Thursday, 9 June 2016
Friday, 29 April 2016
Note to Moderator
Dear Moderator,
My brief for my AS Media was to create a Front Cover, Contents Page, and Double Page Spread for a new music magazine. I chose to do a music magazine in an rock music based genre because it is a genre of music that I enjoy and feel passionate about. I also feel that this music genre is not as prominent as it used to be years ago. Therefore, I feel that creating a Rock magazine is helpful at bringing back its importance in musical history and bringing back more attention to this genre of music.
I have labeled all of my Blogger posts in order to make it easier to navigate throughout and find specific parts of my coursework.
Yours Sincerely,
Jordan Harris, Edgbarrow School.
Candidate number: 0131
Center Number: 51111
I have labeled all of my Blogger posts in order to make it easier to navigate throughout and find specific parts of my coursework.
Yours Sincerely,
Jordan Harris, Edgbarrow School.
Candidate number: 0131
Center Number: 51111
Evaluation, Questions 4 + 5
5) How did you attract / address your audience?
It was important in my magazine that I correctly addressed and attracted my target audience throughout my magazine, through the use of my colour scheme, bands, exclusive stories, and extras such as giveaways.
Colour scheme - The colour scheme / house style I used throughout my magazine features black, white, and silver for my pages. I feel that this colour scheme used addresses my audience suitably as it is a colour scheme that has been used previously by other rock magazines with similar audiences. I also feel that the chosen scheme is more serious and calmer choice of colours, which relates the rock genre which is more serious then other genres of music.
I also attracted my audience through the use of my "Exclusive interview" tag, being placed on the right side of my main image, positioned at a big size so that it stands out and draws attention. It can also attract my audience because it is a story only being covered by my magazine, making it seem more special and interesting people to read it.
"Posters and interviews included inside" - This is located in the bottom right corner of my front page, but it positioned at a big size to help it stand out. My audience can see this and become interested as there are free features for them if they buy the magazine.
Cover photo / main artist - My main cover photo and artist is positioned to fit nearly half of my page, my artist is posed to be playing the guitar which is heavily related to my chosen genre. The bands and other famous artists I have included and mentioned on my front cover can help to attract my audience as they are all famous and influential musicians. They all artists that people enjoy listening, and keeping up to date with recent news involving them.
Question 4 - Who would be the audience for your music magazine?
Audiences of music magazines that follow a similar style and music genre to my magazine mainly include adults of any age. This can be shown through the use of artists and articles that are included throughout issues, along with the less flashy colour schemes and designs.
The target audience that I chose for my music magazine was people who were aged 18+, I decided to focus on this age range as it can relate more to other Rock magazines that focus on this age range. This age range also relates more to the style and genre of magazine that I have produces, as 18 year old's are more likely to listen to a heavier style of music. People at the age of 18 may also be interested in the more modern rock artists that I have featured in my magazine who they will know better. I have also included some artists in my magazine who are aged around 17 / 18
People who are ages 30 / 40 + will have a higher appeal for the classic rock artists and stories that I feature as it is music that they would have listened too as they grew up, and so they could more attached and interested in that element of my chosen genre.
Through my research that I had carried out before making my magazine, I gathered results that were mostly from people who were aged 17 + 18, helping me to show that there was appeal from this age group.
It was important in my magazine that I correctly addressed and attracted my target audience throughout my magazine, through the use of my colour scheme, bands, exclusive stories, and extras such as giveaways.
Colour scheme - The colour scheme / house style I used throughout my magazine features black, white, and silver for my pages. I feel that this colour scheme used addresses my audience suitably as it is a colour scheme that has been used previously by other rock magazines with similar audiences. I also feel that the chosen scheme is more serious and calmer choice of colours, which relates the rock genre which is more serious then other genres of music.
I also attracted my audience through the use of my "Exclusive interview" tag, being placed on the right side of my main image, positioned at a big size so that it stands out and draws attention. It can also attract my audience because it is a story only being covered by my magazine, making it seem more special and interesting people to read it.
"Posters and interviews included inside" - This is located in the bottom right corner of my front page, but it positioned at a big size to help it stand out. My audience can see this and become interested as there are free features for them if they buy the magazine.
Cover photo / main artist - My main cover photo and artist is positioned to fit nearly half of my page, my artist is posed to be playing the guitar which is heavily related to my chosen genre. The bands and other famous artists I have included and mentioned on my front cover can help to attract my audience as they are all famous and influential musicians. They all artists that people enjoy listening, and keeping up to date with recent news involving them.
Question 4 - Who would be the audience for your music magazine?
Audiences of music magazines that follow a similar style and music genre to my magazine mainly include adults of any age. This can be shown through the use of artists and articles that are included throughout issues, along with the less flashy colour schemes and designs.
The target audience that I chose for my music magazine was people who were aged 18+, I decided to focus on this age range as it can relate more to other Rock magazines that focus on this age range. This age range also relates more to the style and genre of magazine that I have produces, as 18 year old's are more likely to listen to a heavier style of music. People at the age of 18 may also be interested in the more modern rock artists that I have featured in my magazine who they will know better. I have also included some artists in my magazine who are aged around 17 / 18
People who are ages 30 / 40 + will have a higher appeal for the classic rock artists and stories that I feature as it is music that they would have listened too as they grew up, and so they could more attached and interested in that element of my chosen genre.
Through my research that I had carried out before making my magazine, I gathered results that were mostly from people who were aged 17 + 18, helping me to show that there was appeal from this age group.
Evaluation, Question 2
2 - How does your music magazine represent particular social groups
The images above are taken from a Guitarist magazine (Shown above) and my music magazine (Shown on the right)
Posture: The image on the left from the Guitarist magazine features a famous guitarist posed with his guitar held up, whilst looking at the camera in a serious way. He is stood up and looking professional. With my front cover magazine, I tried to recreate something similar to this style and posed used by some other rock music / guitar magazines by having my my main model posed upright, whilst playing his guitar rather than looking right into the camera.
Clothing: The clothing used in the Guitarist magazine example includes a suit jacket and shirt with the top buttons undone with no tie. This is the signature style of the artist, Joe Bonamassa. It creates a professional yet casual look due to the scruffy look made by the unfinished suit. My artist in my photo is wearing a white Tshirt and jeans, which similarly creates a casual look for my artist. However, these two artists are not similarly dressed.
Shot type / angle: Both photographs were both taken as mid shots, showing the artists upper half and cutting out just by the legs. The Guitarist example shows the artist looking directly into the camera, directly addressing the audience. However, I did not create this effect with my magazine as my artist is looking to the side, hiding half of his face.
I feel that I was successful with my magazine when trying to represent a chosen social and age group, especially through the use of my colour scheme / house style. My magazine features a black, white, and silver colour scheme which I have created based off of a previous NME magazine I saw during the planning of my work. My colour scheme also creates a more serious look and feel for the magazine which I fell relates well to my chosen genre and age group of people over 18. The photo below on the left is my my magazine front cover, the photo on the right shows the NME magazine and colour scheme that I was inspired by. This shows that I have selected a similar colour scheme that has worked previously for a similar audience.
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