Proposal Feedback

When asking potential readers about my ideas I had many comments as to what they felt would improve my ideas as well as how to make my magazine interesting 

Amy "I like the concept of your magazine, especially the genre, soft rock. I like the colour ideas and the ideas about what will be in it"

Nathan: I don't like parts of the context like the shopping, I want to completely read about the music but I like the idea" 

These are two main quotes which I have read and believe have really helped me in the decisions I have made, such as colours and context.

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Audience Feedback

This is a link to my video that i have recorded when I was collecting feedback from my magazine draft I had created. I held a focus group which I felt would give me the best possible feedback for the magazine to make improvments as well as what was good about the magazine.


http://youtu.be/NgYqPwWo2is 

Chosen Images

I have made a decision of what images i have chosen to use as well as how i have edited them to ensure i have recieved the best quality images for my magazine as well as represented the genre of soft rock clearly through slightly dark images or colour overlays which i feel allow the images to look authentic and unique to the magazine article.

Presentation for Audience Feedback

This is my presentation for my media feedback. I have decided to hold a focus group where i am able to collect feeback using the sheets provided as well as explain my choices for the magazine as well as highlight final improvements that need to be made. I have used this as a visual prop for explaining my choices as i have created some notes as too guide me with my reasonings and questions.

Programs and Production Log

When making my magazine i have used a range of programs for not only the magazine itself but the planning and research with the use of;

- videos, (location as well as survey results)
- PowerPoint,  (new media and promotional methods)
- word documents (evaluations)
- prezi (contents ideas)
- posts (production logs)
-  photoshop (edited images on my magazine)
- Indesign (to construct my magazine) 

I have decided to use a range of programs to make sure that my blog is interesting as well as presents the information clearly to enable me to present my ideas and reasoning's to those around me. 

I am currently preparing for a presentation that I will present on Tuesday the 28th with a focus group collecting over feedback about my magazine as well as any last minute changes that will need to be completed to make the magazine relate to the target audience even clearer.

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Survey Results

This is a video with screenshots of the survey I created previously using SurveyMonkey. This will help me when knowing what to include in my magazine, when to issue the magazine and what the most populat genre is etc. This will help me get an idea of what my target audince want to see and if i am aiming more towards mainstream rather than individualists.

Location Ideas

This is a video with some location ideas i have thought of which i feel will make my magazine look professional and allow the images to be a range rather than just studio. I have take images which i feel will represent my artitst is a positive light and will porray rock clearly.

Image Ideas

Pull Quotes and Heading Ideas

These are some pull quote and a headline idea which i feel would be perfect for my magazine as it represents the artist well. The quotes also relate to the audience and are interesting and eye catching.

Equipment

This is a short description of what equipment i will be using when taking my pictures. It explains my  choice of camera as well as the studio equpiment when i take my studio shots for my front cover. The studio equipment such as the lighting I may not use within my outside location shots yet I may use the lighting for my inside location shots such as the stage to make sure i am able to get the best possible lighting. This will ensure my pictures look as professional as possible.

Promotional Methods

This is an explination of what promotional methods I have decided to use to male sure i reach out to my target audience and make the information I include in my magazine accessable. Furthermore, i have decided to use the typical methods of social networking sites as well as traditional methods and have explained my reasons why.

New Media

I have made a short presentation describing the new media that is available to the public. It will allow me different ways in which I could promote my magazine and how it would be appropriate for my target audience due to them being invloved in social networking and smart phones. The ones that I have chosen are clear within my presentation, but I chose these because of the fact that both twitter and facebook are easily accessible to my target audience of young adults/teenagers as well as smart phones being a quick way to send information back and forth. I think that this piece of information will be really helpful when I go to design certain parts of my magazine such as the cover page when including a face, twitter and website. Furthermore it will aid in subscription as I can include logos such as facebook, twitter and instagram which are all relate able and would refer back to the research that I have carried out through this presentation.

Contents Ideas

I have created a short plan of my ideas I wish to include in my contents page. I had a rough idea of what I wanted to have on there such as the layout and headings I want to include to make my magazine relate and portray the types of readers that will buy the magazine. I have noted down the features I would want to include in a prezi document such as reveiws and up and coming, which i have realised magazine in the rock pop genre include in their mgazines hence inspiring me. This will allow my magazine to look professional and successful.

Props and Costumes

This mood board of the props and clothes that I have created to give me an idea of how i want my models to be portrayed within my pop rock magazine. These are just a few images of what i could potentially use or recreate within my images . I want it to have an element of seriousness to my magazine that is why i have used mostly dark colours with a hint of red to show passion towards the music. Furthermore, i have chosen to use dark colours in the clothing to make sure that the genre of rock is portrayed clearly as well as being the typical clothing that my readers would wear. The clothes and accessories included within this mood board are the colours and style that I would want my model to wear for my magazine when i take my studio shots. It is important for me to think of how I want my model to look in images to make sureit portrays the genre clearly and relates to the audience that would want to buy the magazine, so that I can ensure I take the pictures right the first time round, allowing myself to move and work quicker. This relates to my audiences due to the target audience being mainstream as well as individuals therefore this would be a typical clothing they would wear that they are able to buy themselves and so creating a relationship with the audience through what they wear.  

 

Cover Lines

I have created a short prezi with a few rough ideas as to what I could possiblily use  for the sell lines and cover lines of my magazine to make sure my magazine is interesting. I used different language techniques to draw readers in and short phrases which give a little detail to make people interested. Every time i chose an idea i made sure it related to my audience and genre so it would make my magazine successful.

Colour Connotations

I have created a presentation of colour connotations that i could potentially use as I felt it is a good way for me to decide on what colours would best present my magazine and represent the genre clearly. When making this presentation I came to the conclusion that different colours have different connotations, meaning that different moods can be highlighted through the uses of different colours as well as different shades of the colour hagving just as much impact. I need to chose my colours carefully because I didn't want to make a mistake and mislead readers with the genre. This presentation will be very helpful when planning my magazine as  I could look back and see what my own personal opinion was on each colour, and what I think they represent with different emotions.

Proposal

Audience

Audience
The audience that I will focus on for my magazine will be both genders but mainly towards the male gender, having the age range of 16 to 25 years old. My magazine will appeal to those who enjoy pop rock music with well known artists rather than up and coming as it means the audience will be able to relate a lot easier to the cover models and they will be able to identify them easily. The artists used will be popular with the male generation at the moment between the ages of 16 to 25, reinforcing the fact that I want my magazine to be a appealing mainly the male gender. I will make sure that my magazine is promoted for the age range on places where they are most likely to see it such as Facebook, YouTube and other well known websites as well as posters when out in clothes shops like Topshop/man. I will create a Facebook page as well as a twitter account to allow readers to interact with the magazine and express their ideas and thoughts to help improve the magazine as well as win competitions. The social class will be the usual class for a music magazine which is BC1. The price for my magazine will be no higher than £4.00 allowing the teenagers and students to afford to purchase the magazine.
Even though it is a mainly male magazine I wish to appeal to both genders by including a wide range of bands and artists who the public like and are well known being men and women that are not objectified, meaning the readers aren’t offended. I will get all the information that I need to create my magazine from the questionnaire that I have created and make sure it will afford everything they wish to see and expect.