Blender has an ideology where pop and r'n'b music is considered important. An example of media language that shows this is the main image, this reflects the ideology of the magazine as Fergie is part of one of the biggest pop/r'n'b pop bands in the world from the past until now.
The medium shot of this pop artist shows that she is posed
holding her jacket open to show her toned body, she is also wearing a lot of makeup to show her appearance is important, this fits her in with the representation of 'perfect' and skinny girls in the celebrity industry also attracting a male audience to the magazine. The institution of this magazine is 'Blender'-(publisher editor etc.).The masthead is in a beige colour creating a contrast with the white background. The cover line is in blue and black following the colour scheme of blue, black, white and beige. Also, the selling lines continue to carry out the theme as well as telling the audience what is involved in the magazine, persuading them. The front cover contains the magazines website and websites which would interest the target audience.

Textual Analysis

The institution of this magazine is NME as this is the name of the company which runs it, the publisher is Faith Hill. Faith Hill is appointed publisher of music titles NME and Uncut reporting to publishing director Paul Cheal. James Thrower is appointed associate publisher of the Mousebreaker casual gaming portfolio, and will remain associate publisher of men's monthly Loaded, reporting to publishing director Jo Smalley. Faith began her career at Hachette Filipacchi where she was group marketing manager for Sugar and ELLEgirl. She joined IPC Media in 2004 where she held marketing roles on IPC Southbank's Marie Claire, In Style and woman&home before moving to a publishing role in January 2008. The medium close up shot of the lead singer from the popular rock band Foo Fighters is represented in a cool and rock like way, he has long hair and a beard which is stereotypical of most rock artists and the facial expression is showing he is posed but he has chosen to grit his teeth and raise his eyebrow which makes him look cool and individual like his music. The masthead is red and bold with a white outline to make the magazine eye catching, it is also placed at the top of the page therefore it can be seen in newspaper and magazine racks in shops and librarys etc.

Magazine front cover covers terms

Masthead title peice - The magazine's title. Usually displayed in the top left corner.

Price - Magazine

Date - Weekly: usually from Saturday to Friday. Monthly: a month ahead.

Issue Number - A tally of magazines.

Barcode - Read electronically and decoded into usuable information.

Teaser - One word/phrase acts as an attention grabber.

Main Feature/ Headline - A phrase that may summarise the main point of the main feature. In large print, different style, bold colours in order to catch the attention of the reader.

Subtitle - Smaller headline that may summarise the feature

Smaller Feature - Features included in the magazine

Images - Size: CU to the med CU. Ranges from one main image to x amount featuring one main image and smaller images. Helps make the page look more interesting. It can add understanding of a story and/or entice someone to read the magazine.

Font - Style and size of type face.

Colour - Specific/Stylistic/Thematic types.

Graphics - Graphical shapes to highlight feature(s)

Offers/adverts Blurb - Banner-style featuring free products/promotions

Representation

Shows how groups of individuals are portrayed.

I can use this is my final evaluation as i can show how i have portrayed the person in my pictures identity and what they represent.

Hip Hop connection

Hip Hop Connection has an ideology where hip hop is important. An example of media language that shows this is the main cover line "Lil Wayne 2008's biggest superstar", this reflects the ideology as Lil Wayne is a very big idol in the hip-hop world.

The main image of the magazine is a medium close up of Lil Wayne which matches the main cover line. The institution is Hip-Hop Connection as they are a company, although it isn't a recognisable institution.

The way Lil Wayne is represented is very intense and very serious towards the audience due to the way he is posed. He is showing his tattoos and bling to show that he is a tough character from the streets.

The selling line on this music magazine is 'The xmas rapping paper' which is a play on words, it attracts the audience as it adds humour.
The masthead is bold and white therefore it shouts out to its audience, the colour scheme is red and white.

MOJO IDEOLOGY

Ideology:
Mojo has an ideology where rock and alternative music is considered important. An example of media language that shows this is the main cover line "The second coming...Queen" this reflects the ideology of the magazine as Queen are a popular rock band from the past until now.

The word: Music Magazine conventions

Front cover:
-One main image
-Masthead
-Cover lines
-Barcode
-Price
-Issue number
-Website
-Free CD
-Selling line

Contents page:
-Page numbers>>>--Adverts
-Main image Interviews
Reviews

Music Magazine Brief

Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and texts must be original, produced by you- minimum of four images.

