Monday, 21 June 2010
Thursday, 1 April 2010
What does my final magazine represent and how did I make it represent This using my knowledge, research, and the codes and conventions?
My magazine belongs the the Indie/Pop genre. The codes and conventions which suggest this would be the colour scheme of Pink, Black and white. The style of the magazine which is quite simple yet has a strong message, The images Of A girl, happy in a sexy type outfit, a girl smoking but looks comfortable and strong and a girl sitting in the street with a suitcase who looks like she is waiting to go somewhere. The font is mostly in upper case letters, they are also quite messy looking reflecting the idea of going against authority. Also the size of the font is quite large, signifying shouting and freedom of speech that Indie and Pop music had/have way back from the 1960's till now. Also the language used Is simple, Its easy reading and very positive, it promotes working hard and not letting fame get to your head, also it shows believing in what you can do. The colours of the pages are particularly associated with woman however the use of black and white, and skulls in my double page spread, makes the audience always relate back to the genre i'm representing.
On my font cover the girl is placed in the middle of the magazine. She fills up allot of the place suggesting she is important to my magazine. however, the graffiti writing is in front of her body, showing that the messages we have in the magazine are in fact as important of more important than the artists. This could also show the reader that the cover girl is not famous, she is just a girl representing my theme of Indie/Pop. She definitely appeals to the demographic of pleasure seekers, creatives and experimentalists, this is because she has a clear smile on her face, she is wearing very provocative clothes however she looks confidant and comfortable with her body. I feel she is represented really well and definitely would attract my target audience. She is a White girl aged 18. I think a female would react more to this cover than a male as I have edited the cover to make her wear pink which is a colour represented for woman and pop music being very happy and glamorous.
On my contents page, you can see a girl with a cigarette outside, She is close up and taking up allot of the page. she looks particularly important and you can see that she is in front of the White line, showing she must be important to the magazine. She is in fact Samantha Payne a famous singer and the audience would either know this or see the same girl on the double page spread. By reading my article I mention how successful she is therefore I didn't feel I needed to label her on my contents. She is taking up as much space as the list of pages therefore showing her importance. The girl is a white female and the page itself would attract females over males. The lifestyle being promoted would be that she is strong, she is fighting against authority and doing what makes her happy. the cigarette isn't big and is very low down, this makes it clear that we are not promoting smoking and that we are simple promoting this attitude and opening our demographic up even further.
On my Double page spread, Samantha Payne is covering a whole page, this shows how important she is. She is taking in a large portion of the page and is closer to the camera than everything around her. She is well dressed and looks incredibly classy in contrast to her surroundings and the houses in the background are not upper-class houses. She is sitting on the suitcase showing that she is waiting to go somewhere. The fact that she is leaving shows that she doesn't want to stay put where she is. This motivates leaving the life you have if you are not happy and persueing your dreams. The girl is also white therefore targeting a white female audience. I think a female would defiantly respond to the magazine better than a male. The name Paris Hilton is mentioned, this is too show that she has worked for her fame, rather than Paris who was born with it. She also mentions that she has been to university promoting that getting an education is a good thing. also she speaks about moving to L.A again showing that you should peruse your dreams. I did this to bring in an even wider demographic target such as achievers, I felt that this was good as this means even though My target is mainly females, It ranges through allot of demographics and will attract more.
My magazine does not use jargon but in fact the language used is more general day to day language for people's everyday lives. I tried to create a shared camaraderie between Me (the magazine producers, and my audience. i did not introduce my article as if talking to friends, I showed Samantha in a positive way and i only used a few quotes that i felt had power behind them. My magazine is clearly targeting the age range of 16+, the bold, easy to read fonts and language suggest this as well as the girls look young, the language is inspirational. Also the graffiti on the front Attracts a younger, wilder audience. The language prossumes that the reader would be a working class, daily mail reader that likes to get to the point.
