EVALUATION QUESTION 7

Here is question 7 of my evaluation.

EVALUATION QUESTION 6

Here is question 6 of my evaluation.

EVALUATION QUESTION 5

EVALUATION QUESTION 4

Here is question 4 of my evaluation.

EVALUATION QUESTION 3

EVALUATION QUESTION 2

Here is question 2 of my evaluation.

EVALUATION QUESTION 1

Here is question 1 of my evaluation.

Typical Music Magazine Conventions;

Complete Audience Feedback

Here is a complete audience feedback on ideas (with times next to task) about;

• Preliminary Task - 00:00

• Articles - 01:30

• Cover Lines - 03:11

• Fonts - 05:15

• Layout - 07:02

• Pictures on Front Cover, Contents Page and Double Page Spread - 08:34

• Final Product DRAFT - 11:12

• Ultimate Final Product - 13:47

Audience feedback has massively helped me to see mistakes and errors I have made. As you can see from my preliminary task to my 1st draft to my final product, there have been a lot of amendments thanks to the public. And I for one much rather prefer my final product than my 1st draft. The use of audience feedback has also forced me to use photoshop to improve not just my work but also my technical photoshop skills.

Final Magazine Product

Here is my magazine which I made in photoshop. I have used all of the audience feedback to make changes and let my magazine really connect with the audience.

Final Front cover;

Final Contents Page;

Final Double page Spread;

Front Cover, Contents Page and Double Page Spread Draft 1

Here is my first draft for my front cover. I personally believe that there is more to be done due to the background being too bland. My audience feedback will tell me if I need to change anymore. The use of making a draft is to find out if your product will work in the eyes of the consumer, if needed I will change things.

Front Cover;

Contents Page;

Double Page Spread;

Possible Fonts And Colours For My Magazine Name

Here are a few possible fonts that could be used for the title of my magazine. In doing this task I have I have learnt that font size, styles and colours can conveys concepts to the consumer. I want to make my concept, to the consumer, seem very insightful and interesting and yet confidential as the consumer will hear of things no-one else will have heard in terms of house artist rumours. To convey this message I have chosen to display the word 'TRACK' in a Pink and Purple font colour as it stimulates passion, this will be effective because the audience will feel intrigued by the use of this colour. I have also chosen to use the top left font on the picture below as it looks interesting to the naked eye and it also looks like something is locked up, almost exclusive. Again to create a sense of curiosity.

Possible Pictures For Front Cover, Content Page And Double Page Spread

Here are a few possible ideas for pictures to be used in my front cover, contents page and double page spread. In doing this task I have learnt a lot about the different camera angles to convey the status and class of the person. E.g. In the first picture below, I have used a slightly low angle shot to show the higher status character, and in effect making the consumer want to be like the person in the picture.
Also the use of the plain background was to make editing on photoshop easier, I learnt this the hard way as in my preliminary task I was unable to use some pictures as they were difficult to edit.

Front Cover;

Contents Page;

Double page spread;

Possible Article Ideas

Here are some brief ideas concerning the topics I will be writting about in my double page spread. Thinking of these ideas has helped me to understand further what the importance of an article is, and this task has also helped me to recognise the type of magazine I will be creating. E.g. Review magazine, Gossip magazine. My next post will be an audience feedback video which will help me decide which article to write.

Possible Layout Ideas For My Final Product

Here are a few ideas I had for the layout of my magazine. In doing this task I researched various music magazine layouts through the likes of "Q", "kerrang" etc...

From this task I have learnt how a magazine conveys its message to consumers in its front cover page, e.g. bigger pictures attract the attention of a younger audience.

After showing these designs to people included in my target market of ages 15-35, I have come to the conclusion that I will use the bottom layout for my final magazine. This is because it was the most popular in terms of it fitting my target market.

Possible Cover Lines For My Front Cover

Here are some of the possible cover lines that will be used in my front cover. In doing this task and in my previous knowledge, I have learnt that cover lines are what draws a reader in to read your product and so i tried to make it more appealing towards the consumer e.g. "win tickets to see Avicii live at tomorrowland!". This will help me to get my audience involved in the magazine and not just feel like they're reading it. It will also give me a chance to get new audience members and subscriptions (If I choose that means of distribution) in the long term.

