College Magazine Flat Plan

Textual Analysis of a College Magazine - Front Cover

-The cover star of this College magazine front cover displays a student - who looks happy and is shown holding book - this shows that this student is studious and is a good pupil - this gives the college this magazine is talking about a good name and positivity.
- As the cover star is covering the maskhead, the maskhead can still be understand by the reader on what is says - College Lifestyle.
- The cover line which says the cover stars name is slightly larger in font so we know who this cover star is and what is mentioned about him in the magazine.
- The colour scheme of this front cover goes well with the image and the text - as the colours are not to bright. - yellow and white.
- The cover lines are short catchy phrases / words that catches a readers eye straight away - this would then encourage a reader to get this magazine to read on about the information in the magazine.
- A barcode is displayed on the bottom left hand side implies that this magazine can be bought.
- Displayed on both sides of the magazine is a range of cover lines - this shows that this magazine covers a lot of information to keep a reader engaged and entertained.    

Textual Analysis of Two Magazines - Content Page - XXL and VIBE

VIBE

- The way 'contents' is displayed makes this page and magazines unique, shows the individuality VIBE is compared to other magazines. — With 'contents' been printed in white, works well with the red background.
- In the top right hand corner, there is a date underneath the magazines title — showing the date this magazine was published.
-  The artist is placed in the middle of the page to be able to stand out — he stands out by him also being topless - his tattoos are visible and wearing a lot of bright jewellery. - this also shows the fashionable elements VIBE magazine may contain. - These's elements also attracts the attention of young people. - this also implies the genre of music VIBE is focussing on - hip-hop/rap.
- The red background also shows a capital V is promoting VIBE magazine and so a reader can recognise the VIBE logo.
- The sections underneath the features headline is in fancy font - this makes the magazine classy and sophisticated.

   

XXL

-XXL's content page always goes over to pages - They are separated by titled - 'The A-Side' and 'The B- Side. 

-'The A-Side' content page displays the artists who were the cover stars on the front cover. The image is a high angle and they are dressed in mostly white - like they were dressed on the front cover. 

- On the bottom of the page - bellow the image - shows the features that that the magazine will contain. - Most of the features are of individual article from people. 

- This section is shown numbered in chronological order - so it is easy for a reader to find the individual article in the magazine. 

- 'The B-side' content page shows a young female, dressed quite revealingly - this image could have been purpose put in the magazine to attract XXL's male viewers.
- The colours used on this page is quite dark and contrast with the previous contents page.
- This contents page has a heading called 'departments' and is again showing article which the magazine contains in numbered chronological order.

Textual Analysis of Two Magazines - Double Page Spread - XXL and VIBE

VIBE

- This VIBE magazine double page spread is arranged in columns to split up the information. - Majority of the text set out on the left page.
- On the right page, displays the artist which this article is about - Kendrick Lamar.
- The shot of the image of Kendrick Lamar is a close up profile shot.
- The colours used for this double page spread is quite plain with on white as a background and red and black for the artists name. 'KENDRICK' - this also makes the reader know who exactly the featuring artist is.
- The background of the double page spread being quite plain and also implies the tone of the whole article - as being casual and serious.
- The first few words for the article is a different style font and size to the rest of the article. -  This makes those first few words stand out - 'Kendrick Lamar is floating.'
- The language in which the article is written as interview by Kendrick Lamar - as words like 'gotta, nah and fresh' are used, this implies this article is informal and slang is often used in rap songs - this again puts enthuses of the genre of music Kendrick Lamar is part of.

XXL

- This double page spread displays a range of colours and images then text. 

- The background of this image seems to be of the cover stars from the front cover, standing on top of a roof of a building. - this makes the DPS cool and a interesting shoot - birds view.

- Again, every person in this shot is doing some sort of gesture - this makes them al stand out as individuals and equally. - Also this shows a bit of each persons character depending on the gesture they've soon and there body language. 

