Music Magazine Influences

Vibe is a music and entertainment magazine founded by producer Quincy Jones launched in 1993. The publication features R&B and Hip-Hop music artists, actors and other entertainers. It is published monthly and the magazines target audience is young urban followers between the ages of 18-34. The magazine costs £4.45 in the UK. This is a really affordable price for a monthly magazine and i personally would definitely buy this magazine monthly at this price

Billboard is an international magazine devoted to music and the music industry and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis It is an American music magazine and is published weekly. The magazine costs £4.49 each week to buy in the UK. In my opinion for a weekly magazine this price is expensive and would put me off buying the magazine every week because of the cost.

Billboard is an international magazine devoted to music and the music industry and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis It is an American music magazine and is published weekly. The magazine costs £4.49 each week to buy in the UK. In my opinion for a weekly magazine this price is expensive and would put me off buying the magazine every week because of the cos.t

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Music Magazine Brief

Main Task: The front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, produced by me and with a minimum of four images in total.

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LIIAR Analysis College Magazine Front Cover

LIIAR Analysis College Magazine Front Cover

I have used a medium close up image of my friend Leah Haywood for my main image on my front cover of my college magazine. I took the photographs of her in the art department at college as my theme for my college magazine is an art issue. I used a simple angle of her looking straight into the camera and at the audience. The lighting in the art department is bright because it is all open plan containing many windows and lights. In the background of the picture you can see various items which are in the art department to add to the theme and setting of art which i chose for my magazine I used a three part color scheme of black, purple and green which are the original Wyke colors that are used now in college and on advertising products for the college such as it's prospectus. This makes the magazine recognizable to people because when they see the colors before they even read the magazine they know that it is associated with Wyke College. The medium close up shot shows the art student as been happy and cheerful because of the clear facial expressions that can be seen. I included all of the conventions of a college magazine that i have already looked at previously. This includes: a masthead, a main image, a main cover line, other cover lines, an issue number, a bar code and a price. These things are what makes the college magazine recognizable and suitable for the audience it is aimed at. For the mast head i chose to call my magazine 'Lifestyle' as it's main heading with 'Wyke' written down the side of it so that it can be related back to Wyke College without it's main heading been 'Wyke' which wouldn't be as original or catchy. I used various cover lines as well as a main cover line relating to the image i used of my friend Leah. I made up the cover lines based on true stories about Wyke as well as thinking of some extra ones. The college magazine i have made is a Wyke magazine and would therefore be sold by Wyke for its students. It may also be put onto the market in shops through other agencies to help sell the magazine. The reason i have created this product is to inform the students that study at Wyke college specifically for this issue that take art as a subject what the art department have got to offer. Other issues of the magazine could interest other students in the college that specifically study other subjects such as sport or science and an issue based on that subject could be made. The magazine is informative including facts and figures as well as been attractive and fun at the same time. The values behind the media product are entirely educational and are all about the college itself and student life. The magazine as a whole isn't controversial in any way because it is aimed at college students as a whole. The need for the product is a way to keep students up to date with whats going on in there college in a way they can find out for themselves and how they can get involved and join in and make the best of college life. The magazine is aimed at college students especially ones that are studying at Wyke. It could also be aimed at the parents or relatives of those students that are studying at the college and are also interested in whats taking place and when its taking place. The magazine is only priced at one pound which makes it affordable for everybody that wants it including working class, middle class and upper class students. If the product was expensive it wouldn't be successful as students are known to have little money due to the fact that they are in full time education and don't have a full time job to be able to afford extras such as magazines. They are classed as a luxury and not a necessity as not purchasing the magazine wouldn't affect the education on the students therefore the product has to be affordable and attractive to make the students want to spend money on it. The media product represents success at the college and capability of its students. It shows people what the students at Wyke get involved with at the same time as allowing people to see how individuals have grown from strength to strength and achieved their potential at college. The brand that is represented is Wyke as a college and the name Wyke to the audience and the individual that is represented in this particular issue is Leah Haywood who is a current student at the college now.

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College Magazine Analysis Three

