First Draft of DPS



This is the first draft of my DPS, it is the sort of layout I am thinking about for my actual piece. I didnt want to carry on the colour scheme from the draft of my front cover as I didnt like the colours from it being that bright, therefore i tried a different colour scheme. However, had i liked the colour scheme from the front cover then i would of carried it on. I am planning on using the same colour scheme in my actual DPS, front cover and contents page as it makes it look more professional and links every page in with each other.

I saw the photo of Lana Del Rey and thought instantly about putting the articles around the image, I really like the layout and think it looks really effective. I think from editing the image, the bursting red from the chair and ribbons round her wrists draws attention to the page. This is when I created the three colour, colour scheme and therefore went with red, white and black.

I plan on doing something like this for my actual DPS because I like it a lot, I want a bursting colour contrasting with black and white and a lanscape image so I can put it across both pages.

First draft

This is my first draft of my magazine cover. I am going to use a mid shot or a close of the model because i like the way the masthead goes over the head of the model. 

I am still under sided of what my magazine will be called, this is why i have just put 'Masthead' at in the place of the masthead.  

I love the photo the edit I have done, however when it came to adding the sell lines etc. and creating the three colour, colour scheme i found it hard because I couldn't find a good set of colours, a part from bright colours, that would stand out on the background so you were able to read it. This is the main thing I don't like; the three colour, colour scheme because personally I don't like vibrant colours therefore I would change this in the next draft.

Photo edits

Here are a few photo edits that we did in one of our lessons. The photo edits are of Biffy Clyro and Lana Del Rey. 

This is the original photo that we took from Google. 

First Edit- black and white with coloured background

 Final Edit with light effect

 Original image from google

First Edit- black and white with coloured flag

 Final edit with flames

Final edit with stars

Women & Home deconstruction

According to www.pressgazette.co.uk 'Women & Home' magazine sold 347,653 copies in the first half of 2012. The sales have gone down by 1.5%. I think this is mostly down to the recession as the magazine aims at older women and most women at the moment would rather put the money they spend on the magazine on other things such as; bills, food, clothes for their children etc. 

The magazine is clearly for older women as  the model on each cover is an older women. The content inside has information and help with fashion, hair and beauty, easy quick recipes, diet and health etc. 

This particular cover looks quite busy and therefore gives off the impression that there is a lot of good information inside. 

The masthead is very girly with an older style of writing that goes along with the attitude and age group of the magazine, the bold pink that it is in gives it this girly twist and makes it stand out of the page. The masthead is the first thing that i look at because of the font, but mainly because of the colour of writing. 

The model looks happy and is wearing quite old fashioned styled clothes with a twist of modern. The dark blue contrasts with the three colour colour scheme as it consists of white, black and pink. The dark blue of the white background makes the model pop out the page. I think there is too much pink used throughout the page as it feels like they are forcing the fact that the magazine is a women's magazine. Instead they could of used more black for the sell lines.

The sell lines are very overpowering as there is a lot of information in each one and every sell line overlaps the model and consequently send the focus of the model to the back. I think that by placing the sell lines like this on the page it makes it look very overwhelming. I don't like the sell line at the bottom of the page at all, it is far too big and takes over the whole magazine cover. The way it is laid out on the page with each line of the writing lined more to the right of the page each time it looks a messy and it looks like they are trying to take up as much free space as they can. With the big masthead at the top of the page and the big sell line at the bottom the space is very limited. I think there should be less sell lines and a bit more space. 

I like the use of different styles of fonts throughout the magazine as it makes the page look more interesting, each font links in with the attitude of the magazine as they look elegant and stylish. 

UGT and HNE

In the lesson  today we talked about the Uses and Gratifications Theory (UGT)  and the  Hypodermic Needle (HNT). We have previously researched about these theories individually for homework. Below is the infomation that i found.

Uses and Gratifications Theory
This theory is based on how people use media for their need and gratification. In other words we can say this theory states what people do with media rather than what media does to people. Gratifications can be obtained from a medium's content and from the social context it used . For example watching a specific programme, and watching TV with their family. Studies suggest that peoples needs and moods influence how they use and respond to a medium, for example, feeling bored results in them wanting to watch exciting content and feeling stressed encourages relaxing content.

Hypodermic Needle Theory

The theory suggests that the mass media could influence a very large group of people directly and uniformly by ‘shooting’ or ‘injecting’ them with appropriate messages designed to trigger a desired response. Both images used to express this theory (a bullet and a needle) suggest a powerful and direct flow of information from the sender to the receiver.

