Monday 12 December 2011
Production
I used Adobe Photoshop to complete my front cover, I found this easy as I am familer with using this software and could nagivate my way round it easily, this helped save time as we did not need a demo lesson to use it we could just get straight onto completing the front cover. I had to plan my front cover before actually doing it, this gave me time to conduct research about what my target audience would like to see in the magazine. We had 6 lessons to complete the the front cover. Using photoshop I started the front cover for my music magazine by firstly doing the minor parts of it such as the Main title, the positioning statement, the website, date and issue number. I used effects on my title to make it stand out, such as bevel and emboss. I then added the main picture and the bar code to the front cover, I cut out the main image from a background using polygonal lasso tool which helped me cut it out more accuratly. Then I added the bar code. I then added coverlines and put bevel and emboss effects on it, so they stand out. I have added a main headline, a box and text at the bottom that have some of the smaller stories inside, also I added the price onto the bottom of the magazine, and I added another cover line onto the top in a circle, this will stand out as this is an important story, but not as important as the main headline so therefore it doesnt need to stand out as much.
Contents Page
Using Quark Xpress was a new software to me, and I had to take time to get used to it, I got to grips with how to use it in the demo lesson- this was time consuming but worth it as I wouldnt of known what to do, and therefore more time would of been wasted. It was good using Quark as you get to really see what its like to make a magazine. We took 2 lessons to make this.
Double Page Spread
We used Quark Xpress again to make our double page spread, this was easy as we had previously used it to complete our contents page, this saved time as I was familer with using this software. We basically only had to use one page as the other image dominated the other facing page. This took 2 lessons to complete.
Questionnaire
Questionnaire
Please could you take
the time to complete this questionnaire?
1. Do you think the colours that I have used on the
products- Front cover, double page spread and contents page, look like indie
colours?
Yes
No
2. If so why? _______________________________________________________________________________
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3. Do you think that Indiependent looks like an Indie
magazine?
Yes
No
4. Would you buy the magazine by looking at the front cover?
Yes
No
5. If so, what makes you want to buy it?
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6. Name three things that you like about my magazine.
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7. Name the main things that you would change about the
magazine, if there is anything.
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8. Would you pay £2.30 for the magazine?
Yes
No
9. If not explain why and what you would pay.
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10. Do you think that the colour scheme is consistent?
Yes
No
11. Do you think that everything anchors in with each other?
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12. Do you think that the cover lines on the front cover
makes you want to read and buy the magazine?
Yes
No
13. If so why?
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14. Do you think that the images are relevant to the stories
in the magazine?
Yes
No
15. Do you think that the main storyline on the front
magazine looks interesting?
Yes
No
16. If yes, why does it draw you into wanting to read it?
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Rough layout of double page spread
For homework, I sketched my double page article onto two A4 peices of paper, we did this so it is easier for us to change before we completed it on the computer. It was also good to sketch it out before actually doing it because if we did it wrong we would be able to just rub it out rather than deleting all the work on the computer- this saves us time, so then we have more time to improve the work that we have done.
This is the image of the article that I will be using, I will be typing out the main lyrics of the song that I made up, and then adding doodles to the work to make it look like Kate Nash had wrote the lyrics herself. Making my own A4 sketch to start with before actually making it on the computer will save time.
This is the image of the article that I will be using, I will be typing out the main lyrics of the song that I made up, and then adding doodles to the work to make it look like Kate Nash had wrote the lyrics herself. Making my own A4 sketch to start with before actually making it on the computer will save time.
This is the article, I wrote it out before actually putting the work on my blog, as I could get a teacher to proof read it to check for spelling mistakes and puncutation errors. This helps me as I can see the layout of the page before doing it so I know where I'm working from when I get onto the computer.
Production of double page spread
This the the article I am going to use for my double page spread, we wrote it and then had chance to redraft it after our teacher had read through it to make improvements. This is my final piece.
This album explored Kate’s past and showed everyone that she didn’t care, and that she liked to be different. Kate says “I want to say that I don’t care, but everyone’s human and if people slag you off it’s not nice”. She has her own opinion on everything, as we can clearly gather from this relating this to her unusual song titles that she has came up with, “Mouth Wash” We would see this as abnormal, but to her it would mean something.
Moving forward in Kate Nash’s career, after the Made of Bricks album her
career rocketed up and then in 2009 she made My Best Friend Is You, she dedicated this album to her boyfriend Ryan Jarman who she has been with for a number of years. In this album the song titles show us that they could relate to her boyfriend Ryan by using names such as, ‘I just love you more’ and ‘You were so far away’.
Kate has built up her career by helping others when she had spare time she would spend it helping others such as helping to produce a teenage band called Supercute! Kate took a huge role of helping them produce their first album. Kates soft spot came out by using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, Kate managed to spread the word about a young girl who needed help called Tilly who lost her hands due to meningococcal diease. Kate set up an auction site on eBay to help donate money to this five year olds parents, so she could have a start up fund to eventually buy her own pair of hands. She has also recently formed after school clubs for students who are interested in the music industry.
