The document discusses the process of creating a print music magazine called Revelation over 10 weeks. Conventions of magazines like titles, images, and sections were used while adding uniqueness. The target audience is 16-25 year old Christians interested in various music genres. Feedback was gathered showing the layout draws readers in and the featured artist seems intriguing. While proud of the final product, the student notes room for improving the color scheme.
The document summarizes a student's media studies foundation portfolio project to create a print music magazine targeted at Christian teens aged 16-25. The student followed conventions of real magazines in their product, such as using a catchy title, cover image, and contents page. They aimed to innovate by focusing on a niche Christian music genre. Feedback from their target audience helped them refine their magazine to be more engaging and appealing to readers.
The document summarizes a student's media studies foundation portfolio project to create a print music magazine targeted at Christian teens aged 16-25. The student followed conventions of real magazines in their product, such as using a catchy title, cover image, and contents page. They aimed to innovate by focusing on a niche Christian music genre. Feedback from their target audience helped them refine their magazine to be more engaging and appealing to readers.
The student created a print music magazine targeted towards Christian teens aged 16-25. To make the magazine appealing to its niche audience, it followed conventions of real magazines, such as using celebrities on the cover and colorful layouts, while adding some unique elements. The student used various technologies like InDesign, Photoshop and social media to construct and gather feedback on the magazine. The final product showed improvements over preliminary versions through more polished editing and layouts.
This document outlines a magazine proposal focused on mainstream indie and rap artists. It will combine aspects of Billboard and Vibe magazines by including features on both established and upcoming artists. The target audience is 16-25 year olds interested in music and the music industry. The magazine will be published monthly and include articles, interviews, photos from concerts and festivals, and regular updates on artist news. Social media will be used to promote the magazine and engage readers.
1. The magazine uses conventions of real music magazines in its layout, design, and structure but challenges conventions by being in black and white rather than color. Key elements like the font, cover image style, and contents page are similar to magazines like Kerrang! and MOJO to attract the target audience.
2. The magazine represents younger audiences aged 16-25 through the style, language, and front cover image. It portrays a more positive side of youth compared to stereotypes. Articles also represent aspirations of musicians and songwriters.
3. Bauer Media would be the best institution to distribute the magazine as they already publish similar magazines like Kerrang! and MOJO that target the same demographics. Their expertise
This document contains an evaluation of a media product proposal by Jess Gregory. It includes details about the target audience for the proposed magazine such as young women aged 17-23 interested in music, fashion, and trends. Similar existing magazines that were influences are mentioned like Billboard and Top of the Pops. The proposed distribution partner is Prometheus Global Media, the same company that distributes Billboard, due to the similar audiences. Conventions from real magazines like Billboard are built upon and developed for the magazine's layout, design, and content.
This is my evaluation in relation to my music magazine. This was a lot harder to completed than I initially expected and took a lot more time that I thought too, but I feel like I have put as much detail into this as I can and have considered every aspect of my music magazine in my evaluation as possible.
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 summarizes a student's media studies foundation portfolio project to create a print music magazine targeted at Christian teens aged 16-25. The student followed conventions of real magazines in their product, such as using a catchy title, cover image, and contents page. They aimed to innovate by focusing on a niche Christian music genre. Feedback from their target audience helped them refine their magazine to be more engaging and appealing to readers.
The document summarizes a student's media studies foundation portfolio project to create a print music magazine targeted at Christian teens aged 16-25. The student followed conventions of real magazines in their product, such as using a catchy title, cover image, and contents page. They aimed to innovate by focusing on a niche Christian music genre. Feedback from their target audience helped them refine their magazine to be more engaging and appealing to readers.
The student created a print music magazine targeted towards Christian teens aged 16-25. To make the magazine appealing to its niche audience, it followed conventions of real magazines, such as using celebrities on the cover and colorful layouts, while adding some unique elements. The student used various technologies like InDesign, Photoshop and social media to construct and gather feedback on the magazine. The final product showed improvements over preliminary versions through more polished editing and layouts.
This document outlines a magazine proposal focused on mainstream indie and rap artists. It will combine aspects of Billboard and Vibe magazines by including features on both established and upcoming artists. The target audience is 16-25 year olds interested in music and the music industry. The magazine will be published monthly and include articles, interviews, photos from concerts and festivals, and regular updates on artist news. Social media will be used to promote the magazine and engage readers.
1. The magazine uses conventions of real music magazines in its layout, design, and structure but challenges conventions by being in black and white rather than color. Key elements like the font, cover image style, and contents page are similar to magazines like Kerrang! and MOJO to attract the target audience.
2. The magazine represents younger audiences aged 16-25 through the style, language, and front cover image. It portrays a more positive side of youth compared to stereotypes. Articles also represent aspirations of musicians and songwriters.
