EVALUATION

This is our evaluation video!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOOB9xyaoJU

FINAL pieces

These are my final versions of my cover, contents and double page spread after all final adjustments.
COVER

contents

double page spread

christie :)

Research and Planning - Photos used

Christie

Magazine

These are my final magazine pieces
Front cover

Contents

double page spread

christie

double page spread/front cover.

Becky Hewitt

FEEDBACK!

here is a video recording what we found from our research, we talk about codes and conventions of the indie genre and think about how to portray them into our magazine to produce the best possible magazine for our indie genre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAXnOuIZrNY&context=C38bdcaeADOEgsToPDskIcL-R2J8HedhwoOtSQoNqI

House Mock Up

Article

The New Year issue.

The lookout for all new up & coming artists.

As the year draws to a close with the introduction of an indie sound, with music from the likes of Mumford & Sons and Two Door Cinema Club hitting the charts; presenting a new sound that has converted festivals and changing the ‘typical ’music we were all jaded of seeing in the top 40 UK.

So we're also looking forward to what 2012 has in store for us. So consider this our shot at predicting the future, using a set of headphones as opposed to a crystal ball.

It’s all about word of mouth and these artists need it! They are all raw talents and ‘Kingdom’ believes they are the ones to look out for- so get in there quickly before they storm the charts like last year’s Ed sheeran and it’s too late!

They all have a new-fangled sound that you’ll love…and we have all the gossip.

We've selected 8 new acts that we think you need to watch out for in the coming months and years. These are singers and rappers and those who spend their time producing and remixing--the people who deliver fresh, innovative music to our ears. So take note of these are names if you aren’t already clued up on them. Here are 'the best' 5 artists to watch in 2012.

Becky!

Photographs

Raw photograph for my front cover photograph- Alex Rudd, headliner for 'up and coming' artists (New year adition of our magazine, 'Kingdom')

Took on 22/01/12

At my house (Conservatory)

Alex Rudd (Photograph for the double page spread, number one, up and coming artist)

Taken on 26/01/12

Music Room

  Emerald Ladjimi, taken for the article on the double page spread of the magazine (2nd best up and coming artist)

Taken 12/01/12

In the Photography room at MV16

Mr Ryder was present.

Becky.

Prep for finial magazine.

After research, i found 7 'up and coming' bands of 2012 that matched the sound that out magazine related to and bands that would intrest our target market/audience. Offering advice and infomation is desirable within a magazine as people feel involved in the gossip and lives of the artists the love to listen too.

I added witty and easy to read captions as our target audience is more likely to me a young generation, meaning a formal text would be less appealing. Easy reading makes things more intresting and 'hooking' making it more likely that the reader will come back to our magazine monthly.

Adding in Gossip gives the 'exclusivity' factor to the magazine and talking about the artsist whereabouts, like tours and new albums gives important infomation to the fans/readers!

Becky!

Masthead, Skyline & Slogan (Logo)

Black colour scheme linked to Indie music

Distored lettering gives a rocky/alternative feel to the magazine, drawing the attention of our target market

Logo

This is the logo made in paint for out music magazine.

THE JACK KENWORTHY BAND!

choosing our band!

To find out what type of music/band to present on our frount page we used our research to find bands that are usually related to indie music; such as Mumford & Sons, Biffy Clyro, Two Door Cinema Club, Ben Howard...

We then searched our local ares for bands that had a similar image, style, sound and atmosphere that indie music is so well known for. We found many local bands but found a band that already had a fanbase and fit the indie rock genre pefectly allowing us to create a cover that our audience would find apealing and would to get involved with.

we chose a band called... The Jack Kenworthy Band.

Becky

Prep for final Magazine.

Fonts to use on our magazine, as the headline- we felt this type of font was most suited to the genre of our magazine (indie rock) and will give the magazine an edge to others that relate to our chosen genre; making it desirable to a consumer. 

Most of the the chosen fonts are easy to read, eye catching and have a graphic edge, again apealing to out genre as through are reasearch we found that consumers of indie music also resemble punk and rock music likes- the distroted writing related to all music genres widening our potential audience. Also the colour black is an important part to the magazine cover, again through research we found that black and small bursts of colour is often related to our genre of indie rock.

Becky.

As part of our research and planning, we wrote a questionnaire with questions based around the Indie genre and asked a random selection of people.

The questions were :

1 - What colours do you usually link with the Indie Rock / Pop type of music?

2 - Name 5 Indie bands which you think present what the Indie genre is all about

3 - Where are you most likely to hear Indie music?

4 - What does Indie music usually make you feel? Do you link the genre with a specific emotion?

5 - Do you think there is a typical Indie listener? What characteristics do they usually have?

The questions were written by Becky.

Here is the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc4uSRiw1os&feature=youtube

The filming and editing was done by Christie. xo

Questionnaire

Finding out target audience for our music magazine...
Market Research; ask 3-4 people the same 5 questions, learning about prefrences to make the best possible magazine.

Questions
1. What colours do you usually link with the Inide Rock/Pop type of music?
2. Name 5 typical indie bands, that represent what the Indie Genre is all about?
3. Where are you most likely to hear Indie Music?
4. How does Indie music usually make you feel, do you link the Genre to a specific emotion?
5. Do you think there is a typical Indie listener, what characteristic do they usually have?

Becky

What's our audience...?

Brainstorming all aspects of our target and potential audience...

Becky

Double Page Spread

A double page spread of an article in Mojo Magazine, showing us how to continue on with our own magazine... It shows that codes and conventions carry on throught a magazine to constantly keep a reader intrested and involved. Keeping it 'Indie' is important for contrubution of a magazine as it keep an audience hooked. - Becky

This is a double page spread of Rihanna from a music magazine. I have analysed three main parts of the article. Christie 

First analysis completed by Becky, bottom by Christie.

A Indie Music Magazine... MOJO!

An analysis of a indie music magazine that will help us plan our own magazine with common codes and conventions of 'typical' indie music. We have broken down all elements the indie magazine showing what makes it indie and how it will apeal to our target audience. Becky

This is my analysis of the front cover of an Alternative Press Magazine issue with Yellowcard as the main image. I have analysed different aspects of the front cover on different slides. Christie

First analysis completed by Becky, bottom by Christie.

Preliminary Task- Magazine Cover.

Improvements
The text is extreamly important as it needs to be bold and easy to read to apeal to the audience and the comsumer. On my Music magazine, i should go for a much easier text to read but that had a personality that matches with our hippy/indie genre.

A non-busy background will work much better on a magazine cover! So on my next cover opt for a simple one colour background, black white or red (typical music representation colours) to make it seem for appealing to potential buyers.

Use more infomation on the frount cover to intise the audience in and give them an insite on what the magazine is about... keep them wanting more- this will boost sales as people will want to know more about what you touched on in the cover page. Becky

This is my college magazine front cover. Improvements I would make would be to compose the photograph better so that the layout of the magazine cover could be more aesthetically pleasing, e.g. I would place the christmas tree in a different place so that it had more of a purpose in the background. Also I would use more appealing text for the sell lines so that the magazine would attract students, and use a different colour scheme. Christie

This is the contents page for my magazine.

Christie