Front Cover Image

Contents Page Image

Double Page Spread Image

Preliminary Front Cover

Preliminary Contents Image

Evaluation: Question 1

This is the answer to my evaluation question 1 in which I explain what ways my media product uses, develops or challenges forms and conventions of real media products.

Evaluation: Question 2

Question two refers to the social groups my media product is targeted for, in this question I explain my taget social group in further detail

Evaluation: Question 3

This question involves the companies who produce indie-rock magazines similar to mine who would publish my magazine due to the genre they tend to publish presently.

Evaluation: Question 4

In these two videos, are examples of my target audience where I found out about information which will help me understand the type of people who will be reading my magazine.

Evaluation: Question 5

I alalysed the different ways I used codes and conventions to attract my audience and why they would be tempted to muy my music magazine.

Evaluation: Question 6

In this question, I talked about the different programmes I used in the process of making my music magazine

Evaluation: Question 7

In this question, I compared my preliminary tast of my School magazine with my Music magazine

Production of music magazine

Front cover: Contents Page

Double page spread

Double page spread screenshots

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Audience Feedback

In this lesson, I created a PowerPoint containing different graphs and data to show my results of my questionnaire and resons behind their decisions.

Audience Feedback

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In this section, I took four questions from my questionnaire and did an audio with one of my target audience memebers, I then uploaded it on to Premier and added screenshots of images of my magazine

Questionnaire

1. Would you buy my magazine if you see it in the shop? Why? 2. What is good about my front cover? Why? 3. What could I improve on my front cover? Why? 4. Do you think the image I used is appropriate? Why? 5. What is good about my contents page? Why? 6. What could I improve on my contents page? Why? 7. Do you think the images I used are appropriate? Why? 8. What is good about my double page spread? Why? 9. What could I improve about my double page spread? Why? 10. Do you think the images I used are appropriate? Why? 11. Does my magazine strike you as an indie-rock magazine? Why? 12. Do you think the colour scheme is appropriate? Why? 13. Do you think my overall presentation of my magazine looks professional? Why? 14. Do you believe I could compete with other existing music magazines (NME for example) Why?

Production

1. In this lesson I typed up my interview with my band on microsoft, then converted it to a a prezi presentation, showing each indevidual question and response with 23 Fake Street 2. In this lesson I created a prezi presentation of the images I have as options for my front cover image, the last one being the image I will use 3. Images I have as options for my contents page, the last one being the image I will use 4. Images I have as options for my double page spread, the last one being the image I will use

Double Page Spread Image

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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