Production Diary: November - December

Here is my production diary for the months of November and December. Due to a lot of work on the magazine, production diaries have been few and far between, so I do apologise once again. THis production diary takes a deeper look into my photoshoot for my magazine, whilst explaining why certain pictures have been used and what their effects will be on the readers/audience.

Production diary from Connorevansmedia

Production diary: October - November

Production diary for october and november from Connorevansmedia

Production Diary: Week 6

This week in media, our task was to think of as many possible names for our magazine as we could. Using our knowledge of maagzine name types, we were able to come up with names that were not only entirely original, but ones that were connonative, phrases, compounds and acronyms. By following the definitions of these four types of name, we could create names that if used in real life, would entice the audience and genuinely make them believe that this was a magazine worth reading. Below are the definitions of the four types of name. Acronyms – These are letters that stand for a certain group of words. They are short, effective and are instrumental in a magazine becoming well known by people. Not many people know what these acronyms stand for, but that isn’t really a problem. An example of an acronym name is NME which stands fow “New music express”. Phrase – Phrases are popular and are usually used to give a certain feel or sense of mood to a magazine. Some of them can be used to relate to the genre i.e. – Top of the Pops. An example of a phrase name used to display a mood is “Drowned in sound”. Connotative – When looking at connotative names, we can simply think of connotations of certain things. For example red for passion or love. When they are used in magazine names, they cover what music involves or represents. For example “Vibe” can be used to represent the feeling that individuals get when they listen to music. Compound – Also known as “Play on words”, these names are usually a mix of two words or just simply incorporate a word within a phrase. For example – “Indie-pendent”. A lot of these compound names have some sort of relation to the genre itself, like “Indie-pendent” As you already know, the name for my magazine will be "Indie-vidual", which is a compound (Play on words) name. However, I did have other potential names: I was first of all considering to use the acronym,"I.E" which stands for "Indie Express". In addition, I was also considering to use the name "Alternate", which relates to the genre of music (Indie and Alternative)

Production Diary Week 5:

This week in media, we have been taking our final steps towards the start of our magazine creation. So far, we have analysed contents pages, double page spreads and front covers of magazines in order to gain a real understanding and level of respect for how certain things work in magazines. This week, our task was to analyse the names of different magazines to comment on how effective they are in different fields. In lesson, we learnt of four different types of names for magazines, including acronyms. This task will help us gain a real knowledge of the way that names of magazines are affective and how they can relate to the target audience that they are selling to. Having done this task, I have decided that the final name for my magazine will be "Indie-Vidual". This is not only clever, but relates perfectly to the genre and the audience. The genre is obviously Indie, but the "Vidual" part is what makes it unique and clever. As many fans of Indie/Alternative music are individualists, they feel that they want to be differnt from everyone else. In context, Indie is a genre which started off as an almost "Nieche market" type of music. This means that the songs written, artists and even the music videos associated with Indie music were unique. This leads to the name "Indie-Vidual".

Production Diary Week 4:

This week in Media Studies, we have been doing a little more work on our background information for our magazine. Mr Fisher set us the task of creating a mood board, in which we take pictures of artists, iconic albums and other things related to our specific genre. For me, doing indie music was a good choice. This is because im a fan off all different indie bands such as Bastille and Two Door Cinema club. The task itself was simple, but there is a lot of thinking that will go on afterwards. For example, how I could incorporate these different bands and artists into my magzine an other articles that I may write up. The mood board has inspired me to use as much terminology and band names related to Indie music as possible. This will also give me ideas for features such as small reviews or perhaps a write up on what I and other people think about a certain album or song. Here is my mood board if you haven't already seen it: Here is a brief explanation of why I have chosen those specific artists. To start, all of the artists that are on the mood board are ones that I am a huge fan of! I do like many more, but they are my main favourites. As you have probably already seen, I posted a link of a song that Bastille sung. All of these bands have had a huge influence on what genre my magazine was going to be, the band featuring it and the whole feel of the magazine. Before the task of creating a magazine was given, I knew that Indie/Alternative was going to be my genre. The skill, talent and purity of the genre is something that not only makes it enjoyable, but special in so many ways. I hope you enjoyed reading this week. Read next week's diary for another close up of what I am doing with my work!

Production Diary: Week 3

Hello and welcome to week three of my production diary. There have been a few steps which bring me closer to the start of my coursework. In last Monday and Tuesday's lessons, me and my fellow classmates started and eventually completed our proposal for the magazines that we are going to create. For those of you who don't know what a proposal is, it is a simple layout for what you want your magazine to include. Here is a basic checklist for what a proposal should include: Style of magazine. Genre of magazine. Name of magazine. Regulars. How the magazine will appeal to your target audience. The target audience for your magazine. How much your magazine will cost. There are many more things that should be included in your proposal, but the ones stated above are perhaps the most important features of it. In addition to making my proposal, I was also asked to create a profile on the type of person who would buy and read my magazine. We were allowed to be as creative as we wanted, giving them names and all sorts. But this task wasn't to just create a fictional character, it was to relate our magazine to the real world. To show that there are people who really would read these magazines and that would enjoy them. My profile was based on a young man named Tony who works at the supermarket. You can read more about it on my blog. Just to delve a little deeper into context, I have gone about creating a social media account for my band, "Roode Pelikaan" - who are featured in my magazine. The link is here - http://instagram.com/roodepelikaanofficial This is to show the effort in my work and to show that I really do want this magazine to be as real as possible. Feel free to take a look at the page for Roode Pelikaan. It is all for the magazine. No social foolery or anything of that sort.

Production Diary: Week 2 (Premlinary task)

Week two has seen the completion of my preliminary task and it is safe to say that it has turned out to be quite a success. Despite panicking about not having even finished my front cover at the start of the day, I managed to get a lot of work done in the double media lesson which I was able to work in this morning. It was no surprise to me that I had some difficulty, I am not the best with computers or detailed software (I'll leave that stuff to the clever people).But no matter how low on confidence I may be, I managed to pull through it and in good time too. As already mentioned, the whole theme of my preliminary task was to cover the topic of "Cold feet" - an issue which many A level students face. I feel that my magazine has metaphorically linked to the topic with the use of a well taken picture (If I do say so myself). As for the content on my magazine, well - i'll let you be the judge of that - however I did slip in a sly little remark which i'm sure Mr Fisher (Being a southampton supporter) will be happy to see. From the second I started designing this magazine, to the very last letter that was typed onto the page - I knew that I had done a decent enough job at this task. Even though it may not get marked by anybody, it has really given me the confidence to go on and do well in my real task, which is to produce a new music magazine. I may not be the most technically wired person, but I sure do work hard and even though this was a fairly average attempt at a magazine, it just goes to show that with hard work and determination, you can achieve a lot more than you think! Thank you, Connor Evans

Production Diary: Week 1 (Premlinary task)

10.11.13

Work has truly begun on my magazine today. It's safe to say that it is nowhere near finished or even looking like a BAD magazine, but it's getting there. As you may have seen from my design sketches, my magazine is based on an issue which most A level students have to over come... "Cold feet". I have displayed this problem with the metaphorical use of a signpost that has been knocked over! 

When taking a few pictures last Tuesday, I instantly knew that the signpost would hold some significant value to my magazine, so I snapped it up straight away.

My drawings don't do the image any justice, so here is the actual picture itself:

The sign not only looks damaged, but also neglected. Though to be honest, since when has that sign ever been properly looked at since being put up?

Hope you enjoyed reading my joyfully entertaining blog. More to come next week, this is probably going to be an every Tuesday blog!

Connor Evans.