Main Task: Front Cover, Contents Page, Double Page Spread Mock Ups

Main Task: Unmanipulated Photos

This image will be included on the contents page of the magazine which is representing a mixed music genre.




















This image will be on the contents page as the subject as it is representing another genre of music.


I might use this picture on the contents page as I quite like the subject's NVC. But the picture looks slightly dark at the bottom.


I like the pose in this picture and I may possibly use it on the Double Page Spread.


The subject looks casual in this image and it may also be on the contents page. The picture is uneven in colour.

Here we have the subject looking at her prop (ipod). This picture may possibly be included in the magazine.

I might use this picture on the double page spread because I took the picture is a landscape position.



Here the subject is looking at her ipod, this may also be used on the double page spread.



The background is quite dark, so I might not be using this picture for my magazine.



I will be using this picture on my double page spread because the lighting is high key and I like the look of it.



I quite like this picture as you can see the subject smiling at the camera, so I may possibly use it on the contents page of the magazine.

I may also use this picture as here I took a medium long shot of the subject. I might use a smaller version of this picture for the double page spread.


















This picture may possibly be used on my magazine's front cover as the lighting is bright and the subject is looking towards the distance.

Main Task: Mood Board

Here is a mood board I created to help me get ideas for my music magazine which will be on the genre 'Pop' as you can clearly see with all the bright colours and some 'pop artists' have been included on this mood board.

Main Task: Case Study of a Publishing House

Harris Publishing, Inc. This company publishes many different magazines, but they appear to be of similar genres. Harris Publishing, Inc publishes 15 different niche magazine titles and 5 speciality events in the niche areas. Harris Publishing, Inc produces the following magazine titles:

1.Potato Grower
2.SnoWest
3.Sugar Producer

As you can see from the titles of the magazines, they are all of similar genres. These magazines are about nature, boats and dirt bikes. They then started to produce other types of magazines about boats, trucks, lifestyle and snowmobiling. These three magazines are the main ones that are published by Harris, Publishing Inc. The audiences that would be targeted for these types of magazines are mostly male adults and female adults also.

This is because the majority of the magazines published by Harris Publishing, Inc are about boats, dirt bikes and nature. And the male target audience are more into those sort of things which is why they are the main target audience. Females would also be interested in this because of the nature magazines which are about home growing and lifestyles. I do not think these magazines would take the interests of younger readers, well maybe for the dirt bikes young males would like them. Other than that I do not think Harris, Publishing Inc publishes many other magazine titles such as the following: boating sportsman, SnoWest, Idaho falls magazine, Potato grower, Pontoon boat and Deckboat magazine, sledheads, playground magazine, sugar producer, houseboat magazine, diesel tech, dirt toys and western turf.

This magazine targets different audiences for every magazine that it makes because they are for different things, for example a man would not want to read a 'playground magazine'. As it does not appeal to his particular interests, he would more likely be more into 'sledheads' because he'll be more into it and would possibly find information that is suitable for his interests. It would also target different audiences with each magazine that it makes because they would need a wider range of people to purchase their magazines for them to be more successful in the publishing industry.

Harris, Publishing Inc does have other business interest such as:
Falls printing which is owned by Harris Publishing, Inc., publishers of quality magazines for over 30 years.The backing and experience of Harris Publishing enables us to offer state-of-the-art equipment and technology to clients, including a 40” eight-color perfecting press, complementing our other presses. They print everything from business cards to magazines, along with providing graphic design and direct mail services.Falls Printing gives clients excellent quality, competitive prices, quick turnaround, personal customer services and much more.

There is also a media institution that might distribute my media product and this company is Conde Nast Digital. This is because they produce a wide range of magazines such as: Vanity Fair, Brides, GQ, GQ Style, House and Garden, Interiors, Stylefinder, Johasens, Glamour, CNTraveller, Easy Living and Vogue. I think they will publish my media product because of the wide range of magazines that they produce; mine will be similar to that.

As you can see from some of these magazines below, (Vanity Fair and Vogue) they are brightly coloured which is what i aim to do with my music magazine that I produce.

Main Task: Profiling Your Audience

Jodie is 16 and loves the genre of Pop/RnB music ever since she was about 12. As she got older she became more into these particular genres. Jodie listens to music all the time, where ever she goes or whatever she does, she's listening to music on her most prized possessi

on she owns which is her ipod. All of Jodie's hobbies revolve around music. Which include buying music, playing music, singing music and talking about music. She buys music every few weeks on itunes, and she also buys about 2-4 albums in HMV every month. Jodie constantly talks about the latest music with her friends in college and out which she never gets bored of doing so. She also plays the guitar and sings covers of her favourite songs which she puts up on her YouTube channel. Jodie looks up to one of her favourite artists and idol who is Justin Bieber, as she says he taught

her to believe and never say never. She has covered almost all of Justin's songs on YouTube with thousands of subscribers. She also loves fashion and sets her own style to suit her personality and the music she's into.

