Mix Mag on Daft Punk

Here is a short documentary i found about the group Daft Punk, it shows how throughout the years Daft Punk have become and evolved over the years. it also gives insights on how the front covers of the magazine has changed. Give it a watch and find out about the two.....robots???

Mix mag annotation

MixMag magazine annotation

Ideas

Here is my idea of the ideal main image for a magazine, it is focusing on the DJ but has also allot going on in the image. 

Photoshop Practice

Here is my photoshop work that i done a while ago to get me started using photoshop, with this image i edited the hut, saturation and the contrast. i then added the two Dj's Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike

college magazine

My College Magazine

This is my first attempt of a college magazine, i have taken a medium shot of my fellow students using an 8mp iphone 5 camera with the HDR on. I decided to use this as i can get both back and for ground in the shot and not loose any light. Also using an iphone gives me an ideal magazine photo due to a portrait shot. When editing the photo the only thing i had to do is bring the contrast up to make the image more defined. when i was happy with shot i edited to fit a magazine.

I then decided to make my magazine a 'red top' to stand out and its also the schools house colours. Plus it makes the mast head stand out from the rest of the front page.

As my magazine is aimed at students i decided use allot of colours to attract the readers, also i made it look extremely informal as i used the polygonal tool to cut the bottom of the picture off as it was dead space, plus it makes the cover look more informal which adheres to my target audience. 

I finally added a black font for my headlines, i used this to make it stand out from the yellow background. And used a more modern font to relate to the younger audience.

College Magazine contents mock up

Here is the my mock up of the contents page i will use for my college magazine. i have decided to add allot of images as i have looked at various other contents pages and through using pictures the readers can depict whats is withing the magazine. I then put the features down the right hand side as i think its customary to have details to where the main articles are in the magazine. 

Front cover mock up for college magazine

Idea's

As i have chosen House/Dance music for my magazine and as Tomorrowland is one of the biggest House/Dance festivals in the world i have decided to choose a picture from this years festival. As you can see i have found various pictures for my main image on the front page. The image to your left is a wallpaper i found from the Tomorrowland 2012 festival, i don't have to really edit this photo as the background is out of focus. this acts as a really go photo to use for a front page but it doesn't show any DJ's.
The image to your right is Steve Aoki in Tomorrowland 2013, I would plan to crop the image to focus more on the DJ and blur the background more, this image is full of action and pops out at the reader.

 

The final image i have found is Hardwell at Tomorrowland 2013, this image is the one i like the most, not only has Hardwell been nominated the No.1 DJ in the world but as a whole the image  is very simple but powerful to the readers eye as it captures everything in one shot. Also because Hardwell is the main image i can use this as a title because he was awarded the No.1 DJ.

music magazine anotation

music magazine anotation

Introduction to Photoshop

Photoshop

This is the first lesson Ive spend on photoshop this term, i have used various tools to edit my picture to create a more dramatic magazine cover. The first tool i used is the magic want tool, this was to get rid of the sky background. i then used the polygonal lasso tool to draw lines around the bottom of the border with out getting rid of the two students. i then decided to make my magazine a 'red top', this was to make my magazine stand out but also its more conventional. i have used text effects on my title and decided to do text bevel and glow, this was to make the title look 3D and more stylish. As you can see the is allot of white space i have created by getting rid of the image, this is to put a headline in and also text about the headline. I have used photoshop before but not in a media sense, by this i mean analysing my work to adhere to what an actual magazine/newspaper is like.

Analysing a college magazine

Analysing a college magazine


In toady's lesson i am analysing my school magazine, i will describe how the way it has been represented.

What we look at the front page we notice its very formal, this is because there is allot of text and only a dew pictures. allot of formal newspapers such as 'The Guardian' use very little pictures and allot of text, this is to create an academic feature and to be more formal. 

But we also notice that the magazine is a 'Red Top', this is usually used in tabloid newspapers and creates and informal side to it. This may also be used to make the magazine stand out. Tabloids like 'The Echo' use a red top as it red top newspapers are usually simpler in writing style, dominated by pictures, and directed at the more sensational end of the market. 

We also notice that the front cover has a few pictures on it, the pictures are of school kids in their uniform. the reason for this is that

Ideology

Ideology is the system of beliefs and ideals that dictate the way we conduct ourselves. When people don't match our ideologies we tend to judge them as we feel people should believe in are views.

In terms of ideology of my school, you would relate a school to be generally safe and unthreatening, this make make it feel inviting and want to make people come to school. So lets look at two images from the front page of the school prospectus.

Hollyoaks

Feminism views on Hollyoaks

In previous blog i looked at feminism and how it has changed the role of women in today's society. I will watch an episode of the channel 4 TV show Hollyoaks. The TV show shows allot of feminism as most of the women characters in the show equality or even power of the male roles. 

Nancy Hayton, the role portrayed by Jessica Fox is a ideal example of a female feminist. from the episode i watched i noticed that the character 'Nancy' is shown as a strong, free willed person who isn't pushed around. Nancy's role in the episode is a Landlady, from personal knowledge i know that she once was a barmaid at the same pub. From this i know that she is determined to have a higher power over not only males but from her characteristic's everyone else. In the episode she is has a argument with a male role over money for the tenancy. Her tough personality manages to get the money of the male in a later episode. This shows that not only female's can have a higher achy job than some of the male characters in the show, if you were to step back 20-30 years we would never see a woman in a job status like her's. All managerial jobs like a Landlord/Lady were given to the male characters as it was seen a natural because men had the best jobs in those day's. People see her character as 'too masculine', this straight away is misogynistic. Feminism has took a big hit to the UK society, but not enough to change some people's views and the fact that her role is seen as a male's characteristics isn't right.    

