Airwaves
Out of the other members of my class there were two other pitches that I thought out of the rest of the class were particularly good. Firstly, I thought Vishal Kumar's pitch about American Hip-hop was very well delivered from how out of everyones pitch his gave the most clear showing of what his magazine is about. Secondly, I liked Jack Olund's pitch because although I am creating a Rap/Hip-hop magazine, he included a lot of rock artists which I also like such as Blink 182 and Angels and Airwaves
Sunday 22 January 2012
Decision on Style of Music
I have decided that the style of music that I want my magazine to be based around is R&B, Hip-Hop and Rap. Although these music styles may have some differences, I think they are similar enough to combined them into my magazine. Also I want my magazine to be British and to be focused around British artists. My main inspirations for this are Professor Green, Rizzle Kicks, Example, Tinie Tempah and Tinchy Stryder.
Colour Palette
This list starts from the most best colours to use on a magazine to the worst...
Black on yellow
Yellow on black
Green on white
Red on white
Black on white
White on blue
Blue on yellow
Blue on white
White on black
Green on yellow
Black on orange
Red on yellow
Orange on black
Yellow on blue
White on green
Black on red
Blue on orange
Yellow on green
Blue on red
Yellow on red
White on red
Red on black
White on orange
Black on green
Orange on white
Orange on blue
Yellow on orange
Red on orange
Red on green
Green on orange
These are some of my ideas on what colour palette I may use:
Fonts
I used the website 'http://www.1001freefonts.com/' to look at some fonts and these were some I liked:
Audience Profile
These are my two fictional people who I would imagine to be similar to my target audience
This is Ryan. He likes to hang out with his friends, play football, watching TV and go skateboarding. He is very interested in reading about his favourite Rap artists from Britain, and also in finding out about new Hip-hop artists so he can download their music to his Ipod. He is also very concerned about going shopping and keeping up with fashion trends so he reads my magazine weekly to get this information. He likes reading it because it has the artists he is concerned about with reviews and it is not too intellectual of a read.
This is Ryan. He likes to hang out with his friends, play football, watching TV and go skateboarding. He is very interested in reading about his favourite Rap artists from Britain, and also in finding out about new Hip-hop artists so he can download their music to his Ipod. He is also very concerned about going shopping and keeping up with fashion trends so he reads my magazine weekly to get this information. He likes reading it because it has the artists he is concerned about with reviews and it is not too intellectual of a read.
This is Chloe. She likes to see her friends, go shopping, listen to music and go to the cinema. She is tired of all the girly pop magazines and really just wants to read a magazine that features all her favourite UK Grime artists. She wants a magazine like this so she has more pictures to cut out and stick on her wall as posters. She doesn't exactly dress like the other teenage girls and wants to style herself by looking at pictures and fashion of her favourite female R&B artists.
Institution that would produce my magazine
IPC Media
IPC Media, who used to be know as International Publishing Corporation, are a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc.. It is a digital publisher in the United Kingdom. It also has the largest portfolio in the UK, selling over 350 million copies each year. They own lots of magazines but the music magazines they own include 'NME', 'Guitar' and 'Bass'
I decided that I thought they would produce my magazine because as a company they produce a very broad selection of magazines so it could accommodate any kind of magazine. Secondly, I hope that my magazine would reach a wide audience in the UK so with the size of there current portfolio would be able to achieve this. Finally, I don't entirely want my magazine to be focused at one audience because that narrows the amount of readers. So I would like my magazine to be like NME from how they incorporate one strong theme, which in there case is indie and in mine R&B, but are not afraid to include other genres of music.
Possible Magazine Names
I have not yet decided on a final magazine name but these are some that I am considering:
Blazin'
Intitution
Prodigy
Simplified
Un-wind
Passion
Moodboard
This is my Moodboard that I created on microsoft publisher from magazine covers. I want my theme to be based around British Hip-hop/R&B/Rap, to do this I only used British magazines with British music stars featured. I used magazines such as D101, RWD, The Big Issue and Disorder.
Saturday 21 January 2012
Target for the rest of the weekend 21st/22nd January
There is still work to be done if I am going to have my research and development finished for Monday
- I need to decided on a title for my magazine
- I need to sort out some audience research for my magazine
- Analyse colour pallets, fonts and language register
- Design a mood board
- Analyse an institution that would produce my magazine
- Look at my audience profile
- Create my 25 word pitch for Monday.
