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Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience of my magazine would quite often be 16+ teenagers (unless they're heavily interested in music, in which case they'd be suited to my magazine, the stereotypical appearance of somebody who’d be by magazine, you might have two differently styled people, the first being ‘guitar music indie’ and the ‘auto-tune music indie’ the latter would most probably seen out in a pair of skinny jeans, a T-Shirt or shirt bought from a shop such as ‘Size’ and on their feet would be something along the lines of Reebok Classics etc. Whereas a guitar indie would wear either skinny or slim fit jeans, bought at shop such as Levi, an ordinary T-Shirt and if wearing a polo top, it could have been bought a shop such as Fred Perry, and when needed, they would leave their house dressed in a parka/overhead, or maybe even a leather jacket, and a classic cardigan.

The people who would enjoy my magazine would people into ‘indie’ music, I believe the people who’d enjoy my magazine most would be guitar Indie fans such as The Courteeners, but my magazine would also be suitable for people who enjoy auto-tuned music such as Everything Everything. Although for people who listen to RnB or garage etc. would probably pick my magazine up from a shop shelf and feel the need to buy it.

When talking TV shows, fans of my magazines would most probably enjoy television programmes such as Gavin and Stacey and The Mighty Boosh, this would be because, figures such as James Corden and Noel Fielding would be popular amongst readers of my magazine. Plus films that readers of my magazine would enjoy, would be films such as This is England and Quadophenia, and this would be because readers of my magazine would be able to relate to characters in films such as these, and understand the emotions they through, plus to a certain extent enjoy the concept and storylines of these films.

Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The man of the left hand side of the page, Liam Fray from 'Cult' The Courteeners, and on the right, Liam Gallagher, front man of iconic Oasis. Both of these men have a large influence over Renaissance in two, the image of the band, and by the music they create, but Renaissance by no means copy them. One noticeable thing about the appearance of the three men is the scarf, all three of these men are wearing the scarfs under the influence of the Mod culture, this influence in Mod culture could be represented through the music that these men create, showing a similarity in all of these men. This could also pragmatically imply that the men are all inspired by the same people, and they all take influence from the way these the 3 three Liam's style themselves.

Although there are also differences in Fray, Gallagher and Lennon as well, yes you can tell straight away by looking at them that they dress in a similar way, but there are also differences to the way that they dress as well. Liam does not go around in a parka jacket whereas Gallagher and Lennon do, and Fray and Lennon have longer darker hair, whereas Lennon have short blonde hair, this could pragmatically imply Lennon is unique and diverse to others.

Finally I believe the one thing that remains clear, and this that all three musicians have been inspired by culture, and take a high amount of inspiration from culture, whilst still bringing something fresh and new to their image, which could inspire others in the future.



Evaluation Question 3

I have the decided the company to publish my magazine will be 'Bauer Consumer Media LTD' I looked at other magazine publishers in consideration to picking a publisher but decided on Bauer because they currently produce magazines such as 'Q' and this magazine sometimes has 'popstars' such as Lady Gaga as their cover feature, and my magazine would contrast this because my magazine would focus more on a indie/alternative and Bauer would be able to publish both magazines as they could still attract different audiences.

This also helps to explain the reason why I didn't use 'IPC Media' because they already publish NME magazine and NME would include similar articles to my magazine, therefore IPC media might put more effort into NME magazine rather than mine and therefore giving it a better promotion so my magazine wouldn't sell as many copies. So because my magazine would be with 'Bauer' more expense would be put into publishing my magazine my magazine. So it might be able to rival NME in the indie/alternative magazine genre.

As this is the first issue of my magazine, I would have to attempt to distribute my magazien very well, this is because people might not be familiar with my magaizne therefore they may decide to NME which is a magazine they would most probably already know, just to be on the safe side, as NME have a reputation for producing good quality magazines with interesting content.

