Questionnaire

This is the questionnaire I gave out for my audience research.

Analysis of Double Page Spread Articles

Today in lesson we analysed double page spread articles from different magazines. I chose Metal Hammer magazine to analyse and did this through Slideshare.net

Double Page Spread Analysis - Metal Hammer

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Analysis of Professional Contents Pages

Today in lesson we had to analyse professional contents pages, I chose Metal Hammer because it is in  the same genre of music magazine as the one I hope to produce.

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Analysis of Professional Magazine Covers

Today in lesson we had to look at 3 different professional magazines and used our knowledge of the codes and conventions of music magazines to analysis their covers. I chose Metal Hammer, Terrorizer and Classic Rock because they are magazines similar to the one I hope to produce.

Analysis of Professional Magazine Covers

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Initial Plans for my Magazine

Using my research of the market place I have decided on what to put in my music magazine and other things such as price etc...

• Type of magazine:  A metal magazine, for more extreme types of metal.
• Price: £4.25 is a competitive price for the magazine.
• Frequency: Monthly
• Average issue size: 130 pages

Regular Content:

•  Reviews (new bands and albums)
• My Life Story... (an article of the lives of famous metal heads)
• Access All Areas! (behind the scenes are major gigs and festivals)
• Albums that shaped my life (albums that influenced major bands)
• Underground (new, upcoming bands)
• Metal Health (A history of famous metal bands)
• Gigs of the month (gig listings of all the best gigs in that month)
• The Satan Supplement (A small insert dedicated to Black Metal)

Feature Content:

• Reviews- Fleshgod Apocalypse, Archgoat, Grand Magus, Satyricon, Morbid Angel etc.
• Death reunion exclusive- new album and upcoming tour of Europe. Shannon Hamm gives the interview.
• 1349- Their newest album interview.
• Burzum- Varg fresh from prison talks about his newest black metal venture.
• Gorgoroth- splitting up?
• Messugah- on tension within the band
• Devin Townsend- On metal genres
• Mastodon and Opeth- to collaborate?
• Hammerfall- make a film
•  I, The Silhouette interview (actual article)

Researching The Market Place

Today in lesson we researched different established magazines that are similar to the one we will be creating, I picked Metal Hammer, Terrorizer, Classic Rock and Kerrang! as my examples.

Metal Hammer 

Regular Content:

• In the Studio with... (different bands every month give interviews about their new albums)
• Tatts Life (Celebrity tattoo's)
• Ask Jurgen (letters sent in to the magazine which get funny replies)
• Chainmail (letters to the editor)
• My Life Story (Different celebrities are interviewed about their rise to fame)
• Reviews (of various bands and their new releases)
• Subterranea (A seperate magazine within Metal Hammer dedicated to more extreme underground metal)
• Information of this months free CD

Features:

• As I Lay Dying (interview)
• Aliases (interview)
• Iron Lamb (interview)
• ChickenFoot (interview)
• ICS Vortex (interview and review)
• Hevy Fest (review of a festival)
• Airbourne (Discs of Doom, records that shaped Airbourne)
• Mastodon (Cover article, 10 page feature interview)
• Evanescene (interview)
• Five Finger Death Punch (interview)
• Dream Theater (interview)
• The Devil Wears Prada (interview)
• Skeletonwitch (interview)
• Thin Lizzy ( The Knowledge A brief history of the band)

Metal Hammer is monthly.
The price is £4.25
This issue contains 130 pages
http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/

Terrorizer

Regular Content:

• Reviews of new albums and bands
• A free CD

Features:

• Interview with Devin Townsend (cover story)
• Machine Head interview
• Paradise Lost's Greg Mackintosh's new band Vallenfyre interview
• New band Nine Covens and Imperial Vengeance
• Album reviews of Absu, Iced Earth and Brutal Truth
• Look back at Monter Magnet's 'Dopes to Infinity'
• A guide to Damnation Festival
• Chance to go and see Tesseract and Pig Destroyer

Terrorizer is monthly.

The price is £4.25.

