Music Magazine Evaluation

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups? My product would represent the social group of people who dress/class themselves as being Indie. My whole product is based around an Indie theme so therefore I would like it to draw in an Indie crowd. 3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? Every magazine has to have a publisher well it able to help it sell well. However the publisher must be suitable and know how to sell my genre of magazine. I think for my magazine Jann Wenner would be a great publisher as he is the publisher for rolling stones and that is the magazine I used as inspiration when making my music magazine. 4. Who would be the audience for your media product? The audience for my magazines is teenagers/adults aged 15-25, who enjoy festivals and concerts. However it appeals to an Indie crowd but I think anyone in that age range with similar interests to what my media product has to offer would enjoy it. 5. How did you attract/address your audience? To attract my audience I used headlines that would attract an audience and also put the band “The 1975” on the puff in red to attract their fan base. The by-line are based around events which are taking place in this upcoming magazine is about what happening around the school so therefore it would hopefully intrigue them into reading it further. I have also used bright, bold colours to catch peoples eye and hopefully by it being a Halloween edition it would interest people more. 6. How did you attract/address your audience? I have attracted my audience by using bold by-lines and a puff that makes it stand out a lot. Also my Title is very big and bold and eye catching to anyone who sees it. 7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt from it in the progression to the full product? Will working on my music magazine I feel I have progressed more in using photo shop and I can see the difference within my music magazine and school magazine. My music magazine is quite simple but effective unlike my school magazine which had a lot happening. I had more planning time for my music magazine and went out to London for one of my photo shoots instead of staying in school.

Question 1

Question 1 from georgiamartinXx

Contents page

DPS

Contents page screenshots

Contents page screenshots from georgiamartinXx

DPS screenshots

Powerpoint of dps screenshots from georgiamartinXx

Front cover

This my Front cover for my media product and i used inspiration from the Rolling Stones magazines.

DPS Inspriation

I was looking at DPS Inspiration and came across this one based on Nicki Minaj. I like how they have set out the picture and writing and this image of her leaning on the writing.

Meet my model

This is my model which i used for my contents page. She is currently studying for her GCSE's she's taking Maths, English, Double Science, Geography, Drama, Spanish and Classics.

Hair ideas

I took these pictures of a hair idea I had for one of my photo shoots. I curled her hair with a GHD hair straightener. However for my real photoshoot i want to aim to have her hair much more curly and going to use a curling iron. 

Double Page spread final plan

This is my final idea on my double page spread photo shoot. I will take many shots in different locations and use different outfits.

Contents page final idea for photo shoot

This is a final plan of how I will shoot my contents page. I have decided on the  clothes, make up, location, equipment and the image I would wish for my model to convey. 

Front cover final idea for photo shoot

This is a final plan which I made in order to help me with the image I want on the front cover of my magazine. I have made a final decision in the clothes, make up, location, the equipment and the image I want my model to convey. 

Social media

I tweeted which font I should use and received some feedback which helped me. I also asked my friends and I have decided from the feedback I got that I am going to use the top font.

Location ideas

These are all of my location ideas. I will be using the majority of these locations while shooting in Central London and not just one of them. I have chosen these locations because they fit my colour scheme and theme the best for my magazine, with my colour scheme being a pastel green, blue and pink and, the theme being Indie.

Mood board

This is a mood board which I made to help me with my Star Image and how I am going to style my model. I want My model to have an Indie look. My hair styles will be space buns and also half up and half down. I will use three different outfits when shooting for the magazine. I want the make-up to be mainly focused on the eyes and lips. So therefore I will use  a light foundation, and light contour but still noticeable under the camera lighting. However I am going to use a smoky eye or the eyeshadow with winged black eyeliner. For the lips I am going to use a dark mac lipstick with a matching lip liner to make them bold.  

Questionnaire and Answers

Questionnaire answers

From my results of my questionnaire number 1 has shown that 3 people would like the magazine to be published every week, 3 others said every 2 weeks and 4 people said every month. So from this data I would publish my magazine every month.

Question number 2 I have found that 6 people’s favourite music genre is Indie, and 5 people’s favourite is pop but, this is good because my magazine sis based around an Indie theme.  

My target audience is going to be based around the ages 15 – 17 because everyone who has answered my questionnaire has ticked that they are 15-17 years old.

I am going to use the colour scheme of a pastel blue, green and pink because my question data shows 6 people prefer that colour scheme and only 4 people have chosen pastel pink, purple and blue.

Question 5 has told me that 5 people are willing to pay £2.00 for the magazine but also 5 people are willing to pay £3.50 for the magazine. I am going to go with the £3.50 option because if I was to pay for it I would pay that much as well and it is a music magazine and they are more expensive than pop ones.

Question 6 ties in with question 1 and has helped me to decided that I would publish my magazine every month because the data from question 6 shows that 9 people buy magazines every month and also 4 people would prefer for me to publish it every month as well.

I have decided not to advertise or use a free poster because 6 people have said no to the idea and 4 people said yes but I want to go with the majority of the votes, therefore I will not be featuring a free posted.

9 people said that their favourite magazine is Rolling Stone and this helps me because my Star Image I am focusing on is Lana Del Rey and she is the main image on one of their magazines which I am focusing on for inspiration.

8 people said that they read Indie magazines, and this is good because it means that they would buy my magazine and be interested in it.

The name which I have decided to go with is Lyla, because 6 people choose that one. 1 person chooses Reflections and 3 people choose Paradise.  

Ideas

This is an ideas page of all my ideas for my Music Magazine. This will help me to choose everything I need for my magazine. The ideas on here will help me develop an understanding of where i want to shoot, and the makeup, clothing and the type of magazine I would like it to be. 

Star Image

Star image is something which comes across as something that is a recognised sign which is used in many different media forms.

Richard Dyer is a British media theorist, who came up with his own Star Image Theory.

He has suggested that a star’s meta-narrative impacts on the consumption by the audience. He has also argued that the star image is manufactured and artificial and that individual stars should have their own unique selling point (brand values) in order to grab and hold our attention.

An example of this is Justin Bieber’s hair and JLS’ colour codes. Dyer’s main idea was that the star image could be discussed using two key paradoxes.  A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself. Dyer suggested that

a star image simultaneously has two conflicting representations. He said...‘a star is both ordinary & extraordinary.’ He had also suggested that a star must be represented simultaneously, just like us (the audience/regular people), however at the same time possess. Which is something we do not have and something that makes it special, different. Confident, passionate, artistic, sensitive, or carefree but also they are allowed to be rebellious, anti-social, or angry maybe.

‘...a star is both present & absent.’

Dyer had an idea that the audience struggles with another paradox. This is an idea that the star is simultaneously present in our lives, be this in our social groups chat and our style. They are also absent, something that we observe as out of reach, on a base, and not actually there.

Dyer had also argued that as an audience we struggle to complete the star image through consuming their products, shows, merchandise etc. We strive to complete

the image by engaging with the star’s story and background. The problem is that the

meta-narrative change and we are constantly determined to complete the image.

My Star image:

For my star image I am going to be focusing on Lana Del Rey. I like the styles of her Indie magazine covers and her vintage side to her in the way she dresses. Also her hair and makeup is simple but bold. Her eyes and lips always stand out because she uses dark lipstick and her eye makeup always stands out. However her hair is always big and curly and is never to simple. If it is she has it down and straight but still fits in with the theme.

Double page spread annotation

This Double page spread isn't to overcrowded and contains information only to do with what the interview was about and throughout titsicks to the colur scheme.