Double Page Spread

To generate ideas for my DPS i did the same as what I'd done for the other pages, and I looked through the same genre of magazines, again to keep the consistency, I then deconstructed two double page spreads to find the ideologies and see what the target audience were appealed too.

NME:

MOJO:

The major changes that I made to my DPS was that I added in an introduction to the article, and then i created columns, and myself and my teacher decided that I should fade down the opacity of one of my pictures and put writing over it. I then added in an arrow to make up space, and have the effect of something else to interest the readers.

Contents Page

To generate ideas for my contents page I looked at other contents pages from the genre that I am using, these were the same magazines that I had looked at for my Front page, to keep the consistency.

The contents pages which I deconstructed are from Mojo Magazine and NME Magazine:


NME:















MOJO:
















Major changes which I made to my Contents Page was that I had to change the pictures from a grey scale, as they had come out black and white and not colour.





















Final copy of Contents Page:

Front Cover

To generate ideas for my front page I looked around at magazines such as Q and NME and other types of music magazines. Here are two magazines that I deconstructed:

NME Magazine













MOJO Magazine















I did quite a few changes to my front page, one main change was the colour of writing and the font. I changed these because they didn't suit the genre of my magazine.




















The feedback which I got from my teacher influenced me into changing the font as she suggested what i should change it too, and how it would make my magazine look more professional and more suited to my genre.



Final Front Page:

Progression from Pre-lim task

From when we first started our preliminary task, till when we finished our Music Magazine, I feel that I have progressed a lot, in the use of Photoshop especially, I feel that I have learnt more skills within the software, such as the effects that you can put on the text and the picture, also how to use different fonts which will suit the genre better, and stand out from the rest of the text. I feel that after I had deconstructed front pages, contents pages and double page spreads I had more of an idea how to set out my magazine pages, these acted as a template of which I could use to plan out my pages, one thing I took from one of the double page spreads was an arrow that was used, I used an arrow but in a different context, I used it for showing the success of my artist. Also after doing these constructions I had more of an idea of what I could include in the magazine therefore I knew what I wanted to write in y questionnaire, I wrote a more in depth questionnaire which got more me more answers which I could incorporate into my magazine pages. Also summarising my results helped me find out what the majority of people wanted to see, and therefore I knew what I had to include, what parts where the most important to the readers.

Therefore looking back at my preliminary task I feel that I have progressed a lot and that my final product shows what I have learnt and if I had more time, and had more skills in Photoshop and also getting the feedback that I did I could improve even more, but for now I feel that my pages show a good representation of my target audience, and also of my progression within the software's of which I have used.

Photoshop and Indesign

Whilst doing this project I used a variety of different technologies. The main one that I used was Photoshop, I had never used this software before and therefore it was interesting to find out how to navigate around it. There are a lot of interesting tools on Photoshop which were helpful for this project. I quickly learnt how to cut out the photos, and put them onto my pages easily. Another tool which I found helpful was the effects tool which I could use on the text and the pictures, for one of the pictures I put the Opacity down on it and then put the text over it. This made it easier to fit everything on the page, and easier to read the text, I felt it gave a good effect. I feel that I have learnt a useful skill by being taught how to use Photo shop, as I feel I know enough to be able to use it again in the future.

When we went to do the photo shoot, I had never taken pictures like that before, I had only taken photos, on a small digital camera, and that was for fun and not anything important or complex. Once we were shown all the buttons we needed it soon came naturally and so now I feel that if I'm required to use a camera like that in the future, I will be able to do so with ease.

This Blogger software I had never used before either, I feel that it is a little confusing, especially when I first started using it I didn't know which buttons to press, and I would end up pressing the wrong button and it would lead me to somewhere I didn't want. However I have used it a couple of times now and I feel that I have got better, and it is a little less confusing, however i don't think that I would choose to use it again, because it is confusing, a Little complicated and hard to navigate, therefore I wouldn't recommend it.

Overall I think that I have learnt a few extra skills, which could be used in the future.

Attracting Target Audience

To attract my target audience I created a questionnaire before I started my pages, this was so that I could find out what sort of people would want to read my magazine, and what they would like me to put into it. In this questionnaire I included questions such as what colours would they like to see and if they would want competitions to take part in. I then summarised my results and found that most people would pay for the magazine at 1.50. I found out what the colours were that they preferred, these are the colours which I have used. I then found out things, such as their favourite fast food restaurant and if they used social networking sites, also the genre of films they watch and mainly the type of music they listen to.


I constructed my magazine to appeal to my target audience by finding out whether they like to read articles, which are gossip about the artist, or if they prefer interviews, they preferred interviews, therefore that is what I did. I also used an R'n'B artist to suit the genre, and the poses that I got her to do suited both R'n'B and Indie. Also other articles in my magazine which are shown on the contents page are gig and concert adverts, also fashion articles, for people who like festivals as it says about what famous people wore at those festivals. I included these because I know from my results that this is the type of thing that R'n'B and Indie Fans are into.



