Thursday, 18 November 2010

Music Magazine Project

For my music magazine project i have to do many things:

  • Research of magazines/music magazines
  • Research of audience
  • Research for my magazine (genre conventions etc.)
  • Planning my magazine (shoots)
  • Planning of the front cover (mood board, evaluation, feedback)
  • Planning for my contents page (regulars, features etc)
  • Drafts of my article
  • Presentation of front cover, contents and article
  • Evaluation

I have started some of these like the different genres of magazines in general and music magazines.

Genres of magazines-

  • Fashion (Vogue)
  • Music (Kerrang)
  • Women's Lifestyle (Cosmopolitan)
  • Men Lifestyle (Men's Health)
  • Motoring (Top Gear)
  • Celebrity (Heat)
  • News (BBC NEWS)
  • Sport (Motor)
  • Children's (Puffin Post)
  • Teenager (Seventeen)

As my magazine is in the Music Genre then I will have to focus on different music magazine genres that a could use.

  • Hip-Hop
  • Pop
  • R'n'B
  • Indie
  • Rock
  • Heavy Metal
  • Electric
  • Classical
  • Jazz
  • Punk
  • Screamo

General magazine conventions:

This conventions are important as it relates to any magazine that could be produced

  • Front cover - There needs to be a main photo, a mast head, a main story, cover lines, the date, the price and a barcode somewhere on the page
  • Contents - The needs to be the magazine name, relavant photos, page numbers, features and regulars sections.
  • Magazine - it needs advertisements which are used to bring money into the magazine, articles which are used to entertain and/or inform the reader on a certain subject, interviews which gives readers an incite into others opinions and experiences, Quizzes and competitions used to interest the reader with anticipation for achieving a goal and finally a note from the editor which makes the magazine more personal to the reader.

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