http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles

I find if i look at the charts i find who is most popular at the moment in the music industry in britain. When i have seen who is i will then take that artist and crate my own like them and use them for my magazine.

USP {Unique Selling Point}

A unique selling point in a print product is used to sell the product to the public. This would be such things as different coloured fonts on the front cover and the picture which is chosen to go on the front cover so that it would appeal to who ever your consumer market is. for example

In this front cover we see USP in the font such as "wanted" even though this front cover is german we still see where the font is outstretched in different colours so that the buyer reads the cover and wants to buy the magazine to read inside.

Front page idea's Contd ...

Used colour in the text to bring out the cover more and enhance picture creates USP unique selling point.

Used black and white clothes on artist and then connected the text in with what the artist is wearing so black and white text and clothes go together which i what i want to use in my magazine. The colour is then put in through the name of the artist and the information inside the magazine which most sticks out and makes you want to read inside which is also a USP.

Double Page Spread Idea's ...

For my double page spread i will go somewhere along the lines of this double page spread. With the colours from my contents and front cover i will crate something like this ^ above, i like the use of bold boxes and text to outline the different pieces of information and quotes. In my duble page spread i am going to use this and ouline the quotations in my feature artist's article.
 
I like this double page spread it fits in with the artist! i have always taken a fancy to the pages which draw their fonts and colours into the artist and in a way match up with them. i want to use this technique in my double page spread by use fonts and colours to tie in with what the artist for example is wearing i.e. colours and so on.

Content's Page Idea's ...

I like the feel of this Q magazine contents page as it is plain simple and straight to the point. I want to use this in my magazine contents page and tie in the fonts and colours to my front cover so that  they are organised and matched. The feel i am getting from the magazine i want to create is a plain simple easy to read but trendy music magazine.


I like the style of this contents page also. if i could use another photograph that i have taken with the contents page like this I feel that I could create a little more interest i one of the pages that you would think would gather interest anyway but contents pages are not really looked at even though they tell us what pages and information is in the piece of text you are reading. But with another up fornt face picture it hink i could creat e more interest.

Front page idea ...

I want to create a front cover image along the lines of this GQ magazine cover. I want to tie in the font and colours in the font to the picture as shown in this front cover. I feel it gives a more set out and organised feel to the cover and makes a unique selling point to the buyer.

Feedback 16/11/10

Hello! 

a) Dont forget to follow the 'Before You Blog'! sheet ...

b) Also dont forget to label each post- by copying the title of your post into the bottom left labels box on your post!

c) Be detailed in your analysis and comments on images etc...

d) and remember to make your blog creative! You can add different elements to make your research and planning more creative .. how you present your research and planning is up to you e.g.

- images (scanned drawn images, phtotds you have taken as a record or ones you find on the Internet)

You can also label ,contents pages and feature articles on Word and put them into your blog posts (Using command , shift and 4 keys and it will save as a JPEG image)

- videos ( from youtube - or even ones you film of yourself discussing your R and P)

- Graphs and Charts - e.g. top 20 album chart etc...

- links to websites you found useful while researching

- Audience research - make questionnaires or write questions and film people giving their responses!

Remember that you must continue this for homework to complete it all to a good standard...

Miss McNulty

Here are some links to some interesting blogs...

http://www.alevelmediastudies09-11.blogspot.com/ : Really good magazine blog

http://www.wix.com/dementedpics/demented-pics-2 (look at their Thriller research and then Thriller directors research!)

http://yaleblock1mediaproject.blogspot.com/: Really good opening sequence and blog