Ashleigh Hoey AS Media Studies: 2009

Thursday, 26 November 2009

Main Task - The Content

Front cover image: Jack Clark
Other images: Guitar, fans & microphone
Coverlines: Free hippies on the hill CD, 50 must see gigs. From The Saturdays to Poalo Nutini, Engery awards winners & losers, The fans review on May's music, Ultimate Playlist, X-factor we will be the judge, Guitar lessons with?, Singer sensation Jack Clark
Text from Contents: Energy, Contents, May 2010,Regular: gig reviews, fans letters, hot & not list, Alexa Chung's songs, making the video, gig dates, top 50 songs

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Main Task - Article.

Main Task - Research

In order to create my own music magazine I conducted some research. I researched the content of what is in other magazines, the magazines i looked is Q and NME.

Q:

Price: £3.90
Frequency of publication: Monthly
Issue size: 162 pages
Regular content: access all areas, soap box, New to Q, Q hero, My record collection, Cash for questions, A round with..., Q50, Q Quiz
Feature articles: 50 gigs you must see, Sting, Green day, Pop babylon, Prodigy, Beastie boys, Rick Wakeman.

NME:

Price: £2.30
Frequency of publication: Weekly
Issue size: 66 pages

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Main Task - Publication Plan

Title: ENERGY
Positioning Statement:
Frequency of Publication: Monthly
Price: £3.00
Distribution: Newsagents, Supermarkets, music stores e.g. HMV
Rationale: The approach of my new indie music magazine is to give the audience free gifts relevant to the articles and the interviews shown in the magazine. The main focus is gigs dates and reviews to bring the music to the fans
Rationale: The approach of my new indie music magazine is to give the audience free gifts relevant to the articles and the interviews which are shown each month in the magazine. The main focus is giving gig dates and reviews to bring the music to the fans.
Regular content:

Editors letter
Music fans letters - There opinion on gigs
Gig reviews by Energy
What's hot & what's not
Alexa Chung's songs - her monthly pick of songs
Chance to win signed memorabilla
Photos of making the video
Gig dates
Top 50 songs
New bands
Energy quiz
Review on the number one of the month

Feature content:

50 gigs you must see
Festival line ups
Interview with artist
Win Arctic monkeys VIP tickets
X-factor - the good and the bad
Award shows winners and losers
Win guitar lessons with Dave Grohl
Steve Jones' ones to watch
Greatest songs
Ultimate playlists
Fabs review of Novemebers music

Main Task - Decisions

Price: £3.00
Frequency of publication: Monthly
Average issue size: 120 pages
Regular content:

Top 50 songs
New bands
Quiz
Gig dates
Gig reviews

Feature content:

50 gigs you must see
Festival line ups
Greastest songs
Ultimate playlist
Award show winners and losers

Monday, 16 November 2009

Main Task - Pie Charts of my Results.

Main Task - Tally of my Results

1. What is your favourite band?

Kasbian - 1

The Saturdays - 1

Black Eyeed Peas - 1

The Killers - 3

The Kooks - 1

Kings of Leon - 9

Artic Monkeys -3

Paramore - 1

2. Do you play an instrument?

Yes - 6 : Drums, Triangle, Guitar

No - 14

3. Are you male or female?

Male -4

Female - 16

4. How often would you buy a music magazine?

Weekly - 3

Monthly - 10

Other - 7

5. Who was the last artist you went to see in concert?

Paoulo Nutuni - 1

Chris Brown -2

X-Factor -1

Girls Aloud - 4

Pussycats Dolls - 2

Kings of Leon - 2

Westlife - 1

Killers - 1

Beyonce - 1

Prodigy - 1

Pink -1

Saturdays -1

6. What do you find importnat in a music magazine? Circle a number from one - five, with one being the most important and 5 being the least important.

Gig reviews -48

Gig Dates - 42

Interviews - 52

News - 44

7. How much would you usually spend on a new indie magazine?

£1.00-£2.00 - 4

£2.00-£3.00 -12

£3.00-£4.00 - 4

£4.00-£5.00 - 0

8. How often do you listen to music?

Everyday - 20

9. Would you buy a music magazine iif you didnt like the artist/band on the front cover?

Yes - 10

No - 10

Yes: Inside will have gig dates and news, Doesnt meen there going to be right through the magazine, if there was other good things inside, there is more info inside, might be good inside, more in the magazine than the front cover, dont judge a book by its cover.

No: It wouldnt appeal to me, wont want to read about them, it would be mostly about them.

10. What is your favourite colour?

Green - 2

Blue - 4

Pink - 5

Orange - 3

Black - 3

Red - 1

Grey - 1

Purple - 1

11. What three word come into mind when you think of indie music?

Artic Monkey - 1

Alex Turner - 1

NME -1

Guitar - 9

Bands - 2

Skinny jeans - 11

Long hair - 8

Boys - 5

Sexy - 1

Festival -1

Supernova -1

Rock - 3

Roll - 2

Converse - 3

Funky -1

Fresh -1

Beaty -1

Energy -2

Checked shirts - 2

12. Do you currently buy a indie music magazine?

Yes -10

No -10

13. If anything what would you like to change about the indie music magazine that you are currently buying?

Nothing - 17

Make more opportunities to win things - 1

Free stuff -1

More interviews -2

14. When was the last time you purchased an indie music magazine?

Today -0

A week ago -11

A month ago - 2

A year ago - 1

Other - 6

Other: Never, Not sure, Yesterday, 2 Months ago.

Main Task - Questionnaire

Questionnaire
1. What is your favourite band?
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2. Do you play an instrument?

Yes No

If yes then what instrument do you play?
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3. Are you male or female?

