My Music Magazine

With the results that i got back from my questionnaire my magazine will be the price of £1.25 and will appeal to both female and male. The main article will be about the latest chart music and have the single and chart albums as this is what my target audience would like to see in the magazine. The colour scheme will be mainly red and white with a bit of black incorporated into it. Also in the magazine i will have a balance of pictures and text so this will attract the reader as too much text might be too boring to read and then to many pictures many not be enough information about different things. Finally the name of the magazine will be NM as this was the most popular name from my questionnaire.

Questionnaire Results

I have now asked 15 people mixed between male and female to answer my questionnaire.

For the first question the highest amount was for the age of 22-26. For the next question it was more female then male but only by one person. For question three people more listen to chart music more then any other genre the second most popular was R&B.

For question four the main colour scheme that got the highest was red and white the second highest was black and white so i could incorporate this into my magazine. For question five the same amount of people answered for £1.00 and £1.50 so i could go in between this. Question six people said they they will prefer to have a balance between pictures and text in the magazine.

Question seven the most popular name choice was NM which stands for new music. For the last question people would prefer to see in the magazine the latest single/album charts. Other top things that they would like to see are celeb news and competitions for tickets for concerts.

Questionnaire

I have now made a questionnaire and will now give it out to my target audience to get their feedback. With the feedback that i get i will make my magazine to fit their needs of what they would like in a magazine.

1. What age range are you in?

• 10-16
• 17-21
• 22-26
• 27+

2. What gender are you?

• Male
• Female

3. Which type of music interests you?

• Pop
• Rock
• Hip hop
• Chart Music 
• R&B

4.Which colours do attract your eye when you see them

• Black and white
• Pink and white
• Red and white
• Black with a splash of colour
• A mixture of colours

5. Which price would you pay for a magazine?

• £1.00
• £1.50
• £2.00
• £2.50

6. What would you like to see in the magazine?

• More pictures
• More text
• Or a balance between each

7. Which name would attract you most to the magazine?

• WMN- (Weekly music News)
• MMN- (Monthly music News)
• LMN-(Latest music News)
• DMN-(Daily Music News)
• NM-(New Music)

8. What would you like to see in the magazine? (Choose as many as you want)

• Competitions
• Puzzles
• Latest singles/album chart
• Advice column
• Celeb news

Analysing existing double page spreads

The article title is in grey and gold which relates back to the clothing that the band in wearing in the photo. There is text underneath the title harder to see against the faded picture in the background. The text for the article is black and on a white canvas, but the most important parts or quotes have been put in bold or highlighted so they stand out. The questions have been put in bold to make clear the different parts of the article this also breaks it up a bit.The picture has been edited to show who the main person in the band. The others have just been faded in to the background. The one that has not been faded out his stance is strong and it is like showing that he is the main one in the band. The man on the right of him still has strong body language is saying yeah I’m in the back ground but I am as much part of this band as he is with the hand expression he is using. The women on his left her body language is very sexy and she seems relaxed around him as she seems like she is leaning on him. The man to her left he is just standing there like he has been put there and that he has done what he has told.

This is an unusual type of font that is normally used in normal magazines. The style draws people’s attention to it as it is very different. The effect of having a quote for a title makes the reader feel more as they are speaking to the celebrity. The main part of the interview is in smaller text and is structured in 4 columns to make it look like an article. The colours that Lily Allen is wearing relates to the colours used for the rest of the article, she is wearing red and her name has been printed in red. The image of Lily Allen fits in well with the concept of the article as it is all about her and it is not a conventional picture pose and this relates well with the title as that is also not conventional. They have used a big picture so it strikes peoples attention. The body language in the picture looks very confident as her hands on her hips. It suggests that she is demanding the reader’s attention.

Analysing existing contents pages

The title of the magazine is big and bold so people know what the name of the magazine is. the colour scheme is very modern and plain. The page numbers are in red this stands out against the plain background. The title of the stories is in bold and stands out to catch the readers eye and there is also a description of the stories under the title so the reader can get an idea of what the story might be. The picture of Alice Cooper looks very demanding and it seems like he is commanding the readers attention.The style of the picture is also very eye catching to the readers. Above left of the picture there is a personal quote from Alice Cooper this gives the reader an insight about the interview.

