John: 2013

People may rush the questionnaire making the results vague and inaccurate
There is no way of telling how much thought a respondent has put in
The respondent may be forgetful or not thinking within the full context of the situation
There is no way to tell how truthful a respondent is being
You are limited in a questionnaire in comparison to a focus group
Questions could not be understood
Questions can mean different things to different people

Qualitative - Questionnaires that are open where people can say anything

Quantitative - Closed questions, (Yes/No) for example multi choice.

Moodboard for my genre

This is the link to my moodboard :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4OYubExw6FiRFJQdFpsMU5VWXM/edit?usp=sharing

Edit 2 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4OYubExw6FicUVGZ1JLWUxLblk/edit?usp=sharing

Weekly schedule

This is a link to my weekly schedule, this is to set myself a realistic timeframe for completing tasks within the project in order to organise and motivate myself in a professional manor.

Edit 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4OYubExw6FiYTl5bHA4MU96a1k/edit?usp=sharing

Edit 2 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4OYubExw6Fiak9ueVNxVDFYc2c/edit?usp=sharing

Edit 3 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4OYubExw6FiRmhTSExiQ2ctY2c/edit?usp=sharing

To construct a health and saftey assesment of one or more photo shoots I will be conducting for my magazine considering all posible eventualities

Key skills:

professional responsibility
Applying my knowledge of professional practises
Showing forethought and evidence of panning an event
Using the opportunity to research independently for my individual situations

TUC - Trades union Congress

Represents British workers rights.
See:www.tuc.org.uk
See: worksmart.org.uk

NUJ National Union Of Journalist

Represents UK journalists and protects their rights
Has a committee which meets just to discuss H&S
See: www.nuj.org.uk/rights/health-and-saftey/

NUJ'S H&S concerns

Bullying
Stress
Repetitive strain injury (RSI)
public order situations
Conflict zones
Exiled Journalists

What types of risks my there be in a photo-shoot?

Trip Hazards (Wires)
Electrocuted (Wires, lighting)
Fire Hazard (Wires)
Light sensitivity (Epilepsy)
Back injury (Heavy equipment)
Temperature control (Risk of fainting, being sick etc.)
Asbestos in buildings
Check for adequate lighting

Hazard: Anything that can harm, e.g. a chemical, electricity ladders etc.

Risk: How great the chance that someone will be harmed by the hazard

Assessing the risks

Major - Death or major injury
Serious - injuries or illness cause short term disability
Slight - All other injuring and illnesses
High - Certified
Medium - A possibility
Low - Unlikely

Risk = Severity of harm x Likelihood of occurrence

1 : High Risk 9: Low Risk

This is the link to my latest health and safety form : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4OYubExw6FiNlo1R1FJTGFINDQ/edit?usp=sharing

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

The design of the front of XXL has one large picture in the middle which is to grab the readers attention. At the top left is a tittle which is large and stands out a lot. it Also has lots of heading and subheading which makes the design look complex. I would imitate this design as i think it is inviting to read the magazine and draws in attention well. I think this as a large picture of a well known artist would draw in a reader, also the layout of the text is inviting.

This is the last page of the magazine and the inside cover of the back magazine, the last page is a confession page that consists of small text and

Below is my flat plan for my magazine, I have used the magazine The source as a template so that i had an idea of how to make my magazine look professional. For example I noticed that the source had lots of adverts ranging from full page up to 8 on one page, I have used this on my magazine also, however I the rest I personalised to how I wanted the layout of my magazine to be like.

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

To Plan my main fictional artist to feature in my magazine in preperation for my first round of photoshoots . To also consider choise of models and requirements

This is a link to a plan for my first fictional artist :
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4OYubExw6FiZHhZY0FWX1d0NUE/edit?usp=sharing

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

To identify those involved in the creation of print media, investigate and trouble shoot potential issues prior to print.

I need to prepare for my photo shoot like this as there is limited time that I have to take pictures for my magazine. Also there is limited time that the models for my photo shoot are going to be available. Therefore on the day if any problems occur i should be able to deal with them efficiently and carry on with the photo shoot.

