Evaluation of students work number 2

A mise-en-scene is the background; the background is a plain cream colour that doesn’t take away from the person and even points attention towards the person. This works really well as it makes the person the centre of attention and that is what music magazines are mainly focusing on. Also the colour works well with the colours of her clothes and her skin, as it makes those features stand out more and not blend into the background. This is also good, as it would mean that people wouldn’t look through the text to look at the background and can focus more on other features. As the background is just a simple colour it doesn’t have to do anything special, by this I mean it doesn’t have to mean anything to the person on the cover and it also doesn’t have to mean anything to the audience as it would mean that they can work more on the person themselves.

The person in the mise-en-scene stands out more and lets the audience know that she is the centre of attention of this magazine. This is good in the way that it allows to not be distracted by anything else and they would also be able to focus on the point at hand which would be the model herself or the text. Talking about the model, her costume is a blue jean jacket and a white top as well as a bandana. These clothing options allow her to stand out from the background and also have her not blend with the background at all. Also as her skin colour is a bit darker then the background it helps focus on her and helps her to stand out more with it. This was most likely done to show of her skin and show of her style. However there is also a down side to this as it might also be to dull for some people who are looking for a more exciting magazine, as the image itself isn’t really that interesting and only shows of her beauty and style. 

Evaluation of other students magazine

One of the Mis-en-scene in this student’s magazine is the background. This background is a graphite wall that is the colours of grey and black. It is also a bit off putting and doesn’t really suit with the whole magazine as it puts attention towards the background and away from the person. The background also is to dull and doesn’t bring energy towards the person who is in the magazine. I think that the background isn’t really good and could use a bit of colour, also they could of used a different background so it wouldn’t take so much away from the person who is in the front cover. I also think that it could of used a bit more work onto it as it doesn’t look natural and almost looks like it was forced onto the page.

Another mis-en-scene is of the person himself and how they are looking. The thing is how he is dressed by this I mean his hate and his shirt. I feel that the colours of his clothing is almost to bland and to simply for the style of the magazine as it looks like it is trying to be more of an urban magazine aimed at a more urban audience. This is shown through the clothes he is wearing and the background. Also the colours almost make him blend into the background and looks unpleasant to the eye, which doesn’t help with the fact that it is also stereotypical of that type of people. The position that the person in is a more of a high-mid shot so it doesn’t show his waist however I feel that it is blocked by the other images on the page making it some what of a high-mid shot. It is also a direct shot. Both these types of shots mean that the person wanted you to have some form of connection towards the person you see on the page, they are also getting this effect by having the person point towards the magazine to show that he is pointing at the audience.

Double page spread analysis

In this analysis of the double page spread, front cover and content pages tend to be similar as they both create something that is snappy however in a double page spread it is meant to tell you a story for the article. It is also on a larger scale so that you are able to convert that information across on as much information as you can allow you to tell the story you want. There are a number of conventions that this double page and others have such as have a piece of content over lap both the pages. For example here would be the name of the group. Normally it would be the image however in this magazine it is the text. I feel that this is done for a reason. The reason being that they are linking the image and the text that the name is under together, to show that they are part of one article. Another convention of this double page is that the image takes up most of the pages; I feel that this convention is done to show people what the main article of this page is. As in this case it would be “The Teenagers”. This would mean that people be directed right towards the article this would also have people know what they are looking at and who they are looking at. They also have some quick facts about the bands that most magazines have now.

Content page analysis

The layout of the content page is both complex and simply at the same time, the reasoning behind this is the way it is layout. By this I mean the way the images are places and the text, as it might look like its simply however there would be so much more behind it. The things behind it I mean is that the main information that they want to get across is related to the images. They do this because they want their most interesting stories to get the most attention, this would make the reader want to read it more or just have the reader want to read the story. Basically they are hyping up the stores saying that they are the most important ones. They also did this with their layout of text as yes you can see all the text and it might not seem that important but by having the text as bold and that size means that it takes some attention from the image so that the images don't away from the rest of the page. This is done to also give some attention to the information. This is to balance the page. On the bottom left of the page it has something called "Every Month" this could help people who are new to the magazine know what the magazine is offering every issue given that the magazine is released every month. The images in this content page are meant to show something about the genre of music and how the artist make the genre. They also have a "review" section which would appeal to people who are looking for more in dept look at a certain feature of that genre.

Over all the content page has a good look over it and appears to be more then what it just is. This would have a few people attracted towards the page as it would mean that there information is shown in a controlled and tidy but still putting a lot of information on the page. This page gives information to people who are new to the magazine genre and show them what they have to offered. This gives the people a look into the future of this magazine and if they should invest into this magazine as well as should they read it in the first place.

Front cover analysis

The layout of the magazines front cover is ever basic and doesn't over crowd the person and the information, The font that is used in this front cover is a really basic and bold text with it not really being to bright or to over whelming for the person looking at it. This would mean that almost anyone can pick this up and look at it without being over whelmed about the colors or the fonts. The colors that is used in the are mainly black and lime green, This might be because it is the artist style or it could be that style of the magazine. The colors might of been picked because they might be what people of this magazine and this genre of music like and find these colors appealing.

The image that is used is over the artist "Skrillex" who is an electronic musician, his main genres of music are dubstep and elector house. The image is a mid shot of the person and a direct shot this means that he is looking directly into the camera which could mean he is looking towards the audience. Having this kind of image would mean that he is trying to interact with the audience and maybe get something across. As he is the main focus of the image this would mean that the magazine is going to focus on him mainly. This image would be appealing to both people who know of him and the genre and to people who do not know him and want to get into the genre, The reason behind this is because the image isn't that of putting to someone new to the genre in the way that it is not some crazy picture that people of the genre would understand but people can just look at the magazine and understand that it is just a person and people might want to know about this person and what kind of music do they do. In the image he has two fingers over his left eye which are also painted, this would go against the gender stereotype as the stereotype is mainly that woman would have their nails painted and men would not however in this situation that is not the case this would mean that he is going against the stereotype, maybe to show some power towards the genre of music or to show the craziness that the genre brings to the table.

The magazine front cover appeals both to men and females as the genre of music is not aimed at anyone but at all. This front cover is really basic and in some peoples eyes boring however I like the simply style as it doesn't murder your eyes to look at it and it helps bring in newer people to the genre. Over all I think it is a good front cover from the image that was used to bring in people who might of heard about this person and people who might just want to get into the genre this front cover does just that.

Week 8: Production Diary

This week we did a lot of analysing content pages as that was our next focus for our magazine is. We had to analysis a magazine and look at how it might appeal to the audience and how it might be seen by the audience. We had to also look at how the magazine was layed out and how that would impact on the audience, this would mean that some people might not feel that a crowded page is a good thing and others might think that its distracting and how they don't know what to focus on and what kind of information they should look at. We were also told to start on a mood board which I will start next week.

Week 6: Producation dairy

The half term gave me a lot of time to work on analysing a lot of my work and also helped me catch up on any missing work I had. Over this half term I was able to get photos of my model for my magazine. I am really pleased with how the images come out however I do think that I could of done a little bit better on them, as I might of been able to get a better background and work with a better and easier to work with background. I also choice my genre of magazine as it is Dubstep/Eletro which are a genre that I enjoy a lot and have a lot of fun listening to as the music is up beat. I also wanted my magazine to have a simple style with it which would allow me to have a lot more different types of crazy pictures and other stuff that would impact on the genre of the magazine.