what are Magazines

What are magazines?

Magazines is a publication which has been published physically as a print or electronically published. Magazines are usually printed regularly following a certain schedule and they usually contain a range of content for the reader in order for them to be satisfied by one of them. Magazines are typically and mostly financed by adverts because they are simple to put in magazines and display to a targeted  audience. They are also paid by people who like their magazines and would like a monthly or yearly supply of magazine these people are called subscribers and pay for the magazines regularly.

The different Genres of Magazines?

Hip-Hop

These are magazines which update the reader about the latest hip hop news and usually have an interview with a different rapper. A Hip-Hop magazine conventional has a Hip-Hop artist at the front cover of the magazine. They also usually have a plain background behind the artist, they do this in order to ensure that the artist is the main focus of the magazine cover. This also used since it is extremely effective in grabbing the attention of the artist target audience since the stand out more. Furthermore, Hip-hop magazine usually have red fronts since it is aimed at males using red show dominates and power. They do this because the rapper are usually seen as powerful and inspiration artists. The category that the audience of this genre fit into is E and D, this is because they are usually teenage audience which are interested in this genre of music. 

Pop

These magazines focus on the pop side of music and also talk about fashion and rumors since it involves a lot of gossip. These Magazines also use celebrities on their cover pages to attract their target audiences attention. This genre conventionally uses a pink colour scheme since it is aimed at a female audience and by using pink they can remain feminine. This is good because it allows them to relate to their target audience which is good since they are able to gain more consumer of their magazines. The category of this magazine genre would most likely be E since it is aimed at quite a young audience and since they language is so very simple the audience might also be an uneducated audience. The Background of this magazine genre usually has a lot images but still makes the celebrity the main one.

Rock

These magazines focus on rock side of the music industry and keep their audience up to date about their favorite rock stars and when the next concert are going to be held. These type of magazines get different artists on the cover each week since it would attract different fans as they would see their favorite band each time. The conventional colour scheme of a Rock Magazine is usually black since it gives the artists a dark and mysterious look. This is a good colour scheme as it collaborates well with the rocks star theme of black. The demographic of a rock magazine is also in the E and D category this is because it is aimed at a you individual who lack escapism and are interested in dark music. The Background of a rock magazine is that it is usually black or has props in the back.

Print media

What is print media?

Print media is a collection of newspapers or magazines and inside of these there are 2 types of labor divisions. The first one is reporters who are the ones who write the newspapers, their main role is to research into interesting or crucial news for the public to read about. The second division of labor will be editors, these people are the ones who assign people their work, edit stories content and decide what to story to print.

Advantages of Print media.

Print media is a good way to provide people with information which is good because people would actual consider buying newspapers and magazines since they provide them information they might be seeking, for example they can allow to know how the whether will be today or a magazine would tell you about you favorite artist merchandise. Another advantage of print media is that can be aimed at many different types of target audiences since they come in different styles. for example their are different types of newspaper aim at different group of people with different reading capabilities. this is because newspaper and magazines use different styles of writing to attract different customer which good since their is a variety of them.

Disadvantages of Print Media

On other hand, Print media might be consider subjective since it only show one side of the argument or story. For example, the newspaper companies decide they way the person is present, whether the person is innocent or guilty the media decides how the present. This a negative thing about the media since it means they could be bias and not reliable sometimes. Another, disadvantage is that they are not a very popular method of entertainment anymore, this is because people are better off watching Television shows instead of reading since people enjoy visual content that doesnt rely on effort as much.

magazine drafts

            On my front cover I have conventionally place my masthead ‘BaZe’ at the top of the page since I planned to put it there. The masthead is the largest text you see on my cover meaning it has the most influence to the audience. The color scheme on my cover is red and white, which easily noticed my audience since I used a filter to make everything look more reddish. I used a filter since hip-hop artists usually use them in their videos as affects meaning my audience would already be used to it.

          My cover page is capable of attracting both the female and male audience since I used a color scheme of my magazine is unisex, this is conventional for hip-hop magazines since they try to reach out to both genders using color scheme which appeal to them. My magazine will be informing my young adult audience about the latest gossip and interviews relating to hip hop stars.

            I placed my bar-code in the left corner of my cover page, I placed it on left instead of the right because the bar-code blended in with white chinos. However, I did not place the date on my magazine nor did I put my magazine website which is unconventional for magazine not to have. I will put these in my final production. In addition, i should change the price of my magazine to make it appeal to my audience. I can achieve this by change the price from £2 to £1.99 since it look more consumer friendly and the masthead is hiding the main image, i will need to change this by putting the masthead behind the main image

In this draft I used a conventional heading by putting it at the top and making it the biggest text in the page. I used the same colour scheme as my front cove which is red and white, I also put the name of my magazine at the top of the content page since magazine producers regularly use it for their magazine.

 However, I did not include images in my content page which is not good idea since the readers could lose interest and it is unconventional to not include an image, therefore I will have to add images to my content page. In addition, font that I used is not easy to read so I will have to change it to gobold thin for the text that describes the page and gobold bold for the article names because the text and the subheading need to be in different text. 

