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My Magazine - House Styles

COLOUR PALLET

MASTHEAD DESIGNS

For this masthead, I chose colours that fit into the colour scheme that I made. I chose to have the actual writing darker than the background so it's clearly readable, but I chose a background colour that compliments the dark blue text. The style of the text is similar to that of hand-written music notations, which the target audience of the magazine would recognize it. The background is a treble cleff and a set of staves, the manuscript on which classical music is written. A 'cadence' is a musical term for the end of a piece. It may be recognized by those looking at the magazine, but it is also considered a nice name.

The purple colour of this masthead design fits in with my colour scheme. The colour can be used against a light background and perhaps some dark ones as well. The capital letters would draw attention to the cover, as would the bold and 'friendly' looking irregularity of the text, which makes it look as if it was hand drawn. The word 'cadenza' means a solo given to a player during a piece in which they're allowed to show off their musical skills.

This colour, like the other designs, fits in with the colour scheme (which is based around purples going into blues). The capital letters and underline make it bold and easy to recognize. The space at the top has room for a neatly placed caption, such as 'Britain's best music magazine'. I'm now thinking that if I add another line at the top and the caption block to the bottom, I could draw valves on the top and have the masthead resemble a trumpet. A concerto is a piece of music in which an entire orchestra accompanies a solo instrument - that person usually being incredibly skilled, and the ability to play in a concerto is usually considered an honor.

This masthead has a simpler name (mostly a temporary name so I could experiment with styles), but, if it were to be used, it would likely suggest that the magazine contains a wide range of information. The style of the 'M' is written as three quavers, a type of musical note. The font is also similar to hand written music, and the dark blue fits into the colour scheme. It would be clear against a light background.

House Style - Classical Music Magazine

HOUSE STYLE OF THE CLASSICAL MUSIC MAGAZINE

Masthead:

The masthead is the same font and style on each copy of the magazine, even thought it  changes colour based on what the background image is. It stays placed at the top of the page, and remains the same size. However, though a lot of mainstream magazines have their models cover the masthead, in this case, the masthead is in the foreground.

Text:

I most cases, the text's colour matches that of the rest of the page - for example, in a lot of them, the masthead is in white,thus the text is as well. In the front cover to the far left on the bottom row, the text matches the colour of the model's dress, and the masthead matches that of her hair.The text is always placed on either the right-hand or left-hand side (depending on where the model is placed) and is always in a straight column. However, the anchorage text doesn't necessarily stay in the same place - where it's usually directly underneath the masthead and next to the subject of the photo, it's sometimes placed at the bottom of the page. The font of the anchorage text also changes. The sub-feature lines, teaser lines and other informative text is always featured on the same side as the anchorage text, lined up in the same column-like structure. 

Image:

The image always takes up the entirety of the page, which may be why the masthead is always in front. All the images include a model, usually placed on one side of the frame. This means that their picture can remain clear, and the text can be placed on the other side. Thus, most of the magazines are set out so that one half shows the model, and the other half is dedicated to text. Because the images always take up the whole page, there is no need to add an additional background colour, but text colour has to change in order to be readable against whichever photo is used.

Other:

The bar code is always placed in the same place on each page. Also, none of the magazine covers contain any advertisements or extra information that clogs up the page. This makes each page look organised and clear. 

Prezi - Classical Music Magazine Analysis

Chosen Genre - Magazine Cover Analysis

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Niche Market - Definition

A niche market is the subset of the market on which a specific product is focused. The market niche defines the product features aimed at satisfying specific market needs, as well as the price range, production quality and the demographics that is intended to impact. It is also a small market segment.

Music Genres - List

Pop Music:
Pop music is usually electric, and often uses elements from other styles (eg. urban, dance, rock, Latin and country.) However, defining elements of pop music include generally short to medium-length sings in a basic structure (usually verse-chorus format). Also included is the common employment of repeated choruses, melodic tunes and hooks.

Rock Music:
A form of popular music that evolved from rock and roll and pop music in the mid and late 1960s. Often more harsh and self-consciously serious, it was initially characterized by musical experimentation and drug-related or establishment lyrics.

R&B Music:
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated as R&B or RnB, is a genre of popular African-American music originated in the 1940s.

Classical Music:
Serious music often preformed with orchestral instruments that follows long-established principles rather than folk, jazz or popular tradition.

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4) What have you learned about technologies from the process of creating this product?

From making this product, I have learned how to operate Adobe Fireworks, and in creating the following presentation, I have learned how to use PowToons, Thinglink and Prezi.

Question 2) Who would be the audience of my media product?

Question 1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of school magazines?

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