This document provides an overview of the content and research for a student's magazine project on media publishing. It includes mind maps for magazine ideas, mood boards, surveys on titles and design, and drafts of magazine elements like covers, spreads, and interviews. The student summarizes their survey results on the target readership and decides on a genre-spanning title and color scheme inspired by other music magazines. The magazine will follow conventions like Q but include some original elements in the layout.
The document provides details for the production of two magazines - "TeensRule" aimed at teens and "RockStars" aimed at males. It includes magazine flat plans, proposed cover images, interviews, and production details like budgets, timelines, and distribution plans. Key aspects covered are the color schemes, fonts, social media strategies, and sample front covers, interviews, and double page spreads for both magazines.
Mojo and Q magazines both provide monthly music magazine publications with wide-ranging genres and content to attract a broad audience. They publish physically and digitally, with Q circulating 44,050 copies and Mojo at 79,345 copies monthly. Both aim to inform, educate and provide diversion for readers across socio-economic classes by featuring various artists, music news, and interviews through consistent styles and prominent branding. Their websites further engagement through social media integration and additional interactive content.
The document provides information on the typical conventions and elements found on magazine covers and inside pages such as mastheads, barcodes, images, headlines, and columns of text. It also shows examples of a preliminary magazine cover and contents page created by the author and discusses what they learned about improving their magazine through the process of research and development.
The document provides information about Q magazine, including its publisher, target audience, content, and analysis of design elements. Bauer Media Group publishes Q magazine, a monthly music magazine in the UK with a circulation of 48,353. It focuses on rock and roll music and includes interviews, reviews, and advertisements. Q magazine aims its content at readers interested in current developments in the music industry. It maintains a consistent brand identity across its magazine and website through consistent use of typography, color schemes, and layout.
Q Magazine is a British music magazine published monthly. It has a consistent color scheme of red, white, and black to build its identity. Images are high quality and enhanced to stand out. The target audience is young to middle aged adults interested in pop, rock, and indie music. Q aims to provide factual information but also make the magazine fun and interesting to read.
Q Magazine is a British music magazine published monthly. It has a circulation of 64,596 and readership of 71,000. The magazine uses a consistent color scheme of red, white, and black throughout. High quality photos are featured to attract readers. The target audience is young to middle aged adults interested in genres like pop, rock, and indie. Q works to create an entertaining yet factual publication through writing styles, images, and design.
This document contains a student's log book and evaluation for their media studies coursework on creating a music magazine. It includes step-by-step progressions of the front cover and contents page designs, with explanations of design choices. It also contains research on music magazine genres and target audiences, as well as results from a questionnaire distributed to gather feedback. The student summarized the findings to apply to their own magazine design, focusing on features and contents preferred by readers.
This document appears to be a presentation for a Cambridge Introductory Diploma in Media course. It discusses Q Magazine, a UK music magazine published by Bauer Media Group. The presentation covers details about Q Magazine such as its publisher, target audience, production process, and distribution. It also analyzes elements of Q Magazine like front covers, spreads, and website. The document provides an overview of Q Magazine's profile and operations.
The document provides details for the production of two magazines - "TeensRule" aimed at teens and "RockStars" aimed at males. It includes magazine flat plans, proposed cover images, interviews, and production details like budgets, timelines, and distribution plans. Key aspects covered are the color schemes, fonts, social media strategies, and sample front covers, interviews, and double page spreads for both magazines.
Mojo and Q magazines both provide monthly music magazine publications with wide-ranging genres and content to attract a broad audience. They publish physically and digitally, with Q circulating 44,050 copies and Mojo at 79,345 copies monthly. Both aim to inform, educate and provide diversion for readers across socio-economic classes by featuring various artists, music news, and interviews through consistent styles and prominent branding. Their websites further engagement through social media integration and additional interactive content.
The document provides information on the typical conventions and elements found on magazine covers and inside pages such as mastheads, barcodes, images, headlines, and columns of text. It also shows examples of a preliminary magazine cover and contents page created by the author and discusses what they learned about improving their magazine through the process of research and development.
The document provides information about Q magazine, including its publisher, target audience, content, and analysis of design elements. Bauer Media Group publishes Q magazine, a monthly music magazine in the UK with a circulation of 48,353. It focuses on rock and roll music and includes interviews, reviews, and advertisements. Q magazine aims its content at readers interested in current developments in the music industry. It maintains a consistent brand identity across its magazine and website through consistent use of typography, color schemes, and layout.
Q Magazine is a British music magazine published monthly. It has a consistent color scheme of red, white, and black to build its identity. Images are high quality and enhanced to stand out. The target audience is young to middle aged adults interested in pop, rock, and indie music. Q aims to provide factual information but also make the magazine fun and interesting to read.
Q Magazine is a British music magazine published monthly. It has a circulation of 64,596 and readership of 71,000. The magazine uses a consistent color scheme of red, white, and black throughout. High quality photos are featured to attract readers. The target audience is young to middle aged adults interested in genres like pop, rock, and indie. Q works to create an entertaining yet factual publication through writing styles, images, and design.
This document contains a student's log book and evaluation for their media studies coursework on creating a music magazine. It includes step-by-step progressions of the front cover and contents page designs, with explanations of design choices. It also contains research on music magazine genres and target audiences, as well as results from a questionnaire distributed to gather feedback. The student summarized the findings to apply to their own magazine design, focusing on features and contents preferred by readers.
This document appears to be a presentation for a Cambridge Introductory Diploma in Media course. It discusses Q Magazine, a UK music magazine published by Bauer Media Group. The presentation covers details about Q Magazine such as its publisher, target audience, production process, and distribution. It also analyzes elements of Q Magazine like front covers, spreads, and website. The document provides an overview of Q Magazine's profile and operations.
The document discusses how the author attracted their target audience through the magazine's front cover, contents page, and double page spread (DPS).
For the front cover, the main image catches attention through direct eye contact and unique positioning. The cover lines about rock bands in red text against a black background also attract rock fans.
The contents page uses images to preview articles and a clear three-column layout. It categorizes content to help readers find things that interest them.
The DPS uses a balanced mix of text and images, short paragraphs, and some informal language to be accessible while intriguing readers to learn more about the band through pictures with direct eye contact. Layout and variety across the three pages also hold
This document contains Claire Olney's planning and research for a music magazine project. It includes screenshots documenting the steps taken to design the front cover and contents page templates. It also contains research on established music magazines, their conventions, target audiences, and publishers. The research focuses on the magazines Q and NME. Target audiences are analyzed using theories by Katz, Maslow, and socio-economic categories. The document finds that music magazines target mainly males aged 16-35 and aim to inform and educate readers on music trends.
This document provides details on the planning and production process for a print-based music magazine. It includes slide presentations on rough sketches, final layouts, style guides, article drafts, photography plans, and resource needs. Key elements that will be featured include a masthead, strap line, cover image, inside articles, and photos related to the content. Conventions like the masthead location and additional branding elements are considered to maintain consistency across issues. Suitable photography is planned without needing extra props, as outfit changes will provide variety.
EP Magazine is a proposed new music magazine targeting 15-30 year olds interested in alternative and rock genres. The pitch outlines plans for the magazine's content, design, promotion, budget, and production timeline. Key details include:
- The magazine will be called EP and focus on informing readers about recent music events through reviews, interviews, and festival/award coverage.
- Promotion will primarily use social media below-the-line advertising due to the young target audience. The first issue is planned for May release.
- An annual budget of over £200,000 is required to cover office space, equipment, salaries, marketing, printing costs, and distribution. Revenue will come from subscriptions and advertising.
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Phoebe Regnault is submitting a magazine flat plan for Image Magazine. The main article will feature an interview with artist Imani about her new album and include photos of Imani. The plan includes 12 pages of articles on artists like Nicki Minaj, Drake, Beyoncé and Jay Z along with 1 contents page, 3 ad pages, 3 review pages, 1 competition page, and 1 page previewing next week's issue. The magazine will have an 'A-side' and 'B-side' split by a contents page, with the main article on the 'A-side' to follow the format of the XXL magazine inspiration.
This document provides details of the planning and research completed for a music magazine project. It includes:
1. Step-by-step progressions of the preliminary front cover and contents page, outlining the design process.
2. Research on the target audience and conventions of music magazines. Key details researched include the demographics and socio-economic status of typical readers, as well as common magazine elements.
3. Research on established music magazines (Q and NME) and their publishers, focusing on conventions, target audiences, and business strategies like pricing and distribution.
This document analyzes several music magazines in terms of their target audiences and design elements. Key points analyzed include use of images vs text, font styles, layout techniques like rule of thirds, theme colors, and implications about the intended age range of readers based on these design choices. Magazines discussed include Kerrang, Q, NME, Classic FM, Mojo, and Top of the Pops.
