Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Editorial profile

Dear Readers

i am hugely delighted to be introducing you to the first ever issue of "Complete Drummer" magazine. i am so pleased to be the editor for this magazine as i myself am a drummer. i hope you enjoy this magazine as much as we do here at "Complete Drummer" magazine.

Ross Perryman
Main Editor of "Complete Drummer" magazine.

Monday, 26 November 2012

image for front cover

For my original idea for my images front cover i wanted to place a drum kit in the catheral green in Exeter haveing exeters scenery behind the drummer. due to the weather I have had to change my idea about this picture. this means i now have to try and represent a urban area inside. unless the weather britens up next weekend i will have to resort to another idea.


 
1 of my new idea is to get a image of an urban area and photo shop the drummer into it.

the second of my ideas is to move the original plan to a new place outside but undercover so for example a multi story car park.



Tuesday, 20 November 2012

deconstruction of front cover


risk assesment

Risk
Prevention
Having an accident whilst driving to Exeter.

Driving carefully and being fully aware.
Getting hit by a car whilst we are in the car park or crossing roads.

By being observant and watching for cars pulling out of parking spaces, and making sure we look both ways before crossing the road, if there is any traffic wait for it to pass.
Slipping over if it is wet/raining.
By being safe and wearing appropriate foot ware.
Knocking over equipment.
Make sure you know where your equipment is and be observant.
Damage to equipment and modelling equipment  
As the picture is being taken outside make sure the area where the modelling equipment is placed is clean and dry. This also goes for cameras and so on.
The flash could accidently be on and hurt the models eyes.
Make sure that the flash is off and camera is in the right settings before you take the first picture.
There could be people in the area where we want to place the equipment for the picture.
By asking the people nicely they may move or find another spot where you can get a similar picture.
Moving the equipment in and out of the area people could bump in to the equipment.
By making sure that there is someone just warning people that there is equipment coming through. Also by watching and being observant.

Ross Perryman
 
Risk assessment

production plan


Thursday, 15 November 2012

Choosing the right colour 

Colour increases brand recognition by up to 80%.

Colour ads are read up to 42% more than similar ads in black and white.

Colour can be up to 85% of the people decision to by the magazine.

Due to these figures i can tell that colour scheme is a very key thing when it comes down to my music magazine. this means that when i choose the colours for my magazine, i may want to produce a survey to see what people think of my colour scheme. this is because if my customers do not like the colour scheme they may not recognize my magazine or not want to buy it in the first place.

Please complete this survey for my selling line.

Click here to take survey

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Audience reaserch



my audience for my magazine is drummers as it is going to be a drumming magazine.
this means that it can be related to any age and it dosent have a selected age audience because all different years through drumming are covered. i have no specific genre inside of drumming like most other drumming magazines. this means i haven't got a specific audience except for drummers.

initial research into drumming magazines


what i like on this issue of RHYTHM magazines front cover is: how they have based a large amount of the front cover on one drummer in particular. this is because he is arguably one of the best drummers around today.
you are also given a free bie to draw your attention to the magazine and make you want to buy it even more. they also have a puff this is to draw your attention to the magazine in this case it is to win a drum Tech scholarship worth 5,295 pounds.
i also like they way that they are able to cover some of the masthead because it is a so well known magazine.
I also like how the tagline of the magazine is so big this is to draw your attention and as a common reader of drumming magazines you are able to tell what the masthead is before you even see it.

the things that i dislike about this magazine are how there is so much writing down in the right hand cover and as it is all white it makes you think that it is all the same story.
i am not fond of the 2 colour colour scheme whit and red i think that it isn't enough of different colours and its not so eye catching.

