Main Task - Front Cover

Contents Page

Double Page Spread

Preliminary Work - Final



Front Cover of School Magazine - WeatherCap



Contents Page of School Magazine - WeatherCap



Evaluation

If Link above does not work, Click Here

Audience Feedback

1. What do you like about the Front Cover?

2. Do the cover lines on the Front Cover grab your Attention?

3. What do you think of the Colour Scheme?

4. Does the main image connote the Genre of Rock? Would could be improved?

5. What are some of the things you Like/Dislike about the layout and contents of the Magazine?

6. Do you like the layout of the Contents page? What could be Improved?

7. Is the price of the magazine suitable for some of the content it offers the readers?

8. Is the variety of content/images wide eonugh?

9. What magazines is it similar to and is most likely to compete with in the market?

10. How do you think this contents page compares to other leading magazines?

11. What is your opinion of the layout of the Double Page Spread?

12. What would you rather a Double page Spread was about? Or do you like the Gig Review idea?

13. Is there a wide enough variety of images used?

14. Would the first edition make you want to buy the next issue/have an annual subscription?

15. Any other comments overall about the magazine?

Screen Grabs of Production of Front Cover

This is my Main image and Masthead

Here i added the barcode, price, date, issue number and the line at the bottom
includes some of the other artists inside the magaine

Here i added my Positioning Statement in a circle in the top corner
and my main Cover line - biggest coverline on frot Page

I added the rest of my taglines, what my main Cover Line is about, and freebe
posters in the bottom right corner to try and get my audiences
attention

Here i changed my Main coverline and added that article
in the top corner instead. This cover line
now went with my main image

I decided to change my main image as this one looks more like a Rock chick.
I also added backgrounds onto the Artist of each Tagline to
make them stand out

Magazine Images - Prezi Presentation

Magazine Images on Prezi

Article Research

Article Research - PARAMORE

American pop-punk band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004.

 The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams (21), lead guitarist Josh Farro (23), bassist Jeremy Davis (25), drummer Zac Farro (20), and rhythm guitarist Taylor York (20).

In 2002, at age 13, vocalist Hayley Williams moved from her hometown Meridian, Mississippi to Franklin, Tennessee where she met brothers Josh Farro and Zac Farro while she was attending a private school. Prior to forming Paramore, Williams and bassist Jeremy Davis, along with friend Kimee Read, took part in a funk cover band called The Factory, while Josh and Zac Farro had practiced together after school. The other members of what was soon to be Paramore had been "edgy about the whole female thing" of having Williams as vocalist, but, because they were really good friends, she started writing for them. Williams said of the guys when she first met them, "They were the first people I met who were as passionate about music as I was." The band was officially formed by Josh Farro (lead guitar/backing vocals), Zac Farro (drums), Jeremy Davis (bass guitar) and Hayley Williams (lead vocals) in 2004, with the later addition of Williams' neighbor Jason Bynum (rhythm guitar). When Davis showed up, he was stunned to find out the drummer was only twelve years old.  "I had very, very, very, little faith in everyone in the band because of their age. I remember thinking, 'This is not going to work because this kid is way too young,' but that first day of practice was amazing. I knew we were on to something."  According to Williams, the name "Paramore" came from the maiden name of the mother of one of their first bass players. Once the group learned the meaning of the homophone "paramour" ("secret lover"), they decided to adopt the name, using the Paramore spelling

The original plan of the label was to turn her into a pop singer, but Williams resisted, saying that she wanted to play alternative rock music and wanted a band behind her. In an interview with HitQuarters the band's A&R at Atlantic, Steve Robertson, said, "She wanted to make sure that we didn’t look at her as some straight to Top 40 pop princess. She wanted to make sure that she and her band got the chance to show what they can do as a rock band writing their own songs."  According to Robertson, when the band were presented to Fueled by Ramen's CEO John Janick, "he got the vision of the band immediately." Janick went to a Taste of Chaos performance in Orlando, Florida to see the band perform live. In April 2005, after a smaller private performance at a warehouse, the band was signed to Atlantic Records and Fueled By Ramen.  The band's first song written together was "Conspiracy", which was later used on their debut album (All we Know is Falling). In 2004, they were a featured band in Purple Door. At this time, they were touring the southeast, usually being driven by Williams' parents. She commented that "Back then, I guess we were all thinking, after school we'll go to the house and practice. It was what we loved to do for fun, and still do! I don't think any of us really knew this would turn out to be what it's become."

