knowledge gained , questionnaire & results anualsis

what I have learnt from my research is that its good to have a close to middle shot as your front cover image and always have a colour schemed linked throw out the magazine. Have different things going on lke gossip, news and some thing to do with a famous celebraty.

Questionnaire

1.   What style of music do you like?

 

2.   Does your style of music affect the clothes you wear?

 

3.   Does it play apart in what friend group you’re in?

 

4.   Do you read music magazines?

 

 

5.    How often would you like new music magazines to be released?

 

6.    How much would you be prospered to pay for a music magazine?

 

7.   Do you always buy the same brand of magazine?

 

8.   Are you more likely to pick up a magazine when there’s a well-known artist on the front?

 

9.    What in stressed you in a music magazine?

 

10.                     Do you like it just to be about music or do you like abit of fashion and gossip about celebrity’s life’s?

Results

From the results I found from my questionnaire, I found out that the most popular styles of music are R&B and Pop and these genre of music does effect peoples dress sense and social groups. Most people don’t really want to pay a lot for a music magazine ,the prices ranged from  70pence to £2. 50 and most of the people I asked to do my questionnaire said they  were more likely to get a music magazine  if a well-known artist is one the front cover .They would also like a music magazine to be  released every two weeks. The people i gave the questioninaire was 16/17 and this would be  my target audience as iv got my information i need from this age group

      This information  found, has helped me decide what way I’m going to do for my own music magazine, what genre to do and how to go about getting my target audiences. How to do my price range and not to make it all just about music but to make sue it has a little bit of gossip E.G interviews, fashion, music downloads charts.

       The image has to have some kind of twisted in to either pop or R&B i and using some kind of clothing that’s associated with the genre.

music double page spreads

 The double page shown here is simple; the main image is speed across to pages, there is also a header of pictures of Rihanna which would be very attractive to the target audience, as it shows a range of hair styles she has had.

The colour scheme is red, black and cream, the cream back ground suits the image as it makes everything stand out and applying to the eye and gives it a fresh feel it also gives it a more Indy look than pop because pop tends to use brighter colours, while this takes the colour lead from her hair and the style/mood from her flower garland.

The master head ‘ Rihanna exclusive interview’ is in red and black writing , the letters are not in bold they’re different to most master heads as they’ve got gaps inbetwen them  that fit in with the background. This also gives a lighter, stylised and more feminine feel to the page.

The text is small and black, not very easy to see therefore making it for a more serious musical audience as people just looking for would be more gossip would be more interested in shorter, more sensational stories.

The master head is hard to work out the “got the love” part of the leader is taken from the lyrics of her recent song. because some people would call it a background but I think its abit of both, ‘USA’ with the image in front of the master head it gives it a clear coniferdent message to the audience that the publisher is not scared of taking risks. It also reflects the strong personal of Florence welch.

The colour scheme is grey and black and some red this gives it a more of a Bold background as the focal point becomes is her hair and the flag.

The image is Florence Welch in a dominant and attractive doing a sexy pose in a short black outfit with black high heels on sitting on an American flag; this gives it a meaning to the master head of the USA  suggesting that as she is a British act tring to ‘break’ the American music masket. The image is just over a page big, making it to focal point of the double page spread and making Florence welch the clear focus of the article

The text is  yet again small  and black and is on the right hand side therefore making it in ‘Q’ Magazine is not aimed at a younger target audience. The text is also in Columns  so it look more formal.

music contents pages

 

The colour scheme is basically grey scale ( black ,grey, silver and white) Beyoncé is a well-known fashion icon by her wearing a grey dress and silvery grey shoes in makes the contents page look more stylistic.

The image is of Beyoncé on her back in a nice stylist outfit with her legs up in the air , as her image covers most of the content cover people get a sense of that she’s going to have some involvement in the magazine, bye using I high end celebrity like Beyoncé it gives the magazine I high end look and also by the photography  used to make her look this way she’s doesn’t look cheap .

The text is medium sized , the features and fashion are in different front to make them stand out so people have an idea of what the writing is underneath it’s also black so it tights in well with the colour scheme.

The master head ‘contents’ is broken up and is a different way of doing it as it makes you look at it to see what it says and it’s in big bold writing and makes in stand out from the back ground plus tights in with the colour scheme

 

The colour scheme is effective as its not to bright and not to dull , just right as you don’t want it to be better than the front cover. The main colours are black and white but have a tiny hint of colour with the red love heart that’s placed on his chest , This little bit of colour is eye catching and makes this page more animated  as it adds to the simple, masculine colour scheme.

The font varies in size and style this makes the contents page more engaging. The 'feature' banners and fashion stand out the most because of the different font, this hasthe effect of letting  you know what the small writing underneath is going to be about so it’s a quite way of info basically making the SELLINES more appealing to the eye.

The image, that image covers most of the page has Kayne West standing there looking mean while a woman’s arms is wrapped round his chest holding his heart, the reason Vibe uses a plain background is so their artists are the focal point of the page a This will alsi attract the reader’s attention as the news stand by having a high end celebrity on the cover, which makes the magazine look high end  and attracts a specific target audience.

The master head yet again in this ‘content’ page is broken up and in big bold black writing , it’s a different way of catching people's eyes and I think it a very clever but simple way of getting the audience's attention.

