Concentrate on mise en scene and camerawork.
Grab some images from both tasks and put them on the blog and show what you know about shot types, magazine terms etc. Explain how you've improved.
Monday 14 March 2011
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
In pairs, take a picture of each other holding the kit you have used. This might just be the camera and tripod, and your Macbook but there may be other things you want in the shot.
Drop the image onto your blog and annotate it, adding all the programs and other technology you have used as screengrabs and what you learnt about it/from using it. Your written text need only be minimal. You could include reference to all the online and computer programs you have used such as flickr, blogger, facebook, photoshop, vimeo, scribd, slideshare etc.
How did you attract/address your audience?
Take a screen grab of your magazines cover, content and spread and place into iMovie, movie make etc. You will then use YOUTUBE's annotation tools to add NOTES, SPEECHBUBBLES, and LINKS to your magazine:
These annotations will highlight the ways in which your Magazine links to other similiar films in order to attract the particular Audience you have previously identified.
Your annotations will refer to genre conventions, use of iconography, similarities with other magazines and what you have identified as the Unique Selling Point of your imaginary film.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
You should have a drawing of your target audience member and an explanation of what kinds of taste they might have- where they would shop, what music they would listen to, what their favourite Tv programme would be, etc.
make sure you have taken a photo of it, post it on the blog and write a few notes on why they would buy your magazine.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
For this question, you are going to do a 'director's commentary' style voiceover explaining some of the key features of your magazine cover
You will need to script the voiceover which deals with institutional issues to include:
discussion of your production company name and logo and the role of such companies
What does a publishing company do?
the idea of a distributor and who that might be and why. start here
where the money might have come from for a magazine such as yours here
what your magazine is similar to 'institutionally' (name some magazines which would be released in a similar way)
You need to refer to actual company names and processes so you will need to maybe do a bit more research into magazine publishers like emap
When you have scripted, record the voiceover using iMovie, windows movie maker etc on a new audio timeline, then export to quicktime and embed on blog. (this is a good example of what you can do. It was created for A2 and a slightly different question but the style is correct).
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Pick a key image of your artist from your magazine (ideally the cover image). Take a screengrab of a reasonable sized image of them. Think of one or more recording artists/stars from other magazines with some similarity to them (but maybe some differences too!), find an image on the web of that/those stars and grab it as well. Drop the two into photoshop, as a split screen. Export this splitscreen image as a jpeg then drop onto your blog and write about the similarities and differences in terms of appearance, costume etc.
So for example if you have a female R&B star on your cover, look for other female R&B star to compare them with (remember to try and ensure that they are of a similar age, race etc)...
Friday 11 March 2011
Thursday 10 March 2011
Final Article Questions
1) What made you decide to leave your fellow bandmates?
2) Did you have fallout with any of the band mates?
3) What was your best experience when you were with Ultralove?
4) Would you say you had the best talent out of your fellow band members?
5) Do you think that you will you ever go back to Ultralove?
6) Now, back to you. How have you found your experience since you’ve been in the spotlight?
7) What’s good about going solo?
8) What about your songwriting talent we’ve heard about?
9) How would you describe your songs?
10) How have you managed to cope at such a young age?
11) There are so many female solo singers in the music industry. How did you manage to crack it?
12) On that note, before I go let’s talk about your future ‘hit’. How do you feel about your current album, ‘Your Love, My Desire’?
Final Magazine Changes
For the final images of my magazine, I decided that I wanted to use one model instead of five models. This made the process much quicker and easier, as I found that it was hard to find any free time to organize for all of the model's to get together for the photoshoot. I decided this was best because I couldn't afford to lose anymore valuable time waiting to get them all together. This meant that if I wanted to take images of them all, it would of had to have been done in school time, which I have already decided from previous decisions that it is best not to shoot the photos at school due to the problems that I faced.
From looking back at the test shots I used for my mocks and drafts, I decided that I didn't want to do the photoshoot at school. This was because the setting was located at school, which created a school scene environment. This would not have been ideal to use on my magazine as it wouldn't of fit in with the genre. It would also lose appeal from the target market, as teenagers are at school everyday and wouldn't necessarily want to be seeing school in their choice of magazine.
The setting on the test shots has an old, run-down look to it because the school is a fairly old building. The place that I took my test shots was the only free space that we could find, which was an old part of the school that hadn't been renovated. This is not what I want for my final magazine. I thought it best to completely change my original ideas to prevent this problem from happening again, to ensure that my final magazine looks as modern and professional as it can.
