Final Front Cover

Fifth draft

Progress for 5th draft

Fourth draft

Third draft

Second draft

First draft

Photo shoot

Price and Publishing

Genre of music

The genre of music I have chosen to dedicate my music magazine to is alternative and indie music.  The reason I chose to create my magazine including this music type is because, as well as it being my favourite genre of music, it it becoming more prominent among the music industry as people don't just listen to conventional pop music.  Alternative music is more advertised as festivals and gigs are becoming more popular with audiences. Indie music usually communicates what type of genre they are by following conventions which people expect to see, such as bands playing guitars, and walking through a field in their music video.  Indie artists which are well known include: Mumford and Sons, The xx, The Courteeners, The Vaccines, Foals, Kids In Glass Houses and Jake Bugg.
  

Top 40 download chart

Own Reader Profile

Different fonts

These are different fonts I looked at that I thought would look good for my masthead.  They stand out as they are bold and are easy to read.  My favourite font's are 'sex pistols,' 'lead,' 'impacted,' and 'broken.'  I think I will use one of them for my final product.  All fonts fit my music genre, alternative,  as they are original.

Target audience

The target audience that I will be aiming for is primarily males aged between 16 and 25; my magazine will also be suitable for females aged between 16 and 25.   My target audience will listen to indie and alternative music as that is the genre of my music magazine.  They will also enjoy going to live gigs; including small and upcoming band and festivals such as Leeds festival.  The audience I am targeting will be modern and appreciate and own recent gadgets.  This means that they may download the magazine on a smart phone instead of buying it; because of this I would need to make the magazine accessible to download.  My target audience will enjoy reading the magazine's content, but images will be a main point of the magazine to attract the audience and to make it seem more light hearted.
 

Analysis

Practice photoshoot

Inspiration

Pete Doherty

This is an interview of Pete Doherty while having a photo shoot.  He wears a range of clothing and uses different props in each image.

Lighting effects

This video shows how different lighting effects can be used to change an image.  It also shows hhow to use props, make up and hair styling in a photo shoot.

H&M catwalk

The catwalk video shows alternative female outfits that could be used for a magazine, although some of the outfits would be better suited for a pop music magazine.

Topman catwalk

This video of a catwalk shows the type of clothing that can be described as alternative and indie, which is the genre of my music magazine.  This can give me inspiration as to what I dress my artist or band in.

Florence + the Machine photoshoot

This video shows Florence and the Machine having a photo shoot while giving an interview.  The photo shoot is at different locations; outside in some gardens and inside in a grand house.  This gives me an idea to not have the same background on each photo, especially in the double page spread.

Kasabian photoshoot

This is a video of the band Kasabian having a photo shoot for NME magazine.  It shows them when they having the double page spread photos taken, props are used in this photo.  The video also includes the main singer Sergio giving an interview.  This would be a good idea to do with my artists for my magazine.

NME: photoshoot

This video shows a behind the scenes at an NME photo shoot.  As I am creating a photo shoot, I could video what I'm doing to make a video similar to this.

Lighting effects

Costume

Hand drawn mock ups

Location/Props

Focus Group Video

ICT Mock ups

Theory

Initial ideas for a music magazine

The demographic range I will be targeting is males and females, ages 16 – 30, people in full time and part time work, but primarily students.  The social grade I will aim for is BC1C2DE.  To achieve this, in my magazine I will include competitions and free gifts.  The magazine will be relatively cheap e.g. £2.50, it will be sold weekly, will have around 60 – 70 pages and will be sold in newsagents, stationary shops such as WHS and supermarkets.

Demographics

Researching reader profiles has helped me in planning my music magazine by helping me understand what certain audiences like depending on what music genre they prefer. 

Reader Profile

Music Mood Board

Focus Group Questions

1. Would you consider downloading an app to read a magazine on smart phones, ipads, iphones, computers etc
2. Do you read music magazines?  If so what type?
3. How much are you willing to pay for a music magazine?
4. What attracts you to read music magazines?
5. What do you think can be improved on existing magazines?
6. What would you like to see in music magazines?
7. How do you like music magazines to be layed out?  E.g. images, articles
8. Would you prefer just one genre or a mixture of genres in a music magazine?
9. Would you be interested in competitions or quizzes in a magazine?

Conventions

Front Page:

• Short, memorable magzine title
• Large, dominant icon, making clear the title of the magazine
• Subject's face can be easily and clearly seen, with eye contact
• Large, dominant, full page image of one of the main articles in the magazine (with a band displayed
• Bright colour scheme, with colourful clothing
• Thumbnails of other important articles
• Language techniques used to anchor articles
• Price
• Teasing contents
• Competitions and free gifts

Contents Page:

• Page title at the top of the page with the date of the issue
• Quoted from various articles
• Features section
• Images from various articles
• Continuous colour scheme throughout
• Images of artists both performing and on a set
• Page number giving reference to location of articles, with the name of the articles
• Large, clear font
• Few external advertisements from other institutions on the contents page
• Various language techniques

Double Page Spread:

• Page title at the top left of the page, indicating what the page contains
• Name of the artist in large, clear font, for big impact amongst other articles
• A continuous colour scheme used over two pages
• Introduction to the article
• The article itself, written in columns - clear font
• Contact details, to get in touch with the editor
• Highlighted quotes from the article
• Some text highlighted with large, bold, colourful font
• Many pictures of the band included over the pages
• Often contain 'extra information' columns
• Some text drags over the page