LIIAR Analysis

L-The language of this magazine shows what type of magazine it is, the photo is set out in a certain way and the way the model is posing gives off attitude. This suggests that the band has attitude and from the picture the audience can infer what genre of music the band is. All of the font on this front cover is the same, but the way it is laid out on the page. They have also used different sizes, this signifies to the reader which features are more important as some text dominates the page. The use of the tease device in the top right hand corner makes the reader enticed.

I-The institution of this magazine are the publishers which are © IPC MEDIA 1996-2011 .IPC Media produces over 60 iconic media brands, with print alone reaching almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men – almost 26 million UK adults – while our websites collectively reach over 20 million users every month.I-The ideology of this magazine is that it is aimed at people who are very passionate about music, it is also aimed mostly at people who are male. The NME has become more commercially aware by associating its self with some hair products an also promote NME as a brand in the form of the NME Awards. NME endorses the consumption of new indie music, which is made mostly by white male guitar bands and solo artists to an audience which is 70% male. It is one step ahead of the mainstream popular chart music. NME consider themselves to be serious about music and are always looking to be the next 'big thing'.

A-The audience of this magazine is varied, the ratio of male/female for this magazine is 73%/27%. the average age of people that buy this magazine is the age of 25, the actual target market of this magazine,the people who it is aimed at is Men aged 17-30, so the average age fits in,the reason that some teenagers do not buy this maybe because of their money situation.

R-This magazine represent the indie-rock, dance-rock band Gossip. Their clothing shoes what genre of band they are. The main woman on the front is making an effort to make eye contact with the audience by putting her glasses down so she is able to look at the camera, she is looking down at the audience which would suggest that she thinks she is above everybody else.

L- The language of this magazine shows who the magazine is aimed at such as age and gender. Also, the image on the front of the magazine of Eminem shows who the magazine is mainly aimed at, from the front cover the magazine is mainly aimed at males who like this type of music. The colour scheme of this magazine is black and red, the name of the magazine reflects and colour scheme as red is quite a vibrant colour.It does not keep the conventional left third, it adds text to the right of the magazine aswell. By using a sans-serif font, it gives the magazine the manly, blocked edge towards the audience.

I-The institution of this magazine is the people who publish it which is Intermedia Vibe Holdings, LLC. Founded in 1988 by Leo Hindery Jr. InterMedia has invested in cable television, broadcast television, print, programming, and broadband opportunities.

I-The ideology of this magazine is that is is aimed at people who might be interested in rap, or just might be interested in Eminem.

A-The audience of this magazine is balanced between female and male. This magazine has an audience of 2,400,000, 45% of the audience of this magazine is females read this magazine, where as 55% of the audience of this magazine is males. The average age of the people who read this magazine is 30.

R- This magazine may attract different people as an audience because of this picture of the front of the magazine, people who are interested in Eminem may by this magazine out of the blue. The way the cover star is posed, makes them look unfriendly. He looks directly at the audience with a slight glare to make him look more intimidating. His folded arms make him look more defensive, it also makes him look professional the way he is stood. He is wearing a vest top which allows him to show of his tatoos which makes him look more intimidating, also the tattos are a way the cover star expresses himself.

L-The language of this magazine is shown by the picture, the models pose gives off attitude. By the model looking at the audience, it engages the reader as the model is looking straight a them. Also, by the model putting her hood up, this may give the impression that she is reserved, she doesn't want to show herself, she is quite mysterious. There is a tease device 'FREE INSIDE' this makes the reader pick up the magazine and want to but it more than the other magazines as if has a free gift

I-The institution of this magazine is the people that published it which is © Bauer.Bauer Media is a division of the Bauer Media Group, Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations.

Bauer Media joined the Bauer Media Group in January 2008 following acquisition of Emap plc’s consumer and specialist magazines, radio, TV, online and digital businesses. Collectively, the Group employs some 6,400 people.

I-The ideology of this magazine, it is aimed at people who are passionate about music. It is aimed at someone who is very interested in new music and who really likes any type of music whether it be rock or pop.

A-The audience of this magazine is that more men read this magazine then women, 68% of the readers are male and 2% of the readers are female. The average age of the audience who read this magazine is 29, this shows the magazine is aged at slightly older people who are male.

R-The representation of this magazine shows how the magazine would want the model to be portrayed. By putting the hood up it gives the impression that she wants to come across mysterious. Also, she is not smiling at the camera, this also adds to the effect that she wants to come across mysterious to the audience.

