Planning - Equipment and technologies

Now i am into my planning section i will consider what i need to complete my music magazine. So far i decided i will need a camera so i can take some photos of my magazine star. These will be taken both in the studio and outside so i can get different backgrounds and different lighting into my pictures. This means i will need to also use the lighting from the studio and maybe even the green screen. I will need to use photoshop to edit my pictures to make them look how i want them to and Indesign to create my music magazine. I will also need to use the internet for research for my magazine and for research of other magazines. I could also use other music magazines so i can get an idea of how to create a good layout and what makes a good music magazine. These could act as a template for my magazine. If i use all of the equipment and technologies above then my music magazine should be a success.

Questionnaire results

As you can see n a previous blog, i printed out 10 questionnaires and handed them out for people to answer. Here are my results: I like my results and they have given me more of an idea of what the most popular music genre is and what interests they like to see in a magazine. These results might influence me to change my magazine and change my original ideas.

Target Audience

After some research i decided upon my target audience. My magazine will be aimed at mainly males aged 16 - 24. This is mainly because i am doing a grime music genre and this type of music is usually aimed at people at this age as it is the type of music they usually listen to. I don't think the race of a person will matter and my magazine will be aimed at lower class and working class people as i think it will relate most to them.  I think it is a great target audience as it will appeal to them in a way other magazines don't. Also my magazine will contain information that will interest my target audience so they will buy it and look forward to reading it. I also think my magazine will definitely be aimed more towards a mainstream audience but not fully mainstream as grime is very fast and upbeat. It is also quite new and very popular in big cities but it is also very popular in the ghettos and suburban towns and slums. Overall i think i have picked a very good target audience and when my magazine is produced it will appeal to them a lot.

Questionnaire

As you can see this is my questionnaire. For this task i will pint out 10 copies of this and hand them out around college. This will give me an idea of what my target audience like and could influence my decisions at a later stage.

Music magazine circulation figures

For this task i had to analyze the figures of magazine that are published in the uk. Here my my website with which i found the uk magazine figures -http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=45039 . As you can see some of the magazines that were included were - 'Mojo' 'Rhythm' 'Mixmag' and 'Kerrang'. Only one or two of these magazines could link in with my idea of doing a 'grime' magazine so it tells me that my magazine would have a chance of a sale.

Article style and structure

Here we are back to the article page. I will talk about the style and structure of the page. Here you can see a big, bold title in the top corner which stands out. Also they have put a little aeroplane type logo next to the heading. This stands out the most on the page and invite you in to read on. It is structured in paragraphs along the left hand side and along the bottom and the rest of the page is filled with pictures from when Will Smith was shooting a scene for the film 'I am legend' and one of which is the main picture which fills most of the page. I really like the structure of this page as you have you large image that fills a lot of the page so it invites the reader in and keeps them interested if they get bored of reading easily. The only disadvantage of this page is that it doesn't contain enough writing or information about the selected topic. For my article page i think i will have a large image similar to the magazine above but i will have more text so the reader gets to find out more about the chosen star/subject. The style of this page is quite professional as it shows Will Smith at a filming shoot. The writing is also quite formal and professional. The colours are plain and simple but they work well together to make it look interesting. Overall i really like this article page as it contain everything you need to know, it would just be a little better if it had a little more information.

Analysis of UK Top 40

Analysis of UK Top 40 

1 - 40
This week		Last week		Artist		Song		Download
1		W		Bruno Mars		Grenade
2		5		Jessie J		Do It Like A Dude
3		1		Rihanna Ft Drake		What's My Name
4		4		Katy B Ft Ms Dynamite		Lights On
5		10		David Guetta Ft Rihanna		Who's That Chick
6		27		Adele		Make You Feel My Love
7		2		Black Eyed Peas		The Time (dirty Bit)
8		8		Far East Movement/Cataracs/Dev		Like A G6
9		79		Jls		Eyes Wide Shut
10		3		Matt Cardle		When We Collide
11		12		Tinie Tempah Ft Kelly Rowland		Invincible
12		9		Rihanna		Only Girl (in The World)
13		6		Ellie Goulding		Your Song
14		7		Katy Perry		Firework
15		17		Nero		Me And You
16		11		Cee Lo Green		Forget You
17		16		Bruno Mars		Just The Way You Are (amazing)
18		13		Willow		Whip My Hair
19		32		Martin Solveig & Dragonette		Hello
20		24		Cee Lo Green		It's Ok
21		19		Pink		Raise Your Glass
22		18		Cheryl Cole		The Flood
23		26		Usher		More
24		21		Alexis Jordan		Happiness
25		W		Glee Cast		Telephone
26		15		Olly Murs		Thinking Of Me
27		20		Mike Posner		Cooler Than Me
28		22		Mcfly Ft Taio Cruz		Shine A Light
29		14		Take That		The Flood
30		W		Kanye West & Jay-z		H.a.m
31		23		Wanted		Lose My Mind
32		33		Professor Green Ft Maverick		Jungle
33		28		Michael Jackson Ft Akon		Hold My Hand
34		30		Nelly		Just A Dream
35		W		Glee Cast		Empire State Of Mind
36		25		Nicole Scherzinger		Poison
37		29		Eminem Ft Rihanna		Love The Way You Lie
38		100		Tinchy Stryder/Melanie Fiona		Let It Rain
39		40		Gyptian		Hold You
40		35		Will I Am & Nicki Minaj		Check It Out

Here is a copy of the top 40 in the UK. As part of my task i had to analyze the type of music in the charts. Most of the music in the top 40 is pop and mainstream music. This tells me that my idea of grime/rap probably wouldn't sell well within the music world which indicates it would not be as popular as other magazines such as pop or mainstream. This hasnt changed my mind about making a grime/rap genre' magazine, i see it as a challenge as pop magazines would be easier to produce. Even though there are a couple of rap genre songs in the Top 40 there main percentage is pop and mainstream.