Main Task - Photography

These images are what I plan my cover images to look like -

These are the potential models I will use for my cover -

Lucy Smith -






I intend Lucy to be holding a musical instrument whilest sitting down on steps which lead up to a stage.

Ben Brace -



I intend to use Ben by having him holding a musical instrument or microphone and standing on a stage.

Ellie Dallimore -


I intend to use Ellie in the Contents Page, with her standing in front of a natural background.

Chloe Brown -


I intend to use Chloe on the Double Page Spread, with her sitting in front of a natural background.

Charley Longman -


I intend to use Charley on the Double Page Spread standing in front of a Urban background.

Matt Whickens -


I intend to use Matt on the Double Page Spread sittin in front of a natural background.

Place in Magazine                      Who?                          Contact Details
. Cover                                      . Lucy                        . Facebook
. Contents Page                         . Ellie & Ben               . Facebook
. Double Page Spread               . Chloe, Charley &      . Facebook
                                                   Matt 

Main Task - Typefaces

For my magazine I will be staying with the sophistication often related to Classical music. So becuase of this I will be using mainly Serif fonts.

Possible Fonts -
#1: Sanford -

Sanford

#2: Serif -

Serif

#3: Liberation Serif -

Liberation Serif

#4: Timeless -

Timeless

#5: Imperator -

Imperator

Main Task - List Of Costumes & Props

Costume/Prop Item              Source                 Potential Cost            Person In Charge
. Dress                                . Lucy's House      . None                       . Lucy
. Suit                                   . Ben's House/      . None/ No more        . Ben
                                             Charity Shop        than £10
. Smart Casual Clothes        . Ellie's House      . None                        . Ellie
. Casual Dress                     . Chloe's House   . None                        . Chloe
. Samrt Casual Clothes         . Matt's House    . None                        . Matt
. Musical Instrument             . Jack's House    . None                        . Lucy/Jack
. Microphone                       . Ben's House/
                                              Charity Shop    . None/ No more
                                                                        than £5                      . Ben

Main Task - Influence for Planning

My influences from my research for my planning was looking at various types of Classical music magazines which all have the the dominant theme of sophistication about them. Even "Classic FM" which targets younger readers still holds a level of sophistication.



So for my magazine I will be sticking to the standard theme of sophistication i.e Models dressed smartly, Serif font etc.

Audience Profile - Classical Music

Classical Music


- Readers would be in the "Succeders" category.
- The target age group would be 40+ but you could use elements in the magazine which could make it more attractive to younger audiences.
- The general reading audience would be on a state pension so they would fall into the "E" category on the Jicnar scale.
- Readers will expect the magazine to be inviting but still maintain a level of sophistication that Classical music is often linked to.
- Some of the reading audience may look upon the magazine as a former professional musician in the world of Classical music.

Classical Music - Contents Page Analysis

Please follow the Prezi link below to find the analysis -


http://prezi.com/p2gojwvlsi3g/classical-music-contents-page-analysis/

Analysis of Music Magazine

"Music" magazine is one of the many music magazines out there on the market but one of only a few well known Classical Music magazines. This may be likely due to the fact that many readers believe that the generation who read Classical Music magazines is of the older, subsiding generation. I believe the sign of his magazine is not the smartly dressed, attractive woman but the violin that she's holding. The sign denotes that the violin looks fairly old and worn, so it looks like it has been used a lot but it also looks like a well made and sophisticated instrument. The sign connotes that the themes of the magazine are represented by it, i.e the sign is a violin so the magazine must be about Classical music. It could also connote that the magazine is meant to be read by the sophisticated groups of society as many people would see the magazine as a sophisticated instrument. The main device for anchorage I think is the Masthead, because the Masthead says "Music" and when we look at a violin we instantly think of music as a reader. 

The Psychographics for the reading audience of "Music" would be of the "Succeeders" category as the general reading population would be of the older generation. I believe this because of the way which most readers would link sophistication to Classical music and those same readers would likely relate sophistication to the older generation. The Gender for the magazine I would suggest that there would be more female readers than male, but it's likely to be around 60/40. I believe that the readers of "Music" magazine would be in group B on the Jicnar scale. But they could also be in group E as most of the older generation would be unemployed and on a pension.

he representation of the magazine cover is that the woman on the front is smartly dressed and sophisticated but also attractive and sexually available. I believe that the Ideology is mainly a Dominant Ideology as the woman is portrayed as sexually available which considered normal in today's society. But you could argue that there could also be some Residual Ideology as many readers would think that only the older generation would read a Classical music magazine. But I also think that as they have put a sexually available woman on the cover that the publishers may be trying to get younger generations into reading their magazine, especially young men.    

My Contents Page!!!

Questions #2

1. Which tools in Photoshop/InDesgin tools did you make use of when making the cover or contents page?
- Text Tool, Rectangle Frame Tool

2. What were the most useful techniques you learnt in either software package?
- Holding the shift key doesn't stretch the image when your resizing it.

3. What problems did you face and how did you solve them?
- Resizing the image. Instruction from the teacher.

4. Is there anything you would like to do with Photoshop/InDesgin that you can't at present?
- Make the contents page look more like a proper contents page.  

Questions

1. Which tools in  Photoshop did you make use of when making the cover?
- Crop, Horizontal Type Tool, Spot-Heal, Clone Stamp, Layer Blending, Shape

2. What were the most useful techniques you learnt in Photoshp?
- Lasso, Layer Blending.

3. What problems did you face and how did you solve them?
- Positioning the layers so the text was still visible. Solved by experimenting with the layer options.

4. Is there anything you would like to do with Photoshop that you can't at present?
- Yes, make it have a more professional look to it.

My Magazine Cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My cover for my college magazine!!