My OLD Music Magazine

This images are the production of my music magazine. I shall upload a video that display my independent audience research on what they think a Grime magazine should consist of.

First Image: Front Cover

Second Image: Contents

My OLD School Magazine

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Top Image: Front Cover

Bottom Image: Contents

These images show the evaluation of my school magazine. It includes questions of which have been answered efficiently. I did my evaluation on Microsoft Powerpoint, if you cannot click to enlarge these images a video has been made.

School Magazine Evaluation

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My OLD Music Magazine ; Flat Plans

This is the flat plan that of my music magazine. The final production has many similarities as I was happy with the features that I thought of first to then process onto my production.

My OLD School Magazine ; Flat Plans

First Image: School Magazine ; Cover

Second Image: School Magazine ; Contents

In the next blog that I shall post, you should be able to see many similarities from these flat plans to the actual production itself. I decided to change a few features that I drew on the flat plans on my production, this is because I thought that the changes would make my magazine look more efficient.

Keywords And Definitions

Code And Conventions
The familiar and predictable variety and techniques used by the media to communicate certain ideas or to express a desired impression of something to an audience

Technical codes include:
Camera angles
- The viewpoint of something high, straight, or low that a shot is taken.
Camera shots
- The distance between the camera and the subject.
Sound & Lighting

Symbolic codes include:
Body language
Dress sense
Actions of characters.

Representation
The way different groups in society are portrayed within the media, including culture, ethnicity based on stereotypical images that affect our views of gender, class, age, and social status.

Target Audience
Specific groups of people that mass media or advertisers want to appeal to and attract the attention of.

Marketing
The whole process of promoting and selling a product to a certain audience to see what the product image should be and who is most likely to purchase it. Audience The receiver (the people who may give feedback) or of whom may effect the image of a planned statement of such product.

Genre
A type of something.

Institutions
An organisation that usually establishes and distributes a product for a specific purpose.

Gender
Sexual identity, especially in relation to society or culture. Being female or male.

Insitutions : Future Publishing

Future Publishing is an international media company of which includes special interest within magazines based in the UK. The brand itself produces magazines, websites and events, also products such as games, automotive and other technology such as photography. Future’s success is from developing specialist magazines targeted at fans of reading/writing sharing the same commitment and knowledge of the subject matter towards what the magazines were to be published.
It began with the publication of Amstrad Action magazine, this magazine being a monthly magazine published in the United Kingdom, containing articles on computing and technology such as gaming.Other successful labels were launched through each year, such as Total Film and Playstation: The Official Magazine – this of which was known as the third best-selling men's magazine in the UK.


The magazines that this company has produced are:

3D World
Classic Ford
Classic Rock
Computer Music
Cycling
Digital Camera
Fast Bikes Magazine
Games Master
Guitarist
Home Cinema Choice
ImagineFX
MacFormat
PC Gamer (UK and US editions)
PC Plus
Rhythm
SFX
What Laptop
What Mountain Bike
What Satellite and Digital TV
What Video
Xbox World
You Can Craft
Your Family Tree

- These magazines are seen to attract people of whom live a certain lifestyle that the publications surround.

This particular company has ownership over magazine that promote Microsoft, Sony & Nintendo.
Magazines consisting of:

Nintendo Power (USA)
Official Nintendo Magazine (UK)
Official UK PlayStation Magazine (UK)
Official Nintendo Magazine (Australia & New Zealand)
Official PlayStation 2 Magazine (UK)
PlayStation Official Magazine (UK)
PlayStation: The Official Magazine (US)
PSM3 (UK)
Xbox: The Official Magazine (US & UK)
Xbox360: The Official Magazine (US & UK)
Windows XP: The Official Magazine

Institutions: Sony (Bmg)

Sony BMG Music Entertainment was a global recorded music company, which was a 50–50 joint venture between the Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann AG –Wikepedia

It is known to be one of the Big Four music companies, of which includes ownership and distribution of recording labels such as Arista Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J Records, Jive Records, RCA Victor Records, RCA Records, Legacy Recordings, Sonic Wave America, and many others. It contains a broad collection of local artists and international superstars that are to be promoted on the following website: http://www.sonymusic.co.uk

‘Our roster of current artists includes Leona Lewis, Will Young, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Dido, Christina Aguilera, Lemar, Foo Fighters, The View, Natasha Bedingfield, Kings Of Leon, Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Bob Dylan, Pink, Kasabian, The Hoosiers, The Ting Tings, The Script, Glasvegas and Editors among many others.'
Many of these names are well known music artist in this modern century, it is clear that this company is popular in the industry of music and production.

Sony Music Enterainment is 100% owned by Sony Corporation of America. Sony is a leading firm of audio, video, communications, and information technology products for customers and professional markets.The following are the main operating parts of Sony Music Entertainment. These usually are founded in the United States.

. Columbia Records
. Epic Records
. RCA/Jive Label Group
. Legacy Recordings
. Sony Music Nashville
. Provident Label Group
. Sony Masterworks
. RED Distribution
. Syco Music