 

 

music magazine cover 3

The masterhead 'NME' is in big bold white capital letters , its one of the first things to catch your eye as soon as you look at the cover by using the text in this way the audience can start to familiarise them selves with the logo of the mazagine therefore making the magazine easy to spot on the shop selves unlike other magazine it doesn't follow the convention of spreading across the entire width, it sits in the top left corner a place that would be instantly recognisable to the target audience rock and atternative music lovers from teenage to mids 20s/30. The main image is of  florence a well known artist in the music indistry somewere on the cover it saying specail edition so they've done a close up shot of her face, the image fills all the cover which gives it a more of a high market feels to it and that its a specail edition so they would want it to make it different.
The sellines ' the state of the music today' this is in white writing to make it stand out from the background of florences red hair also gives it a very clean finish to it.
The layout, the layout is formal with the masterhead at the top and everything it usual order.The page is not to busy but I think it really good how the image fulls alll of the cover making it more professional like vogue and all the editorul magazines , clearly showing that there trying to reach that high qutily mark.The sellines and text, the selline lines are in bigger bolder text than the word beneath them as they need to give the auience a guite way of info and need to catch there eye as then they'll read the smaller text underneathe writing, this makes it stand out from the brightly coloured hair of florences and bye saying its special edition it makes in different to there usual covers and that may make people more likey to buy if because its got something different towards it or different info which people like. The layout, the overall layout is basically the main image covers the whole page, the master head it at the top and skyline next to it and the sellines at the side with the anchorage text at the bottom. The magazine is not as busy as the usual NME front cover. There are not to many sellines and obviouslu the emphasis is on Florence to appeal to the target audience of the special edition. In this way it breaks its own conventions.

music magazine cover 2

music magazine cover 2

        

The masthead is bold and black, stands out from the white background .Because I've never seen this magazine before I do not no what the name of the masthead but it clearly shows the maker of the magazine are very confirdent of the brand as they've put Katy Perrys head over the magazines masterhead they're for showing that its well known and that the target audience will recognise it.

The main image  of the singer Katy Perry dressed in a revealing it is a 3/4 profile picture picture, outfit is could attract both sex's as males would be attract as its got a very good looking pop start on the front or they just may just like her music .
The skyline' FREE DOWNLOAD' is in black writing which makes it stand out from the white background, which is quite simple way of getting the audiences attention but it also can make it look quite plan and boring  . The anchorage text is P.T.O ‘ Katy Perry in black and pink yet again it stands out from the back ground but by using a little bit of colour it makes it more appealing to the target audience as just simple plain black and white all the time is boring and it explains what the magazines going to have in it and also makes you look at the info underneath it. The silliness ‘ keep it wheel raps’ all the
sale . the archorage texts implies that there is an excluesive inside as its says' kiss 'n' tell' as it to reveal secrets. It also maker the text abit more salacious with the phrase 'pop's bi-curious babe'. This headline might make  it more appealing to the target audience. The lines are the same kind of style, black and pink and the important info is in pink making it stand out. It is also a pun-on the work wheel and real. the cover features a number of real lines specific to the target audience. All of there sell lines are in a similiar or identical print to make the style of the cover consistent and familiar to the audience, The coulour scheme throughtout the front page are very simple and fresh. Some of the sellines echo the colour of perry's outfit whilst the other colours are simple black and greys.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

music magazine cover 1

The magazine has a main colour scheme of red ,black,grey and white which gives it a very urban feel which ties in well with the rap industries ,also the colours stand out from the background and catch the audience's eyes, if the magazine uses this colour scheme all the time then the target audience can familiarise the self with the colour of the logo or what colours to look for when looking for the magazine.
The image is of the artist eminem , his one of the biggest stars in the rap industry is properly the best now white rapper, by using a well known person  it makes the magazine look more higher up in the music magazine business , also mite attract female attention as they mite find eminem attractive or both sex's just because theyll like that shoner of music.
The masterhead,'VIBE' is in big ,bold capital  letter making it stand out from the back ground. They'v used  blurred out colours on there masterhead ,as it goes from black to red. Think its better then just plan old simple block colour as it gives it move of an young feel towards the magazine  and ties in well with the colour scheme.
The skyline is 'IS 1998 RAP'S LAST CLASSIC YEAR?' using a rhetorical question is a way of getting  the audience attention as it automatical makes you want to ansewer it in your head... make you think of the question, the skyline is in grey which helps it as its right over the top of the masterhead which is bold but by using a different colour it doesnt make it unclear therefore it still catching your eyes attention.
The anchorage text 'EMINEM, IS CLEAN', this is in big red writting and is actually one of the first things the cort me eye. 'eminem' is in the bigger text as they want you to know that eminem is  involded in the magazine in some way maybe his letting his fans into some gossip about how to rap and his life. 'is clean' in a smaller text as it down needto be as big because th bigger text of 'eminem' has already cort your eye, the selline on the top of is ties into the anchorage text as aswell. 'vicodin .valium .methadone'....'literally nearly dieds' this is put there because as soon as you've noticed the 'eminem' bold writting asyou look around after, eminem is a very respected character and by vasically putting some problems his has/had in his life would make you want to read about his story in the magazine as celebrates are seen to have to most perfect lifes.                            

my college magazine cover & evalution

my college magazine cover & evaluation

EVALUATION

1)My media product presents a partcular social group, people that enjoy reading and there lessons with a calm envirment it also shows to be acermemic but with abit of fun because of the sell lines and also showing a student reading a book.

2)The media instituion IPC will make them and shore such as hmv & supermarkets & connections ,basically the places young people are going to go so its more likely to get to them.

 3) The audience for my media project would be the year 11's getting ready to live school and actual students that go to the college.

4)I tryed to attract my target audience by using images that are suited for the point im trying to get across that the college is a serious working place but also with the sell lines and title making it more appling to the students that like abit more fun in there eductation.

5)I have learnt about the technical side of photoshop by editing my photo on photo shop to the create a professional look, i learnt how to edit my photo on photoshop by using things such as colour balance and contrast which help me develop my skills. i also used a camera to take my image and i learnt how to use different effects on the camera.