Google mock up ideas

mock up of a front cover:  contents page:  double page spread:

Double page spread and Contents page house styles

Colour scheme ideas, Name ideas and feature story ideas

I have chosen this colour scheme because it is bold and this will stand out to the audience making them more likely to buy it. Name suggestion: ·         Hard Edge ·         Vanguard ·         Phenomenon ·         Hard core ·         Acid Rock ·         Fusion ·         Whiplash ·         OUTKAST ·         Hellion ·         Fire starter ·         Resurgence ·         7 deadly sins ·         Vitreous ·         KRANK ·         Arson I chose these names because they fit the genre of music that i am going to interpret in my product.The final choice for my product is OUTKAST. The choice is deliberately written  wrong because it appeals to the audience due to it being interesting. These cover stories will appeal to my audience because they are from the magazine typically associated with the audience of my genre.I have chosen to make the product i am going to create be a upcoming band that is rising to fame.This will make the product have more versilimatude because nobody knows who my cover artists are.

Mise-en-scene location and prop ideas

-Show a variety of images and locations you would like to shoot your magazine, show where you may have got this inspiration from and why you feel it will appeal to you audience.

-Demonstrate what props you feel would be desirable to use in your photo shoot for you magazine including musical instruments or other props you may have seen while conducting your research and explain why you have made these choices.

Costume designs

I have chosen these outfits because they fit the genre of my audience.I searched for rock costumes(screenshot above) and looked closely at the typical outfit and i saw that most typical rock artists wear skinny jeans(black and ripped).Some of the artist wore extensive make up but i decided against it due to the excessive use of it in new artist.

Social class & demographic of my product

To state which social class you will be aiming your magazine at. -To state how you will adhere to their needs -To decide on the price of the magazine -Understand what free gifts/ prizes they would like -How the social class table will help you with your feature stories and target audience.

Style/ iconography of my product

Name suggestion: ·         Hard Edge ·         Vanguard ·         Phenomenon ·         Hard core ·         Acid Rock ·         Fusion ·         Whiplash ·         Outcast ·         Hellion ·         Fire starter ·         Resurgence ·         7 deadly sins ·         Vitreous ·         KRANK ·         Arson

My reader profile

Design your own reader profile for your magazine, include the areas you noticed when researching in to other profiles. Include imagery and statistics (these will be made up accordingly to suit the target you are aiming to consume your product.)

Reader Gender :Female readers                                    57.14% 
Male     readers                                    42.86%

 Average age: 17

 Household income: £00.000-£59.999         

Age: 16-19

Cover price : £3.50

Readership: 250'000

Circulation: 25.624

Social media:

The most used social media is twitter.Everyone of the readers say that they follow someone on twitter.

Twitter            100.0% Facebook        36.36 %Instagram        18.18 %

YouTube         09.09%

Total copies sold (2014): 763'972

Working full time: 12%

Unemployed: 88%

Our Readers:

Our target audience are interested in rock music,band merchandise,band articles and keeping up with the bands/singers they enjoy listening to. 

Reader profile research

-Explain what a reader profile is -Show an existing reader profile and break down each area and state why it is important for a magazine to understand their audience and profile their readers. For e.g. what type of audience does it attract? Gender ratio? Age or reader? Social class bracket? Where they distribute? What makes it desirable/ the audiences want to consume it? -State what you think your reader will want -What is the purpose of a reader profile?

-How will a reader profile help sell your product?

social economic group diagram:

what is a reader profile?                                                                   

a reader profile is the analysis of the audience for a media text.creating a profile helps companies decipher their target audience.choosing the target audience for companies will make their product more appealing and makes the company get more money.

KERRANG magazine reader profile 

KERRANG magazine is published by Hamburg based Bauer Media Group .This group also publish the magazine 'Q'.It was a monthly magazine then it became fortnightly and in 1987 it became a weekly magazine. the audience for this magazine is mostly males aged 15-24.the ratio is 60%-40%.it is important for a company to have a reader profile because it can help choose free gift,competitions and articles for the chosen reader.if the magazine didn't have one not many of its current readers would read it.Including these this make the magazine reliable and make KERRANG more money during it duration. 
a lot of the readers of this magazine are in the demographic groups A B C1 this is because these people are more likely to buy the magazine than the others because of their disposable income.the median age for a kerrang magazine reader is 19. this means the magazine will use a lot of 'teen terminology' to try and make the magazine relate more  to their audience.

Genre research

Conventions analysis double page spread

Conventions analysis of a DPS of a music magazine. LIIAR to be applied and each area to be explained in detail

Language 

The main quote for the feature artist is displayed in capitals and in black and pink colours

.This conveys how the people don't understand Cher Lloyd and blame her for their children going bad, this also show people who judge her that she is different to what they think she is.

 The colour scheme for this double page spread is pink and white,these colours are usually used in the typical pop magazine like this is. The picture of Cher Lloyd takes up the most space on the spread and conveys to the audience that she is getting bigger and more famous.

Institution

 The institution is 'We Love Pop! magazine'.This magazine was first published on the 20th of July 2011.The target audience for this is of 13-15 year old girls with the specific music genre love for pop..the editor of this magazine is Malcolm Mackenzie, he used to be the music editor of the London Paper.The print run of this magazine is 200'000.The demand for this type of magazine has increased due to a lot of new pop artists like taylor swift are rising to become big stars.

