Thursday, 19 December 2013
Monday, 11 November 2013
Questionnaire summary
Questionnaire summary
I compiled a few qustionnaires and asked 30 people to fill them out, the questions were based on what people expect from an indie music magazine. I collected the results from the answers that were given and will take into account what the target audience wants from the magazine.
The results I collated are as follows:
1."What type of photo shot would you expect to see on the front cover?"
Close up- 5 people
Midshot- 18 people
long shot- 7 people
I will use a midshot on the front cover of my magazine.
2."What colours would you expect to see on the front cover and contents page?"
12 people said Red
9 people said white
9 people said Black
I will use some of these colours on the front cover and contents page of my magazine.
3."How many columns would you expect to see on the contents page?"
17 people said 4 columns
13 people said 2 columns
4."What would the house style be throughout the magazine?"
14 people said vibrant colours
1 person said dark and bright colours
15 people said a collection of similar colours
The house style will be a colection of dark and bright colours
5."What would you expect to see as the cover line and tag line?"
15 people said quotes from the main article
15 people said an insight into what is inside the magazine
I will use a quote from the interview with the band in the main article
6."How big would you expect the mast head to be?"
25 people said about a fifth of the page
4 people said the entire top of the page
1 person said quite big
The mast head on the front cover will be about a fifth of the page.
7." would you expect the mast head to cover some of the main image?"
12 said yes
18 said no
The mast head will not be covered by some of the main image.
8."Would you expect the coverline to be covering some of the main image?"
15 Said yes
15 said no
The coverline will be covering some of then main image.
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
My questionaire
Questionnaire for an
indie magazine
1. What type
of photo shot would you expect to see on the front cover?
2. What
colours would you expect to see on the front cover and contents page?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. How many
columns would you see on the contents page?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. What
would the house style be throughout the magazine?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. What
would see as the tagline and cover line? I.e. Quotes etc.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. How big
would you expect the mast head to be?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. Would you
expect the main image to cover some of the mast head or not?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. Would you
expect the cover line to be covering some of the main image?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....Band interview
Double page spread band interview
So tell us a bit about yourselves?
Harry:” I’m 22, grew up in Nottingham and now live in
London. I’m the bassist of the band and have been playing since I was in
primary school and joined the band in 2011.”
Karl:” I’m 24, I was born in Scotland but moved down to
Manchester when I was 9 years old, I also now live in London, I’m the drummer
and backing vocalist of the band. I’ve been playing the drums since I was 14.”
Chuck:” I’m 23, I was born in Texas and have just moved to
Britain. I’m the lead guitarist and
vocalist of the band. Me and Karl started the band 3 years ago. We met at
university at just had a few jam sessions and we just clicked almost instantly,
our different styles of playing complements each other.”
These last few years have been great?
Chuck:” yeah, it’s been a real whirlwind; I know it’s a
cliché but it’s been like a dream. When we first set out as a band we never
expected to be this successful.
The Sun has called the band “The hottest new indie prospect
in the U.K” would you agree?
Harry:” Well without sounding big headed I think we would
agree, with all the praise and expectation you suddenly realise that you might
actually be quite good.
What inspired you to write the songs you have?
Karl: “We took inspiration from the things we see around us
every day and the things we see that interest us in some way or another.”
Chuck: “Yeah, for the new single it was different though we
just sat down together made a few beats and melodies chopped and changed a few
until we were happy with one then we began to think of the lyrics and it just
all fell into place quite easily to be honest.”
This next question was sent in by Sarah a massive fan of
yours. “What would you all be if you weren’t in the band?”
Harry: “Good question Sarah but I really wanted to be a
professional footballer but if I didn’t make it then I probably would have been
like a coach or something.”
Karl: “I would have been in the police force probably that’s
what I always wanted to do but then I discovered music.”
Chuck: “I really wanted to be a baseball player when I was a
kid I then moved on to basketball but when I started playing the guitar that
was it.”
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Friday, 13 September 2013
target audience etc.
Target audience: The people or person that a media product is aimed at. A target audience can be formed of people of a certain age group, gender, marital status, ethnicity and class etc.
Genre: Genre is a group or category that a film or media product can be put into e.g. Horror, Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller, Comedy and romance etc.
Conventions: The typical features of a given genre or the usual features you would find in a media product. For example in a horror film the lighting is usually dark and it rains quite a lot. Another example would be in an action film there is usually a fight scene or a car chase.
Codes: Technical/symbolic- The way in which we make sense of a media product- The unwritten language.
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