Friday, 23 November 2012

Task 10 Part 5




 Looking back at the feedback I received from my peers on the college magazine I feel my technical and creative skills have developed over time.when doing the college magazine I concentrated and spent more time on one part of the magazine than the rest . I think I've done completely the opposite for this magazine after receiving feedback  from the college magazine.In addition I've also  learnt how to use the software's in-design and Photoshop effectively like changing the lighting of the photographs on and using  the rulers correctly by keeping everything within the boarders photoshop. however there's is still a lot more to learn.


Task 10 Part 4

  Which elements of the magazine do you like?

Task 10 Part 3

How do you think  particular social groups are represented- fans of particular music, age groups, defined by social class /gender / ethnicity..? Are these representations positive, negative, mixed?

Task 10 Part 2

   What could be improved?

Task 10 Part 1

who do you think the targeted audience is ?

Friday, 16 November 2012

The Lighting Set-up for my photoshoot



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The Reflector - The reflector reflects the light onto the model
L1 & 2 (Lighting) - the lighting lights up the subect. where my lighting is the ligt lights uo the relecton and the light refelects onto the right side of the objeck/model
Black colourama





My magazine DPS





Who inspires you ?



"All the real old school R&B singers like Aaliyah, Lauren hill, Salt-N-Pepa.They know what REAL music is."
If you wasn’t famous musician what would you be doing now?

 
"Mmm that’s a hard one. I know it would be based around music. Maybe working with young adults trying to help they figure their musical talents.





If you could tell your fans three things what would it be?
I would tell them…

Whenever I meet a fan and I’m in a bad mood they always make me smile and make everything alight for that minute it reminds me why I wake up at these crazy hours to produce theses tracks.
 
Umm I’m very thankful for them supporting me , even when people were and still consistently trying to bring me down andddd I’ve got a new album coming out in a few months "

What got you into music and why did you want to make a career of it?
 
when I was younger me and my two cousins used to put on little shows for my granny in the living room every Sunday after dinner and for my twelfth birthday my dad got me my first keyboard and ever since then I’ve written my own songs and learnt how to play a variety of instruments.
What do you like to do in your spear time?

I’m my spear time I just RELAX. My schedule is just hectic so there isn’t a lot of time. I try a lot to make time for my family.

If you could work with anyone the industry who would it be ?

Justin Bieber! I think he’s unbelievably talented. It’s incredible. I don’t know if I would of survived coming into this industry and his age. I would have tripped over the first hurdle.

What’s your favourite childhood memory?

My favourite childhood memory is playing here come the bride on the piano and my parents wedding.


Who was your biggest crush when you was younger?

my biggest crush was Usher and Tyrese Gibson.Mainly Tyrese he’s the love of my life
 
Aren’t you scared of the real

Nevaeh getting lost behind all the fame?

I’m not cared of the real me getting lost behind the fame because I will always be real with myself. And if I not real with my Self I know I have people around me that would defiantly put me

in my place. Like my mum.


 

Where do you see yourself in 8 years?

the music industry is very unpredictable you can climb your way up to the top and within a minute you can drop all the way back down. Hopefully in 8 years I would be a worldwide R&B Artist that’s well known and hopefully met the right guy: D!

My magazine Front Cover


Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Task 7 - Audience research for the proposal presentation

After presenting my presentation on Prezi most members of the audience enjoyed my presentation as it was well laid out and included all the main points however others thought the presentation didn't prove enough information the the piece rage of the magazine  ore over some of the audience agreed with my publication and decided to change from their publications to Times Inc because of the information provided.  when creating ,y magazine i would take all the points into consideration to improve my magazine.

Friday, 19 October 2012

Task 5 - Magazine Newsstand


Magazine news-stands have the magazines purposely positioned in a certain way to highlight its main stories the attract the audience They are positioned/designed in the style of ‘imaginary three pieces’ all the main points of the magazine are designed to be placed on the left third of the magazine which is the first thing the audience sees. The main image is positioned in the middle of the front cover. Stereotypically the image portrays its importance as it is positioned on top of the title as audiences are commonly interested in image and not the magazine name. The masthead is placed at the top in bold, shown to be the first visual branding of the title in the ‘imaginary three piece’ and is often done in a specially designed typeface to be very recognisable and unique towards the audience. The main cover line is on the left to present the main story of the magazine visible to audience view. On this news-stand the freebies are positioned on the left showing the audience they are getting more than what they bargained for, saving money in the process.

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Distribution of magazines can be advertising/promoting ( direct distribution) – direct distribution is where the product is  in consumer’s hand in stores where they can  pay upfront which can be a positive output as people can look through the magazines before actually purchasing it, checking if what’s in the magazine fits the persons criteria of interest. However A disadvantage can be individuals just coming to look and read through the magazines knowing they aren't going to purchase it. This makes the company of the magazine and store lose money, which gives them no choice but to place a sign in sight of the customers to see (saying something like )This is not a library please don’t not read unless you are going to purchase it . Advertising/ promoting of distribution of magazines can be Apps on smart phones on purchasing magazines, postal subscription benefiting publishers which then guarantees sale. It’s an advantage to the audience as they wouldn't have to travel to the store they could just download it on the on the other hand downloading these apps can make your phone go slower.

One of the ways in which publishers choose to distribute their magazine is by handing out free magazines handouts selected venues/ big events and social gatherings where the target audience could potentially be. This then advertises the magazine promoting it to huge range of different people, whereas they will be likely to spread the word about this particular magazine as they are free more of a variety of individuals are more likely to stop and take simply because its free especially people who are in a rush one disadvantages of this form of distribution is there’s no form of profit made. People producing the magazine will have to find the money  elsewhere other than money being made from the magazines

 Another type of distribution is online distribution now the biggest method of distribution whether is free or paid for. Subscriptions are very simple as all you need to do is enter a few details about yourself and then you automatically receive the magazine and online this can be done via computer , tablets and most smart phones. E-zine’s are an electronic version of a magazine quite similar to an e-book




Postal subscription is a part of distribution as it’s posted to your front door. This is a popular was of
Distribution as it doesn’t require you to leave your house as it’s delivered to your doorstep. The publishers are guaranteed to have a sale from this type of distribution. As the audience is a cheaper way of subscribing and there’s a chance to receive free gifts

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Task 4 - Evaluation for the preliminary task

The feedback I received from members of my class was that my front cover and contents page were good but the front cover was much better as I spent more time o n it and it was shown through the quality of my work. One person said the colures on the front page of “LSC’s Little Extra”worked well together however the texts could be slightly larger as a member of the targeted audience wouldn’t have been able to see the text from far. Another student didn’t like the colour scheme as they said the colors red, black and white are used in every magazine and me using it isn’t making my magazine stand out. Tina Another student said LSC was really represented only on the contents page where one of the students has the LSC id around his neck. However she said the layout of my magazine worked well and that contributed to the attraction of my magazine. With the audience feedback I now know how to possibly make my magazine better, changing the font size and colour etc. When producing my main task I will consider trying and testing out different colour schemes, layout of the magazine and the representativeness.

Task 3 -Preliminary Task: LSC magazine & Evaluation