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

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

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

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: