Planning

I have decided and spoke to everyone who is going to be in my images and i am going to take them on tuesday 10th after school. All i need to do now is get permission to see if i can take my images in the drama/dance studio and use the lighting in there and I also need to think of a band name.

Plan for my content page and double page

Content page

Include-

• ·      Images with page numbers….
• -Albums
• -Tour dates
• -Interviews
• -Quotes ``we do things other bands are scared to do’’
•  

 Double page

Include-

• ·      Albums
• ·      Content dates
• ·      Interview

Interview questions-

• ·      If they could change anything about the band, if they would what would it be?
• ·      What has been the best tour so far?
• ·      What’s been the best album so far?
• ·      What’s been the most fun song to make?
• ·      There has been rumors about the band splitting up is it true?
• ·      Will this be the bands last tour?

Plan for my front cover

Image-

• ·      Black background (dance studio)
• ·      Light just shining on them
• ·      Lucy holding guitars, Kayleigh holding a microphone and Ellie holding drum sticks.
• ·      Different positions for each image.

Costume-

• ·      Jeans/ leggings
• ·      Leather jackets
• ·      Converse
• ·      Big messy curly hair
• ·      Big bold make up (smoked eyes)

Include-  sell/catch lines

• ·      Free posters
• ·      Chance to win tour tickets
• ·      Exclusive news (interview)
• ·      Questions- ``are they splitting up?...will it be their last tour’’

Planning for my magazine

Style Model- 

• Kerrang (rock)

Girl band-

• ·      Lucy – guitar
• ·      Kayleigh – Singer
• ·      Ellie – Drums

Magazine name- 

• `Rock on’

Band name-

Audience-

• ·      Age – 13-18/20
• ·      Gender – Both
• ·      Rock lovers

Total amount of images-

• ·      Front cover – 1-3
• ·      Content page – 5-7
• ·      Double page – 3-5

I I still have more planning to do the main thing is to think of a band name and take my images.

My research for 'Kerrang music magazine and Q music magazine'

Kerrang music magazine.

•          Kerrang is aimed at people who love rock music.
•          Kerrang has 29 years of heritage and it’s the biggest music weekly in the world.
•         Kerrang is really young wit a median age of 22.  Having a younger profile is a big advantage as traditionally this age group is elusive (and expensive) to reach.
•          Kerrang is perfect for film and games and also mobile technology and government messages.
•          Kerrang is the original multimedia platform boasting magazine, online, radio, TV, K! Awards, K! Tour and K! Podcasts.
•         Kerrang is considered by its readers to be an integral part of the scene rather than just a commentator.
•         Kerrang readers are the heaviest music consumers purchasing over 6 albums per month on average (53% more than national average) and 8 times more likely to spend over £200 a year on albums. The readers are also 5.5 times more likely to attend a rock gig.

Q music magazine.

•           Q is aimed for more working class (group A-B). (the fact that it is aimed at slightly older audience the magazine can be more expensive).
•             Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth first published Q magazine in October 1986.
•          They felt the older generation of music buyers was being ignored so instead of aiming at teenagers and young people, the target audience for Q music is music buyers over 25 years old, of both gender.
•             Q features many genres of music so it is suited for all music lovers. The magazine has a mass audience as it is so popular, but could also be referred to as having a niche audience, as it is specifically aimed at only music fans.

The two magazines we have to research.

These are two music magazine we have been asked to research and find out the audience profiles for each of them.

The conventions of a music magazine

Generic Conventions Music Mag

Research findings

This is the second music magazine i done and some of the conventions i picked out of this one were: 

• Masthead
• Sell line
• Issue number and price
• House style
• Banner
• Significant image
• Competition 
• A pull quote
• Names of other artists 
• Barcode

The challenging conventions

The challenging convention on this music magazine is the barcode, as you can see this Billboard magazine doesn't have a barcode that is because it would probably be on the content page or the back of the magazine.

Research findings

This is the first magazine i done and some of the conventions i picked out were: 

• Contact details
• Masthead
• A pull quote
• Names of other artists 
• house style
• Significant image
• Mode of address

Conventions research

These are the two magazines that i have chosen to pick out the conventions on each one.