Tuesday, 6 May 2014
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Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Q4. Who Would Be The Audience For Your Media Product?
The magazine is welcome to all age groups however primarily my target audience is aimed towards youths aged 16-18, who have an interest in indie rock music and its culture. I have based my age group on the survey data i collected for my research and planning which i discovered that the most age consuming group for indie rock magazines is teenagers aged 16-18. This is specific to my genre as the research collected was based on people who read magazines such as Q and NME. My magazine will be also unisex to ensure i have a wide market and do not prejudice again the female market. The type of person who would be interesting in my magazine are people who are already quite involved in indie culture or those who want to get more involve it in. In addition my magazine is also marketed at people who enjoying going to gigs and festivals as my magazine will have all the up to date information on this too.
Reader Profile: Flynn(aged 17), is a college student from London with a real passion for music. Currently Flynn is a drummer for a indie rock band called 'Spanish Class' and played at major festivals such as Glastonbury and Leeds. When Flynn is not practicing he is often researching obscure indie band which are perhaps not very well know or trying to book gigs to see some of his favourite bands. Music wise Flynn listens to artists such as, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, Alt J, Foals, Tame Impala, MGMT, The 1975, Arcade Fire, and the Kooks. Flynn currently has a monthly prescription with NME and is a fond reader of it, he states 'NME has help me to keep on top of indie music as well as provided me with the necessary resources for up coming gigs and festivals. Flynn also uses the magazine as a fashion resource, to keep up with the new 'Indie' trends as well as the music.
The reader profile is great example of the type of audience i am basing my media product around. My reader profile doesn't just specify the person it also goes on to talk other aspects of my target audience including profession, fashion and hobby which i'm sure wont differ to much to my target audiences.
Reader Profile: Flynn(aged 17), is a college student from London with a real passion for music. Currently Flynn is a drummer for a indie rock band called 'Spanish Class' and played at major festivals such as Glastonbury and Leeds. When Flynn is not practicing he is often researching obscure indie band which are perhaps not very well know or trying to book gigs to see some of his favourite bands. Music wise Flynn listens to artists such as, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, Alt J, Foals, Tame Impala, MGMT, The 1975, Arcade Fire, and the Kooks. Flynn currently has a monthly prescription with NME and is a fond reader of it, he states 'NME has help me to keep on top of indie music as well as provided me with the necessary resources for up coming gigs and festivals. Flynn also uses the magazine as a fashion resource, to keep up with the new 'Indie' trends as well as the music. The reader profile is great example of the type of audience i am basing my media product around. My reader profile doesn't just specify the person it also goes on to talk other aspects of my target audience including profession, fashion and hobby which i'm sure wont differ to much to my target audiences.
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Double Page Spread Article
Draped in ivy,
and shrouded in pathos Tymes new album ‘Blood Shake’ was undoubtedly due to get
some pained hearts a flutter. Single/Guitarist, and face of the band Cami Candi
has that sort of haunting mope that bleeds the soul clean, which used in conjunction
with the more subtle greys of the band mates, bliss is created. The atmospheric
season timing was perfect for the upcoming album, from the crisp sultry sorrows
of winter, to the soft licks of the dying ember described as Cami’s voice. The
trio successfully captures the fragile emotional state of youths today, and
like delicately spun cobwebs we hear Cami’s damaging story unravel.
After the
first two pop waffling tracks of the album, Cami’s ethereal slur takes us even
deeper than her third track ‘Swim Deep’, which tells a story of loves loss and
an escape of reality for the young singer. From the bitter sweet grasps of
love, the album undoubtedly begins to get a bit more destructive and dark as
Cami’s childhood of sexual abuse becomes the lyrics of her fourth track
‘Tropical Nightmare’ where it verges on the boundaries of absurd and the
absolution of brilliance. Fluctuating, the reverb adds a sense of vengefulness
to the already disquieting ambiance, giving it an edge to the rest of tracks
and highlights its magnificence. Track 5, ‘Bleach’ does however follow the
previous dark implication of ‘Tropical Nightmare’ but with limited success as
it misses the obscurity and downright queer conventions of the track. The track opens with the line, ’We are the
reckless, we are the stained youths’ and
you can’t help but raise an angled smile, the way Cami almost makes childhood
looks like horror movie, and from her traumatic one we can only marvel at her music.
Track 6 becomes the self proclaimed identity
track for the new album, ‘Blood Shake’ is the perfect example to represent the
album, despite not being as exotic as some of the other tracks the song still
remains at the pinnacle of indie rock, and shows some of the promise qualities
the rest of the album portrays. Like any shake the song builds and builds until
an explosion of euphoria erupts, the instrumental chorus truly is something to
behold. Things unfortunately go a bit
bland after that with Seventh track of the album ‘Labour’ which refers to more
normal and restrictive life styles of everyday people. The rather monotone melody of the track
drowns out Cami’s cosmic voice, and really adds to the mundane subject of the
song. Luckily however thing do improve with second to last song of the album
‘Peaches’ which entices you to the fruitier side of indie rock. The biblical
lyrics cleverly reference the fruits of Eden
The trio
really did excel themselves with the new album this year. They did promise us
some pretty new and interesting compositions and without a doubt they delivered
some of the most abstract and unique compositions of this year. The band are rumored to be touring London this year for the Reading and Leeds Festival in August, which if so I strongly advised you to buy ticket and ensure you don’t
miss this unmissable event.
