Evaluation

The music magazine i have crated follows forms and conventions of a real media product as i have followed close guideline to what makes a music magazine i have found these guide line through research i have carried out before starting my product.
My magazine represents and is targeted at a particular social group of youths as they have spare money to spend on magazines and going out which is a big issue within variety magazine. it represents its target age and social group very well as also through research from my questionnaire i found many teenager don't yet have a preferred type of music and older people do therefore the magazine was created for this audience to help people find there favourite type of music through the way it is host to many different types.
Institutions that may distribute my media product would be places like news agents. this is because they can be found everywhere therefore easier for the reader to purchase. As there is fashion include din my magazine it could also be distributed in clothes shops that are featured in the magazine like American apparel and Topshop.
I have attracted my target main target audience of teenagers in two ways one was the articles fin the magazine. a main feature of the magazine is that it has young upcoming artist on the front cover this inpirsers readers and causes them to buy the magazine continuously as they want to find out how to be successful. Updates on new tracks each mouth also encourages the reader to purchase the magazine as they wanna hear new song and be in the know about music. The other way I have attracted my audience is by the colour scheme and layout of the magazine, the red black and white are uni sex colours therefore will encourage both Male and Femaleto buy the magazine. the fonts where clear and the language used through the magazine appeals to both male and female and sexist in anyway.
i have learnt alot about imagine editing technologies from this product. I have found doing some tasks were harder than others and if i could do the product again i would propberly put more detail on to my plan about the school magazines so that i was more aware of diffrent way to use photoshop and minipulate images. I feell i ahve learnt a grate deal about the music magazine industry and find it a greate shame that people arent buying them any more bacause of the internet howver i also feel that there is room on the market for new magazines that would be sucessful and popular.

magazine look

Font: The font used will be clear and easy to read, however the title 'variety' will be big bold and different to the rest of the subtitles on the front cover. The fonts used in the contents page as headings will be the same/ similar to the title of the magazine on the front page. The fonts used in the article will be the same used to describe it on the front cover.

Design throughout: When using shapes for exapmle a squares and rectangles they shall be rounded off so that a soft effect is given off. this shall be carried out throughout the magazine as a recurring theme.

Layouts: the layout of the magazine will be clear, bold and easy on the eye. this is so that information can be found easily.

Colour codes: I shall be using red on the front cover as it appeals to both sexes and is a bright cheerful colour, black and white text will be on the front cover as well as these colours go well together. This will be carried out to the contents page and most other pages in the magazine like listing pages.

Magazine Plan

Name: Variety - I'm calling my magazine this as it is includes and informs people about the variety of music out on the market.

Publishers: Development Hell Ltd

Price: £2.00- fairly cheap, a price that most teenagers can scrap together o any social class.

How often is published: Monthly

Glossy or Matt: Glossy- As it is more appealing.

Consumer profile: My magazine is going to be aimed at teenagers living in London. Although this is a rather small target audience i think it would help sell the magazine as it would have event listings and could help create a sense of committee within the magazine and its readers. Its going to be a mixed gender magazine creating the target audience to be larger.

Music genres: as the magazine is for a variety of different types of music it will include more than one style. each month it will mainly focus on a new style. the issue i am going to make will be focused on Dub step. other music types will included - Drum and Bass, Dance, Funky House, House, other up coming styles of music and chart music which appeals to everyone.

Contents page:

Ideas for for double page spread: For my double page spread i going to use an image of two young boy which have just started in the music industry. The article will be about their success so far and what the next year (2009) is going to hold for them.

i have read articles in Mix mag magazines which is also a magazine that have a variety of different musics and i have noted the way language is used and which words are used. however i shall also include words and phrases used by teenagers today to keep the article causal and close to the reader.

Magazine extras: i wont be giving away a free CD with my magazine as a Cd wont be given away with every issue the CD will match the main article/ artists featured in the magazine. As the artists used in this issue are new and haven't been discovered by many yet therefore wont encourage the reader to by the magazine for the CD, however free downloads are given out as well as competitions.

x4 original photo ideas: 1) An image of two young males, which are independent, individual and cool looking. this will inspire youths to buy the magazine as this might be the look they aspire to. 2) a background for the article which links to the front cover. 3) An image of the latest fashions for the contents page to give a quick example of the rest of the fashion feature to see whether it appeals to the reader. 4) As it is nealry summer information of music festivals will be in the magazine therefor i shall take pictures of a mock up music festival camp or use one from a festival i visited in the summer.

Background research

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6571291.stm

PULP magazine was priced £1.49, aimed at 16-24 year olds and focused on indie, pop, rock, emo and R&B. The magazine had been in development for more than a year and had been heavily trailed on TV, radio and the internet. However it had to be closed after just one poor week of sales 130,000 copies were printed but only 9,000 were sold.The move follows the closure of Smash Hits magazine, after 28 years. Its publishers said teenagers were increasingly turning to new platforms like the internet to satisfy their interest in music.