Final DPS( double page spread)

Final contents page

Final front cover

Evaluation Question- 7 -Looking back at your preliminary task, what doyou feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Evaluation Question- 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Here is my evaluation question 6. The soundtrack is of my artist HMK

EVALUATION QUESTION -5- HOW DID YOU ATTRACT/ADDRESS YOUR AUDIENCE?

EVALUATION QUESTION- 4 - WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT?

Evaluation Question- 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation Question- 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups

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PART 2

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Here are 3 video's that answer my evaluation question 2.

Evaluation Questions- 1 -In what way does your media product use ,DEVELOP or CHALLENGE forms and CONVENTIONS of real media products?

Evaluation questions from hasharsenal

Changes to Double Page Spread

Changes to Contents Page

Changes to Front Cover

Changes suggested to my Front cover

Changes suggested to my DPS

Editors Letter

Distribution research for a hip-hop magazine

Distribution research for my music magazine

DPS Picture photo -shopped

Evaluation Questions

Changes to my front cover

Changes to my DPS

Interview with my artist

1.      Why did you want to become an artist?

Music is in my blood, ever since I was young I have loved listening to music and I was always inspired to produce my own songs. I always had the passion and the drive to create unique sounds .I feel performing was one my strengths and the two just tied together naturally. My uncle and my cousins are involved in the music scene and they motivated me to push myself and push boundaries with my music.

 

2.      What has been your biggest achievement?

Everything I do I see as an achievement. Every performance, all my concerts I see as an achievement. The best thing in my career so far is being sponsored by Talent Academy. I was honoured when sponsored me, it was a good feeling to know a big company could see and support my talent.

3. What was the key to your success?

NEVER STOP GOING AND ALWAYS BELIVE IN YOURSELF.  Look after fans and they’ll look after you.

4. How is it like having a big fan base?

It’s a part of being famous (laughs). I am grateful to my fans and thank them for following and listen to my music. I always greet my fans like they are my family, you have to show respect to them and you will get respect back. The bigger the fan base the more money you get (laughs).

5. How did you feel when reaching the final of Oxford’s Got Talent, and how did you manage with the disappointment of not winning the competition?

It’s not a disappointment, I see coming second from hundreds of people, I see this as an achievement. The winner Owais, he’s a close my friend and on the day of the final he borrowed my shoes which I think is why he won the competition, just joking. I see myself as a winner I managed to secure sponsorship and Owais didn’t even though he won.

6. How do you separate your private life and from your social life?

I don’t, Music is my life. It has its place in all aspects of my day to day be that work, pleasure on my own or with friends.

7. What should we expect from latest album Mix-tape?

It’s being released in the summer but there will be many singles which will all be in my Mix-tape. Hope you enjoy my latest songs but they are going to be AMAZING. It will be mostly Hip-Hop but with some mainstream music as that the current trend and that the kind of music which will increase my popularity.

8. Which person influenced you to become a hip-hop/rap artist?

Lupe Fiasco. His music was real from which I got associate myself with. He was different from other artist at the time that was the reason I liked him. I still listen to his music as it gives me inspiration to achieve what he has and become like him one day.

 

9. What is like performing in front of a crowd?

The moment before going on stage can be nerve racking as you don’t know what to expect and what kind of crowd is out here, your mind has to be focused on the task ahead. When you’re on the stage you just have to have fun and enjoy yourself because if you enjoy yourself other will as well. Every stage as its own thrillers. The biggest stage I performed was at the O2 academy and it’s exciting as you have many people in the crowd, so you enjoy yourself as you are performing against other famous artists.

 10. Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?

“HOPEFULLY SIGNED”, I want to be signed by a big record labels like Rocca-fella or aftermath. That’s my dream. I want to be signed by someone who will sign me as I am and let me record my music the way I want. Signed my someone who will grant me the right to publish my own music and just LET ME BE ME. I am currently signed by a local record label called BG Records they help and support me with my music.

11. What is your message/advice to other upcoming artist?

“Be yourself, you will always have hatters and whatever they say should come in through one ear and go out the other”, as there are many people who will envy you and will want to bring you down so don’t listen to them. You also have to do whatever you want and not let others people’s opinions change you. Live your dream and stay true to your sound and yourself.