3. Bauer Media would be the best institution to distribute the magazine as they already publish similar magazines like Kerrang! and MOJO that target the same demographics. Their expertise
This document contains an evaluation of a media product proposal by Jess Gregory. It includes details about the target audience for the proposed magazine such as young women aged 17-23 interested in music, fashion, and trends. Similar existing magazines that were influences are mentioned like Billboard and Top of the Pops. The proposed distribution partner is Prometheus Global Media, the same company that distributes Billboard, due to the similar audiences. Conventions from real magazines like Billboard are built upon and developed for the magazine's layout, design, and content.
This is my evaluation in relation to my music magazine. This was a lot harder to completed than I initially expected and took a lot more time that I thought too, but I feel like I have put as much detail into this as I can and have considered every aspect of my music magazine in my evaluation as possible.
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 is a student magazine project evaluation. It provides details about how the student designed their magazine to target a young audience aged 10-16, including using bright colors, bold fonts, celebrity interviews, and a low price point. Feedback was collected from peers aged 12-16, who felt the magazine was generally well designed for its target audience but suggested some changes, like altering the color scheme and using a more widely known cover artist.
The document provides feedback from three teenagers, aged 12-16, on a mock magazine designed for a younger audience. They felt the magazine was appropriately designed for its target age group in terms of topics and design. However, they suggested changing the color scheme and font to better appeal to teenagers. They rated different aspects positively, particularly the layout, language, and resemblance to real magazines. Some improvements mentioned were using a more famous cover artist and varying the font style.
The document provides an analysis of the language, ideology, institution, audience and representation used in the front cover, contents page, and double page spread of a magazine called Unchained.
Some key points:
- The language uses capitalization and direct words to draw readers in while reflecting the rock genre. Images feature people in black leather and red lipstick performing to represent the genre.
- The ideology aims to appeal to ages 16-21 and increase awareness and enjoyment of rock music.
- Bauer Media would be a good institution to distribute the magazine since they work with similar rock magazines.
- The target audience is ages 16-21 of both genders, represented through inclusive artists and affordable price.
The document provides circulation figures for the magazine Q from 2011-2014, showing a decline from 80,418 to 48,353 copies. It also discusses the genres and target audience of Q magazine. The target audience is described as being between 16-35 years old, with a focus on new music releases and artists. The publisher, Bauer Media Group, is also discussed. It is described as having the largest portfolio of magazine brands across different markets. The ideology, products, and brands of Bauer Media Group are outlined. Finally, the document examines the distribution and analysis of magazines from the Press Gazette.
The document is an analysis of the front cover, contents page, and double page spread of a student-created rock music magazine called Unchained.
The front cover uses bold, capitalized text and features the main artist Black Ray wearing a leather jacket to represent the rock genre. The layout follows magazine conventions with the masthead, central image, and basic information. Dark colors like black, red, and grey are used to represent mystery and danger associated with rock while still including white for hope.
The contents page also features artists to identify the genre and spreads out text and images to fill space. It targets readers aged 16-21 with a diverse range of rock artists.
The double page spread article about
The student created a music magazine called "Unplugged" that uses conventions of real music magazines. She researched magazines like Billboard, Q, and Blender to inform her design choices. For the layout, she used a traditional magazine format with the masthead, central image, and sell lines. She chose a plain white background like Blender to make the cover look sophisticated. The target audience is teens to early 30s, with a mix of male and female readers attracted by the female model on the cover. Distributing through stores like WHSmith and online subscriptions, the magazine would come out every two weeks to keep up with industry changes. Through the project, the student learned skills with Photoshop, Blogger, and improved her
The student created a music magazine called "Unplugged" that uses conventions of real music magazines. She researched magazines like Billboard, Q, and Blender to inform her design choices. For the layout, she used a traditional format with the masthead, central image, and sell lines. She chose a plain white background like Blender for sophistication. From Q, she liked writing text over central images to make them unique. Her target audience is teens to early 30s and fans of pop/chart music. She distributed it digitally and in stores to reach a wide audience. Through the process, she improved her skills with Photoshop, blogger, and managing projects.
The student created a music magazine called "Unplugged" that uses conventions of real music magazines. She utilized features such as the masthead, central image, sell lines, barcode and price to make the magazine look authentic. The student was inspired by magazines like Billboard, Q and Blender in her design choices. She learned important skills in using software like Photoshop and Blogger to construct her magazine. Overall, the process helped her improve her time management, organization and technical skills for future media projects.
The document summarizes an evaluation of a magazine coursework project. It discusses how the magazine challenges conventions through its pink color scheme and traditional layout. It represents a young male rock musician and aims to attract both female and male audiences aged 16-30 who are fans of rock music. Feedback was generally positive about the color scheme, images, and language appealing to the target audience, though the contents page could be improved. Microsoft Paint, Fireworks, and Publisher were used to create the magazine, and planning was found to be key.
