Article Research

In this lesson I created a prezi presentation on how I managed to get an interview with my chosen band for my music magazine, questions and their contact details.

Planning Production Sketches

cover and contents sketches

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Planning Production

Planning Production

Main Image: Mid shot of a female in front of a brick wall, blowing out cigarette smoke, wearing a leather jacket, long, messy-ish hair. Blank facial expression. Dark make up, black eyeliner/eye shadow, deep red lipstick.

Cover lines:
Main cover line- ’Roxanne ‘’the truth about my shady past’’’ 

1. ‘Indie rock history – looking back in time’
2. ‘The rocking sixties – rolling stones’ new album?
3. ‘Coldplay ‘’2014 is our year’’’
4. ‘Miles Kane shares his music knowledge

Text for contents page:

Regular Content:

1. Gig guide
9. Hottest reviews
10. This month’s best music vid!
11. Single of the month
12. Introducing... Bailey Levi
15. Music Quiz
18. 5 surprise posters
20. Letters from the readers
29. Music prize give away

Feature articles:

2. Roxanne Green – Tells all about her infamous younger years
 5. Behind the scenes – Rod Stewart on tour
6 . Look back on music history
13. James Skelly ‘’My top 10 favourite albums’’
17. Preview of Beth Ditto’s upcoming single
19. ‘Beatles by numbers – Alex Turners top 10
21. ‘Kings of Leon Rumours – Caleb tells us the real truth
22. ‘Miles Kane – ‘’for me, music and life are all about style’’
24. ‘Oasis – ‘Rumoured reunion’
26. ‘Boring Brits – have the awards gone tame?
27. ‘Ronnie Wood – still a musical inspiration in his sixties’
28. ‘In memory of Kurt Cobain ‘’I’d Rather be dead than cool’’
30.  ‘Northern sound – How the North became the indie capital’
32. ‘The strokes are set to release a new album, unlike any before’
33. Radiohead’s Yorke – ‘’ I am actually going to have to have a break’’
35. ‘Mylo Xyloto follow up tour – Will coldplay go crazier this time?’
37. 23 Fake Street –New band, new gossip!

Images for contents page:

1.      23 Fake Street image (band which is being interviewed)
2. Microphone
3. Image of ‘Bailey Levi’
4. Image of ‘Roxanne’ (main image)

Article:

My double page spread will include the interview with 23 fake street, with them talking about each other and venues they have performed in.

Image: IMG_0150

Publication Plan

In this lesson, with help from my questionnaire, I chose what initial ideas I wanted to use for my magazine such as title and price.

Title: Plectrum

Positioning statement: Indie rock never sleeps

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Price: £2.50

Distribution: Newsagents, Supermarkets, HMV, Magazine’s website, Publishers website, WHSmith, Bookstores, Events such as gigs and festivals across the country 

Rationale: This magazine will be based around the music industry’s perspective. With articles based around the new stories and also looking back on the history different industries and artists. My magazine will be heavily based on the semantic field of music, and not going off track to gossip which I believe will be irrelevant to the fans.

Style: I want my magazine to come across relaxed and not too forced to the audience, I will achieve this by aiming to use jokey terms and interviews which include some banterous questions. Some content will be factual, just approached in a more informal way.

Regular Content:
2. Upcoming gigs
3. Reviews
4. New music
5. New music videos
6. New/old artists
7. Music Quiz
8. Posters
9. Letters from readers
10. Music prize givaway

Featured Content:
1.Interview with artist/band shown on the front cover
2. Gig guide
 3. Join a band on tour
 4. Look back on music history
5. Win backstage passes to an upcoming gig
6. James Skelly names his top 10 favourite albums
7. HMV Discount Card
8. Key ring of an indie-rock band/artist
9. Preview of an upcoming single
10. ‘Alex Turner tells us his top 10 favourite Beatles songs
11. ‘Kings of Leon ‘tells us the real truth’
12. ‘Miles Kane – ‘’for me, music and life are all about style’’
13. ‘Oasis – ‘Rumoured reunion’
14. ‘Are the Brit awards becoming too boring to watch?’
15. ‘Ronnie Wood, best friends with pop sensation Harry Styles?’
16. ‘In memory of Kurt Cobain ‘’I’d Rather be dead than cool’’
17.  ‘Reasons why the North is the best for music’
18. ‘The strokes are set to release a new album, unlike any before’
19. Radiohead’s Yorke – ‘’ I am actually going to have to have a break’’
20. ‘What have Coldplay got under their sleeve to follow up from their Mylo Xyloto Tour?’

House Style:

Cover lines: Haettenschweiler

Headlines:  Arial Rounded MT Bold

Stand first: BrowalliaUPC

Captions: Calibri (Body) 14pt.

Features first paragraph: Drop capital, Berlin Sans FB Demi, Indenting paragraphs

News first paragraph: First word in bold capitals

Body text: Sample text 12pt

Colour scheme: Red, White and Black

Questionnaire Analysis

In this lesson, I used slideboom to create my questionnaire analysis, I used graphs and charts to show the results of each question I asked in my questionnaire. This helped me to know what my target audience's requirements are for a good magazine.