Feedback for my frontcover

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I got some feedback from Ms Burne on how to improve the front cover for my music magazine.

Using photoshop for my front cover

Here is the picture for my front cover which I have photoshopped. The first picture is before I used photoshop and the second and after using photoshop.I have cut out the person because there was the shadow ( can been seen in the pictures below) I have also used the patching tool as the artist had some spots on his face and I removed them.

Interview with HMK

This is the interview I have conducted with HMK.  The interview will be written up on my double page spread. This interview told me about the life of HMK.

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FONTS for masthead

Here are some of the fonts I found which can be used on the front cover for the masthead. The masthead for my magazine needs to be bold and stand out because I have been looking at various Hip-Hop/Rap magazines which gave me and idea of what type of font I should use. The conventional font for a Hip-Hop/Rap is something that standout and is bold. I will be using the 3rd font on the list above because it will get the attention of the reader as it will stand out with other magazines.

Shot List

Here is my shot list, this will help to take the pictures for my magazine, this informs me different angle form which I need to take the pictures and from and other important things like what accessories should be used. I gathered the shot list by looking at other Hip-Hop/Rap magazines and looked at the conventional photos included in the magazine, and from this I picked out the photos which I like for my magazine and will now take those pictures but with my artist.

What is Hip-Hop/Rap?

Questions for my Artist (HMK)

Here are the questions which I will be asking my arists, this is because on my DPS, I will be wrting up an interview from HMK.


1. Why did you want to become an artist?

2. Have you always had a passion for music?

3. What has been your biggest achievement?

4. What was the key to your success?

• This will give the readers key information about how to be an good artist.

5. Which person influenced you to become a hip-hop/rap artist?

6. How is it like having a big fan base?

7. How did you feel when reaching the final of oxford’s got talent, and how did you mange with the disappointment of not winning the competition? 

• I will be asking this question because this will give an insight to readers about Oxfords Got Talent.

8. How do you separate your private life and from your social life?

9. What should we expect from latest album "our time"?

10. What is like performing in front of a crowd?

• This will tell many people how to overcome the fear about standing up in front of a crowd.

11. What is your message/advice to other upcoming artist?

12. Where do you see yourself in five years time?

• This will tell the ambitions of the artist and tell readers what to expect from them.

How can you prepare successfully for a interview?

What do you think you need to consider before planning your interview questions

·         What do your readers already know about the artist?

·         What do you readers want to know about the artist?

·         What is the artist best known for / what do they want to be for?

·         What are you going to try to find out that no other journalist has managed to discover/write about?

·         What angle do you want to take to make your article fresh and new?

 

Feedback for my flatplan

I got feedback for my flatplan from Ms Burne. This feedback was helpful as it will improve my final magazine. It will also benefit me by it making my magazine look more realistic. I will imply the feedback on my magazine which will help me improve the magazine and make it took as a professional magazine.

 

On the front cover, the feedback I got told was:

§  It’s Conventional

§  It’s good that all the text was aliened to the side.

§  Like that the picture of the artist is a mid-shot.

§  Like the “HMK THE RISE TO FAME” as it’s bold.

§  That there is a quote from the artist and he is pointing at it.

§  The barcode at the price is in the bottom right Connor.

 

I also got feedback on the content page.  I was told that it was:

·         Its conventional

·         The layout is good as it as 3 pictures.

·         I was told the columns should be equal width

·         Was also told to swap the picture at the bottom left with the editor’s letter.

·         The way ‘contents@ is written.

·         Have the text aliened with the edge of the page.

 

Here is the feedback I received for my Double Page Spread, and I was told:

·         The layout was good because there’s one picture on the A4 page and the other page is the interview.

·         The Pull quote next to the artist is good because it created a feeling as if the artist is speaking to the reader.

·         The text needs to aliened next to the page edge.

·         Like the page number, with the web address at the bottom right Connors.

