'Beat Production' is a music magazine institution i made to produce my music magazine that i am creating for my Media Studies project known as 'The Beat', on this blog is my progression that lead me up to my final product, here you will see the research that i made in preparation as well as initial ideas that i had.
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Key Conventions - Front Cover
The key conventions that i need to include in my front cover are:
- Needs to have a short memorable title, that's large and obvious so that's clear to see it's the title of the magazine.
- The artists face must also be clearly visible, as they sell the magazine because people want to know more about their favorite artists.
- Price tag with bar code clearly displayed in the corner of the magazine.
- Various language techniques
- Name of the artist in bold, clearly visible
- Teaser content
- Needs to have a short memorable title, that's large and obvious so that's clear to see it's the title of the magazine.
- The artists face must also be clearly visible, as they sell the magazine because people want to know more about their favorite artists.
- Price tag with bar code clearly displayed in the corner of the magazine.
- Various language techniques
- Name of the artist in bold, clearly visible
- Teaser content
Key Conventions - Contents Page
The key conventions that i need to include in my contents page are:
- Page title at the top of the page ('Contents')
- Quotes form articles and artists, intrigues the reader making them go to that page.
- Features sections, stating what articles are in the magazine as well as numbered pages.
- Various images, taking up most of the page.
- Images from articles further within the magazine.
- Page number giving the location of each article.
- Large clear font, not letting the images disrupt the font for clear view.
- Possible advertisement.
- Page title at the top of the page ('Contents')
- Quotes form articles and artists, intrigues the reader making them go to that page.
- Features sections, stating what articles are in the magazine as well as numbered pages.
- Various images, taking up most of the page.
- Images from articles further within the magazine.
- Page number giving the location of each article.
- Large clear font, not letting the images disrupt the font for clear view.
- Possible advertisement.
Key Conventions - Double Page Spread
The key conventions that i need to include in my double page spread are:
- Title or some form of logo at the top or top corner of the page.
- Name of the artists covered on the page, big clear font.
- Continuous color scheme (Has to be the same colour scheme as contents and front cover)
- Introduction to the artist and the article.
- Article about the artist, detailed, clear font at least a page worth of text and information.
- Contact details of the editor or production company.
- Highlighted sections or quotes to reveal their importance.
- Some text bold, highlighted, colouful font.
- Large picture of the artist surround by smaller images.
- Some text dragging between the two pages.
- Title or some form of logo at the top or top corner of the page.
- Name of the artists covered on the page, big clear font.
- Continuous color scheme (Has to be the same colour scheme as contents and front cover)
- Introduction to the artist and the article.
- Article about the artist, detailed, clear font at least a page worth of text and information.
- Contact details of the editor or production company.
- Highlighted sections or quotes to reveal their importance.
- Some text bold, highlighted, colouful font.
- Large picture of the artist surround by smaller images.
- Some text dragging between the two pages.
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Institutions
What is an institution?
It's an organization founded for a religious, educational, professional, or social purpose.
IPC Media
It's one of the UK's leading magazine and digital publishers, with a large portfolio of selling 350 million copies a year. They group the magazines they publish into five groups:
Connect - Women's weekly magazines
Inspire - Leisure and specialists
Ignite! - Men's lifestyle and entertainment
South Bank - Women's lifestyle and home interests
TX - Portfolio of television titles
IPC media owns magazines such as NME (new musical express) and Gutiar and Bass.
Bauer Media Group
A large German publishing company founded in 1875 is a privately owned company under management of the Bauer family; operates in 15 countries around the globe. They own magazines such as Q, MOJO and KERRANG.
I think that IPC Media would publish my music magazine because it's a British magazine that would fit into their ignite category as it aims directly at young male adults, giving them various amounts of male musical entertainment, rather than BMG which operates on a more global scale, because my magazine would feature more local artists than hugely successful ones, therefore it wouldn't be as successful.
However i have chosen to create my own institution called the Beat Media Group, because i felt that although IPC Media is a local media institution I feel that given their publication history, my media product wouldn't publish my magazine where as Bauer Media Group would.
It's an organization founded for a religious, educational, professional, or social purpose.
IPC Media
It's one of the UK's leading magazine and digital publishers, with a large portfolio of selling 350 million copies a year. They group the magazines they publish into five groups:
Connect - Women's weekly magazines
Inspire - Leisure and specialists
Ignite! - Men's lifestyle and entertainment
South Bank - Women's lifestyle and home interests
TX - Portfolio of television titles
IPC media owns magazines such as NME (new musical express) and Gutiar and Bass.
Bauer Media Group
A large German publishing company founded in 1875 is a privately owned company under management of the Bauer family; operates in 15 countries around the globe. They own magazines such as Q, MOJO and KERRANG.
I think that IPC Media would publish my music magazine because it's a British magazine that would fit into their ignite category as it aims directly at young male adults, giving them various amounts of male musical entertainment, rather than BMG which operates on a more global scale, because my magazine would feature more local artists than hugely successful ones, therefore it wouldn't be as successful.
However i have chosen to create my own institution called the Beat Media Group, because i felt that although IPC Media is a local media institution I feel that given their publication history, my media product wouldn't publish my magazine where as Bauer Media Group would.
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