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Evaluation 3.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

For this part of my evaluation I will be looking at both Bauer and BBC magazine and Immediate Media Co, because they both come across as the best distributers that mostly suited my magazine. This is mainly 

Bauer.

Bauer media is one of the biggest publishers in the country and Europe's largest privately owned publishing groups, with an expertise in not jut magazines but TV, radio and online sites as well.
Without a doubt I would want my magazine to be published by them, mainly because they are a world wide company that offers up to 300 magazines in 15 different countries, and would most probably be successful publishing my R&B magazine. They also have offices located all around the world, including countries like Germany, USA, Spain, France, Austria, United Kingdom, Mexico, Chino and many more. Their business is built on influential and powerful media brands that involve millions of personal relationships with engaged readers and listeners. They have main stragies to connect their target audiences and have a world wide portfolio of influential brandes, that advantages them over their competitors.


Magazines like 'Kerrang!' and 'Q' have been and are published by Bauer, and eventhough these genres of magazines are not linked with my genre, I would still be extremely happy if this company published my magazine. This is mainly because there could be a gap in the market for an R&B and POP magazine, as they haven't got a combined currently, and if thats the case then they'll be encouraged more to publish it, as they will be making more money. 


The business is also known from launching two very popular magazines, that are stil currently extremely po[ular, called 'Grazia' and 'Closer', which were pulished in 2002 and 2005.
Bauer also has a very successful radio business, first starting in 1953 which was Londons dance station Kiss FM, now names Kiss 100, (which still is a very popular!). Which then followed on to Liverpool's Radio City and Melody FM, which transformed into the market leading Magic 105.4.
The company them brought a swmall magazine, named 'For Him' in 1994, which is now transformed into the core of the best-selling international multi-platform brand 'FHM'.
On top of all this, the business then acquired a digital music TV channel called 'The Box' which allowed them to enter a small screen business, and has now grown into 'Box Television', a seven channel joint venture TV business with channel 4. Music channels such as 'Q TV', '4Music', 'Kiss TV', 'Kerrang! TV', 'Smash Hits TV' and 'Music TV' are still currently viewed and are very successful.
Today, Bauer Media still holds a successful business that spans over 80 influential brand names, which covers a diverse range of interests including 'Heat' (which is the weekly must have celeb magazine), 'Yours', 'Pop' and 'More!.

BBC Magazine and Immediate Media Co.

BBC Magazine is a music magazine published every month, in the United Kingdom by BBC Worldwide, another commercial additional to the BBC.
The magazine is mainly based within classical music, however there are sections on jazz and world music. Each edition of the magazine also comes with a free audio CD, which usually includes BBC recordings of full-length works. BBC magazines have also got a great variety of popular magazines like 'Top Gear', which is shown on the TV and has good a very large interested audience, 'Top of the Pops' magazine, mainly based for young children/teenagers which is full of music artists and free gifts and other magazines that are not however linked to music, for example 'healthy eating food' and 'Gardner's World'.

It has combined businesses with the new force in comsumer Immediate media Co, Origin Publishing and Magicalia.

Immediate Media Co.

Immediate Media Co are also looking to edxpand there business, with an exciting mix of market-leading brands and technology expertise, the company combines a strogn publishing heritages with digital platforms and entrepreneurial flair.

Containing 750 staff in London and Bristol, Immediate Media Co publishes 34 websites and 50 magazines, including 1 million subscribers, and a brand reach of 11 million UK comsumers.

They publish some of the most UK known magazines which include Radio times, Gardner's World, Top Gear, CBeebies, BBC History and Good Food. Alongside this, they have highly succesful specialists titles like Focus, Perfect Wedding, and Junior, and as well as this they have leading digtal platform brands like MadeForMums.com and LoveYourHair.com.

Relating back to my magazine, I would again be very happy if this business/company published my music magazine as they concentrate mostly of classical music magazine, which is the reverse to mine.

This could be a great advantage as there is more likihood of my magazine being accepted in the industry, if published by BBC magazines and Immediate Media, as it is different to classical music. However, they already publish 'Top of the Pops' which is a very succesful Pop magazine, which could clash very much with mine and could be a risk for the company, in relation to selling my magazine and making money at the same time.

