Magazine Analysis

In lesson we were given a number of different magazines to analyze and the two that me and Callum chose were called 'Classic Rock' and the other magazine we chose was called Un-cut.

We researched into Classic Rock and discovered that the producer of the magazine was Team Rock who brought it off Future Publishers in 2003. The genre of the magazine is Rock and the target audience is people who enjoy rock music, we decided that it would be for the older generation because it's older tracks and music although people from the younger generation might enjoy that type of music to. A free CD has been advertised with 14 different rock tracks on it, this is a good way of advertising different artist and bands tracks, because if the reader listens to the CD and enjoys one of the tracks they might consider buying that artists whole CD or listening to their music online etc.

 By advertising different quotes and information on the outside it makes the reader want to carry on reading and look inside. 

In Classic Rock they have a variety of different advertisements mainly for different rock albums, here is an example.


By making a whole page in the magazine full of albums it is good advertisement by dotting the images of all the albums together it makes it look more interesting and eye-catching, there isnt much text so you dont get bored whilst reading through it, the only text that has been used is what is actually essential for example the name of the album and the price and where it is from. The text is located in a small bright red box above the album or under the album making it more noticable and clear. They are all cheap albums aswell so people will be more tempted to try them all out to see what they are like.

The other magazine we chose was called un-cut , this magazine has a bit more going on, on the cover, although there is a lot of information there it is still easy and clear to read as it is short titles which is in bright red or black writing. This magazine also has a free sample CD on it, which again is a good way of advertising your music if your an artist. The purpose of this magazine is to inform the reader on different storys and to entertain, and the audience is I would say for the older and newer  generation because on the cover is the singer Bowie but on the free CD it says '15 tracks of the best new music for 2015'
and it is mainly the younger generation who listen to newer music but then some of the older generation may like to read about Bowie. 

Both magazines included web addresses which helped advertise their producer and also artists from the magazine.

Bastille DigiPak Research

I decided to do some research on Bastille's Digipak as that is the artist that I am using for my Music Video.

I particularly like Bastille's front cover of their digipak as it is a lot different to normal album covers, most digipaks are just a normal image of the artist or band and doesn't really have much of a story to it, but Bastille have instantly created suspense by having a image of who i guess to be the main singer 'Dan Smith' running away from someone this straight away adds suspense and makes us want to know what it is that he is running away from or even where he is running to? I also like the title, it is simple yet interesting and eye catching the way that they have used a triangle for the A in'Bad' and in 'Bastille' makes it a lot different to any other album cover and that's what I like about it.

The album cover in general is a lot similar to the type of music that they produce, as Bastille isn't so upbeat and happy but it is catchy. It is just more meaningful and has a story behind it. The light that's shining on the man gives us the impression that its car lights maybe, this makes the audience again think that he is being chased or is running away somewhere.

The back cover is interesting to as the first thing we notice is that the image behind the text is of car lights, which gives us the impression that it is what the man on the front cover was running from. I am guessing this is meant to be a point of view shot from the lead singer as he is running away from the car and turning around. Again the text on the back listing all the different tracks is simple but stands out and they have used the same theme of using triangles on all the letters 'A'  This is one of my favorite albums and digipaks that I have seen as it has been well thought out and has a mysterious feel about it, I will be deffinately taking some ideas from this digipak for my own.

Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule

Finding time when everyone in my Music Video was free was proved harder than I expected as some of us had work on days when others weren't but in the end we worked out that all of us were free on a Monday night.

Shooting Schedule Date: Monday 10th November
Location: Wem Town Hall 

Other filming Date: Monday 17th November
Location: Shrewsbury Quarry

Directions:

Costume:
Just normal everyday casual wear.


Cast/Crew Names:

Louise Lizzie Bebb - 17

Hannah Brown - 16

Nicola Grafton - 17

Website Research

Website Re-search

As I am creating my own website for my Music Video, to advertise my DigiPak I thought that it would be helpful to research some official websites for bands of the indie genre and also on the band that I am using a track from 'Bastille'

Here is the Home Page of Bastille's website, it is simple yet eye-catching making you want to keep on browsing the website.

Then from the homescreen you can click on any link at the top which i have highlighted round in red that links to a different part of the website for example. Music or the store or you can sign up to their website so you get updates on their new music or items on sale. When I clicked onto the music link a variety of different singles came up on the screen with pictures of their different single covers. I thought this was a really effective and eye-catching way to advertise all their music.

I found the Bastille website very different and eye-catching compared to any normal website which is what made it so much better because its not simple its been well thought out and set out yet still easy to browse on, I would like to make my website like this.

I then went onto looking on The 1975 website to see how they had set theirs out.

Again their website is similar to Bastille's as it has a simple yet very interesting lay out.

I like the fact that their album is the first thing that comes up as you click onto their website but you can still see some different things in the background that have just been faded out like different Music videos and concert photographs.

When you click onto one of the navigation bar links, again I decided to click on Videos first as that is what I am interested in advertising. The way that they have lay out all their Music Videos is very simple and clear to look at but still very eye-catching and also the Music Videos box's have been made bigger so that its a lot clearer and easier to watch.

By making the Music Video box's bigger it makes it better and also you don't have to put it onto full screen mode. They have also put all of the Track names above each Video. From comparing the two websites for advertising all their Music Videos I prefer the 1975 as it is more simple but easier to navigate where everything is. Although I still do like the layout of Bastille's because it is different and has been well thought out.

The next indie/pop band I chose to do some research on was the 'Arctic Monkeys' a very popular band, again from the other websites I have looked on the 'Arctic Monkeys' is very similar because it is simple but eye-catching. I like the way that they have just used black and white as a theme throughout the whole website it makes it look more professional and well put together rather than loads of different colours of text everywhere. They have also used a clear white font which makes it easy for anyone to read

On the navigation bar they have some different drop downs compared to the other band/artist websites that I have re-searched, the different links on the navigation bar have been well thought out, they have a fan forum page where different people can comment and read eachothers comments and it also has different polls and pages that fans of the Arctic Monkeys can read and fill out. 

I think that adding a fan forum page was a good idea because they can read through what people actually think of them and what people all over the world have to say.

Another link on the navigation bar that I like the idea of is the photo's page it may sound simple and what everyone has on their website but they have dated each album image or photograph of the whole band from newest photo to oldest which would be extremely helpful if somebody was researching about the Arctic Monkeys through the years. It is also lay out well and is simple and easy to navigate around. Fans and other members of the public can also comment on the different images.

You can also sign-up to the website so that you can get updates through e-mail and you can also comment on all of the different photographs that are uploaded aswell as putting your own status' updates for other fans and members of the website to see.