Weekly Review

This week i did my questionnaire my finall textuiall anaylsis on MixMag. I also made a poll and wrote my treatment. This week i will be writting my photoshoot plan, and take the photos amnd edit if needed so. Also i have started to make my mock designs and i will carry on with these.

Treatment

Golden Pop


Target readership- Golden Pop is a teenage pop magazine aimed at 13-16 year old, can also be read by people who are interested in pop music. The audience who read this will be interested in fashion, gossip and advice, they reader will like to hear about other girls problems. The average Golden Pop girl reader will enjoy meeting up with her freinds and doing there hair and makeup. Golden Pop is for the girl who cant wait to hear the gossip about new bands and whats going on in celebrity life's.

Form and Style- Golden Pop will be an A4 colour magazine filled with pink and yellow colours, Golden Pop will contain fashion and school advice, also the main topic pop music, the new girl band and the top hits.The front cover models will be of a new girl band that has hit top spot in the charts. In other Golden pop magazines famous music artists will be on he front cover, all front cover photos will be mid close up shots. The coverlines will be showing what other music topics are taking place in the magazine and briefly parts with advice for fashion and school. The straplines will advertise competitions this will be bright to stand out. The graphics will be bold and highlighted to catch the readers eye, also there will be many topics on the front cover to show that the magazine is good for the price. The price will be costing at £2 this is affordable to everyone.

Themes and Typical features- Golden Pop, will have the typical features of hair, beauty, fashion and relationships, as this is a teenage magazine. The main theme will be music as its a music magazine, there will be a strong view on male pop bands as this a is teenage girl magazine. The strong feature will be lyrics of the pop songs, as he rating of different songs, also the top 10 each 2weeks. Also there will be reviews on new music videos, there also may be a free CD. The articles and interviews will use familiar language to the mode of address (teenage girls), to make the magazine feel as entertaining.

Potential Advertising- A range of companys will advertise in this magazine, like topshop, tampax, newlook etc.. these types of advertisemnet will be becuase its aimed at young teenager girls. these will be advertised on pages that are next to articals.

Editorial Teams- The editorial team for Golden Pop, will be made up of experienced writers in music and designers. The team will be mainly women as they can interact with girls better, around the age of 25, but readewrs wil be asked to contribute there ideas and views.There will also be reviews from bands there selfs to see what views they have from there point of view.

Colour choice for a teenage pop magazine...
	Pink and yellow
	Pink
	Purple
	Pink and purple
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Textual Analysis

Mix Mag-

Front cover-
Mix mag is aimed at (target market) old teenagers who are interested in DJ/club. There is only 2 pictures on the front cover with one of them a mid-shot, this is the main picture of David Guetta, underneath his face there is a pun "Guetta load of this!" with the colour of the text contrasting to his clothes to stand out. The colour of text is yellow and white, the yellow can be compared to being neon which resembles club. The feature of there being a free mix CD make you want to buy the magazine more attracted you to it. With the background being very basic it makes everything else stand out. The features in the corner want to make you read the magazine as you may like the featured artists. The word "FEATURING" stands out as its bold and in capital letters. The spiky bubble text box stands out, they have made this stand out to show its the last one this year. Certain words are highlighted to show the importance of them .





Contents page-
The contents page has a black background so all the words can stand out a the wodrs are mainly in white. It has the date at the top of the page to show which magazine it is. The page numbers are in different colours to stand out as you need to know the page number to find pages quickly. The main parts of each page are bold to stand out and catch your eye. There is a main picture on the contents page of a girl clubbing this is for "last minute guide to the best NYE parties" the mise-en-scene for this picture connects to the contents of the page being advertised at she is wearing a "I love NY NY" top. There is a strapline along the bottoms advertising the free CD you get and the track numbers. The contents page for this is very basic with not to much this can give you the modern look. There are to contents pages but i have focused on the 1st one. The 2nd page there is a photo of the front cover this is very common with contents pages, i will choose to do this in my contents as well.

Questionnaire

Please fill in my questionnaire.

The genre of music i have chose is pop for teenage girls.

1. Should the main colours of the magazine be?

1. Pink and yellow


2. Pink and purple


3. Different shades of pink

2. What age group should i chose?

1. 12-14


2. 13-15


3. 13-16

3. How often do you read magazines?

1. Once a week


2. Twice a week


3. Three times a week


4. None

4. Do you enjoy looking at pictures more then reading long articals?

1. Yes


2. No

5. Would you find a interview intereseting as a double page spread?

1. Yes


2. No


3. Sometimes

6. Any ideas of a name for a pop magazine?

7. Which font do you prefere?

Thankyou for your time.

weekly review

This week I have started my action plan and finished my textual anaylsis for the magazines. Next week i wil be choosing my name and my doing a poll and questionnaires.

