Original questionnaire.

This is the plan for my paper questionnaire sheet, I have chosen to do a survey so that I can base my magazine around the feedback that I get from the questions that I ask. The way thatIi will show the results is in pie charts.The questions I have asked are as follows.
The reason I asked the person if they were aged between 16-25 was because I wanted to know who my target audience was and who I had to aim my magazine at and what would be more suited to them. The next question was for the type of music and this was vital as if the results came back as my target audience liked other music than what my magazine was based around I would have to change the concept and music theme of the magazine. When I asked what was the persons favourite band/ artist was it was so that I could then get a feature on that particular person. I wanted to see who actually read/ bought magazines and if how much they would be willing to pay this is so that I know how much to price my magazines at and what not to charge my customers. I asked if they were still in education of if they were working so that I could see what other aspects I could put in my magazine whether that be revision or educational help. The purpose of asking about the social media is so that I can communicate with my audience through different sources of technology i.e. apps, internet, phones. The final question is on if the audience likes the three colours that I am going to use when I create my magazine. I had done this so that I know what people will want and if the colours will work.

Reader profile

This is my reader profile, I have created this to show what the readers of my magazine like and what type of music that they listen to and what influences they have. It also gives me a better idea of how to improve my magazine and how to get to the target audience and see what they like. Plus for new readers of the magazine it allows them to see if they will like it and might persuade them to read it. The reason that I choose to use red,white and black for the colour scheme for the reader profile is because on the survey that I have done I ask if they like them three colours and the overall answer was yes. Plus I asked them what type of music they liked which was rock and pop which is why I have CD covers of bands/artists who fit that criteria.

Cover Influences

For my magazine front cover the influences that I had were from popular magazine such as NME and Q magazine The reason I have chosen to use this example as my cover influence is because I like how the title is behind the persons head yet is still visible to the person that is reading the page. Plus the colours are minimal and well used making it easy for the reader to understand and not get bored when trying to read the key information that they need to know. Plus the image that is used is very simple yet affective, it stands out and still keeps in with the music theme with the record that the person is holding. This is what the front of my magazine will look like as this is my cover influence.


For my contents page I have chosen to use this as my influence page, it is form the popular music magazine Q. I like the way that there is one main image to the right which immediately catches the readers eye and one again shows them clearly where to go to read that article. I also like the simplicity of the page and how it uses very few colours but still has a good effect. Plus it makes it easier for people to navigate around the magazine and be able to go back to where they want to go with ease. Also there is only two images on the contents page which why I like it as it keeps it minimal and informative and straight to the point.




For my double age spread I have chosen to use this article for the magazine NME. It has one main image and then a lot of text on the right which is what I wanted as I want to be able to get a good interview in with enough space. But I also want to make sure that the image has enough of a space to make an effect when you turn to that page. It is very simple the layout but i think it shows a good way of laying my magazine out and what I want it to look like when I create it. Plus the colours I have chosen to use will go well with his look as they are minimalistic.

Time management

When creating my blog and my preliminary task (college magazine) I was very concious of the time I had to create my magazine and the deadlines that had to be met.Throughout the first task and creating the blog my time management was up to time and correct and all my work had been completed. I have struggled lately as there has been a lot of work in the run up to creating our final magazine piece. With the research and planning I have been keeping up to date with all of that and making sure that all is correct. I am now on track again and am on my way to creating my final piece.

Institutions

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EMAP - is an industry brand, which specializes in the retail, health, architecture and fashion. Their aim is to bring professional companies together though social media. The magazines that this institution have are: RetailWeek, NursingTimes.net.

Condé Nast, a division of Advance Publications, is a mass media company headquartered in the Conde Nast Building in New York City. The company attracts more than 164 million consumers across its 20 print and digital media brands. The magazines that this institution have are: Vogue,Glamour.

Time Inc- is an American New York-based publishing company. It publishes over 90 magazines, most notably its namesake, Time.Time Inc. also owns the rights to life, a well-known magazine that has been published in many different formats. Time Inc. currently owns and runs LIFE.com, a website dedicated to news and photography. The magazines that this institution have are: NME and What's on TV.

Future plc is a media company. In 2006, it was the ranked the sixth-largest media corporation in the United Kingdom. It publishes more than 180 magazines in fields such as video games, technology, automotive, cycling, films and photography.







For my magazine I have chosen to use (TimeIncUK) for my chosen institution as when I have looked into their portfolio and who their clients are, they have a lot of music magazines and I thought that they are similar to my magazine and I think that it would be good for me as they will have a good understanding of how I will want my magazine to be set out as they have previous experiences of creating a music magazine.