FIRST ALBUM RELEASE – ALL WE KNOW IS FALLING 2005-06

Paramore traveled back to Orlando, Florida, but shortly after arriving, Jeremy Davis left the band, citing personal reasons. The remaining four members of Paramore continued with the album, writing "All We Know" about his departure, and later deciding to base All We Know Is Falling around the concept. The album artwork also reflected Paramore's grief as Hayley Williams explains, "The couch on the cover of All We Know is Falling with no one there and the shadow walking away; it's all about Jeremy leaving us and us feeling like there's an empty space." Recording took three weeks, and promotional material for the album only featured the four remaining members. Before touring, the band added John Hembree (bass guitar) to their line up to replace Jeremy Davis. After being asked by the band, Jeremy Davis returned to Paramore after five months apart, replacing Hembree. All We Know Is Falling was released on July 24, 2005, and reached #30 on the Billboard's Heatseekers Chart. Paramore released "Pressure" as its first single (but the song had failed to place in the charts.) In July, "Emergency" was released as the second single, featuring Hunter Lamb (rhythm guitar), who replaced Jason Bynum. The third single, "All We Know", was released with limited airtime, with the video consisting of a collection of live performances and backstage footage. The band then covered Foo Fighters' "My Hero" for the Sound of Superman soundtrack which was released on June 26, 2006.
2006 - That year they were voted "Best New Band", and Hayley Williams was voted as #2 "Sexiest Female", by readers of the British magazine Kerrang!.
2007, Hunter Lamb left the group to get married, and Paramore continued onward as a quartet. Paramore was then named by British magazine NME as one of ten bands to watch out for in their "New Noise 2007" feature. Paramore was featured in Kerrang! magazine once more, however, Hayley Williams believed the article was an untrue portrayal of the band, particularly because it focused on her as the main component. Afterwards, Williams addressed the issue in the band's LiveJournal, with a post saying, "we could’ve done without a cover piece. sorry, if it offends anyone at Kerrang! but i don’t think there was one bit of truth in that article."

2007-2008 – Riot! AND OTHER PROJECTS
Paramore began recording their second album, Riot! in January 2007, ending production in March without rhythm guitarist Hunter Lamb (who left the band early in 2007 after getting married); without Lamb, lead guitarist Josh Farro was required to play both guitar parts on the album. Taylor York, who had been in a band with the Farro brothers before the two met Hayley Williams, joined as a replacement for Lamb. The name Riot! had been chosen because it meant "a sudden outburst of uncontrolled emotion", and it was a word that "summed it all up". The first single from the album, released June 21, 2007, "Misery Business", is, according to Williams, "more honest than anything I've ever written, and the guys matched that emotion musically." The second single from Riot!, "Hallelujah", was released on July 30, 2007, and is only available online and on UK television. For weeks in August 2007, the "Misery Business" video was the number one streamed video at MTV.com.  October 11, 2007 – “Crushcrushcrush” video - single released in USA Nov 19 and UK Nov 12.  Paramore was featured on the cover of February 2008 issue of Alternative Press magazine and voted "Best Band Of 2007" by the readers. The band was nominated for "Best New Artist" at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards presented on February 10, 2008 but lost to Amy Winehouse. 4^th single - "That's What You Get", which was then released on March 24, 2008. Paramore's song "Decode" was the lead single for the novel-based Twilight film. Another song called "I Caught Myself" is also featured on the film's soundtrack. "Decode" was released on October 1, 2008 on the Paramore Fan Club site as well as Stephenie Meyer's website. The band began shooting the video October 13 and it premiered on November 3. Hot Topic hosted listening parties for the soundtrack on October 24, 2008, and the album was released on November 4, 2008. Borders released an exclusive version of the soundtrack that features an acoustic version of "Decode."
The band released a live album named The Final Riot! on November 25, 2008. The album includes a bonus DVD with a full concert recorded in Chicago, as well as a behind the scenes documentary. As of the 9 of April 2009, The Final Riot! is certified gold in the United States

2009–present: Brand New Eyes and touring

Zac Farro speaking to Kerrang!;  “we’re gonna try to record it in Nashville. I think writing the album there will inspire us, and then if we record it there too it’ll be a lot easier since we can sleep in our beds at night rather than in hotels like the other 300 days out of the year! We really enjoy our live sound and we want a producer who can really capture that.”
Paramore wrote and completed their newest record Brand New Eyes in early 2009. The first single off of the album was "Ignorance" and was released July 7, 2009. The official music video for "Ignorance" aired on all MTV platforms, networks, and websites on August 13, 2009.




