Front cover designs

Above are a few designs on how i am planning on designing my front cover. Looking at many different types of music magazines i had come up these ideas, as they appeal to the readers, and are easily seen to be a music magazine, rather then an entertainment or fashion magazine. The layout of the magazine is straight forward as it has a title, sell lines, bar code, image of an artist, easily shown as a music magazine.

Contents page designs

The above are designs of type of contents page i will be creating. I added things such as editor review an image of the cover with detail about it. Images of other artists and page number above them so it is easy for the reader to find them. As as all these conventions are typical music magazine conventions.

Double page designs

These are ideas for my double page spread, in both designs i used an image of an artist as well as other features within the magazine, which many double page spread articles tend to have,  as well as a bold heading. The article or image tend to have the most space as they are the most important factor. Following these designs would allow me to create a typical music magazine, as looking at many different types of music magazines i have got these ideas.

Different font styles for title

Below are many different styles of font which i have thought of for the title "Rhythm" which will be the the title of my magazine. The font which would appeal more to the genre that i have chosen would be 11, as it is bold as well having style to it, which will attract attention to the magazine.

1) Rhythm 

2) Rhythm 

3) Rhythm 

4) Rhythm 

5) Rhythm 

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 7) Rhythm

 8) Rhythm

9) Rhythm 

10) Rhythm 

11) Rhythm 

Interviews

So that i am able to know what people would like to see on the front cover, contest page and the double spread article, i asked several question so i was able to gain the information which would help me design my magazine. The following are the questions that i had asked as it might not be clear in the audio:

1) Would Hip Hop or Pop be a good genre to base my music magazine on?


2) What do you think of the following titles, which one will be the best one for my magazine?


Hip the hop
HHP
Rhythm


3) Should my main article be based on an interview?


4) Do you think i should base my article on a solo artist or a band?


5)Do you think my contents page should have a wide range of image as well as text?


6) Should i have freebies within my magazine?   

Graph 5- Spend

To know how much I should sell my magazine for, I asked the question “how much are you willing to spend on magazine?” From the graph it is clear that the majority who took part in the questionnaire prefer paying £2 for magazine.  Most people are not willing to pay no more then £3. From the results I can see that it would be best to base the price of my music magazine around £2-£3. More people would prefer this price, so it would be better.

Graph 4- Features

What features do you prefer in a magazine, was a another question i had asked, from this question i am able to see that most people prefer have interviews in a magazine, getting information about the artist from the artist. From this question i am able to see that if i base my double page spread on an interview ill attract more readers. The second highest was gossip, having some gossip within it would also be a good idea. Interviews would be a good idea as it also aimed at the ages range of 17-20.

Graph 3- Age

Another question that I had asked was relating to age.  From the graph it is clear that the majority of people who had answered these questions were in the age range of 17-18. From this it is clear that when designing my music magazine I should aim to focus it on between the ages of 17-20, despite the majority who answered the questions were 17-18. Having a wider age range would attract more readers. 

Graph 2- Genre

The following table shows the Genre of music, and which was the most popular genre. Shown from the graph above the most popular genre would be Hip-Hop, as it would appeal to my target audience. As the questionnaire is was asked to a younger audience. The second most popular genre is RnB which might also be a part of my magazine, as having this will attract a larger audience.

Graph 1- Gender

As part of my research I had to ask a variety of a question one of them being  gender. From the results it is shown that the majority of  people who took  part in the questionnaire where females, 14 female took part in the questionnaire and 6 males. From the results it shows that despite having a larger amount of females audience  there is yet a large amount of males, showing that my magazine should focus on both male and female.

Questionnaire Results

 The following are the results from the questionnaire. 20 people were asked. To be able to get a wider view on what sort of music magazine i should create i asked both male and female as it will allow me to have a wide range of readers. 



1) How old are you?

15-16- 3
17-18-14
19-20-3

2) What Gender are you?

Male-6
Female-14

3) What Genre of music do you listen to?

HipHop-10
Funky house-0
Rock-2
Jazz-1
Grime-0
RnB-7

4) Who is your favourite artist or band?

Nicki Minaj-1
Drake-1
Akon-2
Bruno Mars-3
Nelly-1
Eminem-2
Lil Wayne-1
Rihanna-1
Peter Andre-1
The script-1
Beyonce-2
Justin Bieber-1
Michael Buble-1
Cheryl Cole- -1
Tinnie Tempa-1

5) What are your hobbies?

Singing-2
Playing games-0
Dancing-1
Sports-7
Shopping-8
Reading-2

6)What features do you prefer in a magazine?

Gossip-5
Fashion-2
Latest celeb rumors-4
Adverts-2
Interviews-5
Events-2

7) What freebies would you like within a magazine?

CD's - 4
T-shirts - 2
Ipod cases - 1
posters - 5
Headphones - 2
Vouchers foor itunes -5
Other- 1

8) How much are you willing to spend on a magazine?

£1-2
£2-12
£3-5
£4-1

9) What Music channels do you prefer?

MTV- 7
Kiss- 4
Box-2
Vivi-2
4muisc- 5
other-0


10) What sort of magazine do you usually buy?