After looking at possible publishers, I am now going to research my target based magazine, which is 'Vibe', and find out more about there publisher and information about there magazine.  

Vibe

Vibe magazine is based around a music and entertainment magazine, founded by the producer Quincy Jones. He launched Vibe in 1993, in partinership with Time Inc, however after shutting down productions in summer 2009, Vibe was purchased by the private equity investment fund InterMedia Partners and is now currently issued quarterly with double covers, larger online presence, which is aided by the Vibe Lifestyle Network, a group of entertainment/music websites under the Vibe brand. It was pretty hard and confusing to find out certain information about who published this magazine, as the magazine is based in the united states, so I was enable to view a copy for myself, which means I had to base most of my information from the internet.

Overall.

Looking at both Publishing companies that I have chosen to base my descision on, for the company that I would most likely want to distribute my magazine, I have decided I would rather have Buaer than BBC magazine/Immediate Media Co. I have come up with this decision for many reason, mainly because they have little other magazines that base their genre around R&B, primarily meaning that their is a gap in there market for my magazine. I also dont want to risk having BBC Magazine and Immediate Media Co as my publisher as there main audience may not like the genre of my magazine, as they are mainly used to classical magazines, that are based for an older audience. Eventhough there is a possible gap in the market in this company, BBC already have a very popular music magazine, other than classical music, which is 'Top of the Pops' and I feel that it would be challenging to compete with this magazine, as it has such a great audiuence and possibly a bigger target aimed age gap as well. I also think Buaer would be better because they have similar popular genres, like Rock and Indie, which means there main audience likes a variety of genres, and they currently do not have a magazine that is aimed at R&B which gives me a gap to introduce my music magazine.

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3rd draft of my front cover
I was very happy with the 'Vibe' example that I chose to base my 2nd front cover draft on, so I made a couple of changes to it and changed the things I didnt like, but made sure I still based my 3rd front cover draft of this example. I felt it was very inportant that I re-did a lot of my front cover, as I knew I could do better, and simply wasn't happy with my 2nd draft and didn't like it. I used the same star model to focus my third draft on, and didn't want to change or challenge any conventional ideas as I think it would of been too much of a risk to take.

I spent a lot of time thinking and planning out this cover, as I wanted it pretty much the same as my star model, for example the tag lines were written sentence by sentence, and individual put/alined them together. I wanted to concentrate mainly on this as it gave a sense of sharpness, and also my star model also did this and I really liked it. However, at first it did take me a long time to sort out how to do this, as when I was using 'pages' on the Mac's it didn't let me get my sentences as close together as possible so I used Publisher instead adn it worked. I wanted to make sure that I kept a three colour scheme rule throughout this page, as I would following conventions from my star model and other magazines. I kept the colourd red, grey and black mainly because it had sexiness displayed within it and also it would target a male audience. I kept my model centred in the middle of the page to allow her to be the most important and most viewable feature on the page, and linking to this I then positioned her name on the left hand side in the middle of the page to allow the reader to see that the main article will be about her and to allow them to find her spread as soon as possible. I also put the words of her name over the image, as my star model also did this. I then made up exciting sell lines, to attract my male gaze, for example 'Beyonce Strips off' and 'Surprise Guest Speaks and Strips', I purposely did this to attract my male gaze, as they will be most interested in looking at images of women (half nakered), and will attract them to buy the magazine and read the rest. I kept the mast head the same, as I liked the fact it had connatations of a beat as background music, and I kept it in a bold font to catch the readers eye. However, I did use 1000 fonts to produce my second draft mast head and I couldn't in my third draft as it displayed a white background around the image, and I couldn't change it to fit in with this background colour so I had to use a typicalled San Serif font. Again, I displayed the bar code and website address at the bottom left hand corner of the page, mainly because it looked best there, but I made it stand out more by putting a red background in the textbox. This will draw the audiences attention and would allow them to access the website quicker than if it wasn't displayed on there. Lastly, I wanted to use the same model that I have used throughout as she looks very sexy and seductive, and I purposely did this in order to attract my male gaze.

Second Draft.

