Thursday, 6 November 2008

Cover of the Source


Cover of the Source
Originally uploaded by mak dot kid
Annotated cover of an actual music magazine which follows the standard conventions.

Wednesday, 5 November 2008

hip hop connection cover

Annotated cover of an actual music magazine which follows the standard conventions.

Wednesday, 22 October 2008

Updated Version of Orpington College Magazine

An updated version of the preliminary task, edited after evaluation.

Monday, 20 October 2008

Orpington Magazine Front Cover

Annotated copy of Preliminary task.

Orpington Magazine Contents Page

Annotated copy of Preliminary task.

Friday, 17 October 2008

screenshots of magazine contents page

Step-by-step screenshots of my magazines content page.

screenshots of magazine front cover

Step-by-step screenshots of my magazine front cover.

Monday, 6 October 2008

Original Photograph


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Originally uploaded by mak dot kid
One example of the original photos I took for the college prospectus cover.

Friday, 3 October 2008

Monday, 29 September 2008

Example of Orpington College's Prospectus front cover


Example of Orpington College's Prospectus front cover


Marketing Workshop

Who is the target audience?

For the Orpington College prospectus the target audience is aimed at numerous people. This includes 14-19 year olds, their friends and family, for example parents or carers, but also has to adhere to various ethnic groups and both the genders as not to discriminate.

The reading age of the text is 12-13 years old. This is so almost anyone can read and understand it as it uses a simple writing style.

For the text to be unbiased, all pieces of writing must be clear to all. This includes those with disabilities of sight, therefore all written text in the prospectus has been layered on top of a coloured filter to make it readable to all.



What is the house style of the prospectus?

The house style of the text is consistant throughout. The college's prospectus this year has been changed and adapted to suit Bromley College's prospectus, as they are merging together in the near future.

The font style in the text is called Aroma and is used throughout, along with similar colours and graphics. All the pictures are either close-ups or medium close-ups of the models and the background on every page is white and uses alot of white space.

The colour scheme of the text also coinsides with the new building design of the college, and the colours are inspired by the building also, which includes of burnt yellows and oranges and light and dark greens.

Friday, 26 September 2008

Semiology Task

Signifier: The form the sign takes. In this example it is a drawing of a human skull.

Signified: This will be the meaning of the sign. It can be broken down into two parts, denotation and connotation.

Denotation: The common sense, culturally agreed meaning of this sign is that it is a human skull.

Connotation: My individual interpretation of this sign leads me to think of death and danger.

Sunday, 21 September 2008

The Game on the cover of The Source


The Game on Source mag
Originally uploaded by mak dot kid
Annotated front cover of Source magazine.

Kanye West on the cover of The Source

Annotated front cover of Source magazine.

Jim Jones on the cover of The Source

Annotated front cover of Source magazine.

Thursday, 18 September 2008

lil wayne & Birdman on the cover of XXL


lil-wayne & birdman xxl
Originally uploaded by mak dot kid
This is an annotated image of popular hip hop magazine XXL. Check out their chains!

Rick Ross on the cover of XXL


rick-ross xxl
Originally uploaded by mak dot kid
This is an annotated image of popular hip hop magazine XXL. Check out their chains!

Nas on the cover of XXL


nas xxl
Originally uploaded by mak dot kid
This is an annotated image of popular hip hop magazine XXL. Check out their chains!

Wednesday, 17 September 2008

welcome to my blog

My name is Daniel and i'm a second year student at Orpington College currently studying AS Media Studies. This blog will follow my progress throughout the course, which will focus mainly on creating a front cover for a music magazine, so the blog will have lots of info about current music magazines as well as links to flickr.com for visual references. Anyone with a love for music, mags or blogging are welcome to comment on any posts. Thanks for stopping by.

Daniel