Music Magazine DPS Flat Plan

Music Magazine Contents Page Flat Plan

Music Magazine Front Cover Flat Plan

Masthead Ideas and Final Decision

I have chosen the third idea for my masthead as my final decision. I chose this one because I think it is the most eye catching and it shows different contrasting colours against each other. The 'i' in the word 'mix' has been changed to an explanation mark which makes the design quite quirky and different to the rest. It fits my genres of the magazine as the red and blue are quite British colours and as ill be using pictures of festivals and clubs in Britain I think it fits in well with my magazine genre.

Definitions of Genre, Sub-genre and Hybrid-genre

DefinitionsGenre- In music, genre refers to musical style such as jazz, salsa or rock. In film or literature, the genre is determined by the subject, setting or plot of the story.  Many genres, such as "mystery" or "fantasy," overlap in film and literature, while others, such as "romantic comedy" in film or "historical fiction" in books, are specific to one or the other.





Sub-genre- one of several categories within a particular genre.



Hybrid-genre- a genre in fiction that blends themes and elements from two or more
different genres.

Music Magazine Proposal

Music Magazine Proposal

My magazine is going to be a festival, club events and fashion magazine. Although these subjects are all very different they will fit together within my magazine, as festivals and clubs both hold events therefore I can do reviews on different special nights in clubs and festivals. Then the fashion side can come in with pictures of the music industry artists and what sort of things they wear on nights out or when performing at festivals and also people will be able to send in their own photos and this can be shown to people wondering what to wear.

According to my audience research the names ‘Lights’ and ‘Mix’ are most popular within the people that filled in my survey, I think ‘mix’ is an appropriate name for my magazine because I have 3 different sub genres in my magazine therefore it is a good ‘Mix’. The two least favourite names for my publication were ‘Shots’ and ‘Volume’, I think this is because they were more associated with just one or two of the sub genres rather than all three like the other two were.

When I asked my research audience what artist they prefer out of a selection of four options it was a 50/50 split between Rihanna and Rudimental. These are two different types of music genre artists but both are popular within the younger generation. Both artists would be suitable for the front cover of my magazine as they fit a few criteria’s of my magazine, they both are played in clubs and enjoyed by the clubbers, they both attend festivals and are well known. But whereas Rudimental aren’t into the fashion so much, Rihanna is and she is always setting off new trends and standing out in a crowd of people.

87% of people who answered my survey would like to see bright colours on my publication, I will do this but I will keep it to just 3 or 4 colours because if I use anymore than that it will start to look messy and quite distracting as the reader won’t know where to focus first and their eyes will drift around the page instead of being drawn to certain things. Only 12% of people wanted to see primary colours on my publication and no one wanted to see any plain, neutral colour, this is understandable because if I chose any other colour scheme apart from bright eye catching colours it wouldn’t fit the sub genre of my magazine.

Majority of the respondents from my survey said that for the special offers they would like to see in my magazine are festival priority tickets so the tickets would be available for them before anyone else. I would do this by offering the option of signing up for a website and you are able to get priority tickets if you agree to letting us email or text you when tickets come out and who is going to be at what festival. Another offer people would like to see is club entry discounts for students, who are old enough to get into town, or people could get vouchers, for example, if the person buys a certain amount of drinks they get another 2 drinks free, students will enjoy this feature because it will save them money. As this is a magazine aimed at the younger generation/students, money is a great deal to them and they love to see special offers available to them and they will want to use them and make the most of this opportunity. The last thing people mentioned as an offer they would like to see is student discount in shops, if a shop doesn’t offer student discount there could be a limited time where these certain shops offer student discount, there students will enjoy that because again it will be saving them money.

When I asked my audience research what they would like to see featured in my magazine, a lot of the responses included things like band interviews and behind the scene sections. Another feature people would like to see is where affordable fashion can be found, students can’t afford the most expensive things so where can they find the cheaper but still as fashionable backups to these designer products. People would also like to see reviews on festivals and club nights so they will know whether they want to go next time. I will feature all of these things in my magazine but each month when the new publication is out I will focus on a different sub genre each time so different sort of artists and fashions are being used and are being mixed in together.

62% of the people that responded to my survey are willing to pay £2-£2.50 for my music magazine which I think is a reasonable price to pay, 25% were willing to pay more than that, and the another 25% we only willing to pay between £1-£2.

