My feedback was no where near as good as i hoped it would be but it gave me a clear idea on what needed to be done and how i can make it look more professional.
The feedback started of with photos taken and as you can see from my mock ups, i just used images from the internet that linked to my genre and context of my magazine. For this reason I did not score any marks on these points and the main objective from this was just that i need to take my pictures. I was also told that the background colour of my magazine was way to plain and it needed something more to it, make it look more glossy and stand out better. As i am aiming for the top end market with it being quite expensive, i need to make it look more clearer and better. In addition, the fonts i have chosen on the cover do not stand out how they should. It is too flat and bland, so i have to find another font which looks more professional. The double page spread article does not match the genre of my artist as he is american and i added an english tone to it by using words that are not used in america like the word 'piss'. Finally, the colours on the contents page dont mix in with the colour pallette i used.
From this feedback i have learnt what is wrong with my magazine and have identified the mistakes i made. After i got the feedback, i looked at my magazine and noticed the faults much better and saw what i needed to do. The feedback was very helpful and i have already started making many changes to my magazine.
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Thursday 23 February 2012
Evaluation Question- 1.
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music magazines).
The title of my magazine is 'THE LOOT' and this links to the genre of my magazine which is Hip Hop. There is nothing like the name of my magazine out there as it is so different and a word that is not really used, which makes it unique. It's a very bold and short name which stands out and when it's said it has a very powerful tone, which also links to the way i have presented my artists on the magazine to represent power. I used positioning and mis-en-scene on my artist and this will get through to the reader. Therefore, I chose the title THE LOOT because it does really stand out. I did not use the Z or F models on my magazine cover because it did not suit the way i wanted my magazine to be represented, however I designed it so that it can be read very clearly and as all people read from left to right I positioned all the text on the left hand side of the page and put it in a collumn format so the reader knows where to read and in what order. The contents page also used this same layout however I put some of the information on the right hand side of the page but again used a collumn format for the things that are going to be in the magazine. To make it easier, I used page numbers next to the details about what will be in it so the reader can navigate more fluently. On the double page spread, i seperated the 3 collumns by same amount using guides and ruler which makes the magazine look much more professional. I made the article just about my artist called MYSTIC so i used a very big picture of him on the double page spread so it feels like the reader is close to the artist and it just focuses straight on the artist. The picture of the artist took up one whole page and has been placed on the right which was a mistake because normal magazines place the pictures on the left. However, the text I put on the right and made the word MYSTIC (the name of the artist) in big bold writing compared to the rest of the text because as the double page spread is about my artisit and i want it to stand out well. I wanted my artist to wear a suit because i wanted my magazine to represent power and used a range of features to bring across the theme of power. By wearing a suit, it shows authority and this is what i want my artist to show as he is an upcoming artist and has power through his music. As the magazine talks about my artist coming up from nothing and as he has just been singed by DEF JAM, the huge music label, and the magazine shows him with a bottle of champagne which shows a sign of celebration. Again the suit adds to this because it is very formal and worn on days of celebration because it looks smart. In addition, on the table where Mystic is sitting, there is a contract with a pen on it to show the reader that he has just signed onto a record label or is about too and the magazine got a picture of it. I made the artist wear a ring also because it makes him look more rich; the article tells the reader that he had no money but now has a lot of it and I used to ring to represent this. On the front cover, the picture of the artist has been framed so that he is looking upwards and the picture has been taken on a low angle to show he has high status and the reader is looking up at him because it is what he deserves. I used lighting to try and make it show that my artist is coming out of the dark as his face is more brighter than the back of his head; I made him pose so that his head is facing towards the left and he is looking in that direction so i was able to take this shot. I again used this theme on my double page spread as I used positioning, costume and mis-en-scene to re-create this shot of the artist to come out of his old self to his new by reaching the standard that he's at now with this record deal and money. For my front cover, I used a very bold font so that it stands out and catches the readers eye better and also links to this big picture of the artist because i want that bold effect. I used the same font as i used for the mast head for the name of the artist which has been written on the front cover because it looks more professional and shows that the artist is part of the magazine. I used a grey background so needed to use a font colour that stands out for the mast head so i used the colour white becuase it contrasts well with the background and also looks nice. I then used the same background colour for the rest of my pages on the magazine because this is my colour scheme and so mainly used the font colour black for other text because it goes with the colour