Ideology 

This magazine is the typical pop magazine and doesn't defy the normal expectations which loses the readers interest. This magazine catches a lot of attention due to its use of big pop celebrities on the front and in the magazine. Unlike some other magazines this magazine includes free gifts for the reader which entices the audience to read it more to get the gifts.

Audience And Representation 

The audience for this magazine is teenage girls that like the pop genre of music. The pictures used in this article is of Cher Lloyd who was on the X factor and this is used because she is a well known British pop artist like one direction.the negative quote from Cher catches the audience attention due to people wanting to read controversy. The large image also gets recognized by the audience and Cher is big which can convey she is big in the UK but not in America and other places yet and she wants to be. 

Conventions analysis contents page

Conventions analysis of a contents page of a music magazine. LIIAR to be applied and each area to be explained in detail.

Content's  page LIIAR Analysis

Rock music magazine :Q

Language 

The main image used in this content page of Lana Del ray is made evident it is the main image

 made evident by the size of it on the contents page.it is bigger then the rest of the additional images.the main image is an extreme close-up of Lana Del rays face because she is the feature artist.a red blood like substance seems to be dripping down her face may covey the pain she has put into her music.the article  text fits around the image conveying the importance of Lana Del  ray.the layout is simple and shows the audience that the magazine doesn't mess around and it get straight to the point and only cares about the music the audience listens to.

Institution 

Q is a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.the founders are

 Mark Ellen and David Hepworth. This magazine is for the older generation because they felt that the new technology wasn't good enough for the older generation,this included buying CDs

Q was not the original name of the magazine was supposed to be cue which link to a cue of music/recording and that it is ready to be played the name  changed due to the fact it could be mistaken for a snooker magazine. put into place on Q's 200th edition,was that a single letter would catch the readers attention more on the newsstands. in 2008 EMAP sold the magazine titles including Q to Bauer Media Group

Ideology 

.the magazine doesn't conform to typical ideology associated with the Bauer Media Group

 it is run by.the other magazine the group publishes is KERRANG! Which is a rock magazine.this magazine is on the other end of the line to KERRANG! the slogan for Q is 'Different Take On Music.' which links to the fact this magazine is for the older generation.

Audience and Representation 

the Audience for this magazine is people in the older generation typically in their 30's and 40's.this magazine shows the audience the style of magazine in the contents page by showing the main /additional images.these images are a mix variety and have lots of different types of music and not just one.this makes the magazine defy conventions because they typical only are influenced by one type of music. 

Conventions analysis front cover

Conventions analysis of a front cover of a music magazine. LIIAR to be applied and each area to be explained in detail.

Front cover LIIAR Analysis

Rock music magazine :Kerrang!

Language

The font of the masthead looks cracked because it link to the violent stereotype of this genre of magazine. This also links to the sound of a distorted electric guitar playing a power cord,which links to the onomatopoeic meaning of the name of the magazine. The use of the crack also determine how the magazine is old but it has not fizzled out yet. The cracks can also symbioses the typical 'smashing of glass' by music that is too loud,this relates to the genre of this magazine because of the 'rock theme'. The black masthead is also typical to the rock genre as most rock bands associate with it.

Institution 

This magazine was founded by Alan Lewis .It is published by Hamburg based Bauer Media Group .This group also publish the magazine 'Q' which appeals to an alternative audience. The first issue was released on 6 June 1981. When it was first released it was released as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper.in the early 2000's this magazine became the best selling British magazine. It was a monthly magazine then it became fortnightly and in 1987 it became a weekly magazine. The original owner of the magazine United Newspapers sold it to EMAP in the year of 1991. 

.Ideology 
This magazine doesn't conform to typical ideology because it encourages its audience to broaden its musical taste with them using lots of different types of 'rock' including Punk-Rock,Heavy Metal and indie. The slogan of Kerrang is 'life is loud', this slogan represents the 'genre ' of the magazine and how people shouldn't just be quite to fit in. Kerrang magazine also doesn't have a specific age range audience.e.g teenager because it applies to a broad variety of people. The colour scheme of the magazine also defies conformation as it is dark and not brightly colours like most magazines.

Audience And Representation

The target audience for this magazine is 18-25 years old that enjoy listening to the  rock,heavy metal,punk and indie genres. The audience is shown through the main/additional images which are deemed as violent which relates to this genre of music. The use of the band (5 Seconds Of Summer) looking at the audience makes them connect with them as the audience feel as though they are looking at them and connecting with them.the 'typical' outfit for this rock magazine is present, in this issue 5 Seconds Of Summer are wearing black skinny jeans and plaid shirt/sleeveless shirts. The Punk-Rock band have dark clothing on which ties into the  genre of music of this magazine. The band 5 Seconds Of Summer are associated with all time low and all time low are included in their subtitle,this means 5SOS are reaching out to a broader audience by reaching to all time low's fans. 

Main 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.

Evaluation Questions

How have you used technology?
I have used a DSLR camera to take the images.this makes them better quality then using a consumer camera. I have used Photoshop to edit my photo.I have used the internet to search for stereotypical college magazines.

What have you learnt from this task?
When making my magazine  I found that it was harder to make the magazine.The problems I encountered where actually finding an artist form my front cover.I have learnt to develop my skills in Photoshop to make my image better.I have learnt about how to make my color not clash using an online software called color wheel.

What conventions have you used and why?
 I have used books and a 'educational' looking environment to make the magazine have more verisimilitude.I have used an artist that fits in the stereotype of college students.


What would you change if you were to do this task again?
I would make the image better.I would make the shot a mid shot and make sure the artist is the center of the magazine. I would also make sure that the lighting In the image better.