Saturday, 18 December 2010
Sunday, 12 December 2010
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Planning for Photo Shoots
- To plan my photo shoots I have chosen various places and I have also chosen clothing and make up for the model to wear as aspects of the mise-en-scene for each .
- The first few shoots will be outside. I have chosen three separate locations for this. The first is outside a house, the second is in front of a derelict shop with spray painted boards which read, 'If you tolerate this, your business will be next' and the last is in front of a public house which has a chalkboard outside. I have chosen a vintage beige fur coat, a knitted christmas style vintage jumper to portray the artist to have an 'Indie' style or 'look'. I have chosen this because Indie as a social group often wear such items of clothing. I have also chosen red lipstick and glittery eye make up for the model to wear to make her stand out especially for the close up shots. For the second shoot I will choose a different setting and for the third I plan the photographs to be taken inside.
These three locations are all along Victoria Avenue, shown above in this screenshot from Google Maps.
- For the third shoot, photographs will be taken in front of a wall with graffiti on. For this shoot I have chosen white converse, denim shorts a studded leather jacket, laddered tights, a red headscarf and a printed t - shirt for the model to wear. I feel like these aspects of mise-en-scene and setting of the graffiti wall will portray a 'rock and roll' image for the model.
- For the fourth photo shoot I will use the setting of a stage and I will use props such as a microphone, possible a guitar and a music sheet stand. I will use this setting to portray the model as an artist performing on stage. I have chosen sunglasses and a denim jacket for this shoot to show the artist performing at possibly a local summer festival of some sort.
- For the last photo shoot I will use two different models and I plan to take close up shots of them so that I can show diversity and various artists on my contents page. I will most likely use these photographs as thumbnail images to tease the contents.
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Flat Plans
I have made three flat plans for my media product, one for each aspect I will be creating. I have done this to help me plan the positioning of the text and images.
Front Cover
Contents Page
Double Page Spread
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Reader Profile
I have created a reader profile with the help of my questionnaire results. Click to enlarge image.
Eclectic readers are affluent young adults.
They have a diverse taste in music and can easily develop their own style.
They appreciate the music from before their own time whilst they love new up and coming artists.
Eclectic readers are often students and this means they are more than often on a budget.
Their favourite music genres include; R&B, Hip Hop, Pop, Indie and of course the Mainstream Chart
70% Female 30% Male
Saturday, 20 November 2010
Audience Research: Questionnaire Results
My questionnaire result have helped me to determine my target audience. Here are the results in order:
From my results I can see that my target audience is by majority, young female students aged 16-22. I can see also see that my target audience listen to a variety of music genres informing me they have a diverse taste in music. The results also tell me that I would be more successful creating a reasonably priced monthly magazine to appeal to my target audience. The 40% Yes result from the last question also tells me that my target audience probably use the internet a lot to communicate and access various websites relating to their interests.
- Are you male or female? 70% female 30% male
- What age are you? 20% Age 16, 50% Age 18, 30% Age 22
- Would you be interested in a magazine focused on more than one music genre? 90% yes 10% no
- If yes, which genres would you prefer? Please choose four. 100% R&B, 100% Hip Hop, 100% Chart, 100% Indie, 50% Pop, 20% Rock
- What types of articles would you be interested in? Please choose two. 100% music, 100% interviews, 50% fashion, 20% exclusive
- Would you prefer a monthly or weekly music magazine? 85% monthly, 15% weekly
- How much would you pay for a monthly magazine? 90% £2, 10% £4
- Are you a student? 100% yes
- Would you buy a magazine that incorporates old and new music? 100% yes
- Would you prefer to access a magazine online? 60% Don't Mind 40% Yes
From my results I can see that my target audience is by majority, young female students aged 16-22. I can see also see that my target audience listen to a variety of music genres informing me they have a diverse taste in music. The results also tell me that I would be more successful creating a reasonably priced monthly magazine to appeal to my target audience. The 40% Yes result from the last question also tells me that my target audience probably use the internet a lot to communicate and access various websites relating to their interests.
Audience Research: Questionnaire
I have created an online questionnaire for my focus group using Survey Monkey, which can be viewed and completed below:
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