Music Genres

• Pop
• Rock
• Hip-Hop
• Jazz
• Disco
• Rap
• Heavy Metal
• Electro
• Punk
• Country
• R&B
• Indie

"The ideology of the music will affect the design. A pop magazine may, for example, use bright, primary and pastel colours and use smiling pop stars. A heavy metal magazine will use clashing and aggressive fonts, and colours, and have grimacing bands on the cover using rude gestures."

This is my first attempt of a school magazine contents page.


I have continued the colour scheme and font style though from the front cover, to give a professional style to it. I have also used some pictures at the top to the page does not look dull and the readers can see what is inside.

Today i created my first attempt of a school magazine cover, and for this i have taken the focas groups normation into account to make a cover that would appeal to all of them.

I have used the school colours as a theme, which is red, white and black, this makes it seem professional and simple.


When it comes to the pictures i have used a main image and then secondary images this means that the main focus is on the main image and then the secondary images small and so are simply there to show the readers what is inside.

Extended Tropes

There are three main tropes with in music these are:

• Trope maker-which is the initial inspiration and reason for the trope.
• Subverted Trope-This is where it goes against the original trope and attacks it.
• Inverted trope-Does the opposite of the trope.

-A trope that is a good example are songs about the DJ and how they want him to keep playing music. The trope maker of this 'Having a Party' by Sam Cooke he was the first to mention DJ in his song he says:

"So listen Mr DJ keep those records playing".

-After this the trope was heard in the song Panic by The Smiths, however in this song the trope was heavily subverted as it attacked the trope containing lyrics saying:

"Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ"

-An inverted trope example is 'Don't play that song again' by Nicki French in this song we hear the words:

 "Oh DJ please don't play, don't play that song again."

This goes against the original trope as it is doing the opposite, instead of asking to keep the music playing she is asking to stop.

-'Re-Rewind' by Artful Dodger Selecta is a Jamaican term for DJ and Bo is an expression for approval for youth. Part of the song says:

"The Crowd says Bo Selecta"

And so therefore Bo Selecta means "Mr DJ, play the record again if everyone says they like it"


-'Play' by Jennifer Lopez uses lyrics which contain DJ and then later in the song repeats it including a profanity:

"Play/come on DJ/Play that song"

'Please Don't Stop The Music' and 'Pon De Replay' by Rihanna. In 'Pon De Replay' she featured one of the most politest versions of the original trope with the line:

'Hey Mr DJ, won't you turn the music up'

Tropes and Memes

Trope
A trope is a recurring element that eventually over time is something that becomes a convention. the start of a trope begins with a meme.


Meme
A meme is basically the history of a trope, as the meme makes a trope. It identifies ideas and beliefs which then spreads from person to person within a culture through imitation.

Today we held a focus group where we interview year 7's, Teachers and 6th formers in order to gather information on what they would like in the magazine in order to make them want to buy it, we also asked them what they would want to see on the front cover that would appeal to them.

Year 7's feedback:

• Celebrity information-what is happening in the celebrity world, small snippets of selected celebrities.
• One Direction interviews with pictures and posters.
• Events page-What events are coming up in school, in the area and in the country
• School council meetings and feedback-They would like to be told about what is mentioned in council meetings and feedback about ideas they have given the council members to pass on in order to improve the school.
• Achievements-Personal achievements of students throughout the school.
• Sport competitions.
• Sports Awards.
• Free gift such as house points-The year 7's told us that they were more likely to buy the magazine if it came with a free bee.
• Advertisement of the house point shop.
• Exam timetable-What exams are coming up and for who.
• Revision sessions- Information on any revision sessions that might be set up to help with exams.
• Horoscopes.
• Games section-entertainment, so the magazine is not all about school.
• Agony Aunt-Students would like to hear opinions about certain problem they may have.
• Competition.
• Canteen timetables-What food is being served in the canteen.

The year 7's said that they would like the magazine to contain some celebrity information so it is not all about school. When it came to school information they they wanted it to contain information about the school ad what has happened or is happening in school. When we asked them about the front cover they said that they would like to have bright, neon colours, some said they would like the colours to vary from season to season for example in the summer the scheme would use summer colours such as red, orange and yellow. 

In terms of when the magazine is released, they said they would prefer to receive it once a month, as once a week is to regular.

Teachers Feedback

• Mostly focused on parents and students and their opinions of what is going on in school.
• What students have created in school-such as artwork, textiles etc.
• House element-the teachers would like the magazine to contain information about each house within the school, such as progress in house points and quizzes.
• Interviews with teachers-Their opinions on school events.
• Problem page.
• How the school is affected by the board of education-What new rules may be in force that can affect the students an the school.
• Comic strip-with a moral of the story or a comical quote.
• Cartoon about teachers-maybe about an event that has happened.
• Letters page-gives a chance for teachers and students to write in.
• Events coming up in school.
• Lower and Upper school section-They said that the upper school and lower school should be separate as it would contain very different things
• Events in the area-what community events are happening or coming up

The teachers said that they preferred to have the front cover made up of the school colours (red and white), this way they thought it would make the magazine more personal to the school and also look very sophisticated. They also said that each edition should be themed (e.g. holidays, news)

In terms of release dates the teachers said that they would prefer to receive it once a term.

6th formers feedback

• Pictures-the 6th formers would prefer the magazine to have a lot of pictures and not full of complete information.
• School information
• Gossip column.
• Canteen Vouchers-They are more likely to buy the magazine if it comes with a gift or free bee.
• Football scores and reviews.
• School Laws-They said they would like news that affects the school to be included.
• Cartoons.
• Celebrity information-many of the male 6th formers said they would prefer a 'hot girl celebrity'

Many of the male 6th formers said that they would like women on the front page as that is what would appeal them to buy it. they also said that they wanted it to be made up of bold colours, to make it stand out.

They said that they would like to magazine to be released every fortnight.

Analysis of a School Magazine-Bad example

King Edward VI school for girls, Autumn/Winter 2010 edition

Magazine Cover

In my opinion, this magazine is an example of a poor quality magazine for various qualities. Firstly the photo on this magazine is poor quality and is also quite busy there is a lot of things in the picture which can overpower the cover. This picture does not actually show anything about the school, or what it offfers instead it looks like a random picture has been put on the cover because of the bright colours in the picture. This magazine looks amatory and so is not a very good as an informational magazine for a school. 

The subtitle is 'A Sweet Exchange' this is the reason for the picture and so these two items compliment eachother, however it still does not show any information about the school, infact it does not look like a school magazine.

Analysis of School Magazine-Good example

King Edward VI school for girls, Summer 2011 edition.

Magazine Cover

The layout of the magazine is simple, the title is placed at the top, with a subtitle underneath and a sentence underneath which explains the picture used in the background, everything on the cover compliments each other. The font used for each heading is very simple and gives a sophisticated feel to it.

 The picture on the cover is of three performing girls which shows that the school is showing of their talents through a magazine, performing arts may one of the best curriculum that they have to offer and so would like to put that forward the school prospectus. Because only one picture is used the cover is not too busy or overcrowded, so the attention is focused on the picture and the title alone, it is also a good quality photo and so makes it seem very professional. The lighting of the picture makes it stand out and this could be a reflection of the school and its students.

The contents of this magazine is at the bottom of the front page and so does not have an actual page for contents, this is an advantage for the magazine as people can then be enticed juts by looking at the front cover.

The entire layout of this magazine is organised and so this is a good example of a professional magazine. The colour scheme used is again very simple and no overpowering colours are used, and so the magazine seems much more smart and posh which could be a reflection of the school and its students that this magazine is representing.