My target audience is 16-21 year olds who enjoy shopping at popular clothing stores and watching television shows like EastEnders and Friends. They listen to R&B artists such as Trey Songz, Usher, and Rihanna. I conducted a survey that showed this audience wants to read about their favorite artists' lifestyles and film reviews in a music magazine. They prefer interacting with magazines through Facebook and Twitter to get updates on events. My magazine will include posters of new artists to promote their work and provide opportunities for new talent.
- The document discusses a media evaluation for a classical music magazine called "Strings" created by the author.
- The author based their magazine on research of existing classical music magazines, using a similar genre, style, and targeting an audience of over 25 years old.
- Key elements of the magazine discussed include the masthead, house style using red, black and beige colors, a front cover image of a man in a suit, and a price of £2 to match competitors.
- The author believes their magazine challenges other classical magazines by targeting a younger adult audience aged 25-30 that may find other magazines too serious.
The document discusses plans for a new music magazine focused on rock and indie genres. It will target teenagers and young adults interested in meaningful music. The magazine will include gossip, artist biographies, and interviews with ordinary fans. Colors and images on the cover will aim to set the mood associated with rock and indie music. A unique selling point will be interviews with fan opinions and creative contests for readers. The magazine will be published monthly to allow quality content while maintaining readership interest and necessity.
The document discusses how the author addressed their target audience for their hip hop magazine. They aimed the magazine at males and females aged 14-23 who are interested in music, fashion, and technology. To attract this audience, the author included free CDs, used consistent professional design, included full album tracklists, wrote attention-grabbing cover lines, made page numbers prominent, and offered a subscription. The layout is simple and uncluttered to appeal to the target demographic.
The document summarizes the key elements included on the front cover, contents page, and double page spread of a magazine designed for an 18-24 year old audience interested in dance and electro music. For the front cover, elements like the masthead, pictures, cover lines, price, headline, and barcode were included. Additional elements like a tagline and free CD were also added to make the cover stand out. The contents page included pictures, page numbers, headings, content, letter from the editor, masthead, issue number, date, and competition. The double page spread featured a title, pictures, text, questions/answers, page numbers, and additional distinguishing elements. Overall, the pages were designed to be specific to
Harry Myers is pitching two magazine proposals called Catalyst and MO. For Catalyst, he plans to create a website, mobile app, and social media pages to promote the magazine. He estimates the website will cost £200. The MO proposal focuses on creating a functional website and using Snapchat and Instagram to advertise to the target audience of 15-24 year olds. The document also includes magazine mind maps, target audience details, draft covers, layout examples, mood boards, style guides, staffing plans, and equipment costs.
The document outlines a brief for a new magazine product aimed at 16-25 year olds. The client is The Northern Echo newspaper, which will limit the magazine's content, audience, advertising, and standards. The author considers these limitations and decides to create an alternative lifestyle magazine called "Mirror" targeting young women. Mockups are presented for the cover, contents page, and sample articles. Costs are estimated for printing, personnel, and equipment. Advertising rates are set to generate estimated income, though the first issue would result in a small loss. Reducing printing costs in future issues could help become profitable.
Comparing my product to real media products.Henry_Gaskell
Henry Gaskell submitted a portfolio for an AS Media Studies course. The document provides details about Henry, including his candidate number, centre, and course. It also includes briefs from the OCR syllabus and Henry's responses to four questions about a music magazine he created called "Indie Beat". For question 1, Henry describes the target audience for Indie Beat as males aged 16-24 interested in indie music. He explains the magazine's similarities to NME and Q. For question 2, Henry discusses ways he addressed the audience through the magazine's design, including the masthead, cover lines, and inclusion of a website. For question 3, he states the magazine would be published monthly by IPC Media, the same
Henry Gaskell submitted a portfolio for an AS Media Studies course. The document provides details about Henry, including his candidate number, centre, and course. It also includes briefs from the OCR syllabus and Henry's responses to four questions about a music magazine he created called "Indie Beat". For question 1, Henry describes the target audience for Indie Beat as males aged 16-24 interested in indie music. He explains the magazine's similarities to NME and Q. For question 2, Henry discusses ways he addressed the audience through the magazine's design, including the masthead, cover lines, and inclusion of a website. For question 3, Henry states the magazine would be published monthly by IPC Media, the same
The document provides details about a proposed music magazine pitch, including:
- The magazine will focus on pop and dance music genres based on survey results.
- It will be published monthly and offer subscriptions to encourage repeat purchases.
- The target readership will be females aged 16-20 who enjoy music and spending £3-£8 per month on it.
- The proposed title is "Unleashed" to grab attention, and the magazine will have a colorful yet sophisticated design.
- Content will include interviews, gossip and humor while also developing readers' vocabulary.
- The cover price of £4 aims to position it as a higher-end product and make it desirable to different audiences
The magazine, called Purple Duncan, aims to attract 16-25 year olds interested in indie rock music. It focuses on this genre because mainstream rock magazines provide little indie rock coverage. The magazine offers exclusive interviews, concert promotions and competitions to engage its target audience. Feedback noted the colorful font and engaging double-page spread but criticized the rushed contents page. The creator learned skills in design software and how to better meet audience and brief expectations.