For my second draft, I have decided in order to keep my magazine conventional I will use certain examples from 'Vibe Magazine' that I like, to base and help me make my magazine. This will include picking out certain features that appear on the magazine, like the masthead, skylines, bursts and the contexts involved. I have also looked at the type of mise en scene included in the magazine, like the clothing of the model, the type of background that has been used, the makeup and hair styles and the type of pose the model is doing. I wanted to change a lot from my first draft, as I wasn't happy with it at all and there ware a lot of features that I thought weren't conventional to my star models. So I reconstructed a lot and thought of better ideas to include. 

Here is my second draft of my contents page, front cover and double page spread and the real magazines that I have based them upon.

Front Cover.

I have tried here to copy the background of the cover, by changing the background to grey. I attempted to fade the grey out, however the technology I was using would not let me. In my first draft, I didn't like how there was two very different colours as my background, due to the fact that I didn't no how to cut the background out of my main model so I had to try leave it, and on top of this, as I was using the Mac's in the first draft, it didn't allow me to put a background over the colour I wanted to replace as it was based as the image- which was very annoying!

Looking back on my first draft, I think it looks a bit of mess as I have broken the three colour scheme rule, by using all the colours grey, gold, pink, purple and red. However, I have improved this in my second draft by sticking to the colours red, dull colours like grey, a hint of white in the skyline and black, which I think works better as it gives off a sense of sexiness with the dull colours then the hints of reds. I kept the title the same from my first draft, as I think it worked well when relating back to the genre of R&B, and I also think it gave off a hint impression of the style of music you'll expect and find in this genre of music. When reconstructing my second draft, I wanted to completely change the layout and structure of the front cover, so I considered the four F's in this aspect. I had to make sure I kept the same design throughout (formula), so, as I started with the front cover first, I had to think of things that would be good to use in the double page spread and the contents, and had to be happy with the features like colour scheme and fonts, so I could carry on with this design, if I was to produce any other magazines. This would then maintain a professional image. I had to pay close attention however to the format of my cover, as I had new ideas to what I wanted the cover to look like. I wanted to maintain a three colour scheme rule of grey, red and black to show connatations of sexiness, which I think would be more appealing for my target audience, in comparison to 'girly' colours like purple and pink.

Contents Page

Im really happy with my second draft, I feel like I've followed many conventionals in relation to my star model. This was my main plan, as I didn't want to challange conventions and also I generally liked the deign of this particular contents page. I think I havechanged a lot of features on my second draft, from my first draft, including putting more thought into the design and layout of the information on the page.

First of all, I have included a large 'B' in the background of my model, which represent the mast head of my magazine, and have paricularally done this on purpose to follow conventions from my star model. I have made sure I used a bold, large font as well, and have purposely used a dark colour. I tried very hard to make sure that the title 'Contents' was placed in the same format as my example, however it did take me a great deal of time to get it how I wanted. Again, to follow conventions I placed my model in the centre of the page but based a little more to the left so that I could contain my information on the right hand side and made the shot a midshot. I also added in a clothing review, to show what my model was wearing and who did her hair and make up, and purposely used high branded labels, to connate the idea of wealth adn money. I did challenge on convention however, as I didn't want to edit my model to make her look more grey, like my star model has done, as I think it would off made the page look too dull. Following on from this, I have made sure that my page numbers are bigger then the rest of the text and made sure that my text is structured in a clearly lined format, and making more information bolder than others to attract my audience. 

Double Page Spread

I also think that I've changed a lot on my second draft, as I really liked this example and wanted mine to follow certain conventions in order to look similar to this star model. Firstly, I made a whole page based on the image of my model, with her name and a small part of information that could attract the readers eye. I followed the same colour scheme as the front cover, being grey, black and red to show consistancy. I wanted to show some off my own ideas that I liked however in this spread for example the large, bold quotes that are scattered on the page, mainly because I have seen them in previous magazines and liked the ieas. I also knew I wouldn't be challenging conventions, as I have seen them before. I kept the format of the information the same as my first draft however, by making the questions and answers a different colour as I liked this feature.