Also, to advertise my magazine I would have to use tradional ways of advertising my magazine, ideas such as having posters planted in the street, whether or not they may put in stereotypical places such as bus stops. If possible I could try to create a small advert to promote the magazines first issue, although this could quite difficult considering, I might not be able to spend the budget for the whole first issue by creating a magazine, and publishing it on televison. I would attempt to perdsuade who're on included in the first issue, to tell their fans to buy the magazine, by distributing the advertisement through their websites and Twitter ETC.

Although my promote 'Vinyl's' first issue, I may also have to use some 'below the line' strategies to promote the magazine, such as trying to promote my magazine, through social networking sites e.g. facebook, in the side bar, so hopefully it will catch users eyes as they're on these sites, and influence their decison to buy the magaizne in a postive way.

Also when looking at where I will distribute my magazine too, to sell, I would hopefully sell my magaizne in supermarkets such as Morrisons and Asda, this is because when people go to do their shopping, they may walk down the isle where 'Vinyl' is placed and decide to buy the magazine. I would try to sell my magazine in small newsagent, this is because newsagents are a place where many magazines are sold, so somebody may walk into the newsagent, and accidently come across my magazine, see the front cover and decide to my magazine looks very interesting, and decide to make a purchase. Also after if the first few issues are a success then I would plan to offer a subscription, over 'Vinyl's' website, so I would make the customers a fee upfront, so that if they did an a 1 year subscription, then I would already have their payment, so I would be making moeny out of this procedure, and to promote subscription I would charge a yearly fee so customers would be saving an estimate of £15 per year through subscription, rather than buying the magazine monthly via a shop.

These are methods I would use to try and advertise and distribute 'Vinyl' magazine whilst not going over the budget, and also hopefully making a profit.

Evaluation Task 1 Final

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music magazines)

 

The title of the magazine

Graphology/page layouts

Costumes, props, iconography used to reflect genre

Camerawork and framing of images

Title, article, header etc font and style

Genre and how the magazine cover, contents and spread suggests it

How your artist(s) are represented

Colour scheme

Above is an image of a Q magazine, when looking and comparing this to the magazine that I created, you can see some noticeable similarities and differences. The main similarity of the magazines is the masthead, they both consist of having a square box with 'Q' inside for this magazine and 'V' on my magazine. I did not set out to copy this masthead but I believe that I had the same view and imagery ideas as Q. After experimenting with a red 'V' and a white 'V' inside a red box, I concluded to find that the latter stood out more, and looked more aesthetically pleasing, because without the box surrounding the 'V' it looked slightly plain and generic. So I believe having the masthead inside the box, gave the magazine more promise of selling on the shop windows. We also both have one letter as the masthead, this is because people would know what magazine they're buying by just seeing one letter, so by using the first letter, I am not blocking up the page with unneeded features which would help sell the magazine.

My magazine differs from Q magazine in the fact that my magazine has it's issues special features based on the left hand side of the page, whereas Q magazine has it's features and plugs listed down both the left and right hand side of the page. I belive this was done due to the size of the cover image, my image is bigger than Q's image, therefore if it was avoidable, I didn't want my plugs and cover features to hide the cover image too much.

Also this magazines cover star (Liam Gallagher) has a lot of influence on my cover star, they both make similar music, the indie genre and also they both have a similar dress style, although on this particular image the dress does look mildly different, but in that the both these cover images are set out I believe it's fair to say you could suggest that 'Renaissance' could go on to have the success that Liam Gallagher had with Oasis.

