Evaluation

These are my pictures I have used in my magazine. I have put up my original images and my Photoshopped images to fit easily into my magazine.





By Jamie

Lee's Contents

This is the final contents page for my magazine.

This is my final doublepage spread. I like the fact that the interview is writen on a picture of a notepad that i uploaded. This makes it seem a more relaxed interview and as if you are actually reading the notes. Also i like that the words "The Future" are under them band swearing. It gives the impresstion that they are like screw the future and rebelious!

This is my contents page. I like the fact that the C for both Crunch and Contents is the same one. The background is consistant through out this magazine with black, red and white. Sticking with three colours makes the apearence less overwhelming and easier on the eyes.

This is my front cover. I think that the masthead stands out well and the fact that lee's head overlaps it gives the imprestion that he is the main focus and more inportant. Also having him on the front cover is important because my double page spread will be about him and his band "Blood Tomb".

This is Jamie's Final Front cover, Contents and Double page.

I have used the colour green to represent my magazine from the other magazines my group has produced.
It was hard to get it to look proffesionly produced by actual magazine companies.  
I used photoshop in most of my images to create a transparent background so that only the models were there. I didnt have access to studio lighting although i did take the photos in the studio and i brightened the contrast, brightness, vibrance and changed the colour in some of the photos in photoshop to improve the images.
I have dressed the models in black 'Deathy' look to address the audiences demographic.

By Jamie Semp

This is Jakes final content page, it shows what you will see in the magazine. I like this because i have hand drew the P and put them in where it says Page, this links in to the whole punk or rock genre we are doing because it has an aggresive look and is a DIY theme.

This is Jakes final double page and it is layed out a little like Lee's double page, the use of the picture in the background gives the reader the image of them knowing what they are looking at instead of loads of little pictures, the white writing stands out and you can read it but there is parts where it is not as clead I think the arms going over the name of the band is a good idea.

This is Jakes Final front cover, it is a lot different to the preliminary task. I worked hard to get all of the little snipets of writing around the picture. I think that the name of the band going across the middle signifies good what my double page will be about. The colour scheme goes well with the genre of alternative rock i think.

Lee's Final Double Page Spread

This is the final draft of my double page spread. Since, the last draft I have changed my background image, added a smaller picture to the left of the article and 2 pull quotes in to the main body of text. I have also decided to expand my text over to 4 columns instead of 2 or just one large chunk. Finally, I have changed the font of my headline and dragged it to one side to suit the layout of the picture.

Lee's Front Cover Draft

This is the first draft of my final front cover. Overall I'm very happy with it and the way it looks, I'm especially pleased with the colour scheme and how well everything stands out where it needs to and generally looks good. However, I may consider changing the thumbnail phots so that they suit the genre of punk more and will change the small text around them to look more blocky, once again to suit the genre.

Themed Crunch Logos

As a group we decided that it would be a good idea to have individually different logos, all the same as the final one shown before, but with a different colour C. The colour relates to the main genre of each individual magazine in some way. Blood Red for metal, Pink for punk, Blue for alternative and a lime/neon green for electronic rock.

Lee's FInal Pictures

These are the final images I have decided to use for my front cover and double page spread.

 The first image shows just one member of the band, the frontman, the looking in towards the camera to give the effect that he is connecting with the audience. The background is cut out so that a themed background can be added and the image can be easily worked around other things on the front cover.

The second image shows the full band and will be spread along the whole double page, this will be used as a background. Over this there will be a text box, the headline and perhaps some other thumbnail pictures. The background has been carefully selected to show a fresh blue sky and green grass to emphasise the happy nature of the band. Small elements of the college environment have also been caught in the background which relates to the age and lifestyle of the band.

This is jake's draft front cover, it gives a basic layout of what i will actually be using in my final front cover. I have taken in some of the feedback i got from my class mates and teachers, I shall then be changing it and using the feedback to make it better.

This is my edited front page, It has no borders, there isn't much changed but this is the feedback that i got so i decided to put it into action.

Lee's Double Page Spread First Draft

This is the first draft for my double page spread article. It features a large picture of the band in an action pose as the background, the actual text article is in a large text box at the bottom of the page with a translucent backing colour to make the text stand out. In my final article, I will be redesigning this to show the text in columns, making it easier to read and to avoid having text where the staples will be in a magazine. However, I think the semi-transparent background and white text is good and I'll be keeping this for my final piece.