My Four F's
Throughout plaining my magazine, I will make sure I consider the four F's to help me along the way of designing my features for the contents page, double page spread and front cover.
The four F's include:

Formula.
The formula is based on the design of the magazine, including the images, colour schemes, front and the overall design. Its is very important that the design of the magazine remains the same each month or each week, to ensure that the magazine stays conventional, and also withholds a professional image for the magazine, as changing the main design could lose you interest with your target market and loyal customers.

Format.
The format of a magazine is based on the way it is designed and how certain features are displayed. The overal image and look of the magazine is very important, as it has to include conventional aspects that help towards making the magazine fit with its chosen genre. This ensures that the magazine can appeal to its target market. The features that are involved in the format of a magazine are the fonts, colours, images and the design and layout of the magazine. In relation to my magazine, I am going to stick to dull colours for example grey and white, and have a bright colour like red or blue as well, which enables me to stick to the three colour themed layout rule and have a mixed of colour at the same time. I am doing this mainly because the current exampels that i have researcher with this style, I particulary liked and prefered.


Frame.
Frames are used in magazines, as a form of 'margins' and 'gutters' and are a very important feature that needs close attention. This is mainly because they are used throughout the magazine and need to be the same size and kept clear on each page. Also, if frames havent been done probably then it can be easy for margins to be placed incorrectly, which can be very noticable for any reader and gives off an unprofessional image.

Function.
This mainly relates to the purpose of a magazine and what it is for. This means only involving information that relates to a spefic genre, to make sure the magazine holds the target markets attention and gives them what they want to read, and not something they don't.
Coming back to my magazine, I will make sure I only feature artists that come under the RnB/Pop genre, however as these are two big genres that can link closly together, I want to make sure I include a variety for my target audience, and include a great deal of them to satisy my audience. I will also have to make sure that I dont include artists that dont come under this genre, like rock or indie artitsts as they wont suit my target markets attention and could attract a different audience.

My first Draft.

Here is my first draft of my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I have tried to follow as mainly conventional idea that would represent a R&B magazine as possible, but as it is my first draft I am still learning new ideas and ways off putting things together, as I have never done anything  like this before.

Front cover

Double Page Spread

Contents Page

Recce Photos. 
Before I took any pictures for the drafts of my front cover, I had in mind that I wanted to take some pictures in certain areas to get a feel of the sorts of backgrounds that I will like in my magazine and what looks good and links in with my genre. Before taking any photos, I had my heart set on a white background for my magazine so I looked in different locations that displayed a white backgrounds, to give me a feel of the different shades and contrasts of white, within a picture. However, in addition to this I also took other photos from different locations, to give me a bigger understanding and ideas into what will look the best for my conventional cover, whilst experiencing at the same time.





Photo 1.
Out of all my white backgrounds that I have taken, I would say this was the best and my favourite out of all of them. This is mainly because it is a clear white backdrop on the stage at school, with no stains, marks, cracks or indents in any way, also the area is full of space to take as many pictures in all different angles. Having a plain, clear white blackground links very well with the conventions off any other music magazine, particularly the style that I have researched, which is another bonus for this location. Finally, there is also lighting linked to this location, which I have played around with to create didnt shades and brightness in the image. This is an even bigger bonus- as I had the image of light shinning on my model, that gave of the impression that she/he was in a show or competition. However, whilst taking pictures with this lighing I could see that the lights were strong enough to show on the photo.

Photo 2.

I took this photo from the side of my school as it was the only white outside wall that I could fine. Eventhough there is marks and indents in this wall, I do have some like for this location, this is mainly because it gives of an R&N impressions, as it looks like there has previously been sprat paint on it, however I dont think it would be suitable for a POP magazine, as I am combining them both together in my magazine.

Photo 3.
This picture is very much like photo 2, just without the indented walls. The wall looks old and worn away, and it also has marks on it.  I like how the wall looks smooth and could easily be edited to look whiter. However, this wall is outside so wouldn't be suitable for my model to be modeling, if the weather is cold. This is mainly because I want my model to wear certain clothing that links in with my genre style.

Questionnaire.
In the process of making my magazine, I am going to produce a questionnaire which will be answered by the majority of people that like my genre of music. This is important, as it appeals more to the people that will be most interested, and gives them what they want and what they want to read about the most. I based my questions around features that will help me to decide on the context I will use, and the style and design on the magazine. I asked 10 people to answer my questions, 5 being male and the other 5 being female, mainly because my magazine is suited for both genders.


