results of my questionaire

ages

30 people aged 14-17
50 people aged 18-21
19 people aged 10-13
1 person aged 22-25
0 people aged other

favorite genres

pop - 35
rock-13
alternative -13
punk-11
metal-15
R&B -23
classical-0
country -0

prefaired music magazine

kerrang -30
NME-20
Q-40
Top of the pops -10
non-0
other-0

liked artists

Lady gaga - 46
paramore - 18
30 seconds to mars- 3
The wanted-3
Mcfly -3
Muse -6
bring me the horizon -1
kylie monogue -3
chris brown -2
neyo -1
the script -2
forever the sickest kids -5
the midnight beast -5
the jonas brothers-1
taylor swift -0
nelly -0
other -0


what is a reasonable price

£1.90-50
£2.20-35
£3.90-15
£4.20-0
£5.00-0


why do you buy magazines

free things inside -40
whos on the front page -15
good stories -20
eyecatching -5
buy it all the time -10
free posters-0

what draws your attention to a magazine

whos featured inside - 50
whos been interveiwed-20
the colours-20
genrally the front page -10

initial ideas and thoughts

i had an idea of possibly desinging a magazine in the style of Q  magazine because i like the style of the magazine i think it looks classy and original however my magzine is a pop magazine so i need to add some of the typicail conventions of a pop magazine.For my front page i was thinking of something featuring new artist eg a new lady gaga, or a lady gaga or a copycat of david bowie.i have thought of some names  like:
pop now
bubble pop!
the pop
P.
Bubblegum pop

i was thinking about names for my aritst
something mabie like

charlie and the diamonds (Marina and the diamonds)
missy gaga (cross between missy elliot and lady gaga)
or just a regular name EG Tia,kenny,fred ect  and then on my front page explain or make a statment like shes the new lady gaga or new pop princess or a fresh new style for pop.

identifing my audience by using a questonnaire.

i asked a group of 100 people to compleate my survey  this is what i asked them .
                            Thank you for taking the time out to complete this questonnaire.
      This questionnaire is about music and which genres of music and music magazines you like .
                                                     please circle the correct information                                                                  only circle one answer
what is your age : 10-13   14-17    18-21   22-25  other
which genre do you listen to most :  -pop   - rock  -alternative  -punk  -metal   -R&B - classical  --country -other
    if you read music magazines which do you buy:      - kerrang   -NME  -Q  -top of the pops  -non -other
    who are your favorite artists:        - lady gaga - The wanted - paramore - 30 seconds to mars -the jonas brothers  - mcfly - muse - bring me the horizon  -rage against the machine - kylie mornogue - chris brown - neyo  - the script - forever the sickest kids - the midnight beast  - other
what is a resonable price range for a music magazine :      - £1.90 - £2.20 -£3.90- £4.20 - £5.00 - more
why do you buy magazines :        - for the free thing inside - because who is on the front cover - good stories inside - eyecatching - or you always get it because you enjoy the magazine - free exclusive posters
what draws your attention to a magazine :     - who is fetured in the magazine - who is been interveiwed - the colours on the page which catch your eye- genrally the front page                                                                                        thank you for compleating my questionnaire.i am later going to type up the results from the questonaiires and i will  scan in one of the questionnaires which had been filled in by a volonteer.


    

more into genre

these are 3 of lady gags very loyal fans. some of her fans like the ones in this picture go to the extent of dressing up to look like lady gaga
lady gagas album cover
Q magazine lady gaga did an interveiw for the magazine.
The Wanted
 This is the wanteds second single heart vacency and this is the album cover .
  this is an image which shows a small selcetion of the wanteds fans.
the wanted have featured in many magaiznes such as cosmopolitan, teen now, top of the pops and many other magazines however i found it hard to find a good image to put onto my blog.

i have made a pretty sure decision that i am going to base my magazine on a genre of pop, there are many magazines on the market today which focuss there theme on pop genre such as top of the pops, sugar (however this magazine is for young teens therefore is a typical teen mag with a problems page and fashion guru guide.)billboard is an american based magazine which is very alternative it has a range of dffennt artists in it.

Deciding on a genre

deciding on a genre and artists who follow a genre

ALTERNATIVE
all time low
kids in glass houses
the killers
my chemical romance POP
kylie monogue
miley cyrus
the jonas brothers
lady gaga
beyonce
rihannha
kesha
justin beiber
shakiraHIP HOP
akon
eminem
lil wayne INDIE
kings of leon
30H3
R&B
jay-z
eminem
rihannah
neyonelly

from looking at the names of some of these artists who have a genre i have a clearer idea of what sort of genre i am going to focus my magazine on. i was thinking somehwere along the lines of pop however i am considering so of the other genres.

3 double page spreads.

