Tuesday 15 February 2011
VIBE Magazine Analysis
Sunday 6 February 2011
Double page spread
I analysed a double page spread in order to understand how interviews are set out and why they are done this way, It made me realise that i need to keep in mind the eye contact of my model and how and where I set my picture to make the interview readable and attractive.
I also read through the interview to get an idea of what sort of questions I could ask and how I could make my interview page (double page spread) maybe look different or what similarities I would like to keep when setting my magazine out.
Results for the Questionnaire
http://www.slideshare.net/SabrinaSiddiqi/questtiopnnaire-results
Here are the results to my questionnaire, which I made into a bar chart and put them all into a power point.
After conducting this questionnaire I noticed that many people listened to hip hop and R&B and so I decided to make that my main genre, I also asked what colour scheme I should do and many people chose Blue and Black, I thought of adding a bit of White to the colour scheme so it doesn't look too dull and boring.
The targeted audience for my magazine is mainly 15-21 year olds who are either in education which would be either college or University and who may or may not have part tie or full time jobs.
Here are the results to my questionnaire, which I made into a bar chart and put them all into a power point.
After conducting this questionnaire I noticed that many people listened to hip hop and R&B and so I decided to make that my main genre, I also asked what colour scheme I should do and many people chose Blue and Black, I thought of adding a bit of White to the colour scheme so it doesn't look too dull and boring.
The targeted audience for my magazine is mainly 15-21 year olds who are either in education which would be either college or University and who may or may not have part tie or full time jobs.
My Questionnaire
Our next task was to design a Questionnaire in order to understand our audience better, and understand what they wanted and looked for when purchasing their music magazines. After doing this questionnaire I would be able to decide what colour scheme my audience would enjoy seeing in my magazine, and also which genre of music would be best for my targeted audience.
Analysing RWD magazine
RWD magazine is also a very famous magazine amongst the older generation, aimed for people of the age of 16 and above till about 21, for children studying in college and university etc. We know this by looking at the cover page, it is neatly laid out and there isn't too much going on which would suggest the audience is of an older and more mature or sophisticated class. NME doesn't have to much of a colour scheme, the magazine is identified by the Masthead. It is always the same, “RWD” is short for rewind and the magazine has very cleverly played with the word to produce an interesting, famously recognised magazine. The fonts of the magazine are all the same, apart from the Masthead, the reason they have done this is too make the Masthead stand out, and look different, and the reason everything else is in the same font is because it makes it look neater and goes back to my point on the audience it has attracted for the mature and more sophisticated look.
Analysing NME magazine
NME’s colour scheme is: red, white and black, their title is always red, NME target their audience at an age range of 16-19 year olds, but younger audience also read this magazine and there isn’t anything inappropriate in the magazine to suggest otherwise. The price for NME magazine is usually £2.20, it seems to be a little hight for the audience they are attracting, seeing as they would be studying at school or college and so may not have too much money to spend on magazines but because it is for a specific genre of music, fans of that genre will be willing to spend that much on the magazine.
Analysing RWD and NME magazine
I analysed the front cover of two very different magazine, I analysed two front covers of RWD magazine and two front covers of NME magazine. They both target completely different music genres and have totally different colour schemes, but I thought it would be best to analyse two different types of magazine to see how many similarities or differences both process
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Top Of The Pops-Research
A summary of what is written on the PowerPoint presentation below:
Target Audience:
Top of the Pops magazine is aimed at a younger generation for girls usually aged around 11-15, it is an extremely well known magazine because it is a follow on from the show TopOfThePops that use to come on channel one. Their audience is targeted at a younger generation which is why they have chosen the colors: yellow, pink, white, purple and blue. These natural, calm colors represent a sense of innocence and purity which helps the choice of the audience. The language choice used is very child like “SNOG” is used at a young age children at the age of 16 and above would not use words such as “SNOG”, they have also used text talk such as “OMG”, the text in the front also sysmbolises that the magazine is aimed at a young generation of readers, the title of the magazine isn’t too formal or strict, its bubbly and bright (yellow) with a thin outline (pink) to reach out and grab the attention of young females.
Double Page Spread:
The interview page was on the new Disney movie “Camp Rock
After researching how much effort is gone into producing a magazine even if it is for the younger generation, I have realized it is extremely important to take into account everything when coming up with my own magazine, I would have to think about the age 9it is targeted at and from there I would be able to use appropriate language according to that, etc.
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