Contents Page Analysis

I will be analysing  both contents pages from the music magazines, NME and Q. I will create a detailed analyses saying what has been used on the contents page and why it is used. I will will also look at the graphology and discourse of the contents and what effect this has on the contents page of these magazines.

School Magazine Contents Page Flat Plan Mock-Ups

I have created two contents page mock-ups for my school magazine. I have designed them to look like this so that my final contents page will be eye-catching and interesting for the reader. I also want the reader to carry on reading the magazine so I want my contents page to be as interesting as possible.

Media Vocabulary

Here is a list of media vocabulary and what each are used for:

Puffs: These are shapes which are usually coloured and with text that are used for promotion on magazine or leaflet covers.

Buzz Words: "Free", "Exclusive", these two terms are examples of buzz words.

Strapline: A strapline is a banner with text or a slogan which stands out on the magazine cover.

Copy: A copy in the magazine is the main story of the magazine.

Anchorage Text: This is text which helps to pin down the meaning of an image.

Pug: Pug or 'ears' of the page are usually at the top of the page either on the top-left or top-right. They are used to give the price, a logo or promoting things for the magazine itself, an example of this is 'Free Posters'.

Motto: A phrase which is memorable to a brand.

Headline: A headline is the main title of the article.

Deyes Newsletter Improved Version

Justification for my choices

I chose a black and white colour scheme with is linked to the sixth form's uniform.The uniform is black shoes, black pants, black jumper, black tie and a white shirt. This is the reason for my colour scheme and why I have used a black and white house style. My main image is a student of  the school in his uniform. I chose this image because in the background is a building from the sixth form and the student is in his uniform. This is appropriate because it is a sixth form magazine. Deyes is a specialist science school. This is the reason why I have included a science logo on my cover. Also I have included a headline with a lexical choice of school, "Excellent winter exam results once again!" This shows the reader what the main story is about. The reason I have included the school's logo is because this is a school/college magazine. The reason I have included a puff with the text, "Winter edition!" is because it is a magazine that is published in the winter. 

NME Magazine Front Cover And Double Page Spread Analysis

This is a front cover and double page spread analysis of the music magazine 'NME' and this magazine relates to my chosen genre as this is what my magazine will include inside.

Deyes Newsletter Mock Up

Feminist Theory and Richard Dyer's Theory

Feminist Theory


Laura Mulvey is a feminism theorist who wrote an article that she believed woman in Hollywood Films were a figure of desire and men were more dominant in the roles they played as were the spectators. In the time and era of classical Hollywood Films the audience of the film were encouraged to identify the protagonist of the film which usually was men in Hollywood Films. Feminist theory will be included within my music and school magazine using some of the theories that Laura Mulvey believed in.

Voyeuristic – seeing woman as ‘whores’

Fetishistic – seeing woman as ‘madonnas’

These terms are two modes of ‘male gaze’ of the time of classical Hollywood Films which Laura Mulvey suggested in her theories.

Male Gaze – this is seen in films to put woman into perspective of a heterosexual man. For example when a woman’s curves seem to linger in scenes of the film.

Richard Dyer's Star Theory

Richard Dyer has a Star Theory that the media create all 'Stars'. This gets a person's name well and truly known to media institutions and this can become critical to their careers.

Paradox: A Paradox is the idea that two things go together but they shouldn't really fit together.

Incoherence: An Incoherence is when you buy a certain artists products, for instance, CDs, posters, clothes etc.

Flat Plan Front Cover Ideas

This is two flat plan designs for my school magazine, outlining how I am going to plan my school magazine front cover and what I want to include on my front cover.

Rule Of Thirds

The Rule of Thirds is a guideline that divides an image into 9 equal segments using 2 horizontal and 2 vertical lines. It is important that certain elements are placed on the lines. The rule of thirds is applied by aligning a subject with the guidelines and intersection points. The subject will be placed on the horizon, top or bottom line. This allows linear features in the image to flow one section to another. The main reason that the rule of thirds is used is so the horizon is prevented from dividing and splitting the image in half. This is also used to hide the horizon line. I will try to use the rule of thirds in my photography.

KERRANG Magazine Analysis

This is an analysis of the music magazine 'KERRANG' this magazine is a magazine of my chosen music genre Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock and Pop Rock. This is the sort of magazine that falls into my catergory. I have identified features of this magazine's front cover and what effect they have.

Photo Shop Mock Ups

Original Image

Photoshop Edited Image

 To edit the original photograph I imported it into Adobe Photo shop from my image file. The original image came from internet and I used Google to find it. The image I have chosen is of a band called 'Foo Fighters'. This image has been manipulated so that everyone in the image is coloured black and white apart from one person. I did this by selecting the quick selection tool and selected the person I wanted to keep in colour, I then copied the layer and changed the original layer to black and white, this gave me the outcome I now have.

Moodboard

As my chosen genre for my music magazine is Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock and Pop Rock I have created a moodboard with artists from this music catergory. This has included artists such as 'Snow Patrol', 'Take That', 'Foo Fighters', 'Coldplay', 'Oasis', 'Red Hot Chili Peppers', 'The Beatles' etc. This moodboard contains photos and images showing the artists live in concert, posed photographs and also some album covers of the artists.

Newsletter Analysis Deyes High School

Newletter Analysis St Ambrose Barlow

Quantitative and Qualitative Research

For my media coursework in my music magazine questionnaire I will gather information from quantitative and qualitative research, this will include qualitative questions that will need the audience to go into detail and depth in order for them to complete the question and give an answer. On the other hand the audience will have to complete quantitative questions which are in the style of a tick box or bullet points, these type of questions to not require the audience to not go into as much detail as qualitative questions. When writing questionnaires qualitative research is probably the best answer, this is simply because you are getting to read what the interviewee has said and not your guessing their answers via a tick box. This gives the creator of the survey a chance to read people's opinions and gives me better feedback from my surveys.

Cohen's Morel Panic

Cohen's Morel Panic is believed to be a social group or the media that come across as a threat to society. This also involves the controlling of folk devils in society.

Concern: the behaviour of a particular group represented as having threat.

Volatility: short - lived. Panics erupt dramatically but are difficult to sustain and there will be a negative consequence for the rest of us.

Hostility: "Folk Devils" are constructed to create a clear divide between "them" and "us".

Consensus: widespread acceptance of the threat posed by this group. Not necessarily reflecting national concern, but the campaigner will be very vocal whilst the opposition will be weak and disorganised.

Disproportionality: wild exaggeration of evidence. Not only the number of people involved but also the scale of the problem.

My Chosen Genre

My chosen genre for my magazine will be Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock and Pop Rock. I will focus on artists such as 'Take That', 'Coldplay', 'Oasis' and 'Foo Fighters', 'Ed Sheeran', 'The Beatles', Red Hot Chili Peppers' etc. I will be focusing on music magazines such as Kerrang, NME, and Q. As these magazines focus on all areas of rock and are associated with my chosen genre.