Thursday, 20 October 2011
Research and Planning - Music Magazine Masthead Draft
The bold red matches the indie/rock theme and emboldens it from the rest of the magazine (or it will do when it comes to putting it on). I chose the name 'leet' because it's short and snappy and will be remembered by most people, and also it does sound quite youthful and has that jagged attitude with it. The font is unusual as well, considering the T at the end, it catches the eye.
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Research and Planning- Music Contents Page Analysis
Genre -
The genre that is shown throughout this contents page is quite indie and chilled/laid back. It's also quite soft rock and retro. The bands featured on this page fit into this music sector as these bands don't usually feature in the R&B charts or such, they're usually on channels that are suited to this type of genre only. The 'band index' that takes up the left hand side of the page also shows this.
Target Audience
This target audience for this magazine shown through the contents page would be around a student still in college or high school and a university student. The age group would be from 15 to around 25ish depending whether they are into this genre, but this genre usually applies to this age. You can tell this buy this colours as well and the content used within this page. I reckon they'll be middle-class as well because the fact that this magazine holds a lot of information about all the key bands implies it might not be cheap considering it is only a magazine.
Layout
One whole side is taken for the band index which would probably be the main attraction for their audience as they'll be interested in all the gossip on their favourite bands, but then the layout changes so that one main story has a picture and a large heading giving it dominance. The whole magazine is just basically sectioned into three columns and then the last column features more subheadings which are the main information probably, within this magazine. Stories which are featured in these main headings are listed to give an over-view to the reader whether it's going to be interesting.
Representations
The people featured in this magazine is a band that's a main story on the contents page. Their percieved as a successful band that are playing in gigs and have that type of indie attitude as it's represented in their clothing. The fashion for 'indie/soft rock/retro' follows this fashion and the band/s fashion style fits into this,
Media Language
There's only two pictures on this contents page and they're both long shot, to give the impression and assure the readers that they're in a gig or a concert of some sort. It suites the magazine as gigs are part of the contents and appeals to the audience. You can also perceive their attitude through long shot, by the way they're standing etc but they just seem focused on their music.
Research and Planning - My target audience
Age
The audience I'm looking to attract is for later aged teenagers around 16 till around 25ish, as the genre in this content is a wide range of music that's been brought out only recently, and is quite 'youthful'.
Gender
My magazine will probably most appeal to males due to the fact the colours will be quite bold as well as the font including the bands and stories that will appear on the page. They'll be quite upfront and masculine, however different content of the magazine will attract females as well.
Occupation
The audience will most likely be students or people in high school that will be interested in this magazine. Any person who is above that sector might like it too, but the percentage is probably really low compared to students of such.
Class
Middle-class people will be reading this, as they're most likely to have an interest in this type of music, as well as other classes but considering they're students and they're looking for a bright future plus paying a lot for their university fee's or still going through college - then this gives off a 'middle-class' impression.
Wealth
The price of this magazine will possibly be around £3 or so, and I suspect people who're willing to pay this as they'll have a big interest in music will possibly pay this so they're pretty average or higher classed on their wealth. However, students who have a huge interest in music and literally have no money will buy it.
Interests
People attracted to this magazine will probably prioritize their music interest and it will play a huge roll in their younger ages. They'll be interested in gigs, bands they're devoted to and the random gossip that is spreading around, about new bands and old bands and also between them. It'll supply everything this age group will be interested in and will want to know.
Outlook for future
Depending on the age, if it's the lower sector of the age group then they'll possibly be in university in 5 years time, or just leaving which will mean they could probably still be interested in the magazine still, or something similar towards that interest. Although the current higher-aged sector of this age group will be students and maybe leaving, they'll probably be in a big career within this 5 year gap.
How are you going to reach them?
I will attract the audience by providing them with information on the front about all the latest and popular gigs upcoming, and the front cover will also feature bands that have the most gossip about them which will appeal to them more, or a band that is supposed to be doing well. New songs and albums that are released from the ultimate bands that apply to this genre will also be put on display. I'll also feature in bold colours that will stand out from the rest & also the fonts will be attractive and dominant. My price range won't be too high so this will ensure that my target audience will be able to buy this without hesitation as well.
