Font Ideas

Above are some of my ideas to use for fonts

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Development Questionairre

What type of music do you listen to ?

a) Indie

b) Hip Hop & R and B

c) Dance

d) Pop

How old are you ?

a) 10-15

b)16-21

c)22+

Male or Female?

a) Male

b) Female

How often do you read magazines?

a)Once a week

b)More than once a week

c)Once a month

d) Rarely

How much do you usually pay for magazines?

a) £1.00

b) £2.00

c) £3.00

d) £4.00

e) £5.00 or over

What would you expect to see in a music magazine?

a)Gig details

b)Band reviews

c)Album reviews

d)Festival Reviews

e)Posters

f) All of the above

Results

What type of music do you listen to ?

a) Indie-12

b) Hip Hop & R and B- 1

c) Dance-4

d)Pop-3

As you can see from the results above the most popular genre of music from the people i've asked is Indie. This is good because this is the genre of music im targeting .

How old are you ?

a) 10-15 -1

b)16-21-18

c)22+-1

I asked more people my age to complete the questionnaire because my target audience is of this age range.

Male or Female?

a) Male-10

b) Female-10

I asked the same amount of girls as I did boys, this was to ensure my results were fair.

How often do you read magazines?

a)Once a week-10

b)More than once a week-2

c)Once a month-3

d) Rarely-5

The results show that the most popular response was "once a week". This is good because my magazine would be on sale every week.

How much do you usually pay for magazines?

a) £1.00-1

b) £2.00-9

c) £3.00-5

d) £4.00-3

e) £5.00 or over-2

The results here are good because the majority of people pay around £2.00 for their magazines and this the price my magazine will be sold at.

What would you expect to see in a music magazine?

a)Gig details

b)Band reviews

c)Album reviews

d)Festival Reviews

e)Posters

f) All of the above-20

I am pleased with the results from this question because my article will contain all of the answers that were given.

Unique Selling Point

The target audience for my magazine will be for both men and women, aged 16-30, who are interested in indie and rock music. Circulation figures would be around 20,000 every 2 weeks and it would cost £2.50 to purchase.


Magazine name ideas


LSF- Inspired by the Kasabian song, LSF(Lost Souls Forever).
505- From the Arctic Monkeys album, Favourite Worst Nightmare.
Fast Fuse- Song by Kasabian which features on their album Empire.


To create my magazine I will use Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Indesign. Also to make my magazine unique I will get fonts from websites such as www.dafont.com. I will use this website to create the title for my magazine.


I have researched into the sales figures of various magazines. The sales of indie magazines is 77,888 and rock magazines is 325,518. Showing that rock magazines sell more than indie. Therefore im going to try and incooperate both genres of music into my magazine.


Circulation Figures 


Below are the circulation figures for various music magazines in the UK. The data was collected in December 2009 and July 2009. The data shows that Classic Rock magazine is the most popular.

Classic Rock 70,323 (Dec 2009: 71,242, Jul 2009: 70,310) 12 month change +0.0%

Kerrang! 44,013 (Dec 2009: 41,125, Jul 2009: 43,253) 12 month change +1.8%

Metal Hammer 44,034 (Dec 2009: 41,777, Jul 2009: 46,004) 12 month change -4.3%

Mojo 91,678 (Dec 2009: 98,484, Jul 2009: 97,722) 12 month change -6.2%

NME 33,875 (Dec 2009: 38,846, Jul 2009: 40,984) 12 month change -17.3%

Q 89,450 (Dec 2009: 94,811, Jul 2009: 100,172) 12 month change -10.7%

Uncut 74,067 (Dec 2009: 75,518, Jul 2009: 76,526) 12 month change -3.2%

Popular Indie Bands

Bombay Bicycle Club

Bombay Bicycle Club are a four member band from Crouch End, London. Since they formed in 2005 they have had much success in the music industry. They have released 2 albums, their first album, "I had the blues but I shook them loose" was released in 2009 but only 46 in the album charts. In 2010 they released their latest album, "Flaws" which got to number 8 in the album chart. They have also played at the Leeds and Reading festival and the 2010 Itunes festival.

Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys have been one of the most popular indie bands in the UK since the release of their first album, " Whatever people say I am, thats what I'm not" in 2006. The album was the fastest selling debut album in UK music history. Since their debut success they have released 2 more albums , " Favourite worst nightmare" and "Humbug". Which have have major success with. Favourite worst nightmare got number 1 in the album charts just like the debut album.

Two Door Cinema Club

Two Door Cinema Club are the latest Indie band to release and album. 3 years after the band formed, they released their first album, "Tourist history" in 2010. They have had much success  and their songs have featured on games such as Fifa 11. In the UK their album reached 46 in the charts.

St Marys College Magazine

I have chosen to design a magazine for my college. I have used a student from the college to be the main image of the magazine. The student has been photographed to look out the magazine, this is using direct mode of address to capture the audiences attention. I have used bright lighting in the image to make the the student stand out of the magazine.I have chosen to anchor the text, "Big Penny Does It Again". I have placed used this text because it is the main subject of the magazine. Also it makes the reader want to find out what is featured in the magazine because the text doesn't reveal what the article is about. I have also used the college logo, so that the audience can instantly recognise the magazine as a college magazine. I have chosen the colours red and yellow as the theme as the magazine because yellow and red are two of the colours that represent the college. As you can see the magazine  is very basic. If I was to remake the magazine I would include more features: Strap line, website address and many other features to make my magazine look more professional. 

Magazine Training

This is the music magazine I created in Adobe Indesign, during my training period.

Analysis Of Music Magazines

This is a typical music magazine that would be found in shops across the UK. The magazine above is the front cover of NME music magazine. This edition features Noel Gallagher from the Band oasis. The way in which Noel has been photographed makes him look like he is looking out of the magazine and immediately addresses the audience this is a direct mode of address. Another technique used is the tag line,"Noel hits boiling point over Liam, Jack White and those Kasabian boys" This another way of advertising whats in the magazine. By mentioning the Gallagher brothers and there split up will attract the audience to buy the magazine.

The NME colour scheme is red,white and black. It has been these colours since came out , this makes it instantly recognisable. The main article ,"oasis" is in big bold font to attract the reader. The NME magazine usually has the main features of a magazine,Title/Header, One main model/star, Leading Caption, Subheadings and Strap lines.


Contents

Above is an image a contents page from an NME magazine. Contents pages always have to be bright, colourful and clear, to ensure the reader is attracted to read the magazine. Contents pages, like front covers, also have a main image and a page number where the article can be found. A contents page also usually includes a header and this edition has the header, "NME THIS WEEK". On the right hand side of this contents page it also has the sections: News, Radar,Reviews, Live and features.

Coursework Ideas

I have decided to create a music magazine for my AS media coursework. The style of music it will portray is indie. It will cover bands like Kasabian and Arctic Monkeys. The magazine will consist of a front cover, contents page and 2 page article. My target audience will be both genders aged 16-25.