MAGAZINE Completed Website

 WEBSITE HOMEPAGE: Link to your homepage

HOME PAGE:  https://18watforda.wixsite.com/legato

HYPERLINKED PAGE: https://18watforda.wixsite.com/legato/video

AUDIO-VISUAL ELEMENT: On the 'Video' hyperlink page. 2 videos. 1st- Music video teaser at the top of the page, automatically plays.  2nd- 2nd video under 'Cover Artists' with a pink cymbal thumbnail.

NAVIGATION: Navigation bar at the top of page and footer, click on 'Video', and then 'Home' to return

There's a pop up initially on the website, pressing the cross on the centre right leads you to the home page.

Homepage:

Hyperlink Page:

MAGAZINE Completed Production

Issue 1 Cover:

Issue 1 Contents:

Issue 2 Cover: (view on full brightness)

Issue 2 Contents:

MAGAZINE Planning Website

This MUST contain a post called MOCK UPS, which contains a mock up version of your website. You MAY use found images or AI generated images, but you SHOULD think very carefully about how you will create the real version of each image. You will need to post screen captures of your mock up website. 

Using images found online, edited by me.

MAGAZINE Planning Production

MAGAZINE: This MUST contain a post called MOCK UPS, which contains a mock up version of your magazines. You MAY use found images or AI generated images, but you SHOULD think very carefully about how you will create the real version of each image.

Cover pages created by using images found online, edited by me.

MAGAZINE Website Research

 

MAGAZINE Production Research

 

MAGAZINE Statement of Intent

How do you intend to use the four areas of the media theoretical framework to communicate meaning and meet the requirements of your chosen brief? ( approx. 400 words) 

Production: I intend to create two papers, with a cover and 2 contents pages/double page spread each. The cover will include a barcode in the bottom left as a method of distribution, with each page numbered. The music 'aesthetics' will be suitable towards a 16-25 year old middle market that likes to be entertained, understood through analysis of what my peers at that age listen to. Branding will be noticeable through the repetition of the masthead and consistent font and style use, only changing through specific info and colours. Each cover will include just one image to continue to simplicity and sleekness of the paper, however, multiple images will be shown through the double contents page spread. A conventional masthead will sit in the central top position of the cover, with the only other text being the date, issue number and artist name. More information would be found on the contents page. The covers will convey different mise en scene as one will feature a studio shoot in an editorial style that is inspired by artists such a Bjork, and the other will feature a girl duo band photographed in a more characterised setting. There will be suitable margin space. The contents page will introduce the other relevant artists within the issue with a small introduction paragraph and the suitable page to find their stories on. The cover artists will feature again on the contents page, to one side allowing the text to sit next to them, providing equal relevance to the page of this artist and the others. The cover artist's information will sit at the bottom of this page, having a larger space than the others so that they can include a quote from the magazine interviews.

Website: My website will be inspired by the colourful yet bold and sleek approach of billboard. With a Home page and Video section. The viewer will first be met with a pop up encouraging them to subscribe to the magazine, this will feature imagery of the two most recent covers as examples to the customers. The header and footer will remain the same on both the homepage and the hyperlink 'Video' page. With the header featuring the sleek masthead, an option to log in/subscribe, then being ruled off to see a navigation and search bar. The footer will include: a visual of the latest cover, legal information, more social media prompts, shopping information, navigation bar, and subscription links. The home page will include a headline story, main stories accompanied with a titled 'more' section. Each of these stories will be labelled with the music genre relevant to the featuring artist. I intend to create a space for optimised convergence towards the audience by using a Gallery and a Fan space. These will all be interactive, aswell as a magazine shop that features all the covers with information on purchasing them. The hyperlink page will automatically begin playing my audio-visual at the centre-top of the screen, completed with a title and genre. This video will be a music video, of the latest cover artist, that includes captions and an end card that prompts subscription. A second video will feature beneath this as a lyric video, adding more to the product. The rest of the page will feature a section of more 'Cover Artist' video thumbnails, and then other magazine videos.

How do you intend to link your media products to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the digitally convergent nature of your media production? (approx. 100 words)

I plan to encourage convergence between my production and website in many ways. A call to action will feature as a website link on the magazine contents page, and likely on the cover as well via an exclusive event where website access is necessary. This will help create a further reason for the audience to reach out towards the website. Convergence will continue on the website itself to encourage interaction with the magazine on multiple platforms. I plan to do this by frequently featuring social media links through recognisable icons, finishing off many of the website sections. This will carry onto the footer too, along with subscription encouragement, made easy with links and QR codes, including an exclusive app. This QR code will also be a feature of the end card on my video, along with another website link, encouraging the idea that this will be the place for exclusive content. This informative end card will also feature the relevant magazine cover. The main audio-visual will boost convergence through captions, allowing the video to become more accessible and enhance the storytelling element of the content itself. The website will initially open with a pop up, encouraging subscription via email, offering another method in accessing content. On the homepage will be a 'Fan Space' where viewers can feature, encouraging interaction with social media links to feature, with a hashtag for uniqueness.