I asked if student discount to get into clubs was offered to the magazine readers would it be used instead of ignored and forgotten about and 100% of the replies said that yes they would use this discount as it would be a benefit for them and it would be very useful.

My final question on my survey was asking whether they would subscribe to my magazine and 75% of the people said yes they would as they think it would be something they would enjoy reading and benefiting from monthly and the other 25% said no as they don’t think it would be as useful for them as it would for other readers.

Overall I think my magazine is going to be a success and even though there are three different sub genres within this magazine I think that they all come together and that they are a good mix of different things. They all are enjoyed by students so therefore they will want to buy this magazine. Students like to know what’s going on behind the scenes of the music industry and what’s hot and what’s not in the fashion world so this will be happily read my many students. 

Summer Photos 4

Summer Photos 3

Summer Photos and Explaintion 2

Summer Photos and Explaination

Music Magazine Mood Board

Music Magazine Mind Map

Double Page Spread Analysis

Front Cover Analysis

Contents Page

 

 

With my contents page i like that i have made everything easy to read and appealing to the eye, as well as this the page has a structure to it. All the front cover stories are placed on the left hand side with pictures then anything that wasent mentioned on the front page is placed on the right hand side. There is a bright coloured box in the top right hand corner which attracts the readers attention, this is good because it is adervtising a subcribtion offer to the reader.

Next time to improve i will restucture the page so i have more space for extra stories on the right hand side.

Front Cover

 

 

I have filled the page with lots of different things, but i have kept to a primary colour scheme and also i have used the same font through out the cover. The first thing your eye is drawn to is the main image, it is central to the page and also it uses the rule of thirds as the models face is central and would be in the centre third if there was a grid there. I like how i have used used colours that stand out against the background.
Next time to improve i will make sure i fill all the white spaces so that it doesnt look too plain.

 

Contents Page plan

front cover plan

Questionare 5

 

 

 

On my first graph i asked what social network sites people use. Just under half of the chart shows that majority of the people use twitter, the next biggest area is made up of people that use instagram then the last part is people that use facebook. According to my reasearch no one uses tumblr.

 

 

On my last graph i asked which of the options given most instrests you. Majority of the people answered with music. The rest of the graph is evenly split between games, socialising and sports.

Questionare 4

 

 

 

On my first chart it is very clear that majority of people shop in the high street. Then over quarter of the chart is made up of people who shop at Independant shops, then finally the last part is made up of somewho who shops in the high end shops. 

 

 

On this question i asked what type of clothing people wear. Majority of people describe themselves as unique. The rest is made up of trend followers and vintage and one person described their style of clothing as casual.



Questionare 3

 

 

On the first chart i asked what people did in the their spare time. Over quater of the chart is made up of people that see their friends, also just under half of the chart is made up of people of people who either relax or play sports. the rest of the chart is made of people who do other things such as watch tv, go to gigs and work.

 

My second chart i asked people what phone they have. Over half of the chart shows me that people have iphones. Just under quarter of the chart shows people have a blackberry. then the rest of the chart is made up of people that either have an anroid or have something other than the options given.

Questionare 2

 

 

 

On my first chart i asked what sort of TV programmes people like watching. Just under half of the chart shows that those people enjoy watching sitcoms, and another large amont shows people also like watching drama programmes. The rest of the chart is built up with people that either like reality shows or cartoons. Majority of people enjoy watching sitcoms.

 

 

On my second chart i asked how people would describe themselves, Over half of the chart shows that people would call themselves loud. The rest of the chart is built up of people describing themselves as quiet, confident and funny. Majority of people describe themselves as loud.

Questionare 1

 

According to my research, just over quarter of the people taking part like pop music and just under quarter enjoy rock music. The other half is made up of smaller percentages of different types of music genres where only a few people like that certain genre. Majority of people enjoy listening to pop music.

 

On my other graph i asked what genre of film people like, one third is made up of people who like horror films and another third is made up of people who enjoy watching comedys. The final third is split between, action and romance. Majority of people enjoy watching Comedy films. 

 

 

 



 

Double Page Anotation

Rule Of Thirds

Rule Of Thirds

Rule Of Thirds

Analysed Cover