The document discusses the conventions used in a music magazine cover and spread designed by the student. The cover uses conventions like a masthead, issue details, and medium shot of the artist looking at the camera. The double page spread similarly features the artist's image and maintains consistency with branding. While following conventions, the spread also includes unique elements like a downloadable song. Overall, the magazine designs draw from typical magazine styles but include some distinguishing characteristics.
The document discusses different font styles considered for a magazine masthead. It evaluates four fonts: Vonique 92, Raider Crusader, True Lies, and Futurist fixed-width. Vonique 92 is deemed not bold enough and hard to read. Raider Crusader is too sharp and not plain enough. True Lies is appealing but not bold enough. Futurist fixed-width is effective but also not bold enough. The final choice is "The bold font" as its name and thickness reveals the popularity of the hip hop/rap genre and will appeal more to the intended audience.
The document discusses ideas for two music magazines called Flat Bass and TV. For Flat Bass, the summary proposes keeping a casual layout seen in the inspiration magazine XXL, including repeating its color scheme and placing the main headline at the bottom of the cover. For TV, it suggests a more professional design seen in the inspiration magazine, with a bold font, memorable masthead, and color scheme of black, red, and yellow. Both magazines aim to attract mature music fans through interviews, gossip, and previews of upcoming content to encourage monthly purchases. Repetition of elements from inspiration magazines and subtle differences are intended to clearly communicate the genre while keeping the magazines unique.
The document provides details on planning and designing a pop music magazine called "Disco". It includes mood boards, inspiration materials from other magazines, and proposed content such as interviews, fashion, and music charts. Design elements like colors, font styles, and layouts are explored. The target audience is identified as females aged 15-18 based on typical readers of pop magazines. A flat plan outlines the proposed content to be included in the magazine.
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The document discusses conventions for magazine covers and contents pages based on an analysis of existing music magazines. For a magazine cover, conventions include using a central image of a recognizable artist, placing contact information prominently, and incorporating the magazine's branding colors. Contents pages typically feature a masthead, subheadings to categorize articles, brief descriptions and page numbers for each item, and relevant images. The author applies these conventions in the design of their own magazine cover and contents pages for a young female audience, with adaptations like additional text or layered visual elements.
The document provides instructions for producing the front cover and contents page of a school/college magazine. It discusses including a medium close-up photograph of a student plus appropriately laid-out text and masthead on the front cover. It also mentions producing a mock-up of the contents page layout. The target audience for the magazine is discussed as mainly being 16-18 year olds concerned with school, social life, and work. Several topic ideas are outlined for features in the magazine, such as driving lessons, university information, general news, and fashion tips.
This document analyzes and compares several UK music magazines, including Kerrang, Q, and NME. Kerrang targets younger readers with a more chaotic layout, vibrant colors, and exaggerated language. Q targets older readers (average age 34) with a more sophisticated style. NME's average reader is 23 so it aims for a simple layout and relevant artists. The magazines each use design elements like colors, images, and text styles to appeal to their intended audiences.
Sophie Lyne is proposing a new rock/indie and alternative music magazine called "Record". The 32-page monthly magazine would have a black and white design with some elements in red. It would feature articles on bands and artists, album and concert reviews, and photos. The target audience is 15-35 year olds, mainly male, from socio-economic classes C1, C2, and E, with a diverse ethnicity. The magazine would retail for £3.99 and compete with publications like Q, NME, and XXL magazine.
This document contains an analysis of magazine contents pages and double page spreads from Kerrang! and Rock Sound magazines.
The analysis discusses layout elements like headings, images, pull quotes, and color schemes. It notes how these elements are used to attract readers, convey information, and set mood. Specific techniques called out include distorted headings to look "edgy", alternating colors to draw the eye, and facial expressions in photos to show "something has happened."
The conclusion states elements the author intends to replicate in their own magazine, such as the red banner heading, eroded text, editor photos, pull quotes against black backgrounds, and dual color schemes. The goal is to engage readers, demonstrate attitude, and portray drama through
The document provides an analysis of magazine front covers, contents pages, and double page spreads from music magazines such as Q, Kerrang, Vibe, and Mojo. Key points analyzed include the use of focal images to draw readers in, house styles to provide consistency, listings of magazine contents, and the use of varied fonts, images, and text sizes to engage readers. The overall purpose is to understand effective magazine design techniques.
Jon Villacci conducted primary research through a questionnaire to gather information about what readers find most appealing in an alternative rock magazine. The responses indicated that images, interviews, popular bands, and information are most interesting to readers. Star appeal and promotions were also found to impact readership. The appropriate price range was determined to be £2-3, which is consistent with similar magazines. The research provided insights into design elements and content that will attract readers and influence sales of Jon's magazine.
This document contains a student's production plan for a music magazine. The plan includes details on contacting a publisher for research, image plans, equipment needed, draft magazine layouts including a front cover and double page spread, interview drafts, a magazine flat plan, and front cover plans. The student provides context for their production timeline and deadlines, research conducted, inspiration taken from existing magazines, and considerations made for elements like images, interviews, advertisements and house style.
The document provides an evaluation of a pitch for a magazine called "M" that was presented to a publisher. Some key points:
- Feedback from a survey and witnesses identified strengths like the detailed growth plan but also weaknesses like a lack of eye contact.
- Improvements were made to the Prezi presentation like changing the text formatting and adding zoom features.
- Examples from the pitch like the front cover and production plan were discussed. The front cover had successful elements but could be improved.
- Overall the pitch was rated 4/5 and was understood by most, but could have been better by maintaining eye contact and speaking volume. Further improvements were identified but the feedback was generally positive.
This document contains information about a candidate's magazine pitch project, including magazine pages, a production plan, budget summary, profit/loss breakdown, marketing plan, and growth plan. The summaries provide an overview of each section and highlight key features, with a focus on what aspects could be improved.
This document provides information about Q magazine, a UK music magazine published monthly. It discusses the production process of magazines in general and details regarding Q magazine specifically, including its target audience of 15-24 year olds, both male and female. It also examines similar music magazines published by Bauer Media Group, such as Mojo and Kerrang!, noting similarities in their layouts, branding and focus on rock music genres and artists. The document aims to analyze Q magazine and compare it to related music publications.
The document discusses how the author attracted their target audience through the magazine's front cover, contents page, and double page spread (DPS).
For the front cover, the main image catches attention through direct eye contact and unique positioning. The cover lines about rock bands in red text against a black background also attract rock fans.
The contents page uses images to preview articles and a clear three-column layout. It categorizes content to help readers find things that interest them.
The DPS uses a balanced mix of text and images, short paragraphs, and some informal language to be accessible while intriguing readers to learn more about the band through pictures with direct eye contact. Layout and variety across the three pages also hold
This document contains Claire Olney's planning and research for a music magazine project. It includes screenshots documenting the steps taken to design the front cover and contents page templates. It also contains research on established music magazines, their conventions, target audiences, and publishers. The research focuses on the magazines Q and NME. Target audiences are analyzed using theories by Katz, Maslow, and socio-economic categories. The document finds that music magazines target mainly males aged 16-35 and aim to inform and educate readers on music trends.
This document provides details on the planning and production process for a print-based music magazine. It includes slide presentations on rough sketches, final layouts, style guides, article drafts, photography plans, and resource needs. Key elements that will be featured include a masthead, strap line, cover image, inside articles, and photos related to the content. Conventions like the masthead location and additional branding elements are considered to maintain consistency across issues. Suitable photography is planned without needing extra props, as outfit changes will provide variety.
EP Magazine is a proposed new music magazine targeting 15-30 year olds interested in alternative and rock genres. The pitch outlines plans for the magazine's content, design, promotion, budget, and production timeline. Key details include:
- The magazine will be called EP and focus on informing readers about recent music events through reviews, interviews, and festival/award coverage.
- Promotion will primarily use social media below-the-line advertising due to the young target audience. The first issue is planned for May release.
- An annual budget of over £200,000 is required to cover office space, equipment, salaries, marketing, printing costs, and distribution. Revenue will come from subscriptions and advertising.
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Phoebe Regnault is submitting a magazine flat plan for Image Magazine. The main article will feature an interview with artist Imani about her new album and include photos of Imani. The plan includes 12 pages of articles on artists like Nicki Minaj, Drake, Beyoncé and Jay Z along with 1 contents page, 3 ad pages, 3 review pages, 1 competition page, and 1 page previewing next week's issue. The magazine will have an 'A-side' and 'B-side' split by a contents page, with the main article on the 'A-side' to follow the format of the XXL magazine inspiration.
This document provides details of the planning and research completed for a music magazine project. It includes:
1. Step-by-step progressions of the preliminary front cover and contents page, outlining the design process.
2. Research on the target audience and conventions of music magazines. Key details researched include the demographics and socio-economic status of typical readers, as well as common magazine elements.
