Task 17

1. What did you think of my product?
Answers: I would buy it, i especially like your double page spread
It was well layed out x3
It is good and proffesional x4
It was attractive x2

From the results of the question one i can say that most people found my product proffessional showing that i achieved my goal and that the research i did was necessary.


2. What do you think i could have done better?
Answers: Front cover, the image is distorted x5
Wrote more on the contentsx2
The coverlines bolder x3

Question 2 shows that my image was minipulated to much or stretched to a sze which was too big proving that the centra image is the most noticable thing on the front cover and one of the main attractions to my target audience.

3. What did you like about my product?
Anwers: Front cover was very proffesional
Central image
Colour schemex2
The main coverlinex2
The titlex3
The coverlines

In conclusion questoin three shows that my Tittle was a good chocie and it attracks my target audience appropiatly.

4. What did you not like?
Answers: Editors letter
Font x3
The distorted picture
The cover lines
The brown box
I liked it all x3

From the 7/10 who could answer this question i learnt that i should have use a better font then i maybe would have appealed to more target audiences.

5. Do you thin my central image is appropiate?
Yes x10
No x0

Question five shows the effort i put into my my pictures and the minipulating works off because it attracked my audience like i needed it to, and shows that it connates my genre.

6.Do the colours compliment each other?
Yes x10

Again the 10 people asked all agreed that i picked the colour scheme well as it made the coverlines stand out as well as blend in with my central image, showing that the colours also help attracted my target audience.

7. Do i have enough coverlines?
Yes x10

The survey shows that everyone thought that my front cover has just the right amount to balance with the picture and to show the content as everyone agreed that i have enough coverlines.

8. Do i have enough content?
yes x10

10/10 people thought the contents page was full of content and had enough to enagae the reader, showing the reseach i did paid off.

9. What could i have added to my contents page to make it better?
more pictures x2
I think there is enough x8

Question number 9 shows me that if i could change something on my contents page i would add more pictures, that way it would appeal to everyone.

10.Did my double page spread read well?
yes x10

10/10 shows that the research on the band i was writting on (Mcfly) worked and i expressed my oppinions and views across to the audince well.

Task 16

1. What did you think of my product?
2. What do you think i could have done better?
3. What did you like about my product?
4. what did you not like?
5. Was the central image appropiate?
6. Do the colours compliment each other
7. So i have enough coverlines?
8. Do i have enough content?
9. What could i have added to my contents to make it better?
10. Did my double page spread read well?

This is the Questionaire i handed out to people of my target audience

images

This is my minipulated image, i decided to do this because i could then change the background colour on photoshop to make it more interesting for my target audience, it well then appeal to more people and get the consumer to buy it. It also makes it nicer to look at.

The following images are the pictures i am going to choose to use for my front page, contents and my double page spread.

pictures

here are the pictures i have taken for my media music magazine

Task Twelve

I have been doing reseach of Mcfly who i will use for double page spread.

i used the official mcfly website, along with the the myspace website. Using this has provided the background infromation i needed. This will give me enough to write a double page spread on Mcfly. The Programes i have collected from previous concerts and appearance. Listesning to the albums to have got an idea of the music.

This is the first draft of my first few paragraphs
Mcfly are known for their creativity, but I wanted to know what was it that made them a success. What was it that the fans couldn’t get enough of? Was it Danny’s pranks, Harry’s sarcasm, Tom’s creativity, or even Dougie’s looks? Something about them made them one of Britain’s best boy bands in the 21st century. I went straight to the source: the fans as well as examining the success so far. I wanted to find out just exactly what it was that made Mcfly the success they are today.

In 2004 Mcfly stormed the charts with the debut single “Five colours in her hair”. It went straight to number one, which started this whole frenzy. The follow up single “Obviously” was just as successful. They quickly became Britain’s most wanted boy band, girls everywhere knew their name. The debut album hit success as soon as it hit shelves in shops. It went straight in at number one making history. Mcfly currently have the record for youngest boy band to have an album go straight to number one, they took this record off the Beatles. Since then they have had four hit albums, as well as raising millions for charity. They have succeeded in this and more in just under five years, but that still doesn’t answer our question. What makes Mcfly so successful? Maybe looking at the band members will help…

The band is made up of four members, Tom Fletcher on guitar and vocals, Danny Jones also on guitar and vocals, Dougie Poynter bass and back up vocals and of course Harry Judd the drummer. Each of these play a vital roll in the Band, without Tom, they wouldn’t exist. Tom originally auditioned for Busted but didn’t make the cut; he then went out and put ads in magazines such as NME. Danny Jones was next after auditioning for the band; he and Tom started working on writing songs. Using anything and everything they could for inspiration such as their accommodation which then became a number one single and a number one album called “Room on the third floor”. Dougie and Harry went to the same audition and both belonged to two different bands at the time.

I got help from:

The Radio:Active dvd, that came with the album
Th official webiste
Twitter www.twitter.com/dannymcfly
The albums booklets
the programes from tours
Some fans

sketches

From the research i have conducted, i have made up a sketch of how my double page spread will look, contents and front cover of my music magazine. I am expecting this to change just a little, but so far here are my drafts

Task 11

for my front cover i want a picture of people who conate my genre so the audience can relate and want to by the magazine.
i will use blue and red as they compliment each other

Mcfly- the secret to their success
My last lifeline- up and coming
Top Ten gigs
Stars on tour
Guitar hero or Guitar Zero? - IS the new guitarist in Bowling for soup as good as the last?

