NME Magazine Deconstruction

 There are two pieces of text that grab the reader's attention when you first look at the magazine. The texts 'NME AND FLORENCE' stand out to the reader; with it standing out it tells you who the person is on the front of the magazine and what an article is about, as well the masthead of the magazine stands out by using a bigger size font and using capital letters. The main 2 colours of this front cover are black and white. With red being apart from the hair colour. As these are the only colours it gives the important information a chance to stand out, where as it may not have been as clear if it had more colours.

The front cover image is a close up, I feel that the image is a close up because of the colour of her hair which stands out to the reader and makes all of the rest of the writing stand out against the vibrant background. As Florence has red hair it stands out of the page and automatically attracts the attention of readers. Since the hair is so red it gives her other features a chance to stand out, such as her eyes. Her eyes are very white and then dark which makes them stand out as much as the text.

Some of the font is Sans Serif which makes the magazine look less formal; by the magazine looking more informal it makes it look more appealing to the audience. The other part of the font is Serif; this has been used for the quotes. By putting the quote in a different font it makes it look more important and interesting to the reader without thinking too much about it.

This magazine is a success because it doesn't go overboard on the colours; sticking to three colours as a rule is good because you can make something stand out and be vibrant without sticking pink and yellow on it. Since the magazine is not a pop one I would not expect lots of colour which have flowers all around because this magazine makes it look more professional and definitely intrigues the older audience.

The layout of this magazine has been done very well; by keeping important information of the side and neat it  make the magazine look more sophisticated. The good thing about this magazine is that they don't stick to the same layout; everyone is completely different in their own way and it works for all. By sticking to black, white and 'another colour' it makes it stand out without filling the page with unwanted colour, which in the end could make it look even worse.

Magazine deconstruction

This magazine catches your eye with all of the yellow from the font to the image. The masthead is eye catching for one because it is bold and in capital letters, but mostly because it has a smashed affect. As Kerrang's magazine has a rock audience the masthead works well with the craziness and 'hard' music that Kerrang publicises. A lot of the font is in Capital letters which makes the magazine look like what they are posting into their magazine is important and that they are not going for the 'normal' Capital letters which represent an important word or sentence.


Overall I like the look of this magazine, the colours and the layout works well with the genre of magazine. The name of the magazine is Rolling Stone. The colour scheme is blue, white and black. All of these colours work well together because of the blue. All of the important information has been highlighted into blue font, so the reader knows what are the important parts of the magazine. The image stands out and fits well with the colour scheme. As the picture has a few males and then a women the reader attention is firstly focused on the picture. Most of the font is in Capital letters, this shows that it is trying to get the reader to pay attention onto the writing because their main attention is on the other stuff that is going on, such as the masthead and image. I like the look of this magazine because it hasn't gone overboard on colours, the picture is not covered with colour which is good because it stands out itself without big amounts of bold colours.

Different research methods

Researching methods
Now that I am starting my main task I need to start researching. I have made some notes on different types of researching and their meanings.To start with, the four different types of researching are Primary, Secondary, Quantitative and Qualitative.

PrimaryThis is when you find out the relevant information out yourself, without using anybody else's research. The different forms of Primary research are:

• Questionnaires
• Surveys
• Interviews
• Focus group
• Phone call
• Letter
• Email
• Textual analysis

Secondary
This is the type of research that you get from somebody else. You can get this information from many places such as books. Here are examples of different secondary research:

• Books
• Internet
  - Search engine- Google, Bing, Yahoo etc.
  -Industries- BBC etc.
  -Websites which have been made my individuals
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Journal

QuantitativeThis type of research is to do with numbers and patterns. If you had done a survey and had got an outcome of 4/5 then it would be Quantitative research. Some examples of Quantitative research are:

• Questionnaires
  Positive
  -You are the one who writes the questions, so you can have your questionnaire about what ever you want.
  Negative
  -The people that you are giving the questionnaire to may not understand the questions and could get confused about what you are asking of them.
  -Some questionnaires are long and that could be a reason for people to be put off because it could be time consuming for them and they don't want to spend a long time doing something that they may not be interested in.
  - The person with the questionnaire could make the people feel uncomfortable and from that the answers could be biased to what they believe the questionnaire person feels and not what they feel. This would make the questionnaire useless because there are not true answers.
• Surveys
  -A survey could make people uncomfortable because you could be putting them on the stop and they just say what ever because they don't want to stay in the same situation.

