Task 14

This is my rough sketch of my double page spread.

Task 13

This is the image I chose to use on my front cover.

I took several images for my front cover, contents and double page spread. I decided on a central image where the model was looking at the camera and pretending to 'be' a DJ on the radio decks. The direct mode of address in this picture is one of the codes and conventions of magazines of this genre. Other images that I had taken, I chose to keep incase I wanted to use them on something else such as my contents page or double page spread.

I didn't use this image because the direct mode of address is not the sought I personally would use for a central image. However, this image could be used in the contents page as a smaller image to connote the front cover.

Task 12

These are some websites where I conducted my research to produce my double page spread: http://www.blackeyedpeas.com/home/bio
http://www.blackeyedpeas.com/home/albums

Task 11

This is a rough sketch of my music magazine front cover. This includes a central image, coverlines, other images and regular content and feature articles.


This is a rough sketch of my contents page. This includes the title of the magazine, regular content and feature articles. It also includes other images and page numbers to show where articles are in the magazine.

Task 10

Publication Plan
Title: Upbeat
Positioning Statement: Your life, your entertainment
Price: £2.00
Distribution: Newsagents, local shop and supermarkets
Rationale: The approach of my magazine will be different to other music magazines because it is an r n b magazine. There are not many r n b magazines sold in the supermarkets, and the youth of today are interested in all different types of music. The articles produced in this magazine are going to be what the fans want to read, what the fans what to know about in the r n b world.
Style: The style of the magazine is going to be informal, because that’s how my target audience will like it. If the language is friendly and not too formal, the magazine will attract their target audience.
Regular Content:
· Editors letter
· Reviews
· Fans letters
· Local events in your area
· Monthly column
· Latest music
· Extra – competitions, quiz
· Downloads
· Releases
· The chart

Feature Content:
· Interviews
· Article on how music effects people
· 100 songs of 2009
· Q and A with Beyonce
· Kanye’s world
· Upcoming bands/artists
· How much do you really love r n b
· Helping with our magazine

This is my publication plan of my music magazine. This includes title, contents, price, rationale etc.

Task 9

Pie charts and bar charts for questionnaire

What is your Gender?
Male 3
Female 17



This questionnaire shows that there are more females than males. This shows that my magazine will aim to a more female audience than male audience.


How old are you?
10-15 2
16-21 17
22-27 0
Other 1



I covered a wide range of ages within the target audeince. However, a large amount of people (17) are aged between 16-21. This means that my magazine will be more aimed for 16-21 year olds.

Do you buy music magazines?
Yes 7
No 4
Sometimes 9



This question shows that only 35% would actually buy a music magazine, however, 45% would only buy sometimes. This shows that I need my magazine look good, to attract my audience and to get more people to buy magazines.

How often do you buy music magazines?
Weekly 2
Monthly 11
Yearly 2
Seasonally 1
Never 4


This chart shows that 11 people out of 20 buy a magazine monthly. As this is a large amount, I chose to also publish my magazine monthly, so my audience will buy the magazine, every month.

Who is your favourite artist
Jay Z 1
Arctic Monkeys 1
Kasabian 1
Pink Floyd 1
Taylor Swift 3
Paramore 1
Taio Cruz 1
Beyonce 2
Kings of Leon 1
Ida Maria 1
Go Audio 1
Jonas Brothers 1
Take That 1
Forever the sickest kids 1
Lost Prophets 1
Muse 1
Moby 1
Lil Wayne 1

This question shows that the most popular artists are Taylor Swift and Beyonce. As I couldn't think of any props/connotations of Taylor Swifts songs, I used Beyonce on one of my coverlines.

What three words would you associate with the word ‘pop’?
Bubbly 2
Girly 5
Upbeat 4
Music 5
Bands 2
Fun 5
Entertainment 1
Great 1
Bouncy 2
Cheesy 2
Dance 4
Club 1
Hip hop 1
Bright 2
Colourful 4
Chart 2
T O T P 1
JLS 1
Glitter 1
Singing 3

This shows that the most popular words associated with 'pop' are girly, music and fun.


Green 3
Blue 4
Pink 5
Orange 1
Black 1
Yellow 3
Purple 2
Red 1



This shows that the most favourite colours people like are pink and blue. I thought that pink and blue wouldn't look good together, so I used blue and purple on my production, and was pleased with the outcome.

What do you like about magazines?
Gifts 3
Gossip 5
Fashion 1
Stories 1
Football 1
Funny 1
Music 2
Interviews 3
Up to date 3
Pictures 2
Boldness 2



This shows that most people like gossip in a magazine.

What free gifts would you like in a magazine?
CD’s 9
X-box 1
Vouchers 4
Posters 4
Nail varnish 2
Headphones 1
Stickers 1




How much are you willing to pay for a magazine?
£1.00 - £1.50 1
£1.50 - £2.00 7
£2.00 - £2.50 9
Other 3




Do you visit magazine websites?
Yes 7
No 4
Sometimes 9




Would you subscribe to a magazine?
Yes 9
No 11

Task 8

Tally of Questionnaire results
1. What is your Gender?
Male 3 Female 17
This shows that more females took this questionnaire than males.

2. How old are you?
10-15 2 16-21 17 22-27 0 Other 1
The majority of my participants are aged 16-21, so I will most likely aim my magazine at this age group.

3. Do you buy music magazines?
Yes 7 No 4 Sometimes 9
This shows that people do not buy music magazines much; however they do on the odd occasion.