Liverpool Gig 2010 - Main Focus of Article

November 10th 2010 - Echo Arena. Support acts included B.O.B and "fun". fun opened the set, followed by B.O.B. Williams appeared on B.O.B's last song, "Airplanes" which she duets with him in. 20 mins later, Paramore open with Ignorance - screen dropped too show band. Played some of their upbeat tracks, eventually slowed it down and played some acoustic covers from songs back home. Including few slow tracks from their own albums. During slow songs - couch set, "Man in leopard outfit" makes appearance - threw note at williams too read stating its his birthday and best present would be him on stage with them. Up he gets. Play some more upbeat songs (Including newest song "Playing God").
 "closed" set with "The only Exception". Fans call for encore - out they came and played Brick by Boring Brick. And Misery Business (Focus a lot on Misery Business due to atmosphere it created) - Ask two fans about their opinions on specific parts of the night. Describe atmosphere during few songs, and after it.

Quotes

http://www.lavatv.co.uk/ArtistDetail.aspx?ArtistID=8 - Link has evidence of Article Research
http://ezinearticles.com/?Paramore-is-One-of-the-Top-Young-Rock-Bands-in-the-World&id=4253983 - Evidence of Williams quote about Misery Business
http://altrocklive.com/blog/2010/12/josh-and-zac-finally-tell-the-truth-about-paramore/ - Evidence of Farro brothers departure and Josh Farro's quote about Williams

Planning Production

Front Cover Plans

Contents Page Plans

Double Page Spread Plans

Planning Production

Front Cover
Magazine to be called SNARE
Positioning Statement: "Your Ultimate Review Guide"
POSITIONED UNDERNEATH TITLE
Bottom Right will have barcode, Issue Date, Issue Number, Price etc.
Main Coverline across centre of Page
Use of Buzz Words!

Main Colours: Red, Yellow, Black, White

Coverline Ideas:      Lost Prophets - Our Story
                             My Chemical Romance - What Turned our Lives Around
                             Paramore Rocks Scouse Style!
                             Motorhead 35 Years On - Key to Our Success
                             Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish 10 Years on
                             POSTERS INSIDE!!
                             Plus: Good Charlotte, BMFV, 30 Seconds to Mars, YM@6, Feeder

Main Image: Of Person, Medium Long Shot

WHITE BACKGROUND
TITLE IN BLACK
COVERLINES IN BLACK/RED - YELLOW OUTLINE

Contents Page
3/4 Images to be used
Issue number and Date included
Black background Text colour - White
4/5 Different Ideas wrote down for other sections (Just Text)
Album Review - Take Photo?
Gig Review - Photo at Paramore Concert, November 10th?

Double Page Spread
Big Main Image
Dark Background, White Text?
Band Name to be clearly shown
Drop Cap used
Summary of Article underneath Band Name/Title
Words/Photo/Thanks to - Left hand side (Verticle)
Magazine Title + Page number in both Corners
Section of Text taken out and placed in Middle of Article - Key Phrase/Information!

Publication Plan

Title:

Positioning Statement: Your Ultimate Rock Guide!

Frequency of Publication: Monthly

Price: £3.00

Distribution: Newsagents, Supermarkets, Media Stores (HMV, GAME etc.)

Arenas (M.E.N, Liverpool Echo etc.)

Rationale: This magazine is to inform people about the latest music in the pop/rock

genre. Including Interviews with big bands, Upcoming Bands, Information to do with

tour dates, gig reviews and album reviews.

