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Grange Publishing has identified an opportunity for a new music magazine. They have asked you, as a media expert at Grange Publishing, to investigate the music genre and submit proposals for the launch cover of the new magazine. You have been given an assignment to analyze magazine covers that appeal to different target audiences. You must also present your own ideas for the cover of the new music magazine aimed at a specific target audience, including sketches, plans, and a mock-up cover.
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This document discusses an evaluation presentation for a media product project. It addresses how the media product uses or challenges conventions of real magazines. It discusses design elements like the masthead, cover lines, and photography. It also addresses how the product represents social groups through imagery and genre associations. The document suggests the product could be distributed by large magazine companies or independent bookshops. The target audiences are identified as younger music fans and older fans who remember the genre's heyday. Ways of attracting these audiences through content, design and language are explored. Finally, the document lists technologies learned through creating the project, like Photoshop skills and using platforms like Blogger and Survey Monkey.
Unit 13 LO3
This document outlines two proposals for a new music magazine. The first proposal details plans for a magazine called "Smash" that would focus on popular music genres and take inspiration from past magazines like Clash and Smash Hits. It discusses the target demographic, page count, pricing, and more. The second proposal is similar but focuses on a magazine called "The News of Music" and takes more inspiration from The News of Music magazine. It also includes sections on test photography, color schemes, house style, and competing in the market.
Task 10a summarising research planning
1. Music magazines conduct research on their target audiences and maintain a unique style to attract readers through features of interest. Research follows the AIDA model of attracting attention, interesting readers, and motivating purchases.
2. Conventions for music magazine design include mastheads, covers with images and text, contents pages with genres and page numbers, and spreads with headlines, images, and columns. Consistent branding connects different sections.
3. Research on house music found it popular in clubs and mainstream music, having fused with other genres. Images typically feature bright colors, busy crowds, and locations to convey atmosphere.
Unit 1: Analyzing Media Products and Audiences
This document contains the slides from a presentation analyzing the Kerrang music magazine and its publisher Bauer Media Group. Some key points:
- Kerrang is the UK's number one rock music magazine published weekly by Bauer Media Group, Europe's largest privately owned publishing group.
- Bauer Media owns over 80 brands across different interests and acquired music TV channel The Box in 1996 to expand into television.
- A survey of readers found that Kerrang's target audience is between ages 16-21 and that content is the most important feature for readers over things like design.
- Kerrang's psychographic target audience seems to be "mainstreamers" seeking security rather than the initially hypothesized "strugglers"
Evaluation
The document discusses a music magazine product called "Outloud" and how it uses conventions of real media products. It includes a front cover, contents page, and double-page article spread that follow typical design elements. Fonts, images, and layouts mimic those in comparable magazines. The target audience is identified as teenagers and young adults interested in genres like trance, techno, and house music. Distribution through a specialized music magazine institution is proposed to reach this niche audience. Learning experiences from constructing the magazine are also reflected on.
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The document outlines tasks and subtasks for creating a music magazine, including diary posts, research on representations and audiences, analyzing similar products, creating a proposal detailing the target audience, genre, content, and distribution. Additional subtasks include mood boards, model inspiration, magazine name ideas, color schemes, audience polls and interviews, target audience profiles, photo shoots, sell line ideas, masthead designs, article drafts, documenting photo shoot items and clothing, and initial drafts of the front cover, contents page, and double page spreads.
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This document provides instructions for an AS coursework assignment to design magazine covers and contents pages. Students must research two lifestyle magazines by analyzing aspects like target age group, masthead design, color schemes, cover features, interview styles, photo placement, and layout techniques. Detailed notes should be taken on these elements of the chosen magazines to inform the original designs that will be created.
Print rotation(1)
The document provides instructions for a student project to create pages for a magazine and website. Students will learn skills in Photoshop, InDesign and website builders to develop their own content, including images and written work. The project involves research on existing magazines and websites, creating a proposal, production research using software, planning pages and content, production of magazine and website pages, and evaluation of the final work.
2nd Magazine Pitch
This document contains a magazine pitch proposal for "Smash Music Magazine" and "The News of Music Magazine" from Gus Devlin. It includes two proposals for different magazine concepts, with mockups of front covers, double page spreads, and details on target demographics, budgets, and production plans. The core of both magazines is inspired by defunct magazines like "Clash" and "Smash Hits" but aims to bring back enjoyment of popular music magazines. Pink and white are featured prominently in the graphic design concepts.
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This document outlines the tasks and requirements for a media coursework assignment on creating a print magazine. It includes two main tasks: a preliminary task involving analyzing existing magazines and creating draft materials, and a main task involving researching a music magazine genre, planning content, and producing a front cover, contents page, and double page spread for an original music magazine. Students are provided with detailed instructions on research, planning, production, and evaluation requirements to complete the assignment and receive a grade.
Pitch and Audience Profile Handout
The document provides guidance for creating a pitch for a new music magazine. It lists the key elements that should be included in the pitch: 1) an overview of the magazine concept including genre and market gap; 2) a mood board reflecting the visual style; 3) the producing institution and why they would produce it; 4) a detailed target audience profile; 5) the brand identity and style; 6) possible names; 7) the music genres covered and how; and 8) an example double-page article. The pitch should be visual and avoid long blocks of text. Feedback should be gathered from the target audience.
2nd Magazine Pitch Idea
The document outlines two proposals for a new music magazine. The first proposal details plans for a magazine titled "Smash Music Magazine" that would target an audience aged 17-30 and take inspiration from the design of Clash Music Magazine. The second proposal is for a magazine titled "The News of Music Magazine" and shares similar details as the first but with a different name. Both proposals include descriptions of magazine designs, intended audiences, and budgets.
As coursework pack 2015 16
1) This document outlines the tasks and requirements for a coursework assignment to create a print magazine. Students will complete preliminary and main tasks to design magazine pages using software skills.
2) The preliminary task involves analyzing existing magazines, planning mock-ups, learning Photoshop skills, and creating a front cover and contents page for a school magazine. The main task involves research on music magazines and companies, audience research, planning photo shoots, and producing a music magazine cover, contents, and double page spread.
3) Students are evaluated on their research and planning, construction of magazine pages, and reflective evaluation. The evaluation must creatively address questions about representing audiences, institutional distribution, learned technologies, and progression from preliminary
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Student brief music magazine
- 1. Student Brief You work for Grange Publishing which specialises in the publications of magazines. Grange publishing has identified a gap in their products for a magazine that focuses on Music. As a media expert your ideas are valued and you have been invited to submit an investigation into the genre with proposals for the cover of the launch edition of a new music magazine. Assignment Bank 1 Topic: print – magazines music Title: investigate the audience appeal of a magazine cover Key concepts: media language and audience Task 1 (AO2) 500 words Choose two magazine covers. Analyse the covers and explain how they appeal to the target audiences. You may wish to comment on: Layout Use of colours Use of images Text styles Text content Appeal to audience Use of conventions Task 2 (AO3) Present your ideas for a cover of a new music magazine aimed at a specific target audience. You must include sketches and plans of ideas You should include a mock - up of your cover You could include details on how your magazine cover reaches the target audience You should design two different covers for separate editions of your magazine, and an inside spread for an article appropriate to your target audience