The background image I am haooy with, although I will be using a completely different image in the final piece, I like the idea of having a fun action shot, perhaps with some smaller images down the side if the final photo gives room for such an idea. The headline for the article will also have a better font in the final piece, perhaps with a different colour and something which matches the Crunch logo and house style better.

Jakes Double page Article

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This is Jakes double page article on the band that he has interviewed and decided to do his article about.

Notes

These are some notes we have done. This includes Jamie Semp's and Jake Smith's double page mock-up and Nathan Wersching's Band's Title/ Name. There are also some notes I have taken for my Article piece and an interview.

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Preliminary Photographs

 This is a mock up photo of Nathan and Lee, what we do not like about this photo is that they are both trying to hard by looking at the camera, if we took this photo again then I would make them look at each other because this would make them seem like they are in action.

I don't think I would change anything about this photo, I would deffinatley like to use this photo in our double page spread, I would probably crop it down because there is to much background showing. I like this photo as it shows everyone doing what they want, this photo seems rebellious which is what we were looking for.

 I like this photo as jake is looking up at the camera  which gives it the rocky edge, it also shows him in his rock pose because he is holding the guitar. I would keep this photo as we need photos of seperate members such as the photo of lee and Nathan.














I like this photo the most because it is just like the second photo, it shows the band at their best. If I changed this photo I would add in jamie a bit more because you want the full band.

Analysing a Double Page Spread

As part of our research we each analysed a double page spread feature in a music magazine. We put our analysis in to a power point together... This PowerPoint can be downloaded by clicking the following link, scrolling down and clicking "download".

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Lee anlaysed a Bowling For Soup article, Jamie did Biffy Clyro, Nathan looked at Escape the Fate and Jake analysed My Chemical Romance 

Development of Crunch Logo

We decided to name our magazine Crunch, something which Jake thought of. We then went away and developed our ideas in to our final logo...

Jake drew the design on paper and Jamie edited it in Photoshop. Lee then made a powerpoint about how the logo was developed over time...



Video Interviews

As part of our research for our Magazine, we went around our school interviewing people about what certain types of music mean to them and what music magazines they read.

Here is a compilation video of these interviews. Filmed by Lee and Jamie, Edited by Nathan, Questions asked by Jake.

Mood Boards

As part of our task we created mood boards as part of our preparation and research for out magazines. Each Mood Board represents a different sub-genre of Rock music...

This is a sub-genre of Punk rock, made by Lee Robson.

This mood board contains imagery involving wild designs against the normal thing to see such as bright colours against black and white, rebellious styles such as graffiti, a wild styles. The imagery in this is especially targeted at the concept of "fighting the system".

The images also tend to show stuff being broken and in a state of disrepair.

This is in the Sub-genre of post-harcore and electronic rock, made by Jamie Semp.

This mood board doesnt have very much colour, which is the stereotypical view of an Emo. The colours which are present are quite bright blues, pinks and yellows. the text is in a font which appeals to more rebellious people, it is 'broken' and large and is written across the bands cover. There are lots of 'fight the system' quotes and motives in this board.

This is the sub-genre of alternative, made by Jake Smith.

This mood board gives out a very rebellious mood, the way that the colours are odd and bright and that the facial expressions are of expression of energy and anger. The pictures chosen give out the genre and how it is sterotyped to alternative music. The guitars and skateboards show what type of audience would listen to this kind of music.

This the sub-genre of metal, made by Nathan Wersching.                                          
   
 All the pictures in the include black or dark colours this creates a devilish heavy feel. This resembles the hardcore heavy rifts with a bad attitude. Also many people have tattoos and piecings which gives them their own images and makes them look scary and hard.

Hello!

Hello,

Our names are Jake Smith, Jamie Semp, Nathan Wershing and Lee Robson. This is out blog for our AS Foundation Production coursework where we will create a magazine.

We have chosen to centralise ourmagazing around Rock music, with different issues each targeting a different area including Punk, Alternative, Electro and Metal.

We hope you will enjoy looking through how our work has progressed as we worked through the project to complete our final coursework.