1. Music magazine – ROCK Ashleigh Inniss-During

5. History Continued In order to contact Kerrang magazine I had to go on their website and find an email address so I can send them information. I sent them an email from my hotmail address basically saying explaining the task of my coursework and asking if they could send me information about Kerrang.

6. Continued This is proof that my message has been sent to the editor of Kerrang.

9. Classical Rock analysis The title Classic Rock is dominating the top part of the magazine. However the editors have put emphasis on the word ‘Rock’ to show who its niche market is. Most people who see the word FREE will be instantly drawn to a magazine. The guitar shows the electrical power the magazine will bring to the reader. The colours chosen complies with a rock magazine. The whole magazine brings vibe to the reader. Words in bold to emphasise the importance.

10. Rolling Stone analysis White background makes the writing and people stand out. The colour scheme is consistent. Black, red and white are typically associated with the rock genre. Show the rage and anger that a person can have. Hardly any writing on the page but the picture does all the talking You do not normally see the author of magazines.

11. Kerrang magazine analysis Black emphasises the darkness shown however the white writing allows brightness to come in. The title screams loud and the font is really noticeable although their heads are covering it. Two well known rock band group on the cover page to draw attention. Hardly any writing but the pictures make it effective in itself.

12. Magazines There is a comparison with all three Rock magazines, the colour scheme is consistent. The main feature colours they all use are red, black and white. These are the colours I am going to use because they are typically associated with Rock lovers and Rock itself. I would say that looking at these magazines Rock magazines do not use many words just pictures to express everything. The pictures of the person has to be well known because the picture does the talking and persuading to buy the magazine.

14. Audience Profile Ben is a sixth form student living in London and he is 18 years old. He spends most of his mornings listening to Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix whilst getting ready for college. On the weekends he is like a normally typical 18 year old going to clubs and gigs. He plays the guitar and has his own classic rock band called ‘ The Ways’. His first gig was at Fairfield Halls where it was a successful turn out. He is going to go on tour in April 2010 to Australia, America and Scotland.

15. Audience Profile Charlie is a 17 year old boy who loves all types of rock. He goes to college studying music and hopes to create a rock band. He wants to be as big as Metallica and Guns N’ Roses. After college he has guitar lessons with a guitar teacher to help him get into the rock business. On weekends he goes to parties and gigs with his best friends. He loves Rock music because it is way of letting out his anger and frustration out on the world. It allows him to express himself the way he wants to be.

17. Passion Before my preliminary task I had to go on a website called survey monkey in order to create a questionnaire. The questionnaire allows me to understand who my target audience, niche market and demographic is. Survey monkey is a website that allows you to conduct questionnaires and surveys. Using this website was very easy as the layout was not hard. The survey allows you to see how many people responded and answered questions.

18. Survey Monkey This is the website I used to conduct my questionnaire for my preliminary task. It is a very easy website to use

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23. Initial design This shows the progression from the flat plan to the actual front cover of the magazine. The use of consistency in the colours and the text shows that the magazine is of a high standard and resembles an actual rock magazine.

24. Progression From my preliminary task you can evidently see the progression from Passion to Psyckraze because of the layout and the use of colours and effects. With Psyckraze more effects and colours are used to fit the conventions and forms of the magazine. The space within Psyckraze is being taken up proportionally whereas Passion has spaces in the background behind the central image.

25. Progression… I believe that my magazine looks like an actual magazine, comparing it with Kerrang it looks like a real magazine because it complies with the conventions and forms. However I believe there could have been more writing to make it look less boring.

26. Final product My final product shows that I have used creativity and initiative from my preliminary task. I have used a wide range of technology i.e. Adobe software that I have not used before and have progressed in to a competent, able person who is confident in using the software.

27. Analysis From the central image, the group are looking in to the camera meaning that they are engaging with the audience. From the title and background of the front cover you can see that the genre of the magazine is Rock. It follows the conventions and forms of a rock magazine. The industry that this magazine will be in would be of a rock genre because this is what will be distributed The media literacy is understanding and using the mass media in an assertive way. The techniques such as the graphic design allows my media product to become more likely to be distributed in the market The production values describes the quality of my media product. I believe that the money and technology expended on it would be alot The representation of my media product symbolises psychology and why people act within a certain way.

28. Analysis The technology (machinery, tools and material) used to make this media product greatly impacted on the connotations and construction of this magazine. It helped develop my magazine into a high classed product. The psychographics of this media product makes it a more sophisticated form of demographic because it includes information of psychological characteristics of the media consumer such as attitudes, values and beliefs. The denotations of the magazine is a rock magazine aimed at mid teens to early twenties

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