How women are represented in the Media industry

During our in class research sessions we listened to a podcast which discussed why women are so under-represented in the media industry. One of the reasons why are the long hours which leads to women having to leave their jobs in order to have children or look after a family. These statistics support this statement... 

• 72% Of the question time contributors are men 
• 78% Of news articles are written by men
• 84% Of radio reporters and guests on radio 4’s ‘today show’ are men
• Less than 10% of sport journalists are women
• Less than 5% of sport coverage are done by women 

Editing The pictures

I took a screen shot of me using IPhoto to edit one of my photos for the magaziene. As you can see i turned the temperature of my image down to give the colour a faded effect. I have decided i only want the text in my magazine to be bright and bold and then the images to be either black and white or not very colourful. I think this will make it look new and interesting compared to other magazines. I also think it will make the magazine look classier.

Photoshoot for music magazine

These are 3 of my best pictures from the photo-shoot i did with Alice for my music magazine, using Jessie J as an inspiration. I wanted to keep the pictures simple but will be editing them more to match my magazines theme.  I created a Flickr account to present the rest of my photo shoot on...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75842946@N08/ 

I think this picture is very expressive and will make my magazine look exciting. The style of music that my artist plays is loud pop/hip hop which is full of energy and i think she has portrayed this well in this image.

I love how simple this photo is., Her lips make the image look striking and interesting but its still a very basic picture of her. I would love to use this photo as my front cover image as it wont be too distracting next to the title and text. Im going to start experimenting with fonts and layouts on this image to see if it works well.











I wanted to experiment with using the "Black and White" effect on my camera. I then edited this image using IPhoto on my mac, by turning up the contrast it made the photo look bold and different to the rest of my images. I like the effect this made and may consider doing my whole magazine in black and white.





   

Layouts

   
I like the layout of this front cover as its interesting and bold. The title stands out as the background is bright red where as the rest of the magazine is in black and white apart from the photo of 'Florence and the Machine'. I also like how the name of the artist is bolder than the rest of the text which makes it clear who is being featured. I have noticed that all of the writing has a filled background in either black or white.














This is a fashion magazine for the brand WILDFOX COUTURE. I liked the look of this magazine because its very basic. The have used the same font for all the text which adds to the simple look. I like how the only colourful part of this front cover is the photograph of the girl. I would defiantly like to use this idea on my own magazine.
















I chose this magazine for another layout example because the way the writing was presented immediately interested me. I love how the text is presented in different sizes and facing different directions. I think this has made the front cover look more exciting and would defiantly attract a browsers attention.

Jessie J

After brainstorming ideas about the style of music, target audience and image i would like to create in my music magazine i started to research artists that interest me. Jessie J is an urban music artist with a young audience, I like her style and the way she is presented in magazines. I will be using her as an inspiration in my music magazine.  Each of these images i think are good examples of her bold character, i would love to reflect my artists character in the photo's i take of her myself. I also like how simple they are; the background is plain but the clothing is bright and exciting. 

MUSIC MAGAZINE RESEARCH

For my final piece our task is to create a front cover, contents page and double page spread for a music magazine. I will be researching current magazines that inspire me and will give me a rough idea of what i would like my magazine to look like. 

'VIBE' is an american magazine aimed at a young audience. I think this is reflected through their front covers. They always use colours that look bold and bright against each other which i think works really well. The style of this magazine is very simple with not a lot of text and there is always just one artist or band in the centre of the front cover. I like how they highlight each artist names which attracts even more attention to them. 

'Rolling Stones' Magazine covers.

Both of these front covers are bright and interesting. I like the colouring used in the "lil wayne" issue. The dark background contrasts with the yellow title. I also like how all the text is on one side of the page. This makes it look more simple. On both magazines the same text font is used through out. I like how the text overlaps the image in the 'Katy Perry' issue but the image of her still covers the Rolling stones title. The colouring in this issue almost reflects the artists character, i.e. Katy perry is very girly so blues and pinks have been used. 

Preliminary Task Evaluation

The Preliminary task gave me the opportunity to expand my knowledge within the magazine industry. I learnt how to analyse a front cover and adapt good features to my own magazine and also how to use pages to create this. This task has introduced me to this area of media and helped me develop skills that i can hopefully improve when creating my music magazine.

Front cover

This is my front cover to my school magazine that i had to produce for my preliminary task. Considering this was my first time using pages i am proud of my final out come. I decided to use the font "Academy Engraved LET"as i thought it looked professional and simple. I then used a less distracting font for my text so i didn't distract my audience away from the positive background. I asked my peers for some constructive criticism and positive points about my front cover to help me think about what i could improve on when creating my music magazine. Alice said i could use a more interesting font to make my front cover look more appealing. However she loved the colourful background.

Photo shoot for school magazine

This is the photo shoot i did for my school magazine...

Target Audience and Purpose

I am going to base my school magazine on the subjects and activities that have been taken place around the school. I.e a write up on the latest sports achievement for a certain year. I think its important to have a calendar in every magazine informing the parents on the next important events and meetings they need to attend. However i would also involve an "Awards" page for the kids, to show off all their achievements.
A school magazine is usually aimed at the secondary schools students, this is from ages 12-18.