NEA FEEDBACK

Magazines -

- One cover layout only

Targets -

- Complete covers

- Complete contents

- Take pictures

- CLEAR HOUSE STYLE

Coursework

Monday 9th September 2024
Coursework Audit
LO: To review and reflect on work completed and plan final tasks

Friday 13th September 2024

ADDED ANIMATIONS TO TEXT AND ENSURED DIFFERENT PAGES LINKED PROPERLY

RESEARCH CONCLUSION

Product 1 - Magazine

Main concept/overarching idea -

Corny 90s/2000s girl pop group, parodying/paying homage to spice girls, etc

How will this concept fit into the genre? -

Girl groups are one of the most popular and recognisable themes in 90s/2000s pop, loads of examples like spice girls, sugababes, destinys child, TLC, blaque, atomic kitten and girls aloud. They typically range from 3-5 members, with intentionally contrasting styles for each member. (scary spice, sporty spice, baby spice, etc etc)

How will this concept attract the specific audience - 

The target demographic for girl pop groups is usually teen girls, so I should use stereotypically girly things like bold makeup, fashionable outfits and bright, upbeat themes and colours.

Core values of TCO London - 

TCO encourages uniqueness and creativity. By making my magazine defy stereotypes and create something different, it should fit the publishing company.

Technical codes (Mise-en-scene, camerawork, etc) - 

Costume : girly and bold and 90s, Lighting : bright and overhead, Colour scheme : BRIGHT, setting : block colour background, camerawork : high flattering angle, half-body or full-body

Write about the representations this mise-en-scene will produce -

WOMEN POWER, creating strong female figures for younger audience to look up to, empowering femininity and all things "girly"

Write about how you intend to use intertextuality in your product - 

homage to spice girls, knock-off name like seasoning babes or something

Product 2 - Website

How I'm going to use media language of websites and conventions of web design and what a pop magazine website should look like -

Modern music magazines typically have very minimalist and monochrome design, regardless of gender. However, since I want my design to be 90s/2000s, I'd like to base my website design on old girls flashgame websites, with very bright colours and lots of images.

Write about how these design choices are going to attract your audience -

The themes of fashion girls games and websites would potentially appeal to teenage girls, whereas the nostalgic 2000s/90s feel of the band, magazine and website would also appeal to older individuals. 

On my website, I will include a page of this fake band that I have made, promoting both their magazine issue and potentially clips that talk about an upcoming tour or album. I will have links to social media of the mag company, such as Instagram or Twitter, where the new issue is promoted. By doing this, it targets the demographic of teens and young adults, who use social media more frequently. This website will reflect the record company, and its values of uniqueness and easy access to popular culture. The visual graphics of this website, e.g clips, many colourful pictures and doodle-style overlays, are very eye-catching. I will also be using the hooking taglines magazines often do, with articles discussing celebrity gossip, or competitions and giveaways.

The profile and target demographic of my magazine and website would likely be mainly female and young. Their values/attitudes/lifestyles would likely be trendy, stylish, fashion-oriented, and fun-seeking, which matches the fashionable and feminine values of my magazine.

1.) Sub-genre - 90s/2000S girl pop

Name of mag - Cherrypicked

2.) Overview - 

Values - empowering femininity, FUN

How will it be represented - through the typically "girly" designs and outfits, etc

Content - Behind the scenes of photoshoot, sneak peaks of new album/tour, giveaways/competitions

How will it appeal to the TA - the fun and childish aspects would appeal to the younger teens, whereas the whole style of 2000s flashgames would appeal to the young adults in terms of nostalgia.

3.)

4.) Article subjects - 

1 - Concert reviews

2 - Album reviews

3 - Breakup gossip

4 - How to dress like...

5 - How to do makeup like...

6 - Where are they now?

7 - Concert stories

8 - The band talks about upcoming album

9 - Photoshoot

10 - Most popular bands right now

11 - Ticket giveaway

12 - CD Player giveaway

13 - Quiz

14 - Problems solved section

15 - More gossip

16 - Concert outfit ideas

17 - Concert makeup ideas

18 - Celeb outfit fails

19 - Win signed T-Shirt

20 - .... Tells their story

5.) Sections headings -

- Gossip

- Competitions

- About you

- Celebs

- Featured

- What's hot?

6.)

7.) SETTING : Solid colour background

MES : Bright, overhead, flattering lighting. Emphasises femininity and displays makeup/hair details clearly. Fun and lighthearted.

Style: 90s/2000s camera graphics, e.g noise overlay, bloom light effect. Colourful and nostalgic

Model : 5 girls, differing 90s/y2k styles

1.) Same values as mag - empowering, nostalgic femininity 

2.) 

3.) Article subjects - 

1.) Every cherrybomb album ranked

2.) The Missy Moos albums ranked

3.) Songs for a y2k summer

4.) The Missy Moos reunion

5.) Hundreds of players win tickets

6.)  Angel announces new album

7.) ....spotted in bad fit

8.) Which member of missy moos would u be bezzies with??

9.) Join groupchats full of fellow fans!!!!!!

10.) Cherrybomb on her latest breakup

4.) n/a

5.) Trending, New, Win, Gossip

6.) Behind the scenes of cover photoshoot, "music vid" clip

7.) Bright colours, colourful, cartoonish graphics and overlays and doodles, eye-catching articles, gifs/moving graphics, lots of articles, background noise/music?

8.)

similar tacky 90s graphics but doesn't have the functions I need (buttons need to take user to different website, etc)

TOOLS : Canva, Indesign

INITIAL RESEARCH !!!

 Friday 26th April 2024

SUB GENRE + STYLE - 90s/2000s pop and r&b girl group

e.g TLC, sugababes, spice girls, destinys child

Thursday 2nd May 2024

Industry research  - 

Anthem Publishing - 

- pop/indie/synth

- "Classic Pop is both a print magazine and website bringing you pop artist interviews, music news, album and gig reviews from the best acts from the late-70s post-punk through to the synth-pop, New Romantic, ska, indie and guitar greats of the 80s and chart stars of the 90s – plus the best new acts that embrace our classic pop heritage."

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- Pet shop boys, duran duran, adam and the ants

- Vintage rock, classic pop, kpop

Friday 3rd May 2024

Friday 10th May 2024

Production Values

Quality of images : I want it to have a grainy, low quality 90s/2000s camera quality style to create authenticity

Price : Cheap (£2.50?)

Glossy/matt - matte (historical authenticity)

CGI/SFX- Lots of colourful, poppy overlays/graphics around the models

Clothing, hair and makeup - Professionally done, fully done-up (complete glam makeup, styled hair), emphasises femininity and shows the high budget since that had a styling team hired.        Positioning/expression/body language - Positioning and expression should be outward, enthusiastic, and high-energy. Smiling, arms out, flattering poses

Setting/background - solid block colour

Fonts - BOLD, cartoonish/fun/bubbly

Colours - Very vibrant, warm colours. Pink, orange, purple

Ideology : POWERFUL FEMININITY!!!

Product 2

There were very few examples of pop-mag websites from the decades that I have chosen, so I will be combining the generic layout of the menu and content on a music-mag website with the style of girly 2000s flashgames, using vibrant colours and lots of flashy graphics, in order to keep the feel of the website similar to the magazine. I will use the logo of the publishing house/record label, links that allow the viewer to "purchase" issues of the magazine, and use images that show behind-the-scenes shots of the photoshoots, and potentially clips that introduce the band. I will also use links to social media, as many mags do to promote their material.