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Questionnaire for music mag
Are you male or female?
How old are you?
Do you read any music magazines at the moment?
If so, which ones?
What do you think would be a good genre to focus a magazine on?
Rock, Dance(If so should it be a specific section eg. drum and bass, hardstyle, dubstep)
What do you think would be a good name for a your chosen genre's magazine?
What stories do you think a music magazine should cover?
New bands, Gigs, Big bands, ALbum/single reviews, other....suggest
How much would you be willing to pay for the magazine?
£1, £1.50, £2.50 Other... suggest
How often do you think a magazine such as this should be produced?
weekly, fortnightly, monthly
What sort of photos do you think would look good with the magazine?
Band photoshoots, Live gig photos, photos of album artwork
How old are you?
Do you read any music magazines at the moment?
If so, which ones?
What do you think would be a good genre to focus a magazine on?
Rock, Dance(If so should it be a specific section eg. drum and bass, hardstyle, dubstep)
What do you think would be a good name for a your chosen genre's magazine?
What stories do you think a music magazine should cover?
New bands, Gigs, Big bands, ALbum/single reviews, other....suggest
How much would you be willing to pay for the magazine?
£1, £1.50, £2.50 Other... suggest
How often do you think a magazine such as this should be produced?
weekly, fortnightly, monthly
What sort of photos do you think would look good with the magazine?
Band photoshoots, Live gig photos, photos of album artwork
Textual analysis of MixMag Front Cover
Mixmag is a music magazine that is focused on the genre of dance, it covers all the dfferent sub sections from dubstep to Psy-trance. I would say that it is aimed towards the target market of teenagers and young adults that are interested in the dance music scene and that are interested in going out to gigs and partys. I'd say the front cover of the magazine portrays this very well as the neon colour scheme that is used with the fonts and lines gives the dance/rave look along with the young persons attraction, and then theres one main picture which is of a familiar face who is taking he dance scene by storm. This is a good attraction as he is young, and people who are into this genre of music will want to read about his success. The page is dominated by the main graphic in the background which even covers up the masthead for the magaizne's name along the top of the page. The net big sight that occupies your attention is the headline running across the centre of the page, which relates to the image in te background.
Then above the masthead are a few cover lines which is stating a fact about the size and reputation of the magazine. There is then a strapline above the main heading with a comment relating ot both the main article and the image in the background. The edge of the page is then surrounded with cover lines which co-operate with the colour scheme of the rest of the page. There is a small graphic in the top right hand orner which is advertising a website which is a very big party of the dance event system. The picture is of a young lady having fun which will most likely attract people who enjoy going out and enjoying themselves at events. It's quite a busy front cover with alot of cover lines acting as a sort of border around the edge of the page. However it doesn't look messy and is held together well by the continuous colour scheme through the pages text. I do class myself as part of the target audience for this magazine and if i saw this issue on a shelf i would pick it up and would think about buying it.
Then above the masthead are a few cover lines which is stating a fact about the size and reputation of the magazine. There is then a strapline above the main heading with a comment relating ot both the main article and the image in the background. The edge of the page is then surrounded with cover lines which co-operate with the colour scheme of the rest of the page. There is a small graphic in the top right hand orner which is advertising a website which is a very big party of the dance event system. The picture is of a young lady having fun which will most likely attract people who enjoy going out and enjoying themselves at events. It's quite a busy front cover with alot of cover lines acting as a sort of border around the edge of the page. However it doesn't look messy and is held together well by the continuous colour scheme through the pages text. I do class myself as part of the target audience for this magazine and if i saw this issue on a shelf i would pick it up and would think about buying it.
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Action Plan
Week 1
- Write Action Plan
- Textual Analysis Of KERRANG! Front cover
Week 2
- Textual Analysis Of Big Cheese Front Cover and Contents
- Textual Analysis Of MixMag Front cover, Contents and Double Page Spread
- Questionnaire
Week 3
- Colour and Font research
- Three Draft layouts
- Get audience feedback
Week 4
- Photo Shoot
- What i will include in the contents page
Week 5
- Three Front cover Drafts
- Get audience feedback
- Choose final Front Cover
Week 6
- Three Contents page drafts
- Get audience feedback
- Choose final Content Page
Week 7
- Two double page spread drafts
week 8
- One double page spread draft
- Get audience feedback
- Choose final double page spread
- Print it all of and tweak it
Week 9
- Evatualtion
Week 10
- Finish Evaluation
- Write Action Plan
- Textual Analysis Of KERRANG! Front cover
Week 2
- Textual Analysis Of Big Cheese Front Cover and Contents
- Textual Analysis Of MixMag Front cover, Contents and Double Page Spread
- Questionnaire
Week 3
- Colour and Font research
- Three Draft layouts
- Get audience feedback
Week 4
- Photo Shoot
- What i will include in the contents page
Week 5
- Three Front cover Drafts
- Get audience feedback
- Choose final Front Cover
Week 6
- Three Contents page drafts
- Get audience feedback
- Choose final Content Page
Week 7
- Two double page spread drafts
week 8
- One double page spread draft
- Get audience feedback
- Choose final double page spread
- Print it all of and tweak it
Week 9
- Evatualtion
Week 10
- Finish Evaluation
Monday, 18 January 2010
Textual analysis of the Kerrang's front cover
KERRANG! is a music magazine dedicated to all the different styles of rock music. The frst thing I notice when I first see the cover of Kerrang is that it is very visually dominated. There is the mian masthead at the top reading 'KERRANG' with a few cover lines above it, this dominates the top of the page and advertises the name of the magazine well. The next main text I notice is the main headline in the middle of the page which is covering the main article of the magazine. It then features some straplines underneath it relating to the headline above it, this may also be classified as a lure because fans of the bands named would want to read more about them.
The layout of the front page is based around graphics being used as the background with a tiled effect. These graphics are also relating back to the main headline with pictures of the bands featuring in the article. There are then additional pictures in the bottom left hand corner which don't relate to the headline but instead are a free giveaway of posters, this could be very useful when appealing to it's target market.
KERRANG!'s house style is always using very bold fonts and always using capital letters on their front covers. A house style for this magazine could also be the amount of graphics that are used for the magazine. This could show that KERRANG!s target audience are those that are drawn in by colourful interesting graphics. However there doesn't seem to be much of a colour scheme for this front cover other than the colour of the font which rotates between white and a gold colour. The rest of the colours of the cover seem to be whatever the artists of in the background seem to be wearing. I do like the whole look of the cover though, i class myself as part of the target market for this magazine and if i saw it on a shelf i would deffinately think about buying it, and it least pick it up to have a look.
The layout of the front page is based around graphics being used as the background with a tiled effect. These graphics are also relating back to the main headline with pictures of the bands featuring in the article. There are then additional pictures in the bottom left hand corner which don't relate to the headline but instead are a free giveaway of posters, this could be very useful when appealing to it's target market.
KERRANG!'s house style is always using very bold fonts and always using capital letters on their front covers. A house style for this magazine could also be the amount of graphics that are used for the magazine. This could show that KERRANG!s target audience are those that are drawn in by colourful interesting graphics. However there doesn't seem to be much of a colour scheme for this front cover other than the colour of the font which rotates between white and a gold colour. The rest of the colours of the cover seem to be whatever the artists of in the background seem to be wearing. I do like the whole look of the cover though, i class myself as part of the target market for this magazine and if i saw it on a shelf i would deffinately think about buying it, and it least pick it up to have a look.
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