Addressing My Audience

Release Form

risk assessment

Looking back at your preliminary task (the college magazine task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

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

Who would be the audience for your media product?

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

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

The media institution that could distribute my magazine is Bauer media. Bauer media is Europe’s largest privately owned publishing group, with a worldwide media empire having over 300 magazines in 15 countries. Bauer also works with radio stations and have a large audience of listeners. This magazine publishes other music magazines such as Q and Kerrang, and also brand kiss and 4music. These brands are music based like my music magazine chartz, which would be the reason why they might distribute my media product. My target audience is teenagers and young adults which is a very wide, this means many potential buyers for my magazine. My magazine would advertise films, beauty products, concert tours and new albums. I will be able to sell my magazine at the price of £2.50 on a weekly basis which is a reasonable and affordable price. The advantage of publishing my magazine with Bauer is that if it doesn’t top or even equal out to the same sales as Q or Kerrang it can be easily dropped and would stop being published as it would be lacking revenue which is was predicted and not making profit. But the magazine can be published as a online form and promote a subscription to my readers. If my magazine becomes popular I could possibly expand my media product to a radio station as well. 

Magazines publishers like IPC media would not publish my magazine as they focus on publishing more lifestyle and hobbies magazines. This wouldn’t fit with my magazine chartz which is a charts music magazine. 

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Production Scheduled

Week 1 (October 12th) Drafts for three products
Week 2 (November 2nd) Front cover (cover lines, title, bar-code, date)
Week 3 (November 9th) Photo shoot with Tash 
Week 4 (November 16th) add pictures for the front cover
Week 5 (November 30th) Add pictures for feature article
Week 6 & 7(December 7th - December 18th)continue working on all products
Week 8 & 9 (January 6th - January 20th) finish off my three products
Week 10 (January 20th) look back through all products and make any small final changes

Contact sheet

Location, Props and Costume

Location:

I decided to do my location for the photoshoot in my front root, as it was very spacious when moving the sofa away from the way, allowing my model to be able to move into different positions. I was able to take advantage of the natural light coming in from the window. I didn’t want any of my pictures to have a background when shooting with my model (Fleur East). Other pictures I used such as Miley Cyrus was taken at the O2 arena in London when I went to see her at The Bangerz Tour in 2014. I fitted with the magazine so I decided to use it as the pose and the picture looks very professional. Another Image on my contents page was taken at Disney Land in America from September 2015, when I watched the parade. I thought it would link with my age group as every teenager dreams of going to Disneyland Orlando, so I used it for my competition photo.

Costume:

I used the same outfit on my model for all three shots, apart from one when I added a leather jacket to change the look. My model is wearing a grey high neck belly t-shirt, black skinny jeans, grey leather jacket with a gold chain necklace. She also shows her tattoos which gives the image a different edge. In the Miley Cyrus picture, she is wearing a high rise one piece which has the pattern of American notes on, cowboy boots, a backpack and green glasses.   

Props:

Props:

In the Miley Cyrus picture, the props used was sunglasses and a backpack to complete the image and represent the wildness in her. In the Disneyland picture the props used include the float with Minnie and mickey mouse featured on them and Cinderella and prince charming castle featured in the background. When having a photoshoot with my model we didn’t really use props and we focused on the different poses she could use instead to make the picture very dominating by using eye contact and sexual poses. 

Finished Products

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

Feature Article Draft

Contents Page Draft

Front Cover Draft

Font Mood Board

Font Mood Board

This is my font mood board which are possible ideas of the type of font I would like to put on my magazine front cover. I have chosen to text ‘music magazine’ as I am currently still deciding on what I would like to choose as my mast head. The fonts I have chosen are mainly ones which have a different type of style to them. This will make the magazine have a different qwerky style to it which other magazines would not have. I have also chosen some fonts which have a traditional and simple style to it in case when I make the magazine it needs a simple touch to it, so it doesn’t make it over the top. In this mood board I haven’t added any colour to it as yet as I am not too sure of the colour for my mast head. My target audience is females aged 13-25 as it is a charts magazine I will need to choose a font which would be appealing to them. So possibly a more traditional look or one which is very classy would attract them to the magazine more.

