Questionnaire for music magazine

   

                                     Questionnaire

How much would you pay for the magazine?

£1.00              £1.10             £1.50       £2.00    £2.10      £2.50

What genres of music would you like the magazine to contain?

Pop       rock         classic   rap         Hip-Hop     

What artist would you like the magazine to be about?

When would you like the magazine to be sold for?

Weekly           every two weeks          monthly

What age range would you like the magazine to be sold ?

13-14    13-15      13-16            16-18

What size would you want the magazine to be?

Normal size         handbag  size

What information would you like the magazine to contain?

Reviews  on albums/ singles  

Tours coming up

Information about the bands  that you like.

Latest  releases

other

week one, weekly review

                                             Weekly Review

This week I have been textual analysis of three front covers, two contents pages and one double page spread.  The textual I think has go really well because I found analysis the different covers very different from each other, because every front cover that I looked at had a different style of representing a music magazine. Every front cover had a way of getting the person looking at the magazine to want to read the magazine the two contents pages that I look at had both got a different way of writing what was on the pages.  The double page spread that I did was interesting double page spread because it had photographs on the one side and then a small article.   I found that doing the textual analysis for a music magazine was quite different from the textual analysis for a student magazine.

Textual analysis ( 1 double page spread)

1 double page spread

The name of the magazine that I am textual analysis for double page spread is the Kerrang.  The heading for the spread has a red background strip; the writing for the heading is in white capital letters. The letters are bold; this is that the heading comes out of the page to the reader. You then have a by-line underneath the heading this has a white background and black small capital letters.  “Fall out boy enjoy a whirlwind trip to the UK.”  The double page spread contains photographs of the boy band going about their normal average day. Each photograph contains small information about what the boys are doing in the photograph.  The one side of the double page spread has loads of photographs and these photographs are all linked together leaving no gaps. The double page spread is only about the boy band fall out spending some time in the UK doing a tour.  The other page on the double page spread has a few photographs of the boy band and then a small article about what the boy band have been up to   and what the tour has been like. The double page spread tells fans of the boy band what they have been up to and what life is like for them. It also tells fans when the boy band will be coming back to the UK for a tour.

Tetual analysis (contents pages)

Content pages

The name of the magazine is Kerrang. The contents page has a column of writing, which contains the page numbers. You have a heading for each section; the person would know it is a new heading because the heading is in red. The headings are also in capital letters. For example, feedback and Rated: Albums. The contents page tells the reader the magazine is weekly because it says this week. The information the magazine has is black writing because the reader needs to be able to understand what the heading is and what the information is. The contents page contains some information about the editor of the magazine. The magazine has a main picture of a girl; the picture is in the middle of the page.  The picture is in black and white to create a different effect. You then have three small pictures in colour across the top of the page.


The name of the magazine is Q, it is issue March 2010/the contents page has the page number of the article/ section you are looking for. It has the heading of the article and then it has a little caption underneath the heading to tell the read what the article is going to be about.  “The three ladies who make up the group this week explain who the hell…. They are.” The content page like the front cover also has animation on it. The animation I feel for this content page was used to create the reader a funny picture to look at. The page contains photographs for a preview of what the magazine contains on those pages.  The magazine contains a review of a band and what the band is like to listen to. The content s page contains lots of photographs to keep the page interesting to the read as it is the first page of the magazine.

Textual analysis (Front covers)

                                         Textual analysis

Front covers

The name of the magazine is Q. The masthead for is Q because the Q is bold and it is the first place your eye is drawn to.  The   letter Q is white and the background behind the Q is red. This magazine issue of the magazine you will find in the bar code, which is March 2010. The price of the magazine is £3.95. This magazine issue contains loads of cover lines. Cover lines means the information the magazine contains inside.  The cover lines are world exclusive Gorillaz, Wayne Rooney and cocaine break. The exclusive the magazine contain is the world exclusive Gorillaz. The magazine has a strapline because you have a heading appearing above the master heading.  The UK’s biggest music magazine. The layout of the magazine page- you have the Q heading in the left hand Conner of the magazine. The front cover contains loads of animation pictures. In the wave of the magazine it has well faces inside the wave. The magazine has used graphics on the front cover to create an animated front cover. The wave with faces on the front of the cover contains pictures of famous faces. The magazine has colourful blue background. The background for the magazine has used the colour to create a picture of the wave and the sea. You also have blue sky with grey cloud this is used to create the imagery of a stormy day at sea.  The cartoon characters on the front of the magazine are used to attract the audience into the magazine.