How much would you pay for a music magazine?
a) £1.50-£2.00 |||
b) £2.00-£3.00 ||||
c) £3.00-£4.00||
d) £4.00-£4.50+


What persuades you the most in buying a music magazine?
a) Artists that are included |||
b) Artist on the front cover/ content page |||
c) Free promotional gift |
d) Style and design of the magazines layout
e) Articles that are included ||
f) Friends recommendation |


What part of the magazine are you most interested in?
a) Real life stories ||
b) Artist on the front cover ||||
c) Fashion section
d) Pictures of artists ||||


What artists are you most interested in?
a) Nicki Minaj and Rihanna ||
b) Eminem and Dizzlee Rascal ||
c) Ciara and Beyonce ||
d) Chris Brown and Jayz ||
e) Usher and Neyo |
f) N-dubz |
For the front cover, what type of theme colours would you prefer seeing?
a) Grey, white and blacks (dull colours) ||||
b) Pink, blue, green, red and yellow (colourful colours) ||
c) Combination of the two ( grey, red, white ||||


Do you like a lot of information on the front cover and content page?
a) Yes |||
b) No |||
c) Not too much, but some ||||
Out of the following below, which would you most prefer for the title of the front cover?
a) Beatz |||
b) Luv R&B |
c) R&B4U ||
d) BIZ ||||


How do you like the information layed out on the contents page?
a) Spreadout on the page |||
b) Packed and bunched together ||
c) Clearly structured together |||||

How do you like the lay out of the double page spread?

a) A big image in the centre of the page, with information either side |||||

b) One page full of small images, the other with contexts |||||

Target Market Profile.
When creating a Music magazine, it is important that it is aimed at a certain target market. This is to ensure that the magazine will sell and be a successful product. When knowing your target market, you can start to creat an idea of the types of things they will want to see in the magazine, and the sorts of things that will interest them; like the type of bands and artists. You can then also judge the housestyle of the magazine, for example the colour scheme, fonts and images.
Below, I have produced my own target markert profile, which outlines the type pof audience that would buy my music magazine.


Socio-economical class: Most of the population that would want to read this magazine will be from a middle/working class background, so I will make sure that I will make sure mine is as well. Also, the magazine won't be very expensive so it will be suited for this class. 

Age: My target age will be between the ages of 16-20, mainly because most R&B and POP magazines are based around this age group, and the content is suitable for this group as well. Seeing as my magazine will have both R&B and POP content in it, I thought it would be suitable to make the age higher, in relation to a younger POP magazine, as the concent may not suitable for a younger age group. I chose to dp it that way, mainly because im suited better to this type of genre and age group.


Gender: I think both male and females will be available to read this magazine, as both genders enjoy this genre of music. However, I want to base the magazine around a Women, so I think it would be better suited for males to read, as I want my pictures glamerous and sexy. Therefore, I think males would prefer to see pictures and read about a women, in comparison to another women doing this.


Ethnicity: My target ethnicity is going to be based around British, American and maybe Caribbean people, this is mainly because many people from these ethnicities will either produce this type of music or be interested in it, meaning they will be attracted by the type of magazine.


Lifestyle: My target markets lifestyle is going to be based around the type of things a normal 16-20 male would do on a daily bases; this can include partying, drinking, being with'hot' girls and having fun and a laugh with there mates- oooh not forgeting showing off there swaggerrr.
First of all, whilst doing some primary research I found out that most of my target market like shopping in small designer shops, which contain labelled clothing that consist of 'Superdry', 'Hollister' and 'Abercrombie Fitch', they also like shopping in branded stores like Riverisland, Burtons, G-star and topman. On top of this, I also found out that most of them were interested in the social networking site 'Facebook' and were on it on a weekly bases, so from this I could maybe promote the magazine by making a 'Like' page on this. They were also very interested in 'xBox' consols and 'Playstation' consols, featuring games like 'Fifa' and 'COD'. However, my target markeret was mostly interested in going out into different towns, cities or raves, to party with there friends and 'Pull' women, and said this was there main hobbie for this age range as some of them had a daily job to work in the week. They also said there ideal holiday would be either Ibizia, Malia or Kos, as they are full of strips which indicate partying. Also by using primary research again, I found out that my target market had a contract with the gym and extended on a weekly bases, as they said they wanted to 'stay fit, look fit and be fit' - hmm typical lads then!
On top of this I found out the majority of my target market owned an ipod or was linked very closely to listening to music in some way and 99% of them were mostly interested in POP and R&B based music. There top 10 artists on average were, 50-cent, Chris Brown, lil wayne, Tinnie Tempha, Ndubz, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Usher, Rihanna (surprisingly) and JLS.