Only one main image is used on the front cover of this teen magazine covering the full page. The magazine has a three part text color scheme using the colors: black, pink and red. The background main image is a mixture of colors including: white, blue and black relating to the text colors. The text stands out because of the definite colors used to emphasize the text especially the masthead. The colors used blend really well together making the magazine attractive and recognizable at the same time. The front cover of this magazine contains conventional features to a teen magazine such as: a masthead, a main image, cover lines, a main cover line, a bar code  a price and a date  that the magazine was published. The main image used is of a female celebrity attracting people to the magazine because of this celebrity feature. It also includes typical teenage cover lines including fashion and fitness. On this front cover of the magazine conventions have been broken as the main cover line usually the boldest and stands out the most of all the cover lines because it relates to the main image used but in this case the main cover line doesn't stand out as well as other cover lines about the latest teenage fashion tips. Teen vogue magazine began as a magazine for teenage girls produced in the USA. The magazine focuses on fashion and celebrities and includes information about entertainment and the latest feature stories on current issues and events. It’s first issue was February to March 2006 and the chief editor is Amy Astley. The magazine follows basic conventions of a teen magazine focusing mainly on teenage girls. As well as informal stories the magazine also covers teenage issues such as sexual health and pregnancy. The audience for this magazine  is teenage girls 16 to 19. The social class status of this magazine would be middle and upper class as the magazine is  more expensive than most teenage magazines and is more luxury such as it has a glossy cover rather than a plain one. I think the minimum age for this magazine is 16 because of the controversial topics covered which may not be suitable for teenage girls as young as 13. The magazine may not appeal to all teenagers for example males or girls that simply aren't interested in celebrities or fashion. The magazine is stereotypical of teenage girls as not all of them are as teen vogue would represent them.

College Magazine Analysis Two

Only one main image is used for the front cover of this teen magazine taking up the full page. The magazine has  a text color scheme which is using the colors red, white and yellow. The background image color used is blue. The colors are conventional of a teenage magazine as they are bright and stand out to young adults and teenagers to attract them to the magazine. The only dark colors used are within the main background image of the girl. The red, yellow and white work really well together making the text extremely visible and clear to read. The text shown is to encourage teens and college students to be attracted to the magazine because of the simple layout of the magazine front cover and the bold color scheme used. The cover lines give a snippet of each story that is featured inside of the magazine persuading teenagers to want to read more. The magazine includes main features such as: the masthead, main cover line, cover lines, a bar code, the date, the price, the issue, advertising and pull quotes. All of these features work together to make the magazine attract the right audience and be successful. The masthead is the name of the magazine and this is the boldest piece of text on the magazine front cover to make it recognizable. The main cover line and main image usually relate to each other and the cover line tells the story of the image. All of the elements included are conventional of a magazine front cover and therefore help to sell the magazine and make it appealing to audiences. Teen People was a magazine that was introduced in 1998 as part of People magazine. In 2006 the company announced that it was going to shut down the production of Teen People and the last issue was released in September 2006. The magazine  the company belonged to was Time Warner and was published in the USA. The magazine mainly featured teen celebrity idols as well a t he latest gossip. It also included competitions and prizes to be won as well as fashion and beauty advice for both male and female teens. The magazine was portrayed in a mainly celebrity limelight which could be seen as negative having a bad example of teenagers. This is because if girl and boys see a celebrity in a magazine they idolize them and want to be like them and look like them which is impossible and the celebrity influence on teenagers can get out of hand. The audience that this magazine was aimed at is teenagers 13 to 19 both male and female but it could be argued mainly female. The magazine attracts teenagers because the magazine includes everything a teenager could possibly want to find out about not all having positive effects on the younger generation of people at that time.

College Magazine Analysis One

Only one main image is used on the front cover of this college magazine taking up the full page. The magazine has a three part color scheme including the colors: black, white and yellow. The color pink is also featured on the front cover of the college magazine only once. The colors aren't necessarily conventional of a typical college magazine front cover. The bright colors such as white, yellow and pink are but the color black isn't as it is a dull color compared to the other bright ones which stand out. The main image is very dark and the background is black making the white and yellow text really noticeable when you look at the magazine. The text shown on the front cover is based around been persuasive and advertising the magazine at the same time. It only shows an insight into each story making you want to read more into the magazine. The magazine includes main features such as the masthead which is the name of the magazine and the main image which shows a college student holding equipment ready to do some work. It also includes a main cover line which relates to the main image of the boy. There are various cover lines on the front cover of the college magazines to entice the audience as well as informative features such as: the web site name, the price, the bar code, the date and the issue. All of these items are conventional of a  college magazine and usually feature on most of them. This makes the magazine noticeable and recognizable. ‘College’ magazine is a college guide and quarterly magazine written and edited by college students and created in 2007 by publisher and founder Amanda Nachman.  She was a student herself in her senior year of college when she launched the first issue of the magazine in September 2007. The magazine features all social college issues including: general advice, career tips, student success stories, sports features, celebrity interviews, sex advice and health questions. The magazine front cover doesn't feature anything offensive or off putting it contains mutual cover stories causing no controversy. The magazine is portrayed in a completely positive way with helpful and informative effects.  The magazine is aimed at an audience of students 16 to 21 male and female at college that are studying and anybody interested in any particular cover line that interests them in the magazine. The way that the magazine comes across is stereotypical of students but neither in a positive or negative way. Everything you would imagine to be included on the front cover is included to attract the right people to the magazine.

Preliminary Exercise Brief

Using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school or college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP.