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  QUESTION 1 In whatway does your magazine use, develop and challenge forms and conventions of existing magazines?
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  Front Page Analysis Strong, bold picture. Colourless backgrounds are used Tag line, this is what Magazines use famous when the magazine company do most magazines use. bands because they are not want the attention to be drawn They do this to make eye catching and stand to the background, just the picture, their magazine out so they use either black, white or a memorable neutral colour Masthead Forward gaze Main cover story Cover artists Advertise Extras within the magazine, used as Brief information to give the readers an an eye catcher like most magazines, Bar codes and ‘insight’ Magazines do this to attract a usually at the bottom of the page issue numbers customer attention with words
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  Contents Page Analysis Repeated style, colour and font, magazines do Magazines use this to keep their work ‘subscribe’ to maintain simple and memorable the selling of their product Contents at the top A white background allows the red and Page black to numbers stand out and images in the same place Black and red boxes. Lots of Lots of images, magazines magazines use this use this to because catch the it’s easier eye. for the text Pictures to be seen show a Different fonts are used so that the story producer can emphasise on certain things
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  Double Page ArticleAnalysis Black background, Confident brings more colour and poses are emphasis to the page essential for magazines. Red and White main They imply colours. a meaning Magazines either use to the simplistic colours or stick article/story to the ‘rule of three’ Distinctive fonts are used for a simplistic look. Different fonts give off different impressions. (a young and modern approach) Eg – ‘Definitely’ is highlighted so is emphasised more than the rest of the text Interview text Website Bold headings/lettering draws customers in and makes them want to read the article Magazines use various house styles to relate to the reader. These include layout, font, colours, articles, prices, tag lines, the masthead and many more
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  Rule of three colours Background image, colours are I used drop neutral. shadow and the outer glow effects on Black text Photoshop to boxes, lets enhance the overlapping colour colours stand out Advertising, Bold THE COLOURS I White against a cover USED HAVE A black artist, REOCCURING background primary THEME colour THROUGHOUT MY MAGAZINE Bold colours ‘Kerrang!’ is an inspiration to my magazine. I showed this by using similar colours and house styles as ‘Kerrang!’. I wanted a similar outcome for my magazine.. I like the colours ‘Kerrang!’ used because they are bold and stand out. The variety of colours break up the page which makes it look interesting but not too cramped. The colours used for ‘Broadcast’ were creative, bold and unique. I interpreted the 'rule of three‘ into my work, (Blue, Red and Orange) as well as the white and black. On ‘Kerrang!’, the red’s and white’s stand out the most. This is why I put ‘Avenge The Heartache’ in white.
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  Contents in the same area Subscribe in the corner- Bold, eye List in the catching same layout The layout of my contents page is also very similar to the articles Lots of pictures, I used some of the from ‘Kerrang!’, I chose two some with ideas from other inspirational articles and mixed annotations contents pages and them around to create mine underneath interpreted them into my work, these Black things included the back- layout and style. ground They have a good Strong layout and font also. colours I used inspirations to make my Bold final contents masthead As you can see, page my articles layout is very similar Professional to an article in the picture ‘Kerrang!’ magazine. I have placed the masthead in the The layout of my front cover has similar forms and same place, but adjusted the article conventions to the front cover on ‘Kerrang!’. and pictures so it is my unique layout. Kerrang is a very popular magazine and I wanted to I used this convention because I liked display their layout and articles in my work they style of the article
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  Similarities – FrontPage ‘Kerrang!’ ‘Broadcast’
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  Similarities – ContentsPage ‘Kerrang!’ ‘Broadcast’
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  Similarities - Article ‘Kerrang!’ ‘Broadcast’
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  My magazine willbe released every fortnight and at the price of £1.99. My product is mass produced as it is sold worldwide. My magazines masthead – ‘Broadcast’s’ name was created when thinking of a worldwide product. ‘Broadcast’ was a relevant name as it represents ‘sound waves’ being broadcasted over the entire world (news should be known all around the world). Similarly, ‘Kerrang!’ is ‘The worlds biggest selling rock magazine’ which shows that they are mass produced like my magazine. It was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper. Kerrang was named after the word that derives from the sound made when laying a power chord on an electric guitar – ‘Kerrang!’ I gained inspiration from ‘Kerrang!’ as I wanted my magazine to represent the same forms and conventions as ‘Kerrang!’. I used a lot of the same layout and colours to try to do so. However, I wanted to add my own unique twist to the magazine, I did this by changing the price, images and fonts. ‘Kerrang!’ Broadcast
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  For the mainimage on my front Contents page cover I took it in our local pub’s skittle alley. When it came round Seeing as Kerrang use to editing it, I used a lot of specific hardware (such effects on Photoshop to create or as high quality enhance the glow and lighting effects. I used gradient to ‘fade cameras), their pictures out’ the background and the are of much higher edges of the photo. I used ‘levels’ resolution. They also to adjust the correct lighting have employees who settings so my image would look are qualified in using professional. I also used airbrush Photoshop, editing to create the ‘skin glow’ effect. devices and I used lots of images so my Although ‘Kerrang!’ use the same software, there are many constructing a photo contents page would stand out. Pictures make the different ways to create many shoot, so their pictures different effects. That’s how writing look interesting. are of much higher This is what ‘Kerrang!’ also magazines have a variety of standard than mine do edited photos.
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  The title or‘masthead’ is a combination of an image, text and an overlay which makes it look unique to my style and magazine. I decided to use drop shadow to give it a third dimensional effect. I then wanted to add a variety of colours as an underlay, so I used Google and found the image I wanted to use. Then I added it in and made the writing an overlay to the colourful image. I then played around with adjustments until it was a style I liked. This included changing adjustments like contrast and levels and turning the opacity down. I thought the overall look of this title would look great against a black background. The title matches the overall outcome of the magazine (by being bold and catchy).
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  Masthead explained –BROADCAST (‘around the world’) 1) I chose to use this image because it represents my magazines name. The pattern on the image to the right is representing ‘Radio Waves’, this is done by how the pattern is swirly and ‘wave like’. (Radio waves broadcast around the world) 2) I chose to use the font ‘Urban Jungle’ because it also fits in with the representation of the magazine. It’s bold and the houses underneath the text/font are there to represent the way my magazine will be sold around the world. 3) Colour, I liked the colours on the image because it puts ‘fun’ and ‘life’ into my magazine. Without the colours, the masthead will be of simple colours such as black and white.
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  I stuck tousing three main fonts for my magazine. I did this to ensure that it would not look messy or unprofessional. The layout of the writing is short, snappy and informative. It gets straight to the point and is easy to read. Urban Jungle- I downloaded and used this font because I liked the style of the block writing and the ‘housing’ effect underneath it. I thought this would correspond with my magazine because it takes the form of a city which suits my title name 'Broadcast‘(around the world). Punk Rock Show- I used this font because it’s bold and unique. I liked the way the size of the text is petite compared to the outline and thought it would stand out with the outlined text against a black background. Arial- I used Arial because its similar to the font they use on ‘Kerrang!’. I wanted to use a font in which I could write my main information with. I needed a font that was easy to read compared to Urban Jungle or Punk Rock Show so I chose Arial. It is clear, readable and nice to look at.