Evaluation Part 7

Evaluation of final product question 7

this is the seventh and final part in the series of powerpoints for my evaluation

Evaluation Part 6

Evaluation of final products question 6

this is the sixth in the series of powerpoints for my evaluation

Evaluation Part 4-5

Evaluation of final products question 4 5

this is the fourth and fith in the series of powerpoints for my evaluation, bundled into one powerpoint because the questions were very similar to each other and it made sense to put them together.

also, by using the website http://www.voki.com/ I have created a talking Avatar of my most Ideal target audience below, so that the points in my PowerPoint as well as the Target Audience are made  crystal clear:




Transcript(what he says):

"Sup Bro! I am what you guys call a Main Target Audience for RAWR Magazine!

 I am a CRAZY Love-child of your average care free Rocking Rock fan, and a No holds barred Party Animal, just as you saw in that gnarly PowerPoint above me!

RAWR magazine is the best thing since the Adrenaline Surge of a Mosh Pit. Containing everything I need to know about the Live Tours on the greatest Rock Bands of all time! It also allows me to go deep into the burning souls of the only forces that keep me alive, with biographies and Interviews!

 I would be a soul with a snuffed flame without this magazine! Peace out!"

Evaluation Part 3

Evaluation of final products question 3

this is the third in the series of powerpoints for my evaluation

Evaluation part 2

Final product evaluation question 2

this is the second in the series of powerpoints for my evaluation.

Evaluation Part 1

Evaluation of final products question 1

this is the first in a series of powerpoints set out in a 'one per question' manner.

Final Products (plus a small start on Evaluation)

Here is my video commentary, you can find a screenshot summary of this video below

I have made a start on evaluation comparing my products with the texts that inspired them

I will compare them with other texts later in the evaluation stage

Final Cover

this is my final cover (left) along with the Kerrang cover (right) that I used for inspiration

Changes:

• Stamp-like sale line; like Kerrangs
• added Bar code; similar placement to Kerrangs
• Right aligned text for right hand side sale lines; like Kerrangs left aligned sell lines
• General tidy up (e.g. making the sale lined darker so they are readable)



This is my contents page (top) along with the Kerrang contents (bottom) I used for inspiration

Changes:

• Added Classmate to fit convention of multiple people on a contents, he has a similar serious look to Kyle.
• changed page listings to fit Classmate
• changed 'contents issue 1' to white.

this is my heavily altered double page spread (top) with the NME double page spread ( Bottom) that I used

for layout inspiration

Changes:

• two black boxes on the right page next to each other; like the white and black areas on NMEs right page
• Black box in the corner; like the blue box in the same position in NME
• Pictures indented into text; like NME does, but my images have been placed differently for originality.
• similar heading and picture placement

New Contact sheet for Contents Page

Due to feedback from my rough contents page, I have taken a few photos of a classmate (named Karl) I will use one of them in my contents page so it fits more to the convention of having multiple people on the contents page

as you can see, Karl shares similar qualities to kyle in that he has a very grungy, dark and serious look, making him a fitting candidate

Rough Production Pieces

Rough Versions of my Product
This is the rough cut versions of each part of my product, I shall create my final pieces by editing these in ways such as filling space or changing the layout entirely.

Rough Cover Idea for Production

This picture was an idea for my front cover which I had intended to prepare for the rough work hand in on the 4th-7th of march, the editting on the photo however was too obvious ( the hair looks like a perfect 'dome'), making this idea obsolete as it looked very odd. I have fixed this in another idea which I will hand in as my rough version instead.

Contact Sheet (Photos)

Cover sheet showcase

this is the contact sheet with all my photos. This proves I have a variety of shots and angles.

