magazine cover planning

Monday 21st November 2016    

L/O: to create an effective magazine cover using appropriate codes and conventions

TITLE 

MAIN IMAGE 

MAIN COVER LINE

COVER LINES

COLOUR PALETTE

SMALL DETAILS

1.there are 4 different font styles
2.they are different fonts
3.the titles are block capitals and everything else is sentenced case
4.the cover line is font rounded
5.they are all underneath














www: i think its a good photo
EBI: if i had more detail





































www: i improved it by adding a lot more detail
EBI: if i had a better colour scheme

Cover analysis

L/O: To get analyse the cover of a magazine, linking it to genre and audience

Baby Boomer generation:
This is referring to the generation who were born post-WW2 to early 60s.                                               

diversification:
This is were you make an effort to become more diverse.

Audience address:
How you talk to your audience to get them interested in what your saying/doing.

Discerning:
showing/having a good attitude.

House style:
Its a company preferred way of presenting something to attract people.

Intertextuality:  
where one piece of media refers to another piece of media

 

• shot type: Close up shot
• Big and bold sans serif masthead
• Coverlines
• Main coverline
• Date line
• Main image: David Grohl who is an american rockstar who is lead singer of the foo fighters 
• They advertise a FREE CD in there magazine 
• A male target audience
• The main colour scheme is blue, yellow, red, white and black
• It is in the rock genre 

Mojo want to do a close up shot so they can get Davids facial expression and that fans of his will recognise him on the front page of the mojo magazine so they will buy it. They want to use big block capitals on Dave Grohls name to also attract attention. They have a free CD to also attract buyers for the magazine.

Magazine ownership and regulation

L/O: Research ownership, regulations and institutions involved in music magazines               13/11/17

examples:
IPC
Bauer Media 
Condé Nast
Immediate media
Hearst
BBC


IPC

uncut and NME 

Bauer Media

kiss, absolute radio, magic and Bauer media 

Condé Nast

Pitchfork

Advertising is one of the best ways that magazines can make money as companies who want advertising will pay a lot for advertising space in a big magazine that a lot of people read.

If a big brand has a lot of other sub brands they can advertise there other brands for free because they can advertise them in there other brands.

ownership

The majority of magazines are published by nine companies but there titles make up nearly 75% of the market. This means they have a massive influence over there audiences and there companies will only grow bigger as they control most of the market. 

Media Regulation and law

The IPSO (independent press standards organisation) make sure that magazines and newspapers stick to the rules and regulations and investigate complaints and breaches of nine newspapers. They also provide helplines for reporters who feel pressured to breach any of the rules and/or regulations.

Future of magazines

The biggest change to magazines in the past 20 years is digitalisation what means that the magazines are going online because its cheaper, faster and easier compared to printing and with this world turning towards everyone going to technology so less and less people will by the physical magazine so then al magazines will be digital and small independent companies will start to form as its easy to set up an online magazine.

Genre and Target Audience

16th October 2017

L/O: To identify target audiences for a variety of music magazine genres

Target audience:

• People who listen to rock
• People who are classified as working class people
• People who have a bit of disposable income 
• people who are in there early 50s to early 60s and are white 
• people who listen to rock are resigned, these are people who have content unchanging values that have been built up over time

Target audience

• People who are 14-22 
• The fans probably mainly consist of girls 
• Might have a Saturday job so has disposable income to spend on magazines
• They listen to British pop
• They idolise the lead singers in the band 
• These people are explorers, these are people who are driven for the need to explore and find new things in life

Target audience

• People who are 14-32 
• The fans probably mainly consist of boys and men
• They might have a bit of disposable income from there job or pocket money
• They listen to rap
• They aspire to be like the rappers
• People who listen to rap are reformers, this is someone who doesn't like being told what to do or when to do it

Target audience 

• People who are 16-24
• The fans probably mainly consist of girls-women
• they have a bit of disposable income as they have a job but might still live with there parents
• They listen to pop
• They want to look like the popular singers 
• people who  listen to pop are innovators, these are people who want to leave there mark on the world

target audience

• These people are around 16-32 
• The readers probably mainly consist of an equal amount of men and women 
• They probably have a job so have disposable income to buy the magazine
• They listen to remix and trap
• They like to go partying on the weekends and get smashed 
• People who listen to remix and trap are the strugglers as they don't have a lot of money and only make plans on the day so go parrying for escapism  

target audience

• These people are around 16-26 
• The readers probably mainly consist of women
• They probably have a job so have a bit of disposable income 
• They listen to pop music 
• They like meeting up with mates and listening to music 
• People who listen to pop are strivers, these are people who strive to be popular and keep up with the fashion