Research and planning: Masthead font ideas

Here are a few ideas of fonts for my masthead of my music magazine. I have chose this type of font as it fits my genre of magazine. I prefer the second font style as it looks like a disco ball sort of font with the bold circles, I also like the fourth masthead as this also fit my genre of R'N'B because its very clear, bold and the letters stand out like graffiti.

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Research and planning: Target Audience for my magazine

The audience for my magazine would either be male or female, interested in this genre of music. The artists used as models are well known to the teenage years and both sex groups. The age of my audience would differ between 15 years and 19 years as these are the years that they will be going out most weekends and this music will be playing in the pubs/clubs they attend. Also teenagers are more into the latest music, having a boyfriend/girlfriend, the latest fashion etc. The socio-economic grouping for my audience for my magazine you would be put in if you was to read it would be probably D-E the working class however if you as a star in the magazine the socio-economic grouping would be A-B. From carrying out my questionnaire I now have the results for my magazine. The gender would be either male or female as both sex chose to read my genre of magazine however more males chose than females. The main story that will star in my magazine would be about new albums out as the same number of females chose it as males. My age range for my magazine would be 16-18 as these are the ages that my candidates picked for the genre of an R'N'B magazine.


The picture below would be a typical stereotype for the audience of my magazine.


I chose Cher Lloyd as she is 'in' with the latest fashion, she cares about the way she looks with her makeup and hair always done, she has a Paul's boutique bag which is also in with the latest fashion. Her mobile phone is also one of the new ones out.

research and planing: Analysis of R'N'B Magazine front covour

This magazine fits the genre of an R'N'B magazine.

• The masthead of this magazine is bold and light blue which makes it stand out from the rest of the magazine. It also fits the colour scheme to the magazine as other parts of the cover are blue.
• Another prop is the model on the front cover. Usher is a famous R'N'B artist and the medium close up shots represents that he is well known and very famous in this genre of music. The fact he is showing his wedding finger catches peoples eye as his fans will be interested in who he is marrying. His watch is also on show which connotes he has money and also the glasses he is wearing shows he has money. The way he is stud with his head tilted shows he has attitude and swagger.
  
• The font used for the word 'swagger' looks as though it is spray painted on and the genre of R'N'B reflects on that because well known artists are seen as having a swagger instead of an attitude and if you have money, a big house etc then your known to have a swagger, also youths reflect the R'N'B genre in there life too, some will spray paint on walls etc.
• The colours black and red also connote that the genre is R'N'B because the colour yellow is like the colour of money/gold, so could be a sign of how rich the are.
• The audience for this genre of magazine would be either male or female interested in this genre of music and as Usher is well known to both sex groups. Age would preferably be around 15 to 18 years as these are the years younger people will be going out etc and into music, the music industry news etc, this is also the age that teenagers will be interested in the latest fashions, and having a girlfriend or a boyfriend.
• The psycho graphics for the genre of this magazine would be a rich wealthy, healthy lifestyle, the interest's would be having a girlfriend, looking good, making sure you have the latest fashion and looks. the value on life you would have would be having a pretty girl under your arm, making sure you have lots of friends, usually just a typical teenage lifestyle.
  
• The Socio-economic grouping for this genre of magazine you would be put in if you was just a fan of it would probably be D or E, however if you was one of the celebrities in this genre you would be in gouping A-B.
  

Research and Planning: Music magazine questionnaire results

From doing my questionnaire I have found out that my genre for my magazine is going to be R'N'B. The audience for my music magazine is going to be males aged between 16 and 18. The colours I am going to use are purple and pink as well as black and blue as these were the 2 favorites. 'New albums' was the story that the majority of my students that took my questionnaire chose to read about, this will be the story I am going to put on my double page spread.

research and planning: Example of questionaire

This is the questionnaire I conducted to help me with the production of my magazine.

research and Planning: audience feedback - college magazine.

Audience feedback.

Gender (please froward slash):
- Male /
- Female

Would you read my magazine?
Yes




What could be improved?
Change the background color.


How can i make my magazine look more professional?
Make columns so it is neater.


Does it look like a college Magazine?
yes



Does it apply to students?
Yes the masthead and the picure shows it is for students.




Do the colors suit a college magazine? (forward slash)
-No /
-Yes



Can you tell that they are both from the same magazine?
not really as the contents page is a different color to the front page.