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

Media Brief

To design a front cover, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine.  All images and text used must be original, a minimum of four images must be used.

Front Cover!

Mock up's

Hand drawn front cover

Initial ideas

Mood board

Examples of shots

Conventions Analysis