- There isn't much text in this double page spread, but was is shown is explain that these top 10 newist and most current rap artists - who have become XXL's Freshman Class of 2016. 

- The colours used for these pages are mostly blue, pink and black. 

- The most part of the text is edited into a black rectangle at the bottom of the second page of the DPS - this makes that part of the DPS to stand out, as it displays majority of the text on the two pages and is giving important information on how/why these 10 gentlemen have been chosen to be a part XXL magazine. - The font size of this section of text is the smallest of text on the DPS, could be chosen to do this so its able to have all the text fit in neatly. 

- The header which is going over the double page spread which is displayed at the top, is bigger in size compared to the other text displayed on the two pages. Also it is coloured in blue and pink to stand out and catch the readers attention.

- The editors of this image is displayed at the bottom of the first page. 

Textual Analysis of Two Magazines - Front Cover - XXL and VIBE

XXL

Image:

-Medium, long shot - to fit all the cover stars in the whole frame.
- White background, covers stars wearing casual, mainly white clothing - so not just one person is standing out but they all equally stand out.
-  Everyone in the image are position in some sort of pose - to look cool.
- The cover stars are young, American, up and coming rap/ hip-hop artists - this shows the type of audience this magazine issue is targeting - teenagers and young adults.
Page Layout: 
- The main colour schemes of the front cover is black and light blue. - Goes well with the white background - compliments the front cover.
- The cover stars cover the maskhead - to show the importance of the cover stars not the maskhead. -The cover stars are the ones the magazine aim to make stand out not the maskhead. - Implies XXL are a well know magazine so there is no need for the maskhead to be fully seen. - XXL are still recognisable.
- The maskhead has a red background and the XXL part is in the colour white.
- There's supposed to be a barcode on the bottom left hand side, on the front cover. As I've bought this issue at WHSmith, however couldn't upload the image I took of the magazine on to my blog. So I had to upload a image of the front cover from google images. - this shows that this magazine is bought - not a digital copy of a magazine like VIBE.- There is also a website link underneath the barcode.
- '+' - puff - implies what the additional features XXL magazine will contain.
- The Cover lines are positioned on the left in one column - continuing with the black and blue colour scheme. - shows who and what the magazine also contain.
- The additional cover line, underneath the cover stars, has a headline 'THE NEW WAVE' which displays the names of all the cover starts below it. - This stands out and so the audience know who the magazine is mainly focusing on and who the people on the front cover are.
- The cover lines are all in different style of fonts.
 Language:
- There's not much text on the front cover to know what sort of language the magazine may include. - short, catchy words are mostly used.
 - By the cover stars body language, it implies the type of genre of music they are all part of - Rap/Hip-Hop.
- One of the cover lines on the right also implies the genre of music XXL is- 'Mike Tyson still loves Hip-Hop'
- '2016 freshman class' - catchy phrase - sounds like some sort of high school / university graduation.

VIBE

Image:
- A medium long shot of the two cover stars.
- They are both dressed in casual clothing
- The background image is a brick wall and the shadow of the cover stars is show, reflecting onto the wall - The image was taken outside.
- The clothing they are wearing and their body language implies the targeted audience this magazine is. - Teenagers/ young adults.
Page Layout:
The main colour scheme used for this front cover are dark blue and white.
- The cover stars are covering the maskhead - shows the no need for the VIBE logo to be show - VIBE is a well established magazine.
- The maskhead is coloured black
- There's a website link displayed on the right side of the front cover. - implies that this is a digital magazine - to view other pages of the magazine issue go the website.
- The date - August 2016 - is displayed- show the content in the magazine is based on depending on when it was published - how current it is.
- The skyline displays the other featuring artists in the magazines.
- The cover line is displayed in the middle of the two cover stars stating who the two stars are.
Language:
- There's very little of text displayed on the front cover like XXL - implies that the magazine doesn't contain that much detailed with the magazine.