 

Reader Profile

This is Pharez Kumar he is 17 years old. He attends oxford Cherwell Valley College in Bicester and travels every day from Oxford. He currently works in Jack Wills in Bicester village. He loves listing to RnB , Hip-Hop and rap. He wants to work in the music industry , he also plays the guitar and the piano. He loves to beatbox and performed at Charlgrove festival. He also buys the XXL music magazine which gives him an insight on the current artist in hip-hop/rap and it also tells about the current fashion trends. He also loves sports and his favourite sport is football as it keeps him healthy and its a group sport so he can play with his friends. Pharez has been to many live concerts as he believe you should support the artist you love so he has been to concerts live Watch The Throne by Jay-Z and Kanye West as he is a big fan of Kanye West.

Flatplan- Double Page Spread

Here is my flat-plan for my double page spread(DPS) . On the double page spread one page will consist of a pictures of HMK my cover artist. I have also not decided on the colour scheme. The fast-plan of the DPS will help me structure my the DPS. It also gave an insight on the difficulties faced in planning a magazine and how to overcome them.

Flatplan- Content Page

Here I have the flat-plan for my contents page. I have not yet decided on what coloured will be used. I have decided to use 3 pictures on the contents page with also have an editors letter. By making a flat-plan for the contents page it will make it easier for me to know where everything will go. I also learnt how hard it is to make a magazine and the difficulties faced when making a magazine.

Flat Plan-Front Cover

Here is flatplan front cover for my magazine. It has a mid-shot of HMK the artist which will be the main person for my Hip-Hop/Rap magazine.I have not decided on the colour of my magazine yet. I research other Hip-Hop/Rap and looked at the layout.Most Hip-Hop/Rap have one artist on the front cover which is the main foucs. I also inlcuded the artist name in big font as most Hip-Hop/Rap have the artist name in a bigger font.

Sample Photos

Here are the pictures I have taken today. These are a sample for me to get use to the camera. It showed me about the lighting and about the different features of the camera. I also learnt about how to take pictures from different angles. I also learnt about the angle of gaze and how that is important when taking the pictures and where the eye level should be. This will help when I will be taking photos for my music magazine and will give the skills I need to take photos best of my ability.

Photography lesson

In today’s lesson (23/01/12) we have learnt how to take and make a picture. We used the SLR camera and learnt how to use on different modes. We used the Manual mode and that showed us how the camera reacted and how to take pictures in manual mode.  We have also learnt about the how to use the ISO in our pictures.ISO is do with the lighting of our picture and I tried take pictures on different ISO and saw how it affected my pictures.  He have see how to take pictures from different angles and the lighting. We have also been taught about the shutter speed of the camera and how hat will affect the pictures and what speed should it be for our pictures. In the lesson we have also learned about the aperture. Aperture is a hole or an opening through which light travels, we learnt how to set it and how will it change the picture.

Help to make my flat plan

Here I looked at some hip-hop/rap magazine to see what kind out stuff is included in a music magazine. I look at the front cover, content page and the double page spread. This gave me help and inspiration on how I should make my flatplan.

Important Codes & Conventions of a Hip-Hop/Rap Music Magazine

The most important codes and conventions of a music magazine based on my research are:

The colour used in a magazine are key feature of a music magazine because the colours are the first thing that the reader will look and if they are dull the reader won't pick up the magazine. have also learned that there are normally three to four colours used all through the magazine this is because it ,ales it easier to read for the reader and makes it look neat. The artist on the front cover are normally wearing the same colour clothes as one of the colour which links into the colour scheme. Every music magazine has a different colour theme this is because it gives it different and a distinctive look.

The picture which is used on a font cover of a music magazine front cover id normally a mid-shot( from the waist to the head) this is important because it show the reader the posture of the artist and how they are dressed but they can still be the facial expressions.the picture is also normally placed in the middle and starting from the heading all the way to the bottom. The angle of gaze on magazine is at the reader which can make the reader feels as the artist is looking at them.

The font is another important part of a music magazine because it has to look appealing to the reader for them to purchase the magazine so by using basic font such as Arial it will not attract the readers attention and they ,ay not purchase the magazine. Normally in a magazine one font is used all through the magazine but the font size changes only this is so it makes it easier for the reader or read the magazine.

Video of HMK -

Here are some of the video of HMK. He is my chosen artist. The first song is called dear bother and he made his own lyrics . The second video is of him performing at Chalgrove festival.