3. Research on established music magazines (Q and NME) and their publishers, focusing on conventions, target audiences, and business strategies like pricing and distribution.
This document analyzes several music magazines in terms of their target audiences and design elements. Key points analyzed include use of images vs text, font styles, layout techniques like rule of thirds, theme colors, and implications about the intended age range of readers based on these design choices. Magazines discussed include Kerrang, Q, NME, Classic FM, Mojo, and Top of the Pops.
The document discusses the conventions used in a music magazine cover and spread designed by the student. The cover uses conventions like a masthead, issue details, and medium shot of the artist looking at the camera. The double page spread similarly features the artist's image and maintains consistency with branding. While following conventions, the spread also includes unique elements like a downloadable song. Overall, the magazine designs draw from typical magazine styles but include some distinguishing characteristics.
The document discusses different font styles considered for a magazine masthead. It evaluates four fonts: Vonique 92, Raider Crusader, True Lies, and Futurist fixed-width. Vonique 92 is deemed not bold enough and hard to read. Raider Crusader is too sharp and not plain enough. True Lies is appealing but not bold enough. Futurist fixed-width is effective but also not bold enough. The final choice is "The bold font" as its name and thickness reveals the popularity of the hip hop/rap genre and will appeal more to the intended audience.
The document discusses ideas for two music magazines called Flat Bass and TV. For Flat Bass, the summary proposes keeping a casual layout seen in the inspiration magazine XXL, including repeating its color scheme and placing the main headline at the bottom of the cover. For TV, it suggests a more professional design seen in the inspiration magazine, with a bold font, memorable masthead, and color scheme of black, red, and yellow. Both magazines aim to attract mature music fans through interviews, gossip, and previews of upcoming content to encourage monthly purchases. Repetition of elements from inspiration magazines and subtle differences are intended to clearly communicate the genre while keeping the magazines unique.
The document provides details on planning and designing a pop music magazine called "Disco". It includes mood boards, inspiration materials from other magazines, and proposed content such as interviews, fashion, and music charts. Design elements like colors, font styles, and layouts are explored. The target audience is identified as females aged 15-18 based on typical readers of pop magazines. A flat plan outlines the proposed content to be included in the magazine.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conv...charlotte_abbott
The document discusses conventions for magazine covers and contents pages based on an analysis of existing music magazines. For a magazine cover, conventions include using a central image of a recognizable artist, placing contact information prominently, and incorporating the magazine's branding colors. Contents pages typically feature a masthead, subheadings to categorize articles, brief descriptions and page numbers for each item, and relevant images. The author applies these conventions in the design of their own magazine cover and contents pages for a young female audience, with adaptations like additional text or layered visual elements.
The document provides instructions for producing the front cover and contents page of a school/college magazine. It discusses including a medium close-up photograph of a student plus appropriately laid-out text and masthead on the front cover. It also mentions producing a mock-up of the contents page layout. The target audience for the magazine is discussed as mainly being 16-18 year olds concerned with school, social life, and work. Several topic ideas are outlined for features in the magazine, such as driving lessons, university information, general news, and fashion tips.
This document analyzes and compares several UK music magazines, including Kerrang, Q, and NME. Kerrang targets younger readers with a more chaotic layout, vibrant colors, and exaggerated language. Q targets older readers (average age 34) with a more sophisticated style. NME's average reader is 23 so it aims for a simple layout and relevant artists. The magazines each use design elements like colors, images, and text styles to appeal to their intended audiences.
Sophie Lyne is proposing a new rock/indie and alternative music magazine called "Record". The 32-page monthly magazine would have a black and white design with some elements in red. It would feature articles on bands and artists, album and concert reviews, and photos. The target audience is 15-35 year olds, mainly male, from socio-economic classes C1, C2, and E, with a diverse ethnicity. The magazine would retail for £3.99 and compete with publications like Q, NME, and XXL magazine.
This document contains an analysis of magazine contents pages and double page spreads from Kerrang! and Rock Sound magazines.
The analysis discusses layout elements like headings, images, pull quotes, and color schemes. It notes how these elements are used to attract readers, convey information, and set mood. Specific techniques called out include distorted headings to look "edgy", alternating colors to draw the eye, and facial expressions in photos to show "something has happened."
The conclusion states elements the author intends to replicate in their own magazine, such as the red banner heading, eroded text, editor photos, pull quotes against black backgrounds, and dual color schemes. The goal is to engage readers, demonstrate attitude, and portray drama through
The document provides an analysis of magazine front covers, contents pages, and double page spreads from music magazines such as Q, Kerrang, Vibe, and Mojo. Key points analyzed include the use of focal images to draw readers in, house styles to provide consistency, listings of magazine contents, and the use of varied fonts, images, and text sizes to engage readers. The overall purpose is to understand effective magazine design techniques.
Jon Villacci conducted primary research through a questionnaire to gather information about what readers find most appealing in an alternative rock magazine. The responses indicated that images, interviews, popular bands, and information are most interesting to readers. Star appeal and promotions were also found to impact readership. The appropriate price range was determined to be £2-3, which is consistent with similar magazines. The research provided insights into design elements and content that will attract readers and influence sales of Jon's magazine.
This document contains a student's production plan for a music magazine. The plan includes details on contacting a publisher for research, image plans, equipment needed, draft magazine layouts including a front cover and double page spread, interview drafts, a magazine flat plan, and front cover plans. The student provides context for their production timeline and deadlines, research conducted, inspiration taken from existing magazines, and considerations made for elements like images, interviews, advertisements and house style.
The document provides an evaluation of a pitch for a magazine called "M" that was presented to a publisher. Some key points:
- Feedback from a survey and witnesses identified strengths like the detailed growth plan but also weaknesses like a lack of eye contact.
- Improvements were made to the Prezi presentation like changing the text formatting and adding zoom features.
- Examples from the pitch like the front cover and production plan were discussed. The front cover had successful elements but could be improved.
- Overall the pitch was rated 4/5 and was understood by most, but could have been better by maintaining eye contact and speaking volume. Further improvements were identified but the feedback was generally positive.
This document contains information about a candidate's magazine pitch project, including magazine pages, a production plan, budget summary, profit/loss breakdown, marketing plan, and growth plan. The summaries provide an overview of each section and highlight key features, with a focus on what aspects could be improved.
This document provides information about Q magazine, a UK music magazine published monthly. It discusses the production process of magazines in general and details regarding Q magazine specifically, including its target audience of 15-24 year olds, both male and female. It also examines similar music magazines published by Bauer Media Group, such as Mojo and Kerrang!, noting similarities in their layouts, branding and focus on rock music genres and artists. The document aims to analyze Q magazine and compare it to related music publications.
The candidate conducted a survey after their magazine pitch to receive feedback. The survey results showed that 83% fully understood the content while 17% understood some parts. No one indicated not understanding. While most found the content suitable, 33% felt more information could have been added. Ratings were mostly positive but indicated some room for improvement. Comments suggested speaking louder, making more eye contact, and fully explaining details like magazine pricing. Overall the feedback shows the pitch was successful but could be strengthened in some areas.
This document contains details of research and planning for a new music magazine called M. It includes mind maps of magazine ideas, mood boards, surveys of potential readers, and questionnaires. The surveys and questionnaires showed that the target audience is 16-24 year olds, with a slightly higher female readership. Based on the research, the magazine will be monthly, cost £3.50, and have a mix of music genres with a focus on indie. It will include interviews, festival news, and album/film reviews. The magazine's design will take inspiration from Q Magazine with a green, black, and white color scheme.
This document outlines the production plan for a print-based magazine over three weeks. It details the tasks to be completed each day including editing content, conducting photo shoots and interviews, collecting advertisements, finalizing page layouts, and distributing the finished magazine. The goal is to plan, create, and publish all content within a three week timeframe.
This document outlines the learning outcomes, assessment criteria, teaching content and delivery guidance for a Level 3 unit on UK media publishing. The unit aims to help learners understand the UK media publishing industry and products, and plan and pitch an original UK print media product. Learners must research existing publishers and products, plan their own product, produce materials for it, deliver an effective pitch, and evaluate feedback on their plan. The unit content and delivery guidance provide details on topics learners should cover to meet the criteria.
The document discusses several theories related to audience gratification and media consumption. Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory proposes that audiences engage with media to fulfill personal identification, develop personal relationships with characters, learn information, and experience diversion from reality. Hartley's Seven Subjectivities examines how age, gender, class, ethnicity, self-image, nation, and family influence media consumption. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs categorizes audiences as social climbers, caregivers, explorers, or survivors based on their motivations.
