Monday, 12 November 2012

Research and planning: Video Respons and Feedback


What i have learnt:
I have learn't from my feedback group that the favourite name was Sound they said it shows what the magazine is going to be about. My feedback group said my colour scheme should be bright colours as it attracts the audience to the magazine. My feedback group said that my double page spread should contain information about up and coming artists, they think my magazine should be informal and chatty. The price should be about £1.50 the target audience are mostly students so they can't afford to pay much for a magazine.

Questions for my Audience Feedback

What names do you think Best represents a Pop magazine and why?

  • Noise 
  • Up and Coming
  • Charts
  • Sound

What Colours scheme do you think would be the best for a Pop Magazine and why?

What do you think should be featured on my double page spread ?


Do you think my magazine should be informal and chatty or Formal and sophisticated and why?


What price do you think my magazine should be and why ?


Music Magazine Pitch

Research and Planning Contents page

http://portal.sliderocket.com/CNYRL/F892645A-7287-470E-AD2A-DF67637BA131

Research and Planning Double page spread






Research and Planning Front cover analysis

Monday, 5 November 2012

Initial Ideas for Music Magazine

My initial ideas for my music magazine is that i want to make it Fun and interesting as i want the Genre to be mainstream Pop music but i want to make it unique to me so i think i might add in up and coming pop artist in the magazine so it highlights the new talent coming in to the British charts which features american artists as well as british artists . I want to make my magazine mainstream but highlight newer artists as this is not done in other pop magazines. 

Introduction to the main task and time plan

Introduction to main task
Now i have finished my Preliminary task i am moving onto my main task Which is making a new Music Magazine. In my main task i have to develop my Music Magazines front page, contents page and double page spread. All the images and text i use have to be my own and i have to use a minimum of four images in my magazine.



Time Plan

Week 1

  • Introduction to task
  • Initial ideas for music magazine
  • Making a pitch 
  • Post analysis of of two front cover, two content pages and two double page spreads.
  • Institution research
  • Research of my chosen sub genre 
Week 2
  • Present and post pitch and get feedback from audience
  • Further audience research and style sheet
  • Plan possible photos 
  • Mock ups
Week 3
  • Develop front cover 
  • Post photo-shoot 
Week 4
  • Develop front cover
  • Audience feedback 
  • Adjustments to music magazine design from audience feedback
  • Draft double page article 
Week 5
  • Designing contents page 
  • Develop front cover: experiment with layout, colour, font, language and photos for music magazine
  • Make adjustments to magazine design in response to feedback 
Week 6
  • Carry on with developing front cover and make adjustments from the audience feedback.
Week 7 
  • Finalise magazine design 
  • Start the evaluation draft 
Week 8 
  • Draft evaluation  
Week 9 
  • Complete Evaluation 
  • Complete final blog check