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FINAL CONTENTS: READ NOTES

FINAL FRONT COVER: READ NOTES

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Question 7

Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Throughout the task, I have noticed my understanding of the codes and conventions has improved, thus making my product seems better than my original College Magazine compared to my new Music Magazine.

I feel that as I have stuck to a strict plan of what I wanted to do, rather than making it up as I go the along and following a very bare and unhelpful plan, have made this product improve dramatically. Also knowing who I my audience was and doing thorough research on a certain audience which have a very niche set of interests rather than having a wider audience where the only thing in common is there age and occupation. Whereas my music magazine allowed me to go deeper into whom I was making the product for and how I can make it more appealing to them.

Being an amateur, I felt it was vital for me to get to grips with software such as in design and Photoshop and try playing around with different editing styles such as the images and font I used for the text. I only had basic knowledge of both of the editing software so I felt it was vital to keep the product basic and to not over do certain things as this may lead to the product looking over crowded and ‘tacky’.

I felt that the design of the contents went well as I used very little in terms of design and used contrasting colours to get the contents, normally a very dull and un-interesting part of any magazine, to look vibrant and alive even though it is a very basic design. I tried repeating the same ‘Less is Best’ idea to my double page spread. I originally wanted to have the band parodying another famous-ish album cover (I was thinking either London calling by the Clash or Morden World by the Jam) but I was unable due to time restrictions and meeting deadlines. I also believed it would be too time consuming in terms of editing the images. Instead I went with simple the simple route with nothing to fancy and it has come out as I have hoped.

Looking through existing magazines played a large part of my research; this allowed me to make my mind up pn what I was trying to do and how I was going to do. I felt that the minimalistic approach that Q magazine went for looked professional but I didn’t want to take my magazine too seriously so I added more vibrant colours to the cover. Also understanding WHO my audience was played an equal, if not more important, than looking at examples. I felt that I had to get into the head of my audience, this lead to asking members of my target audience of people what they would want to see in the magazine rather than what I felt the audience would like to see.

Question 6

Question 3

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Question 4 & 5

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Question 2

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Question 1

Question 1: In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Magazines in general follow tight codes and conventions such as:

• ·      A large dominant title
• ·      Extra promotional features such as puffs and other images
• ·      A dominant background image
• ·      A bar code on the right hand side along with an issue number and a date

Normally a music magazine goes along with the same codes and conventions as other magazines but I decided to experiment with some ideas to make my magazine seem different and more appealing to my audience.

To start with, I decided against using a large title going across the cover. Instead, I used the top let hand corner to put my simple title of OI!. I did this because it not only parody’s OK! magazine (which, in a way, is the binary opposite of my magazine) but to make it eye catching on the magazine rack. Also the name OI! Can be addressed as the magazine yelling at a passerby to pick it up and look at it.

I have also decided against using puffs, I wanted the magazine to be like the punk music and be completely stripped down and be only built up on the would basics and what’s important to the magazine, so in this case it’s the 3 main articles that I feel are important and be interesting to the reader. I also chose to put them on the left third to make it appealing to the audience and it allows them to see what’s in the magazine at just a glance.

Another feature I added was the banner going across the top of the cover. Most magazines have some form of banner going across the masthead with a slogan, I choose to follow this convention because it gives the magazine something to be remembered by and show what the magazine is there to represent and do something for its audience.

I chose a different approach with the main image as I didn’t want it to take up the whole of the cover. I felt that it was appropriate to make the image black and white because it shows the rawness of the music genre and it also goes well with the colour scheme of the cover. Furthermore it gives the cover an old school Punk/DIY feel, which I think would be appealing to members of my chosen audience.

To conclude, even though I have chosen to go against the normal codes and conventions, I feel that my product works because it’s so different in terms of aesthetic looks. Also by looking different it stands out from other products and goes hand in hand with the genre of punk which I was trying to recreate to attract my audience.

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“Growing up has always been hard for us, not in a way that our parents used to beat the leaving daylights out of us, more of the changes and responsibility that come along with growing up and the challenges and that’s what we’re trying to get across on the is EP. In short we hate change.” In case you have been under a rock for the past year or so, this is Jesus Wears Addidas and what lead singer and lead guitarist Tom Rackcliff are what he says pushes him “to get somewhere”.

“For all of our time in JWA (Jesus Wears Addidas-ED) we’ve been told we’re not going to get anyway where and not make anything for ourselves and this EP is going to prove them wrong.” adds rhythm guitarist Josh McManus. 

This Punk Quartet from Portsmouth have allot own up for, one for selling out an entire south-coast tour within a matter of weeks! “It’s surreal to think that from us being 12 and dicking about with instruments at an afterschool club would lead to something which can open doors and take us down roads we would never imagine, the fact people actually WANT to listen to our music let alone go out and see us play live amazes me” says bass player Kane Preston. “I feel the live shows are the best part of the whole band thing, recording’s fun but, the buzz you get from playing in an atmosphere of raw energy just makes you want to play 250% harder, tighter and better.”  quirks in Adam Wellstead, the drummer and the newest addition in the group.