 This double page spread is from NME.
L- I think the layout of the double page spread is a really good way of showing who is being talked about in the article. I think by using the pages as a photogra[ph with florence at the side of the aricle shows the artcile is about her.the cametra angle is slightly below her i think this gives the impression she is powerful .
I-the instiution of the magazine is nme which is produced by ipc.
I-i tyhink the messgae behing this article is floerence this that the USA has got the love however florence has a song called "youve got the love " so mabie this means  as nme is an american based magazine mabie its saying that nme have the love for florence.
A-the audience for this magaziene is people who like florence and the machine and peiople who religiously buy this magaizne every week i think the magaizine is amined at possibly teenagers  male and female
R--by looking at the doble page spread  i think it look like the magazine is represdenting the usa howver i think it is represing floernce and her love for america therefore i think it also represents the audience as ameicans  having love for music.
This is a double page spread from Kerrang
L-I think the layout of this double page spread is really busy and crowded with images of the band. i think way kerrang have set out the double page spread is a good way of showing who the article is about.on the main image the camera angle is a midshot the reason i think kerrang did this to the article is because they wanted to show the emotion in the artists face. however there are other small inserted images 2 of the images are close ups and the ther one is a zoomed out image of the band.
I-the instituion is kerrang which is produced by BAUER
I-the message behind this double page spread is as a band MCR  are trying there best to be the best band they can be.
A-i think the target audiecne in this magaizine is males and females who like my chemical romance and who are probibly aged between 16 upwards.
R-This magazine represnets my chemical romance and i think it might represnt there fans who aspire to be like the band .

Language-the layout of the magazine is very organised, the tilte takes up half the A4 page situatted on the right hand side of the page kerrang also do this, the photograph takes up the whole page and there is also a sun like picture situated in the article this might be to give the impression of mabie america as its usually always sunny and the people from america are well known for having small pampered dogs.it could give the impression to thee audiecne all femal djs are "Lame" or dont really care about the music just the glamourous lifestyle.

Instition-this magazine is called mix mag it is published by ....this particaular double page spread it set out across two pages and the majority of the page is a photoograph then fetured in the right hand corner there is small article of what the title "welcome to lame academy"is all about. the reason the main title welocme to the lame acedmy stands out is because there is a bright colour behind the writing which is very eyecatching to the reader, it also takes up half an A4 page therefore this makes it clear to the reader where the title is.

Ideology-in this double page spread the title welcome to the lame academy i think is an abrevration of the fame acemey as we can see from the article the celeb in the picure she looks very glamourous she looks followed from the papartizi.Mix Mag is a weekly magazine for people injoy dj and dance music.

Audience -i think the audience for people who read mix max is people who enjoy dj and dance music or people who aspire too be a dj.therefore i think this magazine is more for males then females howevr some females may be interested in this magzine i think the age range is about 16-20 i think the magazine is aimed at students as the price is fairly cheep at the price of ... i think this also influences the audience

Rrepresentation: i think mix mag represnets females by making the audience think all celebrity djs care about is how they look and how they represent themselves in the media.

LIIAR on contents pages

         

L-The layout on Q magazine is relatively organised compared to kerrang.The magazine Q has a house style on every page. The contents page has been planned out carefully including the positioning of the text and images.

I-the institution of the magazine is Q it is published by BAUER.

I-this magazine is aimed at people who like quality and obviously the magazine is called Q which could signify quality as an audience we see the quality of the magazine is very good as the magazine is coated the front page.

A-i think the type of audience who would buy this magazine is people who have the money to spend £3.99 on a magazine.

R-this magazine is represented as a smart magazine, it is set out neatly and it has all the media elements.

L-the title is featured at the top of the page the picture is of center and the text is at the sides and the bottom.this is a typical contents page i think the contents page has been planned out well and i think the organisation of the contents page is good.
I-the institution of this magazine is NME it is published by ipc
I-This magazine is aimed at people who  are probably students so the cost of the magazine needs to be fairly low so they can afford to buy it. i think the message behind this contents page is that the magazine is there to provided great information on gigs and music festivals ect
A-I  think the audience who would buy this magazine is people who have a passion and like for this type of music magazine. I think the audiecne will most probably be students male and female aged from 15 upwards.
R-I think this contents page represents music and music venues however i think it also represents its readers as people who enjoy music looking at the font of the contents page it looks like it is representing people who like soft rock / rock bands.

L-The layout of this contents page is very simple however i think it is very over crowded and looks really busy i think kerrang have done this because by making it look busy makes it look eye catching.
I-The institution of this magazine is BAUER the same company as Q,i think BAUER produced who magazine s of generally the same genre because they may have wanted to have one magazine of a good quality which is expensive and one at a low quality with a small price because then they get more readers and more buyers and they earn more money.
I-i think the message behind this contents page is MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE is back they have been away for a couple of years but they are back now with a new sound for there fans. i also think the message behind it is all the old bands who were big eg my chemical romance and green day and now back .
A-I think the main audiecne who buy this magazine is people who like rock music male and females probably aged 16 and upwards my reason for thinking this is because people who are 14  probabily never listened to my chemical romance when they werre well known, were as people who are 16 probabily listened to them .
R-