Mini Group Analysis on XXL - Content Page

- In XXL magazines the contents pages goes over two pages - these pages display article/ information that will feature in the magazine.
- The first contents page shown in XXL magazine is called 'The Side A'
- The sections are numbered in chronological order, in one column on each page.
- The images used in this contents page is of Kenrick Lamar- who is the cover star displayed on the front cover.
- This is a long shot of the star and the background colours used is the same as what was used for the front cover - pink and green.
- This contrasts with the other contents page.
- Kenrick Lamar is dressed in casual clothing.
- The information shown on this page is listing other rappers that will be in the magazine. - Of the same genre of music as Kendrick Lamar.
- The second contents page is called 'The  Side B'
- The colours used for this page is quite dark and not as colourful as the previous contents page - contrast.
- This contents page also numbered it's sectors in chronological order.
- The women in this image is more revealing in the way she is dressed. - This makes her look sexy and feisty - This could be to attract XXL's male readers.

Mini Group Analysis on XXL - Kendrick Lamar - Double Page Spread

- The double page spread article on Kendrick Lamar is written in first person.
- The article features Kendrick Lamar talking about his career, life, music and his family.
- The language of this article is written informally - implies the audience targeted for this magazine - young people.
- The is a pull quote is shown in the middle of the page to catch the readers attention straight away - The pull quote is a section of the article. - The pull quote is also shown in a different style of font and size, in order to make this part of the double page spread stand out.
- The left page of the double page spread is full of text of the star - The right page of double page spread is a image of the cover star.
- The article is shown in four collums in big paragraph.
- As the text is quite squashed together in small size font- This makes it harder to read as the isn't any spaces between the text or a image to separate some of the text.

Vibe Magazine analysis - Usher - Front Cover

Image:

- Low angle, medium long shot - connotation - dominance.

- airplane in the background, Usher in a pilot costume, wearing aviator shades - links to what a pilot would wear and shows star status. 

- Usher's styled as a pilot to make him look sexy.

 - Background shows a U.S.A airplane - implying Usher is a global superstar, a proud American and Ionic. 

- High key lighting - shining in the background and in Usher's face - emphasising star quality. 

Page Layout:

- Set out like a movie poster - the way the skyline is positioned.
- Skyline displays the key selling point, other stars which are also featured within VIBE magazine. 

- The maskhead is placed behind the cover star - shows Usher's importance. - VIBE is a well established magazine, so is recognisable without having to show the whole of the maskhead.
- The maskhead is in black font.
- The anchorage is the main cover line and reflects the image. It's also big and stands out - so audience knows who the magazine is mainly focussing on.
-  There's a barcode and QR code on the bottom left of the front cover. - A website link is also shown on the bottom left as a additional source to view more on VIBE.
- Cover lines and additional cover line are mainly on the left and are displayed in columns - making it neat and tidy.
- Colour scheme - yellow, black and blue - is consistent in the font - making it simple to read.
- The style of font is sans-serif, which makes the front cover modern and easy for the audience to read.
- '+' - puff.

Language:
- Informal language is used slightly, however front cover doesn't display that much text.
- Catchy, short words are shown - 'young and reckless'
- The type of genre the magazine is, is clear to the audience by the cover star and the skyline stars, which also reflect the genre. 

Mini Group Analysis on XXL - Kendrick Lamar - Front Cover

Layout: 

- Maskhead is covered by star - Kendrick Lamar - shows the important of the star and the no need to show magazine name clearly as XXL is a well know reconisable magazine.

- The maskhead is red in the background and XXL is coloured white. 

- The image of the cover star is a close up of him.

- Cover star is shown to be dressed in casual clothing - not in a costume. 

- Cover star is shown to not show much facial expression, which could be interpreted as being intimating.

- These could also imply the genre of music the cover star is involved in - rap music - As the cover star is dressed and looks serious.

- The cover lines on the front cover of the magazine are displayed on the right side of the magazine and are aligned in columns.

- The cover lines also imply the type of genre the magazine XXL are focussing on - Rap/  Hiphop - as the artists displayed are also part of that genre. 