Newspaper articles follow certain conventions to effectively communicate information to readers. First, all articles are formatted in columns for easy reading. The most important information is placed at the beginning since some readers only read the first part. Within an article, the headline catches the reader's attention while the byline credits the author. The lead paragraph summarizes the story for quick readers. Main body paragraphs then provide the details, with key facts at the top in case readers do not finish the article. Other newspaper features include the masthead for identification, photographs to illustrate stories, and various sizes of headlines, advertisements and stories based on their importance.
Stuart Hall was a cultural theorist who developed a model for how audiences interpret mass media texts. The model suggests there are three ways of reading: the dominant reading where the audience fully accepts the intended message, the negotiated reading where the audience partly accepts it but modifies it based on their own views, and the oppositional reading where the audience rejects the intended message based on how it conflicts with their own social position. Hall was interested in how the media propagates ideologies and frames public debates by positioning audiences, and the concept that texts can have multiple meanings open to different interpretations.
Demographic information classifies audiences by age, gender, race and other attributes and breaks them into bands based on jobs or status, as shown in a sample demographic table. While thriller movies could appeal to wide audiences, psychological thrillers may not appeal to those with lower education levels who are unemployed and would not understand the psychological aspects. Psychographics divides the market into groups based on social class, lifestyle, and personality, and the products or brands purchased reflect those characteristics and patterns of living. Thrillers can appeal to varied psychographic groups more so than other genres like rom-coms that target more specific psychographics.
This document provides an overview of the contents for a presentation on magazine design. It includes mind maps for magazine ideas, proposals for two magazine concepts ("M" and "E"), graphic layouts, mood boards, and details on the development of "My Magazine" including genre, layout, style, content, audience, subscription offers, and masthead font designs.
The document provides an overview and contents for proposals for two magazine ideas - 'M' focused on music and 'E' focused on entertainment. It includes details on the proposed mastheads, house styles, target audiences, photography plans, and sample materials like hand-drawn layouts and interview drafts to showcase the magazine concepts. The target audience for both magazines is 16-24 year olds interested in music and the main competitors identified are Q Magazine.
The document provides production details for a coursework assignment to design the front page, contents page, and a double-page spread for a new music magazine. It outlines the tasks, which are to design the front cover featuring an image and text, a contents page layout, and a double-page article spread. It also lists the assessment criteria of research and planning, production, and evaluation. Additional pages provide definitions of magazine design elements and conventions, as well as research results from an audience survey to help inform the design of the magazine.
Carmel Seager proposes creating a music magazine called "M" focused on indie music but covering various genres. The magazine would have a similar format to Q magazine, with the logo in the top left corner of the cover and main image taking up most of the front page. The interior pages would follow a consistent house style using the colors green, black, and white. The target audience is 16-24 year olds, mostly British initially but expanding internationally, who are passionate about music. Carmel plans to use Photoshop to lay out at least 125 pages per issue to the size of an A4 magazine.
The document discusses the target audience for a music magazine. It would target mature individuals between 16-45 years old with an interest in rock/alternative music. While appealing to both genders, it is slightly more oriented towards males due to the chosen artists, color scheme, and style of articles. The wide age range is possible because the magazine covers bands that appeal to different subsets within that overall range but share a musical style. Distribution by IPC media would make sense as they already distribute a similar magazine, NME.
- The document summarizes the ways in which Rachel Corrigan's magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread use, develop, and challenge conventions of real music magazines.
- The cover uses conventions like a masthead and color scheme but challenges conventions by slanting text and using one font.
- The contents page uses categories and continuity of design but challenges conventions through duplicated images.
- The double page spread uses a title across pages and images but challenges conventions through overlapping images.
The document summarizes the process of evaluating existing magazines to help design a new music magazine. Key points analyzed include covers, color schemes, fonts, photo editing, conventions, target audiences, and potential distributors. Existing magazines provided inspiration on techniques like limited color palettes, prominent mastheads, and featuring artists to represent the genre. The goal was to create an eye-catching cover that established the magazine while appealing to both male and female readers across various music interests and ages.
This document summarizes Kaylor Wright's process in designing an alternative music magazine called Antidote. Some key points:
- Kaylor was inspired by the layout of Kerrang!, particularly the large images and masthead. They aimed to use a similar house style with black, white, and red colors.
- The magazine uses codes and conventions from Kerrang! such as large band images, large masthead text, and clash of black and white colors. However, it differs by only having one plug and smaller footer images.
- Kaylor learned skills like image manipulation in Photoshop and Fireworks. They also gained experience with InDesign from their preliminary college magazine task.
- Feedback from
The document provides an analysis and evaluation by Samantha Pople of various magazine covers in order to inform the design of her own music magazine cover. She looks at color schemes, layouts, fonts, and main images on existing covers from magazines like Q, Rolling Stone, and NME. Samantha decides on a 2-4 color scheme with contrasting colors and either bold or pastel hues. She also experiments with editing photos and choosing appropriate fonts and images for her own cover.
The document provides details about a student's media magazine project. It discusses the design conventions used in the magazine, including placing the title in the top left corner of the cover and using left-to-right reading. It also discusses representing the target audience of 16-25 year olds interested in indie music. The student learned new skills in Photoshop and how magazines are increasingly distributed online. Overall, the progression from the preliminary project to the final magazine improved the professional design and layout.
The document provides instructions for a media coursework assignment to design the front page layout of a new school/college magazine. Students must produce the front page layout featuring a student photograph using desktop publishing and image editing software. They must also produce a mock-up of the contents page layout. Students will be assessed on research and planning, production, and evaluation.
The document provides instructions for a media coursework assignment to design the front page layout of a new school/college magazine. Students must produce the front page layout featuring a student photograph and text using desktop publishing and image editing software. They must also produce a mock-up of the contents page layout. Students will be assessed on research and planning, production, and evaluation.
The document provides an analysis of magazine covers and design elements. It discusses techniques used in existing magazine covers that could be applied to the student's own music magazine cover design. These include limited color schemes, positioning of mastheads, use of artist photos, and themes that appeal to target audiences. The student considers fonts, picture editing, representation of social groups, and potential media institutions for distribution.
The student learned many new techniques and skills in progressing from their preliminary task to the full media product. For the preliminary task, they used basic Microsoft Word skills. However, in creating the front cover, contents page, and double page spread, they used Photoshop and InDesign for the first time. This presented a new learning curve, but as they got more experience with the software, they were able to use it more effectively. The result was a significant improvement over what they could produce for the preliminary task, demonstrating how much they grew in their skills from the start to the end of the project.
The document summarizes the author's magazine project. It discusses various design elements of the magazine including the masthead, fonts, images, and layout. It also discusses the intended audience as music fans aged 16-19, and potential publishers such as Bauer Media Group. The author learned how to use the design software Serif to construct the magazine, and felt they improved significantly on layout and design from their preliminary task.
1) The document summarizes the student's work creating a magazine cover, contents page, and feature article for a music magazine assignment.
2) The student chose to create a pop genre magazine and used conventions like layout, titles, and pricing to make it look like a real magazine.
3) The student compared their work to real magazines, noting similarities like headings and pictures of celebrities, as well as differences in design and colors.
The document outlines plans for a new indie music magazine. It discusses taking inspiration from existing magazines like NME, Q and Kerrang in terms of style and layout. The proposed magazine will focus on up-and-coming music events and interviews with indie artists. The target audience is seen as teenagers who want to keep up with new artists. A monthly issue format is proposed, along with subscription options and an online presence to engage readers. Front covers and article layouts incorporating photos are discussed to attract buyers.
The document discusses a media magazine created by the author for their target audience of young rock music fans aged 15-25. The magazine uses conventions from other music magazines like Kerrang and NME in its layout, but also challenges some conventions. For example, the main cover image looks away from the audience instead of directly at them. The magazine would be distributed by Bauer Media Publications, as they publish similar successful music magazines.
The document provides an evaluation of the author's final draft front cover for their magazine on hip hop music, which they created in Photoshop and went through several drafts to produce, enjoying the process of taking and editing photos for the cover story. They had scheduled time in their production plan to create drafts and multiple final pieces to allow choosing the best product.
This document contains information about a student's process of designing a school magazine as practice for designing their music magazine. It describes the research and drafting process, including looking at other magazines for inspiration on layout, cover design, and contents page design. The student summarizes what they have learned about using software and understanding magazine design through creating the school magazine. They then discuss plans and research for their music magazine cover and contents page design.
This document contains a proposal for a new music magazine called "M" by candidate Carmel Seager. It includes details of the magazine's intended genre, content, competition, production plans, budget, target audience, pre-production materials and advertising plans. The production of the first issue is planned to begin on November 3rd 2014 with a release date of December 1st 2014. The total annual budget is estimated to be £175,000 including salaries for an editorial, finance, advertising and production staff.
