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Music magazine content page mood board from StephenCraharrington

Music Magazine Mood Board

Music Magazine Mood Board

Firstly when we look at the magazines, we find that mostly all of the camera shots were of a mid-shot, this shows that the magazines obviously wants to interact with the audience, this makes the impression that the artists are oblivious of others and only focused upon the audience. The fact that we notice their body language shows that they are confident in their self and want to be an interaction in the audience’s life. Most of the magazines show their artists to be quite laid back and just relaxing or posing, this again shows off their body language creating an image in the readers mind before they have even read about them.

The artists in the mood board are shown to be stereotypically dressed to their pacific genre of music, for example grime and rap is usually seen as a ‘thug’ type of music, when we see Eminem in his front cover we find him dressed in a vest, this is typical of ‘thugs’ or the genre.

The overall representation of the magazine is that the artists are confident in creating a image in the audiences mind before their article has even be read, for example Jay-z is showing off his clothes implying that he is rich and is of a wealthy nature. The magazines try to advertise their popularity as they get the current ‘best thing’.

The font of the magazines seem similar, due to the fact that most of the magazine consist of a bold (anchorage text), they are the center point of the magazine as most people are attracted and drawn in due to simple sight of the story within the magazine. The boldness often highlights that the story is of importance.

Red is used frequent in these magazines, this is to drag the attention as it usually indicated that something is important, For example the title blocks of NME and Vibe on a single occasion can be seen in a reddish colour indicating that this is a main indicator to buy the magazine. The use of a white background also occurs in some magazines, this is to show purity or that they lighting up the plain, as they fill in a blank canvas.

Most of the articles are based on interviewing the artists; this is to give an insight on the lively hood of the artists and to show what they are currently working on or what problems they have overcome, this can be often used as a uplifting story which inspires the audience, this could lead them to buy the magazine again. Moving on the magazines articles are usually serious showing that they are yet again confident in what they do with their choices in life and what they will be answering during the interview.

Title Blocks

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I have chosen to rename my magazine in due to the bad feedback i received in class for the naming of the magazine. My peers felt it was in the best interest of my magazine to change the name, this is due to the fact that they felt the magazine would seem more of a boxing magazine due to the words 'Knockout' they didn't feel it represented the indie pop genre so discussed with me a potential idea. My magazine name has been changed to "Underground" this is due to the fact that indie music was quite Unknown. Major stars often busked before they turned famous in places such as London's underground rail road in stations across the capital. I feel this name suits the magazine and give a more professional look.

Title Block Evaluations

Firstly from the title block we can tell that the magazine must relate to the group known as ‘the Rolling Stones’ the group are known for the Rock band skills, so most likely the magazine will relate towards the fact that it is based on Rock music.The Red shows power as we can mostly relate the colour red to being overpowering, the white lined around the lettering causes the title to seem bevelled. The font shows us that the magazine is informal in a way as the magazine title seems to be almost drawn, as the font looks sketchy if you will. Rock fans or people whom had a interest in ‘the Rolling Stones’ are going to be interested within the magazine.




The magazine known as KERRANG has a great design to it, this could show how it too is used for a rock magazine as loads of cracks and breaking of the letters may show the mentalist of a rock band. The Black boldness of the title shows how important it is upon a page as it, the font used for the magazine is slightly informal, as it has cracks and such located across the font, this is done to show the more chaotic side of the magazine as it is aimed for rock bands. Nothing can really be said for KERRANG, only that the word is greatly unusual most likely for the rock fans to enjoy. Rock fans mostly at any age, but by majority maybe 20-27




Mojo is a magazine based on Classical Rock music as mojo was mostly used back in the 60’s and 80’s where it was used by hippies and rockers at events based with classical rock. The magazine uses a black background with a white lettering this highlights the title and makes it a significant image upon any page being highlighted and such.Uses a fairly relaxed and informal font as it may try to catch the eye of the audience when being bought off the shelves.This shows that the magazine is fairly relaxed and is based on classic rock.

Survey Results

Survey analysis

1.       The first question which I asked in my survey was ‘Do you believe my magazine should be accessible online?” as this would have a fairly big impact upon the industry. The Majority of people said that the magazine should have an accessible online page.

 

The second question which I asked was ‘How often do you get a magazine?’ this is to find the time period which I should release my magazine at. I found that a magazine released fortnightly would be preferable as most people agree that they get a magazine fortnightly.