scheme and can easily be read by the audience. On the double page spread, however, i made the colour of the text white because there is a lot of writing on there and white makes it more clearer and also is part of the colour scheme and links more to the theme. The genre of my magazine is Hip Hop and i tried to bring this accross by making my magazine look like a Hip Hop artist as i looked at various magazines with the same genre and many of them were formally dressed so this is what i wanted mine to look like. I have also included the context of power and i wanted to make my artist represent this and used thre suit also. But back to hip hop, and the colour scheme i used is quite dark and simple but these are the type of colours you would see on a hip hop magazine. A lot of the props i used within the magazine like the ring, suits and chains are the time of clothing usually worn by hip hop artists. The article on the double page spread is a typical story of the life style of hip hop artists but without being stereotypical i got the initial idea from learning about one of my favourite artists called 50CENT and this again links to the genre of it. The poses of my artist also links to the hip hop genre as he poses in a very powerful and serious and hip hop is a very serious genre. My artist is represented being a very serious character and makes him look quite hard. The suit also indicates that he become quite rich and i used a ring and bottle of champagne to put this accross more. He seems as a serious character and this links to the genre as Hip Hop is very serious. The colour scheme is one of the most important elements of my magazine as i used dark colours which is what is used on many Hip Hop magazines and links to the genre better. As i wanted a context of it to be powerful, the dark colours bring this accross and make the magazine seem more serious and bold. On the contents page, i lightened it up a little so that it is a bit different and as there are many other pages on the magazine, the multicolours give the impression that there is more on there and it is not all about this one artist.
The title of my magazine is 'THE LOOT' and this links to the genre of my magazine which is Hip Hop. There is nothing like the name of my magazine out there as it is so different and a word that is not really used, which makes it unique. It's a very bold and short name which stands out and when it's said it has a very powerful tone, which also links to the way i have presented my artists on the magazine to represent power. I used positioning and mis-en-scene on my artist and this will get through to the reader. Therefore, I chose the title THE LOOT because it does really stand out. I did not use the Z or F models on my magazine cover because it did not suit the way i wanted my magazine to be represented, however I designed it so that it can be read very clearly and as all people read from left to right I positioned all the text on the left hand side of the page and put it in a collumn format so the reader knows where to read and in what order. The contents page also used this same layout however I put some of the information on the right hand side of the page but again used a collumn format for the things that are going to be in the magazine. To make it easier, I used page numbers next to the details about what will be in it so the reader can navigate more fluently. On the double page spread, i seperated the 3 collumns by same amount using guides and ruler which makes the magazine look much more professional. I made the article just about my artist called MYSTIC so i used a very big picture of him on the double page spread so it feels like the reader is close to the artist and it just focuses straight on the artist. The picture of the artist took up one whole page and has been placed on the right which was a mistake because normal magazines place the pictures on the left. However, the text I put on the right and made the word MYSTIC (the name of the artist) in big bold writing compared to the rest of the text because as the double page spread is about my artisit and i want it to stand out well. I wanted my artist to wear a suit because i wanted my magazine to represent power and used a range of features to bring across the theme of power. By wearing a suit, it shows authority and this is what i want my artist to show as he is an upcoming artist and has power through his music. As the magazine talks about my artist coming up from nothing and as he has just been singed by DEF JAM, the huge music label, and the magazine shows him with a bottle of champagne which shows a sign of celebration. Again the suit adds to this because it is very formal and worn on days of celebration because it looks smart. In addition, on the table where Mystic is sitting, there is a contract with a pen on it to show the reader that he has just signed onto a record label or is about too and the magazine got a picture of it. I made the artist wear a ring also because it makes him look more rich; the article tells the reader that he had no money but now has a lot of it and I used to ring to represent this. On the front cover, the picture of the artist has been framed so that he is looking upwards and the picture has been taken on a low angle to show he has high status and the reader is looking up at him because it is what he deserves. I used lighting to try and make it show that my artist is coming out of the dark as his face is more brighter than the back of his head; I made him pose so that his head is facing towards the left and he is looking in that direction so i was able to take this shot. I again used this theme on my double page spread as I used positioning, costume and mis-en-scene to re-create this shot of the artist to come out of his old self to his new by reaching the standard that he's at now with this record deal and money. For my front cover, I used a very bold font so that it stands out and catches the readers eye better and also links to this big picture of the artist because i want that bold effect. I used the same font as i used for the mast head for the name of the artist which has been written on the front cover because it