After I completed my perlimonary task and now my main task I have learnt some new skills as well as developing some during the process of making my magazine.
During my work I have learnt that planning is a key part of designing and making the magazine. During my perlimonary task I did not plan very much and my time keeping was very bad. However Now that I have started my main task I have been able to keep to my timing using the time toast program in order to lay out what needs to be done when.
After looking at conventions of takeing an image for a magazine I have been able to take an image. In my prelimonary task I only used Photoshop to cut around the edge. However I have now used a camera to take a quality photo aposing conventions but making up for it in other ways and then using photoshop to change the whole style of an image from a red eyed bright image to a black and white clean image.
Before I completed my main task I had never used photo shop in my work. However when I stared my perlimonary task I learnt about how to use the basics of Photo shop in oreder to simple enlarge and cut out the image of the cover. Once I started the main task I felt more confident in using photo shop and after talking to more experienced peple and looking and videos, I was able to use more advanced techniques such as changing the colour, black and white, or vibrance if i chose to.
I also learnt how to use InDesign, this program was easy to use once I had used it in the perlimonary task and I learnt how to use some of the basic skills. However During the main task I have not expanded on my skills using InDesign but I was able to use the basics to my advantage and was able to making it look affective without making it complicated.
During this project I have learnt lots of new skills such as using Photoshop, InDesgin and prezi to display my work and i now use them for other things. This project has taught me about th abilites of different programs. These programs have allowed me to see how media resorces are developed to a basic degrea and has given me an insite into developig media products.
My targets were;
- To thoroughly
plan my work and what will be involved by time keeping and keeping to a
schedule.
- To be more
creative about how my work is layed out and how I present it.
- To look into
anything I do not understand fully and ask questions about my work .
I beleave I have met my targets. I have planed all my work using Time Tosterbenifit my work and the way it looks to the audience. Finaly I have asked questions about the computer programs and any tasks that I dont fully un derstand and how to aproach work.
I had decided who my target audience was before I had made my magazine, they were ABC1 males with a minority of females and they are aged between 16-27. They were studying and still making a decision about life. They were also Aspirer and individualists/ non-conformists.
Now that I have made my magazine I have found that my target audience has not changed much. The magazine is now even more female orientated than before however as my audience are individualists they will eventually change that so that there are more female artists and as they will aspire I believe this will eventually change it completely to female orientated. I also believe that the audience are now more AB on the jicnar scale than before as they will like expensive branding but also the amount of money it will cost to travel to these gigs.
Throughout my magazine I have carefully considered the representation of different groups of people and decided whether to go against them or not. This will affect the way the audience look at the magazine as well as themselves. My magazine cover has some clear stereotypical conventions. The mast head is 'Vacant', this means to be free or unoccupied. To me this suggests that indie rock music and the groups associated with it are lade back and relaxed about life, however to other people who are not in these social groups could view them as slacking and not caring about there way of life. By having it the mast head written and rotated so it is vertical suggests that the social group reading this are individualists and like to be known as people who don't want to follow the crowd but be who or what they wish to be without being judged. It also suggests rebellion, by having the title 'the wrong way up' says that the indie rock group are trying to be different by pushing the bounders of right and wrong.
By linking the mast head to the image you create a stereotypical view that teenage boys are lazy or relaxed. The image is meant to represent its reader so that they can relate to the model.
The fact the model is male already suggests that the magazines audience are mainly male. The connotations of this are masculinity and power over women. However the body language of the model doesn't suggest masculinity, however the black and white shading highlights these features.The position he is sat in is not how anybody would normally sit in a chair, this would suggest that teenage boys are rebellious and going against the norms and values of society but also wanting to different.The models long hair goes against the stereotype of men as it should be short to define genders. However by having longer hair again suggests rebellion against society norms and values as well as being an individual.
The checked shirt suggests being in the wild and is a typical convention of a lumberjack. This also suggests that he is free do do as he pleases. Also the T shirt underneath has the symbol from the D.C comic Green Lantern and this would appeal to comic fans or stereotypical geeks. This would go against the stereotypical teenage boy image as they are viewed to be lazy but this would suggest intelligence but also an interest in comics.
The magazines cover lines all suggest gigs, bands music and festivals. This would suggest that my audience are ABC1, as it costs around £140 for the tickets alone. however it would also show that they are loyal to there favorite bands and how much they really enjoy music.
In my magazine content page you will find one image of a female indie rock artist. This suggests that there is only a minority of female artists, however by having her face blurred out also suggest that they are not so important in the music industry and not as successful as male artists.
The colours in the inside and content page are mainly black, red , yellow and white. This suggests that teenage males are bold but also suggests danger. To this group of people they may see it as some fun or an adventure, however people looking in would see teenage boys being reckless or irresponsible.
In the double page spread the main body of text is all in capital letters. This would suggest rebellion and being different as it is grammatically incorrect but is all for show. However this would also suggest to people who do not like indie rock music would see poor literacy skills and laziness.
The main image in my double page spread is of the model wearing a hoody.This suggests a more relaxed approach to everything. However someone not in this social group would look at the connotations and say it suggested thief's and laziness leading to other conclusions such as high school drop outs and so on.
To conclude my magazine suggests that the music industry is built up of mainly males and are of a higher rank than female artists, they like to rebel and be an indevidualist with an element of taking an adventure by doing new things. However someone not in these socail groups would say that teenage boys are lazy and arogent and are not resposible enough to do anything, they would say they are dangerious and care free which could lead to ileagal acts.
