Initial Questionnaire with Summary Beneath Graph

This shows that the majority of the people who were question were males.

This shows that most 40 % of people said sometimes and 20% said yes and no. so there is mixed results here. This means people sometimes pick up magazines of the shelf’s to we have to make the front cover appealing so that it appeals to these people.

All of the people questioned were in the age category of 15 – 20. This shows that my target market is 15 – 20.

This shows most people liked the colour layout of Black and white and secondly blue and white, this shows people like to see bright colours in a magazine.

This answers to this question shows people like to pictures, interviews and news and blogs as features in a magazine. This means I should include pictures news and blogs and interviews  as features in the magazine to attract people to read the magazine.

This shows majority of people prefer informal magazine. This means I should make the magazine have an informal language but not so informal .It should keep a formal tone to it as well.

This shows people like magazine like Vibe and Kerrang. I should try and use the same techniques that the VIBE magazine uses to attract my target audience.

This shows people will pay around £1 to £5 for a high quality magazine. So  I could set a price for my magazine at around £3.50.

This shows most people but a music magazine monthly more than fortnightly and weekly. So I should consider making the magazine a monthly occurrence.

This shows majority of people answered that  they do like competitions in music magazines. I should include some magazines in my magazine to attract the target audience.

Research into Institutions

Research into Institution

VIBE magazine – InterMedia Partners

What other magazines do they produce?

InterMedia Outdoors (IMO) is the company that provides 15 magazines towards outdoorsmen all to do with hunting and fishing. Some of the magazines are called ‘Bowhunter’ and ‘Shotgun News’. This has about 23 million readers.

Another magazine they produce is with Uptown media group. This is a magazine that targets African Americans which is all to do with gossip, news and events and a TV magazine.

What demographics do they cater for?

In the Uptown magazine they cater for a culture demographic basing it around the culture and giving the readers events, news, fashion, social networking, travel and other information relevant with that culture.

In vibe magazine there demographics are based at the younger urban followers of hip hop and R’n’B culture. Vibe is also obtaining a multi-cultural demographic.

What other media are owned by the company?

Other media that the company own are:

Cinelatino Spanish – language cable movie channel offering these movies in the U.S.

Sportsman Channel – 24 hour cable show in US giving advice on hunting, fishing and shooting.

Universal sports – destination with live and on demand coverage of sporting competitions and news. This is available on TV and online.

Summary of findings – the Institution of InterMedia Partners own many other types of different media in the industry including television, radio, publishing, internet and marketing. They look out for demographics to capture their target audience and they cater for different demographics to widen their target range. They own a rage of media to enhance their popularity and sales.

Production Plan

Production plan

                   

Photography and dates – long shots and medium close up eye level shots will be taken look straight into the camera and some away from the camera. These will be taken on the Friday 13^th January or Tuesday 20^th January.

Locations – School sitting on a bench, in the street and Sitting against a wall. These are possible ideas where they shot can be taken.

Personnel – Camera – Connor Kelly.  R’n’B/Hip Hop star – Mike Cobb.

Equipment – Camera.

Props/costumes - baggy jeans and hoodie with high top shoes to signify the stereotypical look for an R’n’B/Hip-Hop star. This is there style.

Draft Text

Front cover

Masthead – Mainstream Music

Cover line 1 – X factor contestant to be a likely Hip-Hop Artist

Cover line 2 – Win tickets to go to a Concert of your Choice.

Cover line 3 – See the pictures from the biggest concerts

Cover line 4 –  Find out the latest gossip between the artist.

Headline – New Upcoming R’n’B artist topping the global

Contents Page

Contents story 1 – Look at the charts, R’n’B and Hip hop charts page. See who song have been getting popular.

Contents story 2 – Double page spread interview with Nephew’s Noise

Contents story 3 – Top artist’s to join together to make big selling single for Charity

Double page spread

Headline –  New Hip hop and R’n’B has topped both charts with new singles

Pull quote – ‘It’s  quite shock how so many people like my music and they took an instant attraction to it’

Text –   We had an interview with Nephews Noise right before his concert in London at the Wembley arena. This is exactly one year since his album came out with a cross between hip hop and R’n’B which has topped both charts.  At mainstream Magazine we were delighted to have an interview with him. Here’s his answers to our questions.