It also shows that I have included all the considerations stated in 'Shooting Intentions' from the facial expression and body language of my friend down to his costume

picture 2550 to 2555 were taken to test the camera, this is why my friend is out of position in the last two of these shots

Shooting Intentions

Although I have mentioned what the images of my magazine will look like in my layout diagrams, I will reiterate them in more detail here:

All of my images do not require a certain time period to be taken in, as I am going to attempt to cut around the person so it looks like the black colour scheme is part of the image, as such, my photos will probably be taken in front of a screen so I can darken the image digitally if needed

Cover Image: image of my friend Kyle, with a serious, almost emotionless stare, giving direct address
      Lighting: Dark, this will fit the colour scheme and will make it easier for me to lower the contrast to fit the colour even more. and adding to the seriousness and intimidation factors
      Costume Detail: My Friends fashion sense, I feel, fits perfectly with my magazine so he will be wearing everyday clothes which is black shirt (although, I will take some photos of him in a black hooded jumper) and black trousers. (fits the grungy feel)
      Camera Angles: I will take multiple images from various angles and choose the best one; I plan to take low angles, angles where he is level with the camera and angles where hes facing side on to the camera
      Camera shots: I will take various different ones; such as mid close ups, mid shot and close ups and choose the best

Double Page Spread Image: image of Kyle with his arms folded, with the same/similar serious look from the cover to fit the colour scheme and for the same effect
     Lighting: same as Cover Image for consistency
    Costume Detail: again, quite similar to the Cover for consistency. ALso, my freind has a KMFDM T shirt, which is an industrial brand, this genres music sounds very similar to rock, so I plan on using this so I can reference to it in the DPS interview article text as a question asking about it.
    Camera angles: this will either be a low angle or an angle where he is level with the camera
    Camera Shots: Will range from close ups and medium close ups to long/mid shots (where the waist is visible but not the legs)
     
The Contents image as stated in the layout diagram is the same image as the Double Page Spread. (may change when I have shot my photos)

The Fonts

This is a simple diagram showing what fonts I plan to use and where I'm going to use them.

this also shows the colour I will use

InitIal Contents Layout

This is my contents page, this too, required hand drawn diagrams because of its complexity.

The main article image on the left will be the same image described in my double page spread.

Also, I have mentioned the existing band Kiss here, I do not plan to show images of them, I just had their name as a placeholder/example.

Initial DPS layout

this is a verty rough, hand drawn layout diagram of my Double Page Spread, as this required alot more detail than the cover the big image on the left will be
my freind kyle (mentioned in earlier posts) with his arms folded in a very dark contrast image to look dark, intimidating and serious to fit the recurring colour scheme (same colour scheme as the cover)

Initial Cover Layout

This is a very quick mock up of my cover, using placeholders to show what I hope to put and where. although it isnt that detailed, I will be able to follow this when designing my cover; this may change during production as I may find I need to move things around to fit everything or I add something new that I may feel would be good during the design. What I plan to be in the placeholders at this time are described below:

Masthead: "RAWR!!" this is reference to a shout/scream a fan of or rock band of the wild kind of rock, I will make it white so it is readable, and the font style and size will fit its wildness (Large, Bold), this fits with the colour scheme as a 'Dark' colour scheme can be quite aggressive/intimidating, the band 'Kiss' come across the same way. Stands for 'Rock Addicts With Rabies' which enforces the wild, aggressive and intimidating feel tremendously

Slogan: "BURN WITH THE FLAME OF ROOOOCK! RAWWR!" gives a tremendous feel of wildness to the extent of being uncontrollble in order to directly assist the masthead. Rawr is also a reference to the mast head to connotate this direct assistance

Image: this will be a image of a freind of mine, whos hair and fashion sense fit my genre and planned colour scheme very well, I plan to make him have a very serious look on his face, as this still fits the colour scheme because I predict the colour scheme will make it look intimidating even though it contrasts with the wild masthead.