4. How often do you buy music magazines?
Weekly 2 Monthly 11 Yearly 2 Seasonally 1 Never 4
Most of the people that took this questionnaire, said that they buy music magazines monthly, in addition to this I will most likely publish my magazine monthly.

5. Who is your favourite artist
Jay Z 1
Arctic Monkeys 1
Kasabian 1
Pink Floyd 1
Taylor Swift 3
Paramore 1
Taio Cruz 1
Beyonce 2
Kings of Leon 1
Ida Maria 1
Go Audio 1
Jonas Brothers 1
Take That 1
Forever the sickest kids 1
Lost Prophets 1
Muse 1
Moby 1
Lil Wayne 1
There were a variety of artists when people took this questionnaire, however two of the artists where mentioned more than once, which were Taylor Swift and Beyonce.

6. What three words would you associate with the word ‘hip hop’?
Bubbly 2 Girly 5 Upbeat 4 Music 5 Bands 2 Fun 5 Entertainment 1 Great 1 Bouncy 2 Cheesy 2 Dance 4 Club 1 Hip hop 1 Bright 2 Colourful 4 Chart 2 T O T P 1 JLS 1 Glitter 1 Singing 3 This shows a selection of words that people would associate with pop.
The words that were most popular were fun, music, girly, upbeat, dance and colourful.

7. What is your favourite colour?
Green 3 Blue 4 Pink 5 Orange 1 Black 1 Yellow 3 Purple 2 Red 1
The majority of people that took this questionnaire voted pink as their favourite colour, and other colours that were popular were blue, green and yellow.

8. What do you like about magazines?
Gifts 3 Gossip 5 Fashion 1 Stories 1 Football 1 Funny 1 Music 2 Interviews 3 Up to date 3 Pictures 2 Boldness 2
Participants said they liked all sorts in magazines; moreover the most popular was gossip, interviews, up to date and gifts.

9. What free gifts would you like in a magazine?
CD’s 9 X-box 1 Vouchers 4 Posters 4 Nail varnish 2 Headphones 1 Stickers 1 This shows that people like to receive gifts when they buy a magazine.
The most admired free gift was CD’s, and another two that were also high voted were vouchers and posters.

10. How much are you willing to pay for a magazine?
£1.00 - £1.50 1 £1.50 - £2.00 7 £2.00 - £2.50 9 Other 3 £2.00-£3.00 Up to £4.00 over £3.00
The majority of people that took this questionnaire are willing to pay £2.00-£2.50 for a magazine.

11. Do you visit magazine websites?
Yes 7 No 4 Sometimes 9
Most of the people that took this questionnaire said that they only sometimes visit magazine websites.

12. Would you subscribe to a magazine?
Yes 9 No 11
This shows that people would subscribe to a magazine, but some people wouldn’t subscribe. The answers people had given were very close, so I may include a subscription for my magazine.

Task 7

Questionnaire

What is your gender?
Male □ Female □

How old are you?
10 – 15 □ 16 – 21 □ 22 - 27 □

Do you buy music magazines?
Yes □ No □ Sometimes □

How often do you buy music magazines?
Weekly □ Monthly □ Yearly □ Seasonally □

Who is your favourite artist?
­­ _______________

What three words would you associate with the word ‘hip hop’?
______________________

What is your favourite colour?
_______________

What do you like about a magazine?
________________________________________

What do you dislike about a magazine?
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________________________________________

How much are you willing to pay for a magazine?
£1.00-£1.50 □ £1.50-£2.00 □ £2.00-£2.50 □ Other­­­­_______

Do you visit magazine websites?
Yes □ No □ Sometimes □

Would you subscribe to a magazine?
Yes □ No □

This is my questionnaire. I thought of questions to ask people about music magazines. I asked them about what they liked in a magazine, how old they were, what they like free in a magazine etc.

Task 6

For task 6, we then had to produce codes and conventions of a double page spread for our music magazine. This included information boxes, columns, main image location, pick out quotes etc. This also included more than one image such as smaller images to break up the text.

Task 4 and 5

For task four, I had to produce an analysis of a magazine front cover which were the codes and conventions. These involved what you would find on an everday music magazine, such as big bold title, clear font, subheadings, barcode etc.
Also for task 5, I had to produce an analysis of a contents page which included regular content, feature articles, page numbers etc.

Task 1,2 and 3

This is task one, two and three. These are decisions about my magazine genre and and my target audience. I decided that my genre was going to be r'n'b as I thought it would be different to everyone else's production. However, I started to find some difficulties with my genre and couldn't think of images to connote the genre. So I changed my genre to hip hop and have found it easier to produce than r'n'b. I decided that my target audience would be teenagers aged between 13-19. In task two I conducted research of other exsisting music magazines of their prices, publication, issue size, regular content and feature articles which helped with my production. Task three was my ideas about the price, frequency of publication, issue size, regular content and feature articles.

Main Task

For the main task, we have to conduct research before we produce our magazine.
We have to make decisions about what type of genre you would like your music magazine to be about, and your target audience. We had to make decisions on regular articles, feature articles, prices, issue size and the frequency of publication.
We then had to produce codes and conventions of a front cover, contents page and a double page spread. After that research was done, we produced a questionnaire with a variety of questions to help with our production of the music magazine. We then tally our results, and show conclusions and produced a publication plan on our production. We drew up rough sketches of our front cover, contents and double page spread and conduct research.
For our production, we will be using Adobe Photoshop and Quark Express.