The magazine, called Purple Duncan, aims to attract 16-25 year olds interested in indie rock music. It focuses on this genre because mainstream rock magazines provide little indie rock coverage. The magazine offers exclusive interviews, concert promotions and competitions to engage its target audience. Feedback noted the colorful font and engaging double-page spread but criticized the rushed contents page as unprofessional. The creator learned skills in design software and how to better meet audience and brief expectations.
The document is a student magazine project evaluation. It provides details about how the student designed their magazine to target a young audience aged 10-16, including using bright colors, bold fonts, celebrity interviews, and a low price point. Feedback was collected from peers aged 12-16, who felt the magazine was generally well designed for its target audience but suggested some changes, like altering the color scheme and using a more widely known cover artist.
The document provides feedback from three teenagers, aged 12-16, on a mock magazine designed for a younger audience. They felt the magazine was appropriately designed for its target age group in terms of topics and design. However, they suggested changing the color scheme and font to better appeal to teenagers. They rated different aspects positively, particularly the layout, language, and resemblance to real magazines. Some improvements mentioned were using a more famous cover artist and varying the font style.
The document provides an analysis of the language, ideology, institution, audience and representation used in the front cover, contents page, and double page spread of a magazine called Unchained.
Some key points:
- The language uses capitalization and direct words to draw readers in while reflecting the rock genre. Images feature people in black leather and red lipstick performing to represent the genre.
- The ideology aims to appeal to ages 16-21 and increase awareness and enjoyment of rock music.
- Bauer Media would be a good institution to distribute the magazine since they work with similar rock magazines.
- The target audience is ages 16-21 of both genders, represented through inclusive artists and affordable price.
The document provides circulation figures for the magazine Q from 2011-2014, showing a decline from 80,418 to 48,353 copies. It also discusses the genres and target audience of Q magazine. The target audience is described as being between 16-35 years old, with a focus on new music releases and artists. The publisher, Bauer Media Group, is also discussed. It is described as having the largest portfolio of magazine brands across different markets. The ideology, products, and brands of Bauer Media Group are outlined. Finally, the document examines the distribution and analysis of magazines from the Press Gazette.
The document is an analysis of the front cover, contents page, and double page spread of a student-created rock music magazine called Unchained.
The front cover uses bold, capitalized text and features the main artist Black Ray wearing a leather jacket to represent the rock genre. The layout follows magazine conventions with the masthead, central image, and basic information. Dark colors like black, red, and grey are used to represent mystery and danger associated with rock while still including white for hope.
The contents page also features artists to identify the genre and spreads out text and images to fill space. It targets readers aged 16-21 with a diverse range of rock artists.
The double page spread article about
The student created a music magazine called "Unplugged" that uses conventions of real music magazines. She researched magazines like Billboard, Q, and Blender to inform her design choices. For the layout, she used a traditional magazine format with the masthead, central image, and sell lines. She chose a plain white background like Blender to make the cover look sophisticated. The target audience is teens to early 30s, with a mix of male and female readers attracted by the female model on the cover. Distributing through stores like WHSmith and online subscriptions, the magazine would come out every two weeks to keep up with industry changes. Through the project, the student learned skills with Photoshop, Blogger, and improved her
The student created a music magazine called "Unplugged" that uses conventions of real music magazines. She researched magazines like Billboard, Q, and Blender to inform her design choices. For the layout, she used a traditional format with the masthead, central image, and sell lines. She chose a plain white background like Blender for sophistication. From Q, she liked writing text over central images to make them unique. Her target audience is teens to early 30s and fans of pop/chart music. She distributed it digitally and in stores to reach a wide audience. Through the process, she improved her skills with Photoshop, blogger, and managing projects.
The student created a music magazine called "Unplugged" that uses conventions of real music magazines. She utilized features such as the masthead, central image, sell lines, barcode and price to make the magazine look authentic. The student was inspired by magazines like Billboard, Q and Blender in her design choices. She learned important skills in using software like Photoshop and Blogger to construct her magazine. Overall, the process helped her improve her time management, organization and technical skills for future media projects.
The document summarizes an evaluation of a magazine coursework project. It discusses how the magazine challenges conventions through its pink color scheme and traditional layout. It represents a young male rock musician and aims to attract both female and male audiences aged 16-30 who are fans of rock music. Feedback was generally positive about the color scheme, images, and language appealing to the target audience, though the contents page could be improved. Microsoft Paint, Fireworks, and Publisher were used to create the magazine, and planning was found to be key.
My target audience is 16-21 year olds who enjoy shopping at popular clothing stores and watching television shows like EastEnders and Friends. They listen to R&B artists such as Trey Songz, Usher, and Rihanna. I conducted a survey that showed this audience wants to read about their favorite artists' lifestyles and film reviews in a music magazine. They prefer interacting with magazines through Facebook and Twitter to get updates on events. My magazine will include posters of new artists to promote their work and provide opportunities for new talent.