QualitativeThis method is to do with people's opinions and words. There are different ways that you can get Qualitative research such as:

• Questionnaire
• Focus group
• Survey
• Phone call

Anything where you are asking people their opinions/views on things then you need to make sure that you out them in a comfortable position.

These are the different types of research methods, i will be sure to use these and take them on board when making my magazine. To get the best research you need to sometimes look in places that you might not think about. Finding research from different methods such as Qualitative you might find out about something that you may not have if you used the Internet or books.

Final magazine

This is my final magazine and I am overall happy with the outcome. I was not sure about what I wanted and I didn't think much about my layout before hand but from trying different styles I am pleased with what I went for.

If I did this magazine again I would change the amount of colours that I have, as it would be better if I made the magazine out of two colours. On the other hand I do feel that because of the range of colours it has it's positives such as being inviting and a lot more child friendly.

I tried to stick with a certain font because I didn't want to fill the page with lots of different styles of writing. I felt that it would look less professional and would end up being a negative effect on the magazine.

As this is my first magazine I am happy with the layout and overall outcome. There are a few changes that I would make.

Deconstructing School magazines

This school magazine is exciting and informative because it has a range of different colours, such as red, blue, white etc. The school logo is bold and in capital letters so that it stands out at the reader. Even though the name of the logo is not in full sentences it is easy enough to remember, FFH. The font from this magazine is a range of big and small writing. The smaller text is also important but that is not what is going to address the reader, the short snappy words are. Some of the smaller text has what is in the magazine; this is good because it is small. People who are interested in the magazine will care about what is in it. The colours in this magazine are really inviting and make the reader interested in what they are looking at. Because this school has been adventurous/safe in their colours it works well to get a good view. The blue sky is clear and the image is sunny which makes the picture stand out. The magazine is not cluttered and doesn’t throw words at your face. Because this is a school magazine, people who either attend or are interested in the school will read this magazine and will know what this magazine is about and will be interested about the new news. Overall this magazine is very eye catching and intrigues the reader into it.

 
















 

This school magazine is not as exciting as the other one because it is plain and simple. Sometimes doing a magazine plain and simple is good and it makes something look more professional but in this case it doesn’t. The colour of the magazine is in purple and is a safe colour to use. The images are interesting because you can see the different activities that the school takes part in and you can see that the school like to get involved into as many projects as they can. Even though the pictures are interesting there is not information on the magazine which makes the reader wonder what this about. Sure, they can open the page and see but the front cover but it should tell the readers what it is about and this magazine does not. The title is in capital letters so that it is easy for you to see, as the reader you then think that was the name of the school. The layout of the magazine is in blocks and it doesn’t seem that it took a long time to finish the magazine. Overall this is a poor example of a magazine and doesn’t intrigue the reader into reading it. I believe that the only people that would read it would be members of the school or parents.

Print media terms

·         Magazines

·         Newspapers

Advantages

-          You can advertise different areas of media better with print media. For example, if you wanted to advertise a grand new opening of a building then you would advertise it in the local newspaper or a main stream newspaper depending on the importance.

-          When putting new stories into a newspaper you can decide how big the space you need depending on the importance of the story. This will help you budget your money wisely.

-          Most of the public will see magazines or newspapers and will get to see about the media that way. If you walk into newsagents you are filled with magazines and newspapers.

-          The older readers are more likely to use newspapers, this will then make the company sure about the numbers they normally have.

Disadvantages

-          This can be an expensive process by printing all of the newspapers and magazines.

-          Because the news changes all the time and no story are new for long; newspapers are being printed all the time so that every day the public have a new one.

-          Things can go wrong, not all viewers will see your newspaper and will miss what was written init. Parts of the newspaper that you might have wanted to add might go lost and cause problems with deadlines and the public.