These are some of the links that I used for the planning and research of my own music magazine. It was important that I looked at websites of other music magazines as it will help me to explore what kind of information is put in magazines and also their codes and conventions. e.g. I learnt how magazines seem to stick to a colour to make a brand identity for themselves.
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Preliminary research
This is some of the research that I did for my magazine. It was particullarly important that I complete this research for a number of reasons. Firstly it allows me to figure out what codes and conventions magazines use to become succesfull and distribute products to their target market. An example of something I learnt whilst researching other products similar to my own is that all of the music magazines have a clear, readable and instantly recognizable. The masthead allows them to create their own personal identity amongst other music magazines in the business. Another code and convention of music magazines that I learnt is that they ususally have a main image of what the magazines issue will focus on. This tells the potential consumer/buyer of the product what the information included in the magazine will be about and furthermore suggests to the audience what genre the magazine is based upon. From the research I have gathered it is clear that music magazines stick to the code and convention of staying to 2-3 fonts and colours. This allows them to establish a brand name and identity.
Monday, 7 December 2009
This is one of the photos that i took which is used for the magazine. I used this medium photo because it is vibrant and fun. It looks like the group are having a good time which will appeal to my target audience which are young and vibrant and always like to have a great time. This will add more fun to the magazine and allow me to gain more sales.
There have been many things learnt in terms of technology from the process of producing this product. For example, the regular use of photoshop has allowed for many skills to be gained in it. Photoshop can now be used at a fast pace but at the same time produce quality products. From the continuos use of photoshop it has been learnt how to maniupulate photos very easily and use them to create a more effective product. Furthermore it has been learnt how to manipulate and extent skills in texts. Texts can be used to change target audiences of a profile. For example a sensible text which does not stand out to much could be related to an older target audience. So you could say that throughout the production of the product it has been learnt to use photoshop to change target audiences with the layoutof the magazine. This can also be used to change the genre of the magazine. It has also been learnt to keep an online diary to check up on your work and to keep an evalutation on how you are doing with production work. Research and planning has been learnt to be very important when it comes to helping you with the production of your work as it can be used too look at when it is unclear of the task.
It has been decided that the target audience of boom beat will be between the ages of 16-21. It will be open to both genders because the music that the magazine is based on is listened to by both geneders as much as each other. The 16-21 age group has been decided because this is the age group that listens to the music genre 'hip hop' the most. Furthermore this age group likes to keep up with gossip so it is willing to spend money on magazines. A working class background is were this age group will come from as they are young and will not have large amounts of money to their disposal. The magazine has been priced at £1.99 which is not at all expensive and this age group will be more then happy to buy it. The font that is used the magazine boom beat is very urban and new. This would appeal to this generation because they are enticed by new things and if most are comming from and urban background or even prefer one then they will like the font theme of the magazine which will entice them to buy it.
To make sure that the magazine would appeal to the target audience of 16-21 year olds many codes and conventions had to be achieved such as in other magazines. For example, for the masthead I had to find a font that would appeal to the young generation between 16-21 years of age. The font that I have found is a very urban one which almost looks like graffiti art. This appeals to young people as graffiti and urban fonts are seen in many advertisement's or even buildings around areas in the country. This is appealing to them because it makes them feel as if the magazine is making an effort to make the read as enjoyable and homely as possible because it relates to them. Furthermore the color's used in my magazine are mostly, black white and red. These colors are associated with many famous hip hop artists in the charts who generally don't wear very bright colors but rather prefer to keep it 'cool' by wearing colors such as black. A clear example of t his is Jay-Z.
The images used in my magazine should appeal to my target audience because the young boy group who are wearing very urban clothes such as 'nike'. This would relate to the target audience who will also wear a lot of urban sportswear such as nike or adidas. Also the images of the young people looking as if they are having a good time will appeal to the target audience who are young and like to enjoy there lives. It will also offer a sense of diversion from there lives when they are generally doing a lot of school work.
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