Response from HMK

I recently asked an artist called HMK if he could help me with my media studies coursework. I have now received a reply and is excited as he said YES. I choose this artist as he is himself an hip-hop/rap artist and know all about the genre . He has preformed at the O2 academy many times and was the finalist at Oxford got Talent.

Possible artist from my music magazine

I have found an artist called HMK. He was the first person I thought of when wondering which artist I can arrange and ask to feature in my magazine. He is an upcoming Hip-Hop/Rap artist and loves his music. Here is a picture of him at performing at Chalgrove festival.

Flatplan Research

This week I am going to start planning design my flatplan. The thing I need to include and remember when designing my flatplan are:

• It must be as detailed as possible with text and colour completed. It should look like your completed magazine will do (apart from your interview).
• You should show how your research has influenced the design of the flatplan and should include a minimum of 4 different images.
• The design can and will change and adapt but you must always explain and justify these changes.
• At the end, the finished magazine should be recognisable from the flatplan

Market Research, Focus Group

The information gathered from this focus will help me to make my music magazine. It will tell me how much the customers who pay for a magazine, what they like about the magazine and what would make them by the magazine.In this video I compared 2 music magazines, I concentrated on the front cover, content page and the double page spread. By comparing the magazine it told me what customers would look for an magazine e.g interview from the artist.

Type of Research

Focus Group Questions

Front cover
 What size font wold they like on their front cover?
 How many artists would you like on the front cover?
 What kind of camera shot and camera angle you want for your pictures?
 What is the difference between the magazines, and how one is better?
 Which kind of hip-hop artist you like on the front cover? Young, old, what gender? Men, women
 How is the layout on the magazine and what catches your eyes?
 What kind of clothing do you the artist to be wearing on the front cover (how should they be dressed)?
 Where would you like the artist’s picture to be on the front cover?
 What kind of accessories/props would like the artist to be wearing? E.g. earrings, gold chains, ring.
 Do you want the artist to have tattoos and should they be visible?
 How many colours should I use and what should the main colours be?
 How is one magazine more appealing than the other?
 Where do you expect the barcode to be?
 Do you want the price to be clearly shown and should it be next to the barcode?
 Should the publisher’s logo be next to the barcode?
 Does the background need to be plain and white or should it have different colours?



Content page
 How many pages do you expect the in a magazine? In weekly and monthly
 How many pictures do you expect and of what kind? Pics from concerts, etc.
 Do you prefer having a blurb next to the page number and page title?
 Would you have an editor’s letter on the content page?
 How many fonts would you have, and the font sizes?
 How many colours would you use? Does white and black need to be included?
 Do you want the magazines logo on the content page?
 Next to the page number do you want the magazine’s web address?
 Do you want the date of the magazine on the content page and where would you expect it to be?
 What type of background do you expect?
 Where should the writing be placed and of what font size?
 What do you think of the way, they have written the word ‘content page’?
 Do you want the preview of the next magazine at the bottom of the page?

Double page spread
 How many pictures do you want on it?
 What kind of articles would you expect? E.g. life story, their achievements, what they want in the future, about their music?
 How big do you expect the pictures to be?
 Would you have a quote from the artist next to his/hers picture?

Market Research - Questionnaire Answers

4. What does Hip Hop/Rap make you think of?

• Gangsters 

• Gangs, violence, weapons 

• Money, girls, drugs, guns, violence, cars etc. 

• A misjudged misunderstood genre. And also good car music 

• Money, gangs 

• Culture 

• Makes me think about how people can make it to the top starting from hoods 

• Girls 

• Violence and hope and girls 

• Money, gangs, black people 

• Black people and how they feel, good music 

• Fame, money 

• Smokings weed girls. But sometimes it gives us important messages. 

• VIOLENCE, Black people 

• Music 

• I think its quire good 

• MONEY 

• Gangsters, money 

• 2pac, gangsters, guns, gangs 

• Violence 

• VIOLENCE DARKNESS DANCING BREAKDANCING 

• Slang, stereotypes gansta talk. 

5. What do you like to know about an artist when reading an interview?

• How did they get in the music industry.

