Music Magazine Research And Planning Analysis

WCover findings

w      when I reviewed 3 music magazines I noticed certain features that kept  appearing in other issues. For instance if you look at the two covers below, you notice that  the house style is red, black and white mainly because it works so well . Another common feature used in both magazines is that the anchorage text is the 2nd largest text  on the page.  Also may notice that all the photos are not long shots, there either close ups or medium shot, this is mainly so that the subject makes eye contact with the target audience. I decided to review urban music magazines because this is the genre I am going to base my  because I know features  that will cater to my target audience. I think that I will use some of the features in these issues such as  the camera shots  used. I will probably use a medium shot in my magazine so I can  create eye contact with the target audience. I may also borrow  the anchorage text technique, e.g. Making sure the anchorage text is the closest  to the subject  and also the 2nd largest text on the page compared to the masthead. By using these features I believe that my magazine will appear more professional and encourage my target audience to buy it.

      Contents Findings

     After I finished reviewing different contents pages I noticed that there was some simularaties betwen the issues. For instance In the Q contents page it has a good balance of text and images, which cater for the target audience, because if it had been all text it wouldn't have been very appealing orif the page was full of images it wouldn't seem very proffesional. Another feature I've found is that all the images have page numbers on the images. This is convient for the audience because they can easily find the feature they're looking for. I think I may use this but put my own spin on it e.g. puting the numbers in the top right instead of being placed randomly. In the Kerang con             contents page you can see that it extremely organised and has multiple images, which appeals to a teenage target audience who dont neccesaraly like reading. I do like that the contents themselves on the Kerang page are set out in columns. In my opinion I think that contents pages are the hardest to make, so thats why I've decided that my contents page will only be on one page instead of 2. Another feature I may include in my own contents is that in the Q contents page the features are presented in this way ( 7|Gone Up In Flames) instead of the usuall ( Gone Up In Flames PG7) By using this my contents wil look more proffesional and encourage the audience to read on.                                                                                                                                                                       

     Double Page Spread Findings

     

     This is a very famous double page feature of Lilley Allen by Q magazine I like this double page because of its balance of text and Image, which will appeqal to the target audience because its not over crowded by text or images. I like how the image is powerful, simplistic, makes eye contact with the target audience. I like how she's posing also leaning towards the camera like she wants to tell you something. I believe that I will be basing my double page spread on this and another double page spread that I found in an  issue of Q I brought.

What I will include 

Large Masthead Linking With Subjects Attire

Large Anchorage Text On Right 

Smaller Sellines On Left

Medium Shot or Close Up Shots For Front Page Image 

Barcode 

 Contents Masthead

At Least 3 Images In Contents

Q's Contents Page Number Layout 

Screen Grab Of Double Page Spread For Contents 

Q's Page Numbers Alongside My Logo 

Large Image On Double Page Spread Matching Text Colour

Small Amount Text In 3 Columns