First Mock Up

This is my first mock up for my music magazine, I liked the idea of having the title positioned on the side but looking at all my research the best magazines stick with the origional title at the top of the page which I believe definitely looks the best as it is the most striking. I added the two border lines at the top and bottom and I was planning to carry them through on all of my pages. I then showed this mock up to my parents and they said..

'I think that having a border that thick at the top and bottom could look too cramped together and that it could look more sophisticated with one of the lines or just much thinner.

I don't think that the title should be written downwards, you should stick to text that goes from left to right as it makes it easier to read. Also the barcode, QR code, Facebook and Twitter signs should all be at the bottom somewhere as they won't look right when at the top'

Finding out what people want in music magazines?? Tick Chart..

From this piece of research I wanted to find out what sort of things someone wants in a music magazine. This tick chart makes it clear that everyone wants loads of pictures in the magazines along with interviews, top charts and celebrity gossip, but hardly anyone is actually interested in music history, they just want to know about things happening now.


 

Findings from my audience investigation

Gender

It became quite clear that gender really isn’t much of a big issue as music genres are so broad and guys and girls can just as easily be interested in the same style. I don’t think this is a big issue that I need to think about and it won’t have much of an effect.

Age

From my research it became pretty clear that the age that people tend to read music magazine's is from about 15-25. This is where I will base my magazines target audience because this is where it obviously sells the most. 

Genre

Most people told me that the genre that they would read about is Pop/HipHop style as it seems more fresh and less intense. Most of it is just entertainment. From this I decided that I needed to base my magazine on this genre to get the most ‘Sales’.

Costume

After decided the genre, I researched different types of photos from these sort of magazines, and especially the costumes they wore. It all appeared to be very fashionable clothing and lots of makeup and striking hair styles. I will make sure that I stick to this when taking my images. 

Other

The camera angles were also mostly done in studios with the perfect ‘airbrushed’ look on the models/artists. The lighting was vibrant and NOT all dull and dusky.