Music Magazine logo designs...

as my magazine is aimed at more arty students I decided to design two different mastheads at the moment and will decide which one to pick when designing my magazine... I felt it was best to design the masthead first as this was genuerally the first thing the audience looks at when they reconginsese your magazine as well as the main image, main articles, and scattered graphics. Also, I thought if I had an overall idea of mastheads it would make it easier when creating a housestyle for my publication. 

Magazine Publishers Table

Magazine	Publisher	Details
Kerrang	Bauer	Revenue: turnover: €1.79 billion. (2006) They are German and based in Hamburg. Their brands include Women’s weekly, TV listings and they own 4music, smash hits TV and kiss TV. They have offices based in 16 countries worldwide.
Smash Hits!	EMAP	Revenue: £1.154 billion (2006). They are British and their headquarters are in London. It has 20 magazines including: nursing times, retail week and health service international. Smash hits had its final issue in 2006.
NME	IPC	IPC are based in the UK with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies a year. They publish women’s weekly magazines such as ‘Look’ and music magazines (NME) and also ‘Loaded’.
Vibe	InterMedia Partners	Total assets: $1 Billion. InterMedia Partners was founded in 2005 where they took over Vibe magazine. The firms most noticeable investments include: Universal sports, WAPA-TV and InterMedia Outdoors.
XXL	Harris Publications	They are located in New York and publish over 75 titles including: Juicy, XXL, Celebrity hairstyles and men’s workout etc. They also published some comics when the company first took off.
Mixmag	Disco Mix club – the DJ mail out service.	Mixmag began in 1983. DMC is a DJ remix service and began as a radio show in 1981. Not long after this they published the first Mixmag issue.

"Life on Mars"

"After being involved in a car accident in 2006, DCI Sam Tyler (Simm) wakes up to find himself in 1973, the era of 'Sweeney' type policing, Mark III Cortinas, and flared trousers."

How is power represented?

Life on Mars is a TV drama set in the 70's it is a hybrid of genres including Crime, Drama and History. 

Shot reverse shot - showing the intense conversation between the two characters, Sam and Mia. This also, shows the strain working together can cause on a relationship. Both, characters screen times are equal to show there equality.  Also, showing their equality in the relationship between them outside of work...

Sexism - The men have overall more control in this clip, it is also, male dominated in both cuts and focused around the male character Sam. 

Eye line shot - Shows the view of the character, this shows how distracted and how little interest he has in what the his other college has to say. It also, shows the power he has and that he is dominating this clip. It also shows the little respect he is having for his partner and lack of focus for the job.

Ellipsis - The scene is then closed with an ellipsis to show the change in time. This has been used to show a few hours have past but, also to set a new mood within the drama's narrative. It shows that both characters have now started new task and are not together working. 

Long take - When the conversation between Sam and Mia is taking place over the phone a long take is used to help build suspense. The viewers can see that Sam is in a safe place but, Mia is only heard of though the phone... This makes the audience think and wonder what is going to happen to Mia, while the audience are being build up with the story.

When filming the chains of the swings can connote the divide and tension between both Sam and his other college. Also, when Sam first enters the crime scene we walks straight past the "Yellow" tape showing his power and authority in the is scene also, the fact that he is center shot show this power.The connection of both the crime scene and the playground is Juxtaposed, from the Sweet innocence of the children's playground of bright colours to the dark, reds of the blood from the crime scene. This innocence makes the crime a little more interesting and thrilling for the audience has they have been changed with to two opposites..

"White girl"

How is age represented in this extract?

In this extract age is represented in many forms... You are either a child or a Adult. Children have no say, the Adults are treated with respect until the psychological roles reverse within the characters. Children are supposed to act "grownup" even thought there not aloud to know what is going on. In the end the children are left to be the "mature" and "grown up" figures. It is Juxtaposed as the Adults are behaving like children and immature and the Children are mature and dealing with the issues the drama faces. 

