Drawn Mock Ups

Here are my drawn mock ups which are the front cover, the contents page and the article page. I have looked at many magazines to get inspiration on how to layout my magazine and here is what i came up with. These might not be my final designs but they will definitely look similar to these.

My scans from top to bottom go as follows : Front cover, Contents page, Article page.

Institute - producing and distributing my magazine

For this task i had to find a institution to produce and distribute my product. First i chose EMAP. EMAP is a business-to-business multiplatform media group, whose brands inform, inspire and connect within the sectors they operate in. For millions of people across the globe involved in the built environment, retail, media, fashion, health, education, government and automotive sectors, Emap provides essential news, analysis and access.Emap run over 30 market leading business to business award ceremonies within the Retail, Public Sector, Fashion, Media and Built Environment markets.

IPC Media produces over 60 iconic media brands, with print alone reaching almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men – almost 26 million UK adults – while our websites collectively reach over 14 million users every month.
IPC's diverse print and digital portfolio offers something for everyone, with a focus on three core audiences: men, mass market women and upmarket women. 

Both of these institutions would be suitable to produce and distribute my magazine as they are two of the worlds best selling magazine companies. I think that they are both great companies but through research IPC would be the better of the two as they have sold more magazines and got higher rating out of the two

Analysis of band images (posters, CD covers etc)

Here is a picture of the grime group 'Boy Better Know'. They are from London and are the UK's leading grime group. All the members of the group are looking towards the camera which is direct mode of address and this will attract in the audience's. This is a great picture as it shows the whole group, the colours stand out to make it look attractive to the audience and they also have their logo on their t-shirts which promotes the group as a whole. This would be a great picture to put on the front of a magazine or CD as it shows the audience just what their group is about even though they are just standing together.

Here is a picture of one of 'Boy Better Know's' album covers. This is a really good picture as the colours are bright and lively which makes it stand out and invite the audience in to look at the CD. It has the grime group on the front cover so audiences will easily recognize who's CD this is. Again they have the logo on their t-shirt which promote their group as a whole and they also have the name of one of their songs as the title of the CD which id 'Too Many Man'. This is a very popular song around the world and the music video shows the whole group in a club looking how they look on the front cover of the CD. Once again they are all looking towards the camera so this shows direct mode of address and will attract the audience in.

This is the official 'Boy Better Know' logo and it is used in all of their music videos and magazines/CD covers to promote their group. It is very simple which is a good thing as more complicated logos can be too much for a person to take in. This can also be bad as some people might see it and think it is too simple and therefore boring. The colour of the logo differs from the one above. This one is black, white and blue. These again are very simple colours but they change depending on the backgroud or the CD/magazine they are publishing. Here is their logo again but with different colours and a different background:

This logo is very different from the other as its colours have changed and gone more comple to match the background which again has gone more complex and complicated. In my opinion this logo is much better than the first one we have seen.

Reader Profile

This is my reader profile. This is a group from north lancashire and they listen to grime music. They are all aged 16 - 25. These are the type of people i wish to aim my magazine at as i think it would appeal to them the most and would sell to these type of people the most. This group listen to grime and tend to buy grime magazines now and then to keep up with the latest trends and songs. So for my main audience i want to aim it at people like this who are interested in grime music and clothing and are in the age barrier of 16 - 25.

Photo shoot plan

For my photo shoot i will be taking pictures in the studio and outside so i can get different backgrounds and different contrasts of lighting. My props will probably include quite bright clothes so they stand out on the front cover. I will also take my shots at different angles so all of my pictures are different from one another. I think there colours and props i choose will fit in with my genre of grime. For my final shot i will be taking a medium shot as this will fit the front cover best.

Mood board

This is my mood board. As you can see i have included the name of my magazine which is 'studio.' I have also included some pictures of that could fit in with the genre of my magazine. I think that just from the images and fonts you can guess what my music genre is going to be. I decided on these fonts because they again fit in with the genre of music i am doing. I also chose a background of corrugated iron as this fits in with my genre of music as it is an underground style. The fonts i chose were from www.dafont.com . I have included a small logo in the bottom left corner of my magazine to represent the style of music chosen.

Questionnaire information sheet

For this task i had to crate a question sheet that i will hand out which will help me decide on a final name for my magazine. I had a few idea of what it could be called. Here is  copy of my questionnaire:

Here is a copy of my questionnaire to help me decide on my final title of my magazine. Next i made a graph to show the results of my 10 questionnaires :

As you can see from my results the most popular name is Studio. At first this was the name i originally wanted and now i have handed out questionnaires and got my results back i have confidence in this name and will use it for my magazine.