Monday, 20 December 2010

Magazine Title and Information

I designed a questionare with a variety of questions that are about my magazine so that I can get some feedback on what I have come up with. The questions and answers I thought of were:-
  • What music genre do you prefer? - rock, drum and bass or electronic
  • Which is your favourite colour scheme? - Red, black and white ,  Blue, black and white ,  or Dark blue, grey and white
  • How often would you prefer the magazine to be published? - daily, weekly or monthly
  • What price range would you pay for my magazine? £1.00 - £1.49, £1.50 - £1.99, £2.00 - £2.49 or £2.50 - £2.99
  • Which out of the following titles is your favourite title that you think should be for my magazine? - Buzz magazine, Stream or Synth
The results I got from this questionnare were that out of the people that I asked the preferred genre was drum and bass. I will therefore try to feature this more than the other genres rock and electronic but still use them in my magazine. The most picked colour palette was Dark blue, grey and white which I think would work well with the particular music genres that I chose. They would want to have it published monthly priced around £2.00 to £2.49. And due to the popularity of the title being picked in the questionnaire I have decided that my magazine will be called Stream. I feel this title suits my magazine due to it being easy to pronounce and having only one sylabus it sounds like a magazine title for a real magazine, it also is generic in the fact that it applies to all the genres that the magazine will cover so that is why I have chosen it. 

Q double page spread analysis

Q Magazine Double Page Spread

Sunday, 19 December 2010

Kerrang double page spread analysis

Kerrang Double Page Spread

NME double page spread analysis

NME Double Page Spread Analysis

Moodboard

Target audience and music genre

I have decided that my target audience for my magazine will be aimed towards boys around my age.
So from about 15-21 years of age. The genres that my magazine will cover I thought would be a mixture of Rock, Drum and Bass and Electronic as these are the more popular genres that boys listen to and interest me as well. I've still yet to decide though on what my colour palette would be but now I can aim for a more male colour tone. The sort of artists and bands that would suit my magazine are Pendulum, The prodigy, Daft punk, Paramore and Muse. Some of the artists I have mentioned can be appealing to girls as well but the overall image and the content would make it less appealing for girls.

Audience Profiling

Audience Profiling