Q. Hello Nephew’s Noise, how busy has the last year been with the new album coming out?

A.  It’s been extremely busy, it was a slow start because not many people had heard of me but once people started buying the album and hearing some of tracks on the radio and internet I just became more and more popular. It was amazing how fast the news got around.

Q. With so many people knowing who you are now, do you have any plans to start touring nationally and maybe internationally?

A. The tour that’s being planned is going through all the main cities around the Uk and there’s over 50 venues. Half of the tickets have already been sold for most of the venues but there’s still plenty more left and there’s plenty more time for my fans to start buying these tickets. The tours start in the summer of next year and last until the winter. There are no plans for international tours yet but there’s still the possibility of it happening in the future if I grow a wider global fan base.

Q. Are you amazed how many people like your music and how popular it has become all of sudden?

A. yes, It’s  quite shocking how so many people like my music and they took an instant attraction to it. I was surprised when I started selling albums so fast but the best bit was how high up the charts I was getting. For someone who just broke into the music business it’s been an amazing time. Time has flown by, it was only a year and a half ago when I was doing a normal job every day of the week and was listening to some of my idols in the music industry and now I’ve got songs which are selling.

Q. Why do you think your songs have become an instant success with the general public?

A. I’m not sure really, When I wrote them they were just songs from things that have happened in my life or what I want to happen in the future.  I think the way it’s sung and the music is a big factor why people like it. Its unique and different which I think makes it so popular. I didn’t want to follow other artists and create something the same that’s already in the market, I wanted to be unique and create my own style, this is the reason why it’s a cross between hip hop and R’n’B.

Q. Where did the name Nephew Noise come from?

A. Well when I was younger I had many nephews who were always making noise and being loud and all I wanted to do was listen to my music. So that’s when the name originates from. Quite simple really.

Q. What inspired you to chase your dream and become an artist?

A. It’s always been a dream of mine and I used to listen to R’n’B and hip hop when I was younger but there was not much music about like this about. My family supported me a lot when I went through the process of submitting my unique style of music to record producers but the perseverance paid off and I signed a record deal.

Thanks for the interview Nephews Noise, good luck with the tour.

Draft of each page

Front cover

Contents Page











































Double Page Spread

Draft Font Styles

Draft Colour Schemes

 These colour work well as the white/ grey can be the main colour on the page and this makes the black and yellow stand out. For example there could be a white - grey background with black fonts and highlight the words in yellows that I want to stand out to the audience.  I think this colour scheme would give an overall good effect to the magazine. The black connotes evilness and mystery and white connotes purity and innocence, these being contrasting colours I think would work together well in a music magazine as it would make parts if the magazine stand out.

 I think this is a good colour scheme like the 1^st colour scheme it has the neutral colour of white which could work as the main colour of the magazine. Orange connotes happiness, as this is a mix between red, a high-energy colour, and yellow, a colour of joy. The orange would work as a colour for font style on the magazine to be able to make text stand out and appeal to the audience.  This would also work well in a music magazine as white or black could be the background and the opposite colour would stand out on the background. The orange could be used to highlight certain words on the page that you want to stand out the audience.

I think this colour scheme is different from the normal bright looking colors but it is dull and boring. It’s a natural scheme. The colour blue connotes a peaceful and surrounding environment.  Blue would be the main colour of the color scheme as it takes control.  The light grey would act as a bright background colour but not being as plain as the colour white.

These are all bright outstanding colour that would catch the readers eye and rally would catch their attention. Blue connotes peacefulness and yellow connotes happiness and it also encourages people to concentrate more so this could be used as a colour for headlines or titles to make it stand out and appeal to the audience.

Summary of Conventions in Music Magazines

These magazines show the typography and colour is used well to attract the audience, making it stand out. The makers of these magazines have thought about colour schemes which work well together as they also stand out on the front cover, contents page and double page spread. For example white text on black background makes it stand out to the eye. An ordered layout around the magazine on all pages makes it easy for the reader to navigate the page and also easier to read. Also with the layout having the route of the eye or the rule of thirds this can help the audience when reading the page. The ratio of image to text has to be balanced for the reader to read the page because too much text could put someone off reading the page. Images are thought in this by normally having close eye level shots of the people in these magazines. The mise – en – scene is thought having the costumes the same colour as the background so it goes well together and so they can lay the text above it that makes it stand out.

