The History and the Typical Content
Rolling Stones music magazine was founded in 1967, by Jann Wenner. He was a music journalist and aspired to meet some of the most famous rock legends, including John Lennon and Mick Jagger. So he decided to gather $7500 to start the first issue of "Rolling Stones."
Its main focus is on rock 'n' roll and alternative music, however it contains political views. The title "Rolling Stones" was said to be influenced by the 1950s blues song "Rollin Stone" by Muddy Waters. The magazine was said to be 'countercultural', it was a different sound to what was usually heard in that era. However Wenner didn't want the magazine to be just about the music but "everything that embraces it."
Many writers have made their name by publishing their work in the magazine, such as Hunter S. Thompson, Cameron Crowe and others.
However one of the most controversial magazine cover was the nude cover featuring John Lennon. But it was the first to sell out of the magazine. This made others pose nude for some issues, including singer Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson and Jennifer Anniston.
Since 1970, Rolling Stones has already been different, by changing the frame to all the other magazines. They've done this by increasing the size of a typical magazine being 8.5 by 11 inch, to 10.5 to 15 inches. It stayed this size for the next 30 years, however after extensive research they found that the readers did not approve of this size and so they changed it back down to the regular size in 2008. The rock magazine sales have fallen from 189,000 to 132,000, it is still recognised as an iconic music magazine.
The types of people that this magazine relates to is mainly people that enjoy rock 'n' roll music, the statistics show that 52% of men purchase the magazine with the remain of 48% being female. The general age is about 38 years old. This doesn't surprise me as this genre of music was particularly popular when this generation was young, and have therefore they have stuck to what they enjoy listening to.
Friday, 26 September 2014
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Contents Page
Evaluation:
Our cover has the same colour scheme through out which is white and red. This has been shown by the writing and the colours shown throughout the picture, we used these two colours as they are our school colours.
We have chosen this picture as it shows the school in a positive way, with the students representing how they feel during school times. This is an action shot as they have been caught doing an everyday activity. The contents page is a contrast from the main cover image as we have shown younger students in the daily school life here and sixth form students on the cover.
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
David Carson, Ray Gun
"David Carson is the "grunge typographer" whose magazine Ray Gun helped explode the
possibilities of text on a page."
David Carson is a famous initiative and a very creative graphic designer. He has won over 170 awards for his graphic design, some being "best overall design" and "cover of the year". He was employed in 1992 by Martin Scott (the publisher) to start his inventive work on Ray Gun.
Carson is now well known for his role of art director in the alternative, rock magazine, Ray Gun. This is a magazine that experimented with the 'laws' of magazine design. Carson essentially took the norm and completely changed it. Usually the 'popular' magazines like 'top of the pops' stuck to the identical master heads and continuous layout of the magazine for each issue. But the abstract and unusual design of Ray Gun made it stand out and manifest in this unique style, no - one had yet accomplished his kind of vision before.
One famous front cover he designed was where he had used a font that only included symbols for words (and even Carson commented that he classed that as boring in an interview). He had made his own front cover unreadable, yet it had just seemed acceptable to do this in a music magazine, as it almost goes well with the music genre, being alternative and indie.
David Carson left the magazine in 1995 and moved on to do work in New York in his own studio. Ray Gun had its last issue in January 2000 with issue no. 74, with Nine Inch Nails on the front cover.
possibilities of text on a page."
David Carson is a famous initiative and a very creative graphic designer. He has won over 170 awards for his graphic design, some being "best overall design" and "cover of the year". He was employed in 1992 by Martin Scott (the publisher) to start his inventive work on Ray Gun.
Carson is now well known for his role of art director in the alternative, rock magazine, Ray Gun. This is a magazine that experimented with the 'laws' of magazine design. Carson essentially took the norm and completely changed it. Usually the 'popular' magazines like 'top of the pops' stuck to the identical master heads and continuous layout of the magazine for each issue. But the abstract and unusual design of Ray Gun made it stand out and manifest in this unique style, no - one had yet accomplished his kind of vision before.
One famous front cover he designed was where he had used a font that only included symbols for words (and even Carson commented that he classed that as boring in an interview). He had made his own front cover unreadable, yet it had just seemed acceptable to do this in a music magazine, as it almost goes well with the music genre, being alternative and indie.
David Carson left the magazine in 1995 and moved on to do work in New York in his own studio. Ray Gun had its last issue in January 2000 with issue no. 74, with Nine Inch Nails on the front cover.
Monday, 22 September 2014
The Four F's
Format
This is the specific layout, the way you want to present your magazine to the audience. The format is an important feature as it's what sets your magazine apart from the rest, what makes it unique to others. It includes
Its about all the articles and stories that make up the magazine. Its more referred to as the editorial content, where the editor depicts which article to include in the specific issue, how long and the size of the writing. Its all the different sections that the magazine is made of.
The framing helps to organise and present the information that the magazine wants to show to the reader. It's known as "the action, method, or process, of constructing making or shaping anything whether material or immaterial" Framing consists of things like the margin, the gutter and also the outer page. It defers from each magazine and like the format, it usually stays the same so that the reader finds it recognisable.
This is the specific layout, the way you want to present your magazine to the audience. The format is an important feature as it's what sets your magazine apart from the rest, what makes it unique to others. It includes
- Master head (which is commonly consistent, the same throughout out all issues)
- cover lines
- price and bar code
- images
- And everything else
Formula
Its about all the articles and stories that make up the magazine. Its more referred to as the editorial content, where the editor depicts which article to include in the specific issue, how long and the size of the writing. Its all the different sections that the magazine is made of.