Friday 20 January 2012
Contents Pages Analysis
This is a contents page from American R&B and Hip-hop magazine 'Vibe'. Pictured is American Rapper Kanye West
This is my second contents page analysis. It is a contents page from American Hip-hop magazine 'XXL', pictured is American, Rapper B.o.b
This is my third contents page analysis. It is a contents page from British magazine 'NME' pictured is home grown, Leicester band Kasabian
Double Page Spread Analysis's
This is the cover of Hip-hop music and culture magazine 'XXL'. This double page spread article is on American Rapper Rick Ross.
This is a double page spread interview promoting the game 'Def Jam Rapstar'. The interview is with British Rappers Tinchy Stryder.
This is my third double page spread analysis. It is a double page spread from British Rap magazine 'D101', the article is featured on Rapper/Actor Bashy
This is my third double page spread analysis. It is a double page spread from British Rap magazine 'D101', the article is featured on Rapper/Actor Bashy
Thursday 19 January 2012
Mgazine Cover Analysis
This is my first magazine cover analysis. It is a cover of NME magazine with American rapper 'Tyler, the Creator' featured on the cover.
This is my second magazine cover analysis. It is a cover of the magazine 'Vibe', on the cover is American Rapper Kanye West. 
This is a cover of UK Grime, Rap magazine 'RWD'. Featured on the cover is British rapper Professor Green.
By posting this work on my blog it finishes my personal homework that I set on 17/01/12
Magazine Evaluation Idea
Wednesday 18 January 2012
Fashion Ideas
These are few items of clothing that I like and I would consider using on the model on the cover of my magazine, a lot of the items I have chosen I own myself :
Chinos
Chinos are trousers that are quick skinny and particulary thin around the ankles and shin. I think chinos would be good to use for my magazine because they come in so many different colours, as you can see in my images, you can pick any colour to match other clothes. The best places to buy chinos is shops such as Topman and Burton. I personally like them so much I own two pairs myself. They usually cost between £25-£40
Snapbacks
Snapbacks are caps that are originated from American sports teams. I think they would be appropriate for my magazine because they have been adopted by the genres of Rap and Hip-hop which are the kind of genres I am looking at for my magazine.
I like them because they are all good at encorperating colour schemes with the same kind of layout. You can purchase these at shops such as Footasylum and JD Sports. They usually cost between £15-£30
Hoodies
Chinos
Chinos are trousers that are quick skinny and particulary thin around the ankles and shin. I think chinos would be good to use for my magazine because they come in so many different colours, as you can see in my images, you can pick any colour to match other clothes. The best places to buy chinos is shops such as Topman and Burton. I personally like them so much I own two pairs myself. They usually cost between £25-£40
Snapbacks
Snapbacks are caps that are originated from American sports teams. I think they would be appropriate for my magazine because they have been adopted by the genres of Rap and Hip-hop which are the kind of genres I am looking at for my magazine.
I like them because they are all good at encorperating colour schemes with the same kind of layout. You can purchase these at shops such as Footasylum and JD Sports. They usually cost between £15-£30
Hoodies
Hoodies, but I am particularly focusing on the ones with zips down the centre. They are light weight jumpers that are casual in colder weather. Hoodies have been a style and used by Hip-hop artists such as one of my music inspiration Rizzle Kicks as you can see in my picture. Hoodies can be purchased in pretty much any colour so would be a flexible piece of clothing to be able to use. They can be purchased in shops such as Topman and River Island. They usually cost about £20-£40.
Vans shoes
Vans is a brand of youth culture skate wear. These are the most common shoes that they make, they are a form of plimsolls. They are most commonly just known as 'Vans' after the name of the brand. As well as being produced in many different colours they also can have different patterns on which gives them a broader range of products. They usually cost between £25-£45. They can be bought in most shoe stores such as Burton or Schuh
Gillets
They can also be known as body warmers. They are padded, sleeveless coats that were originally just made as a body warmer but has now become a fashion item. A lot of Grime and Rap artists wear them as casual jackets, They are sold in shops such as JD, River Island and Cult, in brands such as Nike and Addidas. They are quite expensive and usually cost between £35-£60.
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