Audiences

A**** Examples from OCR

Checklist

Research into your chosen genre

·         Which genre(s) have you chosen and why?

·         What seem to be the conventions of this genre? Who is the target audience?

·         Who are the main publishers for magazines of this genre? Are there particular conventions that are specific to these types of magazines?

·         Choose up to three artists associated with this genre and analyse how each one’s ‘star image’ has been created. How are they represented and how does the target audience relate to them?

Audiences

·         Who is your target audience? (Particular age group/gender percentages/geographical/brands they buy/where they shop/interests/values/etc.)

·         Audience questionnaire/interview/focus group/Social Media etc. – What they want from a music magazine

·         Results and evaluation of research

·         Collate your findings and present appropriately

·         What have you learnt from your research and how will this influence the decisions you make about your music magazine?

Planning and drafting

·         Title, Theme & House Style Ideas and Explanation for final choice

·         Based on your research, develop a clear idea of your brand, values and your target audience: How will you communicate? How will they be positioned? How will both be represented?

·         Identify which conventions you will follow and why

·         Which locations and actors have you considered? Which ones will you use and why?

·         Hand Drawn Designs

·         Draw up a shooting schedule (include shot list, location, props etc.), ensuring you have permission to take photographs in these location

·         Plan your two page spread article/interview

Homework J

·         Take your photos Remember lots of costume changes!!!!!

·         Ensure you keep track of photos taken (and selected), problems encountered, decisions made (and altered) etc. and upload evidence ensuring you record evidence (again - an ongoing ‘Behind the Scenes’ commentary - see point above!)

·         What technology/equipment have you used? What have you learnt?

·         Write your two page spread article/interview

Next Steps

By now you should have completed:

Explanations of conventions and what makes good Front Covers, Contents and DPS

Analysis of three Mags - Just photos of the Front cover, DPS and Contents and whats good/bad - what ideas it has given you for your magazine

Colour

Typography

Next you need to write about your initial ideas

Write a short post including some of the following.

Name - 2/3 ideas
Genre?Sub Genre?
House style?
Mode of Address? (How mag speaks to reader)
Star Image?
Any ideas for layout of Front cover/DPS/Contents?
Price?
Paper?
Typography?Colours?
Demographs/Audience?
Publishing house?
Weekly/monthly/annually?
What makes your magazine special? Why should it exist?

Also add your mood board/spider diagram


Now we need to look into the following

Music Magazines

Write a short commentary on what music mags are? Which Institutions publish, them? Why? What are the main genres? Are there any conventions for these genres/Star images?

My Genre

Write about your chosen genre? Or if you are still unsure you can write about more than 1 genre or sub/hybrid genres What are the common conventions?

Star Image

Select 2/3 stars from your genre? What are their conventions? What do they wear? Why?

To Be completed over Half-Term

Create a new blog for your  music magazine, with a sensible name. Add labels

Write a first post giving an overview of what we are doing and who you are.

Add a link to your school magazine - Make sure this is labeled

Do LOTS of research - Read the article below and then Google magazine conventions, magazine genres, music magazines etc. - More research will lead to better understanding which will lead to you producing a more professional magazine

What are the design options/codes & conventions of a magazine front cover, contents and double page spread? I would recommend three separate posts! You can write in a mixture of prose and bullets. I would probably also show labelled examples - Could edit some from earlier work?

Try and buy the following, to bring to class next week.

1. Music Mag related to genre you are going to choose

2. Any other music magazine that interests you

3. Any other magazine that interests you

Good Mag Front cover Analysis

Double Page Spreads