Schedule
1st October
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Blog set up. Following the blog planning and creation of
the music magazine
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4th October
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My first lesson on how to analysing the school magazine. To
do this I used a programme called Prezi which helped me to present my
analysis clearly and swiftly. On doing so has helped me with my own ideas for
the school magazine. Started on my draft including the front cover and
contents page.
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18th October
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After making the magazine I began researching the genre of
music. My future magazine would focus heavily around this. To do this I began
mapping out all the possible genres I could use.
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25th October
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Moodboard completed for magazine. Working on finishing my
textual analysis for the front covers of my three different magazines.
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29th October
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Textual analysis for all three magazines completed. Will
proceed on preparing my contents page, textual and double page spread
analysis.
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30th October
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Contents page finished plus textual analysis and double
page spread. Next step the post.
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8th November – 15th November
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Audience survey complete results set out in graph form.
Designing of my title blocks complete together with title blocks analysis and
reader profile. Costume/props planning are next on the agenda.
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22nd November
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Both costume & props planning complete.
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26th November
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Front cover & contents page both on flat plan.
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28th November
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Double page spread complete.
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4th – 7th December
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Photographs taken of the magazine. Described my shots plan
and analysis for the magazine. Started model summary.
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16th December
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Model summary complete. Commencing with genuine article
for the double page spread.
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20th December
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Genuine double page spread complete.
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22nd January
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Concluded typing up contents page & textual analysis
both images scanned onto the post.
Double page spread analysis needs completing.
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1st February – 28th February
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Double page spread analysis completed and posted together
with front cover and contents page.
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5th March – 6th March
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Evaluation completed on questions 1 & 2
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11th March
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Evaluation completed on question 3
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12th March – 14th March
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Evaluation completed on questions 4 & 5
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18th March – 22 March
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Concluded evaluation on questions 6 & 7
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23rd March
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Voice recording and compose different media.
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30th March – 4th April
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All evaluation questions recorded will begin making videos
of them.
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6th
April
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Completed and uploaded questions 2 & 4 of video
evaluation. Question 3 loaded on to ISSUU.
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8th April
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Completed and uploaded
question 5
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9th April – 11th April
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Completed evaluation questions 6, 7 & 8 for videos
together with coursework
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Further Title Analysis
When producing my pages i quickly discovered the problems that came with a long title name such as 'Euphoria Magazine' and despite me already making a title analysis page i only discovered the inconvenience when actually putting it in to practice. It was only when i brought a Q magazine myself that i thought to abbreviate my title to 'Em'. In addition after reading magazines such as Nme and Q i found that red and white where a common colour theme used in indie rock magazines and is another feature i need to consider when redesigning my title. The large red box with abbreviated letter still takes up less space, and fits the more rigid structure of the magazine.
Monday, 14 April 2014
Symbolism In Indie Rock Culture
After watching the indie rock, music video and reading magazines such as Q and NME i noticed a few symbol kept cropping up in relation the to the genre. This included globally known symbols such as the peace sign which is predominately used in indie rock culture as a mark of freedom and love. The well respected symbol can almost found every indie rock video and indigenous to this particular genre of music. In future i intend to incorporate some of these symbols into my magazine as a possible way to attract my target audience and to sell as a unique selling point for my product.
Examples Of Indie Rock Bands
I decided to look at some indie rock bands to ensure my data and analysis was correct so far, from what we can observe i was certain right to a degree, as both the costuming and the mise en scene for the genre is exactly as i predicted and has confirmed some of my future ideas for my indie rock magazine. Like assumed, the use of denims has clearly been used in an attempt to portray indie rock music and along with the ultra skinny jeans this point has been firmly made. The florescent to dull colour spectrum has also given me something to think about as the effects have cleverly been used to exaggerate and nullify certain aspects of the video and maybe equally as effective when designing my indie rock magazine.
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Research and planning mark
Level 3 (Basic): 11 marks
Add evaluation
of results in graphs, draft sketches of pages (show next to professional pages you based your ideas
on), DPS article and production schedule.
Change order of posts
Add more production logs and comments/discussion for each
post – show creative journey.
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Survey Conclusion
The result of my online questionnaire (which was completed
by the public) shows interesting reading based on the 9 questions that were
asked. 90% of the public would prefer the magazine to be based on band
information to Solo Artist with 23.33%. This indicates that in today climate
bands are deemed to be found more interesting that solo artists. When designing
my magazine I intended to in-corporate this. Nearly 67% of the public would choose
the magazine to be imaged based. When designing my magazine I intend to add
many pictures to fit the needs of the public. The majority of the public voted
that they would prefer the colour scheme to be genre based. I will make certain
indie friendly colours are used such as reds, which are can be found in indie
magazine such as NME and Q magazine. The public have indicate that they would
prefer both news of up coming albums & gigs making them joint favourites as
both scored 62.07%. I will ensure that at least one of these topics is used for
my double page spread article. When asked sexual preference for genre music
although the public voted ‘don’t mind’ at 46.67 male artists came a close
second with 40%, meaning I will hold no sexual preference when designing the
publication. However, I will try to use a male model if possible. My target
audience is based around 16-18 year olds who are more likely to buy the
magazine due to it being the younger generation that are more in tuned to indie
music. I will bear this in mind when planning my topics for the magazine to
ensure my magazine gets properly marketed. The majority of the public are
willing to pay up to £3 for each publication. Suggesting my magazine should not
exceed the £3 mark even if is more of a high end product. The most popular
preference of magazine release is weekly, so I intend to release a new
promising music magazine every week. As I could not come up with a name for my product
I let the general public decided upon a name for my magazine. The most popular
and suitable recommendation for the magazine was Euphoria which I have chosen
to keep.
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