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Genre

The genre of my music magazine will be the indie/alternative scene, covering everything from punk and rock'n'roll to electro-pop. Some of the biggest bands in the genre at the moment are the Arctic Monkeys, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Kasabian and Miles Kane.

LIIAR Analysis of the Brief

My front cover will contain various elements such as a masthead, a main image (medium close up), a house style of three colours, thumbnail images, anchorage, a price and barcode, teasers and a link between my feature story and the main image.

The masthead for my magazine will stand out and be in a dark blue colour. My intention is to call my magazine ‘MoDown’ which is a play on two things, the well-known soul record label ‘Motown’ and also of the word ‘Mod’ which was a social group of people found in the 60’s and this movement influences bands still today. They were known for having a good dress sense and also a good music taste which is why it is still relevant to my target audience.

The main image on my magazine front cover will be of a new up and coming band, my initial thought is it will be a very professional looking picture, with the band stood in a V shape.  The band will be looking directly at the camera; this is a very common convention in music magazines such as NME & Q.

The magazine will have minimal thumbnails but the image will have a caption alongside it. This will be to illustrate what the second feature article is. There will also be band names in the left 3^rd of my magazine. This will give my magazine shelf appeal as when they are stacked on a shelf, the bands featured in the magazine will still be on display. People of my target audience are more likely to pick it up.

I will then put my main headline on the front, which will act as anchorage for my main image. The price, barcode and date will all be added also. This will make it look more professional and realistic.

My magazine will be only a small part of the business I wish it to represent. It will be much like ‘Q’ and ‘NME’ and have a music channel and also a website which is fundamental as it can keep the target audience up to date with everything that is going on as it happens, not just once a week. It can also be used to promote the magazine.

The message I hope my magazine to portray of my target audience and the magazine itself is one of very quirky and individual image. It will be aimed at the people who think that they’re at the height of cool.

My contents page will be set out like a festival poster, this links in well with the obvious music theme. It will still match the house style however, keeping in with the Red white and blue theme, like the target. The contents page will have the impression of looking like a pull-out poster. My initial idea is that the magazine contents will not actually be in numerical order, it will have the big feature articles at the top with page numbers next to them, and then gradually the text will get smaller as the articles are less important. This is exactly like what is used on the Reading and Leeds festival posters.

Finally my double page spread feature article will be of a made up band. It will feature a picture of the band on one page and then have a column on the right where facts about the band will be shown. It will be boxed in and away from the main article. The article itself will be set out in a question and answer format. It is very common in the NME magazine. It will show the question the interviewer asked as well as the bands answer, and just like NME it will highlight which member of the band replied.

The target audience will be 16-25 year olds or people who regularly attend gigs etc. As students are the core of my target audience the magazine will have a cheap cover price. Saying this however, it will be written in a way which would appeal to class A, B or C1.

The whole point of this scene is not to be the same as everyone else. People who follow these kinds of trends see themselves as niche and individual. Therefore it is hard to stereotype when making this magazine. It will represent an image of positivity to both the bands that feature and the people who read it.

Music Magazine Brief

Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine (if done as a group task, each member of the group to produce an individual edition of the magazine, following the same house style).

Analysis of College Magazine

My college magazine is conventional for a number of reasons. As it is a magazine that is not professionally made, by being conventional it would help it appear more professional whereas if it was unconventional, without the already popular readership, it being unconventional would just put people off. The anchorage used on the front, relate to articles in the contents and the headlines of the articles. They sit underneath the images to which are highlights of the thumbnail images. The banner headline acts as anchorage to the main image on the front cover. The cover conveys a positive brand image of the college which shows a student working. All of the stories in the magazine will be exclusive to the college so no real emphasis will be placed on any particular story. The house style featured is consistent of the two main colours of the college, purple and white. This is because the brand identity of the college, which is already recognisable, is used on the front of the magazine.

The product would be distributed by the college.  It would be a direct representation of the college’s students however will be just as much about the college as it would about the students. It will be a point of contact for the notices of the college to the students. The ideology will be that of the college. It will be hoping to promote a fun, hardworking image which will be done by highlighting the achievements made by students within the college.

The target audience for the magazine is the students of the college. It will be aimed at them as it applies to them directly. It will be informative as much as it will be entertaining. It is designed especially for the college students but also by the college students. It will be written in an educated manner as the students reading it will obviously be of a decent standard of education. Despite all the students being of different backgrounds, their expectations of themselves will mean that they will be striving for the best education possible and for jobs that put them in the C1 category as a minimum. As the magazine is written by their peers then it can be expected that all value life styles will be covered without targeting a specific area. The magazine will not be stereotypical of students but will be a very realistic in the ways it tries to target the audience. It will be written in a manner which will not be patronising towards them but also be written in a way to which they can directly relate.

