Beat Productions: Magazine Research

Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Magazine Research

I'm still unsure on if what genre i want to use POP or R&B so i choose to evaluate magazines that cover both genres, for example Vibe covers R&B and WE LOVE POP covers POP. In my Prezi presentation i look at three different magazines studying The front cover, contents page and double page spread. I was also comparing the differences and noticing common conventions that i will include in my own magazine.

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Tasks:

Key:

Red - Incomplete

Blue - Needs to completed

Yellow - Ask Teacher for advice

Green - Completed

1. What is a magazine? What is the definition of genre? How is the relevant in magazines?

2. What genre of the magazine you are going to produce? Research the history of this genre.

3. What are the codes and conventions of your chosen genre of magazine?

4. What is your initial idea?

5. What music magazines can you use as inspiration?

6. Complete the ‘jelly baby’ task. You need to take photos of a doll or figure that can stand on its own from different angles and shots. Upload your photos to the blog with an explanation for each one, what do they show? How can they be used?

7. Research music magazines. Come up with a list of conventions – things you will need to include. (Rick Altman)

8. Create a collage of what you consider conventions for your chosen genre of music magazine. Explain on your blog why you have picked them. How have they inspired your ideas?

9. Research at least 3 different music magazine front covers, contents pages and double page spread. (Analyse layout, conventions, audience appeal and images)

10. Research into lighting.

11. Write up a comparison of two contrasting music magazines. What’s similar/different?

12. Analyse the mastheads used on music magazine front covers.

13. Plan/Draw some ideas for a Masthead for your own magazine.

14. Get some audience feedback on your music magazine masthead ideas. Blog this.

15. Blog some initial ideas for your own music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread.

16. Pick a music magazine front cover, contents page and DPS that is similar to your idea, annotate the pages explaining why they are appealing and what you can take from them as inspiration.

17. Create a timeline to show how music magazines have developed. Consider the developments in technology/music genres.

18. Audience Research – research which music magazines people think are good, what attracts people to music magazines and what puts them off. Blog your findings. (Create a questionnaire and conduct Vox Pops).

19. Go to the Uk Tribes website and use them to define your perfect audience member. (Have some fun and find out what tribe you are too). Create a complete picture of your audience member, from clothes to the food they eat, music they listen to, TV shows they watch, magazines they read etc. You can get a friend to dress up in the appropriate costume and take photos.

20. Go to the ‘Rolling Stones’ website, look at the audience section. They categorise their audiences. Can you fit your magazine to their ideas?

21. Research the institutions that might produce and distribute your magazine. Justify your reasons on your blog.

22. Define the key conventions you must include on your magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread. In order to conform to the expectations of a music magazine, the audience you have chosen and what is expected of a music magazine. Make a check list.

23. Create a flat plan for your front cover. Annotate.

24. Create a flat plan for your contents page. Annotate.

25. Create a flat plan for your double page spread. Annotate.

26. Summarise your final magazine idea. Blog it.

27. Take photographs for your magazine of a model/s that you can use on every page. At least 5 different images that are excellent quality.

28. Plan and collect all hair, make up and costumes. Blog your reasons for choosing the ones you have.

29. Make a first draft of all three pages for your music magazine.

30. Do any re-shoots and pickups needed.

31. Complete final magazine front cover

32. Complete final contents page

33. Complete final DPS.

34. Post your finished music magazine front cover, contents page and DPS to your blog.

35. Audience Research – get some feedback from your target audience. What the response?