Presentation of your Work: The presentation of the research, planning and evaluation may take the form of any one, or combination of two or more, of the following:-- A presentation using slideshow software such as Powerpoint;-- A blog-- A podcast;

Evaluation

I have chosen to call my magazine 'Future' as it constrasts with college well, students go to college to develop their future therefore this is extremely relevant. I have chosen my masthead to be coloured red as it will catch the audience's eye. The logo for 'Future' is three arrows facing forwards, one red, one yellow and one blue, this is significant as these are the primary colours which relate to education, this will attract the target audience, teachers. My main image matches my sub title, 'Healthy colleges, Healthy living!' which is based on a new healthy eating plan which will be brought into colleges to prevent obesity across the nation, this will also attract teacher's to 'Future' magazine as they will be interested in the benefits being offered to their pupils. The subtitle is in black writing and a bold font which will highlight it. I have chosen a plain white background for the magazine as other colours will stand out more against it. I have created the second cover story underneath the subtitle as this is where they are on other college magazines. ''20% rise in A*s since 2007'' this cover story will appeal to teachers because it shows higher levels of acheivement from their pupils whom they have helped progress. The date and website are at the bottom of the magazine to give extra bits of information if needed. My college magazine is out monthly therefore it will contain a lot more interesting stories which have happened during the month rather than boring and irrelevant information which will of happened during such a short period of time e.g a week. My research helped me a lot throughout the project as I could refer back to it for help and reassurance during the stages of planning. I chose to create my magazine on Microsoft Publisher as it would take less time and would be more convenient overall, than photoshop. Publisher also contains templates and my magazine could easily be made to be as effective as if it was made on photoshop.

I have made a few changes from my initial plan, i added a bar code to make it look more realistic. I also added three little stars next to the second cover story which reflects the grade increase of ''A*'s'', it adds effect and makes the magazine brighter and eyecatching to the target audience, teachers.

In order to progress for creating my music magazine i will organise time management better, and research a lot more information therefore it will help me organise my magazine to look more realistic and successful.

Magazine front cover

This is my finished magazine front cover, i have made a few changes from my initial plan, i added a bar code to make it look more realistic. I also added three little stars next to the second cover story which reflects the grade increase of ''A*'s'', it adds effect and makes the magazine brighter and eyecatching to the target audience, teachers. I am pleased with my overall product!

Layout

This is my layout for my magazine front cover, it helps give an understanding of how to put together my final peice.

Mock up of contents page

This is my mock up of a contents page which will match up with my magazine front cover. I have chosen to layout everything in a place where it will look orderly and correct. My research helped me create this as in other examples of magazine contents pages the layout is very similar.

What am i using to create my magazine front cover and contents page

I am using Microsoft Publisher to create my Magazine front cover, this enables me to use templates and it will be easier and faster to use in general rather than photoshop.

Medium Close Up Shot

This is an example of a medium close up shot which i have taken myself. I need to use a medium close up shot for my college magazine cover, this will help me develop my skills for my final peice.

Moodboard

This my moodboard which i created to give some initial ideas towards the planning of my magazine front cover. I have shown a variety of different fonts i could use for my masthead, some cover stories i could use and also some pictures which represent college magazines.

LIIAR

L anguage
I deology
I nstitution
A udience
R epresention

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MAPu_9oyLY

this is a video showing how to create a magazine cover using photoshop i hope to use the same technique as the man does in his video
i think photoshop is the best software to use when making a magazine cover beacuse you can do alot more advance things on photoshop
Things on photoshop are alot more advance but they are very easy to use aswell the tools do there job but do not cause you great stress in trying to figure out how they work

Contents Page of NME magazine

Heat Magazine front cover

Institution- Heat (Masthead)

Weekly magazine

Cover Price

Website

Victoria Beckham has been made to be the main image, it is a long shot showing her whole body in order to exaggerate the Cover line making her look skinnier than usual.

Codes and Conventions of a Contents page

-Page numbers
-Sub titles
-Pictures to describe topic
-Sponsors
-Feature stories
-Regular stories
-Some kind of Welcome note
-Website

Codes and conventions of a college magazine

--Mast head
--Title of magazine in bold and large
--Website
--Date
--Story titles
--Pictures
--Slogan

The Brief

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the DTp.

Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and texts must be original, produced by you- minimum of four images.

Presentation of your Work: The presentation of the research, planning and evaluation may take the form of any one, or combination of two or more, of the following:
-- A presentation using slideshow software such as Powerpoint;
-- A blog
-- A podcast;