Top 5 D&B Songs of 2013 - Individual Post 3

My Top 5 D&B Songs of 2013 - Individual Post 3

To relate to what my music magazine is going to be about, I have decided to do a blog post basing around my top 5 drum & bass tracks in last year. There where so many great releases and to narrow it down to five was just an impossible task. Many great releases came from labels such as Hospital Records, Shogun Audio, Critical Music, Metalheadz, Dispatch, Symmetry and more. It was a very strong year for Drum & bass, especially with the likes of Wilkinson with Afterglow (released on RAM) getting in the charts, showing the strong development of Drum & bass at this moment! 

But for my top 5, I went with the tracks that when I heard straight away, I knew they where going to be strong, but also providing the addicting feel when listening to music. The tracks I have chosen where released on labels such as Division, Critical Music (My favourite label), Vision, Playaz and Spearhead Recordings. I have decided to create a Prezi powerpoint and annotate over the tracks I have chosen and to why I had chosen them. In the Prezi, there will be a video link provided to the audio of the track. I'm really looking forward for this in 2014 for Drum & Bass, showing what the genre is all about and I really can't wait to get around to doing my drum & bass magazine!

Contents Page (Analysis) - Task 20

Contents Page (Analysis) - Task 20

Here is the narrative of me going over the analysis and breakdown of the school contents mock up I did. Like the front cover, I go over the tools and features I use. It's much shorter in terms of the steps used as I didn't implement a lot of features, but enough to I think inform the viewer and reader. Once again, I think this is a great way to get my ideas and thought processes across.

Once again, i'll be making more videos like this in the future, whether it be photoshop based or vlog based. I think it's good to vary myself within making videos as I can be a lot more creative and make a lot of things with them. I hope you enjoy this analysis, and provide any feedback! 

College Magazine Contents - Task 19

College Magazine Contents - Task 19

Here is my college magazine contents mock up page. Also with the development of our own magazines. From this, I found this much more difficult to lay out as opposed to the front cover. But all in all, with much more practice and development over the creation of magazines in general, i'll hopefully pick it up much easier. In relation to the front cover, it has given me an insight on how to construct a contents page. With this once again, I used Photoshop to create the contents and give the structure of it also, since Photoshop is the number one software  to use for the development and structure of a magazine. 

I will be creating a video like the one I did for the front cover, and be making an analysis video about the creation of the contents page and the features and tools used to get the desired style I wanted with this. I will also go over what I could of improved and what I'll look at next time when I come to create my own music magazine. To view the front cover and the video, please follow these links:
College Magazine Front Cover &
College Magazine FC Video

Magazine Front Cover Analysis W/ Voki - Task 18

Magazine Front Cover Analysis W/ Voki - Task 18

What is Voki?

Voki is an online software which is a website which enables someone to create an automated avatar and allow them to speak on your behalf. Voki aims at people who use blogs, social networks, etc. and provide a more creative edge with presenting. 

As part of our class assignment, we where asked to create an analysis of a music magazine relating to the genre in which we have chosen but with the use of the online software known as 'Voki'. I've not used Voki before, so it was definitely a new experience for me, and also help me throughout my 'journey' in this course and also the development of this blog in Media. It opens us up to an array of different softwares like Voki, which will help us in the long run. Here is my example of using Voki for the first time. With Voki, it makes this post much more interactive so I will be using it more in the future!

College Magazine Analysis (Front Page) - Task 17

College Magazine Analysis (Front Page) - Task 17

Here is a narrative video of me going over the analysis and breakdown of the school front cover mock up I did recently. I go over why I used certain things, why I've used them, and how they can impact the target audience in which this magazine aims to attract. I also go over the magazine overall and what I can improve on within this. I think this is a great way to show my ideas and thought processes by making these videos, to give an inside of why I create certain things, and hopefully people learn something from what I do also.

I go over the magazine in 9 steps, and go over individually each step and explain why i've done certain things and implemented certain features. I try to explain and elaborate as much as I possible can, and I do hope you like it. To view the video, please either watch it on this blog, or follow this link: (Link to the video)... Thank you!
To view the separate blog post focusing on the magazine, follow this (Link to the magazine blog post)

Ideology - Task 16

Ideology - Task 16

What is an Ideology?

Ideology is a set of beliefs carried out by what people believe or view. It is also a way of looking at things, and how people perceive things in their life or view as right. Many people have different ideology's and different concept on the meaning of things, which differentiates between person and person.

How is Ideology used within Media and Magazines?

Ideology within media and magazines, particular music magazines applies because through the production and process making of the magazines. Producers of magazines consider and implement their own ideology within the creation of the magazines, more specifically of the front covers of the magazine they work for. They use an ideology to target a specific target audience, by using the stereotype of the genre, in which it then offloads onto the target audience, to conform but be attracted by this.
Having a structure within creating music magazines is needed to attract the target audience they wish to bring in and buy their magazines, and also produce much more popularity for magazines, in this case.

Here is a video which explains the definition of Ideology, and other things which surround ideology:

Photoshop Basics Tutorial - Individual Post 2

Photoshop Basics Tutorial - Individual Post 2

This is my first individual blog post. This post is toward the Photoshop element of the course, as it is a big part of what we will be doing, especially with designing our own front covers, contents, double page spreads and various other things which link into the course. 

With this post is aiming at the basic tools within photoshop. It is primarily aimed at people who don't know the tools within photoshop and how they work. There are endless amount of functions within the software which can be used to create things, but I have chosen specifically to look at the tools on the toolbar. Hopefully it gives those with a minimal idea of how to use the program a little more knowledge on the functions of the tools themselves.
I'll be creating various of other tutorials and how to's throughout the development of my blog.