The audience I'm looking to attract is for later aged teenagers around 16 till around 25ish, as the genre in this content is a wide range of music that's been brought out only recently, and is quite 'youthful'.
Gender
My magazine will probably most appeal to males due to the fact the colours will be quite bold as well as the font including the bands and stories that will appear on the page. They'll be quite upfront and masculine, however different content of the magazine will attract females as well.
Occupation
The audience will most likely be students or people in high school that will be interested in this magazine. Any person who is above that sector might like it too, but the percentage is probably really low compared to students of such.
Class
Middle-class people will be reading this, as they're most likely to have an interest in this type of music, as well as other classes but considering they're students and they're looking for a bright future plus paying a lot for their university fee's or still going through college - then this gives off a 'middle-class' impression.
Wealth
The price of this magazine will possibly be around £3 or so, and I suspect people who're willing to pay this as they'll have a big interest in music will possibly pay this so they're pretty average or higher classed on their wealth. However, students who have a huge interest in music and literally have no money will buy it.
Interests
People attracted to this magazine will probably prioritize their music interest and it will play a huge roll in their younger ages. They'll be interested in gigs, bands they're devoted to and the random gossip that is spreading around, about new bands and old bands and also between them. It'll supply everything this age group will be interested in and will want to know.
Outlook for future
Depending on the age, if it's the lower sector of the age group then they'll possibly be in university in 5 years time, or just leaving which will mean they could probably still be interested in the magazine still, or something similar towards that interest. Although the current higher-aged sector of this age group will be students and maybe leaving, they'll probably be in a big career within this 5 year gap.
How are you going to reach them?
I will attract the audience by providing them with information on the front about all the latest and popular gigs upcoming, and the front cover will also feature bands that have the most gossip about them which will appeal to them more, or a band that is supposed to be doing well. New songs and albums that are released from the ultimate bands that apply to this genre will also be put on display. I'll also feature in bold colours that will stand out from the rest & also the fonts will be attractive and dominant. My price range won't be too high so this will ensure that my target audience will be able to buy this without hesitation as well.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
The photograph contains the famous band 'Paramore' which will appeal to the audience of this paticular genre especially, and the shot that they've formed is a midshot for the main singer and the rest behind her, so it's like a mastershot but capturing all their expressions due to them being close up (medium shot). The attitudes they give off are quite stubborn and fierce which suites this genre and theme. They don't have a smiley look, or a happy look, it's just bland and very eye-catching, especially with the female as the colours of her hair and makeup stand out and express her emotions more - not forgetting her hand gesture. Clothing used within this picture is black, to fit into the three colour theme, and promote it so that it fits in with everything. They're also bland clothing, and just colourised so the front cover doesn't look too busy and drag the attention away from the actual main stories - it just gives the background a bit of colour and theme.
Fonts are used in all different sizes here, but none are small, so they all stand out and as usual the NME follows the theme of the main story having the largest font, appealing to their audience for this paticular content in the magazine this time. Both bold colours red and pink contrast paticularly well with black backgrounds as the clothing of the band making it stand out.
Research and Planning: Music Magazine Analysis
The genre of this magazine is 'indie' type which has a mixture of everything.
The main band is the main picture which appeals to people who like this type of music and scenery, as the main story is about them and is larger than the masthead grabbing the audiences attention to make it seem 'important'. The sub-story text is possibly the second largest piece of text giving it an affect of 'read me'. The photo used is also a mid-shot showing the stance they're in expressing themselves as a band.
The colours used in this are bland suttle colours but this stands out from the background colour and the main photo making it more appealing. These colours also give out a 'chilled, laid back' kind of theme which is what most of the indie theme is, and is for mid-aged teenagers and some adults. The main masthead which is 'NME' is red which is the main bold colour within this whole cover. This is because the 'NME' have a great reputation which draws peoples eye to that magazine and then go on to the read the next largest thing on there which is about the main story. Fonts on this front cover are all bold and simple, nohing fancy which suites the genre because swirly text would suite something like classic music.
The stories on this aren't boring either considering the main one goes out the people who actually read this, which are their 'fans' or just people in general who aren't their fans, which intrigues readers either way.
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