Music Magazines Names Survey

This is a video to present the preferences of my target audience with regards to naming  the magazine. This will help me a lot in branding my magazine. The name "TRACK" was chosen because it was short, snappy and most preferred. Take a look and see if you agree!

Music Magazine Names

For this task I decided to complete a SimpleMind mind map to present my ideas of possible music magazine names. This will help me in my preparation as every magazine needs a name, this is key in product differentiation to make the magazine stand out above all others.

From my previous posts I learnt that the names for a magazine should roll off the tongue, be short and be memorable to the consumer. I organised some interviews with the public aged 24-29, both male and female.

Taking on board the feedback, I have decided on the name "TRACK" (check out the next post!)

These were my initial suggestions for the magazine's name - What do you think?

So... what have I learnt so far?

This is a very brief summary of what I have learnt in this proces. In this post I will anaylize what I have learnt and will show why this would be useful in the future. This has helped me as it has reminded me of the previous posts and lessons on creating a decent magazine.

Preliminary Task - Front Cover and Contents Page

This is my first attempt at producing a magazine. I have done this so I can get used to using photoshop and familiarize myself with how to structure and layout a magazine. I understand that there are a lot of things to improve in this attempt. however, this is just my practise so I can recognise the dos and don'ts for colour schemes and several other factors etc... which will amalgamate to the magazine itself. 

Double Page Spread Analysis

This is a Powtoon I made to show the effects that a double page spread can have to the audiences subconscious, e.g. Bold words attracts attention from the consumer. This will help me in the production of my own double page spread as it has shown me how to attract the audiences attention, and in turn making the magazine better to read and possibly easier to understand. Hope you enjoy!

Uses and Gratification Theory

For this task I made a go animate presentation to show you the Uses and Gratification Theory. this theory has had many critics criticise it due to its inefficiency. It was created by media theorists Blumler and Katz. This task has helped me to understand what customers want and need to feed their want for escapism or just a general distraction, this can be satisfied by creating an insight into a stars life to create the illusion of escapism.

https://goanimate.com/videos/0MCAlVzV84nc?utm_source=linkshare&utm_medium=linkshare&utm_campaign=usercontent

Analysing a Music Magazine

For this task I had to analyse a; Front cover, Contents page/s and a double page spread of a magazine I bought "Q". From this I learnt how the layout can have an influence to the customer and how to make it more appealing to them. For example, on the contents page (left side) there is one single picture that is carried on towards the next contents page this, being from a well established magazine, it is highly likely that this is a good structure due to Q using it. This information will help me in the future for my own music magazine design, this will also help my in my attempt at a practice magazine. I will measure the success of this structure by using my practice magazine as a pilot and ask others for their opinion.

Front cover

 Contents pages

 Double page spread

Subgenres of House Music

For this task I will tell you what different types of House music there is. This will help me to familiarise myself with the types of house music that are targeted towards younger and older ages, this will also help to see the things, e.g. format or colour scheme, that makes that magazine apply to that specific market. In this post I will list just a few of the 100s of sub-genres within House music rather than all of them because there is too many to comment on, but each one I use I will explain briefly.
Here are some of the Sub-genres;
Acid House - Most of the noise of this genre comes from an electric bass synthesiser.
Baseline House - Similar to Dubstep and Grime. Most songs are around 135 to 142 BPM.
Glitch House - Distorted beats and a combination of sounds of an ambient, electro, techno and video game nature.
Tech House - House music with moments of techno beats.
Witch House - consists of very dark, ethereal and creepy feel to it with deep bass as well as industrial sounds.
Moombahton - Dutch house music fused with reggae, usually about 108-112 BPM
Here is just a few of the many sub genre of house music. The first 4 mentioned above are some of the more popular sub genres, whereas the last 2 mentioned are in the niche category. Like other mainstream genres, house is aimed at a worldwide audience and it can be useful to fuse genres together to create a new sub genre which will appeal to an even wider audience. For example, House music can be manipulated and mixed with Jazz and Soul to create Deep House. Deep House is listened to by mainly teenagers and young adults. Sub genres can be found almost everywhere; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube etc... And all of this advertisement only gets more and more attention every day, so videos go viral and spread across the globe.