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

my chosen genre and secondary reaserch into my genre

My chosen Genre is Drumming there are many differnt forms of drumming from african to modern rock, i have chosen this genre as i my self am a drummer and have been for many years now. Here is some secondary reaserch into the differnt types of drums and drumming styles. Types of drum Aburukuwa Ashiko Bass drum Batá Bedug Bodhrán Bongo drums Bougarabou Cajón Candombe drums Chalice drum Chenda Cocktail drum Conga Darbuka Damphu Davul Dayereh Dhak Dhimay Dhol Dholak Djembe Dong Son drum Doumbek Dunun Ewe Drums Frame drum Goblet drum Hand drum Ilimba drum Karyenda Kpanlogo Log drum Madal Mridangam Repinique Side drum (Marching snare drum) Slit drum Snare drum Steelpan (Steel drum) Surdo Tabor Tamborim Tambourine Taiko Tabla Talking drum Tapan Tar Tavil Tenor drum Timbales Timpani Tombak Tom-tom drum Tongue drum sourced from www.wikipedia.com styles of drumming Music can mean different things to different people. When you say, “would you like to listen to some music?” to an entire group of people, they all expect something different. You turn on the stereo and some people will smile, some will frown and some might even leave. Different music, different people. If you stop to listen to music other than what you normally do, you might notice something else: there are countless drumming styles as well. From the thumping bass and rapid-fire snare of a rock tune to the wicked licks of a Latin dance groove, every type of music has its own drumming style to set its rhythm. Different drumming styles can be found within the same genres though, as each drummer adds their own special kick to every lick they play- even for the same songs. You can give the same assigned piece to two drummers of comparable skill level and watch the slight variations that come out. Some drummers play each note straight and clean, some like to add a little extra here and there and some will go for broke in the flash department. As long as the song is played well and they right rhythm is kept, what is the harm? Music and songs that rely heavily on drummers and their drumming styles can make up for a lack of style and substance in other areas by letting the drummer find his own “voice” but too much of that can make the deficiencies painfully obvious. Any song (with some very major exceptions) this is drum-heavy probably is failing in the other aspects and the group and ultimately the listener knows it. Some drumming styles make use of the lighter sounding drums and percussion instruments like the snare drum and the cymbals. Some make use of more heavy sounding drums like the bass and the tom-tom. Latin beats are generally used for certain dances, and may use a little mix of drums and other percussion and set the rhythm and flavor for the dancers to follow. Remember, it is generally the drummer that gives the dancers the beat to follow during their steps in the first place. Finally, remember different drumming styles may mean that you hold your drumsticks a little differently than others, or that you use brushes on your snares instead of sticks. It may mean that you let yourself get a little crazy, a little out of control or that you stay in perfect control the entire time. No matter what, the drum and the drummer is the heartbeat of the song and of the musical group, so his style and flavor will become everybody's. Article Source: http://www.streetarticles.com/arts-and-entertainment/different-drumming-styles-different-strokes-of-course The many varied different styles of drumming all occur because of the segregation of cultures. Although at first this may sound like a bad thing, it's really not. The beauty is that not we can step outside our own culture and find different styles of drumming. Different styles of drumming range all across the world, from American to Japan to Liverpool and even far in the depths of the tribes in Africa and Australia. Although when we think of drumming we automatically think of the generic drumming we heard from most bands on the mainstream radio stations drumming ranges far beyond what we hear in these places. The great thing is that not just the style changing with the rhythm, the style changed with the sound of the drum. Often some styles of drumming are automatically definable, and even when these styles of drumming aren't definable we can still identify them as being foreign, or outside our culture. Samba music is based around drumming, where different drummers drumming in synchronisation all parade through carnivals in Brazilian festivals, the sounds range from drums as big as huge containers to simple hand percussion, this style of drumming is very rhythmic, there is often no melody or little melody, there is often no harmony and the drums are the main focus of the song, which I think is amazing. The style of drumming is interesting because it is so different to the way we work with drumming styles in the UK. UK drumming styles are often not the focus to the song but help to song to keep a static beat or tempo. Learning from different cultures like this, about different drumming styles can help us to look at our own drumming styles from a different perspective and also give us the ability to appreciate other styles of drumming. Drumming styles from across the globe can help to progress musically in our culture, giving us the chance to become more diverse and free, which means we will be less stuck in our own narrow minded ways which stop us from moving forward, may the future for music be free and open. Allow us to open our minds and senses to make fresh music. I encourage you to look beyond what is stated in front of you and search outside what we are used to. Become seduced in culture and become knowledgeable about other cultures. Make your change today. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/3467721 this secondary reaserch will help me when i cme to making my own drummming magazine because it gives me a insite to all the differnt sub genres of drumming. this secondary reaserch has also given me a wider range of vacabulary to use when making my own magazine.