From using one model instead of five, it made the process a lot quicker and handier as I only had one person's hair, make-up and outfits to arrange. It also allowed me to be able to take the images from home. This made it easier for my model to be able to change outfits, as we found this was difficult when I previously took the test photo shoot at school. It also allowed time for me to do her hair and make-up properly, so that it was suitable for a magazine standard. This made the images look far more professional.
I have also decided that I will be changing my Double-page Spread article. This is because as I am no longer doing the band, I won't be able to use the same article as I used on my drafts. I have decided that I want to create a storyline about Hanna (the model that I have used for the final shoot) leaving the band. I found that this would be an original, yet catchy storyline which would make the context of the magazine far more interesting. Also, this keeps my ideas and planning for my magazine alive, as the band 'Ultralove' will still exist - except from the fact that it has lost a band mate. This way, I could include the band into my final magazine, by editing the test shot images to cut Hanna out so that I could include this onto the content's page. This will improve the content's page by having images of other artists in the magazine, as the magazine is not going to be all about Hanna.
From looking back at the test shots I used for my mocks and drafts, I decided that I didn't want to do the photoshoot at school. This was because the setting was located at school, which created a school scene environment. This would not have been ideal to use on my magazine as it wouldn't of fit in with the genre. It would also lose appeal from the target market, as teenagers are at school everyday and wouldn't necessarily want to be seeing school in their choice of magazine.
The setting on the test shots has an old, run-down look to it because the school is a fairly old building. The place that I took my test shots was the only free space that we could find, which was an old part of the school that hadn't been renovated. This is not what I want for my final magazine. I thought it best to completely change my original ideas to prevent this problem from happening again, to ensure that my final magazine looks as modern and professional as it can.
From using one model instead of five, it made the process a lot quicker and handier as I only had one person's hair, make-up and outfits to arrange. It also allowed me to be able to take the images from home. This made it easier for my model to be able to change outfits, as we found this was difficult when I previously took the test photo shoot at school. It also allowed time for me to do her hair and make-up properly, so that it was suitable for a magazine standard. This made the images look far more professional.
I have also decided that I will be changing my Double-page Spread article. This is because as I am no longer doing the band, I won't be able to use the same article as I used on my drafts. I have decided that I want to create a storyline about Hanna (the model that I have used for the final shoot) leaving the band. I found that this would be an original, yet catchy storyline which would make the context of the magazine far more interesting. Also, this keeps my ideas and planning for my magazine alive, as the band 'Ultralove' will still exist - except from the fact that it has lost a band mate. This way, I could include the band into my final magazine, by editing the test shot images to cut Hanna out so that I could include this onto the content's page. This will improve the content's page by having images of other artists in the magazine, as the magazine is not going to be all about Hanna.
Evaluation of Draft Music Magazine
In what ways does your magazine represent particular social groups?
My magazine is based on pop music. This represents young females between the ages of 10-21 as this particular social group would be most interested in this era. This is represented by the use of feminine colours and the girl bands. The fonts used also give a ‘poppy’ feel to the magazine. Because of this genre, I decided it would be best to aim my magazine for young females between the ages of 15-21.
Who would be the audience for your magazine?
The audience for my magazine would be aimed at teenagers and young adults. It would fit in more with the female gender, because of the feminine feel that it gives. This is shown by the use of bright feminine colours such as ‘pink’. I think this colour works well, as it suits the band ‘Ultralove’, as the band mates are all females.
How did you attract/direct your audience?
I want to make the final magazine more relevant to the target audience, to gain their attention to attract them to the magazine more. On my drafts, I have only included female artists. Female teenagers/young adults would be rather interested in male pop artists. Music magazines include posters so that they could be cut out. I have decided I will take photos of males as well as females so that it gains a lot more attraction. This way, I can include the images on the contents page.
What kind of media institution might distribute your magazine and why?
A media institution such as a magazine company would distribute my magazine. The company would probably have an interest in the well-doing of music, especially focusing in the pop genre. They would want to distribute my magazine because music is a very popular subject, and therefore would attract many customers. Also, my magazine is a modern genre featuring music from the charts. This would mean the magazine wouldn’t be out of date, which would attract the new modern generation.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing your magazine?
From the process of constructing my magazine, I have learnt about using media based technologies such as cameras and IT. For IT I used all sorts of equipment, ranging from professional programmes such as Photoshop and more complex programme’s like Paint. I used Photoshop to create the drafts. I will use the same technology when creating my final magazine.
Wednesday 2 March 2011
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