This document summarizes the research conducted on Q magazine and its production process. It begins with discussing the unsuccessful attempt to contact Bauer Media, Q magazine's publisher, to learn about their production process. It then provides details on Bauer Media and key roles within Q magazine. An overview of Q magazine is given, including its history, readership, extensions, and similarities to other magazines. The document concludes with explaining Q magazine's typical production schedule, form and style, and the denotations and connotations of elements like its contents page and covers.
This document outlines the production schedule for a magazine over 4 weeks from November 3rd to December 1st. It details the daily tasks and personnel required for pre-production, production, and post-production stages. Key activities include planning content and layout, conducting photo shoots and interviews, editing pages, finalizing the issue for printing and distribution, and uploading promotional videos. The schedule aims to collect content, advertisements, and complete all editorial work before sending the final magazine for publication and distribution on shelves.
This document outlines the production plan for a print-based magazine over three weeks. It details the tasks to be completed each day including editing content, conducting photo shoots and interviews, collecting advertisements, finalizing page layouts, and distributing the finished magazine. The goal is to plan, create, and publish all content within a three week timeframe.
The document outlines plans to take photos at three different locations - a public space, school studio, and school field - for a print media project between November 3rd-16th. Photos of the public space will be taken midday to capture graffiti, while studio photos will give a professional look between 9am-3pm. Field photos require dry weather around 3pm. Permission is needed for the studio and field. Risks include public in photos, studio light fire, and bad weather ruining images. Precautions like timing and taping cables will minimize hazards.
Unit 30 – UK Media Publishing - Proposal
The document proposes a music magazine called "E" focused on indie music. It will cover both new, unknown artists as well as popular artists. The magazine will have a similar format to Q magazine with the logo in the top left corner and large cover images. The magazine will be produced in Photoshop with an orange and black color scheme. It will target 16-24 year olds interested in music and contain interviews, images, and reviews to attract readers.
The document provides details about the production process and timeline for a magazine. It discusses meeting all deadlines for pre-production, production, and post-production. This ensured the magazine was produced efficiently and could be released on time. It also summarizes the software, tools, and techniques used in the post-production process like Adobe Photoshop, free transform tool, and maintaining a consistent color scheme and fonts. Safe working practices like cropping images appropriately and not altering interviews were also followed.
The document outlines the steps taken to produce a magazine, including setting up equipment for photography, creating pre-production materials like drafts and plans, taking test photos, following a production process with deadlines, and using desktop publishing software to edit images, layout pages, and produce the front cover and double page spreads. It provides step-by-step instructions for tasks in desktop publishing like importing and editing images, and producing different magazine elements. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of preparation, test photography, following a production schedule, and documenting desktop publishing steps for future reference.
The document discusses several legal and ethical issues related to publishing a magazine, including copyright, defamation, privacy, morality, and intellectual property. To protect its content, the magazine will register for copyright and require permissions to use logos. It will also need to fact-check information and avoid invading privacy to prevent defamation issues. Complaints will be handled according to the Editor's Code of Press Complaints Commission to resolve issues ethically.
This document outlines the feedback and improvements made to a magazine pitch presentation. It includes:
1) Details of the feedback received from a witness statement, survey, and interview with the publisher which highlighted needed improvements to content delivery and visual aids.
2) Revisions made to the presentation based on feedback, including changes to the Prezi and adding a zoom feature for clarity.
3) An overview of the production plan for the magazine, including tasks, equipment needs, and personnel requirements.
4) Research into legal and ethical issues like copyright and privacy to ensure regulatory compliance before publication.
The document summarizes the key steps and activities involved in pitching a magazine idea to a publisher. It describes creating a Prezi presentation to pitch the idea, which included sections on the proposal, planning, sample materials, drafts, and future plans. Feedback was gathered from a witness statement, survey, and interview. Based on the feedback, improvements were made to add more content, change formatting for readability, and improve the layout. The conclusion emphasizes that the pitch and feedback helped show all aspects of the magazine idea to reach the highest standard.
This document lists the equipment and props needed to take photos, including a Canon EOS 100D SLR camera, tripod, studio lights, back drop curtain, and stool from the school which require permission slips. Additional items are an SD card, camera battery, makeup kit, and costume which can be obtained from various stores and artists without special permission.
M Magazine is requesting permission to take photographs at a location for promotional purposes. The photographs would be distributed to media outlets with press releases, used in M Magazine publications, and on their website. The location owner agrees to allow M Magazine to take photographs at their location and use the images non-commercially to promote M Magazine in publications, articles, materials, and websites.
M Magazine is requesting permission to borrow photography equipment from an individual to use for promotional purposes. The equipment includes studio lights, a camera tripod, back drop curtain, and stool. Any images containing the equipment may be distributed to media outlets or used in M Magazine publications and on their website. M Magazine agrees to pay for any damage costs to the borrowed equipment. The individual owner must sign to grant permission for the non-profit use of their equipment in promotional materials.
This document discusses the planning and permissions required for a student magazine project. It includes:
- A location recce identifying potential hazards and permission needs for photo shoots.
- Guidelines for gaining signed permission from locations and equipment owners for use in the magazine.
- Details on conducting an interview with an artist to be featured.
- An overview of relevant ethical and legal considerations like copyright, the editor's code, and the complaint process.
- A conclusion restating the importance of evaluating risks, legal issues, and permissions for creating a magazine that meets standards.
The document outlines plans for producing a print-based music magazine, including draft layouts, articles, photography plans, equipment lists, and production schedules to ensure a professional final product. Reference materials like mood boards and magazine inspirations are included to showcase the design process. All elements are thoroughly planned and documented to facilitate a smooth production process.
This document outlines the production schedule for a magazine over 4 weeks from November 3rd to December 1st. It details the daily tasks and personnel required for pre-production, production, and post-production stages. Key activities include planning content and layout, conducting photo shoots and interviews, editing pages, finalizing the issue for printing and distribution, and uploading promotional videos. The schedule aims to collect content, advertisements, and complete all editorial work before sending the final magazine for publication and distribution on shelves.
Before releasing the magazine, all content must be checked for compliance with legal regulations set by IPSO regarding copyright, defamation, and privacy. Copyright protects original works from being copied without permission, so any content from other sources needs permission. The magazine also needs a copyright notice. The Editors' Code from IPSO must be followed to maintain high professional standards and respect individuals' rights. Intellectual property like trademarks and logos also require permission to use. When taking and editing photos, risk assessments ensure the safety of photographers, artists, and proper editing techniques like avoiding pixel distortion.
The document summarizes information about Q magazine, a UK-based music magazine published monthly by Bauer Media. It provides details about the magazine's history, target audience, production process, and style. It also analyzes the denotations and connotations of elements of the magazine's contents page, front cover, and double page spreads. The document uses this research to understand the magazine in order to plan and pitch a similar print-based music product.
This document provides an overview of Q magazine, a UK-based music magazine published monthly. It discusses the magazine's target audience, which is males aged 15-24. It also examines the magazine's website and social media presence. Additionally, the document looks at advertising within the magazine, including rates and an example advertisement. It analyzes the denotations and connotations of elements on the magazine's front cover. The document was created as part of a student project to research UK media publishing.
CapTechTalks Webinar Slides June 2024 Donovan Wright.pptxCapitolTechU
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6. The colour scheme I have decided for my magazine is green, black and white this is
because these colours aren’t aimed at a specific genre. I also think that the colours
go well together and are good colours for a music magazine.
I have looked at different magazines that are similar to my idea of a music
magazine. These included Q magazine and Mojo as they are not entirely specific to
a genre of music and are popular music magazines.
My target audience are teenagers/ young adults so I looked at the lifestyle of the
‘Indie’ type of person that would read my magazine. I gained some images of
people at a festival because I believe that my magazine would appeal to people who
enjoy concerts and festivals. As well as, the picture on the top right with the writing
‘When words fail, music speaks’ portrays the type of person that would read my
magazine is a great lover of music.
Finally in my mood board there is some pictures of music artists that would be
included in my magazine and would appeal to my target audience. This has helped
me to understand the specific audience and content that could be in my magazine.
Mood board reflection
7. Magazine straplines
Mojo magazine’s strapline is ‘The Music Magazine’. This could connote that the magazine
considers themselves to be the only good music magazine out there on the market. This is
very strong language that puts the point that they have across strongly.
Q magazine’s strapline is ‘Discover Great Music’. This makes the
magazine appeal to a specific target audience who could be
looking for new music.
My strapline is going to be short like these examples with
persuasive language, in the form of ‘Music Matters.’ this is strong
and gains the audiences attention. As well as, the use of
alliteration causes it to be catchy and also fit well with the title of
M.