Reccie /photoshoot pictures.

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Risk assessment.
Before I take any of my photos, I think its important to produce a risk assessment to take into consideration the types of hazards that could occur in particular locations. By doing this, it allows me to understand the risks that could occur, before doing the actual exercise and will help me to think about these risks on the day of taking the pictures. It also helps towards keeping my model safe in the location.


When taking my pictures, I will taking them in white backgrounded areas in my school so I will have to think about the types of hazards that may occur. The only white clear backgrounded place that I could find in the school was the white drop on the stage, which also had artificial lighting and also natural lighting from the windows.


The stage is located in the schools hall, where the canteen is as well. I had to consider this, as the area could become a hazard to myself and my model as there could be food or drinks that have been spilt on the floor. So before taking my pictures, I will have to inspect and the area to make sure it is safe.


Also, most of the time the hall is not very warm and as I have decided that my model will look sexy to suit my chosen genre by wearing clothes, like a dress, shorts or a skirt, I will have to make sure that she keeps herself warm while I am not taking the pictues. This can involved bringing other clothing for her, for examples joggers and a hoodie so she can quickly bung them on or take them off without any trouble.


My chosen location also has artificial lighting, which I can change and control. However, I have never used them before so will have to make sure I get correct help on what to do, before using it and taking any pictures. This piece of technology also has wires and is supported by electricity in order for it to work, this means that I will have to be extra careful whilst using it and make sure I no exactly how I use it before controling it. I will also have to take into consideration if anyone goes near this piece of equipment who are not meant too, to tell them it is a hazardous area where they could trip over wiring that they may not notice.

 

Conventions of a double page spread, front cover and content page.

I have used secondary research, to look-up previous front covers from the types of magazines that I would want to base mine on round. These type of magazines link very well to the genre of Pop/RnB that I have chosen to focus my magazine on, as they are based artists that are catorgied in this genre.

Flavour..

Looking at the examples that I have chosen from the magazine 'Flavour', it is clear that the magazine style is based around RnB lifestyles and artists. I made sure I picked certain example like these, as my genre is based around RnB and POP. By picking out the covers I like the best, out of this type of magazine, it has helped me massively on the way I want to lay out my magazine front cover and styler it gives off.

We can see from the examples that there is a continious masthead of 'Flavour' in every version of the magazine, and it is based around the same place which is the top of the page. The colour of the masthead is based around the same colour scheme as well, consisting off gold, silver and grey. This gives of the impressions of money and wealth, which this genre is based around. However, there is not a continuous colour for each magazine, which is not conventional in a music magazine.

The main front cover picture is also centered in the middle of the page, with a model looking straight at the camera to attract and appeal to people, which is conventional for any other music magazine. The images are all a mid-shot, which is good as it gives me an idea on what poses my model can do within this shot, as I am thinking off using a midshot in my magazine front cover, instead of usng a close up or long shot. This is mainly because midshots are conventional to music maagzines.

By looking at other magazine cover, from the same genre that i have chosen, it has help me come up with my own ideas to create my cover and what sort of information I will include. Features that include; the masthead, what sort of image I want, including what shot I like best and what sort of pose I want my model to do. It has also gave me ideas into the types of headlines and booasts I want to display on the front cover, for example extra that may come with the magazines, quotes that have come from interview or who is featured in the magazine.

Vibe...