There target audience varies from the type of magazines that they are associated with. There target audience is probably ranging from anywhere between 16- 60. The magazines can be for either ale of female as they have a lot of magazines that cover a lot of different genres.

Another reason why I have chosen to use TimesIncUK is that they have the magazine NME, this is a popular music magazine that I am basing my own magazine on. The page on NME is very factual and helpful, showing that the TimeIncUK has been with NME for a long time which shows that they are good to work with, which is what would want for my magazine. Plus they use a lot of social media aspects, ranging from twitter to Facebook. Plus they use technology to communicate with their customers and this is an aspect that I would want so that is another reason why I have chosen to use TimeIncUK.http://www.futureplc.com/

Unused photos

These are the images that I did not use in my college magazine. The reason I have not used these images were because I had chosen to take more than I needed so that if there was any mistakes where people has moved, laughed or the images just did not look quite right. This could have been for many factors whether that be the lighting was not correct or the image had gone blurry. One of the main reasons why I did not use a couple of the images was because there was too much head room on a couple of them, this wastes a lot of valuable room.

Contents page flat plan

This is the flat plan for my contents page on my college magazine. I have chosen to create a flat plan so that I have a good idea of where I want certain things to be placed and how I want my contents page to look.

Evaluating previous magazines and looking at mark schemes.

In class we have had a look at previous magazines that previous students have created in the previous years. We did this so that we could get ideas and see what we should and should not use in our magazine. The key areas that we discussed were the color, layout and images used on the magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread. In my magazine I will try and use the same layouts as a popular magazine that is used in the press at the minute and is a popular with customers. I will try and focus on my contents page as that is the area I think can look really good if it is set out appropriately. I will also focus on the color that I use in my magazine as I think this can determine the way the magazine can look and the here the magazine is set around. We also had the mark scheme for the previous magazines that we looked at which was helpful as we then knew if our ideas for our magazine would work or not.

Front cover flat plan and rationale.

This is the flat plan that I had created for my college magazine, the reason I have used this is so that I had a good idea of what I wanted to place where and how I wanted my magazine front cover to look.
The reason that I have placed the masthead in the position it is in is so that the reader can clearly see it and it is visible and easy to see. I have placed the main image to the left so that I can use majority of the page to clearly show the main image. Plus I have the strap-lines overlapping on the right of the image to make the magazine hopefully flow smoothly. Also the barcode is placed at the bottom left as stereotypically that is where majority of barcodes on magazines are placed. The competition is placed by itself to stand out.

College contents page

When I was creating the contents page for the college magazine I chose to use the same colours as the front page which allowed the magazine to flow as the colours used were the same on both house style pages. I have chosen to put other photos in as I think it is a good way of interacting with the reader plus other magazines have used this in theirs. I tried to keep the layout simple and clear so that people can know clearly where to go and can navigate around the magazine with ease. I found doing the contents page easier than the front cover as I has got used to the way photoshop works and that is why I found it easier.

College magazine Preliminary task front page

The brief for the Preliminary task was to create a front cover and contents page for a college magazine. This is the front page of my College magazine that I created on photo shop. As you can see my skills at using photo shop have improved greatly, throughout my time of using it I got to grips with what to put where and where not to put things so that it looks more professional. I learned this by experimenting with different aspects of photoshop. The areas that I improved on were the coloring of the magazine and how to maneuver the images around. I incorporated a lot of the skills that I had learned in the previous attempt I had using photo shop. I used colours that I thought complimented each other well and the blues at the top of the screen worked well with the writing on the side of the magazine. I wanted to keep it quite minimal yet still with a bit of colour to brighten it up. I chose to use the certain type of text as I thought that it is quite an informal text which works well with it being a college magazine. The magazine appeals to the audience as the colors used are keeping in theme with the younger generation and with the actual college.

Fist attempt at photoshop

This is my fist attempt at using Photoshop. As you can see it is not at the quality that I want my actual front cover and contents page to be as I am not yet that advanced at using Photoshop. In the future my skills on Photoshop will improve and hopefully my magazine will look professional. When using Photoshop for the fist time I learned how to navigate the page and how to do the basics of putting a photo in and moving it around and seeing how to use it.I am happy with how the photo looks and where it is positioned but I want to improve on the text and the overall look of the front cover.

M.Now

When I was planning my magazine I had decided to name my magazine MNOW (music now). On reflection I realised that should have put a full stop in the middle to let people know that it is two different words instead of being one word. I also think that when used as the title and main header on my magazine that it will look better and will allow people to know the name of my magazine.