Task 12

Below are examples of the questions i asked when interviewing Twenty Twenty;


Firstly please briefly introduce (Band name); members, instruments etc.


band name)? Any story behind naming the band?



Any interesting stories at all, of how you all came to favour your instruments? Any particular loyalty to a brand?



How long have you been making music together? Talk me through the formation



If any… What are the main guidelines/theme or sound you stick to when making a new song? Will this change in the future?



Who are you major influences?


What has been the biggest challenge as a whole for the band so far, and have you overcome this?


Any strange fan encounters a tall?


When on the road have any band members been, “misplaced”?

Any other interesting stories?


Plans for the future?


What advice do you give for young teens hoping to pursue a music career?



I have also done some research on each band so i can easily put my answers together and add more detail if i need to.

Task 11

These are the rough sketches of my front cover contents page and double page spread that had to be completed as part of our planning.

Task 10

Publication Plan
Title: AMP
Positioning statement: Live Loud, grab AMP! (01/03/10- since this plan i have changes this too "Plug in Live Loud")
Frequency of publication: Monthly
Price: £2.30

Distribution: Newsagents, music shops, Supermarkets, online subscription

Rationale: To appeal to the target audience directly using involvement like pages where the audience write in to what they want to read. We will include interviews and overall focus on what the audience will want to know and see.

Style: Informal, humorous with simple vocabulary and following the regular style magazine commonly conform to.

Regular content: Forum for readers, AMP AT... (Exclusive reports from the hottest gigs) use someone to include a column in the magazine,



Feature content: Interviews, investigations, gossip from the industry (my genre), do’s and don’ts, Competitions

Task 9

Conclusion

Following my survey, i have decided to use the most popular answers as pointers to the contents of my magazine. I have decided to do an Alternative magazine, and use NME as a model magazine while doing my own. Overall doing a questionnaire has been useful as i now have rough guidlines in what to include in my magazine e.g. bands/artists, topics etc.

Task 8

Questionnaire Tally of answers
Question
1. males: 8 Females: 12

2. never: 7 sometimes:6 Frequently: 6 all the time: 1

3. Electronic
rock
alternative
Dance
Rock
Rock
Pop
Pop
Indie
Indie
Rock
Alternative
Alternative
Pop
Alternative
Rock
Rock
Rock
Indie
Alternative, pop
Alternative
Rock

4. Rock sound
NME
NME
Q
NME
NME
Q
NME
NME
NME
NME
Q
Q
KERRANG
Rocksound/RWD
KERRANG
KERRANG
KERRANG/Rocksound
NME
KERRANG

5. Reasons for magazine choice where such as; good quality posters included, Reliable contents, lots of content, like the music inside, has a bit of everything, appeals to interests, covers a range of music, includes favourite groups, genres covered, suits interests, likeability factor.

6. Favourite bands: Breaking Benjamin, Libertines, Paramore, Pink, Little Boots, La Roux, Taylor Swift, Enter Shakari, Rusko, Paramore, Rise Against, Taylor Swift, Kings of Leon, Beyonce, Beyonce, Kings of Leon, Three Days Grace

7. Individuality, Clothing style, mixture, guitars, new, uniqueness, skinny jeans, hats, stretched ears, frogs, colours, fun, films, drums, randomness.

8. Good bands featured, good artists, pictures, colours, cover, images, layouts, exclusive headline, colours and known bands, posters, if its different, cover stories, bright colours, boldness

9. too expensive, too much un-necessary gossip, Celebrity gossip, too similar, boring, too much writing, Stories that drag, focused on one main genre, too many adverts*

10. different genres, interviews*, fashion side of music, more band articles, gig dates and reviews, gifts, more pictures/posters, Bands, latest news, gigs, clothing lines, competitions/offers, more on favourite artists, more on unsigned acts.

11. £1-2: 3 £2-3: 9 £3+: 8

12. gigs, what’s new, what’s new, gigs, clothing, bands, latest news, interviews, gossip, gossip, interviews, stories, behind the scenes, movie/music gossip, gig information, bands, bands, interviews, up and coming albums, lyrics.

13. all 20 people where ages between 16-19

As a whole the results that were consistent throughout the survey, I have decided to adopt to suit my target audience. E.g. the price and what I will include, also the genre alternative seemed to be popular and to use NME as a model to my magazine as this is a popular magazine according to my survey.

Task 7

Questionnaire

Task 4 5 and 6

Here the tasks were to analyse the front cover, contents page and double page spread of music magazines and note the codes and conventions.

Task 4
Front cover
Original masthead
Central Image
Anchorage text
Anchoring (supporting) images
barcode
price
states frequency of magazine
issue number
Date
key contents in bold writing
Central image most commonly having direct mode of address
tagline
colourful
Always has an independent colour scheme
puffs
buzzword e.g. Exclusive!
Image doesn't cover the masthead (some exceptions mostly in popular magazine e.g. Kerrang)
mast head in UPPERCASE

Task 5
Contents page:
A pictures dominates – linking to central image on front
Set out in columns.
Split into two or three columns
normally includes an editor’s letter.
Have little images to display content
Page number before the story.
Includes web address
Titles are normally in bold.
Page numbers are a different colour to the stories.
Have contact details and address.
Always have an ‘every week’ column.
Usually two pages
Line gap between each section.
Subscription details
Type size 11pt.
Credits for front picture
Pictures are different sizes and have numbers on them which anchor them to be written in contents
Regular contents have a page number
Pages are not in specific order and are normally in sections for example; Bands
One main picture in some magazines.

Task 6
Double Page spread:
Drop quotes
small font
Substantial amounts of writing
one main image
strapline
limited use of colour
short summary at the beginning
first letter is always bigger
Eye catching headline
artist's name are always big and highlighted
picture of the journalist (sometimes)
always have a by line ( who wrote it)
text is once again in columns
page number
title of article and Magazine
Sections of the article in bold and a larger font before the sentence appears in the column