I wanted to choose another R&B and POP music magazine, to compare or comment on similarities between the two. This is will give me a bigger understand on the types of features that this genre will display on/in their magazines. It also gives me an idea on how similar this genre displays there information.
It would seem that 'Vibe' is more related to R&B in comparison to 'Flavour', by the type of clothing the artists are wearing and the stances of their pose. This type of magazine is based around images that are seen as sexy and hot!, but 'Flavour' looks more like a POP magazine, which would suit a younger age group as well through the way the model is posing and how they are dressed and presented.
All of the examples of this magazine are all conventional, by the idea that the image is always based in the middle of the page, with the model looking straight into the camera. We can also see that the masthead is the same, in the same position, with a skyline at the top in every example.




Conventional Two page spread.
Both example that I have chosen are based around the same idea of having a larger picture either in the middle of the page or to the side of the double page spread. 

Looking at these spreads, its clear that it shows a main image of the model either centered in the middle of the page or either sides. These pictures show and connote a sexy looking pose that the model is pulling and they tend to be wearing something revealing. I tend to do this in my magazine, inorder to attract my audience and follow conventions. 

Content pages.

everything is justified to the right adn image to the left 

i am going to keep these features

fonts grid

 four 4's and use of gratification 

Mood Board 2; Rock


This is my second mood board, where i have focused the genre of Rock and brainstormed a range of artists that are based in the Rock genre of music. I used many images that inspired me, as some of the artists are not based in this generation and have been around for a while now. However, I have added in some current artists as well. I mainly looked for images that have the theme colors of black, white, grey and red, as these concentrate and link to the Rock genre.

Mood Board 1; Pop and RnB.

This is my first mood board, where I have brainstormed certain images that inspire me in the music genre Pop and R&N. I have chosen specific images that range from the most popular artists at this time and certain images that can stereotype this type of genre. These can include the money image, 'flash' and expensive watches and diamond jewellery. This can stereotype this genre as being focused upon image and having money, to spend on luxury items that can be thought of to make you look better.
The ideology of Pop/RnB music is normally positive or topical based around money, luxury accessaries, love and romance. 
Whilst doing secondary research to look for my images, I have chosen a range of pictures that different camera shots; these have ranged from Mid shots, Close Ups and Long Shots.
I have done this, to give me ideas on the type of shots I may choose for my front cover, contents page and to age spread, and the one that stand out for me and that I like.

High angle mid shot. 

My Mood Broad. 

I have chosen to produce a mood board, as they can brainstorm my idea of the vision I get from certain genre and at the same time I can research idea/images on the typical genres. This can develop my decision on hat music genre I am going to chose for my music magazine. I have chosen to produce two individual mood boards that are based on the music genre Pop and RnB, and Rock. This is mainly because I am stuck on which genre to decide for my main magazine, so in doing this could help me expand my knowledge of the type of background each genre has.

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Research Methods.
Throughout most of my task, I will need to use research methods in order for me to research different genres/magazines and to help me design my own magazine. There are several I can chose and they are shown below.

-Primary: this is more about independant research, which is mainly done through surveys, interviews, direct obvservations and questionnaires. A good advantage of this type of research method is that the information can be found out quickly and straight away, it is also highly controlled, which means the information is relevant to what you are finding out about and the research can be decided on how the information is gained and recieved. However, it also has disadvantages as you will have to prepare all the information yourself, such as questionnaires and surveys, and once the information has been gained and recieved, it may be out of date or not neccessary anymore, which could mean that people may not want to fill questionnairs or surveys out, or even attend interviews.

-Secondary: this is based on research which someone else has carried out and published in order for other people to use. You can find this kind of data on the internet, in books, in the library and even newspapers. An advantage to this type of research method method is that it isn't expensive and doesn't take much time seeing as the information you're looking for is already found. A disadvantage of this method is that it isn't specific to the task you're carrying out. Besides this it may be out of date or the information may not be 100% reliable.

- Qualitative: this is a more in depth and detailed research method as it pays attention to peoples attitudes, behaviours and opinions to certain topics. This can be found out by very elaborative answers from interviews and emails. An advantage of this research method is that certain people can be studied in more detail allowing different information to be found out about them. On the other hand a disadvantage is that the answers from the interviews may take time to analyse meaning that it is time consuming.