College Magazine Contents Mock Up

College Magazine Cover

Digital Mock Up

My College Choice

My magazine will be for Wyke College. As it is the college I attend I understand in image the college portrays for its self and I know what would be expected from the college if it did produce a magazine. This will make my magazine more realistic and also easier to identify with.

Target Audience

As my target audience is that of college students the age range aimed for is 15-24. The college is also open to anyone who has a good enough GCSE point average. This means attendees can have an A class upbringing or an E class upbringing. This said however, people who attend college have some aspiration and wish to attend university. This will mean my magazine will be aimed at the higher of the tiers e.g. C1, B & A. Saying this the students at college will have very different values. For this reason I believe that if it is students contributing to the magazine, the variation in their beliefs will be conveyed in the magazine, meaning that there will be something for everyone.

Price of my Magazine

My magazine will not be sold externally, but merely in the college. The product will have a small charge of 20p as a token gesture. This will not go to the college however; it will be donated to a charity of the students choosing.

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Grimsby Institute, GX Magazine Analysis

 

Front Cover

The GX magazine has a consistent colour scheme and font. The house style consists of 3 main colours, blue white and grey. This makes the magazine look professional and the vibrant blue also catches eyes. The transparent bottom half also has txt with a matching blue. This is an example of the consistency of the piece. As well as the main image, which has been edited to look like a cartoon, the images in the lower half are consistently framed despite being different sizes. The smaller images are also anchored with headlines of articles in the magazine which are to the left. The front cover is split up into two clear divides, the top which has no text and just the masthead and the bottom half which has the pictures and the anchorage. The main image has been cleverly integrated into the too. Overall the layout is extremely good. It not only gives necessary insight into the magazine and catches eyes it also gives useful information such as the college website which I think has been put in but does not draw attention.

On the front of the magazine the language is very much aimed at teenagers. Phrases such as 'word on the street' and 'what planet are you on anyway?' are used. These are things that would be used more colloquially and not on the front of a magazine aimed at adults. This is very stereotypical and clearly the person who designed this has a very stereotypical view of teenagers as most young people are not like that, they can actually write, talk and punctuate properly. The magazine puts across a very casual image just by looking at the front cover. It is not very 'grown up' and it’s not a very 'square' front cover. However judging by the anchorage the inside will be a bit more forward about its purpose.

Contents

The contents page does not seem to fit in with the house style.  The colour pink has been introduced. This could be because of the main image in the background which features the colour pink or bad design. Also the colour orange makes an appearance in the contents list. The layout of the contents is fairly average with the list on the left and the pictures on the right. The list is also written in a way to get attention from teenagers. It says 'lets talk about sex' to draw the reader’s attention to a much more serious matter about contraception and STI's. It also has a section of 'boring' black text at the bottom. This is just an editor’s message basically telling the reader who made the magazine and about the next issue etc. it is in black as it doesn’t want to draw attention away from the main article. The pictures on the left are also anchored with various article headings but are not clearly linked with them making it confusing to see which article they belong with. Finally what seems to be the slogan of the magazine 'the word on the street' also makes an appearance again, this could be part of the house style.

Analysis of Brief

My magazine front cover will contain a masthead, a main image which will be a medium close up shot, a bright colour scheme with a house-style of two colours, images to highlight the content of the magazine. It will also have photo captions to accompany the smaller images on the front cover. As the magazine is a college one it will not have a price as it will be free. There will also be a sub-heading matching one of the articles headlines to entice the readers. Finally, the picture on the front of the magazine will relate to the main article in the magazine with a large caption accompanying it.

A publisher would not be responsible for a college magazine. It will more likely be produced by the college, for the college. It could even be produced by a group of students as an extracurricular activity.

The magazine will try to convey a positive message and try to encourage hard work. It will however also come across to be fun and not boring. As the target audience is the college students it will be aimed at teenagers and because it’s written by other students it will not be as stereotyped but more realistically targeted at them.

The representation of the college will be a positive outlook. It will depict a college that is hard-working but also a fun environment. It will be a fairly conventional magazine but won’t be over-stereotypical as the magazine will be made by students of the college.

Preliminary Task

Using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their gasp of DTP.