Male Female

4. How often would you buy a indie music magazine? Please tick relevant box.

Weekly Monthly Other

5. Who was the last artist you went to see in concert? And how long ago did you go?
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6. What do you find important in a music magazine? Circle a number from one to five, with one being the most important and 5 the least important.

Gig reviews 1 2 3 4 5
Gig dates 1 2 3 4 5
Interviews 1 2 3 4 5
News 1 2 3 4 5

7. How much would you usually spend on a new indie music magazine?

£1.00-£2.00 £2.00-£3.00

£3.00-£4.00 £4.00-£5.00

8. How often do you listen to music?
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9. Would you buy a music magazine if you didn’t like the artist/band which was on the front cover?

Yes No

Why?
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10. What is your favourite colour?
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11. What three words come in to mind when you think of indie music?
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12. Do you currently buy an indie music magazine?

Yes No

13. If anything what would you like to change about the indie music magazine that you are currently buying?
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14. When was the last time you purchased an indie music magazine? Please tick relevant box.

Today A week ago A month ago

A year ago Other

If you ticked other. When was the last time you purchased a music magazine?
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Thank you for filling out my questionnaire 

Main Task - Ananlysis of Double Page Spread

I chose to carry on the theme of the banner across the top like on the front cover and the contents page, i think this links all the pages together which make them look like they are all from the same magazine. I also carried on the theme of red white and black to link all the pages together. I have to same boy on my double page spread as i do on my contents page, the pictures are different i did this to show that he is mutitalented. On in the contents page he is playing the piano and on the double page spread he is singing, I this also goes well with the theme of the magazine.

Main Task - Analysis of Contents Pages

In my originally rouhg sketches my contents page didnt look like this because I didnt properly look at different codes and conventions of indie magazine front covers. I looked at NME contents page which helped me alot with the different set out of the contents page, I write Energy like its is on the front cover, were ever it is mentioned in the contents page. The coloue of the contents page link well with the front cover.

Main Task - Analysis of Front Covers

I chose to use the colour red as my main colour for my magaazine because I gave out a questionnaire to 20 people and the main colour people would want to see on a magazine front cover is red. I orginally had all the writing on the front cover all black however the colour made the fron cover really dark, so i changed the colour to white. I chose a boy as my main image because both boys and girls will like this, boys could relate to him and girls could like him, I chose this boy because his dress sense is indie which is fitting to the theme of indie.

Main Task - Research.

In order to create my own music magazine I research existing magazine of the genre indie. The research into these magazines helped me a great deal in making my own decisions in my own magazine. The magazine I looked at were Q and NME I took notes of things from each magazine to help me with my own.

Q:

Price:
Frequency of publication: Monthly
Average Issue size:
Regular content
Feature content

NME:

Price: £2.30
Frequency of publication: Weekly
Average issue size: 66
Regular content:
Feature content:

Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Main Task - Genre and Target audience.

The type of music magazine i am going to create is an indie magazine. I chose this genre because i believe there is a place in the market for and indie magazine which is all about indie music. NME will be my biggest competition because it is a very popular indie magazine which is the same genre as me and also in my target audience which i between the age of 16- 30. I chose this target audience because i want my magazine to informal so then people of the age of 16 would read it, however not that informal adults wouldnt read it.

Main Task - Codes and Conventions of music magazine double page spread.

Main image on one page - on the left
Writing on one page
Stand first - always by headline ,before the start of the article it is used to engage to reader. for example an interview with Jay-Z ' Four years and two albums into his retirement hip hop's chief tycoon'
Drop capital
Who its written by - By lines
Quotes on the pictures
Subsidiary images
Website
Columns 2/4
3 colours
Relates the genre
Masthead
Name of band/artist
Target audience 16+
Magazine name at the bottom of page/page number/issue date/number/website
Name of interviewer is highlighted
Infromal mode of address
Headlines - short and snappy
Code and conventions can be broke to make the layout more interesting, stylist and different e.g. Mojo writing in the middle picture on the side, title across the top and no subsidiary images.

Main Task - Codes and Conventions of music magazine contents page.

Issue numbers
Main image of the band/artist/to do with music (main story)
Letter from the editor - right mode of address
Page numbers by stories
Date
Subsidiary images
Masthead
Website
Image of front cover
Columns - easy to follow 3/4 columns
Band information
Look of a music magazine
relates to whats on the front cover
Cover lines from front cover included

Codes and conventions are sometimes there to be broken to make the contents page, for example mojo. It has a more simple layout and only has 2 columns of the main stories. Also it doesnt have any subsidiary image only one main image, the main image is of two men and neither are them are looking at the camera and connecting with the audience. Moreover contents pages are very useful because they are seperated in subheadings e.g. regular content, features and news.

Main Task - Codes and Conventions of music magazine front covers.

NME:

Main image of band/artist
2/3 colours
Price
6 Cover lines
Dark colours
Barcode
Cover story
Tag lines

Top of the Pops:

Main image of band/artist
6 cover lines
Price
Barcode

Preliminary Task - Evaluation.

As prepartion to creat my new school or college magazine, I looked at numerous front covers and contents pages and found the code and convention to help me to determine what I should feature in my own school or college magazine. I used my list of codes and conventions of magazine front covers and contents pages to help me develop my own magazine. By following my list of codes conventions it made it easier to create my own magazine, it helped me to make it recognisable as a school magazine.

Thursday, 1 October 2009

Preliminary Task - Images for my Front Cover.

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Preliminary Task - You've Been Framed

To prepare us for taking the pictures for our new school magazine, we took pictures in groups to practice the camera angles. We practiced these camera angles: