Thursday, 21 March 2013

Finished media product





This is my overall finished media product. My front cover, contents page and double page spread for my magazine.



Thursday, 21 February 2013

Audience feedback- interview


Audience Feedback Questionnaire Results

Audience feedback (questionnaire)

Questionnaire on my finished media product

1. Would you buy this magazine?
Yes □      No □

2. If yes then how much would are you willing to spend on it?
50p-£1 □      £1.50-£2 □      £2.50-£3 □      More□

3. Do the colours used attract your attention?
Yes □      No□

4. What do you think about the cover lines and main headline on the front cover? ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

5. Is there anything you dislike about the overall product? If so then what. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

6. Does the magazine convey an Indie genre?
Yes □      No □      I don’t know □

7. What do you think about the Title of the magazine? ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

 8. What do you think about the images used on the front cover, contents page and double page spread? ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

9. Do you think that the bands/artists used suit the genre and are a good choice?
Yes □      No □      I don’t know □

10. Does it look similar to other music magazines such as NME/Q?
Yes □      No □      I don’t know □



This is the questionnaire that I handed out to 20 people.

Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Planning Production


Planning production

Decide on the front cover image:

Write the coverlines for your front cover:
-Ellie Goulding talks about how she made it in LA
-Mumford&Sons speak about their childhood in Scotland
-The Arctic Monkeys speak about performing at wakestock
-Coldplay speak about their 2week long tour
-Bombay bicycle club talk about fame
-Fans chosen tune of the month
-Highlight shoots

Write the text for your contents page:
-Ellie Goulding talks about how she made it in LA
-Mumford&Sons, their childhood in Scotland
-The Arctic Monkeys perform at wakestock
-Coldplay speak about their 2week long tour
-Bombay bicycle club talk about fame
-Fans chosen tune of the month
-Highlight shoots
-Hit of the month
-Favourite artist of the month
-Highlight shoots
-Vanilla Grits are interviewed
-The View and ‘Face for the radio’
-The Kaiser Chiefs reveal all
-Tokyo Police Club take on Tokyo
-JAI Brooks performs live at SHOUT studio
-Kasabian get truthful
-Local gig reviews
-Competitions
-Favourite artist of the month
-Concert reviews


List the images you will need for your contents page(s) :
-An image of band/singer holding a guitar
-Image of the band I am interviewing (all together)
 -Image of anything symbolising music of that specific genre that has relevance to the magazine


Decide on the article you are going to write for your double page spread and the photographs you will need :
The article I am going to be writing will be about a band called Vanilla Grits. We will talk about why and how they formed a band and what the band and performing meant to them. I will need photographs of the band performing/rehearsing with their instruments all together.