Friday, 3 May 2013
Music magazine questionnare
Target Audience Questionnaire Results
- From my results i had gathered that my target audience would be from upper school/college stutents from 16 onward until the young adult around the ages of 23, i am aiming towards those who are unemployed or are in education so the magazine will be at a low cost, being affordable for the target audience.
- The target audience for this magazine will generally live in london and prefer to get theircopy weekly for the low cost, the offer of £4.99 a month will also help fit the target audiences price range.
- They will be up to date with the latest technology being able to access the promoted website on my magazine through their phones and listen to the suggested artists and songs with their latest technology.
- They will be living at home or in their own place and will be a very sociable person, as well very friendly and haev alot of friends, the "cool" character, being able to share their latest magazine information.
- The target audience will be into fashion and gaining style tips from celebrity's and the section in the magazine and prefer the information they read to be sectioned, informative and simple so that they do not get bored of reading.
- My target audience will be into technology such as gaming and social networking, they will also love movies and movie soundtracks alongside going out alot.
PRE - PRODUCTION: Front cover analysis
The conventions for this music magazine front cover had attracted me more than any other and had also influence me on my own music magazine, for starters the colour scheme, a clear, smooth grey background with the use of black text and red embellishments to guide the viewers eyes all around the page.
The use of the massive celebrity all across the entire page of which has a direct mode of address really attracts the audience, the mean look on his face shows a sense of hip hop and that he also means business, making the readers want to look into this.
The use of huge text to promote the celebrities name, nice and creative a great technique in keeping everything busy and short for the viewer.
The masthead in red, so that the viewer immediately knows which magazine this is as it is the colour which stands out on the page.
The text is very well placed, not too much to read and has alot of brief information showing what this magazine has to offer to the reader .
This issue of enemy is another with the smooth colour of grey in the background whilst using the colour of red as an embellishment to guide the readers eyes all around the page, the girl spread across the page, draws alot of attention to her, showing that this magazine is " cool " as the girl is rebellious as she is smoking and the way she is dressed is very laid back, like an " i dont care " view.
The soft white tone to show what this magazine has for everyone to see inside and the bold masthead in the top left corner clearly showing off who they are and guiding the viewers eyes at the same time.
aswell as the previous front cover this one has a use of big text on the front, a nice creative style to promote the central celebrity on the front cover.
On this front cover of vibe like my previous covers, this one contains once again big writing, the use of big writing shows a sense of creativity and is used not the get the target audience of the magazine bored by just reading the front cover.
also the use of red as an embellishment was once again used in this front cover, it is clear that it is a great colour to guide a viewers eyes, the small sectioned information on what is in this magazine once again keeps the magazine exciting, leaving the readers to want to find out more.
the main image of the celebrity is centralized across the entire height of the page, attracting the audience to him immediately.
the celebrity being in formal wear such as the suit gives off a sense of formality and maturity in this magazine alongside the direct mode of address and smile, automatically bringing the viewers in wondering what this guy is about as this is an urban magazine
PRE-PRODUCTION: Double page spread analysis
The conventions for this cover which i liked most were the firstly the colour scheme, a rather mature and simplistic sense of colour where the black and gold blend elegantly together, the massive image on the left page draws great attention to the person who this is representing alongside the smaller image in the top right of the right page, of which blends in wonderfully with the page sending off a vibe of mystery.
The placement of the text seems greatly positioned aswell as the mixture of the white and gold used on the texts obviously used to direct your eyes across the pages, making the reader see everything that is on both pages.
The celebrity centralized massive across both pages is the most attention drawing across the whole thing letting the audience know who this is about easliy.
The simple placement of the text works well as it cooperated by working its way around the character and linking in negatively with the information box in the top right corner of the page.
PRE - PRODUCTION: Contents Page analysis
The conventions in this magazine which made this contents page most appealing in my eyes is the colour scheme, it works perfectly, nearly everything on the page is completely grey with the touch of red on the celebrity's chest, greatly drawing attention to him standing out from the rest of the page.
The feature list is well organised, nice short and sweet sections and easy to use not leaving people bored or confused when looking for what they want.
The giant V in the back symbolizes that the title of the magazine is vibe, keeping up with the theme almost like their trademark.
The positioning of the celebrity giving a direct mode of address attracts the audience to focus on them as he is drawing you to look at him and the use of a plain colour such as black to direct your eyes around the page.
This contents page from enemy has a perfect layout which influenced my magazine greatly, the amazing use of colours such as the colour red, a great colour to stand out from the simple black and white, cleverly scattered across the page so that the reader lays their eyes on everything that is on the page.
The excellent use of page direction such as the band index on the left showing you which band will be on which page aswell as the right side which tells you general pages and where you can find general thing.
The subscription box is great, stands out from the page and is well designed, looking like it offers alot instantly making the reader want to subscribe to the magazine.
the positioning and the amount of text used for example the tiny article in massive writing grabbing the readers attention and giving a taste of whats coming and the use of the image above giving a clear example of the band in action.
This contents page from source magazine is very basic however it goes nicely together, the use of one main image right in the centre across the entire height of the page alongside the well placed text just to the left of it clearly shows that this magazine is all about the celebrities and showing that theres not too much information.
The issue number in the top right keeping everyone up to date and the simple use of black and white again, keeping it simple so its easy to get around, its easy on the eye, letting the rest of the magazine stand out in comparison to the contents page.
Music Magazine Moodboard
I chose this selection of pictures in relation to the theme of my magazine as i feel that they represent hip hop the most.
For example the cockiness and confidence in the picture of chris brown (top right corner) alongside the vintage pictures of Run DMC and LL Cool J (Bottom Right corner), the red, black and white colours on the "Hip Hop" picture share the same scheme as my magazine, representing hip hop and standing out from the other images.
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