In todays lesson i learnt more about this theory, we recited from SpiderMan that says "with great power comes great responsibility" this was applied to the mass media as they are so powerful they can 'inject' whatever messages they want to into their audience.

We were shown The Sun's frount page of Arthur Scargill caught in the motion of a wave which unfortunetly looked as if he was standing in the 'Hitler Stance' with the masthead of 'Mine Fuhrer'. The print unions decided that the photo was too insulting and decided not to print it, therefore resulting in there being no photo on the front page with no masthead. Consiquently proving that the print unions were more powerful than the owner, Rupert Murdoch, as they went against his wishes of keeping it. Below is what the front page would of looked like and then what was printed.

 

 

Textual analysis of Vibe and Q

Vibe magazine

The first thing that captures my eye is the image, it is a close up of Kanye West and his pose is quite arrogant and therefore in a way captures your attention. His head is overlaps the masthead which could indercate that he is more important than the magazine.

I'd say the next thing that captures my attention is the headline next to the image that reads "the truth hurts Kanye West 'I am rap'". The words Kayne West and 'I am rap' draw me to read it as they are in a bigger font, bold and a different colour to the other sell lines. I like the way this headline is on a tilt, almost to match the image as Kayne's head is also on a tilt therefore they have made good use of that space. However, the space below the sell lines above the barcode and the bottom little corner there is a big amount of free space, it makes the page look quite boring. The designer's could of put more sell lines, social networking logos and information or a burst within that space to make it look like more is going on and therefore intise the reader in.

The masthead is across the top of the page in bold writing and in a different font to the other writing on the page. It stands out as it is in a vibrent colour. I like the title of the magazine as it could represent how this genre of the magazine makes the people feel when listening to this type of music.

There is a three colour colour scheme of pink, blue and black. This makes the magazine look more professtional and they are all eye catching, bold colours.

The sell lines to the right of the page are short and snappy. They are names of artist's which could mean what the reader would see within the magazine. Personally i dont like these sell lines as they dont say much about what is inside. The top right sell line looks out of place as it overlaps the masthead. To make better use of the free space below they designer's should have moved the sell lines down, however the other sell line with the artist's names look good and creative as they fit around Kayne's ear.



Q magazine

The first thing that i see is the bold red masthead at the top right corner of the page. It over laps the models head slightly suggesting that it is more important and dominates the page for attention.

The coverline 'The UK's biggest music magazine' stands out because it is in white on black in capital letters. The coverline is quite persuasive, it captures the reader's eye and draws them in wanting to read and buy the magazine.

The model looks quite dark and appealing to the eye and therefore might make reader's buy it. The mise en scene in the cover photo, such as her dark make up and black leather looking clothing is in tied with theme of the rock styled magazine. Along with this by using the words 'Cheryl Cole rocks' with the word rocks in bright red ties in with this theme and portrays the model as a rock chick. Underneath the model the magazine uses the model's song '3 words' to sell the story within the magazine.

Throughout the cover there is a three colour colour scheme of red, black and white. It makes the magazine look more professional and by using the bold colours it creates an eye catching cover.

The sell lines overlap the model slightly with the writing in white, red and gray. As you read down the sell lines they get smaller and consiquently arent as bold as the top of the sell lines. I find the smaller writing hard to read especially on the background that it is on i.e. the rain drops have a light sheen to them making the gray writing in particular difficult to read.

History of music magazine Vibe and Q

 

Vibe is a music and entertainment magazine founded by producer Quincy Jones. The publication predominantly features R&B and hip-hop music artists, actors and other entertainers. Quincy Jones launched Vibe in 1993, in partnership with Time Inc. Originally, the publication had been called Volume before co-founding editor, Scott Poulson-Bryant gave it the name Vibe.

 

After shutting down production in Summer 2009, Vibe was purchased by the private equity investment fund InterMedia Partners and is now issued every-other month.

 

 

 

Q has a mix of different genre's of music within the magazine. The cover models vary from Lady Gaga to Michael Jackson.The first issue was produced in October 1986 from then on the magazine publishs another issue every month. The circulation and readership in January - December 2003 was 800,000 and 950,000 and has dropped to 64,000 and 470,000 in January - December 2011.

 

Every issue of Q has a different message on the spine. Readers then try to work out what the message has to do with the content of the magazine. The magazine is well known for compiling lists. It has created many, ranging from "The 100 Greatest albums" to the "100 Greatest '100 Greatest' Lists".