Monday, 14 January 2013
Music Magazine project
For my Media project I am creating a music magazine. I will have to create a front page, contents page and a double page spread for a magazine which I will have to invent the name of. I will be doing some research on magazines to get some ideas on a typical proffessional magazine, and I will try to create a magazine which looks proffessional.
My project:
I will have to first chose a genre of my choice and attempt to fit the target audience for that genre. Then I will have to think of a suitable name for my magazine which links to the genre of my choice. Then I will have to research and plan how I will create my magazine or research all the steroetypes of the genre I have chosen. I will also have to take a few pictures of someone with a suitable shot angle/type or mise-en-scene which relates to my genre of music. Furthermore, I will be typing up my own article to include in my magazine. I will also need to research the props needed for a rock group or the stereotypical clothing. To get further information, I shall be creating a survey or have mini interviews with people to find out what they will like to see in a magazine or what they think will be a good addition to my music magazine.
Plan:
Genre: The genre I have chosen is rock. I have chosen this genre as I believe I have the most knowledge of the rock genre as I have grew up listening to the style of music and I have a rough idea how to create a rock magazine. I know the stereotypes of the rock genre and I am able to portray that in the magazine I am creating. I will need to look at other genres of music magazines so I can contrast or see what is similar. This will help me to be able to get the genre of rock correct when creating a music magazine.
Target Audience: My target is going to be from 14 years old to 40 years old. The reason being is that I believe I can create a magazine suitable for this age range, the target audience will be mostly male gender but also a little of the female gender as I believe woman can also be involved in rock music.
Magazine Name: I have chosen the name 'Shutdown' as it relates to the genre of my magazine. It also has a good catch to it and it will be remembered at first glance. Also the typography of the masthead relates to a electric guitar vibrating with the sound going through peoples, this is indicated in the rough edges of the masthead.
My project:
I will have to first chose a genre of my choice and attempt to fit the target audience for that genre. Then I will have to think of a suitable name for my magazine which links to the genre of my choice. Then I will have to research and plan how I will create my magazine or research all the steroetypes of the genre I have chosen. I will also have to take a few pictures of someone with a suitable shot angle/type or mise-en-scene which relates to my genre of music. Furthermore, I will be typing up my own article to include in my magazine. I will also need to research the props needed for a rock group or the stereotypical clothing. To get further information, I shall be creating a survey or have mini interviews with people to find out what they will like to see in a magazine or what they think will be a good addition to my music magazine.
Plan:
Genre: The genre I have chosen is rock. I have chosen this genre as I believe I have the most knowledge of the rock genre as I have grew up listening to the style of music and I have a rough idea how to create a rock magazine. I know the stereotypes of the rock genre and I am able to portray that in the magazine I am creating. I will need to look at other genres of music magazines so I can contrast or see what is similar. This will help me to be able to get the genre of rock correct when creating a music magazine.
Target Audience: My target is going to be from 14 years old to 40 years old. The reason being is that I believe I can create a magazine suitable for this age range, the target audience will be mostly male gender but also a little of the female gender as I believe woman can also be involved in rock music.
Magazine Name: I have chosen the name 'Shutdown' as it relates to the genre of my magazine. It also has a good catch to it and it will be remembered at first glance. Also the typography of the masthead relates to a electric guitar vibrating with the sound going through peoples, this is indicated in the rough edges of the masthead.
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Target audiences
There are many aspects of the rock genre which portrays to the audience of the obvious genre which the bands are associating with.
Costume & make-up
This is stereotypical of the rock genre due to his costume of the skull on the right side of his shirt. The skull symbolises the hard and unnerving style of the music and offers a form of escapism for the fans that they can relate too, so they can get away from there horrid life's and just listen to some music which relates directly to their life's, this is what rock music is all about. The colour black also symbolises the mood of which the rock genre creates in the mind of its target audiences. The harmful warning signs portrays the rock genre as dangerous and head banging to listen to. There isn't much make-up apart from dark, black eye-liner around the eyes to reflect a Gothic look which rock music is kind of similar to the Gothic style. The messy hair style is
Is this possible? This is possible as you could easily walk to the local clothes store and buy a black shirt and get some skull stickers.
Props
The genre of this bands music is clearly shown as rock genre. This is simply because the guitar is an electric guitar which is a symbol of any of the different kinds of rock. But this specific guitar, the ESP LTD Viper-300FM, is specifically designed for a sound which would only be associated to rock, a sound which makes the difference between rock and indie or pop or D&B. Also the design of the guitar is an all over skull rhythm design which is stereotypical of the rock genre.
Is this possible? This is possible as there are many ways to get hold of the same type of guitar without the decals in shops down Denmark Street, and then you could get your own rock type of decals to put onto your guitar.
Lighting
There is not a specific set of lighting which can be used for rock bands. This lighting however is from a live Pink Floyd concert stereotypes the rock genre as the random flashing lights in the still image indicates the lights are moving and switching quickly, which reflects rock music.
Is it possible? It could be done, but money limits what can actually be done regarding the stage and lighting.
Costume & make-up
This is stereotypical of the rock genre due to his costume of the skull on the right side of his shirt. The skull symbolises the hard and unnerving style of the music and offers a form of escapism for the fans that they can relate too, so they can get away from there horrid life's and just listen to some music which relates directly to their life's, this is what rock music is all about. The colour black also symbolises the mood of which the rock genre creates in the mind of its target audiences. The harmful warning signs portrays the rock genre as dangerous and head banging to listen to. There isn't much make-up apart from dark, black eye-liner around the eyes to reflect a Gothic look which rock music is kind of similar to the Gothic style. The messy hair style is
Is this possible? This is possible as you could easily walk to the local clothes store and buy a black shirt and get some skull stickers.
Props
The genre of this bands music is clearly shown as rock genre. This is simply because the guitar is an electric guitar which is a symbol of any of the different kinds of rock. But this specific guitar, the ESP LTD Viper-300FM, is specifically designed for a sound which would only be associated to rock, a sound which makes the difference between rock and indie or pop or D&B. Also the design of the guitar is an all over skull rhythm design which is stereotypical of the rock genre.
Is this possible? This is possible as there are many ways to get hold of the same type of guitar without the decals in shops down Denmark Street, and then you could get your own rock type of decals to put onto your guitar.
Lighting
There is not a specific set of lighting which can be used for rock bands. This lighting however is from a live Pink Floyd concert stereotypes the rock genre as the random flashing lights in the still image indicates the lights are moving and switching quickly, which reflects rock music.
Is it possible? It could be done, but money limits what can actually be done regarding the stage and lighting.
Monday, 26 November 2012
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