Editing My Photos

First Photoshoot - Front Cover

Editing Photos

Before Photoshop

After Photoshop

Magazine Initial ideas

Magazine Title Ideas

Demographics

Tester Photos

L.I.I.A.R Analysis of a Music Magazine

Research on Conventional Music Magazine Photos

Costume Mock-up

1. 1950s inspired outfit

2) Grunge inspired outfit

3) 1920s inspired outfit

All of these mock-ups follows my Indie Rock genre as they are original and individual.

Video Questionnaire

Questionnaire Video Results

Music Magazine Questionnaire

1)    How often do you buy a Music Magazine?

2)    How much would you pay for a Music Magazine? What is your price limit to buying an issue?

3)    How old were you when you first bought a Music Magazine if ever have?

4)    How old are you now?

5)    What –as a reader- would you expect on a Music Magazine front cover?

6)    What makes you want to buy a Music Magazine?

7)    Do Music Magazines inspire you to buy new music? If so, how?

8)    Do you share your magazine with friends, family, colleagues, or other?

9)    Do you regularly buy magazines? If so, is it weekly, fortnightly or monthly?

10) What would be your ideal feature story? What kind of story would you look for on a Music Magazine?

Testing Fonts

I aim to have a bold font for my final product so this is just a mock-up of a few fonts that might achieve that aspiration.

Colour Scheme

Job List 2

1)   Decide on a colour scheme for your magazine (This could be a colourboard, interest in existing products or a video of yourself talking about why you like the colour schemes)

2)   Fonts for title of Magazine (Testing out fonts in relation to Indie Rock.)

3)   Create 3 looks for an Indie Artist (the mise-en-scene, collage of different clothing… google mock-ups of outfits)

4)   Look at q questionnaire

5)   Look at the type of questions that are asked

6)   Write 7 questions in relation to my genre (Indie Rock) - What artists they like in relation to my genre, where they buy their magazines, who they share them with, how much they’re willing to pay… etc

7)   L.I.I.A.R analysis of front cover, contents page and double-page spread music magazine

Visual Information On My Chosen Genre

Indie Rock Moodboard

Google Mock-ups

Genre Research

Reader Profile: Q & A

Why do magazine companies such as 'Q' invest in research and how does it help them create their magazine?

They invest in research because within media, everything changes frequently. This means: different artists, different sub-genres, different events and different popularity. Therefore, to keep up with the ever-changing modern times, magazine companies (especially music magazines) need to complete surveys, gather information from each different audience-type - enough evidence of (especially the modern music industry) mainstream music and what's happening with everyday lives, whilst also discovering new talent to keep their content interesting and more appealing. This means that they'll gain a wider audience, pushing their product forward to all different walks of life. But, also keeping similar conventions (whatever type of magazine it is) so they keep up to date with regular customers who look for a specific type of magazine.

Music Magazine Conventions Analysis