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I have finally finished my work and now I am waiting for results. I really liked to make all three pages and it was good experience.  

Audience feedback

Alex: I like the front cover as it is looking very attractive, especially the masthead which is standing out. The main picture looks bright and interesting. The whole layout looks professional, and probably will attract my attention in a shop. The price suits the number of pages in the magazine, low price but big amount of pages. Also I like the DPS as the text is written very clearly and interesting. Also some of questions are funny. I think the contents page has a nice layout but the choosen picture could be improved by making it brighter.

Alonso: The front cover really stands out and would attract my attention on the shelf of a shop. The masthead is large and has nice colours. The idea with a bonus zone is very clever way to attract more audience as no one knows what is on this page, so they will be interested in reading the magazine. I don't really like the contents page as the picture looks very dark, but the rest is nice. The DPS has a good layout which doesn't look very busy and it is easy to read the interview.

Sam: Well, the cover is looking professional but I don't like choosen colours. The cover lines on the contents page show clearly the idea of the articles. The interview is interesting but should include more information about Tommy. Overall, I like all pages.

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Final work

DPS (2 draft)

I have changed a style of the text so it is looking better and easier to read, as well I have more texts in answers and I have moved The Sound logo in the right corner

DPS (1 draft)

Contents page (final draft)

I made Tommy look more mysterious and secret, by changing brigthness. It will make audience read interview to find out more about him.

Contents page (3 draft)

Contents page (2 draft)

Contents page (1 Draft)

Front Cover (Final Draft)

Front Cover (2 Draft)

Front Cover (1 Draft)

Designs

Front covers

Contents page

DPS

Photos

Treatment

The magazine: The sound

Target Readership:The sound is a new magazine aimed at male and female young adults around 16-26 years old who really like listening hip-hop and rap music. But also younger aged groups will be intrested in reading my magazine as it contains useful information for everyone like top 50 songs of 2011. But older people may not like The sound as it contains specific pictures and texts which represent modern music and some of parents may find it not intresting. There is something intresting for every sex. For male, examples of singers as role models. And for female different interviews and texts. My magazine specialised on music so every article is about it. As well it contains a little bit about fashion as readers can see singers clothing and use it as an example. My magazine has a strong sense of modern music and this is why I decided to make a list of top 50 songs of 2011. 

Form and Style:The sound is an A4 full colour magazine which contains interviews, reviews, news about music and as the main article top 50 songs of 2011. The model for a cover page will be a male 17-18 years old who is a new coming up singer. Colourful colours as yellow and red will attract more audiences. Each issue will feature a new coming up singer on the front cover. My magazine is specialized in a genre of hip-hop so the main page and contains will be designed in this specific style to make The sound outstanding. The masthead must be recognizable and colourful. The price will be between £2.60-£3.00 which is normal for a magazine which has around 80-100 pages in every issue. 

Themes and Typical features:The sound is specialized on singers who just become famous, kind of advertising them as well an issue contains some articles about already famous singers as Skepta, Dappy and etc. Also it will include interviews, reviews, different charts and top 50. The language used in a magazine will be informal and simple as possible, so teenagers can understand the articles easily and find it intresting. 

Potential advertisers:A lot of brands will be advertised in every issue which are specialized on music mostly. For example: Beats, Ecko, etc. 

Editorial team:The editorial team will be made up of experienced writers and designers. The team must be made up of male, female and different aged groups so they can bring new ideas.                                         

Titles

Please choose one:

Results of questionnaire

To get more answers on my questionnaire I printed out copy with same questions and asked people to answer it

From my results I have decided to design a Hip-Hop magazine which will contain lots of pictures and top 50 songs of 2011 

How to take good photos

To take good photos for my cover and contents page, I need to follow some important tips which will lead for better outcome.

•  Look your subject in the eye

Direct eye contact can be as engaging in a picture as it is in real life. When taking a picture of someone, hold the camera at the person's eye level to unleash the power of those magnetic gazes and mesmerizing smiles.

• Use a plain background

Plain background shows off the subject you are photographing. When you look through the camera viewfinder, force yourself to study the area surrounding your subject.

• Use flash outdoors

Bright sun can create unattractive deep facial shadows. Eliminate the shadows by using your flash to lighten the face.

• Lock the focus

Usually you can lock the focus in three steps. First, center the subject and press and hold the shutter button halfway down. Second, reposition your camera (while still holding the shutter button) so the subject is away from the center. And third, finish by pressing the shutter button all the way down to take the picture.

• Watch the light

The most important part of every picture is the light. It affects the appearance of everything you photograph. So make sure there is enough light to make photos bright. You can use Sun light or flash on your camera.

Internet research

From my research I have found out that mostly audience for music magazines are young people both sex around 16-25, which I am targeting for my own magazine. I have made a little questionnaire for my classmates and the results show that 80% can't live without music. It is an important part of their lifes, it helps them to relax, control their stress or just enjoy it. 

Modern technology changed our life a lot. Even to find more about music people use internet more often instead of bying music magazines. But still they are a lot of people who prefer to read magazines. Let's think why people don't like reading magazines. Some of them are expensive around £3.00 and people don't want to pay that much. But from answers that show that they buy them I made little analyze. 