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

initial reaserch task

Initial Reaserch Task (sorry its a bit late)
There are around about 3,300 different magazine genres, ranging from individual instrament magazines to farming magazines. their is such a need for this vast variety due to how many different hobbies there are for many different people all over the world. there are over 400 different music magazines due to their vast rages in genre. but nly 12 of these are based around my chosen genre drumming.

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Prelim Exercise

This is my Prelim exercise during this exercise we had to use DTP and an image manipulation program, to produce the front page of a school magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in a medium close-up plus some appropriately laid out text and a masthead.

The reason i choose to put this picture together in this way is because the main story of my magazine is the New mac suite that has recently been installed in the kings school. as you can see i have used the rule of thirds by having the person on the right the mac on the left and a small gap in the middle. I have the person in the image looking at the camera so that he engages with the audience. The other reason i have chosen this picture is because the colour of the person in the pictures jacket allowed me to contrast with the title and other pages throughout the magazine. The reasons i have chosen the text fonts and colours that i have used are because the colour contrasts well with the jacket that the person in the picture is wearing, and the reason i have used the different fonts are so that it shows that they are separate with out having to change the colour scheme of the rest of the magazine.

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Here is my presentation on the UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON poster.

UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON
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1.      How old are they? You can’t tell how old they are.
2.     What gender are they? They are both male.
3.     What racial group do they come from? One of the men is white and one is black this is showing the colour’s possibly the Colors in the brand name.
4.     What do the clothing codes tell you? The clothing codes tell you that they are similar or possibly equal. They are both wearing a blue shirt and denim jackets and trousers.
5.     What are their facial expressions? You can’t see their faces.
6.     What is there posture? You cannot see their posture but the positioning of the arms makes it look like they are looking away from each other. This could be showing how they are different through colour but the same in dress and as a person. This could also show how they are different but at the same time where the same cloths and the same aftershave which the advert is for making the company look good promoting equality between blacks and whites.
7.     How would you describe the relationship between the people? That they are maybe not friends or equal. But the advert is trying to show they are it is just their colour that is different.
8.     Is the illustration in colour or black and white and why? The advert is in colour to show the colours of the people. To put across the point of the advert.
9.     Are all the elements of the image in focus if not, why? All of the elements of the photo are in focus this could show how the brand is focused of showing the equality of black and white people.
10.  As anything been left out of the illustration? Yes the rest of their body’s this is just to focus you on the message this part of the picture puts across.
11.  How has it been lit and what are the camera angles? The image has been taken from directly in front of the people with the flash on this could be to show how when his skin is dark the flash makes it look lighter affecting the colour possibly trying to make him look more like the white character in the image. This is reversed for the white character but with the shadows.
12.  How does the slogan relate to the image? The only writing on the poster is the brand name this could be showing how in there picture they are bringing out parts of their brand name like UNITED and COLORS.
13.  Where is the advert set? The advert doesn’t look like it is set anywhere other than a white room.
14.  What objects are included in the picture? The objects included in the advert are a pair of hand cuffs to show the unity between the people.
15.  Does the product appear in the picture? You cannot tell really what they are advertising other than the company.
16.  Who are you supposed to identify with in this image? You are supposed to identify with the 2 male characters.
17.  What is being promised by this advert? That the company UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON are supporting both blacks and whites and how they are equal.
18.  Who is the advertisement aimed at? It is aimed at all males showing how with UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON they can all be the same.
19.  Is there any prior knowledge needed to understand the advert? If you did not know what the company sold then you may be left wondering what the advert means other than UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON supporting both black and white males.

Sunday, 16 September 2012

Just gone through my blog and changed everything to orange haha brilliant :)

Thursday, 13 September 2012

My First Post

Hi, I am Ross Perryman. I am a A-Level media student at the Kings School. The reason I have chosen Media is because I have been a musician for 12 years and Media and Music is a huge part of my life. I have played the drums for 12 years now, i have played in many bands in my life, to many to count.
The other subjects that I am studying are Business A-Level and Geography A-Level. I have to many favourite bands to count. My favourite TV programmes are Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs, Friends, Pawn Stars ect. My favourite film is TED. The magazines that i read are Modern Drummer and TopGear.