Representations of Punk Rock - Production Log 9

In my media lesson I started to work on my representations for punk rock as that is my chosen music genre I am going to do for my music magazine. I chose punk rock because it is my favourite type of music and I would be more confident doing a music magazine with a genre I am familiar with. I started to make the prezi in lesson and finished it for homework. In lesson I got most of it done, and all the photos I edited so they had no background as I preferred how it looked. I took inspiration from other peoples representations and I was very unsure how to approach the task in the beginning.

I struggled to make this prezi a lot as the website is still new to me and I could not figure out how to use it. I got very confused in the process of putting the prezi together and it took me a lot longer than I thought it would. Whilst I was unsure of what to write at first after a while I understood what I was meant to do. However, I continuously encountered many problems when using prezi that I struggled to overcome. 

Codes and Conventions

I made this prezi to explain the general features you would find on a music magazine front cover, contents page and double-page spread. I tried to include, in detail, everything I could think of/see that are commonly found on these three sections of a music magazine.

Punk Rock

                   This is a prezi that I made to briefly show the genre of punk rock as this is the genre I have chosen to base my magazine on. I chose this genre as it is the genre I am most interested in and listen to the most and this prezi sums up some punk rock artists, their clothing and a quick paragraph of what it actually is.

Codes and Conventions - Production Log 8

In my media lesson I started to work on the codes and conventions of music magazines front covers, contents pages and double page spread analysis. I had to look at the general features that you find in the magazines eg main images, page numbers etc. and had to say what you will expect to find in these certain parts of a magazine. I only got the front cover codes and conventions done as it was only a 50 minute lesson. I did not really struggle with these as it is very basic and I used other people’s blog to help me understand what to write. I wrote everything out on a word document so that I would not lose any of my work. My plan was to then paste all of the work into another format as I only used work to write everything down on.

Analysis Music Magazines Double Page Spread - Production Log 7

In my media lesson I started work on my double page spread analysis. It was similar to what I had already analysed, however there were a few differences which I found hard to analyse. I only got one of the double page spread analysed because it was proving difficult and therefore, I finished the rest of the analysis at home. The background of my first double page spread was very hard to analyse as I did not know what to write and I found that I had this problem throughout the task in class. However when I got home I found it much easier to analyse the other double page spreads. Once again I used other people's blogs for help and inspiration on what to write, as I find them really helpful.

Analysis Music Magazines Contents Pages - Production Log 6

In my media lesson, I continued on my contents page analysis as the previous lesson I did not Get that much done the previous lesson as it was a short lesson and I was sorting out my blog. I got a lot done in the lesson and as I had already analysed my front covers I found it a lot easier to start analysing my contents pages as I knew what I was doing. However, as they are different to front covers I went onto slide share and saw what some other students have done and it helped me to figure out what to write.

When I started to analyse my contents pages I was quite confused on what to do despite the fact that I had a rough idea, however, then I realised that it was very similar to analysing my front covers, apart from a few differences. It did not take long to realise this, as looking at what other people have done to analyse contents pages made me realise it was very similar. This meant I got a fair amount done in the lesson and means I was not falling behind. 

This is what I got done in the lesson 

Double Page Spread

This is a powerpoint analysing a music magazines double page spread. I tried to analyse a variation of double page spreads as they each have different things to analyse. I included detailed information about the main image, the background, the sell-lines, the text and any other features.