editting photos

Original photo


Basic editing on iPhoto

I adjusted the colour temperature, enhanced shadows, cleared blemishes and some freckles.

Mastheads

I decided on the title of the magazine to be called SHOOK. I thought as it is a music magazine, it should have a music related title and when you think of the word SHOOK you relate it to vibrations and movements which is what music is so I think it will be clear it is a music magazine.
The main masthead will obviously be the title so I started to look for that masthead first. I narrowed my choices down to these..

After looking at the possible mastheads I realised that they are either very plain or they are very bold and interesting with a lot going on. I then thought of the idea of putting a plain one and a more loud one together. 

Semantic field

Language to be used in the magazine:

Jazzy

Loud

Fresh

Riff

Merry

Guitars

Moody

Miserable

Heavy

Intertextuality: 

Clothing:

Topshop/Topman

Urban Outfitters

Nike

Fred Perry

Adidas

Music:

Florence & The Machine

The Vaccines

The Horrors

Friendly Fires

Festivals:

Glastonbury

Reading\Leeds

V

Social Networking:

Twitter

Facebook

BlackBerry Messenger

Hobbies:

Going to live performances

Skateboarding

Playing an instrument

Target Audience

Hannah Webster, 18
Favourite music genre - Alternative
Favourite artist - Jamie T
Favourite magazine - LOOK
Hobbies - Maths

Harry Ablethorpe, 17
Favourite music genre - Indie
Favourite artist - Bloc Party
Favourite magazine - FHM
Hobbies - Skating

Bethan Dilley, 16
Favourite music genre -
Favourite artist -
Favourite magazine -
Hobbies -

Maisey Farrell,
Favourite music genre -
Favourite artist -
Favourite magazine -
Hobbies -

Todays lesson

This lesson I have done further research on my reader profile by doing an online questionnaire using SurveyMonkey. This enables me to embed the survey on my blog for people to fill out and I can gather the results easily. I have also made further progress in my masthead for my magazine.

Reader Profile Questionaire

magazine language

After watching the powerpoint I realised how much thought goes into the front cover of a magazine.

-I learnt that in order to grab the audiences attention straight away, its better to put the title in the top left as we read from top to bottom, left to right, this means they automatically look at the title first if it is placed there.

-I also learnt some techniques used in the language which are often used. The three main ones are rhymes, alliteration and sibilance and intertextuality, which I learnt from the powerpoint means when words remind us of other media or phrases. These methods help engage the reader more and make the text more exciting, and are very effective.

-There are also a variety of sentence functions used on front covers aswell. The four are;
Declaratives : making a statement
Imperatives : giving orders
Interrogatives : asking questions
Exclamatives : suprise or alarm

All of these are used to engage the audience and are very successful and effective and I will corporate them into my magazine.