Frame
The framing helps to organise and present the information that the magazine wants to show to the reader. It's known as "the action, method, or process, of constructing making or shaping anything whether material or immaterial" Framing consists of things like the margin, the gutter and also the outer page. It defers from each magazine and like the format, it usually stays the same so that the reader finds it recognisable.
Function
This is why the magazine is published. Why do people buy it, for the specific music genre, up to date news or for health and fitness. Its what the magazine wants to showcase to the reader, the message.
Saturday, 20 September 2014
Southfields News Analysis
In our magazine cover we used a range of techniques to entice our target audience, which is the students.
We decided to use a female model as it is a typical feature on magazine covers. The model relates to a lot of the readers as it is someone who they should aspire to be like when they are older, especially as we've capture them doing work and learning in school. This helps to promote the school as well, because it gives off a good first impression. This picture also reflects the students as we have used modern technology to enhance the image.
Are master head is called "Southfield News," this is so straight away the audience know what the magazine is about, school. It makes the magazine predictable and they expect new information and up to date news on the school. We used the colour white as it depicts the school colours well.
The cover lines are in red as that is again another school colour. They are short and bold so that the audience can quickly read them and see if they are interested in the news. We decided to pick these specific stories like "Winner of Eco School" and put it in the left third, as we thought that it was the most significant story to this issue of the magazine. It makes the school look eco friendly and shows that we care about the environment, that we are trying to make a difference. This sort of promotion is important to put in our magazine as it is something that parents and students will care about.
The smaller pictures at the bottom are used so that we can include other students and make sure that we are interacting with all the years. One picture is showing a basket ball team. This shows as well that the school have sports team that might encourage other pupils.
We decided to use a female model as it is a typical feature on magazine covers. The model relates to a lot of the readers as it is someone who they should aspire to be like when they are older, especially as we've capture them doing work and learning in school. This helps to promote the school as well, because it gives off a good first impression. This picture also reflects the students as we have used modern technology to enhance the image.
Are master head is called "Southfield News," this is so straight away the audience know what the magazine is about, school. It makes the magazine predictable and they expect new information and up to date news on the school. We used the colour white as it depicts the school colours well.
The cover lines are in red as that is again another school colour. They are short and bold so that the audience can quickly read them and see if they are interested in the news. We decided to pick these specific stories like "Winner of Eco School" and put it in the left third, as we thought that it was the most significant story to this issue of the magazine. It makes the school look eco friendly and shows that we care about the environment, that we are trying to make a difference. This sort of promotion is important to put in our magazine as it is something that parents and students will care about.
The smaller pictures at the bottom are used so that we can include other students and make sure that we are interacting with all the years. One picture is showing a basket ball team. This shows as well that the school have sports team that might encourage other pupils.
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Sounds of Music
There many different types of styles and genres in music. they explore a range of emotions that people are feeling at different times.
Here are some of the main genres
Here are some of the main genres
- Pop
- Rock
- R&B
- Rock 'n' Roll
- Jazz
- Heavy metal
- Grime
- House
- Electro
- Country
- Dance
- Blues
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
School Magazine Cover Analysis
Main
Image – By putting a young teenage girl on the front cover, it
helps the target audience (the school students) to help relate to her as its someone who they recognised. Using a pretty female on the cover has similarities to the national magazines as this is a technique they use to help sell their magazines, placing a female so that younger people want to be like her and aspire to be her in the future. It seems to appeal to both genders.
Main Title – The use of the master head named after the school makes it clear and recognisable to the students. It's subtle yet the use of having a different font to the rest of the cover helps it to appear more enticing.
Cover
Lines – These specific cover lines already are
keeping you up to date, notifying the audience how there is a “graduation
ceremony.” By placing important and informative statements on the front cover
it suggests that its information that the reader needs to see, therefore they
are interested to find out more, it seems that the magazine doesn’t give too
much detailing away, keeping the reader needing to read further. The cover lines however are not place in the left third making them not the specific vocal point of the cover.
Images – The smaller images means that the rest of the school are involved into the magazine. It is showing of the achievement all around school and showcasing what they have done and where they have been. Being in the left third it suggests that its what the school want people to notice, how they do offer different experiences to the pupils. |
Friday, 12 September 2014
The Conventions
In any piece of media there will always be conventions. These features are the ones that will grab the audiences attention and sell.
The most important conventions to include are
Master head: Its what the audience will know the company for. The main display name (mainly used in magazines or newspaper) Its the visual branding which is specially designed to be unique and easily recognized.
Main image : A certain image will be used to interest and interact with your audience. The image should relate to that specific media at that time.
Cover lines: After great competition in the 1950s to sell the magazines there became a bigger use of cover lines. these are distributed around the main image however they are sometimes misused and too many are placed around the main image and there for difficult to read with all of the colours.
Left third: This is considered one of the most important parts of the magazine, this is what the reader sees first, it usually consists are short cover lines to interest the reader.
Dateline: this is to show when the magazine was published, however a monthly magazine is usually at the news stands a month before the cover date.
The most important conventions to include are
Master head: Its what the audience will know the company for. The main display name (mainly used in magazines or newspaper) Its the visual branding which is specially designed to be unique and easily recognized.
Main image : A certain image will be used to interest and interact with your audience. The image should relate to that specific media at that time.
Cover lines: After great competition in the 1950s to sell the magazines there became a bigger use of cover lines. these are distributed around the main image however they are sometimes misused and too many are placed around the main image and there for difficult to read with all of the colours.
Left third: This is considered one of the most important parts of the magazine, this is what the reader sees first, it usually consists are short cover lines to interest the reader.
Dateline: this is to show when the magazine was published, however a monthly magazine is usually at the news stands a month before the cover date.
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