Fashion Based- 9
Music Based- 5
Entertainment Based- 6


11) Do you ever attended concerts?

Yes-3
No- 12
Rarely- 2
Occasionally- 2
Frequently-1



   

Questionnaire

For my media coursework, I will be creating a music magazine, which will be aimed at a certain audience, to be able to know what sort of magazine I should produce; I will need to do some research, to know what readers are looking for in a music magazine. I would be grateful f you would answer the following questions.
Please circle the applicable boxes to you.


1) How old are you?
15-16
17-18
19-20


2) What gender are you?
Male
Female


3) What genre of music do you listen to?
Hip-Hop                RnB          
Funky house         Jazz
Rock                     Grime


4) Who is your favorite artist or band?
  _____________________________________________________________


5) What are your hobbies?
Singing            Playing games
Dancing           Sports
Shopping         Reading
6) What features do you prefer in a magazine?
Gossip       Interviews
Fashion      Latest celeb rumors
Events        Adverts
Other_________________

7) What Freebies would you like within a magazine?
CD’s            Posters
T-Shirts       headphones
Ipod cases   Vouchers for Itunes
Other ______________


8) How much are you willing to spend on a magazine?
Up to:
£1      £2
£3      £4


9) What music channels do you prefer to watch?
MTV     VIVA
KISS    4Musicc
Box      Other_________


10) What sort of magazine do you prefer?
Fashion based
Music Based
Entertainment based


11) Do you ever attend concerts?
Yes          No
Rarely      Occasionally
Frequently  




Reason for questionnaire- I created a questionnaire to help me design my music magazine, from my questionnaire i will be able to tell what sort of things people prefer within a music magazine, as well as this the questionnaire will also allow me base my magazine on a specific audience as well as genre. Getting the opinion of different people will allow my magazine to attract a larger amount of audience, as the majority will prefer the style of magazine produced at the end. Through this questionnaire i will gain both subjective and objective data. Answers that will be provided from the questions will give me knowledge on how it should be created.

Double page spread analysis 2

This article is from the music magazine kerrang, which is based on indie/rock music. As soon as the reader looks at this article the fist thing that they would see would be the quote by the singer the article is based in Lilly Allen. Having bold quotes within a double page article is a typical convention of music magazines. 
Lilly Allen's image on the right takes up the whole of the right side, The artist has direct contact with the reader which is also another convention within music magazines, having direct contact allows the audience to be directly drawn into the article. Through mise-en-scene we can see that the artist is not representing a typical female, as she is not wearing female type clothing and is more towards the masculine side, as shown from the color of the clothing as well, as it is red. Subverting the representation of a typical female.
The article starts of with a Bold quote, which is written in white, and large font compared to the other font, and has a black background to it. Appealing to the audience. The colors used within this article are red, black and white, these colors are not bright colors, but as they are used on a white background they attract more attention. These colors go well together because they allow the magazine to be more understandable from the readers. the main point are stated in red, as the artist is wearing red it also shows that she is the main point of the article.
Before the article starts there is a few lines, describing what the article is about, this is useful as it allows the reader to either read on or not, as they don't have to read the whole article, the intention of the few lines are for a reader who will either read on or who will not. The article it self is very neat, organised in paragraphs, with the same font through out, making it easier for the reader.

Double page spread analysis

The double page spread from NME magazine, and in this double page article it is featuring "The Teenagers". The title of the article allows the reader to understand who the article is based on straight away as it gives the bands name. 
Also there is a very bold image of the band, which easily gives it away as well. The image on the left takes up a whole section. The image of the band attracts the readers sight straight away has the band have direct contact with reader. The shot of the band is a high angle shot, giving the audience  full shot of them. Through the relaxed mood, it shows that this article is mainly aimed towards teenagers, as shown through there clothing, as they are dressed casually, and the idea of a bed shows typical teenage behavior as they are known to be lazy. From the images on the wall it is seen to be appealing to young teenage boys as there is posters on the wall, attracting boys. 
Within the corner of the image there is a box which is bold and blue, as seen the important information of the article are bold and in surrounded by blue background, as "RADER" "Need to know" and the title are stated in a blue box with black writing and is bold attracting the readers eye straight away. The style of certain points on the magazine relate to teenagers such as the "need to know" box its a notepad style showing its meant to attract teenage readers. The style of font used within the article is simple, targeting its target audience. There is a also a quote from the band, which is also a main attraction of the magazine as shown by the blue background. The quote mentioned by the band, also relates to teenagers. At the bottom of the page, within the middle there is also some information on the magazine and the web address, this stands out as it is red and there is only that section that is is red, this box allows if they wish to gain more information about the magazine and other articles.
On the right hand side of the page there is the article about the band and also "Everyone's talking about" Having to types of ideas on one side, attracting many different readers, wanting the readers to read on through the rest of the magazine. As the other part of the right has information about other bands. Having images on some bands, makes it easier for the readers, allowing th magazine to look more professional, not is is this what makes it look more professional the  limited amount of colors also allows the magazine to look more professional, colors used are black, blue and white.