Once I had completed my pages I created another questionnaire, this was asking questions about the pages and how the target audience felt about them, I showed 15 people the pictures and questionnaires, and only one person out of that said that they wouldn't by the magazine, and that was because they weren't into that sort of mix of music.


One 'Yes' response























One 'No' response



















I then summarised the findings that I got from this questionnaire, these are the findings:

Who would be the audience for your music magazine and why?

The audience for my magazine are people between the ages of 14-20. Their favoured genres of a music magazine are R'n'B and Indie music, so I have chosen to use both of these genres to attract a wider audience. The audience like reading interviews with artists' as they find these more interesting to read. They are people who like to go to festivals and gigs, which is why there will be advertisements for gigs and festivals in my magazine.













They also like entering competitions on the website, where they can win prizes, or just do the quizzes on the quiz pages in the back of the magazine. I found out that my target audience like to shop in places such as Topshop and Topman, and that is where the majority shop, this means that I can put Topshop and Topman clothes adverts in my magazine. Other places they like to shop are H&M and Zara. The genre of films that the audience like are comedy's, 'Chick Flicks' and romantic comedy's. This means that I can put this genre of film adverts in my magazine.










These people are the audience for my music magazine because that is what the majority of the people asked wanted from the questionnaire, which means the majority of people asked will buy it because it is what attracts them to buy a music magazine.

Sale of my magazine

The Publisher who would publish my magazine is IPC Media. It would be this company because on their website, it has more about radio and music, than other main publishers.

The places which I think would sell my magazine are, newsagents, supermarkets such as Sainsbury's, Tesco's, Waitrose and Morrison's. Also WH Smiths. My magazine will be sold in places such as these because it will be for a mass audience, therefore anyone who is interested can buy it, and because these places are local it will be easy for the reader to get hold of a copy.


To reach my target audience and let them know that this magazine has been released, I will have short adverts on the TV showing a sneak peak of whats inside the issue, to try and intrigue the audience into coming to the shops and buying it. Also I will use large posters to show the front page of the magazine, which will stand out to the readers, and make them want to see where they can buy the magazine and read it to find out more about what the front cover is saying.















Online features that are on offer with this magazine are the online competitions, games, quizzes and more short interviews with artists and bands. There will also be a merchandise part of the website which fans can buy t-shirts, key-rings, posters and much more from.

How my magazine represents social groups

My magazine appeals more to people who like R'n'B music and 'Indie' music. Even though they are two very different genres of music, I have chosen both of them so that my magazine can appeal to more than one type of social group. When I did the questionnaire the type of people the results came to were people who like going on social networking sites, like going to parties, and people who like listening to music in general, so listening on their Ipods, or on radios. I also found out that they watch talent shows such as 'X Factor' and 'Britain's Got Talent', this shows their keen interest for music, and entertainment! The results found out where they like to shop, how much they would buy the magazine for, people they like listening to and also whether they take an interest in going to festivals or not. Another important detail found out was what radio stations they listen too. This is useful because then I would know what music they're into.

This resulted in being one of the most popular listened to radio stations. - Capital FM

Most participants enjoyed watching The X Factor.











In some parts of my magazine there are typical stereotypes, such as for the genre of music, for example the artists who are mentioned e.g. Beyonce. Also there are stereotypes for music magazines in general, such as the interview, and adverts for festivals and gigs.

However there are differences to other music magazines in mine as it isn't just about one particular genre of music, and it also mentions films, TV programmes and shops which relate to the target audience.

conventions of my magazine

My magazine uses conventions which are in real music magazines, because it uses the same colours all the way through, the same fonts, there is a bar code and price clearly visible on the front cover, plugs laid out clearly on the front cover and easy to read with the name of the magazine at the top and bigger than everything else. Inside the magazine there are articles and the main one is an interview with a star! there are adverts and pages telling readers about festivals and gigs and all the information they need. There is a contents page telling where the readers can go to read about what they want. Then at the end of the magazine there is a competition. On the front cover there is a clearly stated email address which the reader can log on to, to take part in games and more competitions. The most important convention is that there are pictures, on the front cover the picture of the artist being interviewed, and on the double page spread pictures of the same artist from the front cover.





This is one of the magazine front covers that i deconstructed, I liked this front cover because I like the layout of the plugs, anchorage and tag line. Also the colours help it stand out on the shelves,having a black background and bright orange writing, this attracts readers, and makes them see it first as it will stand out from the rest.

This is another front cover that I deconstructed, I deconstructed this because I thought it was interesting how it came with a free CD. This would encourage people to buy the magazine because if they like that band then they could read about them at the same time as listening to them! Also the plugs stand out clearly for the buyer, and the pose of the artist on the front makes you wonder what the article is about, which would intrigue you more to buy it.

I also deconstructed the contents pages and double page spread articles about the front cover artist, from both of these magazines.