Evaluation Question 1

Evaluation Question 2

 

This is the Social Class Table, which will give me a better idea of what majoritites and percentages of class my magazine will be aimed at, and who the target audience is. I am aiming my magazine at class E students because this category is aimed at people who are still in Education and my magazine is aimed at ages between the age of 14 and 25 years. However, some people between these ages will be working so this means they will be a higher class, probably a D or a C2. Therefore, this means I cannot aim my magazine's to one particular class because by doing this, I won't get as many people buying the magazine because there is more than one social class category what I am aiming my magazine to. To draw in the different ages and classes I have used a varied amout of rock bands which they will all like. I have used old rock bands to benefit the older population as they will have listened to them in the younger days, and for the younger population, class E students, I have used a young recently new rock band which they can gain an interest for. In addition to this, I have also included posters of new and old bands, which they will like because they can use them and stick them to their walls. To benefit the students (D) class of the social class table, I have included both new and old bands which they will have a feel good factor for as they will have previously listened to old bands, and they can also listen to new bands and there are also gigs which are advertised in my magazine, so they can attend them. After all, when your round about the 20-24 age alcohol and gigs are the perfect combination. More importantly I have created a competition, which will apply for all of the social classes and ages in which my magazine appeals to... to join the band Rock Devastation.

Evaluation Question 3

Evaluation Question 3 continued

A media institution is a company that deals with producing, distributing and marketing a media product. One particular institution which I will be looking at is Bauer to see how well my magazine would do if it was to be instituted by Bauer. Bauer's slogan is 'We think popular' which straight away suggests that if my magazine R&R was to be distributed by Bauer it would get a lot of sales due to the fact they are popular worldwide. In addition to this becuase the company was founded in 1875, headquartered in Hamburg, it means the company will have had plenty of experience before dealing with things such as my magazine. In addition to this Bauer music company even though its main location/headquarters is in Germany is a multi-national company and is located in 17 different countries across Europe,USA,China and Russia.
The countries they locate in are:

• USA
• China
• Russia
• Hungary
• Romania
• Germany
• Spain
• France
• Austria
• Poland
• Portugal
• The United Kingdom
• Australia
• Nigieria
• Czech Republic
• Mexico
• Slovakia                                    This is the main reason as to why they are popular!

Evaluation Question 4

This is the reader profile for my magazine which shows who the audience would be for my music magazine. As you can see, I want my magazine to appeal to both genders which is why there is a percentage amount for both male's and female's. There is a higher percentage of males (64%) because I think there are more males who are interested in rock, even though a lot of woman like this specific genre too. The median age for people buying the magazine is 23, this is because I believe the age limits to which people will be buying these is from the age of 15 to 40. There are a lot of young who like Rock music, however I don't think you would buy magazines until you are at the age of around 15, because at this age you can receive pocket money or possibly start working at this age. In addition to this, after you have aged past fourty, there isn't much of a fascination for buying magazines, as you have more important things to do, and by the age of fourty magazines tend to have run out of fashion. Therefore, the social classes in which my audience is at is D, C2 or E. C2 class status' are the older population who have a job, which involves being a skilled worker which buy my magazine, D includes people who are working which are only semiskilled or unskilled workers, which will involve the people who have possibly just left college and university and got a recent job,aged 19-24. Finally, the class E who purchase the magazine are the younger population who are still students or are studying in education, 36% of the Class E buying my magazine are students, as they have a lot of free time in and out of education to read the magazine.

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Evaluation Question 6

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Front Cover

This is my finished front cover.

Final Double Page Spread

This is the finished Double Page spread of my music magazine!

Final Contents Page

This is my final contents page for my music magazine!

Double Page Spread Layout

This is the layout in which I am going to set my double page spread out. Looking at magazines what are already in the market have influenced me to set my double page out like this. This is because the pages looked well presented as each of the conventions were set out into different sections of the page which made the double page spread look tidy and well arranged. My main image is going to include a new band named Rock Devastation and the article will be information as to what made them form the band and why they have joined together. Also any albums what they are releasing and when they are concidering touring and having gigs will be included in the article.

Focus Group Questions

Question 1: Are you a fan of Rock and Roll, and why?
Question 2: Does the magazine 'R&R' appeal to you?
Question 3: What are the main things what you like about the magazine?
Question 4: Would you make any improvements to my magazine, if so what?
Question 5: Do you think the magazine is at a reasonable price, why do you believe this?

