Task 7- progression and evaluation of my music magazine

Looking back at my preliminary task(student magazine) and evaluating what I have learnt in the progression from it to my finish music magazine.

Question 6: What have you learnt about new technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Question 5: How did I appeal to and attract my target audience?

Before producing my music magazine I conducted some audience research to find out what my audience would like to see in my magazine, so I asked a sample of 20 teenage girls around the aged inbetween 12-18. Below are some of the photos of my questionnaire I handed out. My results were that most of the girls wanted to see: celebrity gossip about music artists etc Rihanna, Beyonce. They prefered magazines that had more images in than pages of writing, however did still like reading small articles.  Half of the girls i asked said that they were more likely to read a magazine if a freebie was included for example a free lipgloss, or nail varnish. They said qualities that made a good front cover was that it had to be colourful, an organised layout, a colour scheme, include more than just one photo of the page, the cover stories have to be interesting. They also said that the cover image used on the front cover has to be a powerful striking photo this makes it more interesting and eye catching to the audience. Through my mode of address i have included the reader by involving their interest on the front cover sell lines, content descriptions and my interview. They liked reading their horoscopes and magazines that contain information and tips on how to look good and dress stylishy, celebirty gossip, magazines with a fashion element.






These are the results of my audience feedback for my finished product.

QUESTION 4: WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT

All media products such as films, television programmes,blogs,websites and magazines etc, should have an audience in mind which, this in turn impacts on all decisions made about content and design making it more appealing to certain audiences.
Media prodcuts use demographics and VALS to determine who their audience is, it also allows us to learn more about them. As shown on my Reader profile i have included which catergories my audsience fall into, my audience is teenage girls ranging from 12-18 year olds who have an interest in 'Bubblegum pop music' they also look up to people with celebrity status and aim to achieve this is why i have listed them as 'Strivers' and 'Experiencers' as they have an interest alos in fashion which links into my magazines genre.
As part of my planning I produced a reader profile for MELODIA (my music magazine) this is similar to the NME profile I made previously, it allowed me to have a greater understanding of my target audience.


 

QUESTION 3: WHICH MEDIA INSTITUTION WOULD DISTRIBUTE YOUR PRODUCT

QUESTION 2: How did I represent different social groups in my product?

QUESTION 1: How did you use media forms and conventions?

Here is a video of how i used media forms and conventions.

Photoshoot risk assessment sheet

Here is proof of my risk assessment sheet i filled in regarding the safety of the locations and technologies i used to take the photos.

MEDIA MUSIC MAGAZINE

Contact sheet of photos before edited for my music magazine

Consent form i gave my magazine models to fill in so that they could take part.

This is a copy of a form I gave to my models so that they could agree to me taking photos of them.

Mood board of ideas for my music magazine

I carried out alot of research into what my magazine should look like and what i want it to look like, all my ideas are shown on my moodboard. I have included alot of images of how i would like my photography of female models to look, features I would include and my targeted audience.

Research and planning: Content analysis of 2 contrasting music magazines

The following posters are an analysis of the contents of 2 contasting music magazines. I chose to analyse the two magazines NME and Rock sound. The target audience for NME magazine is music lovers, both genders, ranging from 17 to 30 year olds due to the content and the swearing, therefore it is not recommended for younger ages. The target audience for Rock sound is both genders, roughly 12- 18 year olds who like to know the latest up and coming bands.
The publisher for NME magazine is IPC and the publisher for Rock sound is Freeway Press Inc.

Task 3: Initial audience research

Task 2- Market research

 

 

 

Market Research

 

In this task I had to find out what music magazines already exist in the UK and had to analyse their target audience, who buys the magazines, the publishers of the magazines and its circulation figures.

I found out that there is a gap in the market for a music magazine focusing on female pop icons for example beyonce, rihanna and Nicki Minaj, as there is only Top of the Pops that has this genre of magazine.