The title of the magazine 'Vinyl' suggests that my magazine will have articles and features based around music from different generations, since Vinyl's have been involved in many generations and today seen as quite a cultual and iconic item which is a value I'd quite like my magazine to have in the future. This differs in Q's name because they take inspiration for their name from the verb, 'to cue' a record, when you are about to buy it. So my name is based upon the the impact and meaning that the magazine would have to people. Rather than Q magazine, who base the title on their magazine, from when you cue a record as you play it.
I believe the genre of my magazine (Indie) can be represented, by seeing the cover image, because straight away you you can tell what sort of music this man is going to create, because he doesn't not fit the typical bill for somebody from a Hip Hop scene. Also by looking at the bands recognised on the front cover you can this Indie genre will be running throughout the magazine, therefore making it a definite buy Indie, whereas you have accept that Hip Hop or Garage fans etc. would not be intrigued to buy this magazine. Also straight away from reading the article on the double page spread you can tell Liam Lennon is an individual who makes the music he likes, and is independent, also you can that fans of Hip Hop won't be very interested in his article whereas Indie may read heavily into the article, and I belive that he speaks on behalf of the Indie genre and agrees that they need more artists coming through, and is infact a good ambassador for the Indie genre of music.

The artist on my front cover, Liam Lennon from the band Renaissance, is represented as your typical frontman man of an Indie, he volumes of arrogance but also intelligence, although the crucial thing about Lennon, is that he is one of a dying breed, and music that Lennon creates, proper guitar riffed music, has fallen out of place, but now Lennon is on the scene, he is considered as the last hope to keep Vinyls opinion of 'real' music alive, and maybe go on to become one of musics icons for future generations.

Finally the colour scheme of my magazine is red, white and black, predominantly with the main writing texts in black, the backgrounds being white and red was often used to border the fonts, or if not to stand the writning stand out, with exception to the 'Renaissance' banners. This follows the same convention as Q magazine, and the reason for this is because I believe the colours work well together, they do not contrast badly, nor do they overshadow each other. Also I was aware of the similarities that my colour scheme had to Q magazine, but when I substituted the red for other colours, it didn't have the same impact, and i believed that by having red as part of the colour scheme it increased the chances of selling from shop shelves, therefore I kept red as part of the colour scheme.

Magazine Double Page Spread Final

Magazine Contents Page Final

Final Magazine Cover

Cover Page Draft

Contetns Page Draft

Double Page Spread Draft

Article Layout Experiments

This is an experiment and a brief attempt to get the layout into a reasonable template for how it would look on a magazine double page spread, though I admit vast imporvements need to be made

Renaissance, your typical mouthy

, bigoted band? no, after bringing

fans and critics onto the Renaissanc-

e bandwagon with their debut album

‘Alone We Stand’ the band see are

stepping back into the light with their

new album ‘As one Door Closes’

with the potential to take control o

f this music era. We meet with

frontman Liam Lennon in a small

pub in the dark brooding moores

of Leeds where the previous night

saw a triumphant return to music

for Lennon and his and band

Renaissance who set the house

ablaze with a gig at Leeds’ o2

academy, two nights before the

release of their massively

anticipated follow up to debut

album ‘Alone We Stand’,

‘As One Door Closes’

Interviewer: Right then Liam,

 where do I begin, sat here

today you look as relaxed

as you did last night when

you were performing your

heart out to Leeds’ finest,

how did the gig pan out in

your eyes?

Liam: Haha (Liam smirks) yeah

 you know, we erm felt really

good up there (the stage) it

was an electric night, the

crowd were on form, looked

really happy, we came off

stage buzzing so erm bring

 on the rest of the dates I

guess.

Interviewer: One of the

most notable things from

 the gig, was the crowd

reaction to the new mate-

rial, can you give us an

insight into what we can

 expect from your new

 tracks…

Liam: Well it’s all sort of a

blur now, but at the time I

remember thinking, wow,

these tunes are rocketing

all round man which you

know is what we wanted.

You know we knew how

important the second al-

bum is for a band like us

it can make or break your

career and when we went

into the studio on our firs

t album we just got the job

done, erm it was almost

like we wanted it to so-

und like we made no effo-

rt, and we were just unle

ashing on our equipment.