Equipment

Tripod
Ladder
Lights/Lighting
Costumes
Laptop
Make up
Props
Storage (SD cards)
Batteries
Camera
Lens (Fish lens, Etc)
Software (Photoshop, Etc)
Umbrella

Location

Streets
White wall
Steps
The Lanes

Facilities

Lunch break
Toilet breaks
Snacks
Drinks

Personnel

Roman - Fits the theme of my genre
Caitlin
Gyles - Fits the theme of my genre

Problems that could occur on the set

Camera could run out of battery, Solution could be extra batteries
Run of storage on your camera and SD card, solution could be extra SD cards or a laptop to transfer the pictures on to.
Camera could break, a solution could be to bring a long a back up camera
Models are ill and can't take part in the shoot, a solution could be reserve models
Forgot props or costumes, a solution could be a re arranged date
Forgot to bring make up, a solution could be photoshop
Forgot lenses, a solution could be the back up camera
Weather could not be how you wanted it to be, a solution could be an umbrella

Monday, 7 October 2013

Homework - Codes of Conduct on the NUJ and PCC

Codes of Conduct on the NUJ and PCC

The NUJ's code of conduct has set out the main principles of UK and Irish journalism since 1936. The code is part of the rules of our union.All journalists joining the NUJ have to sign up and agree they will strive to adhere to its professional principles.

NUJ code of conduct

A journalist must

At all times upholds and defends the principle of media freedom, the right of freedom of expression and the right of the public to be informed
Strives to ensure that information disseminated is honestly conveyed, accurate and fair.
Does her/his utmost to correct harmful inaccuracies.
Differentiates between fact and opinion.
Obtains material by honest, straightforward and open means, with the exception of investigations that are both overwhelmingly in the public interest and which involve evidence that cannot be obtained by straightforward means.
Does nothing to intrude into anybody’s private life, grief or distress unless justified by overriding consideration of the public interest.
Protects the identity of sources who supply information in confidence and material gathered in the course of her/his work.
Resists threats or any other inducements to influence, distort or suppress information and takes no unfair personal advantage of information gained in the course of her/his duties before the information is public knowledge.
Produces no material likely to lead to hatred or discrimination on the grounds of a person’s age, gender, race, colour, creed, legal status, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation.
Does not by way of statement, voice or appearance endorse by advertisement any commercial product or service save for the promotion of her/his own work or of the medium by which she/he is employed.
A journalist shall normally seek the consent of an appropriate adult when interviewing or photographing a child for a story about her/his welfare.
Avoids plagiarism.

Press Complaints Commission

Accuracy
Harassment
Opportunity to reply
Privacy
Children
Children in sex cases
Hospitals
Clandestine devices and subterfuge
Victims of sexual assault
Discrimination
Financial journalism
Confidential sources
Payment to criminals

Thursday, 3 October 2013

To evalaute progress so far in decision making within this project

Primary Research : New investigations into something, for example questionnaire's.

Secondary Research : Investigation Made by other that you refer to, for example using media packs from existing magazines fond on the internet.

In order to research my chosen genre I have used the internet to find out certain things that I didn't know. I knew a fair bit about Rap/hip hop already as this is the genre I am interested in and mainly listen to.

In order to research existing magazines I used the internet and brought some magazines such as Rap up, The source and XXL. I had to research a lot in this section as I had never really read an music magazine before.

In order to investigate my target audiences needs and desires I have to write out a in depth questionnaire that I would hand out to my target audience so that they could fill in a questionnaire with limited answers that would help me meet the desirers.

In order to conduct better primary research I need to work on my questionnaire and write it into more depth than I had already.

To be able to make more decisions about my magazine I need to look at the feedback that I have got from the filled in questionnaires and use the results to make suitable decisions. I also need to buy a magazine and take an interest in it. I Could also listen to the music more.