looks more professional and shows that the artist is part of the magazine. I used a grey background so needed to use a font colour that stands out for the mast head so i used the colour white becuase it contrasts well with the background and also looks nice. I then used the same background colour for the rest of my pages on the magazine because this is my colour scheme and so mainly used the font colour black for other text because it goes with the colour scheme and can easily be read by the audience. On the double page spread, however, i made the colour of the text white because there is a lot of writing on there and white makes it more clearer and also is part of the colour scheme and links more to the theme. The genre of my magazine is Hip Hop and i tried to bring this accross by making my magazine look like a Hip Hop artist as i looked at various magazines with the same genre and many of them were formally dressed so this is what i wanted mine to look like. I have also included the context of power and i wanted to make my artist represent this and used thre suit also. But back to hip hop, and the colour scheme i used is quite dark and simple but these are the type of colours you would see on a hip hop magazine. A lot of the props i used within the magazine like the ring, suits and chains are the time of clothing usually worn by hip hop artists. The article on the double page spread is a typical story of the life style of hip hop artists but without being stereotypical i got the initial idea from learning about one of my favourite artists called 50CENT and this again links to the genre of it. The poses of my artist also links to the hip hop genre as he poses in a very powerful and serious and hip hop is a very serious genre. My artist is represented being a very serious character and makes him look quite hard. The suit also indicates that he become quite rich and i used a ring and bottle of champagne to put this accross more. He seems as a serious character and this links to the genre as Hip Hop is very serious. The colour scheme is one of the most important elements of my magazine as i used dark colours which is what is used on many Hip Hop magazines and links to the genre better. As i wanted a context of it to be powerful, the dark colours bring this accross and make the magazine seem more serious and bold. On the contents page, i lightened it up a little so that it is a bit different and as there are many other pages on the magazine, the multicolours give the impression that there is more on there and it is not all about this one artist.
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Language Register.
These are different types of registers i have researched that could be applicable to most magazines, newspapers etc.
Static Register - Where the content is set and never changes. For example biblical references or laws
Formal Registers - Usually impersonal. For example speeches and announcements.
Consultative Register - Mutually accepted form of communication. For example when you meet a stranger, conversation between a teacher and a student.
Casual Register - Used in friendship groups, slang can often occur. For example talking to your friend, 'gossiping' and emails.
Intimate Register - Private communication passed between family members, partners or other people who you have a close relationship with.
The register i will most likely use for my magazine is a casual register because it can relate better to my taget audience. However, i will mix some of the registers up as the genre of my magazine is Hip Hop and this is more of a serious filed and so may need to use registerss like formal register as well as being casual.
Static Register - Where the content is set and never changes. For example biblical references or laws
Formal Registers - Usually impersonal. For example speeches and announcements.
Consultative Register - Mutually accepted form of communication. For example when you meet a stranger, conversation between a teacher and a student.
Casual Register - Used in friendship groups, slang can often occur. For example talking to your friend, 'gossiping' and emails.
Intimate Register - Private communication passed between family members, partners or other people who you have a close relationship with.
The register i will most likely use for my magazine is a casual register because it can relate better to my taget audience. However, i will mix some of the registers up as the genre of my magazine is Hip Hop and this is more of a serious filed and so may need to use registerss like formal register as well as being casual.
FeedBack For Magazine.
Luke Niblett looked at my magazine and gave me some feedback that helps me understand the current level I am working at. He started with the bad points and told me the title on my contents page is too big and doesn't like the way it splits in 2. I used a plain grey background on all my pages as it was the colour scheme I am going for but he said it would need to be made a bit more better and more on it. Obviously, I don't know Jay Z or Chris Brown so I didn't take the photos myself and this was another bad point he mentioned. Other than that he told me the layout of my magazine looked good and professional, even though I didn't use a F or Z model. He said the language of my magazine suited the genre of it and gave me a high mark for this. The photos I used on my pages were good sizes and suited the pages they were on; this allowed them to be clear to look at as well. He did mention that I didn't use photoshop but it did take me a very long time to crop out those pictures so maybe because he didn't realise that's what I did, my cropping must have been amazing!
Monday 20 February 2012
Friday 3 February 2012
MYSTIC.
Im thinking of using the Name MYSTIC for my artist. I asked people who like the genre i am using on my magazine and most of them prefered Mystic oppose to Big Snipes. I will have to change some things like my articles and magazine draft but it shouldnt be too hard.
Name change.
Im not really feeling the name BIG SNIPES for my artist now, im thinking of calling him BROOKLYN but im not sure, if anyone can think of any good names, let me know.