-The cover line include artists that are including in the magazine as a selling point for customers.  

-A additional cover line is displayed on the left as a quote from the fount cover star.

- The anchorage is displayed bellow the star - making it clear of who the star is. 

- '+' is a puff.

- A barcode is displayed on the bottom left corner of the magazine. 

- No skyline is displayed on this magazine. 

- Website link is shown above barcode as a additional source to receive more on XXL.

- 3 colour scheme is shown as pink, yellow and green 

- The font of the writing is sans-sarif, which makes it clear, simple and easy to read. 

My Music Magazine Genre

The genre my music magazine will be focussing on is Grime music. I've chosen this genre because this is the type of music I like to listen to in my spare time. Grime was founded in the Uk, East London in the early 2000's. Grime is a collaboration of the genres Uk garage, rap, bass and dancehall. The most well know artists of Grime back in the day are Dizzee Rascal, Kano, Skepta, and Wiley. The most well know Grime crews back in the day are Ruff Squad, Boy Better Know, Roll Deep. Up and coming Grime artist/ crews consist of Stormzy, Section Boyz, Chip and Krept & Konan. Grime music is starting to get noticed by a lot of people and is growing in the amount of people in the grime industry participating. For many years Grime was mostly based in the Uk only but has now is acknowledge by people all around the world listening and joining in. Artist like Skepta for example has songs featuring american artists. Grime is a genre majorly dominated by young males in London, with only a number of females involved in this genre like  Lady Leshurr and Paigey Cakey.

Induction - Music Article Evaluation

The music article I created is based on Grime music. Grime is music genre founder in the Uk. My music article is also based on the digital magazine RWD, which focusses on young rap/grime artists. Gathering research for this genre did not take too long to find, as I’m already familiar and really passionate about Grime music anyway, so I already knew a bit about the industry. The 5 songs I mentioned in my music article was ‘Do It for The Gang’ by Krept & Konan, ‘Uno My Style’ by Big Tobz, ‘New Wavin’ by Baseman & Shocktown, ‘Shut up’ by Stormzy and ‘This Is England’ by Kano - who are all British Grime artists.
The skills I learnt through InDesign were very useful but as It was my first time using the software, took me a while to get the hang of its features.
The skills I learnt through InDesign is how to do a drop cap for the beginning letter of the first word in an article — which is an effective way to start an article as it makes the who article and the first word stand out.
I learnt how to edit pictures into my article by dragging the mouse when tapping a square button with a cross through it, onto the area I want the image to be placed.
I learnt to create a double page spread layout by splitting the page in half by creating a line in the exact middle of the page — the line is not visible when the article is then printed out. This is useful as a guide line for placing images and text.
I learnt how to create columns as a template for the text to be displayed, to make my article more professional and neat.
What I would like to improve on when I create my own article again using InDesign is, the uses of colours for the background. I struggled with deciding what colours to uses for the background of my article that will compliment and go well with my article. I experimented with a lot of colours for my article, but then stuck to a black background with white coloured font for the text.
I hope to also improve in the structure of the text and images in my article, as I had trouble with arranging pictures into my article and then where to place the text.  

Introduction Article

Production Schedule

Introduction Blog

Hi, my name is Lauryn Nicole Reid. 

Welcome to my AS Media Studies Blog. :) 

At my Secondary School, I really enjoyed when in I.C.T we got to use Photoshop but we only used that software for a little bit. I'm looking forward in Media Studies when we are editing and creating our own magazine as I enjoy taking pictures, editing images and displaying my work in different layouts. Also, I going to find the interview part of a magazine enjoyable as when I do read magazines I find the interview about an artist is very interesting. I'm really looking forward to that part as I think that it's going to be fun making up my own artist. Hopefully I'm going to be proud of my magazine that I create and hope that it looks believable as a real magazine you'll see in shops. 

Throughout this blog, you will see the progress of my music magazine.