The magazine logo is on the top left hand corner so people still know what magazine it is. The word contents is in white and bold to the reader can easily see it as it stands out against the black background. on the right hand corner there is the date and also there is a  website address this is an alternate way to look at the same articles. The page numbers are in red which makes it more eye catching to the reader as they contrast with the black text next to the number and the white background. The magazine also stick with the colour scheme throughout. The article titles are in capital letters to separate them from the smaller explanatory text that gives the reader an insight of the article. There is a small picture down the bottom in the middle this relates to an article in the magazine. It is also an alternate way to list the contents as it breaks up the text. The large image is the main feature of the contents page.  It is presented in a way that it breaks up the page and makes it more appealing to the reader and the picture is in relation to the main article in the magazine. There is a quote from an article that is at the bottom of the main picture, this encourages the reader to go to that page and read the rest of the article.

Analysing existing front covers

I got two different front covers that are from different genres.

 

The picture on the front is very shocking.  The way that he is standing in the picture shows that he has has a lot of attitude and it looks like that he is looking down on everyone with power and that he does not care about what people think about him. The main headline of the magazine is “LIL WAYNE GOES TO JAIL”. This headline reflects the picture that is of him on the front as he is standing like he does not care whats going to happen to him or that he does not card that he is going to jail. The picture is also in front of the masthead which shows that him and his story is more important than the actual magazine. The genre of magazine is urban. There are a lot of sell lines to show the different stories that are within the magazine and they are all related to either the genre or the type of people that might read this magazine. I think that the main target audience for this magazine would be people in their late 20's to mid 30's.

This magazine's main target audience would be young girls and it is very different to the one before. The reason why it is very girly and will attract them is because of the bright pastel colour scheme they have used and also the different images of the boys and boy bands on the front cover. The main picture is of The Wanted which is a popular band at the moment and they will attract a lot of girls if they are interested in them. Again the picture is over the masthead which shows that the story is more important than the magazine. On this magazine there are not as many sell line but more puffs that tell the reader information about other things in the magazine. At the top of the magazine their is a skyline which offers to meet Zac Efron and it is free to enter this will attract girls as they would love to meet him.

Different music magazines

Today I done some research on the different music magazine that are available either in shops or online at the moment.
The different ones are:
-NME
-Kerrang
-Top of the Pops
-Q
-Rolling stone
-Vibe
-Smash Hits
-Clash

Brief Music Magazine

The task is to make a music magazine. The magazine we need to include a front page, a contents page and also a double page spread. All images and text used must be original, produced by myself. There must be a minimum of 4 original images.

Final cover and contents page

This is my final magazine front cover and contents page that i made in Microsoft Publisher.

Making the magazine

The sofware that i made my magazine was Microsoft Publisher. The reason that i made my magazine in this was because it was the only software that i could access as i did not have access to indesign.
I also edited one of my photos on picnik. i edited the picture by cropping it, adjusting the brightness and sharpness to make it more clearer and stand oout, this also adds a little effect.





















 

       Old Image                                          New Image 

Start of making magazine

After getting all my results from my questionnaire this influenced me to make my magazine very appealing to the young consumers. That is why i decided to make it nice and colourful for the consumer and to also make it appeal to the eye.
I put a lot of pictures on it because this makes it more brighter and a bit more interesting. The pictures also related to some of the stories in the magazine.
I did put in the stories that the consumers wanted but also added in some of my own which might make it more interesting.

Questionnaire Results

The feedback that i got back from my questionnaire results are that they would like the magazine to be a mixture of bright colours so it will attract the eye, the price of 50p-£1.00 was most popular and the catorgories they would like to see is gossip on celebrities, shopping page, advice page and events around the school. I might also add in a puzzle page for a bit of fun in the magazine and also a latest news page to keep everyone up to date with the local news.

Questionnaire

I have now drafted up a questionnaire that i am now going to hand to my target audience to get thier feedback aboout magazines.

Research

Today I analysed two school/college magazines to get the idea of how the majority of school magazines look and see what not to do to my front cover as I would not like it to look boring and also to get inspiration of what my cover should look like to make it interesting for the reader.

Brief

Today our teacher has given me the brief of what to do in our coursework.
The tasks that we have to do are:
A preliminary exercise which is to design a front cover for a school or college magazine including a close up shot we also design a mock-up of the layot of a contents page.