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Magazine Publishing Institutions for my music magazine.
publishing is incredibly important to a band or an artists income. there are many media institutions that publish magazines however the leading magazine publisher in the UK is IPC media. I decided to look at their website and i found allot of useful information .http://www.ipcmedia.com/. As i want to target woman, i wanted to discover wether they market magazines for woman and i found out they in-fact have a mass market woman's devision, and also an up-market woman's devision. This is important as i know they know how to publish and market woman's magazines properly. IPC Media also own Nutsmagazine along with a number of other publications.
I also looked into more detail of Bauer Publishing
i found allot of useful information from http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/About
Bauer Media is a division of the Bauer Media Group, Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide media empire offering over 230 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations. Publishes Magazines such as Kerrang.
I would have Bauer publish my magazine as i like the idea that it is privately owned. also it publishes the magazine Kerrang and that is very unique and original. it focusses on rock music and metal therefore i wouldn't be worried that they would try and change my magazine to much. also, looking at their publications i feel they have a gap for an indie pop magazine which is really important.
The places that would sell my magazine are music stores such as HMV, this is because they have a wide audience and allot of people buy their music from there. however i would also like to open up further than just music stores, and sell to supermarkets, Fashion stores like top shop and miss selfride etc. This is because this would open up my audience to make sure that daily mail working class people would be able to buy my magazine as they would shop is these stores often.
publishing is incredibly important to a band or an artists income. there are many media institutions that publish magazines however the leading magazine publisher in the UK is IPC media. I decided to look at their website and i found allot of useful information .http://www.ipcmedia.com/. As i want to target woman, i wanted to discover wether they market magazines for woman and i found out they in-fact have a mass market woman's devision, and also an up-market woman's devision. This is important as i know they know how to publish and market woman's magazines properly. IPC Media also own Nutsmagazine along with a number of other publications.
I also looked into more detail of Bauer Publishing
i found allot of useful information from http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/About
Bauer Media is a division of the Bauer Media Group, Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide media empire offering over 230 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations. Publishes Magazines such as Kerrang.
I would have Bauer publish my magazine as i like the idea that it is privately owned. also it publishes the magazine Kerrang and that is very unique and original. it focusses on rock music and metal therefore i wouldn't be worried that they would try and change my magazine to much. also, looking at their publications i feel they have a gap for an indie pop magazine which is really important.
The places that would sell my magazine are music stores such as HMV, this is because they have a wide audience and allot of people buy their music from there. however i would also like to open up further than just music stores, and sell to supermarkets, Fashion stores like top shop and miss selfride etc. This is because this would open up my audience to make sure that daily mail working class people would be able to buy my magazine as they would shop is these stores often.
My Article for double page spread.
GOING PLACES...
“I’m completely outrageous and I’ll do anything for attention!”
No, not the words of Paris Hilton, but the claim of Samantha Payne.
Indie Pop singer Samantha Payne, may seem like a rebellious wild child, but in fact she’s had to come a long way on her own. Payne’s path to fame was far bumpier than her glamtastic image lets on. It took eight years of false starts and dead-ends before she scored the million-selling album loathing. Payne dropped out of high school when she was 16 and got a university degree in fashion design, which her family of lawyers found very difficult to accept. Payne then moved to L.A where with a lot of struggle, she landed a record deal with Capital Records and of course, her album was a hit. As well as being a successful singer, Payne doesn’t want her degree to go to waste. With the singing under wraps she decides that she wants to create a fashion line, based on the singers unique, sexy and spontaneous style, no doubt the line will be as fabulous as her.
“It’s been an ambition for some time and things are starting to shape up for me right now. It would take two years to do it right. I don’t want to do something sloppy.”
With the fashion line ago, Paynes independence makes her an inspiration to all woman, her sense of style and big voice makes her someone to look up to, but with all that, Mischeif wonder weather Payne has any time for a private life at all?
“I understand diva-ness, but I cultivate an image as the pop star next door. You need to have some mystery and some privacy, and there are parts of me that I hold back.”
