50 Cent & Susan Boyle Collaboration

My task was to produce either a magazine or CD cover of a 50 cent/Susan Boyle collaboration. In my front cover I put images of the two and separated them by a line with a heading of '50 cent & Susan Boyle to collaborate?' The positives of using photoshop in magazines is that it could attract more readers as men will buy a magazine if a good looking woman is on the front cover and also could attract other celebrities to pose on the cover if they think they will portrayed as good looking, however negatives of using photoshop on the front cover of a magazine is that it could annoy the person being photoshoped and also could lose readers if they find out that people on the cover are being photoshoped

College Magazine Contents Page

Music Magazine Genre

This blog piece is based on my ideas for my music magazine that I will produce such as the genre of music my magazine will be based on, the images I will use such as the main image and I will also show some examples of what I would like it to look like.

The music genre I personally enjoy most is Indie/Alternative rock and so my magazine will be based around this genre just like the NME magazine. I also have bought the NME magazine in the past and will use it as an example for the layout, contents, colours and images to use in my magazine.

The types of images I use will be off a 3 or 4 piece band such as this:

This picture is useful for a main image as it is quite a natural picture of a band, however I think in my magazine I will include images of a band or individual looking at the camera as this technique is used in quite a few music magazines. In my magazine I will also use images of individual people from a band such as this:

This image shows the individual looking at the camera, this could connote that he is serous about his music and we as an audience only concentrate on this, In my magazine I will use images of people with no facial expressions as I would like people to concentrate on the artists music, the picture is a neat one and includes some lighting which would suit the front cover of a magazine or even a page with content.

Music Magazine Front Cover Analysis

                       Analysis of a Music Magazine With Terminology

Here I have annotated a magazine cover of the Arctic Monkeys in the NME, I have showed where all magazine terminology is such as The masthead and Anchorage Text.

Magazine Termnology

As part of my magazine coursework, I will need to be able to analyse a music magazine using media terminology.  Beneath i have made a magazine of media terminology that can be identified on the front cover off or in a music magazine:

Masthead - The Name of a magazine
Headline - The title of a main story within a magazine
House Style - The colour scheme throughout a magazine
Main Image - Image of a person, object or people that is associated with the main feature or article in the magazine. Usually in the centre of the front cover.
Sell-Line - An introductory headline below the masthead, describing the magazine
Buzz-Words - Words & Phrases such as 'Exclusive' and 'Plus', used to catch the readers attention and to help promote features in a magazine.
Banner - A colourful banner across the page with text that helps promote an exclusive feature
Pug - Are located at the top left or top right hand of the front page magazine. Are also known as the "Ears of the magazine", normally free gifts are advertised here to grab the reader.
Puff - A graphic feature that is on the front cover to make something stand out. Normally presented with shape around a text.
Drop Capitals - A really big letter which starts of an article
Anchorage Text - Text that provides the link between an image and it's context
Caption - Text describing an image
Cover Line - Blurbs advertising the other topics featured inside the magazine
Barcode - A code & convention that tells us the price of a magazine on the front cover