In order to do these things I need to

Read more existing music magazine to give me an idea of how to represent mine and what to include.
Discover new up and coming artists

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Aim: to decide which genre we would prefur to focus our research and plans on and create a mood board of initial ideas

I have chosen to focus my research and planning on the Rap music genre.
I have decided I like rap as this is the majority of the music I listen to.
I like the artist Biggie Smalls, Eminem, 50 Cent, 2pac, Dr Dre, NWA and many more.

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

To indentify key elements that will ensure a consistent read

Why should you care about the audience?
You should care about the audience as these are the people buying the magazine to read it for their pleasure, there fore you need to make the magazine satisfactory to their needs. Without the readers being happy they would not buy the magazine and the magazine would not get the funds to continue producing the magazine.

Why should you care about research?
You should care about research as this gives you the information and detail that will guide you to keeping the readers happy. Without research you would be clueless to what your readers want and why they want it.

How/why we should make an effective questionnaire? Will it make a difference? Why?
We should make an questionnaire effective so that you can get in depth answers of what the readers want from the magazine. An effective magazine will make a big difference as the Editors of the magazine can change the magazine to how you asked in to detail.

The questionnaire to be effective has to be...

Precise
Measure people's opinions
Relevant
Include developing questions
Limit choices so data is easier to handle

Topics I will need to ask about in my questionnaire:

Colour scheme they would prefer?
How they discover new music?
How do purchase music?
How do you listen to music?
Do you go to festivals?
Do you go to gigs?
How often do you go to gigs/festivals?
Do you illegally download your music?
What would you like to see with in the magazine?
What social networking sites do you use?
Do you have a smartphone?
If so do you use music smartphone apps?
List of 5 favourite bands/singers/rappers/DJ's
Do you have internet accesses on your smartphone?
What previous music magazines have you read?
Which of these magazines did you like?
Did you buy this magazine?
How often do you buy the magazine?
What sub genre do you like?
Style of photography
Preferences of font
Favourite front cover from a range of choices
Preference of style of language and tone used in magazines

Monday, 23 September 2013

Codes of practise and regulation

Defamation/Libel/Slander

Defamation: Something offensive or insulting to an individual

Libel: The publication e.g. broadcast, radio/television, internet, newspapers

Slander: Word of mouth offensive things

Copyright: Copyright protects a businesses intellectual property marked with the ©, It applies to text, music, films or broadcast. The main law relating to copyright is the 1911 Copyright act. This enables creator of work to decide how its distributed, for example intellectual property can be sold to a third party. There is no single standard law world wide.

Data protection and privacy:

The data protection act 1988 protects personal information such as your address, phone number, email address.

Thursday, 19 September 2013

Local Advertising campaign

I chose Sticky Mikes Frog Bar because the advert in Source magazine really stood out to me. The advert is located in the top right corner of an inside page. The target audience for this is ranging for 18 - 25 year old male. This Advert in the magazine give you the impression of some sort of strip like club that would playing Indie music as the advert is very odd. The advert is intriguing as it does not reveal much but enough to make you curious to whats inside the club. However when you go on the website it gives the impression the of more of a Punk club rather than a strip club. There is skulls and knuckle duster and various drawing graffitied onto the wall of the bar, This gives a more punk look rather than what I originally thought.

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Homework 17/9/13 - Researching Job Roles

Publishing is made up of a varied group of industries including:

books
directories & mail listings
journals
magazines and business media
newspapers
news agencies

There are many and varied jobs - journalist, commissioning editor, designer or an advertising executive

The publishing industry employs over 195,000 people. Over 51,000 people are employed in the newspaper sector with 50,500 working in journals and magazines, 33,000 in the book industry and nearly 12,000 in other information service activities. 12% of the workers are self-employed, but some industries, such as book publishing rely on freelancers more than others. Two thirds (67%) of the industry is aged 35 or over, compared to 61% of the wider Creative Media industries.

Copy Editor
Copy editors make sure that the text (copy) is readable, accurate and ready for being published. They work on all kinds of publications which includes: books, newspapers, journals and magazines.

