Research of 3 front covers

This is a powerpoint with my analysis of 3 different magazines these include: 2 different versions of NME featuring Lily Allen and Liam Gallagher, and also a copy of Q featuring Noel Gallagher.  

Production Log 6

During my last Media lesson I learned how to properly evaluate magazine covers and I also started to evaluate one.

I evaluated a cover of NME which had Lily Allen as the main image and the main storyline throughout the magazine.  I evaluated the masthead, main image, sub lines, tag lines, date and price. This particular cover was fairly easy to evaluate because of the weird obscurity of it. The cover had all the basic conventions that a magazine cover should have but most of them had a twist. For example the main sell line looks like a cut out from a newspaper which is significant because it looks more interesting and relates well to the story it’s about.

Furthermore during my research of these magazines covers I have learnt about many different aspects of magazines I can now use in my own product. Mainly I will now use tag lines and sell lines more as I now understand how important they are to help follow the conventions of a magazine and they help make the magazine look more professional. Also I have found how important a main image to drawing the reader’s attention to the specific magazine. 

Production Log 5

During my lesson today I sorted my blog out as it was fairly un-organised hopefully it’s a lot better now. I also uploaded my videos of my magazine cover; I did this on the programme Cam Studio I recorded two videos one for my magazine cover and one for my magazine contents page. Each video explained how I made my magazine. I had to upload my videos to YouTube and then upload them to blogger as they wouldn’t download straight to my blog.
 

Furthermore during this particular lesson I was starting to look at examples of magazine covers. The cover I was closely looking at was a copy of NME, this was mainly about Liam Gallagher from Oasis.

I started to write a analysis of the cover this included things such as: the focal point, masthead, colours and subtitles.

Video of Around Haydon contents page

This was a video showing my magazines contents page and how it was made. I made this on the programme called Cam Studio, I uploaded this to Youtube as again it wouldnt upload straight to Blogger.

VIdeo of Around Haydon cover page

This is a video explaining how my magazine Around Haydon's cover page was made. I made it on Cam Studio I had to upload this youtube as it took to long to upload straght to my blog.

Production Log 4

During my last media lesson I did two things. Firstly I did the evaluation for my magazine called ‘Around Haydon’ this was a fairly short evaluation which consisted of around 700 words. In this evaluation I concluded what I had done to my magazine, for example how I made it, what programmes I used and lastly I evaluated the final product.

Evaluating my skills of the programmes InDesign and Photoshop was fairly easy as my skills were basic and I felt they improved throughout the task. Also my Product was easy to evaluate as I feel it was okay for a first attempt however there is plenty of room for improvement.  

Also during this lesson I attempted using cam studio for the first time. I found this difficult as my computer kept flashing green as I experienced problems with the programme.  However felt in the end I got to grips with the programme and had an enjoyable time making the films. These could be improved by trimming the beginning and ends a bit. 

Production Log 3

  During my lesson I finished by magazine ‘Around Haydon’ this involved finishing and improving my magazine cover and contents page.

 I did this by changing the colours of the magazine making it more about Haydon. The colours I changed my magazine to be blue and yellow this is because it’s the colours of Haydon School, so this then was more recognizable to everyone associated Haydon and then people know it’s a Haydon product. The colours I originally used were black and grey background with blue writing. I did this to make the writing contrast but I felt that the Haydon colours were more recognizable and contrasted just as well.   

On my contents page I changed the background colour of the Haydon Stage to the same as the contents page colour to give it a more professional look. I felt this worked well as it looks better.