My magazine represents the female social group, who like to listen to r&b, hip hop type of music. This is done through the people i have used which is a female and then i have used and targeted at those types of groups or solo artists in the magazine.
The media product i have produced is for young teenagers form the age of 16 to around 24 years old. It is for the female audience as people said in the questionnaire and focus group that their isnt a magazine for them to read. I feel that i have produced this magazine for this audience. I have done this with again, the people i have used on my front cover to encourage people to read this magazine.
After asking people in my questionnaire and my focus group i feel that i have targeted this well for my audience. I started with the questionnaire then asked a few people for a focus group and combined all this information to make a magazine based around it.
The music magazines already being sold are mainly aimed for males, so i have taken this into account and made more of a female type magazine. I have done this by putting more female artists into the magazine such as Katy Perry, Sugababes etc. I have used a female model on the front with an interview with her.
The title i used for the magazine is called "Naive." I used this for two reasons, firstly it sums up a lot of the females between 16-24 as they all seem to be rather Naive, I also used it as its a song name from the Kooks.
Everyone is attracted to promotional offers, so in the contents page i included a promotional offer for people to subscribe to this magazine and save money.
After completing my preliminary task i feel that i have done well with this one as i have been able to use the techniques which i had in the task previously to complete this one.
I managed to use photoshop easier than i did before to be able to produce the front cover, double page and contents page. I feel that i have achieved it well and am now more confident in using photoshop.
I am now also able to use blogs, before i wasnt sure how to work blogs, or blogger but by doing this task i am more familiar with using it and now using it in other subjects too.
I am now confident in taking the pictures with the cameras we used. I can now use the zoom functions, sport functions and many more on the camera which i wouldnt know how to use before.
Whilst making this magazine i had to make a few changes with the pictures as they didn't at first fit in with the audience profile i was looking for as they were too young, and more like a 14 year old would read. So i re did the pictures with a more Q and NME type of picture in mind and was able to produce the front cover i have now.
Monday, 11 May 2009
Audience feedback
After making the magazine and finishing off the final parts, i then finally showed my focus group and the people i used for the questionnaire.
The feedback was amazing, i was really pleased with what people said. They said they would buy the magazine if it was produced as its exactly what they asked for.
It would be a monthly magazine which would cost 2.20 each. It does include promotional offers inside which helps and encourages people to subscribe to it.
The criticism it did get was that i didn't include the promotional offer on the front cover and based it in the contents page instead.
Everyone liked the title and the picture i used which was really encouraging, they also commented on how things were bold and then underneath it was briefly explained like other magazines did.
I tried to focus this magazine on a Q, NME and Vibe style all combined as those are the three that drew my attention so if i combined them all it hopefully was going to be appealing to my target audience and it was!!
The feedback was amazing, i was really pleased with what people said. They said they would buy the magazine if it was produced as its exactly what they asked for.
It would be a monthly magazine which would cost 2.20 each. It does include promotional offers inside which helps and encourages people to subscribe to it.
The criticism it did get was that i didn't include the promotional offer on the front cover and based it in the contents page instead.
Everyone liked the title and the picture i used which was really encouraging, they also commented on how things were bold and then underneath it was briefly explained like other magazines did.
I tried to focus this magazine on a Q, NME and Vibe style all combined as those are the three that drew my attention so if i combined them all it hopefully was going to be appealing to my target audience and it was!!
Sunday, 10 May 2009
Focus
Yasmin - Southend High Student:
Yasmin likes to read magazines but never tends to read music magazines as their isnt any for her that she is inclined to pick up. she thinks they are all "too punk and rocky" for herself to read. She loves to read look every week and more. yasmin said she loves reading a new magazine each week some more gossip in each week. She would read a music magazine if it was produced to her audience type. At the moment she can't find a magaizne she would like to read so when she does she would buy it!
Erin - Southend High Student
Erin doesn't very often read magazines, only monthly really. So she would love a music magazine produced monthly so she doesn't forget to buy it one week and miss out on some of the hot gossip. The people she would love to see on the front cover of the magazine is people like beyonce, britney spears, more female roles.
Josie - Southend High Student
Josie reads a magazine when its put in front of her, she never tends to go out and just buy magazines. If their was a music magazine suited for her she would go out and buy it. She loves her music but again she doesnt think their is one that fits her needs. She wants a more female targeted magazine so she could read it as she thinks the magazines at the moment are mainly focusing on punk, rock, and male audiences.
Yasmin likes to read magazines but never tends to read music magazines as their isnt any for her that she is inclined to pick up. she thinks they are all "too punk and rocky" for herself to read. She loves to read look every week and more. yasmin said she loves reading a new magazine each week some more gossip in each week. She would read a music magazine if it was produced to her audience type. At the moment she can't find a magaizne she would like to read so when she does she would buy it!
Erin - Southend High Student
Erin doesn't very often read magazines, only monthly really. So she would love a music magazine produced monthly so she doesn't forget to buy it one week and miss out on some of the hot gossip. The people she would love to see on the front cover of the magazine is people like beyonce, britney spears, more female roles.
Josie - Southend High Student
Josie reads a magazine when its put in front of her, she never tends to go out and just buy magazines. If their was a music magazine suited for her she would go out and buy it. She loves her music but again she doesnt think their is one that fits her needs. She wants a more female targeted magazine so she could read it as she thinks the magazines at the moment are mainly focusing on punk, rock, and male audiences.
Results
From my questionnaire i got a very good feedback.
1. the people they would love to see on the front cover, are more female artists as they can also relate themselves to them more. they would love to see people like beyonce, ciara, miley cyrus etc. so in my magazine i am going to try and focus this to the female audience so it will attract these people in.
2. the magazines the people i asked usually read, are things like look, now, cosmopolitan etc, so i am going to try and focus my magazine in these sorts of styles, with female models on the front and stories around, but then still using Q, NME and Vibe to guide me in making my magazine
3. YES! everyone would love some promotional offers included to make them more inclined to buy the magazine, so this was a definate add in to the magazine.
4. For this answer people varied their answers from all the options but most people went for 1.90-2.50 so this gives me an idea of how to price my own magazine.
5.the age group of most people was 15-18 which is easier to just target my audience to.
6.everyone said yes to this answer, if a music magazine was produced for their age group and audience they would read it.
1. the people they would love to see on the front cover, are more female artists as they can also relate themselves to them more. they would love to see people like beyonce, ciara, miley cyrus etc. so in my magazine i am going to try and focus this to the female audience so it will attract these people in.
2. the magazines the people i asked usually read, are things like look, now, cosmopolitan etc, so i am going to try and focus my magazine in these sorts of styles, with female models on the front and stories around, but then still using Q, NME and Vibe to guide me in making my magazine
3. YES! everyone would love some promotional offers included to make them more inclined to buy the magazine, so this was a definate add in to the magazine.
4. For this answer people varied their answers from all the options but most people went for 1.90-2.50 so this gives me an idea of how to price my own magazine.
5.the age group of most people was 15-18 which is easier to just target my audience to.
6.everyone said yes to this answer, if a music magazine was produced for their age group and audience they would read it.
Mood Board
This mood board just reflects on some of the people like to hear sing or just like to read about from asking in my questionnaire. This helps to produce my magazine as i can see it is mainly focused on the females and younger audience.
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