DIARY

14/11/11- This lesson I was able to create a questionnaire and get them filled out by members of my target audience. To do this I went to the LRC and asked a even amount of males and females.

15/11/11- This lesson I made graphs and tally charts from my results on the questionnaire. I did this on word and then wrote a short summary of each graph or pie chart to explain what the results meant and how it was going to help me design my magazine.

16/11/11- I annotated the front of a magazine that was similar to mine. I chose NME because it is a similar genre to what I was going for.

18/11/11- I created my own publication plan on this day. I have posted it on my blog and it is a good reminder to go by whilst I am designing my magazine as I already have the inital ideas.

21/11/11- I did an analysis of a double page spread here so that I knew what was needed when I was creating my own magazine.

23/11/11- In this lesson I started to create a publication plan for the magazine GUITAR.

Rough Layout of front cover - Music Magazine.

Front Cover annotation

Annotated Content Page

Analysis Of a Double Page Spread

- Drop Caps in colour relations to other parts of the page. (Colour Theme)
- One Page full of writing/ the other fully dedicated to a image.
- Quotes from the band in big
- Image Captions
- Three columns
- Always one quote that stands out on the page.
- Text box with added information
- Direct mode of address- always looking at the audience
- First paragraph has to be able to catch the readers attention - most important
- Quotes used may be controversial
- Headlines stand out - bigger than everything on the page
- Target audience, talks like they do.
- ALWAYS more than one image.

Publication Plan

Title: Hear!

Positioning Statement: For the Fans, By the fans

Price: £2:50

Distribution: Supermarkets, Local Shops, Newsagents

Rationale: The magazine will be based around the fans. From my research I know that the fans want to see more pictures in the magazine. It will be made to appeal to a wide audience by focusing on the genre 'Indie Alternative'

Style: Informal, irreverent style. The magazine will have 'Gossip' pages, hopefully this will relate to my target audience, age rage between 16-18 year olds. So they feel comfortable reading the magazine.
Images will be the dominant feature of layouts.

Regular Content:
- Editors note
- Reviews and reports
- Pictures from live performances
- Photo shoot images
- Gig and tour information
- Free competitions to win prizes
- The month in pictures
- The fan page

Feature Content:
Examples of feature articles which will appear in the magazine:
- The month in pictures
- Interview with Laura Ellen
- Reports from a live gig with a band
- Fan give-a-ways
- This months top charts
- Gig line up for the month
- Competitions to win tickets & a iPod
- Article about the Two Door Cinema Club
- Investigation into tour guides

Colour Scheme: Green/Black/Red

Audience Research

Tally charts

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Questionnaire

Questionnaire

1)      Age?

16-18               18-20               20-22              22-25

2)     Gender?

Female                       Male

3)     How much do you normally pay for a magazine?

£0.50-£1.50                £1.50-£2.50                £2.50-£3.50                £3.50-<

4)     What is your favourite colour?

Red     Blue    Green     Orange     Purple     Yellow     Black     Pink                

5)     Where do you usually buy your magazine from?

News Agents              Online             Local shop                  Supermarkets

6)     How often do you like to buy a magazine?

Weekly                        Every Fortnight          Monthly

7)     What type of articles interest you in a magazine?

Reviews          Comical          Informative                Images                       Gossip

8)     Do you enjoy receiving free gifts in your magazine?

Yes                  No

9)     What parts of a music magazine do you prefer?

News Features                       Reviews Interviews               Pictures                     

10)  If you saw a music magazine in the shop, what would convince you to buy it?

Price                Front cover                Advertised articles                Competitions

11)   What is your favourite type of music?

Hip-hop          RnB                 Rock                Indie               Classical         Grunge

12)  What do you feel makes a good music magazine?

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13)  What have you disliked about previous magazines you have brought?

Too much information          Not enough information       Too many pictures    

Not enough pictures              Too expensive                                    The front cover                     

14)  What have you especially liked about magazines you have brought in the past?

Too much information          Not enough information       Too many pictures    

Not enough pictures              Too expensive                                    The front cover

           

15)  Would you ever subscribe to a magazine if there was a choice?

Yes                  No

Research of the market place.

I plan on making my music magazine similar to current media products such as NME and Q. Therefore I did some reasearch on these two well known products. I looked at their websites and found out about the types of artists they focus on, I brought their magazines in a shop and spent a lot of time reading them so I could get a general idea of the layout/style of magazines and how I should produce mine. I think this really helped and it gave me a lot of thoughts and ideas.

Initial ideas and plans for music magazine

I plan to produce a indie alternative music magazine, containing articles about various artists from different genres so that it appeals to a wide target audience. I think this is important as now a days there are so many different artists around it is difficult to just focus on one genre. Hopefully my magazine will interest a lot of people. I have chosen the artist that I am going to focus my double page spread on and contacted her to make sure that she is free for an interview and photo shoot her name is Laura Ellen, she is currently a YouTube singer and has started writing her own music for a record label. I want to call my magazine HEAR, as it obviously straight away relates to music and couldn't be mistaken for any other genre of magazine. I think that the name is good as it has two meanings, HEAR the music and HERE is where its at, it will draw people in. I have had a few ideas for the content page of my magazine, after being to quite a few concerts this year I took some pictures of artists such as Katy Perry and Pixie Lott performing live so I will probably use these pictures. I plan on putting a competition inside the magazine to win something music related, maybe a pair of headphones or gig tickets, this will also hopefully attract my target audience to the magazine. I am going to produce a magazine for teenage/young adults, making sure I use relevent and popular artists of this era.

College Magazine - Content Page