Main Task: Audience Research

Here is a task in which I carried out for the planning and research stage of this task. I had to speak to my target audience which were teenagers. I had to speak to my target audience using electronic means to communicate with them.

To get an idea of what the audience of a music magazine wants, I did some of my own audience research. Here are a list of the questions I asked my audience:

1. What word(s) do you associate with pop music? 2. When looking at a front cover of a magazine, what draws you in, the text or image(s)?
3. Do you think specific genres of music magazines should target only a specific audience or all? If so, which target audience? Children, teens, or adults? 4. Looking at these different font styles, which one do you think would go well on a pop magazine?
5. Which colour scheme would be more appealing to you on a magazine?
6. Look at these different magazine front covers, which one do you like the most?
7. Looking at these pre-mock up sketches of possible layouts for a magazine front cover, which one do you like best?
8. Would you be interested in reading stories or profiles of upcoming artists?
9. On a contents page do you like to see the features in columns or widely spread?
10. Here are some fonts, which one do you prefer?
11. About how much would you spend on a music magazine? £1, £2, £3, £4
12. Do you like to see a Q & A sections in magazines?
13. What one artist(s)/bands from the following do you listen to? Justin Bieber, Rihanna, LMFAO, Bruno Mars, One Direction.
I then collated the research I found out using MSN messenger and Blackberry Messenger. Here are some of the responses from the people that I asked. The target audience ages ranges from approximately the ages 13-18.
Before I asked the audience questions, I prepared some typhography fonts, and a few possible colour schemes. Along with this I also produced some pre-mock up sketches.


Here are some of the main responses I gathered from the audience of people that I asked.

As you can see here, the majority of people I asked said that the images are what draws them in. Therefore I will also do this when I create my magazine I will also make sure the subject is the main thing that people see when they look at the cover.

There was a mixed response for weather or not magazines should be targeted at a specific audience but the majortiy of people said it shouldn't as everyone can read whatever they like. But I believe that certain magazines should be targeted at only a specific age group as for example: in a kids magazine, there are things like little games and the adverts are produced specifically for thier age group. Which is why, my music magazine will be also targeted at a specific age group because to target a wider range of people would be difficult as there would be content that would not be suitable for younger readers but for older readers it would be fine.

The way of collecting the research has to be electronic and closed questions because people would be telling me different answers and I would need to keep it limited so that my final product would be similar to the decisions made by the target audience.

For the font styles, most people chose Snap ITC, which is good as I also wanted to use this font for my magazine, reason being as it fits in with a sort of 'pop' style to it.

The responses for these were varied so I'll have to come to a desiscion for the colour scheme I will use. I will be using about 3-4 colours and they will be bright as 'pop' is bright.

All of the audience i asked wanted to see a Q & A section in the magazine, so this should be included somewhere on the Double Page Spread. The audience also want to see profiles of upcoming artists which might possibly be included within the magazine. The main price people would pay for a music magazine is about £2-£3 so my music magazine will also be within these price ranges. As many of the audience listen to some of the pop artists/bands I may include album reviews or the charts in the magazine also. The audience research was helpful as I learnt some things I would not have known if i didn't carry this out, so this has helped me greatly for the upcoming magazine that I will produce.

Main Task: Double Page Spread Conventions Diagram

Main Task: Double Page Spread Textual Analysis

The subject's costume here is pretty simple. She is wearing a black tie with a white shirt and this goes well with the background as it is also white. The way she is posing is quite intriguing as she is looking towards the camera with her head slightly tilted up.

As the shot taken here is a medium close up there aren't really any props in this image apart from the ring that she is wearing. It goes well in the double page spread as it is silver and fits in with the background image and colour scheme.

Setting here is not used as there is just a white background. I think this white background goes good with the double page spread as the readers would not get distracted by a huge image in the background. Instead there are a few images that go with the text.

The lighting is high key because it is all bright and there are no dark areas on this double page spread.

NVC-The subject's body language draws the readers in as it is not easy to tell what she is doing.
Her facial expression connotes as if she wants to tell the readers something and her hand signals are drawing in the readers more as she is pulling her tie.

The colour scheme on this double page spread goes very well together because there are only a few colours that are used. These colours are black and white.
The images on the picture are used well on this because there is one main large image on one side of the double page spread, then there are small images on the other side to go along with the text.

Subject's name is written in big at the top of the right hand side of the double page spread. It is written in serif fonts.
There is also a quote from the subject's interview which is placed over the image. A stand-first is also used on this page as they are most usually used on double page spreads.

A drop capital is always used on magazine double page spreads at the start of the first paragraph. The connotation of this is used for emphasis as the reader can know where the paragraph starts. I think it also gives it a good look as the drop capital on this double page spread matches the large font used.

The headline on this double page spread is on one side of the page as the other side's main use is for the main image. It takes up quite a lot of room on this page. There are also by lines but on this page it is placed at the bottom of the page.
This double page spread has only two columns which is usual for a double page spread which consists from 2-4 columns. Also there is a strap line which connotes to the readers what the subject's matter is about.