Prezi evaluation :)

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new double page

new contents

new cover

Double page spread

photoshop practice

here is some practice I did on Photoshop with my edited version on top and the original at the bottom

Contents attempt #1

Front Cover Attempt #1

This is my first attempt at my front cover for my magazine.

Magazine Photos

Production Log

Genre choice

I have chosen the genre of my magazine to be based on alternative styles. This includes mainly alternative rock and indie bands. I will find this easier as this is the music I listen to and therefore will know more about it than rap or hip hop for example.

Results

questionaire

This is my questionnaire for my music magazine due to technical difficulties I have had to gather the information manually

Double page mock up

Contents Mock up

Mock up front cover

College magazine front cover

Double page spread analysis #2

Double page spread analysis

Music magazine contents page #2

Music magazine contents page

Magazine cover analysis #2

Music magazine front cover analyisis

Newsletter Analysis

The image above is the Deyes high school newsletter. We analysed this in class using Media terminology.
  The pencil line drawing of the school at the top of newsletter is an eye catching feature that may give the impression that the school is a defined and well respected establishment to parents. However this is an outdated image and therefore shows that the newsletter or the school has not moved with modern culture.
The Masthead of the newsletter is "Deyes High School" with the "Deyes" part in a larger bolder serif font than the "High School". This change in font makes the name of the school one of the first things you see when you pick it up.
However this is one of the only notable features as the rest of the newsletter is very plain and looks like it has just been made on Microsoft word that morning.
There is a dateline at the bottom but this takes more more space than a conventional date line on a newsletter going against the codes and conventions of newsletters. This date line is large and unsightly in a childish font lessening the professional look set by the sketch and masthead.
Behind all of this is a watermark of the Deyes High badge this indicates it is an "official" Deyes publication and conforms with the professional standard set earlier.
Above the dateline is the Specialist Science College logo this is the same size as the sketch an does not merit any special attention even though it is in the centre of the page.
To improve this newsletter I would completely redesign the look of a rushed job that this publication shows.

This newsletter is from St Ambrose Barlow which we also analysed. Unlike the Deyes newsletter this utilises colour which makes it more notable and appealing to the eye. It has used a "red top" which is used by tabloid newspapers such as the "Daily Mirror" and "The Star" which gives it an air of professionallity. However the font used is an informal sans-serif style of font which therefore dashes its potential of being a proper news publication.   There is also a column of contents down the side which is a useful tool for a reader. This also makes the newsletter seem like a web page with hyperlinks therefore giving it a contemporary feel. Like the Deyes letter the school badge is shown but it is in the corner adjacent to the strapline which states that Ambrose Barlow is a specialist sports with ICT college. The badge although being in the corner makes it seem more professional with its discreteness.
The newsletter further reinforces its newspaper "look" by setting the text in columns making it seem more appealing and well thought out to parents and students alike.
In the bottom left hand corner is a puff which says "summer edition" this is oddly placed and breaks the look of the piece.
I would improve this newsletter by calming it down and making it less chaotic.

In conclusion both newslletter front covers could be greatly improved however the use of colour and formal layout of the St Ambrose newsletter, in my opinion, makes it a better quality front cover than the Deyes High version.

Music Magazine Terminology

Mood Board

college magazine mock up front cover

My first attempt at a college magazine mock up 

Cohen's Moral Panic theory

Cohen's theory states that a moral panic is a person, a group of people or things in general that are a threat to society's values and interests. For example drugs, cancer, yobs, knife crimes and MP scandals are all classed as moral panics.

Alternatively, moral panics involve the construction of "folk devils" that need controlling, which leads to increased social control . This occurs during periods when powerful groups or ruling classes face troubled times. Eventually, the panic becomes a substitute for the real (and more problematic) social issues.

The media constructs these moral panics in order to make money and panic within society. There are five stages in the construction a moral panic:

1. Concern - the behaviour of a group are represented as being a threat the requires our concern
2. Volatility - this is a short lived period. Panic erupts but is difficult to sustain. There are negative consequences for the rest of us
3. Hostility - "folk devils" constructed to create a division between 'them' and 'us'
4. Consensus - there is a widespread acceptance of threat posed by the group. This does not always reflect nation concern, but the campaigner will be very vocal whilst opposition will be weak and disorganised 
5. Disproportionality - there is a wild exaggeration of the evidence presented against the opposition - everything from the number of people involved to the scale of the problem is exaggerated to create a moral panic  

Femnism

As a perspective for looking at media texts, feminists would see most media output as being the product of a patriarchal or male dominated order, aimed at dis-em-powering women. Feminism was the response to society's assumptions that women should be subservient to men; until the emergence of feminism women were treated almost as objects, passive agents in a male world.
Laura Mulvey created a theory called the 'Male Gaze', this  magazine , Q,  shows Lily Allen  in revealing and no clothes. This leads to assumption that this will make men buy the magazines, by just what is on the front cover of them 'objectification'.

Mulvey argues that people look at things in two different ways,

• Voyeurism- turning the represental figure into an object so that it becomes increasingly beautiful.
• Fetishism- Cult of the female movie star, celebrated for her looks but considered an object and often treated as one.

Brief of Coursework

For our Media coursework we have been asked to create a front cover for a music magazine with a contents page and a double page spread on one artist. For this task I will do research on different magazines and build up my knowledge of the area I will cover. I have also been asked to create a college magazine.

I will analyse two music magazine covers, two contents pages and two double page spreads. for my music magazine.
For my college magazine I will analyse one college magazine looking at the front cover and make one college magazine mock up.
I also have to complete:
A mood board
Production schedule
Venue release forms
risk assessments
front page mock up
contents mock up
double page spread mock up
photoshop practices
mock shots.