Friday, 12 December 2014

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