We haven’t heard much of Kate Nash over the past year, as she has been in the recording studio for the past year, working on her latest album, Nash has been working with William Orbit, Mark Ronson and Cameron McVey on her third studio album which will follow up from her last album, My Best Friend is You. Could this be a different direction for Kate? Due to working with Mark Ronson who mainly specializes in dance music. In January 2011 Kate Nash exposed that she was working on a new upcoming album and will be releasing it in 2012.
Back in 2007, with the release of her just studio album Made of Bricks, Kate Nash announced herself to the world. Looking up to idols such as Kathleen Hanna, Billy Childish and Lydia Lunch helped make this album how successful it is today as it topped the billboard 200 at the number 36.
Moving forward in Kate Nash’s career, after the Made of Bricks album her
career rocketed up and then in 2009 she made My Best Friend Is You, she dedicated this album to her boyfriend Ryan Jarman who she has been with for a number of years. In this album the song titles show us that they could relate to her boyfriend Ryan by using names such as, ‘I just love you more’ and ‘You were so far away’.
Kate has built up her career by helping others when she had spare time she would spend it helping others such as helping to produce a teenage band called Supercute! Kate took a huge role of helping them produce their first album. Kates soft spot came out by using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, Kate managed to spread the word about a young girl who needed help called Tilly who lost her hands due to meningococcal diease. Kate set up an auction site on eBay to help donate money to this five year olds parents, so she could have a start up fund to eventually buy her own pair of hands. She has also recently formed after school clubs for students who are interested in the music industry.
We haven’t heard much of Kate Nash over the past year, as she has been in the recording studio for the past year, working on her latest album, Nash has been working with William Orbit, Mark Ronson and Cameron McVey on her third studio album which will follow up from her last album, My Best Friend is You. Could this be a different direction for Kate? Due to working with Mark Ronson who mainly specializes in dance music. In January 2011 Kate Nash exposed that she was working on a new upcoming album and will be releasing it in 2012.
Production of photographs
In todays lesson I gathered the material I need to start producing my magazine.
I took these photos for my Front Cover:
I took these photos for my Double Page Spread:
I took these photos for my Front Cover:
- The main image on the front cover, was took various times and I had to change it once, as it was not suitable so therefore I had to change it to make it suitable for the front cover.
- I took a print screen of my front cover and imported it onto the Contents Page.
- Large headphones on top of an AMP.
- A picture of 'The Editor'
I took these photos for my Double Page Spread:
- A picture of just some bricks
- A picture of a map
Thursday 8 December 2011
Article Research
Information on Kate Nash
Kate Marie Nash (born 6 July 1987) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. Following intensive touring Nash had what she described as a "proper breakdown". Nash experienced a relapse of obsessive-compulsive disorder, which she had a mild case of as a child. She has railed against the anemic model figure, noting in an interview with the Daily Telegraph that she herself is a "curvy size 12.
Nash started her career in 2005. After several gigs, she uploaded her music to MySpace. She found a manager for herself before seeking producers for her music
Nash performed at numerous festivals including Wireless Festival, Bestival, Electric Gardens, Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading and Leeds, Oxegen and T in the Park.
As a small job Kate joined a punk band called The Receeders.
Nash was born on 6 July 1987 in Dublin, Ireland and grew up in Harrow.
On 2 September 2009, Nash began using her MySpace and Facebook pages to help spread the word of a young girl called Tilly who lost her hands due to meningococcal disease. She used an auction on eBay to help donate money to the five-year-old girl's parents so that she can afford to have her own pair of hands.
Nash is going to be working with the teen indie pop band, Supercute!, producing their first album.
I want to say I don't care, but everyone's human and if people slag you off it's not nice," says singer-songwriter Kate Nash.
Kate Marie Nash (born 6 July 1987) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. Following intensive touring Nash had what she described as a "proper breakdown". Nash experienced a relapse of obsessive-compulsive disorder, which she had a mild case of as a child. She has railed against the anemic model figure, noting in an interview with the Daily Telegraph that she herself is a "curvy size 12.
Nash started her career in 2005. After several gigs, she uploaded her music to MySpace. She found a manager for herself before seeking producers for her music
Nash performed at numerous festivals including Wireless Festival, Bestival, Electric Gardens, Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading and Leeds, Oxegen and T in the Park.
As a small job Kate joined a punk band called The Receeders.
Nash was born on 6 July 1987 in Dublin, Ireland and grew up in Harrow.
On 2 September 2009, Nash began using her MySpace and Facebook pages to help spread the word of a young girl called Tilly who lost her hands due to meningococcal disease. She used an auction on eBay to help donate money to the five-year-old girl's parents so that she can afford to have her own pair of hands.
Nash is going to be working with the teen indie pop band, Supercute!, producing their first album.
However, I also think it's important not to be bland and if people didn't hate you, then people wouldn't really love you either. So if you have people who don't really like you, then it's a good sign," she theorises.
I want to say I don't care, but everyone's human and if people slag you off it's not nice," says singer-songwriter Kate Nash.
She released her second album, My Best Friend Is You, and says she has had to learn to ignore overly-critical reviews.
My Best Friend Is You is talking about her boyfriend that she has been with since 2007.
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