Media CourseworkPrint – G321 Part 1

Eloise Kenton – BarnesMain Task: To create a new music magazine with a minimum of 3 pages to a standard level of presentation. Consisting of a front cover, contents page and a double page spread.

Contents

• Main Task Research

• Main Task

Existing Music Magazines

Analysis Of Existing Music Magazines

• Recognisable red logo at top of page clearly highlighted by the block colour white background.

• Colour scheme of 3 colours – red, white & black.

• Articles featured on left hand side – insight into magazine

• Main image – medium shot of two well known artists.

• Recognisable logo overlapping artist – white in colour at top of page.

• Bloc black background highlights white logo.

• Close up of famous rapper ‘Jay-Z’ overlapped by logo which shows he is a well known artist.

• Limited amount of articles relies on Jay-Z to spark interest.

• Recognisable logo integrated with red banner – located at top of page.

• Main image medium shot of well known band ‘coldplay’.

• Yellow subheading clearly highlighting main article.

• 3 colour scheme – red, white and yellow.

• Articles featured on left hand side with medium shot images.

• Logo overlapped by artist indicates well known brand.

• Main image long shot of ‘Katy Perry’ gives magazine a ‘sensual’ feel.

• Bloc colour as background – white.

• Colour scheme of pink and black gives feminine feel.

• Articles featured on left and right side of page.

Generic Conventions Of A Music Magazine

• Logo located at top of cover page – highlighted through larger text and vibrant colours i.e yellow/red.

• Colour scheme of 3 main colours usually being primary colours.

• One main image on the cover page with the accompanying article being highlighted by either large text or vibrant colour.

• Usually feature banner at top of page showing issue number, date and price.

• Snip bits of articles within the magazine shown on either the left or right side of cover page enticing the customer.

Publisher: Bauer Media Group

Frequency: Monthly

First Published: October 1986

Total Circulation: 80,418

http://www.qthemusic.com/

OCR Activity 1. What breakfast cereal do they eat? Cornflakes, Wheatabix, Branflakes2. What car/mode of transport do they use? Bus, Trains and Cars3. What accommodation do they live in? Flats, student accommodation, At home with parents4. What do they drink? Branded fizzy drinks or alcohol 5. What TV shows do they watch? Comedy shows, American sketch shows and Music

programmes. 6. What music do they like? R’n’B, Rock, Jazz preferring to be alternative7. What is their favourite meal? Takeaways, 8. What sport do they watch and what sport do they play (if any)? Football, usually participate in

team sports if not don’t generally tend to do any sport. 9. Who is their partner, or are they single? Readership consists of those within relationships and

of those who are single.10. Where do they go on holiday? Rarely if do usually with parents or large groups of friends. 11. Do they vote, and if so who for? Small proportion do usually for labour. 12. What type of bar/club/pub do they go to (if any)? Usually stick to bars with live music and live

events taking place, prefer to attend gigs and concerts then go ‘clubbing’

Mood Board

Timeline

Preliminary exercise

1 Week

Main Task - Research

4 Weeks

Planning

3 Weeks

Photoshoot

1 Week

Production

2 Months

Evaluation

6 Weeks

I will gather valuable information on the conventions of music magazines in this stage.

Allows me to fully outline the direction of my magazine.

The gathering of images for the cover page, double page spread and contents page – will be a variety of medium and long shots.

The construction of my magazine on Photoshop will lead to the final product being produced.

This section allows me to evaluate the effectiveness of my magazine in relation to consumers.

Magazine Ideas

Genre: - icons, influential figures at the time of print.

- New on the music scene ‘upcoming stars’

Magazine Name Ideas:-Kick

-Trip

- Wave

Contents Page Ideas: -Featuring lots of images but still in line with colour scheme. Featured articles to stick out – maybe highlighted in red? Of different shot distances.

- Quotes from articles and insight into topic of writing.

Double Page Spread Ideas:-Main image focus on artist ‘behind the music’. Down to earth photo. Relation to audience.

- Interesting quotes larger in font and in different colour to rest of article to draw attention.

-Article based on interview with artist – release of new track or experience of tour.

Logo• This is a crucial feature of my magazine it will be the face of the product and therefore should be recognised by

all consumers. It should reflect the topic of the magazine and stand out from the rest of the cover page.

Logo

Two contrasting colours of black & white.

Simple, bold and eye-catching.

Font is clear and large in size – clearly

readable. Will be located at top of cover page aligning

with convention.

Main Photoshoot