Regualars:
Feedback
gig advertisments
gossip on music
Whos dating who?
Reviews of singles
This month with....
up and coming

Features:
My last lifeline
top 10 gigs
Ultimate Albums you must have
we bring the stars to you....on tour!

I will use a picture of the Band i am going to talk about on my double page spreas, also of guitar and a CD's

For my double page spread i will talk about Mcfly and how they are going for a new direction.

Task 10- publication plan

Title: Gig it

Positioning statement: making your life, one big gig

Price:£2.80

Published:Monthly

Distrabution:Newsagents,supermarkets, Music shops, Music arenas, Internet and subscriptions

Rationale: My magazine will be differnt because its not just about one genre it has lots of differnt genres of music. I will be including my readers more. It will include one to one with artists, have concert advertisements and much more. It will be differnt to others and will interest my target audience.

Style: The style of the magazine is using humor and slang that my target audience relate to. It will have lots of pictures of bands and most of the text will be interviews. When its not an interview there will be short paragraphs.

on the cover
Feedback-We give you, your say
Gig advertisments- gigs we think you should see
Gossip on music- Find out the lastest from the stars
Whos dating who?- We tell you whos loved up and whos not
Reviews of singles-songs, you wont want to miss
This month with....- We tell you what happend when we met up with Escape the fate
Up and Coming- We give you an exclusive look at new artists

Regualars:
Feedback
gig advertisments
gossip on music
Whos dating who?
Reviews of singles
This month with....
up and coming

Features:
My last lifeline
top 10 gigs
Ultimate Albums you must have
we bring the stars to you....on tour!

Task 8 and 9

Whats your age?


Q1 conclusion: I have asked people who are in the age ranges of my target audience. My most common age range was 15-17 so I will favour my magazine to this age range.


Q2 I asked 20 people what their occupation was, I found out that most of the people where students or worked in retail. Taking this into consideration means that I will price my magazine low, because the consumers may have lower income.


Q3. I asked 20 people a questionnaire on their gender. I came to the conclusion that more males are interested in music magazines however the gap between male and female was very small therefore my target audience will be both.


Q4. By asking people “do you buy music magazines?” I was able to find out that 13 people out of 20 buy music magazine. This shows that music magazines are very popular with at least more that 50% of my target audience.



Q5.Out of the 13 people who buy music magazine, I found out that the genres are evenly spread which shows that people are willing to read different genres.


Q6. I asked the 7 people who said no, 4 people said it was to expensive therefore if I lower the price I could widen my target audience. I can get more consumers by improving and listening to what they want.

Q7 I asked people what genre they normally buy and the numbers were evenly spread, so again I learned that people are willing to read anything and any genre of music.

Q8 By asking what comes to mind when I say three genres “indie” “alternative” and “pop”. I was able to consider this in my planning. I came to the conclusion that people seem to have a distinct idea on what indie and alternative should look like and not many people follow the pop genre.

Q9 I asked 20 people what colours come to mind when I said the same three words, in doing this I was able to pick my colour scheme so it would please my target audience, but by asking people for only three words I limited my research.

Q10 By asking how much people are willing to pay. I found out that most people are willing to pay between £2.50-£3.00; this is showing that my price range should be in the area, so my target audience will buy it.


Q11 I asked the thirteen who buy magazines, if they preferred a free item, and more than 50% said yes. This is telling me that I should include a free item with my magazine, to widen my target audience.

Q12. By asking if they visited the magazines website, I was able to find out how much my magazine should be internet based, it was evenly spread it was only one more person who did not use it. This shows me that I should include the internet.


Q.13 I asked if they used the social networking sites such as face book, by asking this question I was able to find out how much attention I should spend on these sites, and how advertise this to my target audience over 50% said yes so this would be a great way to advertise to my target audience.

Q14. I asked if they subscribed to magazines, most of the people I asked to subscribe, this shows me I would have to take this into account when I make my magazine, making sure I include subscriptions.

Q15. My target audience said that reading about bands and music is more interesting to them, rather than the one person who said they liked the magazine and the pictures. This shows me what I content I should put in my magazine to keep my target audience happy.

Q16 .The thirteen people who buy magazine said that when the covers are empty puts them off buy a magazine, this tells me that I would have to make sure my front cover is full and not looking empty so I can get more people to buy it.

Q17. I asked 20 people what they would like to see on the magazine and 50% said they would like different genres on the magazine. This shows me that I would have to make sure more than one genre in my magazine to keep my target audience interested.

Q18 By asking them the reason to why they answered Q17, 50% said it was because they often listen to more than one genre, so they could buy one magazine and get all there favourite music. This will help me with the content I put in my magazine.

Q19 by asking how often they would be willing to buy it I got an idea of how often I would publish the magazine. 50% said monthly but there wasn’t much difference between the people who would buy it weekly or monthly, from this I can say that I would publish my magazine weekly or monthly.