This contents page shows a house style of the whole magazine, the colours mostly been red, white and black, this is what the colours would be like throughout the magazine. The style of writing which would be sans serif which is easy to read for the audience no matter what the age, it also makes the writing clear and easy to understand. The sub-heading such as 'news', 'radar', 'reviews', 'live!' and 'features' this makes it easy for the reader to find the article they want to read, to navigate around the magazine pages. The bigger story lines such as 'Kasabian got romantic in a church' this would be the ,main story of the magazine, this is why it is made a bigger part of the contents page, also the band is a large band and most people would know who they are, this i why its an advantage to get a big artist in the magazine. The band index on the side of the page would make is easy for the reader to find a certain band that they are interested in.

Music Magazine Brief

The front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, produced by you-minimum of four images.

My Feedback from my Magazine

My Feedback

“I like your magazine because the title is quite catchy and has an easy title and it rolls of the tongue nice! I think you could include more info down the left hand side to improve it but overall I would probably read it or pick up a copy.”

“I like it! I like your use of college and the splash of red and I love the way college magazine overlaps its different!”

“I like your magazine but I do not think I would read it as it seems to be aimed at girls, I don’t think I would be interested in reading it, but I like the layout of your magazine and I also think the name is very original.”

This feedback will help be to improve my magazine if needed, it also helps me in which of my magazine are the good parts, which I could put more of into my magazine.

My Evaluation

Media College Magazine – Evaluation

My magazine has the usual forms of a magazine; it shows all of the characteristics a magazine such as the left third, an issue number, the date and the mast head. My magazine doesn’t really challenge forms of a conventional magazine, it is the basic layout of a magazine that it would usually be. I have used a kicker such as the ‘2011 Art Exhibition’ this would get the readers attention because it the biggest writing other than the masthead compared to the rest of the writing on the front page. I also used teasers such as ‘Where do I go after Wyke?’ this shows that the magazine is not only for first years, but also second years as well, the would be able to read the magazine and get help on maybe applying to university, the fees of university etc. The person on the front of my magazine was deliberately working, the lighting is not too dark for the camera so it was easy to get a good photo for my magazine, I also had her looking at the camera like existing magazine do but also so she was engaging the reader by looking straight at them.

My magazine represents particular social groups, as the person in my picture on the front cover is wearing certain clothes, it would be aimed at the certain people who would fit into this group of people, my magazine isn’t really aimed at teachers to read, its aimed at the students as all of the information that would go into my magazine would interest students more than the teachers. The stories on the front show that my magazine is aimed at the teachers because they all involve things that only the students would take part in.

The audience would be the students at Wyke college, I think my magazine does this by the stories that are shown on the front cover, they would interest students that come to this college as they are about things going on in the college, also the person on my front cover give the impression that the magazine is aimed at the students because there is a student working on the front of my magazine. I did not aim my magazine to be at females but my feedback said that they thought it was a feminine magazine and most of the males that I asked about my magazine said that they wouldn’t read it because the person on the front may be giving the wrong impression of the magazine.

While constructing my magazine, I used Photoshop. I became more aware of what I could do on Photoshop so I was able to do more things to my magazine, I learnt a lot more skills as I was going along doing my magazine and because of this I now feel more confidant in using it. I used some basic skills to complete my magazine, and I also did more complex things to make my magazine better. Also, I used an online blog which I was able to use the features of this and learn how to upload pictures, make a new post and also follow other people on my blog, I also used Prezi, this is an online presentation which I was able to use which I would put on all of my ideas, my drafts and my research all in one place so I was able to see all of my idea, this allowed me to insert text/shapes/pictures form my files and put them onto my presentation.

My Contents Page

My Contents page of my magazine.

My Front Cover

My Front Cover of my magazine;

Photoshop Screen Shots

Print screens of using photoshop;

Here I opened my picture by going onto file then open.

Here I selected my picture that I wanted as my front cover and I clicked 'OK'

Here I typed in the name of my magazine by selecting the text box and typing in the title







Here I made the size of the text larger.






Here I entered the words 'college' and 'magazine' to the title in the masthead of my magazine.







Here I entered the first story on my front cover by typing it into a text box.

Here I entered the second story of my magazine by entering a text box and typing it in. I also entered a white band at the bottom of the magazine to put in some information.

 

Here I entered the main story on the magazine cover by putting in a text box and typing it in.

Here I inserted a picture onto the front of my magazine which supports the stories on the cover and on the inside of the magazine.





Here I inserted the 'Wyke' logo into the white band at the bottom of the page.

Here I inserted a red circle as a flash on to the front of my magazine.







Here I typed in the word 'FREE' into the flash to make the words 'FREE' stand out to the reader.

 Here I typed in the last story onto the front of the magazine, then  my magazine was finished.

I used this website to get the colour scheme of my magazine, this would make sure all tof the colours went together.