QUESTIONNAIRE.

Questionnaire: Music magazine.For my AS media I have to produce a music magazine I would be grateful if you could fill in this questionnaire to help my production.

1. Are you male or female?

2. What is your favourite colour?

3. How often do you buy a music magazine? (Circle answer)
    Weekly                   Fortnightly                    Monthly                     Every 2 months

4. What three words would you associate with Indie music?

5. Who is your favourite artist within the Indie genre?

6. Do you download music or buy CD’s? (Circle answer).
Download                        Buy CD                          Both

7. How many gigs do you attend in a six month period?


8. On a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 is very important and 5 is irrelevant how do you rate the following aspect of a music magazine.

Pictures                    1                      2                          3                          4                           5

Reviews                    1                      2                          3                          4                           5

Competitions           1                      2                          3                          4                           5

Free gift                    1                      2                          3                          4                           5

Upcoming gigs         1                      2                          3                          4                           5

Upcoming                 1                      2                          3                          4                           5
festivals

What’s in             1                        2                       3                            4                                5
this week

Quizzes and         1                       2                       3                             4                               5
crosswords

Fan mail               1                        2                       3                            4                                5

I have included my first question so I can see what works best forboth sexes in music magazines.
I have included my second question so when it comes to picking the colour scheme for my magazine I know what is most appealing to the buyer.
Question three is included so I know how often it would be best to produce my magazine issue.
My fourth question is to help with the name of my magazine so people will know my magazine is about indie music when they go to buy it.
The fifth question I have included is to help me come up with coverlines for the front cover and other stories for my contents pages.
I have included the sixth question so I know what is most popular with the readers and what can be reviewed in the magazine.
My seventh question is to help me see how popular gigs are so readers can be notified and I can include reviews.
My rate section is to help me see what the most popular sections are in a magazine and what readers most like to see so I can concentrate on important areas when creating my magazine.

ANALYSIS OF DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD ARTICLES.

-One main image on one side of article.
-Main title.
-Smaller caption telling reader about article.
-Name of magazine next to page number.
-Quotes usually used to split up text which helps attract readers.
-Interviewer or reviewers name at beginning or end of Article.
-Small amount of colours – simple colour scheme.
-One large picture, which takes up a whole page, and sometimes bleeds between pages. (used to link       two pages together). Sometimes picture is across the whole double page spread, with all text on picture.
Quoter used sometimes in the headline, on the picture or in the stand first, or to break up the text.
Standfirst introduces the article and is positioned under headline, often include journalists name.
Drop capital used at start of the article, to show the reader where to start.
- Other techniques include: bold text , larger type face, capitals for first few words.
Headline sometimes uses stylised font. They arse used to draw the reader in but doesnt tell them what it's about, that is done by standfirst.
Byline who wrote article.
Often photogrpahs credited.
Laid out in 2 to 4 columns.
Strapline at top - subject matter.
Article is usually written informally and personality of journalist comes through.

ANALYSIS OF MAGAZINE CONTENTS PAGE.

ANALYSIS OF MAGAZINE FRONT COVER.

RESEARCHING THE MARKET PLACE.

Q magazine- Price: £3.99                            
                    Frequency of publication: Monthly on the 10th.
                    Issue size: 202 pages.
                    Regular content: new releases, music compilations, reviews-(film, music, radio,television),
                    the Q50, cash for questions crossword and ten commandments.
                    Feature articles:  Front cover main image article.
                                              Plus.
                                              Exclusive interviews.
                 
                    http://www.qthemusic.com/
                    http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/
                    

Mojo Magazine - Price: £4.50
                           Frequency of publication: Monthly
                           Issue size: 154 pages.
                           Regular content: Albums, Reissues, Mojo playlist, All back to my place, Ask column and Hello.Goodbye.                            
                           Feature articles: Front cover main image article.
                                                    Interviews.
                                                                 
                           http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/
                           http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/



NME Magazine - Price: £2.20
                            Frequency of publication: Weekly.
                            Issue size: 66 pages.
                            Regular content: Band index, reviews, radar crossword, letters and live.
                            Feature articles:  Front cover main image article.
                                                      Plus article.
                            http://www.nme.com/magazine
                            http://www.ipcmedia.com/contacts/index.php?lookuptype=magazine&lookup=621
                 

INITIAL IDEAS.

Type of music magazine - Indie
Target Audience - indie magazine for people 16-26 years old.

MAIN TASK - MUSIC MAGAZINE.

For the main task I have to research the market for music magazines and use what I have found to produce my own music magazine with front cover, contents page and double page spread for a main feature article.

EVALUATION OF SCHOOL MAGAZINE.

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My media product uses the basic form and conventions of a real media product. My media product doesn’t really develop any of the forms and conventions as it is a simple version of a media product. My media product doesn’t really challenge the forms and conventions, except for my main title as it is really detailed and different to a simple magazine title.

How did you use new media technologies in the construction of your media product?
For the production of my media product I used two new products which were Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXPress. I used Adobe Photoshop to develop my front cover, I learnt what tools there were, what they did, how to use them and how to bring them all together to produce a final magazine front cover. I used QuarkXPress to develop my contents page I used it to make a typical styled contents page and incorporate my ideas into it to make a complete contents page.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of both the product and your use of new media technologies?One of the strengths of my product is its weaknesses, the more weak my school magazine the more I can show how I have developed during my music magazine. My strengths in my media technologies have grown during my magazine production as I have developed more new skills; however I still have some weaknesses as I am only confident in the basics of the technologies.

SCHOOL MAGAZINE CONTENTS PAGE.

PRODUCTION OF SCHOOL MAGAZINE CONTENTS PAGE.

SCHOOL MAGAZINE FRONT COVER

PRODUCTION OF SCHOOL MAGAZINE FRONT COVER.

PHOTOGRAPHS FOR SCHOOL MAGAZINE.

ROUGH LAYOUT OF CONTENTS PAGE.

PLANNING CONTENT.

Regular content: Quizzes
                         Wordsearch
                         Crossword
                         Support
Feature Articles: School starts
                          I.C.T
                          Newsletter
                          Brainfood
                          Revision
                          Results
                          Uniform
                          Sports day
                          Newsletter
                          Production
Image for paris trip.
Image for I.C.T.
Image for Brainfood.
Image for school starts.

ROUGH LAYOUT OF FRONT COVER.

SCHOOL MAGAZINE DETAILS.

Title of magazine: Revise.
Details of mise-en-scene: One person standing in front of a backdrop in medium close up.
Coverlines: RESULTS- g.c.s.e and A-levels.
                  REVISION- techniques to help.
                  PARIS- school trip.
                  UNIFORM- new style.
                  BRAINFOOD- foods to help your study.

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM LESSON.

In our lesson we did a task experimenting with camera angles.

                                          A low angle medium close up.

                                          A high angle long shot.

                                          A big close up of someone using a mobile phone.

                                          A close up of some in 'nature'.

                                          A two shot in medium long shot.

                                          An over the shoulder shot of someone writing.

                                         A very long shot conveying isolation.

                                          A medium close up.

                                          A long shot.  

                                          A photograph which has connotations of friendship.

                                          A photograph which has connotations of stress.

                                          An extreme close up of the time.