Front Cover Photo's

 Here is four photos which I took of my model to be my front cover. On all of the four photo's of Evan (my model) I left room at the top of the photo to allow space for a masthead to be placed. In the end, I chose the the second picture to be my front cover. This is because Evan is in a stance in which he looks like he is actually playing the guitar, where as on picture's one and four he is just stood still holding the guitar. In addition to this, picture two is more detailed and zoomed in than picture three, so I believe this would appeal to the audience more.

Social Class and Demographics

I will be aiming to see my magazine R&R, which stands as a short for Rock and Roll to young teenagers towards young adults. I would say that my age target will be from the age of 14-30 years old. This is because I would say that 14 is the age in which kids start to listen to music more and also they decide specific music what they like. I have ended my age category because I feel that at the age of 30 people will still have a strong feeling towards Rock and Roll. In addition to this, I feel that after the age of 30, even though people will still like Rock and Roll, I believe that they won't read magazine no more because they have more important things such as working and spending time with their family. Because I have aimed my magazine at a young category, I believe that if I placed my magazine at a high price not a lot of people would buy it because they won't be gaining much income at such a young age, and when they do gain money they will tend to spend it on other things. Therefore, I believe I will price my magazine at around about £1.99 because that way my magazine won't be very expensive, and more importantly it will allow more youngsters to purchase the magazine. In terms of gender, even though more men like Rock music, I am going to aim my magazine at both male and female's. This is because some girl's still like listening to rock music therefore by aiming the magazine towards female's as well as males, I will get a higher profit as more people will buy my magazine. However, this means that I will need to be careful because by aiming the magazine at male's and female's, I will need to make sure there are no sexist comments what will offend either gender in the magazine.

 This is the Social Class Table, which will give me a better idea of what majoritites and percentages of class my magazine will be aimed at, and who the target audience is. I am aiming my magazine at class E students because this category is aimed at people who are still in Education and my magazine is aimed at ages between the age of 14 and 25 years. However, some people between these ages will be working so this means they will be a higher class, probably a D or a C2. Therefore, this means I cannot aim my magazine's to one particular class because by doing this, I won't get as many people buying the magazine because there is more than one social class category what I am aiming my magazine to.

Props

Firstly, the main thing regarding Rock and Roll is the music. The main musical instrument's which are used are guitars and drums. Therefore, when taking photos these will need to be included to appeal to the customers and to make my magazine realistic to the genre. In terms of clothing, it would be preferable that the people I will be using to get photos are wearing black clothing because in my opinion this is a colour which is related to Rock and Roll.

Contents Page for a Music Magazine

This is an example of a contents page for a music magazine. I think the layout of this is very good because the page is set out in a very good layout in my opinion. This is because everything is set out well and different conventions are set out separately on the page. The things which I like about this contents page is the fact that everything revolves around the main image and also the small photos which link with the featured stories because it will attract the audience. Moreover, it is an easier way to show what is going to be included in the magazine and it will make the featured stories easier to understand by applying small pictures to the reltaed page numbers.

Firstly, at the top left hand side of the page, it shows the date in which the magazine is published and also it shows that the page is a contents page by applying it in white bold writing so it stands out. Below this is the title or the masthead, this is also used in bold writing to show the name of the magazine but also to imply that the majority of the magazine will be about drums. In addition to this, the main image which is centred in the middle of the page also implies that the article is going to be about drums. One of the main things I like about this page is the fact that there are little pictures used at the corners on the right hand side of the page to match the featured stories which are on the left hand side. By applying these pictures it will give the readers a better idea of what will be featured in the article. Another convention which is included is page numbers, this is so it is easier for the readers to find particular sections they are interested in. A way to improve this contents page could be by adding previous additions to show what was in the last magazine incase readers didn't read it. Featured stories and Regulars are also conventions which are located on the left hand side of the page, however they are both described in different amounts of detail. The featured stories is a big section of the page and is explained in more detail, however the regular Stories is located at the bottom of the page and requires little detail. This is done like this because more focus needs to be applied on Featured Stories because it is only going to be in one magazine. However, the regulars will be included in every magazine so you won't need to explain them as much.