MUSIC MAGAZINE RESEARCH

EVALUATION ON THE PRELIMINARY TASK

For my preliminary task, I had to do an over all evaluation on the work that I had learned for my first task, as  I am a year 13 as media student I decided that I would use a range of different platforms for each individual question.



Question 1
http://prezi.com/wacowdckjmw-/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share


Question 2
http://padlet.com/user_1412774574/2uhaeydlqhc4

 

Question 3

http://prezi.com/sfj3bk9wxd17/evaluation/



Question 4

 

Question 5
http://padlet.com/user_1412774574/8c7xfoo0x3wi
Question 6
https://prezi.com/2e_r-k2zhnvu/question-6/

My Final Front Cover Page, And Contents Page

 

 

 

 

 

I decided to take to facebook, to finalise the pictures I will be using on my front cover and my cover page, my reason for this particular social media site was because it is quick and easy to put a number of pictures into one file, then to "tag" peoples names so they could see instantly what I wanted them  to do, I "tagged" 20 people to either "like" or "comment" under the pictures that they thought was best for my magazine, the people that I "tagged" in my post were all students in my year, my reason for this was clearly because the magazine will be published and they will be the ones getting it, I thought this website suited my task perfectly, and I am happy with the amount of feed back that I received!

This is an example of some of the feedback that I got off facebook, this was the highest number of likes that I received from all of my pictures, although originally I wanted my front cover picture to be just two girls standing in-front of the school building, I decided to play around with different angles and positions for the girls, and I opted for this, I decided that this picture will be the main image on the front cover as the audience has clearly shown that they think this would look best for it. 

Selfie Video

The video explains my detail n what I want my magazine to look like, I go into details such as, my cover photographs, my ads on the front cover, the articles you will find inside my magazine etc..

School Magazine Photo-shoot Plan

 

 

My magazine photo-shoot plan consists of the shot type, lighting, backround, positioning and editing, this will give a rough idea of how I will create my magazine pictures from start to finish, and this will help when it comes to the final decisions, as I can see what I originally wanted it to look like.

Prezi Presentation On My School Magazine

This is my Prezi presentation, on my ideas of my school magazine.

http://prezi.com/ajbfxuv42clf/masthead/

Cover page and Contents page ideas

 



I decided to do an analysis to my questionnaire, this is going to benefit me when I have to start creating my magazine, as all of the questions have been analysed in detail, a lot of the questions that I asked in my questionnaire had only two answers to them, initially I thought I could have came up with better answers, that being said when I have analysed these questions they have very much defined my options when creating my magazine.

 

 

 

 

I included this question to see whether it was more boys or girls that had been interested in the idea of a school magazine and picked up the questionnaire. I also wanted to ensure the answers – regarding the look and content of the magazine in particular, were from both a male and female perspective as our school is mixed and therefore I would like my magazine to appeal to both genders. I learned from my bar chart that there is a dominant female ratio therefore I will tailor my school magazine to females.

When thinking on what I was going to base my magazine around, the Year Group or Key Stage played a huge role on what was going into it. I asked this question as I thought through the answers I could establish which age groups would be most interested in a magazine. 13/20 pupils questioned were sixth form, and 4 from years 11-12 and 5 from years 8-10. This suggests that a large majority of my readers will be sixth form and so I needed to assess the idea of a magazine aimed purely at the two sixth form year groups.

In my next question I asked when the magazine would be best published, from this I learned that at just over 50% of the people who answered the survey, they all stated that every month would be best suited for the magazine to be published. These results have assured me that my magazine could be published at least on a monthly basis as there is sufficient demand. I think the reason for the magazine to be published monthly could possibly be because there is always a lot going on in the school, and people may want to be kept up to date with news and possibly schemes that the school are setting up.

For my 4^th question, I have learned that almost everyone who completed the survey would like to get the school magazine for free, as this is a school magazine, it is understandable why people wouldn’t be happy to pay for it, that being said 2 people did state that they would be happy to pay 50p for the magazine, possibly the two who answered this may be in 6^th form and are willing to pay a little extra money for a better quality magazine. 

