My Contents Page Version 2



My Contents Page (First Draft)

Double page spread (version 1):

Page 1.

Page 2.

 How I Edited My Images (Sub-Head)



How I Edited My Images (Front Cover)



Analysis of a front cover.

Analysis of a double page spread.

Analysis of a front cover.

Analysis of a contents page.

Analysis of a double page spread.

Flat Plan for front cover.

Analysis of a contents page.

The Third Version Of My Magazine

IPC Media

IPC Media is the UK's leading consumer magazine and digital publisher. IPC publishes magazines such as Mouse breaker, NME, Nuts, Uncut, and TV Times etc.

As the UK's leading consumer magazine publisher we engage with 26m UK adults - almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men. IPC have an award winning portfolio of websites, which reaches over 25 million users globally every month. Also IPC Media works in partnership with its consumers, advertisers, business partners and employees.

The magazine I’m choosing to analyse is the NME music magazine. NME is the longest published and one of the most respected weekly music magazines in the UK. Every week it gives its readers the most exciting, most exclusive coverage of the very best in new music, including award-winning features, the latest releases, live reviews, and the definitive guide to the best new bands. As well as a regular look back through the magazine's incredible 60 year heritage.

The target audience is roughly around 14 to 24 year old males, this can be shown by the bright colour code, and the highly sexualisation of women and the advertising is aimed primarily at the male audience; such as aftershave, body wash, watches etc.

The secondary audience would be parents, younger or older siblings, partners, or just passer byes in shops and super markets who read the headlines.

What I’ve Learnt From Making
My Magazine Cover

 

During the process of creating my magazine cover I have learnt many different things.

I have developed the ability to use Photoshop, which is something I couldn’t do before I started this piece of work. This will be helpful for the future, for when I have to create other pieces of coursework for media, and it will also help for other subjects.

I have also developed a better understanding of how magazines are pieced together. I can now analyse and break down the cover of a magazine; this has helped me on creating my own cover.

I have learnt what the legal requirements of a magazine are; the fact a magazine must have a barcode, what issue it is, and the price.



This Is My Second Draft For My Front Cover



This Is My First Draft For My Front Cover



Options For Main Image For "All Or Nothing Music"



Flat Plan For "The Daily Bede's" Contents Page

Flat Plan For "The Daily Bede's" Cover Page

Possible Logos

My Slogan

The slogan says “War Has Been Waged On Your Ear Drums!!!”. This is to suggest the music (heavy metal), is so loud that it is going to come out of the pages of the magazine and attack your ear drums.

It also could mean that if your parents don't like the genre, it will attack their ears. As the target audience is adolescents. It could also link to the aggressiveness of heavy metal. and some teenagers are agressive and some of those teens could be potential customers.

 



My Logo



I chose this logo because out of the ones I created I preferred this one the most because the style isn't to complex but not too simple.

I’ve used “chiller” for the font  and put a circle around the “A” so it is the anarchy symbol. I’ve done this because, the magazine will have a genre of heavy metal, and in the eighties metal fans had the life styles of anarchist; like  fans of “Slayer”, “Metallica”, “Black Sabbath” etc.

And anarchy/rebellion is going to be the main style of the magazine as it is primarily aimed at teenagers who are rebelling by listening to “un-godly”.

What Would Be Expected From A

 School/College Magazine

A school magazine should have detailed articles, but the article has to be suited to the age group of 12- 16. If not then the magazine will not bought or read, and will become litter; as goes the saying “tomorrow’s chip paper” (same applies for magazines).

A school/college magazine, should have bright colours, (but not so to distract attention from the main article) and pictures to capture the attention of the target audience, this will make readers feel like they aren’t actually as much as a full page of text.

Also another feature should be, that the text shouldn’t be cramped together, it should be in manageable paragraphs, or in bullet points this will encourage reading, as the reader will feel like they aren’t reading a whole chunk of text; which will take a lot more time to read, than spread out and simplified bullet points.