Magazine Journalist
Magazine journalists write news articles and features for all kinds of varied publications. Ranging from 'glossy' magazines to trade journals.

Newspaper Journalist
Journalists seek news then report it to the public as quick as they can. They aim to present stories in a clear style to easily catch the readers attention and make the reader continue reading.

Proofreader
A proofreader completes a 'quality check' on publications almost immediately before they are issued or go to print. They may do this action on books, magazines, newspapers and websites, also academic/technical manuals.

Publishing Commissioning Editor
They work for book publishing companies. It can be a senior role in the business. Their main role involves identifying the kind of books that people want to buy and trying to make sure that their company can publish the right products to meet these criteria's.

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

To analyse music magazines, consindering how their genre is conveyedand the typical features of a front cover

Music magazines I have heard of:

NME
XXL
Mojo
Kerrang!
DJ
Live
Uncut
Complex

Music magazines I have read/bought:

Magazine title: The Source

Publisher: L. Londell McMillan

Target audience (Age, Gender, lifestyle): 18+, Male, Young men, American, urban.

Genre: Rap

A selection of article subjects:

Description of 3 male photos - How are they represented? Promoting film "Baby Boy", There is snoop Dogg and Ving rhames in the streets in America, Ving is on a bike whilst snoop stands behind him.

Description of 3 female photos - How are they represented? Lil mo debut album. She

What 'ideologies' or points of view or attitudes are implied?

The ideologies presented in this magazine is that its cool to wear expensive clothes shoe and jewellery. also it shows adverts like the one above encouraging you to Mod your car to make you look rich

Summary of products advertised: Motorola phones, Male shoes, Music albums, Aftershave, clothes, US army, Drinks, snacks and technology.

Thursday, 12 September 2013

To consider how magazine staff are divided in temrs of their skills.

The publishing sector in the UK

The publishing industry employs over 19500 people, representing approximately 36% of the creative media workforce.
51,000 people employed in the newspaper sector
50,500 work in journals and magazines
33,000 in the book industry
12,000 in other information service activities

1. What differences in jobs can you see in two magazines? The difference in the jobs that you can see on the magazine is that they use alternative names for the employees for example, Editor's PA and Deputy editor. Another difference is the two magazines have different layouts for groups of employees, for example UNCUT have a separate section for every group of employs, for example Display advertising, creative media, however NME do not separate these groups they are all under Advertising.

2. What does the wording in these job titles mean to you? The wording in these job titles mean to me that I can identify the role of the employee and how high in command they are. for example there is a Editor who is first in command, then the Deputy editor who is second in command.

3. What does it show about the publication? This shows that the publication is run by a large team consisting of

What do you the responsibilities of a Chief Editor?

Manages staff
Sets and enforcers policies
Determines coverage
Delegating
Making overall decisions/ overriding decisions

Role of chief editor

Is the 'public face' of the story, representing the magazine in statements in all platforms of publication
Attend functions, events, award ceremonies
Occasional column writing/editorial piece
decide on 'narrative or theme for each edition of the magazine for all staff ti adhere to
Leads meetings
Budget control
Publish an 'editorial calendar t highlight themes in appropriate months
Strategic planning (overall direction of product)
Overall decision of any change to deadlines test
Manages careers of present and new staff motivating team
legal decisions (following pcc guidelines )
Lease with published marketing depts, media sales team, PR agencies
Build up contacts and connections

Monday, 9 September 2013

Magazine pre production

Finance

Printing
Salary
Rent
Proof readers
Offices
Advertisement.

Time

Deadlines
Sales
Photos
Printing

Personnel

Staff
Journalists
Writers
Photographers
Editors

Facilities

Offices
Photography Studio

Materials

Photos/ copy

Contributors

Artists/Bands

Locations

Band locations

Codes of practice regulation

PCC/ press complaints,
copyright,
national union journalists,
location permissions,
public liability,
health and safety

Planning

Title/Colour
Scheme/Genre

Pages

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Thursday, 12 December 2013

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Thursday, 24 October 2013