So we wanted to carry

this through to the seco-

nd album, you know we

didn’t want to make the

same mistake as other

bands and try to act all

‘grown up’ (Liam lifts

and bends his middle

fingers, with emphasis

on the word) and really

over produce the record

to give it a deeper mean-

ing, hell yeah we still wan

ted to have meaning beh-

ind our stuff, but we aren’t

four lads who studied at

Cambridge, we just write

about what we know, and

on the second album we

want the same guitars riff-

ness and to feel as if we’re

the same four lads off the

street that we were at the

time of Alone We Stand.

You know man we wanted

to create that same vibe

with second album but

spice it up a little and

give it something new,

something extra, but keep

the no fucking nonsense

attitude behind it, give it our

all and keep it fresh if you

get where I’m coming from.

Interviewer: Well Liam,

 as you and I have both

 gathered, your fellow

 bands mates are mis-

sing today. Does this

 imply you to be solely

 responsible for the dir-

ection and decisions

made within the band?

Liam: Haha (Liam Smirks)

 well this could be quite

difficult to answer. If I

am being this honest I

gotta’ say, I write the

lyrics and add on the

music behind it, but th-

is is a running scenario

 for most bands, you

know I’m the ‘frontman’

 of this band so it was

 only natural for me to

 be the voice of the ba-

nd on and off stage, wi-

thout sounding too big

 headed and obnoxious

. It does feel pretty co-

ol though. Although wit-

hout the rest of the band

 along my side I’m not-

hing, so there is no

pragmatic meaning

behind the absence of

 the other members today

, when I’m on stage, with-

out em’ I’d be like a guitar

without the strings.

Sadly Liam, we’ve not

had nearly as much time

 and I would have liked.

 You admit yourself to

being an in depth person

 along with having a huge

 vision for Renaissance to

 become one of the all

time greats in British mus-

ic, Where will Renaissance

 be standing in five years

time?

Liam: Hmmm, straight away

 the image put in my mind,

 us, top of bill playing nume-

rous sold out nights at

Knebworth, my god if we

could pull that off man it

would just be a complete

dream, but you know in my

 eyes the dreams are there

 for a reason, to make them

 happen. So as a band we

 want to takes the risks th-

at could potentially take us

 beyond everybody’s expe

ctations of Renaissance,

we don’t want to be sitting

 here in the years to come

, thinking, if only, if only

we had took a few risks,

not living in the nightmare

 of what could have been.

 So in answer to your question

, yeah Knebworth would be lovely (Liam smirks)

Straight away after asking

 only a few questions, I

could tell Liam Lennon

was a man oozing and drip-

ping in confidence, the cha-

risma and drive in his voice,

 just glimmered his attitude

 towards making great mus-

ic. His vision for the band

is clear, he wants be at the

forefront of the music scene

 setting the trends for all the

 other indie/alterative bands to

 follow.

 We then bought this interview

 to a close; Liam gave a firm

handshake and a slight hug

and said ‘Farewell’ before

he dashed off to most probably

 check what availabilities what

Knebworth had in store. Though

 all that can be said is Liam is

stood firmly on the launch pad,

 and knows exactly what is nee-

ded to be done to take

Renaissance into outer

space. So yes or no? Will

 ‘As One Door Closes’ take

 Renaissance to the next level?

 Of course it will, if there is one

thing that this interview

has taught us, it’s that Liam

 Lennon will not take no

 as an answer.

Change in Font Colours!

As I previously stated that I will be using a black, white and 'denim' blue, but I have had a change of opinion and decided that I am going to swap the 'denim blue' and change it into a redish burgandy colour similar to what I used on the cover pages of my mock ups, and I believe that this worked better than the shade of blue would hence why I made the change.

