Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Questionaire: Answers

1) What genre of magazine do you read or interested in reading?

Person 1: I listen to all types of music, but I would most like to read a rock magazine.
Person 2: Rock or Hip Hop
Person 3: Soft Rock
Person 4: Pop

2) What interests you most about your choice?

Person 1: I find Rock interesting to read as it always looks or sounds energetic and interesting to read as rockstars have the craziest lifestyles.
Person 2: I don't know really. I just like the style of music.
Person 3: Soft Rock is the only genre of music I enjoy. I don't like heavy metal rock as they just shout.
Person 4: I like the way Popstars look and they are interesting to read up about. I have read autobiographies of Olly Murs and he is extremely interesting to read about, and from then onwards I just fell in love with the genre.

3) How much would be the maximum you pay for a magazine of your interest?

Person 1: £10. I am really interested in Rock and I love to read. I also have a goal to be a rockstar in the future as rockstars always seems like a fun job. The lifestyle is interesting and performing to people is what I love.
Person 2: £4
Person 3: £5
Person 4: £4

4) What would most interest you in purchessing a magazine out of the following; Exclusive interviews? Free giveaways? Live event reviews? New bands or songs released? Official charts? Life stories of a certain band? Or what s the latest from bands of the specific genre?

Person 1: All of them. I think they all build up to make a magazine interesting to read.
Person 2: Exclusive interviews
Person 3: Free giveaways and exclusive interviews
Person 4: Exclusive interviews

5) What is the most eye-catching part of a magazine for you?

Person 1: Bright colours, interesting pull quotes, generall things like that.
Person 2: The title of the magazine
Person 3: Title of the magazine or the picture
Person 4: The picture of the popstar is most eye-catching as I love popstars.

6) Would you like to be given a free music CD of all the latest songs when you purchess a magazine of your choice?

Person 1: Yes. That would be quite good.
Person 2: Yes
Person 3: Yes
Person 4: Yes

7) Which pictures would you like to see on a front cover of a music magazine?

Person 1: A picture of the band I am most interested in.
Person 2: I suppose a picture of a big star
Person3: Of someone playing live
Person 4: A picture of a boy band or a boy popstar.

Saturday, 19 January 2013

Questionaire

1) What genre of magazine do you read or interested in reading?

2) What interests you most about your choice?

3) How much would be the maximum you pay for a magazine of your interest?

4) What would most interest you in purchessing a magazine out of the following; Exclusive interviews? Free giveaways? Live event reviews? New bands or songs released? Official charts? Life stories of a certain band? Or what s the latest from bands of the specific genre?

5) What is the most eye-catching part of a magazine for you?

6) Would you like to be given a free music CD of all the latest songs when you purchess a magazine of your choice?

7) Which pictures would you like to see on a front cover of a music magazine?

Music Magazine


Monday, 14 January 2013

Genre's

Music Magazine project

For my Media project I am creating a music magazine. I will have to create a front page, contents page and a double page spread for a magazine which I will have to invent the name of. I will be doing some research on magazines to get some ideas on a typical proffessional magazine, and I will try to create a magazine which looks proffessional.

My project:
I will have to first chose a genre of my choice and attempt to fit the target audience for that genre. Then I will have to think of a suitable name for my magazine which links to the genre of my choice. Then I will have to research and plan how I will create my magazine or research all the steroetypes of the genre I have chosen. I will also have to take a few pictures of someone with a suitable shot angle/type or mise-en-scene which relates to my genre of music. Furthermore, I will be typing up my own article to include in my magazine. I will also need to research the props needed for a rock group or the stereotypical clothing. To get further information, I shall be creating a survey or have mini interviews with people to find out what they will like to see in a magazine or what they think will be a good addition to my music magazine.

Plan:

Genre: The genre I have chosen is rock. I have chosen this genre as I believe I have the most knowledge of the rock genre as I have grew up listening to the style of music and I have a rough idea how to create a rock magazine. I know the stereotypes of the rock genre and I am able to portray that in the magazine I am creating. I will need to look at other genres of music magazines so I can contrast or see what is similar. This will help me to be able to get the genre of rock correct when creating a music magazine.

Target Audience: My target is going to be from 14 years old to 40 years old. The reason being is that I believe I can create a magazine suitable for this age range, the target audience will be mostly male gender but also a little of the female gender as I believe woman can also be involved in rock music.

Magazine Name: I have chosen the name 'Shutdown' as it relates to the genre of my magazine. It also has a good catch to it and it will be remembered at first glance. Also the typography of the masthead relates to a electric guitar vibrating with the sound going through peoples, this is indicated in the rough edges of the masthead.