Anchorage Text: this will say "spreading Kyleism: the 16 year old one man band, and his many followers" this is because my freinds name is Kyle, and Kyleism makes it sound like a religion, some rock bands, (especially the more wild, screaming with electric guitar sort of bands)  have this edge to them, by having 'followers' making them seem like a religion. Also, the one man band part shows that I plan to adapt my cover to fit one of the questionnaire results on question 4 (of having interviews with bands)

Buzz Word: this is simply "EXCLUSIVE!" to assist the anchorage

Sell Line 1: "INSIDE: Band Biographies of the WILDEST bands!" this sell line will  cater to the second most popular answer of question 4, Band Biographies

Sell line 2: "Reviews of everything music straight from our mouths!" means that the imagainary writing team will review bands and songs, this is catering too the joint third answer of question 4, Reviews

Sell line 3: "Witness the kindling of a budding soul of rock!" means that the magazine is going to showcase a new talent, to cater to the other joint third answer of question 4

Dark colour scheme: this refers to the colour scheme of the Kerrang DPS I analysed and stated I was going to use.

My Intentions

My intentions are to create a magazine in one of the rock genres (this will become specific in planning when I elaborate on my idea), through my research on existing magazines, I felt that the first double spread, 'Kerrang!' had the perfect layout and colour scheme (which seemed to be a convention for rock magazines of its type and it struck me as rock when I saw the spread, which means it could be somewhat stereotypical) for my idea to follow (wild side of rock; quite passionate, serious feel and with a 'dark' feeling colour scheme at the same time).

Through this layout convention I feel my idea will follow such layout by having a similar colour scheme to the Kerrang double spread giving it a dark and serious edge, as well as having pictures of people with what can be considered 'weird' hairstyles and a casual attire, therefore, my idea would be following rock conventions in a sense.

Through my Target Audience research (the questionnaire) I have been able to gain more generic, but essential information such as price and contents page layout, this will help me when planning the layouts and designing the pieces themselves.

Questionnaire Results

Magazine Results
This is the results of my questionnaire, I have only done 10 people due to the obvious trend shown by most questions. I will take these results into great consideration when planning.

also, questions such as the last question's B are on a separate line because they didnt fit on one line in the embed document (but did in the document itself)

Blank Questionnaire

Magazine Questionnaire
This is the blank hard copy of my questionnaire, I will use this to gather the generic but essential information such as layout from individuals who are within the age range for my planning and production stages.

Strange errors with scribd which arent my doing: some of the letters have oddly changed colour, the document itself is fine. Also, the £ sign shows up on Scribd but on the document it appears as the euro, thats why my subheading is that way

Institutional Research

Bauer Media Group: Through the internet,I have found that Kerrangs insititution is likely to sell my magazine; they are a large german company which publish the Kerrang! magazine. This fact is the reason I believe they would publish my magazine, as Kerrang! is the magazine I will be drawing alot of inspiration from, making  it something this paticular insitution would be interested in.

Time Inc: This is the publisher of NME magazine, this magazine is seen as the rival of Kerrang! but is it very different, therefore, if I were to give my magazoine to them, which has the features that make Kerrang!, logically, they would take it in order to try to directly compete with Kerrang! in the same Genre

General Audience

 it is clear that my general audience would be similar to Kerrang! (the first double page spread in my powerpoint) which seem to be on the more 'wild' and passionate side of Rock.

Genre Mind Map (Ideas)

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since I already have a general idea of what im going to make, using my own Knowledge, my earlier Powerpoint, and the Internet, I narrowed my options down to three genres I think would suit my idea, and put down some general facts and trends that magazines of that genre seem to have and/or share, to pin point which genre I should do.

I have decided to do one of the Rock genres as that seems to suit my idea, either Indie or normal. Which one however will become apparrent in planning when I put my idea from head to paper and elaborate it into a complete idea.

Pre Production: existing magazine analysis

Media Studies Coursework

This is my existing magazine analysis of two covers, contents and double page spreads. All magazines in this powerpoint have layouts and look generally like something I would like to do, so I will take them into consideration when I plan my magazine

Time Plan

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This is my Time Plan.....

The days and months at the top are irrelevant in a sense (although the exclamation mark indicates to have a rough copy on the 4th to 7th of March), as this is meant to show how long I think I will take on a task.

Preliminary Task

Here is my Preliminary Task, as you can see, it is split into two parts:

Cover

 Contents Page

As such, it fits the specification of having a cover AND contents page, in addition to having a nice medium close up of a rather dashing gentlemen, well placed text (its very readable) etc