Colour Mood Board

Colour Mood Board

The colours I have chosen to place on my mood board are different shades of black, blue, red, white, green and pink. I have chosen these colours as these where the feedback I received from my questionnaire which I posted on survey monkey. My target audience Is teenage girls aged from 13-20 so the use of black, white, red and pink will defiantly be the colours I feature on the magazine cover but the uses of green and blue will be able to tone it down. As the magazine I am creating is a charts magazine it will feature different types of music but mainly pop. The blue will look really well as I am having a male model featuring on the front cover. Giving it a cool feel to it. I want the front cover to be eye catching which is also why have picked bright colours as well as black. I’m not so sure on the dark side of the colours but this will all depend on how the front cover picture is taken and if it is in dark or light shading. Once I have done a practice on the front cover this will give myself a clearer view on how I use these colours in my music magazine.

Questionnaire Analysis

Questionnaire analysis

I posted a questionnaire on survey monkey which would give me advice on what the public would want when I design my music magazine.

The first question I asked was ‘what is your gender and age?’  The age range I mostly got responses from where around 17- 20 years old. 84 % where females and 16% where males who responded to the questionnaire. This shows that my main target audience will be females aged in the teens.

The second question I asked was ‘How much are you willing to pay for a music magazine which will be published weekly?’ 31% said that they are willing to spend £1.50 and then close behind was £2.50-£3.00 which is what 21%. £1.50 is a very reasonable price for a weekly magazine.

The third question I asked was ‘What genre of music are you mostly interested in?’ which majority of 63% said pop. This will fit in really well with my theme of charts music as majority of music is pop in the charts.

The fourth question I asked was ‘Do you keep up to date with the music charts regularly?’ 58% said yes they do keep up to date with the music charts and 42% said no they don’t. My magazine is going to be based around the music charts so I am glad that a lot more people said yes to this question.

The fifth question I asked was ‘Do you download music or purchase the CD?’ 53% said they download music and 47% said they purchase CD’s. This gives me a clear idea of the type of advertisement to put in my music magazine.

The sixth question I asked was ‘Who are your favourite artists at the moment?’ the five top artists that got the most comments was Matt Cardle, Sam Smith, James Bay, Ed Sheeran and Little mix. This shows me that Male solo artists are what people are most interested in listening to at the moment.

The seventh question I asked was ‘Rank the features in order which you would mostly like to see in a music magazine?’ there was seven options and the order received was: 1. Concerts, 2. Interviews, 3. new releases, 4. Top 40, 5. Quiz, 6. Album/single reviews, 7. Competitions. I will be taking this order into consideration and making sure at least something on the top five is in my music magazine.

The eighth question I asked was ‘What would attract you to the front cover of a music magazine?’ which 79% said a famous person. Which shows that when making my magazine placing a singer on the front cover will make it attractive.

The ninth question I asked was ‘What colours attract you to magazines?’ the six top ones we received where black, white, red, yellow, pink and blue.  This gives me some colours to consider when making my magazine.

The tenth question I asked was ‘Do you like to see advertisement in a magazine?’ 50% said yes and 50% said no. so In my magazine I will be putting advertisement.

Original Ideas Statement

Original ideas statement

The type of magazine I have chosen to make is a charts magazine. My target audience will be girls aged 13-25. The age where you are still at school and you talk about the latest bands up to the age of a young adult where you still go out and party. This means that the genre of music I will be focusing on will mainly be pop but will have other genres included. I have chosen to pick this type of magazine as I keep up to date with the music charts, they are the biggest solo artists and groups making the charts weekly. Many people are interested in the music charts and everyone likes to keep up to date with the newest music. Inspired me was music magazines such as Top of the Pops but would want to make it more adult’s versions but teenagers could still be interested in.