My Perliminary Task





My Contents Page





Magazine Analysis



Magazine Analysis

  The cover I used is the 200^th issue of “Metal Hammer”. The mast head is slightly covered by the main image, but the mast head is still noticeable and readable due to how well known the logo is, and also only two letters are covered.

  The name “Metal Hammer” sounds very aggressive as I believe the word “Hammer” resembles the Norse gods as Norway have very heavy bands that come from there, such as: Blood Red Throne, Behemoth, Emperor etc. And a Norse god many will know is the Legend of Thor, he has a hammer, and when I hear “Metal Hammer” I imagine Thor with a guitar.

 The colour scheme is: black, white grey and a fiery orange. The sub-text is in grey the mast head is in black and white, certain lines are in the “fiery orange”, and the background is in black.

  The colours don’t conflict with the main image which is vital - but they do seem to match; but not in a way that the picture cannot be seen, but so that it stands out but not too prominent, so that takes attention away from the rest of the magazine. Even though that (in this case) Phil Anselmo is the main subject written about.

  The font is basic (maybe in “Ariel” or “Times New Roman”) and it is the same throughout the magazine (and it’s cover), the only thing that is different is the size and some of the sub-text are in caps lock, and some are in lower case.

  The main image is centralized and the cover model is striking an arousing pose, as he has arms folded like he’s shutting out contact, and that will intrigue the customers as to why…

  His face has a “I don’t give a rat’s” expression which make him seem like a rebel which will attract female customers and also make male customers strive to be more like the model - to attract women; and in doing so, they’ll have to buy the magazine to find out what he is, what he dose and so on (if they don’t already know who he is, of cores).

  The lighting on the main image is low - which  could be interoperated as bad, but in the case of this cover it matches as background is dark and the whole article is monotone. Also with him having a rebellious expression and pose; it makes him seem and look enigmatic - which may well be the reason why one side of his face is shadowed.

  The only other part of his body that is showing is his tattooed arms which could advertise to audiences which like his style, his style of tattoos and heavy metal music and the dark “gothic” dress sense.

The top of his t-shirt is showing and it is “The Black” album (another heavy metal band) that could be subliminal messages making people what to buy the magazine, because they’ve seen that design else where, and maybe in buying this magazine they could jog their memory.

 The overall design of this cover has been thought out and laid out very professionally, as they have made the background dark but they have put the main image in colour because that makes the model more attractive to customers, as even a little colour can attract someone’s attention even if it’s just as simple as a person’s skin tone.

  The font is simple, easy to read and it dose not distract attention from the main image.

The darkness of the background reflects his past life as he was addicted to heroin and cocaine and he died for 9 minuets due to an overdose. And since the picture is in colour it shows that it is a turning point, and know he has overcame the addiction, and clean from all drugs - his life a lot brighter and the picture is too.

  But another reason could be that one of the titles is “metal’s darkest day” - which refers to when Dimebag Darrel was murdered on stage; and since Phil Anselmo was a close friend of Dimebag he is the main article (but he wasn’t the only friend - just the most famous, which could be why he is the main image and not someone else).

  I have an advantage in this conclusion as I know the history of this man, I know a possible reason for why his face scrunched up and his arms are folded as if to say “And your point is?”. One reason could be that in the chorus of a song he sings, the lyrics are: “I don’t regret the rules I broke, when I die bury me in smoke”. - My point is that his expression shows he just couldn’t care a less, and it reflects in his persona.

  But in saying that, the song was written in 1995, Dimebag died in 2004. Maybe his philosophy was that of, “I don’t care” but in the last 14 years (the magazine was published in 2010), he has died, and his best friend got shot on stage. But after all of that maybe he’s just had enough and still sees the world as a deceitful, evil, violent place. But still has taken some knowledge with him along his journey of life. And that is what I believe is shown in this one pose and expression, I see he is changed but resents the world for taking his friend away but thanks it for giving him on more chance.