Finished :)

Re:  Dear Moderator

My name is Haydn Macmaster, my candidate number is 8021 and my center number is 16829
I have finished my media coursework and my music magazine, I have learnt many aspects of different software,     what media studies is about and I have enjoyed taking it as a subject. I hope you will enjoy my work as well as marking it.  

The Evaluation Of My Music Magazine

http://prezi.com/ay3w2gipq2kr/evaluation-of-my-final-magazine/
Here is the link to my Prezi evaluation, I hope you enjoy. 

Final Double Page Spread - Haydn Macmaster

This is my Final Double Page Spread for my magazine

On Wednesday 21st of March my class was asked to give feedback on each others magazine. After the feedback was given back to me I decided to post it on blogger to show that I am taking in the feedback my peers had given me and using it to create a better Magazine than it already is. Also knowing that my peers believe that my Magazine has an audience of rockers is good as this is what my Magazine aims for as its target audience.

Here is three of my peers feedback they gave me on my Magazine:

Millie:  
Q1: Who do you think the audience is for this magazine? How did you arrive at this idea?
A: Rock Fans, they way they are dressed in the images and the font used on the Magazine.

Q2: What genre is this music magazine? What is it about the cover which gives you this impression?
A: Rock, the impression of rock that is given to me is by the use of the colours black and white, the use of the guitar in the images, and the title itself 'Dr.Rock'

Q6: Are the images suitable for the content? Do they excite interest and provide visual clues for the reader?
A: the artists are good indicators and I like the plain grey serious background to keep that rock feel to the magazine.I liked the use of the guitar in the image as well.

Q10: If you were asked to suggest a way to improve this, what would you say?
A: The font is difficult to read on the artists t-shirt, try not to expand and compress the images too much.

Dominic: 
Q1: Who do you think the audience is for this magazine? How did you arrive at this idea?
A: The audience is aged between 16-22 mostly into rock music, and the name of the magazine made me arrive at the idea of the audience for this magazine.

Q2: What genre is this music magazine? What is it about the cover which gives you this impression?
A: Rock...

Q6: Are the images suitable for the content? Do they excite interest and provide visual clues for the reader?
A: Yeah, include drums and instruments in the images which the readers may also play.

Laura:
Q1: Who do you think the audience is for this magazine? How did you arrive at this idea?
A: I think the audience for this magazine is you people aged 16-24, that enjoy rock/indie music.

Q2: What genre is this music magazine? What is it about the cover which gives you this impression?
A: Rock is the genre of the magazine, the colours of the magazine also help to prove the genre of the magazine. also the font used on this front cover fits in with the genre of the magazine. 


From this feedback I can now start to improve on my magazine and also the feedback tells me that i am on the right track for a Rock genre magazine :)

Final Contents Page Magazine - Haydn Macmaster

This is final Contents Page for my magazine.

Final Front Cover - Haydn Macmaster

This is my Final front Cover for my magazine

Pictures for music magazine

 These are the pictures I took for my music magazine, there were many pictures/images to choose from but the final chosen are going to be used on my final magazine. Most of these pictures where not used but have been uploaded to prove these are my photos.

Interview On The Double Page Spread

I decided to type up the interview on Microsoft Word instead of filming the interview. The main reason for this was I couldn't get the artists to help record one, but I did send the band the questions and they sent the answers back for me to use in my magazine as legitimate information. Here is the interview below;

We at Dr. ROCK thought we would introduce a new band that we all think is the best upcoming band this year and decided to chuck some questions at the band members of See You At Nasa the new Indie/ROCK band.

Haydn: See You At Nasa, good to finally meet you guys.

Chris & Drake: Hey no problem.

Haydn: So I heard from your manager you came all the way from Harlow ? How was the trip up here ?

Drake : Yeah we're from Harlow in Essex it was a long trip bit it was worth it in the end.

Haydn: oh why was that?, beside the fact your being introduced into the rock world by the best rock magazine in England.

Chris: Well our manager was able to get us a gig in London today after the interview at the O2 Stadium where we began our musical career as backup vocalists and guitarists for A Day To Remember.

Haydn: Now I have to say that is a huge achievement! I am actually very jealous of you guys, I would of loved to play backup for them and I bet your fans would love to see that again!

Drake: Well they can! If they head to our bands website they can see all of our performances, our blog and latest news.

Chris: Don't forget the tweets and competition to meet us at our next gig!

Haydn: Oh sweet I may have to check it out myself. To the fans reading this magazine the website is www.SeeYouAtNasa/Awesome.co.uk guys have you got anything in-store for your fans this year ?

Chris: See You At Nasa will be touring this year in America and Europe so make sure we see you guys there!

Haydn: sorry guys that's all the time we have so ill have to cut this short any last info for your fans?

Drake & Chris: Yeah to all our fans....... See You At Nasa! 

Idea For Double Page Spread?

While deciding on the layout of my double page spread I had a look through my old gaming magazines to help me with layouts of a page or two. I saw this column which gave me an idea, to use the same positioning but use it as a fact file on the band, telling the readers about where they were from, their names, how old, favorite brands of clothing and their genre of music. I wast to sure at first whether or not to put it on the double page spread or the contents page, so I tested it on both and I preferred the fact file to be on the double page spread thus giving my contents page more room for images and text  which was a plus.

Double Page Spread Analysis - Haydn Macmaster

This is the analysis I done before creating my double page spread for my magazine, I have left comments on the page so I can go back and look at which aspects where most attractive and appealing so I am able to use them  in my double page spread.

These are the Outakes for our Mojo magazine task :)

This is the link to our prezi on the Mojo magazine
http://prezi.com/user/ldczfhxudc5_/

Font Title?

Chiller Font!

The text I would like to find and use for my magazine's title would be a font that would stand out and would symbolize the rock genre. I was able to look through Photoshop's wide range of fonts to find the correct font that really did stand out for me a spoke the rock genre. the font was called Chiller and I am very happy I found it.

Contents Analysis By Haydn Macmaster

Contents Page analysis by Haydn Macmaster

• Here is my analysis/review on a contents page of  my choice. I have stated the features of the contents page that I think are required in my magazine, from large text to the colours and the use of pictures/images, but i do have to concerntrate on the genre of the magazine and what the potential readers will want to see in my magazine.
  
  
  
  

Front Cover Analysis By Haydn Macmaster





This is both my Front Cover for my Magazine and my Contents Page I created When Given the task :)