Analysing magazine - Hip Hop Connection

 Typography – a Sans serif font is used and is big and bold to stand out. The font is plain and stands out. It suggests that its straight to the point. The effect the font is supposed to have is that it appeals to the reader and catches the audiences eye. These fonts are chosen because it stands out and is appealing

Layout – the layout is ordered with the masthead going across the top of the page and the cover lines on the right side of the page. The layout follows the route of the eye as it goes through the masthead the main image and then the cover lines on the right side. There Is more images to text but this work well as the picture is the main story on the page so it is quite widespread so this balances the images to text.

Colour – the main colors on the magazine is yellow, black and white. The black connotes evil, authority and power. Yellow connotes happiness so the black and yellow are contrasting colors. The bright yellow on the black background makes the colour stand out. These colors have been chosen because this makes the text stand out and appeal to the audience.

Images -  An eye level medium close up shot is used as the central image. The shot type used  gives the feel that the character is looking straight at the audience. This can attract the audience to the magazine with the main character looking right at you. The costume  with the hat and the ring  signify that he is  a hip hop star. This is a stereotypical look for this gene of music.

Mode of address –the magazine speaks to the audience by the bold colored typography attracting the audience and the central image with the costumes and props used appeal to the audience. An informal language is used on the front cover of the magazine.

Typography – a Sans serif font is used. This is a bold and plain. This connotes that its straight to the point. The white text stands out on the orange background. In white bold font it tells you the tittle of the page and below it in a smaller not bold font it has a small paragraph telling the reader what the article is about. Along with the tittle it has the page number in black. The bold white tittle of the page is supposed to attract the reader to see this and read it and once it has captured their attention is has the easier to read small paragraph beneath it.

Layout –  the layout is well ordered with the image being the main background of the contents page. The actual contents of the magazine are in a Colum format ion the right side of the page. The image is to do with an article inside the magazine and has the small paragraph. The ell order layout has the effect that it is a tidy page. The contents page does not look messy. The layout does not follow the route of the ye or the rule of thirds.

Colour – Black, white and orange are the main colors used on this page.  Orange connotes passion and energy and white connotes purity. These colors have been chosen because they are bright and happy colors, they brighten up the page. these colour have also been chosen due to the white text which stand out in the orange background.

Images – An eye level medium lose shot is used. The character is looking straight at the reader. The image is the main focus of the page. the effect of the shot type gives the feel that he is looking straight out at the magazine  towards the reader. The costume is mainly arranged which goes with the background and that is why the white font is used to make the white text out.

Mode of address - the magazine speaks to the audience with the bold writing to stand out to the reader along with the bright orange costume and background which also attracts to the reader. The language used is informal.

 Typography – font style are used is a bit more informal than sans serif font.  This font has an informal tittle to it. This gives the suggestion of the informal music this character makes so it goes well with his genre of music. The font has the effect on the audience of showing the character style. In the text a normal sans serif font is used for the interview text.

Layout – the layout it orders as it has a tittle at the top and a byline before the article starts. There’s a pull quote in the middle of a magazine and u8se the red to make it stand out.  The ordered layout makes it easy for the audience to read it and navigate the page. This does  not follow the route of the eye or the rule of third’s. There is a balanced amount of text to images because of the picture on the right page and the text on the left page.

Colour – Red white and black are the main colors are used in this. White being the main background colour in this. Black is used as the font as this stands out off the white background. The red is used to highlight certain words that the magazine wants to stand out to the audience. These colors have been chosen purely to grab the reader’s attention.

Images – a long shot has been used for the image on the right page.  the effect of this shot is to show he has a relaxed approach and that he is laid back.  The costume of the plain white shirt, baggy trousers and bulky shoes give the idea of a typical rapper.

Mode of address – the magazine speaks to the audience by the informally style title and the picture on the right hand side of the page. The red righting for the question also stand out to the audience. Informal language is used.

Analysing Magazine - Vibe magazine

 Typography – the font style used are a plain formal bold looking sans serif font. These suggest that the information is straight to the point and this is also is easy to read for the reader like the title and the cover lines. The effect this font is supposed to have on the audience is that it is bold and easy to the eye. This is grabs the audience’s attention right away catching the eye. These font styles were chosen for the reason that is very appealing and bold to point font style goes with hip-hop genre. Font styles for hip hop magazine normally have a bold look.