In my double page spreed draft I kept a similar colour scheme to other two drafts. I chose to keep the same colour scheme since it was the professional thing to do. However, I didn’t keep my writing only on one side and used 4 columns, this unique and different to other magazines since I spoke about two interview, one was related to the heading whilst the other was as well but was a bonus for the readers I used a San serif font for all 4 columns so the audience could stay focused. For my heading I used batman forever alternate which is a serif font. I chose to use a serif heading since it would stand out from the rest of the San serif text, this will let the reader know it is the key part of the article and clearly the heading. i used broken in English in my text since my audience would be able to read it with easy because teenage tend to talk in broken language until the mature. This will mean my audience will be entertain by the language as they can relate to the way the hip-hop star speaks. 

typography and font

Typography and font

This is the way the text looks and the style of text, it is used to make sure that text is appealing and also clear to see. Typography includes the size, letter spacing, spacing and type face. However, font is the style of the letters and usually influences the size and color. They are both important since they give a meaning to the text. 

San serif is the convention text for, example words Arial which does add extra to the style of the letters.

Serif is an emphasis and adds a small decoration at the end. A typical example is Times Roman.

The difference between the two is that serif is used for printing since it is easier to read because the letters have decoration make sure you know what the letter is but San serif which are harder to read on paper when it is small since letter such as a and o would be easy to be confuse by if their small. Therefore, San serif is more popular to use on the internet and Microsoft.

 Pop 

The text on this magazine is serif because it helps to highlight the importance of Katy Perry name. the color black is used to emphasis power because Katy is a very powerful pop star. Further the color of text stands out from the black background and fits in well with the dress the modal is wearing. This is an entertainment magazine but has sub-genres such as pop which explain why there is a pop star. 

Design of magazine

I used a conventional layout for my front cover. Just like most hip-hop magazine I planed to put my masthead at the top and it the biggest font on the page. This because the reader will instantly see the brand name and understand that it is a hip-hop magazine. I put my stripline under my cover photo since they are related, I used a large font so the reader can see it and wouldn’t mistaken it for anoth sub-heading. I did this because it might attract an audience and persuadethem to buy my magazine if their favourite hip-hop start is on the cover and the strapline informs them about the main story.

In my content page I plan to use to image on of the produce and one of the photographer because it is my chance to talk about what the producer and the photgrapher have been upto this week. I cose to do this since my customer might be interested in where the crew went for this week magazine. I put images on the content page because it would help to main the audience attention because text only could be boring meaning they could lose attention. Overal my content page will be there to help my audience to navigate through the magazine, in other words so they can find there favourite parts of the magazine.

Lastly my double page which has a similar design to billboard magazine. On one of the sides of my double spread I plan to use a image which will spread to the next page. I plan to split the put he interview into 3 colums which is conventional. I want to use a large heading that states the artists name which will encourage them to read on the magazine. On left side where the majority of my image is going to be I will put a quote since it is more like to be seen my the reader on that side as it will stand out next to the main image.  

Rrisk assessment

RISK ASSESSMENT FORM)

Production name: Baze               Tel Number ____________________

Shoot dates: 04/01/2017              Producers Name: ibrahim ibrahim

List of location(s) form relates to: Ridgeway park, the A110, wharf road 

Complete the following table rating:

·          Each risks severity on scale from Negligable (N), Low risk (L), Moderate risk (M), Severe (S), Very severe (VS)

·          Each risks likelihood on scale from Very unlikely (VU), Unlikely (U), Possible (P), Likely (L), Very likely (VL)

·          Determine the risk factor from the table overleaf.

Hazard		Present?	Severity	Likelihood	Risk Factor
1	Alcohol/drugs	N	N	VU	1
2	Animals/insects	N	L	U	2
3	Audiences	N	L	U	1
4	Camera cable/grip equipment	N	L	U	1
5	Confined spaces	N	N	VU	1
6	Derelict buildings/dangerous structures	N	N	VU	1
7	Electricity/gas (other than normal supplies)	N	N	VU	1
8	Fatigue/long hours	N	N	VU	1
9	Fire/flammable materials	N	N	VU	1
10	Hazardous substances	N	N	VU	1
11	Heat/Cold/extreme weather	N	L	U	1
12	Laser/strobe effects	N	N	VU	1
13	Machinery/industrial/ crane/hoist	N	N	VU	1
14	Materials - glass, non-fire retardant set materials	N	N	VU	1
15	Night operation	N	N	VU	1
16	Noise – high sound levels	N	N	VU	1
17	Non standard manual handling	N	N	VU	1
18	Public/crowds	Y	L	U	2
19	Radiation	N	N	VU	1
20	Scaffold/Rostra	N	N	VU	1
21	Smoking on set	N	N	VU	1
22	Special effects/explosives	N	N	VU	1
23	Special needs (elderly, disabled, inexperienced)	N	N	VU	1
24	Specialised rescue/first aid	N	N	VU	1
25	Stunts, dangerous activities	N	N	VU	1
26	Tall scenery/suspended ceilings	N	N	VU	1
27	Vehicles/speed	Y	L	U	2
28	Water/proximity to water	Y	L	U	2
29	Weapons	N	N	VU	1
30	Working at heights	N	N	VU	1
31	Other risks	N	N	VU	1
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