This is the final outcome of the project magazine. I am impressed with how it turned out.
Friday, 8 May 2009
Evaluation Question 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I do think my magazine does represent a particular social group. This is because it features a lot of mainstream bands that you would expect to be featured in this type of magazine. I aimed to reach Pop-Punk fans I do believe I’ve achieved this but that doesn’t mean would only be read by them fans.
My masthead is all abstract and is bright red. This encodes the magazine is trying to reach out to that audience. The masthead looks like it’s had some wear and it looks like a logo you would expect a clothing line from that specific stereotypical readers would wear.
The main cover shot image I used on my front cover looks like a typical stereotypical Pop-Punk group because of the camera medium close up and the way they are positioned in the photo. This is lead to draw in not only Girls but also Guys as well because of the Male and Female members of the band.
Representations can be read in a number of different ways and its not just how they are portrayed to the reader its also how they are shown in the forms of text is used.
I do think my magazine does represent a particular social group. This is because it features a lot of mainstream bands that you would expect to be featured in this type of magazine. I aimed to reach Pop-Punk fans I do believe I’ve achieved this but that doesn’t mean would only be read by them fans.
My masthead is all abstract and is bright red. This encodes the magazine is trying to reach out to that audience. The masthead looks like it’s had some wear and it looks like a logo you would expect a clothing line from that specific stereotypical readers would wear.
The main cover shot image I used on my front cover looks like a typical stereotypical Pop-Punk group because of the camera medium close up and the way they are positioned in the photo. This is lead to draw in not only Girls but also Guys as well because of the Male and Female members of the band.
Representations can be read in a number of different ways and its not just how they are portrayed to the reader its also how they are shown in the forms of text is used.
Evaluation Question 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I think my magazine uses many features of a real life media magazine. Some of the mains features I have included is a masthead that would fit under a similar based media magazine. I made the masthead different and also colorful to pull people in passing by. This is done by many mainstream magazines. They use a simple yet effective logo and I have tried to recreate this with my “Absolute Punk” masthead. Also another strong point to pull readers in to the magazine is the main photo shot and the anchorage with it. I chose to use a group shot of people and use them to act like a normal Pop-Punk band.
I also added other features that you would expect to see on a magazine front page like “free posters” and other news section. I had to make it for other users that might not be interested by the cover shot but drawn in by something else.
I made sure the text on the front cover was bright and colourfull because this is what Pop-Punk music is considered to be. Songs based around a specific genre in music and this is how its portrayed with bright colours
I believe my front cover has challenged the forms and conventions of a magazine I would expect to see in that genre and would reach the target audience I have aimed for.
Installing fonts
Here I have the font I downloaded from Da Font and now I need to install it
To do this I went to the windows folder and then looked for the folder "Font"
Then I just copied the font from the desktop to the "Font" folder and let it install.
This is me doing an example in Photoshop
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Daft Interview
Interview
Q- First of all we’d like to congratulate you on the sweet success we’ve heard from your new album.
Emma Jo- Thanks,
Mikey- Cheers
Q- How did “This City Sleeps” start?
EJ- We started four years ago
M- Nearly five
EJ- It was a tough couple of years because when we first really got going Pop-Punk was sort of levelling off. Blink-182 had broken up along with other bands like Home Grown.
M- Other bands were starting to take their music in different directions rather than just the basic Pop-Punk
Q- Like how Four Year Strong and Set Your Goals has added Hardcore Elements to their music?
M- That’s right yeah they are rad bands and are really good at what they do.
Q- With the success of your last album been so high have you found it hard to follow up to the success?
EJ- Well actually we did when we came off the Warped Tour in the
Q- Yeah you was headlining so it must have been a pretty hard task to keep up
EJ- The tour was pretty intense and the crowds were just crazy every time.
M- It was our first time in the
Q- Anything funny happen while you were in the
EJ- I remember one of the after parties going on and not ending till mid day the following day.
M- Our sound tech guy Joe got hit in the back of a head with a bottle!
Q- Who was the best band you toured with?
EJ- All Time Low. On the Warped Tour we met them and they are such nice guys. It would be awesome to tour with them again sometime!
M- Silverstein. They are such a sick band.
Q- The hype that picked up for this new album “Tonight We Say Goodbye” was pretty awesome are you happy with the way the album was received?
EJ- It has been a lot more positive than we expected! It’s been our longest time in the studio and we wanted to come out with the best we could.
M- We knew after the release of our last album we had to step things up a gear
Q- What was the main influence for your music?
EJ- New Found Glory, Saves the Day, Blink-182 there’s a lot really!
Q- What do you like to do in your spare time?
EJ- A lot of relaxing but me and the rest of the band usually meet up and go to a gig or two.
M- A hell of a lot of parties I never get chance to see some of my close friends on tour so I have to make sure we have a sweet time when I get home.
Q- And Finally when’s the tour in the UK kicking up?
M-(Laughs) You will have to check our site.
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