Research Into Similar Products: Double page spread.

Reasons I like this double page spread featured in Rocksound Magazine:

Reasons I like this double page spread featured In Kerrang! Magazine:

Preliminary Task

Drafting and Planning/ Organisation: NME creative task.

Drafting & Planning

I have imported an image of Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails into Paint.Net.

 I used the magic wand tool to remove the white back ground. Next, I imported the NME masthead, and moved it down the layer list, so that the image of the cover star was blocking the masthead. 

I flattened the Paint.Net image and copied it into a publisher document. Here I chose Bolts SF for my font because it was bold but still easy to read. I added a Pug in the form of a free CD and a Puff in the form of a Nirvana exclusive. I used anchorage text to accompany the main cover line. I have also added a date, web address, price and barcode to the front cover.

Organisation

This task has helped me understand the organisation of the content on a magazine cover, and has given me practice for understanding the codes and conventions of magazines. I now understand how moving the cover star in front of the masthead can make the magazine more effective in attracting a target audience. My articles and images are layed out in a much more organised and attractive fashion compared to my organisation of content on covers in my Preliminary task. The secondary cover lines overlap the cover star much less and I believe the NME creative task is much more professional looking, and closer to a real magazine than the preliminary task.

Research Into Similar Products: Analysis of contents pages.

I have chosen these contents pages to analyse because they are from the two most popular rock magazines that I want to base my magazine around.

Research into similar products

Original photography

Here is a medium close up that I took of my friend Shannen who attends the same sixth form as me.

Research on similar magazines.

I have researched Kerrang! Magazine and Rock Sound Magazine as these are the most popular magazines that are similar to the magazine I want to create.

Research Into Similar Products: Analysis on similar magazines with new terminology

We have learnt new terminology concerning magazines so i have analysed some more magazine covers using this new terminology.

Research Into Similar Products : Analysis of magazines that I like the look of.

I like these magazines because they are bold and feature bands that I like. I want to create magazines like this because they are eye-catching and professional.

Questionnaire Analysis

Marilyn Manson Link

www.marilynmanson.com

Cropping Exercise

I have uploaded the cropping exercise I did today to demonstrate ICT skills and using a magazine masthead. This will be useful for my preliminary task.

S'up

Hello! I'm  Chantelle Swain and I'm doing AS Media Studies.