Images used in magazine

These were the two images that I was stuck between choosing from for my front cover, I thought that the main model on my front cover would most probably have to be the model used for my double page article to make my magazine flow better. And as I preffered more images of my model used in the left I used my images of her, and also when it came to it this image looked and fitted best on my front cover.

I edited this image into grayscale to see how it would look alongside my review, but with the font colours that I used the grayscale image got lost, with the colour fonts.

Magazine Font Ideas

These are a few fonts I have collected to use on my magazine. At first I wanted something that wasn't quite so plan and a bit 'grungy' but then when looking at the fonts on magazines such as Q, NME and MOJO the fonts were more plain and bold than patterend, then when I looked at them again I thought they could look abit tacky, so I looked for some plainer fonts. I'm going to choose from the last four on this list, what font I choose will depend on what I call my magazine and which one looks the best.

Magazine Title Ideas.

When looking at music magazines of a similar genre to mine for example: Q, NME and MOJO they all have short names that are easy to remember, bold and fairly gender neutral. When trying to come up with a name for my music magazine I thought I would need a name that was similar to these in the way it was short and easy to remember and as my magazine is 50/50 with the gender it is aimed at I didn’t want it too feminine or masculine. A few ideas I came up with were: Mix, FX and You or U or maybe just simply Music.

Moodboard For Target Audience

My moodboard is aimed at a young target audience, in the lifestyle subset of the yuppies but their age ranging from 18-late 20's. Looking at the demographics: it is aimed at both a male and female audience, as there are not many magazine's that are 50/50 most are either male or female gender orientated. Marital status would be single, regionality would be somewhere where they can get to shops, gigs, festivals etc. Their social status would be in; B, C1 and C2 as they would have to be willing to be spending some money on the magazine, not too much though. Also they would have to have money to buy the clothes from these shops, and buy everything else such as tickets to gigs and festivals etc. Looking at the psychographic profile of my target audeince i would say they were aspirers wanting a luxury lifetsyle like the artists they would read about in magazines, but also individuals as they are quite young, wanting to find their own sense of fashion, music taste etc. My magazine will be quite indie based, with more live music mentioned rather than 'top of the chart pops'.

Institutional Data ‘Music Magazine’ –NME

“Key Facts

Price £2.20

Frequency Weekly

Circulation 56,284

Readership 411,000

Launch Date 1952

Male/Female 73%/27%

Average Age 25

ABC1 73%

Target Market Men 17-30”

“NME Readers are entertainment enthusiasts!

• 80% of NME readers feel that music is an important

part of their lives

• 79% of NME readers like to listen to new bands

• 63% specially choose to listen to indie/guitar bands

• 49% specially choose to listen to live bands in studio

• 52% are interested in taking a musical

course/qualification

• 36% are thinking of buying a musical instrument in the

next year”

“More about the reader

• 34% are working full time, 18% are working part time

and 26% are full time students

• 62% read at least 3 out of 4 issues

• Almost half (49%) have been reading NME for at least

3 years

• 84% think the magazine gives them what they want

spending an average of 46 minutes reading each

issue”

I have gathered this information from the NME classified media information page. The information tells us that the magazine is mainly aimed at the male audience, aged between 17-30. NME magazine has been established for nearly 60 years now, so people will take it as a trust worthy magazine as it is still going strong after so long. From the information we understand that the majority of the readers are working, but still spare on average 46minutes to read each issue of the magazine. The information involved in the magazine should be based more on live music and gigs as this is what the audience would prefer to read about, and take a greater interest in rather than commercially produced music.

Institutional Data ‘Overview of Industry’

“IPC Media produces over 60 iconic media brands, with print alone reaching almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men – almost 26 million UK adults – while our websites collectively reach over 14 million users every month.

IPC's diverse print and digital portfolio offers something for everyone, with a focus on three core audiences: men, mass market women and upmarket women.

Our men's portfolio (IPC Inspire) comprises a wealth of leisure brands including Country Life, Horse & Hound, Rugby World and Decanter, as well as lifestyle brands including Nuts, Mousebreaker and NME.

Our mass market women's division (IPC Connect) comprises famous women's weeklies including Look, Now, Chat and Woman; TV entertainment brands including What's on TV, TVTimes and TV & Satellite Week and, online, the goodtoknow network.

Our upmarket women's division (IPC Southbank) comprises luxury fashion brands including Marie Claire and InStyle, lifestyle brands including woman&home and essentials and home interest brands including Ideal Home, Livingetc and housetohome.”

I have taken this information from the IPC Media website. From this information I can see that IPC Media deals with magazines from: Country life, to Nuts and NME magazine, all of different genre and targeted at different audiences. Not only does it just have magazines but the industry now has magazine websites to appeal to more people. It shows that the magazine industry affects everyone in one way or another, it shows that it affects the lifestyle we want to have, the clothes we wear, and the music we listen to. The company split women into two groups of ‘mass market women’ and ‘upmarket women’ but men are just one group. This may be because there are generally more types of magazines that women would be interested in, whereas men have a smaller range of magazines to buy.

NME Feature Article Page

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Mixmag Feature Article Page

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Magazine Journalism Practice

Review of Ellie Goulding Concert for Smash Hits! Magazine

Ellie Goulding is still quite new to the music scene, but still knows how to put on a fab show! She was performing at the UEA on Wednesday 24^th November and she did just that… put on a fab show! She was always talking to the crowd, whilst singing her top songs. The crowd were singing along to all her songs, she looked like she was having just as much fun as they were, young boys shouting how much they love her, girls screaming. She just laughed, rolled her eyes and never actually said anything back to them and carried on singing. Maybe she was just shy! She sang her new cover of Elton John’s ‘Your Song’ and the whole crowd were jumping and screaming in excitement, one member shouted ‘You’re better than Elton, Ellie. I love you!’ and the rest of the crowd screamed to show they agreed, she just smiled and carried on singing. Whenever she went off stage the crowd would shout for her to come back and when she did they screamed even louder. When she was finished, the whole room was left full of excitement, the crowd left with smiles on their faces. Great job Ellie!

Magazine Journalism Practice

Review of Ellie Goulding Gig for Q Magazine

Ellie Goulding is still new to the scene, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t know how to put on a show. She was headlining at the UEA on Wednesday 24^th November and she put on an amazing show, constantly interacting with the audience whilst singing her number 1 singles. The whole time the audience were singing a long she was loving it, but who wouldn’t love singing all their songs and hearing them being sung back? The crowd were going mad for her, young boys shouting how much they loved her but she just blushed it off. Showing she is just a normal, down to earth person, she would sometimes interact with some sarcastic comments, which I think helps the audience to relate to her better. She sang her cover of Elton John’s ‘Your song’ beautifully the whole crowd were singing a long, one member of the crowd even shouted ‘You’re better than Elton, Ellie. I love you!’ and the rest of the crowd cheered in agreement, once again she blushed it off. Whenever she went off stage the crowd would chant for her to come back, and when she did re-appear they went mad, screaming, jumping, all sorts. When she was finished, and left the whole venue was filled with a buzz for Ellie Goulding.

Analysis of NME Magazine Contents Page

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Analysis of Q Magazine Contents Page

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Analysis of Vibe Magazine Cover

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Analysis of Q Magazine Cover

Q Magazine Cover
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