Audience relating to Uses and Gratifications Theory

http://prezi.com/iruqw1rhroq0/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Feedback

Feedback:

‘Good idea for design with person on front cover facing sideways, it’s different. Good proposed colour scheme with black and yellow, work well together, stand out. Might be little a difficult getting the contents design to as Ross has explained to me. Probably needs some variation in colour within the magazine, not just yellow and black throughout. But overall good choice for design and should work nicely’- Mum.

‘Decent idea, from sounds of it might be a bit hard to pull off. But if done right magazine could be very good. Good content ideas as well, the explanation of using a mix of well-known artists and existing artists, colour scheme is to my taste but does work, think it would have been better if using red instead of yellow.’- Dad.

 
  ‘Really really good design, similar to the design I did at my school for my media project. It’ll work really well especially if exactly, or near enough the same as the placed images he’s told me he’s put place in the magazine at the moment. For my media I used a wider range of colours, so for Ross to expand an make his magazine more interesting he should probably think about using like 3-4 more different colours.’- George.

Cover Lines

 

Mood Board

Production Diary 10

This week I've been involved in photo shooting for music magazine. I've taken around 20-30 photos, preferably I would have liked to have taken between around 60-80 photos but we ran out of time in our selected period for shooting. The range of photos that I have collected are of a decent quality and have a certain different style to them, meaning they are not all shot from one angle with seemingly the same image being produced every time, but are shot from high angles, low angles, side angles and so on. Further, the positioning of the person(s) in the shoot are different also. They people involved are shot showing side on views, sitting views, stand and laughing views and views integrated with instruments (holding instruments), instruments including bass and acoustic guitars. In addition, the people in the photographs have varied the styled of clothing, not by changing clothing due to having a short period of time, but by taking coats on and off, whilst also swapping coats at times. Even though not ideal it does just add some variety to the images displayed. If added to in another shoot, I would for one change the clothing of the persons taking part, secondly add some sort of technological equipment for example someone wearing headphones at the desk of a computer, and finally change the background of the shoot to outside or in a studio posing next to speakers or something similar. Whilst changing the factors as mentioned, I would also have to liked to of changed the motion of the people being shot, as almost all of the shots are static, but by taking some shots of people in motion the feeling of the magazine could be deemed to be more energetic and fitting for the content within the magazine.

Standard static Imaging:                   Motion imaging:
 

Production Diary 9

This week I've been planning for my photoshoot. I have managed to obtain a couple of friends who said that they'll happily help and take part. I have managed to get 2 people, ideally I would want to get 4-5 people but for the time being as a starting point, 2 is fine. I have been thinking of ideas for the way in which my participants could models themselves in different positions and stances for the shoot. I have a vahue idea of how I would like them to be shot, obviously most of my shots will be with them in static positions (no movement), but in order to progress and make my images stand out I would like to attempt motion imaging, where the people in the photographs give the impression to be moving and applying themsevles actively, whether that be playing an instrument, being at a computer typing or interacting with another person, for example putting a hand on the shoulder, laughing or pretend fighting. Also this week, I have managed to finish the majority of my magazine, obviously excluding the photos that I will take. Most of the text for my feature article is complete and alongside this are place holder pictures I have gathered off of the internet. The pictures I have chosen for my place holder pictures are similar to that of the pictures I feel I would like to use myself, meaning I would like to emulate the way in which the images are taken and the way that the musicians stand and such.



Photoshoot Ideas:

  

Contents Page Text

 

Social Media

How to contact us:

Facebook- Powermag- This our generic Facebook profile, which acts as questions centre and a place where we post videos and podcasts
                
- @More_Power- This Facebook group is for events held by us or any of our associates, additionally this group is more for our subscribers as there are specialist giveaways and articles made for these readers  

Twitter- @powermag -This is the account we tweet through and if you wish to ask any questions
          
- @PM10- This is the account to send us any suggestions for new articles aswell as informations on new artists, this includes artist profiles, songs and anything else  
       

Youtube- PMchannel10

Instagram- @mag_power10

Number- 07856319904

Fax- 07857778502

Email- power.magazine10@gmail.com

Flickr- POWER_10

Promotional Methods

I order to make my magazine more appealing, I shall include free giveaways, things such as tickets to concerts, holidays, game consoles, clothing and albums.

List of possible giveaways:
1. Tickets to Disclosure at Brixton academy
2. A Supreme hoodie and a choice of 3 supreme baseball caps
3. A holiday away to Ibiza
4. A holiday away to Malaysia
5. A PS4 with a bundle of 3 games (Destiny, Fifa 15, Call Of Duty)
6. 'Darwin's' hit new album 'Illusions'
7. Tickets to underground village in Shoreditch, London 
8. A chance to meet Kanye West at the unveiling of his new clothing range in New York



Competitions:
1. Name the artist- Half covered up picture of an artist

2. What is 'Jay-Z's' real name?
    A- Shawn Carter
    B- Steve Carter
    C- James Carte

3. In Darwin's new album 'Illusions' which two songs were recently mentioned as "Best dance tracks ever" by Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw?

4. What are the next lyrics 'Latch' by Disclosure?
    "Now I've got you in my space, I won’t let go of you, Got you shackled in my embrace.....................................
A- I'm gonna latch onto you
B- I'm latching onto you
C- I will latch onto you

5. For a chance to win a trip to New York sketch or photograph an album cover for Kaytranada's new single 'Journey'. The winner will be announced on our website on the 15th January

6. Back in August, Sam Smith announced he will be collaborating with.............on a full album in the new year. Who is that artist? 

A- Naughty Boy

B- David Guetta

C- Mr Carmack

D- Emeli Sande

E- Calvin Harris

7. In order to win a supreme hoodie and a choice of 3 Northface baseball caps (as pictured below), create a full detailed artist profile, this artist may be fictional or nonfictional, and which ever one we believe to be the best will win the prize. The winner will be announced on our website on the 15th of January. 

Name ideas and explanations

1. Power
2. Spark
3. Bass Mode
4. Club
5. Electric Sound
6. Bouncin'
7. Overload
8. Record
9. Smash
10. Universal Sound


Reasoning behind a few of the names:
1. Power- This is the final name I have chosen to use for my music magazine. This name signifies many things. Power can be interpreted as being strong, bold, alive (energetic) and supreme. The feeling for the reader after buying 'Power' magazine is supposed to be one of uplifting self-morale and confidence, hence the name. By feeling this the readers will seemingly be more inclined to regularly buy the magazine due to the feeling they have gained previously. Further, in comparison to my other name choices this one, for me, fitted better in relation to my genre of music.

9. Smash- This was my second final choice for my music magazine. This much like 'Power' is a bold upfront type of name, but on the other hand, it seemed more aggressive and had a more negative edge to it, as it could've been seen to be representative of say a punch or something breaking. In relation to my genre of music for the magazine, the name 'Smash' could mean a break through in music, hard hitting new music or an alternative more unorthodox way of looking at music.

10. Universal Sound- This was my third final choice for my magazine. Out of all my name choices even though I ultimately prefer 'Power', this name has the most friendly tone and for a wider audience seemingly would be more fitting. But unlike my final chosen name, this one is more open to all genres of music from an outside point of view, whereas 'Power' you can see that it's probably going to be affiliated more with dance/energetic music, whereas 'Universal Sound' sounds as if it refers to lots of genres from all over the world.