- The document discusses a media evaluation for a classical music magazine called "Strings" created by the author.
- The author based their magazine on research of existing classical music magazines, using a similar genre, style, and targeting an audience of over 25 years old.
- Key elements of the magazine discussed include the masthead, house style using red, black and beige colors, a front cover image of a man in a suit, and a price of £2 to match competitors.
- The author believes their magazine challenges other classical magazines by targeting a younger adult audience aged 25-30 that may find other magazines too serious.
The document discusses plans for a new music magazine focused on rock and indie genres. It will target teenagers and young adults interested in meaningful music. The magazine will include gossip, artist biographies, and interviews with ordinary fans. Colors and images on the cover will aim to set the mood associated with rock and indie music. A unique selling point will be interviews with fan opinions and creative contests for readers. The magazine will be published monthly to allow quality content while maintaining readership interest and necessity.
The document discusses how the author addressed their target audience for their hip hop magazine. They aimed the magazine at males and females aged 14-23 who are interested in music, fashion, and technology. To attract this audience, the author included free CDs, used consistent professional design, included full album tracklists, wrote attention-grabbing cover lines, made page numbers prominent, and offered a subscription. The layout is simple and uncluttered to appeal to the target demographic.
The document summarizes the key elements included on the front cover, contents page, and double page spread of a magazine designed for an 18-24 year old audience interested in dance and electro music. For the front cover, elements like the masthead, pictures, cover lines, price, headline, and barcode were included. Additional elements like a tagline and free CD were also added to make the cover stand out. The contents page included pictures, page numbers, headings, content, letter from the editor, masthead, issue number, date, and competition. The double page spread featured a title, pictures, text, questions/answers, page numbers, and additional distinguishing elements. Overall, the pages were designed to be specific to
Harry Myers is pitching two magazine proposals called Catalyst and MO. For Catalyst, he plans to create a website, mobile app, and social media pages to promote the magazine. He estimates the website will cost £200. The MO proposal focuses on creating a functional website and using Snapchat and Instagram to advertise to the target audience of 15-24 year olds. The document also includes magazine mind maps, target audience details, draft covers, layout examples, mood boards, style guides, staffing plans, and equipment costs.
The document outlines a brief for a new magazine product aimed at 16-25 year olds. The client is The Northern Echo newspaper, which will limit the magazine's content, audience, advertising, and standards. The author considers these limitations and decides to create an alternative lifestyle magazine called "Mirror" targeting young women. Mockups are presented for the cover, contents page, and sample articles. Costs are estimated for printing, personnel, and equipment. Advertising rates are set to generate estimated income, though the first issue would result in a small loss. Reducing printing costs in future issues could help become profitable.
Comparing my product to real media products.Henry_Gaskell
Henry Gaskell submitted a portfolio for an AS Media Studies course. The document provides details about Henry, including his candidate number, centre, and course. It also includes briefs from the OCR syllabus and Henry's responses to four questions about a music magazine he created called "Indie Beat". For question 1, Henry describes the target audience for Indie Beat as males aged 16-24 interested in indie music. He explains the magazine's similarities to NME and Q. For question 2, Henry discusses ways he addressed the audience through the magazine's design, including the masthead, cover lines, and inclusion of a website. For question 3, he states the magazine would be published monthly by IPC Media, the same
Henry Gaskell submitted a portfolio for an AS Media Studies course. The document provides details about Henry, including his candidate number, centre, and course. It also includes briefs from the OCR syllabus and Henry's responses to four questions about a music magazine he created called "Indie Beat". For question 1, Henry describes the target audience for Indie Beat as males aged 16-24 interested in indie music. He explains the magazine's similarities to NME and Q. For question 2, Henry discusses ways he addressed the audience through the magazine's design, including the masthead, cover lines, and inclusion of a website. For question 3, Henry states the magazine would be published monthly by IPC Media, the same
The document provides details about a proposed music magazine pitch, including:
- The magazine will focus on pop and dance music genres based on survey results.
- It will be published monthly and offer subscriptions to encourage repeat purchases.
- The target readership will be females aged 16-20 who enjoy music and spending £3-£8 per month on it.
- The proposed title is "Unleashed" to grab attention, and the magazine will have a colorful yet sophisticated design.
- Content will include interviews, gossip and humor while also developing readers' vocabulary.
- The cover price of £4 aims to position it as a higher-end product and make it desirable to different audiences
The magazine, called Purple Duncan, aims to attract 16-25 year olds interested in indie rock music. It focuses on this genre because mainstream rock magazines provide little indie rock coverage. The magazine offers exclusive interviews, concert promotions and competitions to engage its target audience. Feedback noted the colorful font and engaging double-page spread but criticized the rushed contents page. The creator learned skills in design software and how to better meet audience and brief expectations.