Textual Anaylsis- Top of the pops

Top of the pops magazine is targeted at teenage girls, and the genre of music is pop. There is a strong brand identity with the colours of the magazine being pink and there having many popstars on the front cover distinguishes the magazine from others. The mast head runs along the top but isn't very noticeable as Cheryl's head covers the middle part but the main words are showing "top & pops". As this magazine is targeted at young teenage girls the designers do not wont to make it boring and put bullet pointed coverlines, so they have done the coverlines in bubbles, text boxes and pictures. At the bottom of the front cover there is a strapline/coverline with it showing that there are 6 hot posters inside with the graphics next to it giving a preview of what they are also they are in a pink textbox, like all the other texts. The font on the front cover and through out the magazine changes to what the writer is talking about. The font is connected to the genre of age as its different and stands out, and also is more appealing to read. There are 2 based colours which are white and pink these to have a comparison as when one is on top of another one stands out. Abbreviations are used "OMG!" this relates to the mode of address as its young teenagers they talk in this way. There are many lures on the front cover showing what is inside the magazine and the page numbers, the lure can be used to make the customer want to read more and buy it. There is a lure with members of the jls band, "JLS SIGNED HOODIE" the quote i have pasted is in a different font this could show that the offer of a jls hoodie is exclusive and different. The mid-close up shot of Cherly is the main picture in the centre of the page, the colour of her top is white which connects with the white and pink theme. Speech bubbles are used to add entertainment as the editor has made humor to the celebrities.

Contents page-

For top of the pops there was not a contents page so i picked a page that has features of a contents page. The features of a contents page would be that there is a text box about the BBC, a "Meet the TOTP magazine team". There is not a theme of pink and white its white and yellow. The features of a contents page are in a purple textbox this stands out as its important information. The headline shows the byline of who wrote it which was "Dick & Dom". There is no hybird as its all one genre, (young teenage pop). The mode of address is chattyy, informal and entertaining, they use this type of mode of address to connect to the audience. Cropping pictures is very common, as you can crop the picture to a certain size and certain parts, they use this with the "hot bod" man. The layout, is a copy and simailar to a contents page. Graphics have been used with spiltting an image to show the spilt in there relationship. There are competitions at the top to win makeup, this is a feature of maybe a contents page.

Double page spread-

The double page spread i have picked to anaylsis is a double page spread that im thinkng of doing in my own magazine. The double page spread is of an interview with a picture of "Robert Pattinson" this picture of him takes a whole page but is spread over both pages with the background of the picture being behind the text. There is a yellow text box running along the bottom on each page showing that the two pages are connected together. There are stars in between each letter "R*O*B*E*R*T" these could show that he is famous. The stars continue on each page with the pink and yellow theme. The interview that taken place has been layed out into columes. The grapics for the word "vote" the v is in a form of a tick they have done this because the tick means vote. The layout of this page is that the texts boxes overlapp to push everything in. This peice of writting is aimed at an audience who like hot new actors so putting it in this magazine is a particullar good choice. There is a caption were a picture has been taken with pattinson knowing and a text box with writting about it this adds humour for the audience.

Textual Anaylsis

(Kerrang!)


Front Cover-





Kerrang! The title of kerrang sounds like a guitar this connects to what the music magazine is based around, the target market would be people who are into rock. The front cover for Kerrang is based with red and black colours. The masthead is in a different font to the rest of the text and stands out as its white text behind a black background. The main focus of the picture is the man in the center of the magazine, this is a mid close up shot with his shoulders in shot. The main picture connects with the cover line as the man in this picture is from guns n'roses. All the text is in capitals this makes it easier to read, also stands out. There is a red theme on the front cover with little parts of white the white stands out and empathises the main parts. The circle with the the price overlapping the masthead is eye catching as when you read the masthead it overlaps and catches your eye. There are coverlines at the bottom left hand side which are not very eye catching but if your interested you will read everything. There is a PLUS sign so this will catch your eye to read it. The barcode is in the corner for convience to scan. There is a strap line with competitions on winning a signed guitar. There are dashs of red around the magazine in important places these dahs of ed catch your eye therfore, your eyes scan all the main aspects of the front cover of the magazine.

Action Plan for main task

Week 1-

Write Action plan
Textual analysis for other magazines and contents pages

Week 2-

Questionnaire
Pick type of music magazine (pop, rock)
Pick name

Week 3-

Mock designs (front cover & contents page)
Photo shoot

Week 4-

Continue photo shoot

Week 5-

Start designing front page then contents page
Get feedback
Start final design

Week 6-

Finish final design
Evaluation

Week 7-

Final checks on presentation