My magazine production so far...

So far we have designed our front covers and double page spread so the audience can identify our magazine from the layout, even though they are going to be 3 different editions.

We decided on our target audience which is going to be 16-19 year old boys. Mainly because if you were to look at adverts in most film magazines these days, they are targeted at males.
The mode of address will be simple, laddish slang that everyone knows. However, i am finding this hard to do right now as i can't help writing in a sophisticated style!

I am doing the 50 best British films edition, the double page spread will be the number 1 British film, which will be Trainspotting.
So far, i'm in the middle of writing my article and i've taken most of my pictures. (thanks to Joshua - he stood out in the freezing cold in just a tank top and jeans with a cigarette and a bucket of water poured over him! And of course Michael and Tim)
The article will include a review, research, the awards the film won and the change it made in cinema amongst other key facts.
A short interview with a member of the public will be shown in a box at the side which agrees with the fact that Trainspotting is one of the best British films for this certain audience.

The mock ups for the double page spread and front cover have been done now and all i am left to do is write the article and start to properly put together my front cover and double page spread on the computer.

Still a lot to do.

IT'S BIGGER, IT'S BETTER...ANOTHER ONE ALREADY?

Out of the rumor mill comes the 16GB iPhone, now official. Ever since the 16GB iPod touch was announced in September, we all knew it was just a matter of time until Apple could bung the same NAND capacity into their chubbier iPhone. The surprise is a new 32GB iPod touch for the same $499. No other changes and certainly not 3G. Both are available immediately.

Update: We just spoke with Apple, who told us that by available immediately, that means US and international customers, both. They should start making their way to stores over the next couple of days, too, so call ahead to check stock if you're buying offline.

Woah.
Just shows how quick gadgets can get updated nowadays.

REOW

1. How old are you?
16-17 18-19
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2. What type of magazines do you buy?
Lifestyle Music Hobbies Film TV
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Other, please state _________________________


3. Why do you buy magazines?
Freebees Arcticles Images Appealing front cover Adverts
* * * * *
Other, please state _________________________


4. How much would you expect to spend on a magazine?
£1-£2 £2-£3 £3+
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5. How often do you purchase magazines?
Daily Weekly Fortnightly Monthly
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Other, please state _________________________


6. Where do you buy your magazines?
Newsagents Retail shop Suscription Online
* * * *
Other, please state __________________________


6. Who do you prefer on the cover?
Woman Men Celebrities Don’t mind
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Other, please state __________________________

Magazines - Are they falling to their death?

Magazines used to be a right popular thing.
Whether it was reading them to find out the latest gossip, for educational purposes or for digging deeper into your own interests.
However, the 21st century has seen the birth of a lot more of the public learning to use the internet, pushing through that barrier to get online and research all of features in magazines for free.
Would you rather pay about 2 pounds for a magazine? Waiting another few weeks for the next addition to come out to only find out that it features 'old' news?
Or would you rather surf online, whenever and wherever you like and find out whatever you want in a matter of seconds?

I would go for the second option.
Unfortunately this is the case for magazines these days. They are losing more and more readers to the claws of the internet. In February 2006, we saw the death of Smash Hits! magazine. A beloved music read for the younger generation out there. In 2007, we saw the Popworld Pulp released from the cage and then tumbling down a mountain soon after the first issue.

The gap in the market is getting smaller and smaller, institutions have to come up with better ideas to relate to that niche audience now or they will burn too.

Who knows what will happen in a year?
But i am sure i'll witness the rise and fall of a few more magazines.

Homework Task for the 12th

I would like to offer some of my experience of having designed the original foundations of the Web, what I've learned from watching it grow, and some of the exciting and challenging developments I see in the future of the Web. It has become a public resource upon which many individuals, communities, companies and governments depend. And, from its beginning, it is a medium that has been created and sustained by the cooperative efforts of people all over the world.

The special care we extend to the World Wide Web comes from a long tradition that democracies have of protecting their vital communications channels. Of course, the imperative to assure the free flow of information has only grown given the global nature of the Internet and Web.

The success of the World Wide Web has depended on three critical factors: 1) unlimited links from any part of the Web to any other; 2) open technical standards as the basis for continued growth of innovation applications; and 3) separation of network layers, enabling independent innovation for network transport, routing and information applications. The last decade has seen so many new ecommerce startups, some of which have formed the foundations of the new economy, that we now expect that the next blockbuster Web site just appear on the Web without any difficulty.

The Web has grown because it's easy to write a Web page and easy to link to other pages. Starting with one page and one site just about 15 years ago, there are now over 100,000,000 web sites with an estimated over 8 billion publicly accessible pages as of 2005. Adding a Web page requires no coordination with any central authority, and has an extremely low, often zero, additional cost.

A current example of the low barriers to reading, writing and linking on the Web is the world of blogs. Blogs hardly existed five years ago, but have become an enormously popular means of expression for everything from politics to local news, to art and science. The low barriers to publishing pages and abundance of linking ability have come together, most recently with blogs, to create an open platform for expression and exchange of all kinds.

The universality and flexibility of the Web's linking architecture has a unique capacity to break down boundaries of distance, language, and domains of knowledge. These traditional barriers fall away because the cost and complexity of a link is unaffected by most boundaries that divide other media. This universality has been the key enabler of innovation on the Web and will continue to be so in the future.

So how do we plan for a better future, better for society?

We ensure that that both technological protocols and social conventions respect basic values. That Web remains a universal platform: independent of any specific hardware device, software platform, language, culture, or disability.

By adherence to these principles we can ensure that Web technology, like the Internet, continues to serve as a foundation for bigger things to come. It is my hope, Chairman Markey, members of the committee, that an understanding of the nature of the Web will guide you in your future work, and that the public at large can count on you to hold these values to the best of your ability.

My Response

I think Sir Timothy Berners-Lee makes plenty of good points in his speech and it was very interesting to read what he thinks of the change in the World Wide Web since he was one of the first people to use it. I also appreciated how he mentioned the newer and modern characteristics on the internet to relate to the younger generation to keep them interested. I think he has delivered a successful speech and i am sure the Chairman will agree with many of his points.

Iphone - A guided tour

The Iphone has now been released for nearly a month.
But how does it work?
What features are good and which are bad?
Here are a few videos introducing the consumer to the Iphone.







Coorrrrrr, what a phone.

Comprehension Questions.

I think i had the easiest questions.....

Students know to come to my blog for an easy riiiiiiide =D