Double page spread house styles

I have found nine different magazine of double page spread. From this I have found that the picture is normally on the left with the writing and picture not crossing over. Also I have found that the title is big and bold and stands out on the page.

Contents page house styles

Colour scheme ideas, Name ideas and feature story ideas

Names: NCP LOUD VIBE INDIE PHOENIX INDI GREY RAY WIRE ASHES SOUND ALTERNATIVE UNCONVENTIONAL For my music magazine I wanted the name to be simple and to give a sense of what the magazine is like. This is why I have comprised a list of every name that that I have thought that could fill this specification. Overall I thought of 12 names, the names that I like best are VIBE, PHOENIX, and WIRE. Out of these I took a survey and the one that had the most positive response is VIBE. This is why I will be using it for my magazine. Fonts: MV boli -  New gothic -  Pescedero -  Poor richard -  Prestige eilite std -  Rockwell extra bold -  segoe marker -  segoe print -  lilly UPC -  Aharoni -  After searching for fonts that I think would suit the indie genre I came up with 10 fonts that I thought all would be good for my masthead. When I got all of the fonts that I wanted I could not choose between them. So I put them all in a table and asked my friends and family to vote. The one that came out on top was Aharoni. I will now use Aharoni in my magazine. Colours: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) On this website (adobe colour wheel CC) after I have found the right colour I put it in as the primary to the color wheel and the best colour that I have found that best go with it pink and blue. 8) After I chose what my font size would be I decided to choose the colour. When I was choosing my colours I needed to decide which colours would stand out however you still need to be able to read what it says. This is why I have chosen to use the first one. I think it will stand out from the page and attract readers. The second favorite one that I have chose is number 8, this is because I think that it would work well with the colours black, white and grey, as I know that they work well together. These would be my next choice if I decided to redesign my magazine.

Mise-en-scene location and prop ideas

I am including a guitar in my piece because I am basing my artist on Ed Sheeran. Also I feel like most indie artist use an instrument and the most popular is a guitar.

I have included a blue denim because I feel like it is an indie style.

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Costume designs

I have chosen these three outfits because I feel they fit the indie genre. The first one I have chosen messy hair, sunglasses, denim jacket, black jeans and converse shoes. This is because when I researched the indie genre I discovered that a denim jacket and black jeans is one of the most common looks of the genre.

The second design I have gone for a top and black jeans. I personally think that this is an indie look because it's simple and looks good.

The third design I have chosen messy hair, a jack wills hoodie, a guitar and black jeans. This is because the guitar will link to music and the jack wills top will link to fashion which I think that an indie artist needs.

My reader profile

Design your own reader profile for your magazine, include the areas you noticed when researching in to other profiles. Include imagery and statistics (these will be made up accordingly to suit the target you are aiming to consume your product.)

3 demographic questions: age? gender? income?

7 psychographic questions:

how many times do you go to a live music event per year? never? sometimes? always? 

whats your favorite artist or bands? 

what type of free gift would you want in a magazine?

Reader profile research

Demographic information

Hard data: age, gender, income, location

Table
Focusing on A, B and C because they have the money to spend. Focusing on parents who have kids because they will want their children to start reading.


Psychographic information

Information that uses data that gathers information given by the general public e.g,

What music genre do you like?
what bands and artists do you like?
How much do you spend on music concerts per year? If a lot then put free tickets on the magazine
Whats your favorite brand? Apple, converse
How do you consume music? Download, stream, radio, CDs, vinyl
How many hours per week do you listen to music?
Which technologues do you listen on? phone, computer, CDs

A reader profile is what target audience you want to target with your magazine, for example 'A' is aimed at upper class people, these people are employed higher management. My research tell me that the average age is late 30's, early 40's, this magazine attracts wealty, and people who have well paid jobs, this tells me that they can afford higher priced magazine.

For Grazia magazine I have found thanks to my research that reader profiles A, B , and C1's gender ratio is 90.7 women and 9.3 men. I have also found the age range for each age group:

15 - 24: 28.9%
25 - 34: 27%
35 - 44: 23.6%
45 - 54: 9.7%
55 - 64: 6.3%
65+     : 2.5%

Source: NRS June 10, July 11

For Q magazine I have found thanks to my research that reader profiles A, B , and C1's gender ratio is 26.7% women and 73.3% men. I have also found the age range for each age group:

15 - 24: 33.3%
25 - 34: 28.7%
35 - 44: 20.2%
45 - 54: 13.7%
55 - 64: 3.7%
65+     : 0.3%

Source: NRS June 10, July 11

If  I was using, A, B or C I think my reader will want highly accurate data about music and any other
things like interesting interviews, what's going on in the world of music, what celebrities think of things and gossip. I would also promote adverts in my magazine, this will bring more money in since company's pay so much to get an advert in a magazine. I will also add brands on to it, e.g. Topman, superdry, new look, etc, Also the price would be higher then D and E's because I feel they would have the money to spare.

If I were to aim my magazine at D and E then I would put the price down so that it can be easily affordable to this audience. Also at the back I would add job interviews at the back, this would interest the reader because they would be searching for a better job.

The reader profile will help sell my magazine because it will give me an idea of what the audience wants from a magazine and what I should be aiming at, for example the 15 - 24 year old are the most people who buy it.

The most popular genre was indie music

Genre research

Conventions analysis double page spread

Conventions analysis contents page

Conventions analysis front cover and brief

Brief: To design a front cover, conents page and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, a minimum of four images must be used.

Ideology:
I think that this magazine intends to show the audience that you should buy this magazine and promote Ed Sheeran because the main image is about Ed Sheeran. They do this by making the colours stand out off the page, for example the red is very eye catching because the magazine doesn't have any other bright colours. I think they did this because it makes the red seem very powerful and stands out from the page. I think that this magazine is also trying to promote the music industry because it has a different artist appear on the cover every week. This will promote the artist but also the artist will promote the magazine.

Institution:
The founders for Q magazine are Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, they felt that they could improve. Q was first published by EMAP media in 1986. They improved the music magazine by printing better quality of pictures and print. In 2008 EMAP sold its consumer magazine titles to Bauer Media Group.
Q magazine is not the only brand that Q has, they also had a TV channel that closed in 2012. Q also still holds a yearly awards ceremony called the Q awards.

Audience:
The target market for Q magazine is mainly 18-30 year olds. I think this is because they promote a lot of young artist for the the younger audience (18 year olds) like Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. However they still promote a lot of older artist that 30 years olds can enjoy.

Represention: The person that appears that appears in this magazine is Ed Sheeran. He is portrayed in this with a guitar, this is his signature item and one of the things that you first thing of when  you thing of him. I think that he is portrayed as an everyday person, for example his messed up hair and a plain jacket, he is not portrayed as a normal celebrity.