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.