In the slideshow shown, we were set on a task to research tour posters/album covers based on our genre of music selected. My music genre selected is Country and Western. The research will allow us to produce a conventional tour poster, therefore this task has given us an idea as to what things we must consider when producing our own tour poster.

Upon doing research on the genre of Country and Western music i discovered the following:

• In nearly all of the tour posters, there is always a main cover star featured in a place on the poster.
• All of the main cover stars are looking very relaxed.
• Typically the older posters have more blocky styled fonts
• The colour palette is very wide, there isn’t a set of colours

My Tour Poster:

Here is the PDF File of my tour poster 

The image above is my reflection on my Tour Poster, overall the tour poster was a good experience to help learn how to use INDESIGN and Photoshop.

My Strengths:

• Being able to edit my main cover star confidently
• Production of layering my image onto the background chosen
• During the modeling process, I was calm and collected just like the other models of tour posters
• I was able to find a font that fit the genre and theme of country and western.

Areas for improvement:

• Ensure the mise-en scene fits with the genre of music
• Make sure I know the type of message portrayed before producing my tour poster
• Think about where the main focus will be for the main cover star, (E.g The eyes)
• Think about the type of colours that are typical of the genre selected.
• Plan my photoshoot out better before taking any photographs

Original Version of NME Music Magazine:

My Version of the NME Music Magazine:

Please Click on the PDF to see a clear version.

The photos above showcase my version of a mock-up front page. The task we were assigned was that we were given a selection of different music magazine from NME to copy in their style. I learnt how to use Adobe INDESIGN, which is a very useful skill to have as it will help me when producing my own music magazine. By doing this task it has got me thinking about the different things that go into a magazine. For example the Masthead, I have learnt where to successfully place a Masthead on my front page. In addition to that I have learnt as to how you can showcase your main cover star, which in this case is Joe Strummer.

What was postive when creating my front cover?:

• In my opinion I felt that I was able to select the right image straight away
• In addition to that I also found myself picking up all of the information learnt as to how to use INDESIGN very quickly, this could be due to my basic background knowledge on Adobe Photoshop, therefore meaning I have some experience as to how I should successfully edit or produce Media.
• Finally another example of a strength I found out whilst doing this task is that I am able to understand and reflect on any additional feedback given to me based on how I can improve the Mock-up Magazine front page.

What Did I struggle with when creating my front cover?:

However even though I found certain things easy, there were additionally tasks I struggled with.

• Firstly I struggled with being able to find the correct font. This was very difficult to do, due to the fonts being different in certain cases.
• Secondly I struggled with figuring how to use certain tools to begin with such as expanding the space between letters. But once I knew how to do it, I was completely fine.
• Finally I struggled with ensuring that all of the information provided on the front page was included as certain fonts where bigger then others.

The following videos are great tutorials on how to use Adobe INDESIGN. The videos are detailed very well and give a lot of great advice on how to use INDESIGN:

The creating of the mood board above helped me to understand what is a good photo, I had to pick 9 of my favourite photos from all of the photos taken. Next we had the task of writing down the Denotation and Connotations of the images.

My favourite photo from the mood board is the long shot as I believe that it was the best photo that told the narrative. The expression shown on the models face is captivating. She is sat in the classroom with no one around her. The feeling of being alone comes into action when thinking of this photograph. The long shot shows loneliness and the body language represents the idea of being left alone and not knowing what to do.

I believe my group were quite successful in showcasing our ideas through the images taken. This task will be helpful when producing my own music magazine as it has helped me to understand DSLR cameras better, I now know how to fix the lighting and the aepture on a DSLR. This knowledge alone will ensure my own music magazine to be successful and hopefully will increase sales.