 

Which music magazine are you buying the most?

1. NME (29%)
2. Kerrang (18%)
3. Q (11%)
4. Rolling Stones (14%) 
5. Metal Hammer (7%)
6. Others (21%) 

                                

Research from Internet

Music Magazines: Jan-Jun 2009 Year On Year Comparisons
Title	Publisher	Jan-Jun 08	Jan-Jun 09	Actual Change	% Ch
Classic Rock	Future Publishing	66,632	70,301	3,669	5.5
Kerrang!	Bauer Consumer Media	60,290	43,253	-17,037	-28.3
Metal Hammer	Future Publishing	48,540	46,004	-2,536	-5.2
Mojo	Bauer Consumer Media	106,367	97,722	-8,645	-8.1
NME	IPC Ignite	56,284	40,948	-15,336	-27.2
Q	Bauer Consumer Media	113,174	100,172	-13,002	-11.5
The Fly	Channelfly Enterprises Ltd	105,212	107,771	2,559	2.4
Uncut	IPC Ignite	86,925	76,526	-10,399	-12.0

From my results I found out that Q, The Fly and NME are best selling magazines. And I can use them as models for my own magazine.

   

What should I call my music magazine?

1)M
2)The sound
3)Beat
4)Music Therapy
5)Propaganda
6)Listener
7)New Sound Worlds
8)Modern FM
9)Public Enemy
10)Alternative Hip Hop
11)Rhyme

Questionnaire

1)How many magazines do you read per month?

1. None
2. One
3. Two
4. Three
5. Four
6. Five
7. More than five

2)How much do you pay for new issue normally?

1. less than £.0.50
2. £0.50-£1.00
3. £1.10-£1.50
4. £1.60-£2.00
5. £2.10-£2.50
6. £2.60-£3.00
7. £3.10-£3.50
8. more than £3.50

3)How many pages would you like the magazine to be?

1. less than 40 pages
2. 50-70 pages
3. 80-100 pages
4. more than 100 pages

4)What attracts the most your attention on a front cover?

1. Colourful masthead
2. Interesting picture
3. Lots of titles
4. Free gifts
5. Price
6. Ads
7. Other(write down)

5)What genre of music do you prefer?

1. Rap
2. Hip-Hop
3. Jazz
4. Pop
5. Rock
6. Heavy Metal
7. Classic
8. Other(write down)

6)What do you want to see more in a magazine?

1. Pictures
2. Texts
3. Both

7)What do you like the most in magazines?

1. Interviews
2. Reviews
3. Top 50 
4. Gigs
5. Other(write down)

2 DPS

The double page was taken from the music magazine called Metal Hammer, which specifies on rock and metal genre. Layout of the page tells that the articles are aimed at metal fans and everything is designed in rock style; font styles, pictures from concerts. Along the bottom are four more images, one in the middle and one on the top of the page. The main picture takes almost 80% of the page, leaving less place for actual text.           

The second double page features the band "Traffic". The majority of the double page spread being taken up by a low-angle, long shot. The title links with a photo very good because the title says "Getting together in the country" and the picture shows a band standing somewhere in a nature. The colour scheme of the double page spread also compliments the nature element running throughout the double page spread. The colours are very neautral such as cream, brown and green. These are all the colours you would find in a countryside landscape and therefore compliment the idea of the double page spread well. Also the pictures covers over 70% of available place, leaving less place for text. The band "Traffic" is dressed in hippies clothing, suiting the design of the page.    

1 DPS

• Colourful colours (presentation of metal music)
• A lot of pictures

2 DPS

• More relaxed colours (hippies style)
• Clearly shown photo

Also they have some similar staff like a main photo takes around 75% of pages, little texts, the main idea is to show photos

  

2 contents pages

This is an example of a contents page from a magazine Blender. As we can see the page looks very simple with one long shot picture showing Katy Perry and little text. Mainly audiences are teenagers and young adults which doesn't like to source for lots of information from contents page, just checking main titles, so editors decided to write little titles with less information. Katy looks very small comparing to a mushroom, which makes the photo looks nice and intresting. Colours presented on the page are white, red, pink and blue. In the top right corner there is a date of printing the magazine. Attraction in the magazine is Katy Perry which is a role model for many women and her dress looks sexy for men.

The contents page of NME magazine looks different to Blender one. It looks very busy as there are more pictures and lots of texts, covering main titles and information. Magazine mostly focused on Indie music which features music news, reviews, interviews and etc. Two large photos draw the reader to read the main headline which is highlighted with bigger font. Both pictures have been taken for low angles and probably from seats next to stages. As I already said the page looks busy with texts standing next to each other. The colour scheme; black, pink and white. The audience are both sex 16-26. The subheadings are also quite bold which makes it easy for readers to find what they are looking for without reading all texts. Also the magazine gives a discount for subscribing.

I have analyzed two contents pages of different magazines. They are similar in two ways they both are about music and the range of audience are men and women 16 to 26.

The differences are the amounts of staff represented on pages. The first contents page with Kety Perry is very simple; only one long shot photo of the pop star and the amount of texts is very small. But the second one looks very busy with a lot of texts and different photos.