8. Masthead Fonts
Masthead
The masthead for my magazine is simply M. This was inspired by Q magazine, as the M
stands for Music. It will be located on the top left hand corner, with a green, white and
black theme. It will be bold and stand out from the rest of the content on the front cover of
the magazine. Some font styles that I have considered are:
Mom’s Typewriter Amsterdam Graffiti Sketch Block
I think that the most suitable font would be Amsterdam Graffiti because it is the boldest
font, it would also be the most suitable font to be white on a green background. This is
because it would be the clearest as well as the most effective. Mom’s Typewriter would not
be suitable as it would not be bold enough as it is too thin. I also do not think that Sketch
Block would be suitable for my magazine because it is not filled in properly, this could
interfere with the boldness of the masthead. This is because the font and the background
are not the same colour so the background colour could appear too much through the text.
9. Front Cover Inspirations
Masthead:
The masthead in the top left
hand corner is big and bold to
make sure it stands out. I would
repeat this for my magazine but
adapt it slightly with my own
design.
Main Image:
The image on this front cover takes
up the whole page, with no
background as it is an extreme close
up. This makes the subject look
powerful and contrasts against the
text. On my magazine I wouldn’t
have the image so close up.
Website:
The website for my magazine
would also be by the barcode.
Unlike Q I plan to put my link
separate to my logo by putting
it underneath on its own with
social media symbols by it too.
Main headlines:
The headline for this copy of
magazine is big and bold across
the page. I am going to take
inspiration from this and layer
my headline on the top across
the page too.
Puff Promotions:
On this specific copy the
magazine front cover has a puff
promotion. I am going to do this
on my magazine too but I will try
to have a deal or competition
advertised each copy.
Cover Lines:
The cover lines on this front
cover are around the subject in
the images in face. I think this is
a good layout as it does not
take away the importance of
the subject.
10. Double Page Spread Inspirations
Main image:
The main image of this copy
was the same picture as on the
front cover. I do not like this
idea so I have decided to have a
different image within the
double page spread.
Page number/ magazine logo:
On the bottom of each page within the
magazine there is the magazine logo,
date issue and page number. I am
taking inspiration from this layout and
doing this for this magazine.
Drop capital:
Within the article there is a drop
capital, this is placed in the
middle of the article. This is
unusual to most layouts and
does break up the huge block of
text. I will place my drop capital
at the beginning of the article
like the normal layout of a
double page spread.
Title/ stand first:
The stand first for this specific double page
spread is two simple words from the
article. This is more effective than a long
quote from the article.
I think that I will take
inspiration from
this and make my
title short but still
have a quote from the
interview/ article.
Columns:
To help break up the text of
my article I will lay it out in
columns like this article. But I
will also add pictures within
the text that are relevant to
the content.
11. Genre
My magazine won’t have a specific genre, this was inspired by Q magazine. I think this would appeal to
my audience as it means it can appeal to a wide range of people. My magazine will include new upcoming
artists as well artists who are in the charts.
Layout
The layout of my magazine is going to be similar to that of Q magazine but with a few different changes to
make the layout more personal to myself and the specific target audience of my magazine. From looking
at the front cover and double page spread of Q magazine I have decided to use a few of the conventions
of the magazine as well as add my own and change some too.
I will keep specific conventions like the logo, page number and issue date in the same location as Q,
which is in the corner of each page. As well as, I will make sure that the masthead is in the top left corner.
One of the conventions that I am going to change compared to Q is adding a drop capital, this is because
it will help me to break up the page and follow other magazine conventions. Another change that I may
make is to make my website link separate to my barcode.
I plan to make my magazine very consistent with the layout on each page as I believe this makes the
magazine looks professional and well put together.
House style
The colour scheme that I am going to use for my magazine is green, black and white. This is because these
colours all go well together as well as appeal to both genders. I also feel that these colours work well for a
music magazine as they are sleek and bold. I will achieve this style of my magazine by having the subtitles
of each page the same green colour. The main titles and text would be black and the backgrounds will be
white.
The colours were also inspired by a few albums from different
genres of music.
My Magazine
12. Survey Monkey Results
Q1 What is your gender?
From the results of my
survey online I have found
out that my main
readership will be female.
This can influence the
advertisements within my
magazine as well as the
content. Although my
magazine is focused at both
genders, there could be a
bigger female appeal.
13. Survey Monkey Results
Q2 How old are you?
The results of my survey show that the
main readership of my magazine would
be under 18. This would range from 26-28
years old. But the magazine would also
strongly appeal t0 18-24 year olds too.
This shows that the content with the
magazine can be mature content that
would appeal to a adult audience more
than a young audience.
This readership is very similar to the
readership of Q magazine as they focus
on the young adult age group too.
14. Survey Monkey Results
Q3 What is the most suitable title for a music magazine?
The most popular result for this question
within my survey was M, which stands for
Music. I think this would be the best title
for the magazine as it would appeal to the
audience and would be memorable for
the public.
15. Survey Monkey Results
Q4 Which colour scheme do you like best?
From looking at my results I have chosen
to have the green, black and white colour
scheme. This is because it appeals to the
audience as well would be suitable for a
music genre magazine.
16. Survey Monkey Results
Q5 Which type of stories would you like to be covered?
With this question I received many
different responses, the main response I
received was interviews with artists. This
would be a good for my magazine to
cover as it would appeal to the audience
and could also be spread over the many
types of genre.
The two most responses I had was festival
news and gossip. The festival news would
be good for my magazine as most of my
target audience would enjoy going to
festivals and so this would appeal to
them. The celebrity gossip wouldn’t
entirely fit into my magazine but there
could be a small section on the news of
celebrities by the back.
17. Survey Monkey Results
Q6 How frequent should a music magazine be published?
From my results I have found out that a
monthly magazine would be more
appealing to the audience that a weekly
release.
This is similar to the Q magazine that I
have taken inspiration from. This would
be good for my magazine because it
means that the magazine can have more
content added into it to make it packed
with content.
18. Survey Monkey Results
Q7 How much are you willing to pay for a monthly magazine?
The results show that the audience would
rather pay £2.99 for the music magazine.
Although there was a few people who are
willing to pay £3.50. To make sure there is
enough content within my magazine I
believe that the magazine would have to
cost £3.50. As no one would pay £3.99 I
think that I would go in the middle and
make the cost of my magazine £3.50.
19. Survey Monkey Results
Q8 What genre of music are you interested in?
From looking at my results I have a mixed
response of genres, which is good for my
magazine as I have planned on making a mixed
genre magazine. One of the most popular
responses is Indie or Rock this could mean
that the magazine could focus more on the
Indie Rock genre of music. This is very similar
to Q magazine as the magazine is mixed genre
with a focus on Indie too.
20. Survey Monkey Results
Q9 Which social network site would you expect a
magazine to be linked with?
From looking at my results I have a mixed
response of genres, which is good for my
magazine as I have planned on making a mixed
genre magazine. One of the most popular
responses is Indie or Rock this could mean
that the magazine could focus more on the
Indie Rock genre of music. This is very similar
to Q magazine as the magazine is mixed genre
with a focus on Indie too.
21. Questionnaire
I have conducted a questionnaire to give out to gain more opinions on my magazine, this
will help to make sure that my magazine aims my target audience well.
22. Questionnaire
This is one of the filled out
questionnaires from my research. I
have 10 filled out questionnaires
that I have collected in and analysed
the results from them all.
In the next few slides I have
summarised the results and
collected them to show how my
magazine will suit the target
audience.
23. Questionnaire Results
Q1 What is your gender?
The answer to this question on my questionnaire was equal with five males and five females. This highlights
the fact that my magazine appeals to both genders.
Q2 How old are you?
The most popular answers for the age range of the audience was 16-18 and 18-24. My magazine is aimed at
young adults, which was inspired from Q magazine. The result from this question in my questionnaire,
highlights this and portrays strongly that the magazine could also appeal to other ages too.
Q3 Which is the most suitable title for a music magazine?
The highest result was ‘M’. There was only a few for the other two options. This helps me to understand that
this title is suitable for my magazine as it fits well with the magazine and the audience like it too.
Q4 Which colour scheme do you like best?
The most popular colour scheme that the audience went for was green, black and white. This is the colour
scheme that I planned to use and will surely use now I know that the audience like this colour scheme too.
This colour scheme is the best for a music magazine as it is bold and graphic.
Q5 What type of stories would you like to be covered?
There was many responses for this question but the most popular ones was interviews with new and well
known music artists. This is good for the double page spread and this would be the focus story in the editions.
Another popular result from this question was album and film reviews. This will be included in the back of my
magazine and have a page each. I am placing it in the back to make sure that the audience can find it as well
as so that it doesn’t take away the focus of the music artist.
24. Questionnaire Results
Q6 How frequent should a music magazine be published?
The most popular result for this question was monthly with only one result for weekly. This will help me to
make sure that there is a lot of content within each edition magazine.
