Trent Reznor

Magazine Conventions - The Voice Coaches

I produced this to show my understanding of the conventions of magazines. I chose this magazine cover as Rolling Stone is a well-known magazine and The Voice judges are appropriate subjects to analyse in the conventions of a magazine.

The layout I thought was conventional due to the masthead and the cover lines, but also slightly unconventional as it uses blocking as there's more than one subject, all of equal importance to the issue.

Emeli Sande - Music Artist Website / Questionnaires & Analysis

http://www.emelisande.com/

My Website

I chose the website for singer, Emeli Sandé because she's a relatively new talent, who delves into many different genres of music. I thought her official website would contain a lot of news, facts, and photos about her and the fact there are so many on there is what makes it a very informative, and entertaining website.

The home page consists of a large image of her, with her signature nose ring and her big blonde quiff. These contrast with the monochrome effect of the website to create a modern, yet feminine feel to the website.All the links to other pages, and information about her life and her career are laid out in a column design with a useful toolbar across the top to navigate the reader to other pages. Emeli Sandé is a very versatile artist, and her website illustrates the many different features of her personality and career. I enjoy her music because it can be quite up-tempo in her pop/ R&B songs, and much more deep and sombre in her ballads. She has an extraordinary talent and her website reflects this, and that is the reason I chose her website.

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Questionnaires

For my student magazine, I did a questionnaire to find out what the issue should contain.

The questions I used were.

1) How often do you read magazines?

Daily           1-4 Times A Week          Monthly         A few times a year       Never

2) If you said 'Never' what is the reason for this?

= The magazines in shops don't interest me.

= The magazines on sale contain too much gossip and trash about celebrities.

= I never have time.

= They're too expensive.

= Other...

3) If St Thomas Aquinas Sixth Form had its own magazine, would you read it?

= Yes

= Maybe

= No

4) What faculties would you like to see appear most within an issue?

= Mathematics

= English 

= Science

= Sports

= I.C.T

= Philosophy & R.E

= Modern Foreign Languages

= Humanities

= Vocational

= Technology

= Music & Drama

= Oaks Courses

5) Would you like to read information on NEW things happening in school? 

= Certainly

= I suppose

= Not really

6) What colours would you expect to see in our school magazine?

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7)  Do you think Mr Foley's idea of a competition in the Friday letter is a good idea?

= Yes= No

8) Would you like ADVICE in a 6th form magazine?

= Yes

= No

Analysis of Music Magazine Cover - Amy Winehouse

The masthead of the 'Rolling Stone' magazine is interrupted by a very large image of Amy Winehouse. The image of her dominates the front cover. 'Rolling Stone' use this technique in most of their issues as it's their trademark and the contrast of colour on this issue shows the image of Amy Winehouse as more prominent and more significant.

The Headlines lower down 'Summer Tours' present  a change in font and colour as they are noticeable on the left hand side of the page, and underneath a similar headline reading 'The Diva & Her Demons' demonstrates a clue into what the issue will involve. 

The large blue caption, positioned at the bottom of the page, reading 'Amy Winehouse' can be seen more easily than the actual title at the top, as the main story of Rolling Stone, this issue, is Amy Winehouse the caption needs to be seen, to compliment the image and the reader will want to see more inside.

The actual image of Amy Winehouse completely dominates the whole of the front cover and the use of the colour black, shows a connotation of sombre and soulful.  And this reveals a mood change to the issue as the  alliteration of 'diva' and 'demons' in the second headline contrast the image, and the concerned yet vulnerable look on Amy's face is shadowed by the heavy black eyeliner and plain black vest.

I chose this image as the colour scheme is inviting and contrasts the use of black on the image well. Only a small amount of information about the features inside is revealed in the lower headline, but the large caption stands out and draws you in to reading more about this fabulous, yet troubled artist.

My First Post

My name is Daniel Jackson and this is my AS Media blog.