- Quantitative: this is normally based on numbers and statistics of what you're researching. These are normally done from closed questions in interviews, surveys and questionnaires. A good advantage to this is that it is highly trustworthy and you can finalise the results easily. A disadvantage to this is that they are relatively time consuming and need a lot of effort. 


Research methods that I might carry out:
For certain areas of my work, I think secondary research would be best to carry out. This could include finding out about the different bands on the internet and finding copies of style models as I cannot get a Flavor magazine in England. The kind of primary research that I would do is creating and carrying out questionnaires to find out about my target audience likes and dislikes. The good thing about these are that they won't require a lot of time so hopefully my work will get done quickly but still at a quality standard. 

Q Magazine.

Brief history of the magazine..  
Q magazine was first published in october 1986 and was produced differently to other music magazines as it had a monthly production, with a high standard of photography and printing. The magazine was originally meant to be called 'Cue', to signify a record, ready to play, however this was changed due to the fact that it could be mistaken for a snooker magazine. Another reason they wanted to use the name 'Q' was because it was a single-letter title, which would be more prominent on newsstands.  The magazine also had a sub-heading titling 'The modern guide to music and more', however this was based in the early years of the magazine so now is not present. 


What is the typical content..

This particular magazine has an extensive review section, based on the features that are contained in the magazine this includes; the new releases of music, reissues, music compilations, film and live concert reviews, as well as radio and television reviews. The magazine also lists approximately eight albums, which states and classes the best new releases of the last three months, on top of this the magazine used a star-rating from one to five to rate albums, songs and new releases. Some of the magazine is produced purely based on interviews with popular musical artists and has a special edition section based on musical times, genres or important/influential musicians. The magazine also offers promotional gift, that are added into the magazine, such as CD's or books. Mostly every copy that has been made of this particular magazine, has had a different message on the spine, which has inspired many other magazines like 'Empire' and the football monthly 'FourFourTwo'.  The magazine contains questions; Cash for Questions, which were made by readers, for celebrities/bands to answer and could then get the chance to win money if there questions are printed. 

Who is the typical reader..
To find this information out, I again used the National Readership Survey (NRS) to find research on the typical people that would buy this magazine. It shows that mostly men are interested in buying the magazine, in comparisons to females, as there is a total of 345 males and 132 for females. This clearly shows that mostly men like this type of genre of magazines and the specific content that is shown. The website also shows us the particular age range on who purchased the magazine. This told us that mostly ages between 15-44's brought 386 issued of Q magazines, and another 90 copies were sod by ages between the ages of 45+.

Magazines Housestyle..

'Q' magazine is another example of a conventional magazine, in relation to the way it is set out. Looking at example of this magazine, I can see they use the same masthead in every copy. This is based in the left hand corner of the page, with the same colours, red and white, with the masthead being 'Q'. This ensures that each and every magazine keeps the impression of continuity and so readers can always know which magazine they are about to purchase. Having the title a single word, it makes it more catchy and easier for the readers to remember; mainly so they can buy it again. 

In every copy of the magazine, there is always an artist, posing for the front cover, who mainly is linked to the type of genre the magazine is aimed at' this draws buyers in as they are attracted to the artist. 

Who produces and distributes the magazine..

The publishers for this magazine is 'Bauer Media Group', which is a large publishing company in germany, based in Hamburg. They also work in another 15 countries worldwide. Q magazine is  distributed by a company called Frontline, which aso distributed another magazine like 'Kerrang' and 'Mojo'.

How are social groups represented..

The type of social groups that would be interested in this magazine are most likely to be individuals that like indie/punk/rick bands. This is mainly because the type of artist that are show, on this magazine have been artists like 'Kings of Leon and 'Russell Brand', that fall under this category. I also think this magazine could fall under the social group of 'Pop' as well, as artist like 'Adele' and 'Cheryl Cole', which could be stereotyped into the group of pop music.


We can see on this example of Q magazine, that Lady Gaga is posing half dressed, meaning it would be more attracting the male population, in comparison to females; which therefore links back to the typical genre of this magazine. This is mainly because she is exposing herself and females are less likely to be attracted to a women half dressed.