Style: Informal, friendly to the readers. Relates back to the audience and has plenty of

feedback from the with regards to what they want to see in the magazine and their views

of what they think of things (such as gigs in local area and new albums)

LAYOUT WILL BE DETERMINED BY PLACEMENT OF IMAGES

      Regular Content

• Editors Letter
• Album Reviews
• New Releases
• Gigs in Each area of Country
• Gig Reviews
• Free Posters
• Competitions!
• Preview of Next Issues front cover
• Promotional Details for Magazine (e.g T-Shirts, Accessories etc.)

Feature Content

Some of the Content that could appear in the Magazine as a one off

• Exclusive Interview with big band
• Lost Prophets - Our Story
• My Chemical Romance - What turned their lives around
• Paramore - The Best Gig - Ever!
• Interview with one of the worlds leading  Rockstars
• Motorhead - 35 Years and still going Strong!

House Style

Cover Lines: Arial Black and Arial

Headlines: Rockwell

Standfirst: Rockwell

Captions: Rockwell 14pt. Byline to be included in Standfirst 

Features First Paragraph: drop capital Times New Roman, 5 lines deep,
only drop cap in Capital.

News First Paragraph: First sentence in Bold Capitals

Body Text: Times New Roman 10pt

Colour Scheme: Red, Black, Yellow, White

Magazine Questionnaire - Results

Male - 11           Female - 9

Prices; £1.50 - £2.00 - 3

           £2.00 - £2.50 - 5

           £2.50 - £3.00 - 5

                          £3+ - 7

Most Popular Words Associated with Pop/Rock - Guitar (10)          Drum (3)

                                                                             Mosher (4)          Instruments (3)

                                                                             Concert (4)

Top 3 Colours Associated with Pop/Rock - Red (12)      Black (12)      Yellow + Dark ones (4)

Regularity of Buying Magazines; Weekly - 1
                                                 Fortnightly - 2
                                                 Monthly - 12
                                                 Other - 5

Most Popular Magazines; NME (10)   Kerrang (7)   Q (6)

Likes of Music Magazines; Interviews (7)   Articles on Bands (6)   Band Info (4)  Posters (4) 
                                                        Whats New? (3)       Reviews (3)

Dislikes of Music Magazines;  Adverts (14)   Artists People Dont Like (3)  

Interview With Whole Band      Whole Band (19)        Rest of Band (1)

 or just lead singer?                          Just Lead Singer (0)

Most Popular Pop/Rock bands;   Paramore (7)    Lost Prophets (4)    Kings of Leon (2)  

                                                           Ellie Goulding (3)      Linkin Park (3)

From these results, i can see that most of the people i questioned were male, which means i will focus my attention mostly on the male audience, but still make it appealing too women. From the second graph, i can see that the most popular artist is Paramore, followed by Lost Prophets. Too appeal to my target audience, i will focus my attention of my front cover on one of these two artists, and possibly my Double Page spread aswell.

From the first graph (blue bars), i can see that people tend to buy Magazines on a monthly basis. To help the sales of my magazine, i will focus my attention on selling my magazine on a monthly basis only. From the final graph, i can see that most people are willing to pay over £3.00 for a music magazine. This can increase the profit of my magazine, as it means i can increase the price it can be sold as.

Front Cover Analysis - Video

Analysis of KERRANG Magainze Front Cover

Questionnaire

1, Are you;   Male                    Female          

2. How much would you be willing to pay for a Pop/Rock magazine? (Please circle)

£1.50-£2.00                             £2.00-£2.50                    £2.50-£3.00

£3.00+ (Please Specify)  _________

3. When you hear the genre Pop/Rock, what 3 words do you think of?

4. What Colour(s) do you most associate with Pop/Rock?

5. How often do you buy a music magazine? (Please Circle)

Daily                       Weekly                         Monthly

Other (Please Specify) ___________________

6.  Which music magazine(s) do you tend to buy?

7. What do you like to see in music magazines?

8. What don’t you like to see in music magazines?

9.Would you rather an interview with a whole band or just the lead singer?

10. Who are your favourite Pop/Rock artists?

Codes and Convetions of a Magazine Double Page Spread

• Heading
• Font Size
• Drop Cap
• Drop Quote
• Strap Line
• ByLine
• Main Image
• Name Of Magazine In Corner
• Stand First
• Columns

Heading - This usually stretches across both pages. Biggest Font used on the Page.

Font Size - Usually between 9-12 for the text. Heading much larger.