The magazine, called Purple Duncan, aims to attract 16-25 year olds interested in indie rock music. It focuses on this genre because mainstream rock magazines provide little indie rock coverage. The magazine offers exclusive interviews, concert promotions and competitions to engage its target audience. Feedback noted the colorful font and engaging double-page spread but criticized the rushed contents page as unprofessional. The creator learned skills in design software and how to better meet audience and brief expectations.
The document describes a music magazine that follows typical conventions for the genre, including a masthead, cover image of an artist, and issue details. It uses these elements to target teenagers interested in R&B music. The artist on the cover looks directly at the viewer to create a connection with readers. Inside, the contents page and articles follow conventional structures to make the magazine easy to navigate. Overall, the magazine adheres closely to standard music magazine formats to appeal to its intended teenage audience.
- The document discusses choosing IPC Media as the publisher for a new music magazine, as they already publish popular magazines and could help the new magazine succeed and turn a profit.
- The target audience for the magazine is identified as mainly female, aged 16-25, who would be interested in a magazine covering multiple music genres.
- Details are provided about the design and content of sample pages from the magazine, which aim to appeal to and engage the target audience.
The document summarizes the responses to questions about a music magazine media project. It describes how the magazine uses conventions like layout but challenges conventions with a dark background. It represents 15-22 year olds interested in indie music. As an indie music magazine for younger audiences, it would be best distributed by IPC Media, who own NME. The target audience is music-loving 15-22 year olds interested in new bands. Photoshop skills like adjustments and healing tools were learned to create the magazine, as well as choosing an eye-catching font. More images and bold text were used for the magazine compared to an earlier college project.
The document provides details about the construction and design choices for a media product - a country music magazine called CMB. It discusses the target audience as teenagers and young adults aged 14-25, and how various design elements were chosen to appeal to this audience. These include the choice of fonts, colors, clothing styles of the cover model, and inclusion of smaller images showing a natural countryside setting. The document also discusses the potential distributor as Bauer Media and how revenue goals were set to sell at least 9,000 issues in the first year. Overall, the document reflects on how research informed the design of CMB to attract its intended target readership.
The magazine front cover features a large, bold masthead at the top to clearly display the magazine title. The cover image takes up most of the page to grab readers' attention, showing Chuck Mann dressed in a fresh, original style. Sell lines on the side advertise the variety of gossip inside to entice readers to purchase.
AS Media Studies- Music Magazine EvaluationNickySahota
The document discusses a music magazine created by the author. It follows conventions of real music magazines, such as having the magazine title, date, and issue number. The front cover features a central image of an artist looking at the camera to create a connection with readers. The contents page includes typical sections like pictures, headings, and subheadings. The author aims the magazine at males aged 16-21 interested in indie hip hop music. They chose to feature an artist in this genre and used pricing and design informed by a survey of the target audience. The author has learned new skills in photo editing and layout using software like Photoshop and how to better appeal to audiences through research and planning.
Emily Bagridge created a magazine aimed at young rock music fans ages 14-18. She based the magazine's design on conventions of existing rock magazines like Kerrang, using a color scheme of red, black, and white. The front cover features a goth-dressed female model to appeal to both male and female readers. Inside, the crowded contents page and band interview spreads continue the edgy rock aesthetic to engage the target audience. Bauer Media Group would be the best company to distribute the magazine, as they have extensive experience in the music industry through properties like Kerrang and have adapted brands across different media. Through constructing the magazine, Emily learned new skills with Photoshop, like using selection tools and layering images
This document evaluates a music magazine called "Revolution" designed for 16-24 year olds interested in indie music. The magazine aims to update readers on the latest indie bands and artists. It uses a black, white, and red color scheme and edgy design to appeal to its target audience. Feedback from a 17-year-old reader was positive, saying they enjoyed learning about new indie music. While the cover and contents could be more exciting, the evaluator believes the magazine achieves its goal of informing its target audience about indie music scenes and stars.
Rachael Ejimofor evaluated her final music magazine project. Her front cover both conformed to and challenged conventions by including standard elements but placing the masthead in front of the image. Her contents page used different colored page numbers and topic headings. The double-page spread matched house colors and included photo credits but used quotes instead of sell lines. She distributed the magazine at churches, youth groups, stores and supermarkets to reach her target audience of urban gospel-interested teens and young adults in London. Rachael learned photography, design and formatting skills to improve her magazine from preliminary to final versions.
The document provides an evaluation of a music magazine created by Shelby Hincal for an AS Media Studies course. Some key points:
- The magazine, called "INDiEPENDENT", targets 16-24 year olds and focuses on the independent music genre through its name, images, and content.
- Research was conducted into conventions of real music magazines and the target demographic in order to authentically reflect the genre.
- Black and white photos with selective color were used on the cover and interior to add visual interest while expressing the magazine's themes of individuality.
- Potential distributors like Bauer Media were considered due to their large audience reach and lack of a dedicated indie magazine.
