Pre-Production; Models, Equipment And Props

Models, Equipment and Props;

Models;

For my models I will have 4 boys, for my picture on the front cover as a picture to show the band that my main article is about. They will be dressed, as best as they can be, to look like members of a metal core band. I will take a couple of pictures of them to use one for my front cover and another for the double page spread.

Equipment;

-Camera

-Tripod

-Computer (Photoshop CS6)

-iMac (If necessary)

-Studio

Props;

-Guitar

-Bass

-Drum Kit

-Microphone and Stand

Pre-Production; Draft Article

Draft Article, Bring Me the Sun;

We’ve caught up with the new metal core band on the scene and leaking into the industry and pouring onto the stages. Their inspiration comes from other similar metal bands like ‘Asking Alexandria’ and ‘Bury Tomorrow’. Also inspiration lyrically comes from the band member’s childhood memories as they sing, shout and scream about the hard times they’ve been through battling drugs, social workers and friends slaughtered by local gangs.

They have been playing local festivals like ‘Fake Fest’, playing at ‘The Leopard’ and ‘Party At the Ponds’ for the past couple of years in hope of being scouted by a record label… This luckily for them happened earlier this year. As soon as Epitaph saw the band performing at ‘The Leopard’ they were soon to see them backstage after their set to start talks about a brighter future.

Tim, the vocalist, was quick to say yes to a visit over to the states to Epitaph’s studio’s. The rest of the band was too speechless to respond, but of course it was a no-brainer for them to go. 9 months on and they’re just putting the finishing touches to their first studio album recorded under Epitaph. They are to release their debut album ‘Two Worlds Collide’ on Friday the 15^th of March 2013, featuring their singles ‘Collide With The Ground’ and ‘A Dishonourable Reign’ which they performed at this years ‘Download’ festival.

They are also set to begin a tour of The States in summer 2013 and a tour of Europe in winter 2013. It is rumoured that confirmed dates of these tours are to be released within the next 4 months, also with ticket and venue information. It is also rumoured, at Epitaph, that across both tours there will be a massive total of two hundred thousand tickets for sale across 46 venues, working out at average four thousand tickets per venue, these are sure to be snapped up so make sure you get there first!

Pre-Production; Proposal

My product that I propose is a metal genre music magazine. The target audience for this magazine is fans of this genre of music, metal, metalcore, heavy-rock and alternative rock. The purpose of this magazine is to give information about bands who perform and compose this genre of music and advertise it to their fans and new-comer fans to the genre.

The package will contain a front cover, contents page and double page spread. The double page spread will consist of either an interview or album review of a metal band, probably either the band 'Pierce The Viel' or 'Bury Tomorrow'.



I will use Photoshop CS6, digital camera, tripod and possibly an iMac. These are very professional pieces of equipment that I luckily have at my disposal to aid me to make this music magazine. I will produce it within the grounds of the Armthorpe Academy, with an approximate budget of £7,500.

Pre-Production; Inital Ideas And Thoughts

Pre-Production; Logo Designs

These are just two designs I have so far thought of.

For the first design this is just simple lettering as it's the first step of a development process in making logo's. I wrote the 'M TAL' on one layer and the 'E' on a different layer which then I went into the transform options in photoshop and flipped the 'E' horizontally, hence why I placed it in there backwards. I like the 'E' being backwards because it's something different and looks quite querky to the human eye. The colour I do not think would suit my magazine as I my chosen colour scheme is red, black and white.

However my second design would be better suited for my magazine logo as the colour scheme with the font of the 'M' is to my preferred choice. Also I do like my second design better then the first as it is a crest of an eagle, these are commonly used to show dominance, power and significance within an organisation making them stand out. I also like they layout of it as the 'M' sits perfectly in place on top of it and also I think the font I've used on the 'M' is perect as it looks sophisticated, proffessional and makes that and the eagle crest look like an actual image and not something I've added.

Prelim Task; Mood Board

This is my mood board. It perfectly suits my intended target audience as it is for the genre of metalcore within the music industry. These are conventions into this genre of music.

Magazine Publishers/Distributors

The main publishers are Bauer Media, IPC Media and Future PLC. These are seen to publish many different magazines, of different genre's, worldwide to the general public. These consist of magazines based on gardening right through to music. Also some of these own the rights to radio stations and music channels that broadcast on a daily basis to the public for example, 4 Music.

Bauer Media
Bauer Media are a part of the Bauer Media Group, Europe's largest privately owned publishing group. Bauer Media joined Bauer Media Group in January 2008. They are a worldwide distributor and publisher and offer over 300 magazines to 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations. Bauer are a UK-Based Multi-Platform company that employ approximately 6,400 people. Over the years they have launched magazines, music channels and radio stations and now own rights to over 80 brand names.  Their sister company is H Bauer, publishers of the UK's biggest TV listings, Take A Break and Bella.

IPC
IPC Media are similar to Bauer as they publish, distribute and own the rights to over 60 iconic brand names of magazines, TV listings and Events. Some of their most famous are NME, Nuts and their Women's Weekly magazines. Almost 2/3'rds of women and over 40% of men, in the UK, are engaged in some form by IPC Media. However, they engage with over 26 million users worldwide.

IPC have 3 publishing divisions called IPC Connect, IPC Inspire and IPC Southbank. IPC Connect is the publisher for IPC's women's magazines such as Now, Chat and Women. They also publish their TV Listings such as, TV Times. IPC Inspire deals with the publishing of IPC's male target audience for example, Mousbreaker website, Nuts and Rugby World. IPC Inspire also publish Country Life and Horse & Hound. Their last division is called IPC Southbank and these publish 'upmarket' women's fashion brands and lifestyle for example, InStyle and Ideal Home.

Future PLC
Future PLC were founded in 1985 on just a £10,000 bank loan. They started publishing just one magazine and now 27 years later produce over 200 specialist multi-media products across magazines, websites, apps and events. They operate in the UK, US and Australia. Future PLC engages with more than 38 million people a month. They are also the UK's number one ecporter and licensor of magazine content. They sell 2.2 million magazines every month and cover 89 countries on all platforms. Their most succesful products include, TechRadar (the UK's number one technology website), T3, MusicRadar and the Official Xbox Magazine.