Friday, 24 February 2012
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Questionnaire results
From doing my questionnaire it has helped me to decided what to include in my magazine as i now know what people want and are interested in. The people who completed my questionnaire said that black, white and blue was there favourite colour scheme. ChartBuzz and MuicUpdate where the two most popular mastheads so i am going to be using one of them for for my magazine. I am going to include the charts in my magazine as it appeared to be the most popular feature to my target audience. My target audience said they would like to read about Olly Murs or ed Shearan within my music magazine. when asking them what they would like to see on a contents page they said they would like both images and text which i am going to include when producing my music magazine. When putting cover lines onto my magazine they want them to be highlighting the most important parts of the magazine.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Music magazine questionnaire
1. What features would you want to have in the magazine?
- Music gossip
- New music
- Music charts
- Interviews of artists
- Festivals and tours
2. What masthead do you think is most appropriate for my music magazine?
- MusicUpdate
- Beat
- ChartBuzz
- Topcharts
3. What colours do you think are most appropriate for a chart/ pop magazine for both genders of the 16-21?
- Black, white, blue
- Red, white, black, grey
- Blue, purple, red, white
- Orange, green, yellow, blue
4. What kind of Band/ Artist would you rather have for a main interview feature?
- Olly murs
- The wanted
- Ed Sheeran
- Adele
- Pixie Lott
- Florida
5. What would you like the cover lines to be about?
- What’s included in the magazine
- High lighting the most important parts of the magazine
- Advertisements
- Interesting parts of the magazine
6. Would you rather the contents page to be packed full of information about the features in the magazine or have a picture based contents page?
- Information
- Pictures
- A bit of both
7.What would you like to read about on a double page spread?
- A band
- A new artist
- The charts
- Interviewing
- A artists/ bands life story
8. How often do you buy/ read a music magazine?
- Once a month
- Twice a month
- One a week
- Never
- A lot
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Research and planning: initial idea
I want my music magazine to be mainly based on pop and the charts. It will include the latest charts and music which has just been released. It will also contain the latest gossip about pop music stars and giving information on new bands and singers to look out for in the future. My magazine is going to aimed at both gender from the age 16-22 who are at college or working. The audience who will read my magazine will mainly be interested in the charts, pop and the latest music, who enjoy going out with their friends and having a good time.
Action plan
Action plan
16th January
- Compare magazines & research the magazine market place
- Research similar products: 3 X front cover, 2 X contents pages, 2 X double page spread
24th January
- Initial ideas
- Audience research
- Writing treatment
30th January
- Layout/masthead ideas
- Plan photo shoot and take photos
- Drafting page
- Audience feed back
6-27 February
- Drafting of pages
- Audience feedback
5th March
- Evaluation
9th March
- final deadline
Introduction to main task
For this task i am going to have to create a front page and a double page spread of a new music magazine. All images i use will be my own and the text i write must be original.
Friday, 3 February 2012
Evaluation of student magazine
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Before making my student magazines I researched others to give me some inspiration. I noticed that there are various key things to put on the front covers of student magazines as well as suitable content throughout. My magazine had to appeal to my target audience through the use of images, colour, layout and contents. To do this this I used the same colours throughout and included contents which I believed they would find interesting. I also included many pictures and avoided using blocks of text to give it an informal appearance which suited my target audience.
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My magazine is aimed at teenage students. This is why I have included more images than text as the majority of teenagers would be put off if they saw a lot of text. Also the text that is included in my magazine is simple and informal to resemble student language. All of my images are of students to emphasise that the magazine is about and for the students and so that they would find the images interesting.
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
My magazine is specifically for college use and therefore would be only be on sale in the college. My magazine would also be made within college meaning there wouldn’t be a high cost to produce it which is the reason why it is a low price which makes it affordable for students.
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
My audience is students ranging from ages 16-18 who study at Ludlow College. It is aimed at both genders so more people will buy it.
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
I attracted my audience through the use of colour, image and layout of my magazine. The colour scheme I used was blue, black and white which I believe appears to both genders. I have used the same kind of house style throughout which is black spots around the images and text, which I think looks attractive and would fit in with my target audience. For my central image I have used a student from Ludlow college and the contents features about the college which would keep the audience interested. The fonts that I have used are causal and cool which fits in with the general fell of my magazine.
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Before I started making my magazine I had never used Photoshop or InDesign and wasn’t sure if I would be able to use it, but with time I gradually became used to the software and as the lessons went on I slow became more confident. Also when I was taking my photographs I had to think how they would appeal to a student audience and how to make the pictures look natural. I had also never created a blog before, therefore I had to learn how to use blogger and make my blog look appealing.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
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