“When Joe left (original drummer for the group), we didn’t know what to do. In a way we felt betrayed but after a long talk we came to the fact that it’s 

Letter from the editor

Letter from the Editor

Hello dear reader,

                                  In this weeks issue of OI!, bring you the dirtiest, grimiest and dam right loudest music from the UK punk scene. We bring you a one on one interview from Jesus Wears Addidas talking about touring, recording and destroying venues (P24/25). We also album reviews for Tonight We Dine ‘s new album (P6), along with a spotlight slot from newcomers on the scene Flagholder (p36). We also have the normal article which we know you love!

This is where I sign off, all of us hope you enjoy this weeks OI! , Yours readily awaiting for you to stop reading my rambles and read about some real dam talent.

See ya,

ED

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BIG CHEESE MAGAZINE 1996-2013

Created in 1996, the mission statement of Big Cheese is the same as it was that sunny day in August fifteen years ago: to embody the culture we write about rather than just aspire to it and to innovate rather than imitate. Leading the way with the covermounting of full albums (such as with Issue 102’s The Rabble CD), patches (giving away an exclusive My Chemical Romance one to coincide with the release of their last album), wristbands (to promote the release of Green Day’s last album every reader received a free Green Day-branded wristband) as well as being one of the first magazines to utilise downloadable content (back in 2006 giving away a downloadable compilation available through our website), we continue to stand at the forefront of popular and underground music, be it punk, metal, ska, indie, hip hop or rock or lesser covered genres such as rockabilly, psychobilly and garage rock, covering it from the ground up, from up-and-coming bands to established acts, from their music to their style and everything in between.

 

Inside the issue: 

BLINK-182


20th anniversary special issue – hits, splits & two decades of pop punk! Exclusive new interview & rare photos! The Mark, Tom and Travis show finally returns to the UK with a vengeance in June. Mark Hoppus talks to us about the band's long history, the break up, the triumphant return and playing until they're seventy!

BLINK-182 POSTER PULL OUT!

Elsewhere this month, the world dominating LINKIN PARK talk about their epic new album 'Living Things', we talk to a whole host of bands playing the WARPED TOUR about its heritage in the USA and its long-awaited return to the UK later this year, we hit the road with SKINDRED, BLACK SPIDERS and more for the madness of the JAGERMEISTER MUSIC TOUR, seminal punks HOT WATER MUSIC give us a track-by-track guide to their comeback album 'Exister' and Justin Pierre of MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK gets reflective about his life and fifth album 'Go'. Also, we catch up with KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES to talk label problems and some scorching summer festival plans, YOUNG GUNS' Gus Wood tells us about his childhood years, JETTBLACK explain why GUNS N' ROSES are their favourite band and we get chatty with everyone from GOJIRA, DESTINE and PENNYWISE to CATTLE DECAPITATION and BASTIONS! 



There's also live reviews of the festivals GROEZROCK, HIT THE DECK and THE CAMDEN CRAWL, as well as album reviews of new releases from ARCHITECTS, THE HIVES, BOUNCING SOULS, MISS MAY I, TURBONEGRO and loads more! Want more? Then have a BLINK-182 poster pull-out with two classic pics and two new ones. Which will you choose?

NME

he New Musical Express, popularly known by the initialism NME, created by Theodore Lloyd-Jones, it is a music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the 14 November 1952 edition. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. During the period 1972 to 1976 it was particularly associated with gonzo journalism, then became closely associated with punk rock through the writing of Tony Parsons and Julie Burchill.

Inside the issue:

There’s trouble in town! Liam’s back and leading the pack for NME’s first part special preview of all the albums you must own in 2013. Exclusive in-the-studio reports on Vampire Weekend, Noah & The Whale, Johnny Marr, Queens Of The Stone  Age, These New Puritans, A$AP Rocky, Everything Everything, Katy B, AND MORE.

Q Magazine

Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.

Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology. Q was first published in October 1986, setting itself apart from much of the other music press with monthly production and higher standards ofphotography and printing. In the early years, the magazine was sub-titled "The modern guide to music and more". Originally it was to be called Cue (as in the sense of cueing a record, ready to play), but the name was changed so that it wouldn't be mistaken for a snooker magazine. Another reason, cited in Q's 200th edition, is that a single-letter title would be more prominent on newsstands.

In the issue:

Q319 February 2013 

Perfect playlists for ever occasion picked by Noel Gallagher, Bat For Lashes, Robbie Williams, Paul Weller, Kasabian, Manics, Jake Bugg & more...
Plus 2013 preview featuring the likes of Beady Eye, Foals, Biffy Clyro, Haim, Vampire Weekend, Palma Violets, David Bowie...