Thursday 25/09/2008

To start off with, in this lesson, we looked at different sub-genres of consumer lifestyle magazines, such as: Men and Style, Women's Glossy, Home Interest, etc. We were then put into groups, and each group did an audience profile for their sub-genre. Our group decided that the typical reader of a woman's glossy would probably be women aged between their 20's and late 40's. Their job would probably be more like a housewife or receptionist, etc, though may be well-educated.

Then we had an introduction to music magazines, and analysed the front cover of "NME", learning and identifying different forms, such as: masthead, sraplines, sub-headings etc. After this, we were given the task to analyse a different magazine cover, our group was given "Rock Sound" (September edition). The cover was dark blue, with mostly yellow or white writing. The font changed at various points to emphasise the bands and artists being advertised. There was one, large picture of a man with a guitar occupying a lot of the space on the front cover.

We were then given the rest of the lesson to plan out a photoshoot that would take place on monday morning. The photos would be for a music magazine front cover and inside page. Our planning session didn't go as well as we'd have liked, considering we left the lesson with next to no idea what we were going to shoot, nor what costumes or props we'd need.