• There music 

• Gossip 

• Their specific routine when making a track. Like how they write lyrics and approach instrumentals and   also how the whole editing procedure works 

• About there success and how they made it 

• Biography 

• Their interests and funny moments 

• Their struggle 

• Struggle 

• How they became famous 

• How they came up with their music and what inspires their music 

• There struggles and how they over came it 

• What their next move is and how they are inspired to write music 

• Who they're dating, when they're releasing one 

• Personal life stories etc 

• About his early life and how he became 

• Their Background 

• About how their lifestyle are like. 

• How they got famous 

• Hobbies Kids 

• HOBBIES SKINCARE ROUTINE WORK OUT REGIME FAVORITE SHOPS 

• New songs and releases maybe personal info 

In my survey I conducted I found out that people most likely to pay under £3 for a magazine. Also people purchase magazine by looking at the artist on the front cover so in my magazine I need to have a famous artist and it needs to cover the whole page. I also found out that when people think of hip-hop/rap they think of gangs, violence, girls, money, drugs and culture. So when making my magazine I need to include these things on the front cover and the content page. Most people like to know about the history of the artist. So I might have an interview from the artist on the double page spread. From my research people also buy magazines because of the features/cover stories so I also need to include it when making my magazine.

Music Magazine Survey Questions

1. Have you ever bought a music magazine?

• Yes
• No

2. If so, how often?  

• Never
• Sometimes
• Often
• Regularly

3. How much would you realistically expect to pay for a music magazine?  

• Under £3
• £3-4
• Above £4

4.What would encourage you to buy a music magazine?

• Artist featured on front cover
• Features/Cover stories
• Colour scheme
• Exclusives
• Freebies/promotions
• Price
• Competitions

5.  What does Hip Hop/Rap make you think of?

6. What do you like to know about an artist when reading an interview?

Target Audience?

·         My primary target audience for Hip-Hop/Rap music genre would be :

Ø  Gender: young males

Ø  Age: 16-20

Ø  Social Background: Lower and working class males, students in still in education and young males who are looking for a career in the Hip-hop/Rap industry.

·         The secondary target audience would be:

Ø  Gender: young females

Ø  Age: 16-20

Ø  Social background: Lower and working class females, students in still in education and young females who are looking for a career in the Hip-hop/Rap industry.

To attract these target audience I conducted some market research in the form of focus groups and questionnaire. The magazine needs to be for both set of gender so the front cover needs to look appealing both to both men and women, I will do this by having a large font size for the maskhead, the teasers on the front cover, I will also have famous artists concrete review. The magazine also needs to be inspirational to those people who are looking for a career and those who are interested in the Hip-Hop/Rap world, this will be by having upcoming artist, and there will also be information on music competitions and how to enter. The masthead needs to be appealing to both sets of gender, this will be done by using 3 main colours and having red as one of the 3 main colours the font needs to be bold so it can attract the reader.

Different types of Hip-Hop/Rap magazines

Here are a variety of different hip-hop/rap magazines. There are different in the font size, the amount of people on the front cover, the price and many other things. This data of different layout and differences in magazine will help me with the layout of my music magazine. Most of the magazines have 3 main colours which are red, white and black, and in most of the magazine red is used a lot. The angel of gaze is also straight and the artist is looking at the reader. Most common shots on the front cover are a medium-close up. There is also the artist name next to there picture, the name is normally written in bright colours so it attracts the customers to read the magazine. 

Word Cloud of HIP-HOP/RAP Artists

Coachella Concert 2012 Hip-Hop/Rap

Coachella is a music festival held in Indio,California, United States. It is held every and many of the world famous Hip-Hop/Rap artist preform here. It is one of the biggest music festivals in the United States.It is a three day events with others artist from different genre's such as rock adm imdie preform here.The concert has many different stages for different music genre's.

Hip-Hop/Rap Record Labels

Vibe Music Magazine Analysis

In this music magazine theses are the following points I would like to include in my music magazine:

Give teasers on the front cover .
Use 3 colours with 2 of them white and black .
Add a web address and the published date on the front cover.
Use Sans Serif text as it is simple and easy to read.
Have a little preview of the pages next to the page number.
Have a large picture on the Content page which needs to be a mid-long shot.
Have a preview of the double page spread on the front cover.