The name of the   magazine is Vibe. The issue of the magazine Oct/ Nov 10 and the price is £3.95. The masthead is Vibe and the colour for the heading is black to make the heading stand out from the rest of the magazine. The heading is put onto a blue background to keep the title standing out from the rest of the magazine. You have a byline of famous names at the top of the heading, these are in yellow. This is so that the reader will notice the byline and read it. Behind the picture of the person on the front cover you have a USA aeroplane. The aeroplane is their in the background to symbolise the army.  You have the USA written on the aeroplane so that you know the person comes from the USA. The music famous person on the front is Usher he is dressed in army uniform. The aeroplane is in the background because it is their to look like Usher has been in the aeroplane.  The aeroplane is in the background to syblomise the new music video that he has created for his new song. You have an exclusive interview with Usher. “There is no competition.”  

The name of the magazine is the source. The masthead for the magazine is also the source because it is in big bold letters in the colour red. This heading has been put in red colour to get the attention of the read that is going to read the magazine. The price for the magazine is £3.95 and the issue of the source is Aug/ Sep 10.This magazine also contains a website you could go to look at the magazine. This useful to the read because some people prefer to look at the information on a website.  The magazine contains a graphic picture of a badge. The badge in the middle is used to represent the more people doing Hip- Hop. The badge in the middle is used to show that Hip- Hop is taking over because more people like listening to it. The background colour for the magazine is black  because the  magazine uses a dark background colour  so that it can uses bright colour headings and can put photo’s on top of the colour.  The photographs of the people that have been used on the front cover are of people who do hip –Hop music. You have seven different Hip –Hop artistes on the front of the magazine. The photos contain the name of the group or the person to do with Hip- Hop.; this is called a Byline because it is underneath the photograph. The front cover contains a cover line on the front cover to get the person interested in the magazine to what to find out the answer to the question. “And the next 5-MIc Album goes to”.   The photo’s are all around the outside of the cover, so that the badge on the centre of the magazine. The magazines does contain cover lines, the cover lines are at the  bottom of the page, so that you can see the cover lines but the lines are not in the way of the photo’s.  The front cover contains those photographs to answer a question that has not been answered in any other magazine.

Foundation Portfolio: preliminary research -   comparing music magazines

                                 

magazine	Price and No. of pages in  magazine	Sections of magazines and no. of pages per section	Sample of advertising	Typical articles (give example heading ect)
Top of the pops	Price £2.30 Issue 192 42 pages	Gossip – 6pages  party special 1 page shameful celebrates slip ups 2 pages  xfactor 3 pages  new moon 11 pages tour secrets 2 pages real life 4 pages quiz 1 page celebrate gossip 6 pages	Got to dance Sky 1 Easy piano/ Nintendo DS Build a bear workshop	Feel the fear and do it anyway JLS do battle Oops How to get a boy like me The howling heartthrob.
XXL	Price £3.95 Date October 10th 146 pages	Advertising 27 pages music 49 pages posters 10 pages style 5 pages real life 8 pages vehicles 7 pages information 21 pages	Nissan Nike Roca wear Mazda	First of the month Pop shots Cool light guide to HBC A football
The source	Price £3.95  Issue between Augs/ sep 96 pages	Reviews 5 pages Coast to coast 3 pages Clothes 13 pages Stories 33 pages Advertising 8 pages Music 13 pages	Conjure cotmac France Max fresh Takers Fall issue 2010	Reviews Gone hunting Too cool for school I’m serious Here’s to rock
Q	Price £3.99 Issue March 2010 146 pages	Sugbabes 4 pages Gorillaz 9 pages mikia 5 pages  John Mayer 4 pages  Casablanca 6 pages  Wayne Rooney vs. Kelly Jones 6 pages  Access all areas 12 pages Soap box 4 pages New to q 5 pages Cash for questioning 3 pages My record collection 2 pages  Q hero 4 pages A round with 7 pages Q review 24 pages quiz 2 pages Last request 1 page	Falcon new album Audi Hmv Sound and vision EBay Samsung	Gaga’s coming Soap box Gorillaz  Clint Eastwood  20 us bands you must hear

Action plan

                               Action plan

Music magazine

Deadline : 11^th March

3.1.11  -      textual  analysis of magazines  :  3 covers,2 contents, 1 Dps   
                     Weekly review

10.1.11-        Audience questionnaire + analysis /poll  to decided name / drafting 

                     Pages        weekly review

17.1.11-              Drafting of pages / treatment  sheet    weekly review

24.1.11-      internet research into instructions + readership figures/ layout designs / colour analysis / front analysis          weekly review

31.1.11-       photo shoot construction front cover         weekly review

7.2.11-       layout designs    construct content page         weekly review

14.2.11-      1 double page           weekly review

21.2.11- half term/ 1  double page       weekly review

28.2.11 -      audience feedback     evaluation        weekly review

7.3.11-        finishing’s off