The document is a log book and evaluation for a student's preliminary task, production, and evaluation of a music magazine. The student created front cover, contents page, and interview spread prototypes as part of their preliminary task. For the full product, they conducted research on music genres, existing magazines, publishers, and target audiences. They also planned photographs. In their evaluation, the student analyzes their use of conventions and representation of audiences, and discusses what they learned about technologies and the production process.
The document discusses the target audience for a magazine on rock music. It was initially aimed at ages 15-18 but may appeal to older audiences as well. Feedback indicated the achieved audience was 14-20 years old, mostly 16+. The magazine appeals more to females due to lack of draws for males. Representation of sexualities and ethnicities could be improved. The target audience has a middle/lower class background and lifestyle of working or being a student. The culture targeted is Western. The magazine achieves its target fan bases but focused more on current than vintage artists. It addresses interests in fashion, concerts, and music but could better represent interests in vintage films and older rock bands.
The document provides details about a music magazine created by the student. It discusses the target audience, which is young teenagers and adults aged 13-21 from lower and middle class areas who enjoy hip hop and rap music. It describes the design elements of the front cover, contents page, and double page spread. It also addresses how the magazine represents its target audience and social groups, and what institutions might distribute it. Overall, the document evaluates the construction and design of the student's music magazine project.
The document outlines Lenrick Greaves' proposal for BEAT Magazine, a youth-focused publication focused on R&B and hip hop music. Some key details include:
- The magazine will be called BEAT Magazine and focus on R&B and hip hop to appeal to Lenrick's generation.
- Content will include profiles of established and up-and-coming artists, concert reviews, music charts, competitions and DJ reviews.
- The design will use bold fonts and a color scheme of red, black, and white to look striking and professional.
- The target audience is 16-35 year old men and women from working to middle class backgrounds interested in pop culture.
This document summarizes a student's media studies foundation portfolio for their music magazine called "Going Underground". The student chose the print option for their coursework and had to create a front page, contents page, and feature article. They wanted the magazine to feel like an authentic indie/rock magazine aimed at teenagers. They drew inspiration from both Q Magazine and Top of the Pops magazine in their design. Audience feedback indicated the magazine's target audience was perceived to be 12-18 year olds interested in indie/rock music.
The document analyzes conventions used across different R&B magazines. It notes that mastheads are prominently displayed at the top to identify the magazine. Consistency in color scheme and key images centered on pages are used to grab audience attention. Cover lines promote other artists and gossip to showcase variety within the magazines.
The document analyzes conventions used in other R&B magazines. It notes that mastheads are large and prominently displayed at the top to grab readers' attention. Consistency in color scheme and key images centered on pages are also discussed. Cover lines promote other artists to showcase variety. The feel of direct communication with artists is emphasized to give readers a sense of the true artist's thoughts.
The document discusses the student's music magazine project. It summarizes how the magazine uses and challenges conventions of real music magazines in its front cover, contents page, and double page spread layouts. It also describes how the magazine represents its target audience of stylish teenagers interested in R&B/Hip Hop music. Finally, it discusses potential media companies that could distribute the magazine and what the student learned from constructing the project.
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2. Introduction For my media project I chose to produce a print music magazine within a period of 10 weeks!
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6. Conventions of a Front Cover MY VERSION Title/Header (brand image) FRONT COVER Subheadings Straplines Leading caption Slogan Main image, medium shot with MOD Date, price, barcode and web address
7. Conventions of a Contents Page Title/header usually at the top of the page Images dominate the text to allow ‘grazing’ Page references Slogan (also seen on front cover) Extra Info on publisher etc Colourful and bright to encourage readers to read on Simple black & white colour palette List of contents MY VERSION R.A.D Magazine
8. Conventions of a Feature Article MY VERSION CCM Headlines and sub-heading usually containing a pun or wit based on the artist and their life. This will catch the audiences attention Advertising the artists new album, tour, book etc. Artists don’t appear in magazines unless they have something to sell Images are used to break up text and keep article interesting. Therefore, images should dominate the pages Text grabs/ anecdotes are used to add humour and controversy
9. Q2: How does your media product represent particular social groups? By using a different range of social groups: a black female, Arabian male, Caucasian male and a mixed race male, this has given my magazine the opportunity to present itself as a mixed music genre because of the variety in races and musical interest. This offers an alternative towards the dominant stereotypes when it comes to music genres. By choosing Mimi, my leading star, as an artist who is associated with Indie/Pop stars – ‘Florence and the Machines and The Noisettes’ it means an innovation with Christian music and mainstream music itself because of the individuality my artists would have.
10. Q3: Media Institution For a successful magazine, it needs to be produced and distributed by a publishing company which specialises in the field. Popular publishing companies like IPC or BMG publish music magazines such as Uncut, NME and Q. But since my music magazine is Christian based, I think that if I want my music magazine to be at it's peak, I should research publishing companies which distribute existing Christian music magazines. Therefore, I came across Salem Publishing: produces and distributes former printed CCM magazine and current Homecoming faith magazine. Therefore, by deciding to have Salem Publishing as my chosen institution, I don't have to worry about promotion and marketing to a certain extent, compared to if I chose a non-Christian publishing institution because of high competition with other music magazines.