First we are introduced to a child in a long shot riding into focus in a childlike manner across the Grass, in the next cut she is now on the road. Suggesting she is very "street wise" and "grown-up" for her age. In these two cuts age has been approached though both the Mise En Scene and the shot type. 

I noticed that when the adults were introduced they were cut edited shots focused more on the task they were doing compared to the "arty" "delicate" approach the shots and edits have to the children. Children are represented as careless and worry free.

 

NOTES; all the research, thoughts, and scribbles.

Music Magazine Questionnaire

Questionnaire:

1. List three genres you would like to read about in a music magazine:
   1.
   2.
   3.

2. What ratio of Images : Text would you perfur?
   50:50
   40:60
   20:80
   30:70

3. What is you age group?
   13-15
   16-18
   19-21
   22-40
   40+

4. Would you prefer to read about upcoming new artists or recent mainstream artists?
   NEW and upcoming
   Mainstream

5. What catches you eyes more in a magazine?
   The bright colours
   Professional images
   Clipart
   The amount of text
   Advertisements
   Freebies

6. What magazines do you usually read?
   Heat
   Vogue
   NME
   Nuts
   442
   Loaded
   Take a break
   Other_____________
   None

7. What is the most you’d be willing to pay for a Music Magazine?
   50p - £1.50
   £2.00 - £3.00
   £4.00 - £5.00
   Other____________

8. Would you like to read about talent from around the world or just UK based artists?
   UK
   Worldwide

9. How often do you read a magazine?
   Always
   Often
   Hardly
   Never

10. Do you receive any money?
    I work
    Weekly income from EMA
    Parents
    Other (Please Specify)_______
    
    
    
    I asked 16-18 year olds the above questions. From this questionnaire, from my research I found out that they generally like to listen to RnB, Indie, Rap and Rock music. I also found out that my audience would prefer to see more images over text as a high percentage of the results went to 60:40 just over 50% of the audience picked this, so when making my magazine I would have to take this into account. When I questioned my audience weather they wanted to receive news from mainstream or underground artists around 60% wanted to hear new fresh music front he underground scene. They suggesting from a few of the comments back that mainstream new is everywhere were underground is more difficult to get a hold of and this gives them the advantage to receive and support budding artists and bands... 
    My audience also want bright colours, professional images and an eye catching magazine overall. So when choosing the housetyle for my mag I will have to pick apporate colours that fit with both genders as my magazine will not be gender bias. The most read magazine within my audience are heat and NME now this is a mix of both music and a gossip magazine suggesting I could mix these subjects together help engage my readership some more. When asking about price the limit my audience would pay for a magazine is around £3 and considering the average income was parents and EMA I feel its best to pric my magazine at about £2.00 as the students wouldn't have money to be wasting so often... 

DEADLINES; Music magazine...

Period Dramas?!?

Period dramas are based ion historical facts, is this what makes them so special? Or is it that Period dramas transport the audience back in time giving us a glimpse of our ancestors daily occurrences? Relieving the viewers of their daily worries and stress's of life.

The most common feature to a period drama would be the set costumes from the set era. This is why period dramas are commonly known as costume dramas. also, they are usually set with an "old" "county" setting. The mise en scnen representing colours, sounds, and props taking the viewers back to the era clearly of the time. Also, colours are used allot to represent the class of a character.

In 'Lark Rise to Candleford' colours such as red, blue, Green or Violet the rather rich and luxurious colours are used to represent the higher class whereas colours like browns, grey, pastels and off white can be used to represent the lower class. Also, the grammar is poorer and accent becomes stronger for the lower class whereas the upper class and people with a general higher staus speak more formally using "standard English".

The story is set on the mid  1890's and is based on a trilogy of autobiographical novels written by Flora Thompson, about her childhood in rural Oxfordshire.  The special thing about this era in which this period drama has been set in is that the characters are then made to respect one another , most significantly across class at the end of it.

Class systems

"Lark Rise" a hamlet were the poorer working class live.

"Candleford" the upper class town were the wealthiest business' and family's live.