Q7 How much are you willing to pay for a monthly magazine?
Surprisingly compared to the online survey, the most popular result was £3.50. This is the best price for my
magazine too because it means that a lot of content can be added into the magazine but also be a suitable
price for the target audience. This is similar to the price of Q magazine but is cheaper to be able to compete in
the magazine industry.
Q8 Which genre of music are you most interested in?
There was many different results for this question but the main result was Indie. This is similar to my magazine
of inspiration, Q. To appeal to a wide audience of people my magazine would be a mixed genre magazine but
with a specific appeal to the Indie genre of music.
Q9 Which social network site would you expect a magazine to be linked with?
The most popular results for this were Twitter and YouTube. This could be because these are the most popular
social networking sites for my target audience to use. My magazine would use these social networks to be
able to quickly update the audience through Twitter. And provide backstage content from the photo shoots,
interviews and concerts on the YouTube channel.
Q10 Would you be interested in free content from a magazine?
The only result I got from this question is yes. My magazine would include free content by providing free
samples of artists work or chances to win tickets to concerts or festivals etc.
25. Reflection of Research
From my research I have been able to work out who the exact target audience for my
magazine will be. As well as how I can make my magazine appeal strongly to the target
audience by looking at the spending power, the genre of music they like etc.
Age & gender
The age of my target audience is mainly people from the age of 16- 24 as this was the
highest result from my research. This helps me to be able to make sure that the content
appeals to the target audience by making the language suitable for this age range and
choosing suitable stories to cover within the magazine.
There isn’t a specific gender with my audience but by looking at the results I can see that
the main gender would be female. This could highlight the type of advertisements that
could be in my magazine. As well the competitions would need to appeal to both genders.
This is similar to my magazine of inspiration, Q as this magazine appeals to both genders
but they do focus on males where mine would appeal to females more.
Spending power
The research that I have conducted helped me to see the spending power of my target
audience, I have come to the conclusion that the most suitable price for my magazine
would be £3.50 because from mixed results I have come to the conclusion that this would
be the most suitable price to be able to print the magazine monthly with a good amount of
content.
26. Reflection of Research
Subscriptions offers
From my research and looking at my magazine of inspiration I have come to the conclusion
that the magazine should offer a subscription offer to the audience. This would appeal to
the target audience because this means that they would be able to save money. I found out
from my research results that my target audience are looking for good deals. So this
subscription offer would appeal to them. It could also mean that they do not need to go out
to the shops to buy the magazine as they can ensure that every edition of the magazine for
that year will be delivered to their door.
Appeal to readership
To make my magazine appeal to the readership I would run some competitions to win
tickets to festivals/ concerts or albums from certain artists. This would appeal to the
readership as they said they would be interested in free content within a magazine.
The stories that would be covered to make sure that my magazine appeals to the
readership is interviews with music artists as well album/ festival news. These would be
some of the double page spreads within my magazine. As well as to make sure that I reach
the needs of my readership I would have a section of celebrity gossip. This would be small
to make sure that the magazine still focuses on music but big enough to satisfy the
audience. I would also include a update on the most popular music throughout the month
and reviews with information on new films going out in the cinema.
27. Magazine Flat Plan
This my simple magazine flat plan, I have included all the important pages to my magazine
including the double page spreads and advertisements.
28. Magazine Flat Plan
This is my flat plan for the first half of my magazine in more detail, it includes some images
and more details Of the pages within the magazine.
29. Magazine Flat Plan
This is my magazine flat plan for my second half of the magazine. There will be more pages
than included in these flat plans as I wanted to show the important and general content of
the magazine.
30. Sources of ideas
The advertisements that I have chosen are suitable for my audience. I have researched the
lifestyles of the target audience for my magazine and come to the conclusion of choosing
adverts that play big parts into the young adults life.
The advert for River Island at the beginning of my magazine is suitable for my audience
because I can predict that most of my audience would shop there or be interested in the
products they sell. By having this advertisement at the beginning it helps to attract and
appeal to the audience.
I have also chosen an advertisement that will link to the artist in the interview, this is could
be their upcoming album or tour. The advert will be placed just after the double page spread.
This advertisement would be suitable and appropriate for my audience as they would be
interested in the artist in the interview. This would also make sure that the artist would gain a
lot more publicity about the certain product or event advertised.
Other products I wish to have advertised in my magazine are other cd’s, new films and also
tours as well as festivals.
From looking at colours in different magazines and album covers in the indie genre I chose
the colours of green, white and black. This is because they are bold colours that can appeal
to both genders as well as are suitable for almost all genre of music. As well as by choosing
these colours I can make the magazine look sleek and professional this is because it will be
black on white with a hint of colour with the green titles. This could also help to add an
urban feel to my magazine as the font is in a simple graffiti font.
31. Hand-drawn Magazine Drafts
This is my hand –drawn draft, I focused on making sure the layout was appropriate for the
magazine. I took a few inspirations from the Q magazine layout.
Social Networks:
I placed the social network
symbols on the top right
hand corner. This makes
them stand out and visible
for the audience to see.
Masthead:
My masthead was
inspired by the Q one.
The colours of mine are
green, white and black
to match the colour
scheme. The strapline
for my magazine is
‘Music Matters.’ this will
be placed sideways to
the masthead.
Main Image:
The main image will be
behind the cover lines if
possible, this is to be able to
make the image bigger on
the front of the cover.
Website:
The website will be
underneath the barcode
as it is similar to the
layout of Q. But I have
placed it separate to the
barcode to make it stand
out.
Cover lines:
The cover lines will be placed
all around the sides of the
cover, this is inspired from Q
magazine.
32. Hand-drawn Magazine Drafts
Headline:
The headline of my double
page spread will be a good
quote from the interview.
Main image:
My main image is going to
take up most of the second
page, this is to gain more
attention to the subject.
Text:
The text will be in the middle
of the pages to make it stand
out. The questions will be
bold and green, the answers
will be black and normal.
Page number:
In the bottom of
the pages there is
the page numbers
and the M logo.
Quote:
There will be a
quote in a box
that relates to the
image.
Drop capital:
The drop capital
is located at the
top of the article
to make it stand
out.
Image:
There will be
another image of
the subject in
their normal
lifestyle.
33. Interview Draft
Here is my magazine interview draft, I have taken inspiration from Q magazine to think of suitable questions. I also
took in the personality of the subject and the things that the artist is doing recently to make the questions more
realistic.
To make sure the answers were as accurate as possible, I researched the artist to be able to provide realistic answers. I
looked at her biography and previous interviews with the artist to see the way she would answer questions.
34. Image Plan
This is my plan for the images that I will take for my magazine. I have added all the details that will need to be
taken into consideration when taking my images, including the equipment I will need, the locations, the dates etc.
35. Production Plan
This is my production plan for my
magazine. I have planned to use the
month to produce the magazine,
collecting the content, planning and
editing.
This plan is for the release date of the
1st of December and starts on the 3rd
of November.
I made my production plan by looking
at the simple production plan of
other magazines. This helped me to
change and set the dates for mine
appropriately for my own magazine.
I did this by thinking about how long
it would take for me to realistically
do all the processes that will occur
when making my magazine.
The website I looked at was
http://hosbeg.com/the-magazine-
production-process/
I think that my production plan is
realistic because for each type of
content the deadlines are not
unachievable. When making my
production plan I made sure to give
everyone at least more than one day.
36. Budget Summary
Sources on income:
The sources of income for my magazine would be the advertisers and the profit from sales. I would charge my
advertisers the same prices as Q magazine. This helps me to make sure that the advertising rates are suitable for the
type of magazine that it is.
Publishing the magazine:
From looking at different publishers I have decided to print my magazine
with a company called Blurb. They have given me a deal of £46850 for
5000 copies.
Personnel:
The personnel that I would have for my magazine is a budgeting team. The budgeting team would make sure that the
magazine is always budgeted correctly, making sure that the magazine does not waste any money.
I would also hire some editors, these would help to make sure that the content is suitable and the layout of my magazine is
suitable.
Additionally I would have writers to make sure that the content is written well and suitable for my magazine and target
audience.
As well as, I would have a team of reporters to collect all the content, news and photos for my magazine.
Finally I would need an advertising team to collect and control the advertisements that would be in my magazine.
37. Legal and Ethical Issues
Copyright: A legal right to allow the original the author or artist the right to publish, create, perform or print a certain piece
of work. Protecting the work from anyone else copying or duplicating it.
Defamation: The action of ruining the good reputation of someone.
Privacy: The act of being free from the public.
One of the most important legal issues that I need to think about before publishing my magazine is Copyright. This will help
me to protect my content from people trying to copy it and use it for other purposes. I will make my Copyright procedures
clear by adding the Copyright to my content.