Magazine Article Further Improvements

Renaissance, your typical mouthy, bigoted band? no, after bringing fans and critics onto the Renaissance bandwagon with their debut album ‘Alone We Stand’ the band see are stepping back into the light with their new album ‘As one Door Closes’ with the potential to take control of this music era. We meet with frontman Liam Lennon in a small  pub in the dark brooding moores of Leeds where the previous night saw a triumphant return to music for Lennon and his and band Renaissance who set the house ablaze with a gig at Leeds’ o2 academy, two nights before the release of their massively anticipated follow up to debut album ‘Alone We Stand’, ‘As One Door Closes’

Interviewer: Right then Liam, where do I begin, sat here today you look as relaxed as you did last night when you were performing your heart out to Leeds’ finest, how did the gig pan out in your eyes?

Liam: Haha (Liam smirks) yeah you know, we erm felt really good up there (the stage) it was an electric night, the crowd were on form, looked really happy, we came off stage buzzing so erm bring on the rest of the dates I guess.

Interviewer: One of the most notable things from the gig, was the crowd reaction to the new material, can you give us an insight into what we can expect from your new tracks…

Liam: Well it’s all sort of a blur now, but at the time I remember thinking, wow, these tunes are rocketing all round man which you know is what we wanted. You know we knew how important the second album is for a band like us, it can make or break your career and when we went into the studio on our first album we just got the job done, erm it was almost like we wanted it to sound like we made no effort, and we were just unleashing on our equipment. So we wanted to carry this through to the second album, you know we didn’t want to make the same mistake as other bands and try to act all ‘grown up’ (Liam lifts and bends his middle fingers, with emphasis on the word) and really over produce the record to give it a deeper meaning, hell yeah we still wanted to have meaning behind our stuff, but we aren’t four lads who studied at Cambridge, we just write about what we know, and on the second album we want the same guitars riff-ness and to feel as if we’re the same four lads off the street that we were at the time of Alone We Stand. You know man we wanted to create that same vibe with second album but spice it up a little and give it something new, something extra, but keep the no fucking nonsense attitude behind it, give it our all and keep it fresh if you get where I’m coming from.

Interviewer: Well Liam, as you and I have both gathered, your fellow bands mates are missing today. Does this imply you to be solely responsible for the direction and decisions made within the band?

Liam: Haha (Liam Smirks) well this could be quite difficult to answer. If I am being this honest I gotta’ say, I write the lyrics and add on the music behind it, but this is a running scenario for most bands, you know I’m the ‘frontman’ of this band so it was only natural for me to be the voice of the band on and off stage, without sounding too big headed and obnoxious. It does feel pretty cool though. Although without the rest of the band along my side I’m nothing, so there is no pragmatic meaning behind the absence of the other members today, when I’m on stage, without em’ I’d be like a guitar without the strings.

Sadly Liam, we’ve not had nearly as much time and I would have liked. You admit yourself to being an in depth person along with having a huge vision for Renaissance to become one of the all time greats in British music. Where will Renaissance be standing in five years time?

Liam: Hmmm, straight away the image put in my mind, us, top of bill playing numerous sold out nights at Knebworth, my god if we could pull that off man it would just be a complete dream, but you know in my eyes the dreams are there for a reason, to make them happen. So as a band we want to takes the risks that could potentially take us beyond everybody’s expectations of Renaissance, we don’t want to be sitting here in the years to come, thinking, if only, if only we had took a few risks, not living in the nightmare of what could have been. So in answer to your question, yeah Knebworth would be lovely (Liam smirks)

Straight away after asking only a few questions, I could tell Liam Lennon was a man oozing and dripping in confidence, the charisma and drive in his voice, just glimmered his attitude towards making great music. His vision for the band is clear, he wants be at the forefront of the music scene setting the trends for all other indie/alterative bands to follow.

 We then bought this interview to a close; Liam gave a firm handshake and a slight hug and said ‘Farewell’ before he dashed off to most probably check what availabilities what Knebworth had in store. Though all that can be said is Liam is stood firmly on the launch pad, and knows exactly what is needed to be done to take Renaissance into outer space. So yes or no? Will ‘As One Door Closes’ take Renaissance to the next level? Of course it will, if there is one thing that this interview has taught us, it’s that Liam Lennon will not take no as an answer.