Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Monday, 21 January 2013
Photography Plan
Location –
The Duchess (Live gig) or at The Riverside in Selby (Live gig)Abandoned railway (with After Your Betrayal the band)
Any area which can
be considered to have a dark atmosphere
Possibly a brick
wall background or old, trashed or abandoned
Possible Models –
Ben Wilkinson, a student, a close friend
and also a vocalist from the band After Your Betrayal
The other band
members from After Your Betrayal
2 Guitarist, One
Vocalist, One Drummer, One bassist
Props -
Instruments (2x guitar, microphone,
drums, bass if the pictures are taken live)
Other props could
consist of things such as chains, a weapon or beer for a rebellious violent
theme
Layout ideas –
Medium shot of Ben the vocalist screaming
into the microphone (Cover)
Close up or medium
close up of Ben for one of the double page spreads (Interview)
Some shots of
support bands or After Your Betrayal for background pictures for the double
page spread and contents page
Long shot of Ben
the vocalist with or without his microphone looking away from the camera.
Medium shot of Ben
the vocalist with or without his microphone looking/screaming directly at the
audience
Costume -
Clothing suiting to the magazine style and the music genre, consisting of blacks, some red or whites mostly band influenced so band members or Ben will be wearing bands merchandise which is well suited.Peer Feedback + Analysis
Positive feedback:
Good idea, made
sense and well explained
I like the colour
scheme and the yellow/black tape idea gives the sense of rock and roll and
metal
Style and colour
matched genre very well and I like the idea that it is local (+14 a possibility?)
Improvements suggested:
Make audience
wider maybe by including other genres or things which aren’t so narrow to the
genre
Decide on a title
either epidemic or pandemic
Try and spread variety
Analysis:
From the majority of
the feedback that I received It is clear I need to not be so narrow with my
ideas and try and widen my audience if my magazine were to realistically be
placed on the market.
I also gained from
my feedback a vote on who preferred Epidemic and who preferred Pandemic, the
majority was Pandemic and I also agree with this as the play on words works
better with my magazine and genre and also I may be covering a band called
Epidemic in the double page spread and this could cause confusion or
repetition.
The feedback on my
style, colours and unique ideas were very positive so I should focus less on
the design and more on the content with the implantation of something which
will widen my audience and variety.
Overall my
feedback has helped me greatly in understanding where I need to improve and
where I should leave designs as they are as my target audience ( which was the
majority of the class age wise) liked the designs and ideas but not just how
narrow the genre of the music/content would be. Also other than expanding out to a wider audience it would be a better idea to aim it between a bigger age ranegs such as 14-18 instead of specific teen ages.
Audience Research
Target audience
What is the age
demographic for my magazine? 14-18
What gender largely
consumes my magazine? Mostly male but both genders are considered
Is it for an
existing audience or seeking to create a new? It may exist but not as strongly
as I believe therefore a bit of both.
Is it targeted at
a particular social class & income bracket? The age is the teenage range
and therefore will consist of students and people who are of an average class
and possibly any income bracket to widen the audience and make the magazine more
appealing.
Is it for a narrow
or broad audience? The genres I have discussed so far are very narrow but hopefully
I will broaden this as reflected in research people prefer to have more of a broadened
magazine when it comes to genre instead of very narrow and specific.
Survey Link and Results
From the results we can tell that the majority of people who answered my survey were 17 or younger or between the ages of 18-20
The majority of the people who answered my survey was male, this is good because my magazine is largely aimed at the male gender whilst still keeping some of the female audience
Most people do not read magazines very often at all as we can tell from the falling trend in the survey, there is the occasional person or two who does still read music magazines though
Although a wide range there was a upwards trend in rock as it was the most voted along with punk, metal, alternative. This reflects my target audience well and which music genre i plan to use in my magazine
As i predicted and confirmed by the survey results, these results correlate with the young age and i would agree with £2-4 being the best choice and i will base my price around there as it released fortnightly
The main response to why people would read magazines was
to see what's going on and to get the
cool posters
When i asked what people looked for in a music magazine the trending responses were
Free posters, information on bands or upcoming bands
Cool posters, interviews with bands, tour dates, upcoming
band information
Free posters/stickers etc and Decent News
When asked if people read any music magazines most said they did not but the only ones who did read Kerrang! (Mainly for the posters) and NME (used to read classic rock) This backs up the research that shows that rock and alternative/metal is the most popular when it comes to music magazines.
When asked what would people like to see in magazines in the future the responses were:
More upcoming bands/undiscovered artists
More coverage of underground bands who have a lot of
potential and try to do something different than most the bland music being
made these days
New bands, new releases, and posters.
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