Music Magazine Mood Board

 

This is the mood board that I’ve created. The mood board is use to help me be inspired and get ideas of what my magazine will look like. In this mood board I have used a multiple image from a lot of different sources. I have never shot a photo-shoot before so I have looked at a lot of different images, this will intern help me to think of the different aspect of the photo-shoot which are more important. For instance looking at the mise-en-scene, some of the aspects I will be looking at are the location, costume, and lighting.

I have also added a couple of major magazines names like NME to the mood board. My genre for my music magazine is rock/indie. And these magazine are major company and had many experience and very successful. For the creation of my music magazine I will be looking into different magazine so I can pick up any convention and ideas to be added to my magazine to create this authenticity to it. The creation of my contents page I will definitely be able to base a lot upon NME contents page. The layout for the magazine is what I think will definitely be something that would create the feel and the look of a conventional rock/indie magazine.

Also Q magazine is another major music magazine. They have a range of different artist that have appear in the magazine, for instance Michael Jackson. Looking at some of the magazine front covers and double page spread I may use it as a key idea for the development of the magazine.

I will be also looking at the models that I will be using. I haven’t chosen whether it will be a female or male. Looking at a number of theories for instance the male gaze I have to think about composition. Composition is very important to emphasis particular features of the magazine and meaning. Looking at the male gaze theory the use composition will emphasise the features of a women. The use of the male gaze will help attract the male audience. The male gaze theory refers to the fact that women are objects to men and nothing more.

Also looking at the uses and gratifications theory most of the audience uses the magazine is a use of escape and also an inspiration; I also feel that. Looking at the magazine and the pictures the audience interpret things differently. The uses and gratification theory are very important theory for ways to attract the audience and have an understanding their views.

Music Magazine Questionnaire

(1) Age:                      Gender:    

(2) How often do you buy music magazine?

(3) How much are you willing to spend on a music magazine?

 - £0 - £1

 - £1 - £2

 - £2 - £3

 - £3+

(4) What genre of music do you regularly listen to?

 - Hip Hop

 - R&B

 - Pop

 - Rock

 - Indie

 - House

 - Instrumental

 - Classical

 - Other

(5) Which magazine name do you like most?

 - Auburn

 - Muse

 - IdN

 - Walla

 - SAINTS

 - Luminaires

(6) Would you like interviews and posters of your favourite artist? 
(7) Would you like information on gigs and concerts? 
(8) What colours do you think is best used for indie/rock genre?

(9) Can you name some Indie/Rock artists?

(10) Would you like a cover mount in a music magazine?

     (Cover Mount: Package product which is part of the music magazine e.g. vogue magazine - mascara)

From this questionnaire I am trying to found out more about my target audience and more information on music magazine and the genre. I have chosen indie rock as my genre for my music magazine. I chose this genre because there are many magazines which I can use as reference when creating my magazine for instance NME or Q magazine. Also I listen to a lot of indie and rock and I enjoy the genre so this would be something I would enjoy creating.

As I am targeting my magazine at teens and young adults I have ask the opinions of people with the age range of 16 – 18. In total, I have asked 20 students to complete my questionnaire (8 Males and 12 Females). Overall most students never buy music magazines while only a few said that they sometimes buy it but rarely do.  The few that said they do buy music magazine studies music technology therefore they are more interested in buying music magazine than others. Also students within this age range are not willing to spend a lot of money on magazines. More than half said they would spend between £0 - £2 therefore I should set the price to be a reasonable price.

 

There was a wide variety of genre that the students listen to. The genre they listen to most is pop and the genre they least listen is classical.

I have listed a number of names that I could possibly use for my magazine. From the results I have narrowed I down to which one I would like to use for my music magazine. And they are Auburn, Muse or Luminaires.

Everyone said yes that they would like posters and interviews with their favourite artists. Also they were very interested in information on gigs and convert. As they are between 16 – 18 year olds they are interested on what’s on and any interesting concerts with popular artist or low down indie artists.

In my double page spread I could possible add information on gigs and concerts but I would definitely add it into my contents page.

For the colour that I could use for the indie rock magazine many have said red, black, white, yellow green, gold and so on. They have listed many colours but depending on my photo shoot my colour scheme would change. I think I would definitely use red are part of my colour schemes as it’s a good indie rock colour to use.

A lot of the student said that they would like a cover mount. A cover mount is a really good way of attracting customers into buying the magazine because they can get something some it. I could use a cover mount is it help cover spaces of the magazine.

From this questionnaire I have found out some useful information that can be beneficial. Also because of the students opinion I have narrowed the list of name that I could use for my magazine. I have decided on some of the colour scheme that I will use and additional ideas for my contents page and front cover.