Draft article for double page spread.
Article for ‘THE LOOT’.
MYSTIC, a Philadelphia born Hip Hop artist who’s climbing his way to the top in the American charts. Born and raised in the rough area of Phile, Mystic has hard one of the hardest life ever to be known of by a successful artist. His real name is Jordon Drone but changed his name after his lyrics and beats were recognised by the people in his area. He started being recognised after joining in corner rap battles and showing them up with his lyrics. Once he started, his reputation started to boom; his name spread around the area so fast that people from other cities started to get to know about him and wanted to see what he could do. Mystic got into battles around different cities and venues and started doing it for money. He won battles and put people to shame with what he said to them. The crowd loved him and on one of his battles a friend of a producer at DEF JAM records heard him and bounced along to his lyrics. He heard his name that many times that he got his contact details and met up with him and introduced him to the DEF JAM producer Rick Rubin. After showing him what he can do behind a mic, Jordon Drone, aged 20, was signed onto DEF JAM records with the name MYSTIC.
He is here with us today telling us about his career, life experiences and how it feels coming from the ghetto to a million dollar lifestyle.
What were the hardest times in in your life?
‘Erm probably when I was about 15-17 when my family used to struggle with money. All my boys would go out and chill but I had to work for the family at some factory making mesh and my mama would sip the liquor with my dad so they never worked much. I had to provide the food and that for them, yeah, it took the piss but I had to do it. But anyways, yeah, I used to work long hours and be knackered through the day so I hardly got time for anything and then I’d get home and my parents would piss me off so I’d switch at them and just get angry and do something stupid.
We learnt that were born and raised in the rough side of Phile, what was the worst thing you witnessed?
Aww man, I don’t like talking about this one. But when I was just 9 years old I was walking in this block of flats with my friend and we were going out to the courts for some bball and I heard some shouting in the hall way. I seen some dude with this bag and a baly on running past us and then some other man started shooting at that dude, he got about 4 meters away from us then dropped on the floor with three holes in his back. That shit was crazy man, gets me every time.
How did you find your way to this situation, how were you recognised?
I was battling some dude on stage and after I whooped his ass…ahaa after I had him, this guy names Brian comes us to me and was like ‘hey you talented, ever thought of recording something’ and I was like ‘naa man why?’ and he goes ‘I’m good friends with Rick Rubin, I’ll take you down and see if we can sort something out’. I was like ‘yeah cool’ then he took my details and it just kicked off from there. Now I’m MYSITC!
How did you get from Jordon Drone to MYSTIC?
I don’t know, but one of my friends heard it and said it suited me so I kinda just stuck with it. Might change it in the future but we’ll see. It's a good name like a lot of people know me by it, you know it's short quite snappy, catchy so works well. I did use the name BIG SNIPES when i was a younger but now i need something more professional so Mystic suits it nicely.
How you finding life in this moment in time?
Yeah, you know now there’s big dollar involved life’s pretty good. Money makes the world go round and for me it’s spinning quite nicely, like now I can buy anything in any shop with nice cars. You know the lot.
I was told some other artists have a problem with you and what you say, how does this affect you and what would you like to say to them?
To other artists out there who hate out there, i don't see what your problem is but if you got something to say you should come say it to me than talking over the media about it. I'm still not sure why they hate but obviously they have some reason which i dont know about. My lyrics are a bit crazy sometimes but they're for people to enjoy and me to express myself, but like i said they got problem come to me.
I was told some other artists have a problem with you and what you say, how does this affect you and what would you like to say to them?
To other artists out there who hate out there, i don't see what your problem is but if you got something to say you should come say it to me than talking over the media about it. I'm still not sure why they hate but obviously they have some reason which i dont know about. My lyrics are a bit crazy sometimes but they're for people to enjoy and me to express myself, but like i said they got problem come to me.
What are your career ambitions for the future?
Erm, I'm still young and new so I just wana get well known first. Like people in the states know of me and that the best, such a good feeling but then I wana start to get big around the world now. The day I have a world tour will be the day where I'll be satisfied.
How are you planning on getting this big?
The easiest way is the media but they piss me off a lot, they can help you get to that point but sometime I can’t be arsed with them. Ima keep making tracks and that and hopefully i can get recognised through music channels and things like that.
What one thing would you say to potential fans out there?
I'm new; I'm good I know what people want from music now days and I can do that. My lyrics are sick and I'm sure y’all gona like em’. Mystic, watch out.
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