 

 Question three I asked ‘What’s the most you would pay for a magazine’; this will determine the amount which I set my magazine at. The fact that most magazines in today’s terms are around the £2.00 mark I was pleased to find that half the survey chose that it was the sufficient amount for a magazine.

 

I took the interests of others into account as on the fourth question I asked ‘What is your favorite genre in music?’ Pop was the highest genre as it took 75% of votes while the other two surprise contenders are Rap and Western. The genre which will be upon my front cover is determined through what the audience wanted.

I finally asked ‘Who is your favourite band’ i got four different artists/groups yet three of them, which were the groups all had over three members within the band. This could show that upon my front cover I should include a band that has more than three members. All of the bands have quite unusual names such as ‘Imagine Dragons’ or ‘BlessTheFall’, the artist that is going to be used shall also have a quite unusual name upon my front cover to coincide with the main artist of the magazine. 

Magazine Focus Group

Target Audience Profile

Gender: Male

Name: Shahabaz Khan

Age: 17

Hobbies:
Basketball, Singing, Football

Likes: 
Punjab MC, John Newman, NME Magazine

Dislikes:
Union J, Rolling Stones Magazine

Bio:
Shahabaz usually buys a magazine fortnightly; this is to catch up on the talent which is surprisingly popping up across the world. He has released to me that it does give the magazine an advantage over others, due to the fact that it isn't the same thing every time, and that the different stories which are collected to make the magazine interest him instead of reading something which happened previously in the last issue. Shahabaz spends his free time trying to prefect his musical talent, at the current point in time he is held up with work from sixth form so the only way he can get away from work and into the music is by the magazines he reads.

Gender:Female

Name: Madeleine Gibson

Age: 15

Hobbies: 
Singing, writing/composing music, playing guitar.

Likes: 
 Rammstein (Rock Band), Tina Turner, The Royal Concept (Indie band), Rolling Stones magazine

Dislikes: 
One Direction, Newspaper styled magazines

Bio: 
Madeleine Gibson is a new singer, she currently sings on the street to allow people to hear her musical talent. She is a new singer and is always reading magazines to find out what to do and how to get into the music business. She has a talent and magazines which are upon the streets today should give her the chance to show what she can do.  She has a broad musical type and only dislikes boy bands. Madeleine would be a key target for my magazine as I would give her the chance to be spotted and offer herself as an up and coming star.

In conclusion both of these young teenagers have an interest in music; the target audience don’t have to be talented within the musical genre as they can simply just listen to it to get into their ‘Zone’. My magazine as said will provide those looking for music jobs can now find their way.

Planning a Music Magazine

Planning a Music Magazine

Firstly I’d like to point out that my magazine is aimed towards the teenagers. This is due to the fact that they are the new talent coming in and out, I wish to give them an opportunity to actually plan their life out from this magazine as jobs and other such places will be offered so that young people can find job offers. Music is one of the only ways we can communicate with the teenagers today, so the magazine will be a way of trying to communicate with them and make them feel at home. I initially was going to make my magazine an indie pop magazine, but I have changed to just pop as it is a much more common music choice and is also mostly heard by the teenagers today, I may actually include rap due to the mass amounts of new musical talent trying to get into the business of rap. The magazine I’m going to create will have a fortnightly appearance, every couple weeks gives the magazine a chance to inhabit new stories and gives the audience time to recuperate and get some money, due to the magazine being made for teenagers from the ages of 14-21 we know that they will be mostly busy with education, work or even hobbies so a fortnightly magazine gives them the advantage to check out the newest magazine and continue to get it.

As my magazine is only for teenagers and that their income is very low I will place the magazine at the price of around £2.00 this is due to it being a small and efficient amount so that the teenagers can pay for it. I wish to create my magazine to be in a more of a glossy way, this is because I think it will appeal to more teenagers due to it being in a more informal way, a magazine which is glossy will also appeal due to the fact that it looks more appealing.

Questions for my Focus Group

1. Do you believe the idea of offering jobs in a music magazine is fairly good for young teenagers?
2. Is the Price of the magazine efficiently at its best?
3. Do you believe young people would take enjoyment in buying my magazine?
4. I’m going to create a webpage for my magazine; do you believe this will help the company?
5. Finally I’d like to point out that my magazine is being created in more of a glossy way, do you think it should be that