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Feminism

Feminism

History of Feminism

Women played a major role in the 1789 French Revolution. But some argued if women had the task of 'bringing up the new citizens', they should also have a new status. In her Rights of Woman, But the male leaders of the Revolution were basically hostile and in 1793 they outlawed all women's clubs. A woman's place was in the home, they ruled. This hostility persisted through the nineteenth century. Not until 1909 did French women have control over their own earnings it was not until 1944 did they get the vote. 

For black women living in slavery in America the late eighteenth century was a turning point, as Protestant evangelism combined with the anti-slavery movement. Women made up a large part of revival congregations - both in white and black churches. Black women realized that freedom from whites was not enough. They had to have freedom from men too. But uniting white and black women was not easy. 

But during the 1960s feminism burst into life again in the US as part of a radical culture that included Civil Rights and sexual liberation. Feminist groups campaigned on issues such as childcare, health, welfare, education, abortion. In Europe the peace movement became the focus for feminist activism, UK. And feminism boomed in Latin America after the restoration of democracy during the 1980s.

Famous Feminist's 

Betty Friedan, Simone de Beauvoir, Hillary Clinton, these woman are just one of many who changed the worlds view on feminism. From the little things you do every day to fight the power, to the millions of women across the world who take a stand in the name of equal rights and womankind, the wonder of the feminist movement is its incredible and the way it attracts people from so many backgrounds to be engaged in the global conversation.

Semiotic Theory

Semiotic Theory

Semiotic theory is also known as the study of signs. There are 3 stages of this theory:

The perception stage - A person recognises a sign

The manipulation stage - A person realises how to respond to this sign.

The consummation stage - The person carries out the action ordered by the sign

Denotation 

Denotation is the primary meaning of a word or sign, in contrast to the feeling or ideas that the word or sign may suggests. For example a harmful sign denotes for people not to touch it. Even without words we would recognise the meaning from the shape and the colour.

Connotation

Connotation is the idea or a feeling that a word or a sign portrays for a person in relation to the real meaning. It gives a tone or an emotional attachment that a word or sign has. It can be positive and negative reaction but is usually seen in the same way to the public. For example the harmful sign would have the connotation of risk and danger of an accident if the person decided to ignore the sign because of the orange colour background and the black cross which portrays this meaning of death.  

Questionnaire

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Research Methods

Types of Research:

To attain  a successful Music Magazine, you will need different types of research. This will help you know what people want to see your magazine to see what they find most interesting. There are two main types of research. These types of research are Qualitative research and Quantitative research.

Qualitative:

• To gain an understanding of underlying reasons and motivations
• To provide insights into the setting of a problem, generating ideas and/or hypotheses for later quantitative research
• To uncover prevalent trends in thought and opinion

Quantitative: 

• To quantify data and generalise results from a sample to the population of interest
• To measure the incidence of various views and opinions in a chosen sample
• Sometimes followed by qualitative research which is used to explore some findings further

Primary data:

This is data being collected or obtained from a first hand experience. It can be received first hand. This can be done through an interview, also when a person collecting the data will talk in person to the respondent.Secondary data:

This is data referring to data collected from research or obtained from another party. It can be obtained from past surveys and questionnaires.

About Music Magazines

Music Magazine

A music magazine is a magazine dedicated to music and music culture. Such magazines typically include music news, interviews, photo shoot, essays, record reviews, concert reviews and occasionally have a cover mount with recorded music.

The main music magazines around the globe are, NME Rolling Stone, Q and Mojo. The main reason for this is that they have been going for so long, NME has been around for about 60 years.

Melody Maker was first published in 1926 for musicians. It's 1928 "honours list" is regarded as the U.K 's first music chart. the final issue of the magazine was published in december 2000 as it was merged into long-standing rival and IPC Media sister publication New Musical Express.

Genres:

. Rock

. House

. R&B

. Hip Hop 

. Electro

. Classical

Popular Music Magazines:

Music magazines have been publishing for over a century now. One of the best and well known magazines of all time is NME. Other popular music magazines within the UK include Kerrang, MOJO, Q. Major music magazines in the United States include Vibe, Rolling Stone and Class. 


The Future of Music Magazines:

Music magazines don't have much future, With new technology being introduced such as phone apps people are able to retrieve the same information for free  or at a small expence. They do not really have much more of a future and should put their sales into applications with pay monthly subscriptions. However in some cases people prefer the 'hard copy' and are usually a older genre who don't have a smart phone.

What Audience do the Music Magazines relate to ?

Most Music Magazines dedicate themselves around Rock and R&B like NME. The target audience  NME are aimed at is the younger generation of adults. through looking at the cover we see allot of young bands, The cover also shows a lot about the content of the magazine and what the magazine will be about. By showing more well known younger artists on the front cover, the larger the audience it will attract to the product.

Introduction Blog

Hello & Welcome to my Blog !

As a part of my AS Media Study A-Level i will have to keep a blog, in this blog you will find:

• My planning throughout the course
• My evaluation
• My research, planning and evaluation throughout the year.

To support the research i will provide videos and images in my blogs. Also, I have purchased specific music magazines that focuses on my chosen music genre. This is to get a better understanding of the music magazines layout.
The types of music genre I have chosen to study is house/electro music. Types of magazines associated with the genre i have chose are the likes of mixmag and house magazine. Each week I will upload one or more blog informing you of my progress.

About me:
I am currently studying A-Level Media, Business and English Literature. i have chosen these i i think not only i will perform best in these but lead to my ideal jobs.
My current interests are playing hockey of a weekend and socialising with my friends, i also like to watch films and listen to music.
My preferred music to listen to is House/Electro music, DJs such as Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Angello, Tiesto and many more. i also like to watch them live at concert.