 

As well as the actual images on the front cover of the magazine and indeed inside, the colour scheme will play an important part in creating the feeling and tone of the magazine. The colours pink, purple and blue received the highest amount of votes each followed by red, black and orange. Red, green and yellow were then the least popular colours. I think these results reflect the fact that the students would like the magazine to be quite laid back, fun and easy to read – possibly the reasoning behind the least numbers of the red, yellow and green, maybe because they are our school colours and people may want to see a change in the dynamic of the magazine.

 

 

For my 6^th question, it was very straight forward and simple, that in fact actually was something that either or could make a niche audience intrigued or another audience not so much, I decided that this question would actually be relevant as clearly the magazine is a school magazine, but it doesn’t actually mean that it has to be extremely formal and sophisticated, this magazines niche audience are young teenagers who want to see lots of fun bright pictures,  colours and layouts, it’s clear that from this question I will be insuring that my magazine will be just that.

 

 

 

 

 

In this question it will likewise give me a much more detailed description of what my magazine will look like, again as in my question 6, it is a simple yet very effective question that will again make the process of creating the magazine a lot easier. From the survey it shows that a large number of people will want to see mostly pictures verses information, I had already anticipated this as usually teenagers are looking at magazines, mostly for the pictures inside, rather than what is actually being said, therefore I will be placing lots of pictures inside my magazine.

 

One of the main things that always attracts me to a magazine are vouchers and prizes, I was glad to see that I had a wide range of answers from this particular question, from this I learned that the ‘iTunes voucher’ was at the highest demand, following by ‘bagel bean, and then ‘Topshop’ I think the ‘iTunes’ voucher came first, because, obviously in this school there are boys and girls, iTunes vouchers definitely appeal to both, also this voucher will always be appreciated as the niche audience are teens, who love music, therefore I think this was a good choice.

I wanted to find out what people would mostly want to see in my magazine, the different options are all what I would genuinely want to see in the magazine, I was surprised to see that a good portion of the people who answered mostly wanted to see previous and upcoming school trips, I think this is a nice section too see in the magazine as it is exciting to see different events outside of school, as it can get people looking forward for when the trip is coming up. Competing with second place the “revision tips” at a close majority, I had anticipated that “revision tips” would be at a high request, as again this is a school magazine, and from my previous questions I can see that it will be a high chance that I will be focusing on mostly a 6^th form magazine, furthermore 6^th form students are consistently doing either class tests or formal exams, meaning that  people will always want to know more revision tips and advice.

This is an important question as the front cover of a magazine is really what sells it, I plan on making my front cover bright and colourful, so I needed to get the actual picture on the front page just right as this will be why people will pick it up, I asked for three different options, I was surprised to see that half of the answers were ‘different themes’ I had previously thought that students would have been at popular demand, but as the magazine will be appealing to teenagers they possibly want to see something a tad different on their school magazine rather than students or teachers, I think the option for different themes will be fun to do, as every month I can change it up to suit the time of year.

In my last question I decided ask what the students would like to see me more focusing in the magazine, as the people who I handed out the questionnaire to were mostly my own year group, the majority of students answers ‘my year group’ this means that when putting things into my magazine it will be a lot easier as I only have to focus on 6^th form, not the whole school, and obviously as I am in lower 6^th I can relate to everything that will be talked about.

Questionnaire For A School Magazine

What gender are you?

• Male
• female

What year are you in?

• Year 8-10
• Years 11-12
• Years 13-14

How often would you like to see the school magazine to be published?

• Every month
• Every 6 months
• Once a year

How much would you be willing to pay for the magazine?

• Nothing
• 20p
• 50p
• £1

What colours would intrigue you to read the magazine?

• Pink, blue, purple
• Red, yellow, green
• Orange, red, black

Would you prefer a formal or informal style to the magazine?

• Formal
• informal

What would you like to see more in the school magazine?

• Information
• pictures

What gift vouchers would you like to be included in the magazine?

• ITunes voucher
• Trim-Print voucher
• Bagel bean voucher
• New look voucher
• Topshop voucher

What would you like to see in the magazine?

• School trips
• Recent school achievements
• Revision tips
• Upcoming events
• Agony Aunt

What would you like to see on the front cover?

• Teachers
• Students
• Different themes, e.g. Halloween theme, Christmas theme

What would you prefer the magazine to focus on most?

• My year group
• Whole school