demographics

my own magazine: two step reader profile

hardcore

bands within the genre of my magazine that may influence it.

inspiration for my college magazine

i was thinking of doing an interview for a double page spread for in my magazine. i could also video it and put it onto my blog. i was thinking of using this band. 

audience research questions

audience research: kerrang!

Focus Group Questions

focus group questions

1.what is your favourite music magazine?

2. why is  it your favourite music magazine?

3. what is your favourite genre of music?

4. how much will you be willing to pay for a music magazine?

5. what type of media form do you prefer your magazine to be formatted in?

6. what would encourage you to buy the magazine?

7. how often do you buy a music magazine?

8. how would you improve existing music magazines?

9. what conventions do you expect to be in the magazine of your choice?

10. do you only buy one existing music magazine?

LIIAR analysis of a music magazine

Brief

brief

to design a front cover, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. all images and text must be original, a minimum of four images must be used.

hand drawn contents and front cover draft

College magazine front cover and contents page analysis

College magazine front cover and contents page analysis

My magazine front cover and contents page uses stereotypical conventions related to a college magazine. It has a logo and a main story line on the front which is typical of magazines. On the front I also have cover lines and smaller images about the inside story lines. On my front cover I have an image of someone reading a book which is typical of a college magazine because colleges are places of learning. The contents page I made has conventions of a magazine like what to expect in the issue, I also have a from the editor paragraph at the bottom. The contents are all related to college and work.

My products are aimed at a social group of wyke students. The magazine would be aimed at any student who goes to wyke or wishes to enrol in the future. I have a stereotype picture on the front of someone reading a book which connotes the learning at wyke and the person I used isn’t in a classroom which could also suggest you will enjoy doing work at wyke even out of the classroom. The age group I aim my magazine at is sixteen to nineteen year olds because that is the college average age barrier.

I aimed to attract my audience by using vivid colours that are eye catching. I decided to do this because most magazines have bright headlines on them so it gives my product realism. I made the price of the magazine £1.50 which is cheap for a magazine so it may influence students to buy it because they don’t usually have much money. On the front I have an offer about free stationary which may appeal to students because they can use it for college and it costs them only the price of the magazine. I added smaller pictures of cover lines which will be included inside the magazine, this isn’t a typical convention but I think they catch the audience’s eye and may persuade them to buy the magazine to see the article that goes with the picture.

The technologies I used in the processing of my magazine were all in Photoshop. I used the transformation tool to rescale my images so I could make them fit and make the cover line photos smaller to fit near them and not take up too much room. I used the text tool, changed the size of the font and the type of font. To get the colour match my image I used the eyedropper tool and then made my text the same colour as the leggings in my image. For the contents page I designed I made the main colour scheme purple to match the college’s logo and I used the transformation too again for my text. I used a rectangle tool as well to make my backgrounds coloured. I used the spot healing brush to change some blemishes on my main image on the front cover. I didn’t edit my products that much because I like how my images turned out. 

college magazine contents page

college magazine front cover

college magazine moodboard

front cover and contents page mock ups

examples of framing

liiar contents page

spider diagram of initial ideas

existing college magazines

liiar analysis

magazine conventions



 

Main image: The image is a medium close up of the band the editor will have done this because it suits the style you don’t want to see just their heads in a music magazine and you can see their tattoos which would appeal to some that read the magazine.

 Masthead: lets the reader know the name of the magazine. It it White and stands out against the background images. It goes along the top which catches your eye better than it being stuck in a corner.

Main cover line: “the uncovered story of a rock phenomenon” this is short but holds a lot on content. Uncensored is highlighted which makes you look at it more because you think it is important.

Bar code & price: these are on every magazine and usually in the bottom right of the magazine. This is a convention you are definitely going to see on every magazine.

Footer:  the footer is the bottom part of the magazine that usually has information about what is going to be in the magazine. In this magazine its black which contrasts with the white main image.

Cover lines: these are to show what some of the contents is. The band one of the cover lines is wrote in red it stands out against the black because on the bottom it is the only red writing on the bottom.

Left third: on this magazine there isn’t much going on it because of a cd attached to the front of it.  But up at the top it shows you another cover line and is wrote in a dialogue that would familiarise with younger people.