Drop Cap - First letter of main article text. Produced using Quark

Drop Quote - Qoute in the middle of the article taken from the article itself. Large font.

Strap Line - At top of page

ByLine - Almost like Credits from a film. Names of Interviewer and Photographer

Main Image - This links directly to text on that page. Can be Background/On Background

Name Of Magazine In Corner - Next to page number, Magazine title also there

Stand Firsts - Stands alone underneath title and sums up whole article. Larger Font and Darker Background

Columns - Text written in columns

Initial Plans

Frequency of Publication; Every 2 weeks, making up 24 a year

Price; between £2-£3

Genre; Pop/Rock, Rock,

Issue Size; About 50-80 pages depending on Content

Feature Articles; Main Double Page Spread, possibly Paramore!

• Lost Prophets - Our story.  COVER LINE FOR FRONT COVER ONLY!
• Linkin Park report on their latest tour and reveal some secrets we never knew! COVER LINE FOR FRONT COVER ONLY!
• Kings of Leon on what took them so long to bring a new album out! COVER LINE FOR FRONT COVER ONLY!

Regular Content;  Latest News in the Music Business

                            Reviews

                            New Albums Released/In Production

                            Free Poster

                            New tour dates and latest tour news

                            Top 20 UK albums and Top 40 tracks! With a seasonal review every 3 months

                           

Researching the Marketplace

• Price ; £2.30
• Frequency of Publication; Weekly.
• Average Issue Size;  Roughly about 80 Pages
• Regular Content; 'First Night, On The Road' and 'In the Studio' which report on major tours and upcoming albums.
• Feature Articles; On this issue – Magnetic Man, GIGGS, Klaxons, Crocodiles, Noah and the Whale, Interpol

http://www.nme.com/

• Price;  £1.99
• Frequency of Publication;  Weekly
• Issue Size; 220 pages, Average
• Regular Content; gig dates section and album reviews, the news
parts will keep you up to date
• Feature Articles; Paramore, List at bottom of front cover

http://www.kerrang.com/

Quark Express Screenshots - Preliminary Contents Page

Image Titles Added

Features and Regulars Added under Respective Title

Normal Features and Other Features Titles



Images for Contents Page - 3 Featured Pages

Page Title Added To Background



Background Colour



Starting Grid



Evaluation of Preliminary Work

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

To capture the images I used for my contents and front page, I used a digital camera that the school provided for us. After collecting the images I required I used Photoshop to put them onto my front cover, and Quark Express for my contents page. To deviate from the normal conventions, my banner on my front page goes diagonally across the page. This is something I will change when it comes to my music magazine because it does not follow the codes and conventions and does not look good. Also, my masthead changes colour which also deviates from the codes and conventions, this will also have to be changed. My central image on my front cover is looking at the buyer of the magazine which is known as Direct Mode of Address. This is a technique used as it makes the customer feel that the person in the main image is looking at them and telling them to buy the product. This is a good technique to use when creating my music magazine front cover.

How did you use new media technologies in the constriction of your media product?

To create my front cover and contents page, I used Quark Express and Adobe Photoshop.  In my opinion, Quark express is easier to use as it allows easier movement around the page rather than Photoshop. Although Photoshop does have some advantages i.e. colour schemes, styles of text and photo editing software, it is a lot more complicated to understand rather than Quark which is more simple and easy. Quark express is the software I will use for both my music magazine Contents page and Double Page Spread.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of both the product and your use of new media technologies?

One of the strengths of my product is that my main image on my front cover is direct mode of address which is a good technique to use as it captures the audience’s attention and almost speaks to them telling them to buy the product. A weakness is my banner on my contents page and the colour scheme. The colour scheme on my home page is light colours i.e. blue yellow and red, whereas on my contents it is a black background. This completely contrasts as the homepage is saying it’s a bright colourful magazine, whereas the contents page is much darker and perhaps is saying it’s not as a friendly magazine as the homepage may think. I also learnt how to use Photoshop and Quark as I have never used the software’s before. I felt I picked up how to use them quickly and easily enough and I am confident I will be able to use them for my music magazine easily enough. A strength I gained was the organisation of quark express and where to place things so they are all spaced out well and easy enough to read at a good size. A weakness I have is manoeuvring things round on Photoshop as I struggled to get some things in the right place that I wanted to.