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Production Log - 22nd October 2012

This week I had a look through some music magazines and started getting some ideas for my own. Having looked at NME and VIBE really gave me an insight to what I want my magazine to look like and the different features I want it to involve. For example the best magazines I saw were the ones with the best pictures so therefore from this I have learnt that my pictures need to be to the best of my ability in order for my magazine to be successful and appealing to the audience.Additionally the colour scheme is also important so therefore I have decided to make my colour scheme the same as the dress the model is wearing.

Target Audience

Questionnaire on Music Magazines

This week I decided to make a questionnaire in order to help me make up some decisions for my own Music Magazines. Some of the questions which I asked included:

What is your favourite genre of music?

1. Rock
2. Pop
3. R&B
4. Indie
5. Urban
6. Metal

What are your favourite three artists?

What is the maximum price you are prepared to pay?

1. £1.00 - £1.50
2. £2.00 - £2.50 
3. £3.00 - £3.50
4. More than £3.50

What would you like to see in a magazine?

1. Gig reviews
2. Gossip
3. Competitions
4. New Music
5. Photoshoots
6. Posters
7. Advertisement

What is your favourite Music Magazine?

What do you look for in a Magazine when buying it?

Do you necessarily like freebies included?

Contact Sheet

Production Log - 12th October 2012

This week I made my own questionnaire asking people about Music Magazines. Some of the questions I asked included:

• What genre of Music do you listen to most?
• Who is your favorite singer?
• Which Music Magazine do you read most?
• What do you look for when buying a music magazine?
• What is your convenient price for a magazine?
• Do you like magazines which include gossip?
• What do you look for in an article?

Having asked all these questions helped me a lot to decide what I want my magazine to include. For example the question 'What do you look for in an article' most people said 'mostly text and eyecatching pictures', this gave me the idea that my pictures need to be very eye catching and there needs to be a lot of text. Additionally most people also seemed to prefer reading magazines which have a lot of gossip so therefore my magazine will also follow that maxim. Doing this questionnaire helped me a lot as now I am very confident my magazine will be successful and I have no doubts about what I will include on my front cover, contents page and double page spread. However as for my target audience I had a think about which age group the magazine will fit in. Asking about the price helped me decide for this as the teenagers said they would not buy magazines which cost over £3. Moreover my magazine will be a RnB magazine and people aged 11-25 listen to the RnB genre a lot more.

Production Log - 2nd October 2012

This week I have begun doing the research part of the course. I came up with some name ideas for my magazine, slogans and started thinking about the purpose of the magazine and the audience. I have also edited some pictures from the photoshoot on photoshop which went very well. As I have used photoshop before I had no problems with completing this task. Followed by this I have analyzed  existing magazine names such as NME, which is an acronym, Vibe which is known to be symbolic and connotative and it tries to express how the magazine can give you a vibe to music. Having done these analysis it gave me better ideas to come up with my own name of the magazine I will be creating. Having thought about it I believe I will name my magazine Broken Records which is a phrase but it can also go into the category of symbolism and connotative. This is due to 'Broken Records' trying to convey that the magazine will have all the new news about the music industry.