Tuesday, 5 November 2013
YouTube-Music Magazine Conventions
Monday, 4 November 2013
Target Audience Thoughts
For my music magazine i need to take certain things into consideration, this will help shape what audience my magazine is aimed at.
Age of Target Audience - How old my target audience are, whether they're teenagers, young adults, adults or an older audience.
Gender- If i am going to aim my magazine at a specific gender, male or female
Genre of Music - Whether i am going to aim it at a specialist music genre such as classical or a more popular genre such as pop
Types of Artists/Bands that would appear in this Mag - Showing upcoming artists in my magazine that arent very well known or having a more popular artist or band, and what type of image the artist has, good or bad, will decide the reputation of my magazine.
Demographic - What class my audience come from, whether im going to aim it at a higher market, for more middle-upper class, who will most likely have more disposable income to spend on extras such as magazines, or whether i aim it at lower-working class, who may not have as much disposable income.
Age of Target Audience - How old my target audience are, whether they're teenagers, young adults, adults or an older audience.
Gender- If i am going to aim my magazine at a specific gender, male or female
Genre of Music - Whether i am going to aim it at a specialist music genre such as classical or a more popular genre such as pop
Types of Artists/Bands that would appear in this Mag - Showing upcoming artists in my magazine that arent very well known or having a more popular artist or band, and what type of image the artist has, good or bad, will decide the reputation of my magazine.
Demographic - What class my audience come from, whether im going to aim it at a higher market, for more middle-upper class, who will most likely have more disposable income to spend on extras such as magazines, or whether i aim it at lower-working class, who may not have as much disposable income.
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Examples of magazine covers
Here are some examples of music magazines. These are references i will use when creating my own music magazine cover and my presentation on conventions of a music magazine. All the magazines follow the generic conventions of a magazine.
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Conventions of a contents page
Many varieties of magazine include a contents page. This helps the reader navigate through the magazine and find specific articles. These are the conventions of a contents page.
Image 1: Contact Details
These are to help the reader know how to get into contact with the magazine, or in this case school.
Image 2: Use of front cover image.
Many magazines use the front cover image somewhere else in the magazine. I have decided to use mine again on the contents page.
Image 3: Page Numbers
Many, if not all, magazine include page numbers on their contents page. This is to also help the reader navigate through the magazine and they are able to find the articles and pages they want.
Conventions of a magazine front cover
Many different magazines use the same features on their front cover. These are known as conventions. Here are some conventions i have included on my school magazine cover.
Image 1: Masthead.
Many, if not all, magazines include mastheads. This is at the top of the cover and it should be the first thing you see. Which is why it is crucial for it to stand out and be bold.
Image 2: Issue Numbers.
Many magazines include issue numbers somewhere on there magazine if not on the front cover. It allows the audience to know how far along they are in the term.
Image 3: School Badge.
All school magazines include a logo or badge on their magazine cover. This allows them to be recognised not only by name but by their logo as well.
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