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.