Institution Research

This is a documnet that gives me some detail about the types of publishing houses that publish well known music magazines. It helps me decide which company i feel is the best for me and which will aid me in reaching the best number of sales to my target audience.

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.

Audience Profile

Existing Mgazine Names

I have included the existing names of magazines as well as the institution within my table. I used a table as i felt it was an easy way to present my work including all the relevant information. The table gives me a good idea of which institutions distribute certain magazines and allows me to understand what instituation would most suit my magazine.

Production Log

Production Log

 

Within the last week of media I have completed the analysis of the three double page spread which I set myself for homework during the week. I need to upload this to my blog and move on to the instution research which I have further set myself for homework. I have looked through my blog, and have come to the conclusion that I need to add more representations to my contents page analysis to make sure i can get the best possible mark. 

 

Within a media lesson I have completed a the existing mastheads which have helped me with the choosing of my own magazine name. I collected a range or examples that portrayed a range of different genres and presented this on powerpoint. I have now uploaded it to my blog using slideshare on to the research lable. I have also completed the creation of my survey and placed the link on my blog to allow people within the school to fill in the survey so i can collect the results and place them on my blog. When collecting these results it will help me to understand my audience alot better and see what they expect within a magazine.   

Existing Magazine Mastheads

These are some examples of existing music magazine mastheads that are well known and easily recognisable. I have included a range of magazines that portray many different genres through the use of their masthead having reasoniings behind the decisions made.