Samantha payne represents woman and is a very down to earth lady. She keeps her private life to her self and makes her open life both personal and inspiration. With a fashion life ahead of her and a booming singing career, Payne is really going places and it will be very interesting for Mischeif to keep track of this extraordinary star.
Why did I think this article was effective and what was the message I was trying to say?
I wanted to make my article motivational, I also wanted to makesure i kept the demographic target in mind the whole time. I wanted to show that you can achieve things and not all stars are born into the fame (like Paris). I feel by making this article, i appealed to an even wider demographic than before. I started my magazine with a front cover that mostly would apeal to pleasure seekers, creative's and experimentalists. However when you turn to my contents page I appeal to the anti authority rebels also. This is good because it broadens my target even further. When making my article I wanted it to speak to my audience and actually have a message, rather than just another self absorbed celebrity. I feel i have done this and by doing so I have broadened my demographic to Achievers. The article was short and sweet and a very easy read, it shows my singer in a very positive light and makes you believe that through working you can get far. I also wanted to connote how important independents is, by moving to L.A Samantha had to work on her own to make her dreams come true. I feel this would attract my Indie/Pop genre as Indie artists like to do things their way, and however long it takes they want to make sure they can get the correct messages across, Also, it shows how down to earth and witty she is, she can keep herself to herself and this is a really nice thing to have.
GOING PLACES...
“I’m completely outrageous and I’ll do anything for attention!”
No, not the words of Paris Hilton, but the claim of Samantha Payne.
Indie Pop singer Samantha Payne, may seem like a rebellious wild child, but in fact she’s had to come a long way on her own. Payne’s path to fame was far bumpier than her glamtastic image lets on. It took eight years of false starts and dead-ends before she scored the million-selling album loathing. Payne dropped out of high school when she was 16 and got a university degree in fashion design, which her family of lawyers found very difficult to accept. Payne then moved to L.A where with a lot of struggle, she landed a record deal with Capital Records and of course, her album was a hit. As well as being a successful singer, Payne doesn’t want her degree to go to waste. With the singing under wraps she decides that she wants to create a fashion line, based on the singers unique, sexy and spontaneous style, no doubt the line will be as fabulous as her.
“It’s been an ambition for some time and things are starting to shape up for me right now. It would take two years to do it right. I don’t want to do something sloppy.”
With the fashion line ago, Paynes independence makes her an inspiration to all woman, her sense of style and big voice makes her someone to look up to, but with all that, Mischeif wonder weather Payne has any time for a private life at all?
“I understand diva-ness, but I cultivate an image as the pop star next door. You need to have some mystery and some privacy, and there are parts of me that I hold back.”
Samantha payne represents woman and is a very down to earth lady. She keeps her private life to her self and makes her open life both personal and inspiration. With a fashion life ahead of her and a booming singing career, Payne is really going places and it will be very interesting for Mischeif to keep track of this extraordinary star.
Why did I think this article was effective and what was the message I was trying to say?
I wanted to make my article motivational, I also wanted to makesure i kept the demographic target in mind the whole time. I wanted to show that you can achieve things and not all stars are born into the fame (like Paris). I feel by making this article, i appealed to an even wider demographic than before. I started my magazine with a front cover that mostly would apeal to pleasure seekers, creative's and experimentalists. However when you turn to my contents page I appeal to the anti authority rebels also. This is good because it broadens my target even further. When making my article I wanted it to speak to my audience and actually have a message, rather than just another self absorbed celebrity. I feel i have done this and by doing so I have broadened my demographic to Achievers. The article was short and sweet and a very easy read, it shows my singer in a very positive light and makes you believe that through working you can get far. I also wanted to connote how important independents is, by moving to L.A Samantha had to work on her own to make her dreams come true. I feel this would attract my Indie/Pop genre as Indie artists like to do things their way, and however long it takes they want to make sure they can get the correct messages across, Also, it shows how down to earth and witty she is, she can keep herself to herself and this is a really nice thing to have.
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