COVER CONVENTIONS

Masthead

• Consistently lower case or capitalised USE
• Depth through shadow/dimension USE
• Expressive font BREAK
• Top and central position USE
• Suitable colour for the editing technique (may change cover to cover) USE

Editing

• Bright, bold lighting when in a studio setting, but not presented as flashy with too much going on USE
• Subject in a central position of the frame USE
• Artist name and text stay out of the way of the subject (the face, at least), positioned at the bottom of the page or in empty side space USE
• Text is simple yet bold enough to capture the right amount of attention USE
• Singular image USE

CONTENTS PAGE CONVENTIONS

• One main, large image that links to the cover USE
• The linking main image may have a 'less close up' shot, if the cover is a close up face shot
• Noticeable features of information about the cover artist USE
• Contents/Page title in bold either at the top or vertically, same font throughout paper with the masthead USE
• Calm enough to navigate but enough information to valuable and full USE
• Page number used next to the feature title, the reader could find the page without reading the small paragraph USE
• A small paragraph beneath each feature to provide some information of the artist/topic USE

WEBSITE CONVENTIONS

Home:

• Masthead large enough to be noticeable but small enough to not make the page flashy and over the top USE
• Navigation bar at the top of the page USE
• Main story dominating the page USE
• Sectioned stories, pulling more vertical than horizontal – labelled by genre/navigation bar heading USE
• 'Latest' column features down the right of the page USE
• Main inspiration from FADER and billboard for their sleek look USE
• Legal box and subscription area at footer of the page USE
• Stories all have characterised thumbnails to the topic/artist USE
• Colour scheme continues through each section USE

Hyperlink:

• Relevant music video to recent issue front and centre USE
• More thumbnails with interviews and other teasers  USE
• Colour scheme throughout – may switch the monochrome colour of theme USE
• Footer repeats the same as home page USE
• Navigation bar and masthead remain the same at header USE

Convention I intend to break/Audience Research

I plan to not create a masthead with an expressive font, for example, what's seen through KERRANG!. This is due to wanting to attempt to make the cover feel sleek and clean. I believe a serif and simple font would allow for consistency no matter what the subject matter is, along with rest of the cover's design. I intend to just use one colour for the masthead (which may be different on each paper, depending on the colour scheme of the photographs), and create depth with a slight shadow, allowing it to stand out just enough whilst not diverting attention from the subject matter. A survey among my target market allowed me to understand that for focus from the reader, the page shouldn't be too overwhelming to view but should still be gripping enough to stay.

MAGAZINE Brief 2025

Brief 3: Magazines and online 

Requirements of the brief: You work for an independent media production company. You have been given the task of producing the front cover and contents page(s) of the first two editions of a new music magazine that is being launched by an independent publisher and two pages for the working website for the magazine. 

Contents pages can be either single or double-page spread. The web pages must promote the new magazine to its target audience and enable fans to interact with the content. 

Summary of brief requirements: 

• Statement of Intent (approx. 500 words).

• Music magazine covers and contents pages: Two or three pages for each of the first two editions (based on choice of single or double page spread). 

• Magazine distribution method: Content must be suitable for retail distribution. Barcode

• Number of web pages: One homepage and one linked page. 

• Cross media production target audience: A primarily 16–25 year old middle market audience that likes to be entertained. There must be a clear sense of branding across the two elements of the cross-media production. 

Production detail that must be included. The production of the magazine covers and contents pages must include (as a minimum): 

• At least four different main images using original photography across the magazine covers and contents pages. 

• Editing of magazine covers and contents pages (including photos, text, graphics, typography and layout). 

• Written text including elements such as the masthead, main coverline, selling lines, headlines, captions, subtitles and copy. 

• Barcode, date, edition and price information on each front cover. 

• A different use of mise-en-scène for each cover. 

• At least two models representing at least two different social groups (e.g. as defined by age, gender, race and ethnicity, sexuality). 

• A call to action pointing readers to the online website. 

The production of the web pages must include (as a minimum): 

• Original audio or audio-visual content appropriate to the online website. Music video, interview, bts

• Use of original images. Each webpage must include at least one image that is different to those used on the other webpage and those produced for the magazine. 

• Appropriate conventions of website design, including an original title and logo and a menu bar. 

• Text introducing the main features of the magazine. 

• Working links from the home page to the other page. 

• A range of appropriate media language techniques (typography, images, fonts, backgrounds, logos, etc.) as appropriate to the purpose of the website.