Layout – the layout is well ordered on the page. With the main image being surrounded by the cover stories. The caption on the picture is good as it stands out on the background of the red shirt and puffs and sell lines have been incorporated into this caption. The ordered layout on the page has the effect on the reader that everything is organized and easy to understand. Everything is manageable and easy to read. The magazine layout doe follow the route of the eye with it going through the title, then the center of the main image and the cover lines and finishing with the caption. The principal of thirds is also used in this as the main 4 points. There is a good amount of text to image as the text surrounds the main images well and it doesn’t drown the image out.

Colour – the main colors that are used in this front cover are red black and white. The black and white are two colors that can be used to make to text stand out to the audience and can appeal to the eye. This could be why these two colors are chosen because they stand out. The red could be chosen as this goes well with the red top that the male character is wearing in the picture and so this goes well with the colour scheme of the front cover.

Images - an eye level medium close up shot is used. This has the effect of the male character looking straight at the audience.  The male character is looking straight at the camera when the shot was taken so it gives the effect he is looking at you.

Mode of address – the front cover speaks to the audience using the bold fonts, puffs on the text and sell lines. Also the picture is thought about as the he is looking straight at the audience which can attract the audience. The bold sans serif font gives a straight to the point impression on the magazine front cover.

Typography – a bold sans serif font style  is used for the title of the page saying contents as this links with the house style font of the magazine having a bold, eye catching font. This font style suggests that these are keywords and that they want the audience to see this as it appears more to a person. The other text on the page which is the actual contents of the magazine has a curly an informal look for the tittle and this also contains different font types.  The different variations of font styles in the same text can make the audience read more of the text.  These variations in font style can make the audience read on and this is also unique to see the same text to have different styles.

Layout – the layout is ordered with the main images on the left hand side of the page and the actual contents of the magazine on the right Coolum of the page. This has the effect of having the picture taking up most of the page and having little room for text and the audience sees the picture being the main point of the magazine. This contents page doesn’t follow the route of the eye or principal of thirds.  The ratio of image to text is there is a lot more of the image than text and there is little room for the text.

Colour – a pale black, white and grey colour are used on this page. These colors connote quite a dull and boring feel to the page. These colors have been used to make the red heart on his chest stand out. With the red colour being the significant colour on the page, the colour red also connotes a romantic theme to the picture.

Images – A medium close up shot is used at a normal angle. This gives the effect like the front cover of having the character looking straight at the audience. The mise-en scene of the photo with the grey background and suit and then the bright red heart on the man’s chest makes the red heart really stand out on the page. This prop suggest something to do with love and romance.

Mode of address – the contents page speaks to the audience by the way they have used different font style in the contents page and the bold tittle at the top of the page to stand out. Also the picture speaks to the audience as it a dull colour picture the red heart stands out speaking to the audience that’s the heart is something important to do with this male character. Language used is formal.

Typography – the bold sans serif font is used again so carry on the house style look of the magazine. This bold font on pull quote and on the headlines on the double page spread can attract the audience to read the article. The connotations of this font suggest that this woman in brave having a bold font. This font is supposed to attract them to read the large oversized fonts so this can get them to read the rest of the article. This font style could have been chosen as seeing the big body of normal text can be overwhelming for the reader so having a big bold font quote and headline on the page can encourage them to read on.

Layout – this double page spread has a good ordered layout. The top half of both pages has pictures of this female charter all in different poses. The bottom half of the page has he main body of the text. The route of the eye is used in this because the audience would see the different picture at the top of the page and then see the text and this would give the effect attracting the readers. There is a balanced ratio of image to text with top and bottom half of the page being split one for the images and the other for the text therefore this gives this balanced ratio.

Colour – white and black are the colors on this page but secondary colors on page is the red on the dress of the female and the blue on the headline on the article.

Images – and long shot from a low angle have been used on this image. The effect of this it shows the whole of the female character and it shows the whole of her costume. The mise en scene of the costume is the most important with the red low cut dress this can have something to do with her r’n’b style.

Mode of address – the double page spread speaks to the audience with the bold look of the text, quotes and headlines and the bright white background is appealing. The language used is in a formal relaxed manner. There is no slang used but it easy reading the audience.