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Music Tribe Research:




Grime Research:

Grime is a genre of urban music which was first discovered in East London, in the early 2000’s; Grime is a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPem8TxMUrI Wiley- She likes to This is a Grime track featuring some of the biggest names on the Grime scene, Including: Wiley, Wretch 32, Bashy, Chipmunk, Griminal, Wrigily, Ice kid, Ghettz, Scorcher, J2K http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k8naOsMHNM Bashy- kidulthood to adulthood this song was used as the soundtrack for a popular UK film called ‘Adulthood’. Followers of the grime tribe are usually black youth although there is a wide range of people that grime appeals to. “Grime Headz”- usually wear track suits, baggy tee’s, and baseball caps Their hobbies include social gatherings such as “raves” these are when other lovers of the particular music get together dance, and enjoy themselves, one of the most popular dance styles involved with grime and music that associates with grime is something called “skanking”- this is a simple movement of the hands and feet in time with the music, “skanking” can also be improvised, recording music, having “clashes” this is where they compete with each other to see who has the best lyrics when free-styling. One of the most influential artists were the “roll deep crew”- these were one of the first people to present the grime scene to the world, members include: Dizzy Rascal, Wiley, Westwood, Skepta, Flow Dan, Riko, Scratchy, Breeze, Jet, Li, Manga, Brazen, Target, Danny Weed, DJ Karnaige, DJ Maximum,J2K,Killa P, Little Dee, Trim Syer Bars, Jamakibi, Roachee, Bubbles, JME, Wonder, Biggie Pitbull, Dom P,DJ Bionics, Another one of the early grime groups that made a big influence was the so solid crew; it had over 50 members that involved both female and male, adults and children. Target Audience: Age: 11 – 28 Gender: Mainly male, but females may be included Ethnicity: Young, Black community Interests/Hobbies: “Raves, social Gatherings, lyricists, aspiring singers/ rappers, groups, listening to grime. Music Interests: Grime & Garage Social Class: C2-E, from skilled manual workers to the lowest grade workers (unemployed) or students.

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This is the finishing product of my contents page for my school magazine, I followed the same house style as my front cover to display the fact that it "belongs" to my magazine i added 3 original photo's and one previously taken photograph onto this page to once again add a creative effect towards my magazine. I had edited two of my pictures on photo shop using the Magic wand tool for a second time and left the other two images at their natual state to show a range of photography states. I used the same colours and font and sizes on my contents as this flowed within my magazine. I also included an editors letter to the readers in an informal tone creating a friendship state of relationship to my target audience (school pupils, teachers and parents/carers), I introduced myself in this letter and I informed them on the basics of what they would experience within the issue as i feel if I was I reader for this magazine I would prefer too be informed and notified as I would then be able to decide whether the particular issue is right for me.

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This is my finishing product of my school magazine I took a variety of pictures using my original photography and i eventually came to discussion that these two main images would be used. I used the image of the school on the forground as it livened up my front cover and added a further creative effect. Then i added the images of the four pupils from the school ontop, i had edited this picture on photoshop using the magic wand tool. I believe that these chosen images really show what a school is made up of, children enjoying thierselves in a good school community. I chose the main article to be based on a new school building coming soon as this is current and keeps the range of target audience up to date and involved. I used the colours blue, red, green & purple as these are the house colours for the school i used these particular colours throughout the whole of my school magazine with the additional black and white as these are fairly basic and toned down colours. My choice of background colour was two shades of grey (light and dark) this colour is not a busy colour and made a good background as it drew the readers eye onto the main image. I used the strapline "packed with highlights..." as it easily related back to my masthead HT Highligts and was suitable for a school magazine. The text i used was arial but the size of the font was scaled down to size for the mast head and the logo but was size 18 on the left third and the issue number and 20 on the headline, the price and the logo.

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I have now chosen the name for my magazine and the name "HT Highlights" was chosen in poll by my peers, i created a questionnaire to recieve views and ideas from my peers. i hate chosen a colour scheme of green, red, blue and purple as these are the house colours for my school. i have created a flatplan of my front cover discussing the layout and form of my magazine that i will soon be creating and am now focusing on the flatplan of my double page contents. i have also come up with an idea for my main article, this will be "football vs choir" as my school has a group of students for each of these, i will be photographing them very soon.
watch this space!

As well as making annotations on school magazine front covers, i also annotaded around a contents page as a clear example on the structure on which my magazine must follow.

I have also annotated around a second school magazine to make a comparason between the two and enable myself to discover whether most school magazines follow the same structure.

I annotated around a schools rugby magazine to see if it had all the correct codes and conventions of a magazine and i went into depth on what the particular magazine includes.

Question ?

What Would You All Like To See In A School Magazine?

Producing A School Magazine

The preliminary task is to plan and produce a school magazine front cover and double page contents. In order to do this we have to start with some research and planning on the task. To complete this task a use of clear understanding of the codes and conventions are needed. For an effective finnishing product i will need:

• A House Style (mise-en-scene)- an ongoing layout throughout my magazine, for example the same font style/size and colour for each page to allow the signification of that each page of the magazine belongs together.

• R&P Material-

• A minimum of 4 original Images, photo's taken by myself.

• Research on my target audience, so i will be able to connect with my audience throught my magazine.
  institutions
• Audience- this would be the students and/or staff located at the school for my magazine

• A masthead- this should be a title block or logo to identifythe magazine at the top of the front page, the font for my masthead should be larger and bolder to attract the audience.

• A main image-this should fill practically most of the front cover, usually to give the readers an insight of what they may preview within the issue of the magazine.

• A headline- as a main statement, which usually is shown as one of the biggest, bolder fonts, but not as large as the masthead, the headline is to describe the main story, and usually connecting to the main image, this is spans the width of the page, to grab the readers attention.

• A tag- an engagement to the readers intrest, by catergorising it, this is usually shown through a word or phrase.

• exclusive- this proves that the chosen story is for the magazine, and no onne else can steal the story, the way of this is to buy the story so it is now under the magazines name.

• lead story- the main story, usually on a splash of the page.

• lure- a phrase or word that leads the reader into the magazine at a particular story.

• pugs-at the top corners of the page- known as the "ears" this will include the price, logo and promotions, the placement of the pugs are placed appropriatley to capture the readers eye.