Another issue that my magazine could come across is defamation, privacy, and publicity issues. This is because when
publishing the interviews and gossip pages, the magazine needs to make sure that they do not break any privacy rules of
the subjects life. As well as the magazine has to make sure that they publish information that is true to the word and no
false accusations to gain more money. To avoid defamation issues my magazine needs a publishing contract that makes sure
that the editors take these issues seriously. As well as, privacy issues is a hard thing to avoid when publishing a magazine
but the editors has to make sure not to publish any content of an embarrassing nature to the subject. An example of where
my magazine come could across this in my draft double page spread is the editor needs to make sure that they write exactly
what the subject said and nothing different.
An ethical issue that my magazine could face is the breach of morality. This means that the editors could include
information on a particular story that breaks the audience morals. To make sure that this doesn’t happen often if not at all
the editors will need to use their common sense to make sure the story is suitable to publish. As well as, if a story did
happen to upset a member of the public then the magazine would have details within the magazine for the public to
contact and complain to the magazine.
When advertising within the magazine, the advertisers or magazine must have the permission of everyone within the
advertisement involved to publish the advert. This could be the product or service label, a celebrity etc.
Finally to make sure my magazine does not break any copyright laws, my magazine will ask permission from the social
network sites that will be on the front page to use the logos. I will do this by contacting them and asking them for the
permission by explaining what the use would be.
38. Legal and Ethical Issues
Intellectual Property
To protect the content of my magazine I will need to use a few different types of intellectual property to make sure that no
one copies my work. I will use Trade marks protection to make sure that my logo/ mast head, strapline etc. are protected
from anyone trying to copy them.
On the written content and photos in my magazine I will use Copyright to make sure that no one tries to copy the work or
claim it as theirs.
To use the logos of the social networks on the front cover of my magazine then I will need to buy intellectual property from
the businesses. By looking at the guidelines of using the logos for the different social networking sites, they allow
businesses to use the logo as long as they do not modify the logo in any way. Whilst also making sure to use it in the right
context, as I believe that my magazine is using the logo in the appropriate manner and not modifying the logo in any way I
believe that my magazine will have the permission to use the logos on the front page.
The Intellectual Property rights will be passed from the ‘inventor’ to the publisher, this is because there will be a contract to
make sure that all the content is protected and all the rights go to the publisher. The publisher will buy all the rights for all
the content this makes it easier to apply for the rights all together.
For the copyright of the content I would need to make sure to add the copyright logo to the
page so that it is clear that its copyrighted. As well as on the bottom of the contents page I will
put a disclaimer that all the content is copyrighted so that the readers are fully aware that the
content is protected.
(Sources: https://www.gov.uk/intellectual-property-an-overview/overview
http://angiemakes.com/improper-use-social-media-icons/
http://www.dehns.com/cms/document/Ownership_of_Intellectual_Property_Rights.pdf )
39. By looking at the editors code of press complaints commission I understand the standards that my magazine need
to reach to be fair and not break any rules of publishing.
The benchmark within the editors code is to never upset the public by publishing appropriate content. It is also to
publish fair and suitable content with in the magazine.
40. Case study of breaching The Editors Code
Mail on Sunday breached Clause 3 (Privacy) of the Editors' Code in 2009
In 2009 Mail on Sunday reported that Daniel Craig had bought a new apartment in North London. In the
report they explained the district in London where the property was, they also included the name of the
nearest park and finally included a photo of the house that the apartment was located. The actor then
complained as he was harassed by fans as they found where he lived and visited his property often.
The Commission makes it clear that newspapers should not identify the homes and locations of people
who may be exposed to security issues. After this report was published the Commission concluded that
the article included too much detail of identifying the property without any justification, resulting in a
breach of the Code. Once this was concluded the newspaper had to remove the online article as well as
apologise to Daniel Criag. The Mail on Sunday also were asked to meet the £25,000 security costs that
were necessary after the report was seen by the public. These costs were mainly to protect his partner and
child.
After this breach the newspaper was warned to not publish any other hints to celebrities properties
locations to make sure that they never caused any security issues with anyone else.
(Sources: http://www.pcc.org.uk/review09/2009_statistics/case_studies.php
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/27/mail-on-sunday-daniel-craig)
41. Filing a complaint
Filing a complaint
For the public to be able to file a valid complaint with the press complaints commission they need to reach the code
of practise whilst filing it. The process of filing a complaint is to send a email or letter. To highlight their point even
further the press complaints commission requests a valid article of the media that is being complained about, if
there is such a thing. Then they need to make sure to add the name of the publication and the date too, this helps
the press complaints commission to be able to find the article themselves and study it. Then the person
complaining would also need to give a brief summary of what is wrong with the article and how they believe that
the article e has breached the Code of Practise.
Procedure of checking a complaint
Once the complaint has been filed it is then the job of the press complaints commission to look within the
complaints and article to see if the complaint is valid.
This starts when the complaint is assessed, they do this by checking if it raises a breach against the Editors Code of
Practise. If they feel that the article doesn’t then they will explain to certain person who filed the complaint why it
doesn’t. If it does then the complaint is carried on further and sent to investigation.
Within the investigation process press complaints commission will write to the editor and send a copy of the
complaint with a copy of the article that the complaint is about. The editor then needs to respond to the complaint
and a copy is sent to the member of the public. If it still seems that it has breached against the code then the press
complaints commission will carry on till it is satisfactory for the member of the public.
If the case is extremely serious then the editor will need to write a letter of apology in the paper. Or the content can
be deleted (if on the internet).
If the editor breached the code then the complaint is upheld and this can cause a negative impact on the editor.
(Source: http://www.pcc.org.uk/complaints/makingacomplaint.html)
My magazine
To make sure that there this does not occur within my magazine then I would make sure to not add anything that
the subject within my interview has not said. I need to make sure that all the content that is claimed to have been
said by the subject is 100% true to them. This helps me to not have an issue involving defamation within my
magazine.
42. Filing a complaint form
This is the form for filing a complaint to the PCC on the form the complainer needs to fill in what they are complaining
about, if they’ve been in contact with the publisher, as well as the name and date of the publication. At the bottom of the
form they also have the option to add an image if needed. After filling this form section of the form in there is another
section to the form. This is where the person filing the complaint needs to choose which part of The Editors Code they
believe that the publisher has breached. The next step in the filing a complaints form is to give your details to the
Commission so they can contact you when they are dealing with your complaint if this is needed. The last part of the form is
a opportunity to review the complaint that you have made to make sure it is as accurate as possible.
(Source: https://www.ipso.co.uk/oxbxApps/app/complaint1.html)
43. Copyright within Q magazine
Audit Bureau of Circulation claim
In the front of the magazine there is a small message in tiny writing in the editors letters part. It says:
‘Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation. Nothing in the magazine may be reproduced in whole or part without the
written permission of the publishers. We cannot accept responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts and photographs
or for material lost or damaged in the post.’
This helps them to protect the content of their magazine by making sure that no one can steal it and copy it for their
own use. It also helps them to make sure that the content of the magazine reaches the correct standard within the
media industry.
About Audit Bureau of Circulation
ABC delivers the certification that the data and content within the magazine meets the industry standards . It also
verifies all the data within the magazine to make sure that it is correct and valid within the content used. It also
makes sure to protect the reputation of any advertisers used within the magazine. ABC also measures the
circulation of the magazine, checking all sales figures of the magazine.
My magazine
To protect the content with my magazine I am going become a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, this will
ensure that my content is protected whilst also making sure that it is valid and reaches the industry standards.
44. Conclusion
In conclusion I have found that protecting all the content within my magazine will help me to make sure no one
steals or copies my work. Another thing that’s important when making a media product is to make sure that all the
content reaches the rules and regulations of The Editor’s Code.
From my research I have decided to create M magazine because I think that it would be the most appropriate to
attract a wide audience. The colour scheme of my magazine would be green, black and white. The colour green
would have a big association to the magazine as when people see the specific shade of green then they will think of
M magazine.
I have also been able to research the production process of a magazine to be able to find out how I am going to
produce my magazine. By looking at existing magazines it helps me to be able to make sure that my design is
professional and also appealing to a audience. As well as to choose the correct content for my magazine to make
sure that it will appeal to the right audience. I also conducted research to make sure that I had an audience
perspective on the content. In conclusion I think that by conducting research it has helped me to be able to make
my points as valid as possible to explain to the publisher why I have chosen the specific content, house style etc.
By making my drafts and plans it has helped me to make sure that my magazine design and content will be as
successful as possible, this is because it allows me to get other opinions before making the final product. It also
allows me to be able to correct any imperfections or mistakes.
Overall I believe that the research and planning I have conducted has been successful in helping me to choose the
most appropriate magazine title, design and genre. As well as helping me to make sure that I will be protected and
breaking no laws etc.