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Research and planning: Initial idea for music magazine

My initial idea for my music magazine is going to pop; it is going to be for students, aged 16-21. I have looked at pop magazines, to give me ideas of what to put in my magazine. I’m going to put pictures in my magazine and on the front cover and my magazine will have lots of colors in it. 

Kerrang

Bauer Media Group is the company that makes Kerrang. Bauer Media reaches over nineteen million UK adults across multiple media channels. They have more than eighty influential media brands spanning a wide range of interests, including heat, GRAZIA, Closer, MCN, FHM, Parkers, MATCH, Magic 105.4, Kiss 100, Kerrang and 4Music.

NME

IPC media (time inc) are the company that makes NME.  The company make lots of magazines for both men and women. IPC Media produces over 60 iconic media brands, with print alone reaching almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men – almost 26 million UK adults – while our websites collectively reach over 20 million users every month (Omniture). There audiences for their magazines are mainly for teenagers and young adults. But they are aimed at both genders.

Introduction to main task

Now that i have completed the prelim task. I am going to begin research and planning for the main task. The main task is to produce a music magazine, a front page, contents page and double page spread. Before i can make the magazine i need to research some existing products.

Introduction to main task

Now that i have completed the prelim task. I am going to begin research and planning for the main task. The main task is to produce a music magazine, a front page, contents page and double page spread. Before i can make the magazine i need to research some existing products. The action plan is to compare magazines and research the magazine market place. Research similar products: 3X front covers, 2X contents page, 2X double page spread. Initial ideas, audience research, writing a treatment plan. Layout/masthead ideas. Plan photo shoot and take photos. Drafting of pages. Audience feedback. Evaluation. Then the deadline.

Evaluation Task

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Before I created my magazine I looked at other student magazines. It gave me an insight of what student magazines look like. I realised that I need to use more informal language in the magazine rather than formal language. Also when I looked at other magazines I realised that you need to draw the audience in by using colors and bold writing. 

  How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My magazine is aimed at students so I made it look like something I would want to read. I used photographs of students around college or places where students go so it looks fun and exiting. For the front cover I used a mid close up of a student drinking.  On the contents page I used images of students in college. I tried to make my images quite bright so they stand out. The text I used wasn’t too formal so it looked appealing to the audience. I used different colors throughout so they stand out to the audience.

      What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

We looked at student magazines before to see how the layout was. I think my magazine was inspired by many magazines and the magazines I looked at gave me ideas of what I could put on my student magazine. I would sell my magazine at college. I have included things about fashion and the latest music in my magazine. I think this is good because it is different from having things about careers and university in a student magazine, it would make it more fun for the student to read. I think also it could be sold in different colleges for students to buy.

     Who would be the audience for your media product?

My audience is 16-18 year olds, they would be college students, it would mainly be for females but some males could read it to.

      How did you attract/address your audience?

I attract my audience through the font, the use of colour, image choice and the layout of the front page. The colours were quite bright and stood out. I used bright colours to highlight the most important parts on the front cover. The price is highlighted in blue to stand out. I tried to make the design on the contents page different to the front cover by using different colours for the writing. I wrote contents in purple but used the same font as the magazines name ‘wakie’. The magazines name ‘wakie’ was in a red colour.

    What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

When creating this project I used software that I have never used before. I used InDesign what I had never used before, also I edited pictures in Photoshop which is something I don’t normally do.

 

Front cover and Contents page