It has 112 pages

http://www.myspace.com/terrorizergrindcore
http://truecultheavymetal.com/blog1.php

Classic Rock Magazine

Regular Content: (taken from Classic Rock magazine October 2010)

• Letters to the editor
• Reviews
• Gig guide

Features:

• Anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death
• 150 greatest debut albums (Cover story)
• Sabbath founders discuss reunion interview
• ZZ Top interview
• Heaven & Hell interview
• Y&T interview
• Mudhoney interview
• Story of Kings Of Leon so far
• Captain Beefheart interview

Classic Rock is monthly
The price is £4.99
There are 146 pages
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/

Kerrang

Regular Content:

• Reviews of CD's, radio, TV and gigs
• New album releases
• Upcoming tour information
• Letters from readers
• Tour dates

Feature Content:

• New Found Glory-interview (cover story)
• Enter Shikari give Kerrang exclusive details of their new album
• Iron Maiden's new book
• Slipknot's Clown to curate 'maggot' book to unite metal fans
• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 v Battlefield 3
• Falling In Reverse make rehab video
•  Patrick Stump on his new solo album
•  MCR, Trivium, Letlive and more pick their favourite games
• Kids In Glass Houses take on The Blackout in a heated FIFA 12 marathon
•  Five Finger Death Punch discuss Mortal Kombat and their new album
• Kerrang take a look at the 10 most rocking games ever
•  Funeral For A Friend ponder the merits of moshpit jousting
•  Heights take on the game-themed Kerrang quiz.

Kerrang is weekly
The price is £3.20
The average issue size is 70 pages
http://www.kerrang.com/

Media pack:
http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/Global/mediapacks/Kerrang.pdf This is the media pack for Kerrang magazine, it has details about the target audience - what ages and sex they are and what other brands they like.

Initial Ideas

My magazine is going to be a heavy metal/extreme metal magazine.

Target Audience: A magazine for dedicated metal fans. The audience is defined by their attitude and passion for all things metal. I am hoping to have a wide age range of 16-45 because metal music reaches across ages. The love of heavier music is usually passed down through age ranges, for example from a parent to their child. The audience will be mostly male but also appeal to a female audience.

Evaluation of School Magazine

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

For the school magazine I tried to follow as many of the codes and conventions of magazines as I could. I used a font for the title that was unique and I kept all of the coverlines in the same font and colour. I had the price, date and issue number on the cover. The colour scheme was consistent through out with only 3 colours used. On the contents page I used all the same font and had a picture of the cover. I had columns for the text and the page numbers were a different colour to the rest of the text to make them stand out. I think I have conformed with the codes and conventions rather than challenging them, although I could have followed them much more closely.

How did you use new media technologies in the construction of your media product?

For the front cover I used Adobe Photoshop, I was quite confident about using Photoshop because I had used it before to make magazine covers at GCSE. I used QuarkXpress for the contents page. I found this very difficult because was new to me and there were alot of elements that I did not understand.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of both the product and your use of new media technologies?

Firstly the front cover was strong because it had and appropriate title and coverlines and the colour scheme was simple. It had the barcode and the issue number and price. I could have improved it by getting a better picture for my cover image. Also by having larger brighter coverlines that could be read from a distance. The Title needed to take up more space and the positioning statement needed to be under the title. Secondly the contents page needed to have better images on it and the text should have fitted on the page better. The contents page was consistent with the front cover and it had the magazine website details. Photoshop was relatively easy to use and I would be confident using it again. However QuarkXpress was very difficult and I think I need more practice with it so I can familiarise myself with how it works.

Contents Page of School Magazine

Today in lesson we created our contents pages for our school magazine. I created it using QuarkXpress.

School Magazine

Today in lesson we made our school magazine, for our preliminary task. We had to use pictures we took ourselves and we created it on Adobe Photoshop.

Stage 1: I added the title and the cover image.

Stage 2: I added the coverlines.

Stage 3: I added the barcode, the positioning statement and a puff.

 

Final Images For School Magazine

These are the images I will use in my school magazine:

Pictures for School Magazine

Today in lesson we took the pictures for our preliminary task, the school magazines:

Aswell as these images, I will also have an image of the front cover on the Contents Page

This is my Main cover image.

This image will be on the Contents Page for the Geography story

This image will be placed on the Contents Page for the Homework Help story

Rough Layout of Contents Page

Today in lesson we made a rough layout of our school magazine contents pages.

Planning Content

Coverlines:

• Main Story: Exam Success! Year 11 girls shine at their GCSE's
• Homework help- tips on how to cope
• Film Club kicks off- brand new films for every year group
• Day in the life- Of Mr Dyment
• An interview with year 7 & Year 12- how they're finding it

Contents: Regulars:

• Charity- catch up with Kenya
• the weekly quizz
• calender- dates for your diary
• Clubs- get involved
• Photo Gallery
• Volunteering
• Iris Updates
• Science animal updates

Features:

• Exam Success- 87% pass rate A*- C
• Homework Help- tips and tricks
• Film Club- brand new!
• Mr Dyment- a day in the life of...
• Interview with a year 7 and year 12
• P.E's next big talent
• Geography trip to Betws-Y-Coed
• Music trip to Holland
• Philosophy and Ethics meets a celeb
• Superstars- upcoming talent