Wednesday 17 April 2013
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Monday 11 March 2013
Question 2- What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?
What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why? Look back on your research about magazine publishers e.g. Hachette, IPC.
Having researched several media institutions I have decided that if my magazine was distributed by a media institution it would be Bauer Media. This is because my magazine was based upon a similar music genre and style as Q. Q is distributed by Bauer Media. Q magazine inspired the way I deigned my magazine in many ways. From the colour scheme, having it very simple and more of a classy look. I wanted my magazine to be based up a indie/rock genre. So either way I could have gone down the route of using Kerrang as inspiring the ideas for my magazine (which is more of a busy, dark magazine with a lot of detail in the editing of the layout, photos, and text). Or simply take the more of a calmed and sophisticated approach with using Q as an ideal magazine to base the style of my magazine on. And this is why I chose Q, because it was nice and simple. Q has specific qualities I picked up on whilst researching it such as, on the front cover and other pictures used throughout the magazine it was based upon simply just the face of the artist with a plain background, which I really liked as it kept the focus on purely just the artist and therefore doesn't need as much text because the picture speaks for itself, which i believe Q magazine does. Not only do I think Bauer would distribute my magazine for the specific qualities other magazines had that I focused on but also because of the fact Q magazine is on of the UK top best selling magazines. I would want my magazine LDN to follow in the same footsteps and be as successful as Q.
Not only do I believe Bauer Media would distribute my magazine but also IPC Media. IPC Media distribute magazines such as NME and Uncut. I focused most of my research on NME however. I really liked NME's style and thoroughly looked into all kinds of different pages of theirs. Not only does IPC Media magazines such as NME focus on a similar music genre (rock/soft rock/indie/etc) but also focused on a similar target audience as me. I wanted my magazine to focus on ages from around 15/16 year olds and on wards (preferably up to late 20s). Although this may seem like a negative thing for IPC Media to do (publish my magazine LDN as well as Q) because they are so similar. This way it is giving their audience more of a varied choice in what magazines they are able to buy. They have more choice in different articles, pictures, competitions, etc. The target audience may even buy both magazines leading to more profit for IPC Media. NME magazine has similar qualities to my magazines, such as the bold text used. The simplistic design making the magazine look a lot more organised and suitable for the older teens. I also really liked the idea that NME used of having the name of the magazine (NME) in bold big text, and the artist of the main articles name at the bottom of the magazine in similar bold big text. This make the magazine look symmetrical again allowing it to look a lot more organised and people can then recognize the magazine from a distance.
Having researched several media institutions I have decided that if my magazine was distributed by a media institution it would be Bauer Media. This is because my magazine was based upon a similar music genre and style as Q. Q is distributed by Bauer Media. Q magazine inspired the way I deigned my magazine in many ways. From the colour scheme, having it very simple and more of a classy look. I wanted my magazine to be based up a indie/rock genre. So either way I could have gone down the route of using Kerrang as inspiring the ideas for my magazine (which is more of a busy, dark magazine with a lot of detail in the editing of the layout, photos, and text). Or simply take the more of a calmed and sophisticated approach with using Q as an ideal magazine to base the style of my magazine on. And this is why I chose Q, because it was nice and simple. Q has specific qualities I picked up on whilst researching it such as, on the front cover and other pictures used throughout the magazine it was based upon simply just the face of the artist with a plain background, which I really liked as it kept the focus on purely just the artist and therefore doesn't need as much text because the picture speaks for itself, which i believe Q magazine does. Not only do I think Bauer would distribute my magazine for the specific qualities other magazines had that I focused on but also because of the fact Q magazine is on of the UK top best selling magazines. I would want my magazine LDN to follow in the same footsteps and be as successful as Q.
Not only do I believe Bauer Media would distribute my magazine but also IPC Media. IPC Media distribute magazines such as NME and Uncut. I focused most of my research on NME however. I really liked NME's style and thoroughly looked into all kinds of different pages of theirs. Not only does IPC Media magazines such as NME focus on a similar music genre (rock/soft rock/indie/etc) but also focused on a similar target audience as me. I wanted my magazine to focus on ages from around 15/16 year olds and on wards (preferably up to late 20s). Although this may seem like a negative thing for IPC Media to do (publish my magazine LDN as well as Q) because they are so similar. This way it is giving their audience more of a varied choice in what magazines they are able to buy. They have more choice in different articles, pictures, competitions, etc. The target audience may even buy both magazines leading to more profit for IPC Media. NME magazine has similar qualities to my magazines, such as the bold text used. The simplistic design making the magazine look a lot more organised and suitable for the older teens. I also really liked the idea that NME used of having the name of the magazine (NME) in bold big text, and the artist of the main articles name at the bottom of the magazine in similar bold big text. This make the magazine look symmetrical again allowing it to look a lot more organised and people can then recognize the magazine from a distance.
Friday 1 March 2013
What specific things I now know people like about my final product.
Recently I interviewed 3 friends of mine who were my perfect audience. They were interested in all the types of music and articles involved into my magazine, so they were a perfect target audience for me to ask what specifically they liked about my magazine.
First video- Sade Williams, 16 years old. Into festivals, gigs, parties, and loves Frank Ocean.
Second video- Tuesday Rowlands, 17 years old. Enjoys going to gigs and listening to music, travelling. Loves You Me At Six, Fall Out Boy, and Florence and the machine.
Third video- Rebecca Morris, 18 years old. Loves reading magazines, listening to music, and parties. Loves Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, and Bastille.
From there interests and taste in music this already gave me a bonus on whether they would like my magazine, so I knew it was all down to the layout, pictures, colour scheme etc.
What did my target audience like?
- Bold title, with the shadow behind it.
- Colour scheme is consistent and match well, look professional.
- Pictures are really relevant to the interest of teens and young adults.
- Quote on dps is inspirational, and fonts really make the quote stand out.
- Picture looks professional.
- Quotes on front page (Orla's quote) is really exciting and makes you want to read it (Orla could have ended up in prison.
- Circle on front page really catches your eye
- The text Orla is written in because it allows you to easily know who the main article is about.
- The way prison is spaced out because it emphasizes that prison is shocking.
- The layout of the content page looks professional.
- Content is written in curly writing, because it different and stands out more.
- London logo on content page, black and white allows you to know what the magazine is called easily.
- Colour of the dps picture because the black and white goes with colour scheme.
- Master head is effective.
- Poster advertisement is popular for teens.
- Use of different fonts.
- Content page is 'Simple yet sophisticated'.
- New features, numbers, good magazine conventions are used throughout magazine.
- Pull quote on double page spread really pull you in.
- Pull quote is a good topic as Alex Turner is very popular at the moment.
- Title for Orla on dps and front cover are the same text, this is consistent and makes you magazine look really organised.
Over all everything I put into my magazine, such as specific conventions, like the pull quotes, big text, edited pictures and so on were commented on positively by my perfect target audience. Even little touches I added to my magazine like have 'prison' spaced out on my front cover for the quote from Orla, (used to emphasize that an actual celebrity admits she could have been in prison) people actually noticed. The smaller details really did come in handy for me. Overall all the positive feed back I have had back has made me feel really positive about my magazine and I feel like I have really improved and I am a lot more advanced with programs such as Photoshop and Indesign!
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