11. Q4: Audience My target audience are 16-25, both genders and no preferential race, who listen to Christian music. In the C2-A socio-Economic scale with a psychographic profiling of aspirers and reformers would be a good choice, because I feel as a Christian, you aspire to be a better person whilst trying to succeed in life as well as wanting the world to be a better place. However, I don't think that my target audience should be in any ''lifestyle groups'' because Christianity is the most popular religion with people coming from different classes, countries and backgrounds. So why would I want to specifically target my music magazine to 'WASP's or 'KIPPERS', when I can have them all? From my audience I received feedback from a 18 year old Caucasian boy saying: “The target audience for this music magazines can be anywhere from 12 to 30, I really can see no issues in the attraction of your magazine towards people of those ages"
12. Q5: Addressing your Audience Selecting a name associated with Christian beliefs/thoughts From my audience feedback I asked what this title suggested to them. An answer I received was "The title suggests to me that God is a revelation" The artist on my front page is edgy and on trend: lace dress and layered bob haircut. This will attract female readers, suggesting that she could be a new fashion icon. For males, using a female for your front cover can add sex appeal (without even trying) From my audience feedback, an answer I received from a male, 21 years old: “ and plus she loos smokin’ hot!!!” Describing Mimi as a ‘new sensation’: attracts the audience to find out more about this ‘exclusive’ artist Aiming to make my pages look professional with the constant colour schemes, edited images and creative layouts. A 17 year old girl said: “The style and layout of the magazine is very suiting in comparison to many of today’s magazines on sale. The layout is captivating and draws in the reader” FRONT COVER
13. CONTENTS PAGE Creating headings that will make your audience read on A 19 year old boy said: “the little bits under the headings are interesting and intriguing, like the one about prison, gangs drugs...Christ" Well edited images allow the audience to graze and find the contents page more interesting than informing A 16 year old girl said: “entertains due to the good use of pictures and word art" On the other hand, the contents page should not be too busy and distracting From my audience feedback, a 16 year old boy said: “I think the contents tries too hard to engage the reader, it is meant to be factual but not over powering" The overall presentation of the contents page should entice the audience. It should give a good first impression A 16 year old girl said: The contents page makes me want to turn over and begin reading! The use of various colours, captions under page headings and the images used all contribute towards a sound reading"
14. Too much text scares readers away: especially a young target audience like mine. Therefore by spacing the paragraphs out and using images... It distracts the reader from the amount of text in the article A 16 year old girl said: “The layout is good because the text is in small blocks making it easy to read” Hyperbolic language, an exciting heading or snappy tagline will make the reader fascinated An 18 year old boy said “The title of the article is superb, "the new EDGE" instantly gets me as a reader questioning as to why this new and upcoming singer/song writer is a cut above the rest" A good piece of journalism flows, relates to the audience and keeps them entertained A 21 year old girl said: “the article helps the reader to imagine the situation and sympathise with the interviewee as well as feeling joyous on their behalf for the success of the music artist" FEATURE ARTICLE
15. Q6: Technology from the process of constructing my product InDesign, for the formation and composition of the magazine. At first I really struggled using this software but looking back at the tutorials handed out, I began to find easier solutions to text wrap and edit page layouts. I used Photoshop for editing images for my entire magazine. I actually found this very easy because I already had knowledge on how to use it. However trying to download fonts and paintbrushes was a tricky issue that I eventually tackled. 7.2 mega pixel Samsung camera for the taking of my images and Kodak scanner for my mood board and mock-up layouts. This helped me visualise what I wanted my final product to look like. By using various equipment and technology, it enables my music magazine to look 'professional' like any other music magazine on the market.
16. Using blogger to record my research, planning and evaluation was a good idea to help me continually build up on my progress. On the other hand, I’m very unorganised, therefore on occasions I would simply forget! Using facebook for both my questionnaire and audience feedback was easier than giving my target audience hard copies, it meant that I could ask my Christian friends in London and my cousin in Rome! Using a search engine like Google helps you track down all the research you need. For example, Google helped me find Salem Publishing and Christian music magazines currently on the market.
17. Preliminary VS. Final Product Colours are too bright and contrasting Image is not cut out properly: lack or precision Image is in high key lighting, well edited and airbrushed Sub-headings are positioned in a slanted angle to give it a more ‘edgy’ look Image is under-worked with hard lighting No straplines
18. Conclusion Overall I think that my final product is successful. With the use of well composed layouts on all my pages, edited images that look professional as well as establishing a new artist, I could actually see this music magazine on the market. On the other hand, I think that I could have improved on the colour scheme to make it more subtle and sophisticated. After 10 weeks of researching, planning and producing my final product... I am proud to say that Revelation magazine was solely created by me!