MUSIC MAGAZINE: Pop Music Videos

These are some pop music videos by mainstream artists who are signed by major labels.

MUSIC MAGAZINE: Artist Profile

MUSIC MAGAZINE: Artists within Pop

This is a prezi showing two major-label pop artists and their style and where they got their inspiration from. This research will help me deicide on how I want my model to be presented and what style she should have.

MUSIC MAGAZINE: Audience Research Focus

This is a video showing a few questions that I have asked my focus group to help me with my research on making my music magazine. The questions I asked were specifically directed towards my focus group for my music magazine. I concentrated on what conventions and what features of a magazine appealed to them the most which would help me decide on what features I should include in my magazine.

MUSIC MAGAZINE: Research Rationale

Research Rationale

For my music magazine the target audience I have chosen are aged between 16-19, this is because I am mostly surrounded by teenagers aged between this age range which makes it easier for me to conduct my market research. I will use this to my advantage as I can learn and understand what types of artists my target audience listen to and what conventions are most popular and liked, by knowing this information I will know what to include in my magazine as I know what things in a magazine appeal to my target audience.

To conduct my research I am going to make a survey either by asking questions to a few people and filming it or I am going to ask people to fill out the surveys in order for me to know what I should and shouldn't add in my music magazine. I'll also look at music magazines that are sold in supermarkets, corner shops and retail stationery stores to see what types of magazines are sold and what types of magazines consumers mostly buy.

After I have completed all the research that is necessary I will have shown how and why I have chosen to do certain things and why I haven't included certain things in my magazine. 

MUSIC MAGAZINE: Exploration of Magazine Typography

This post shows my research on typography and my opinions on different types of fonts. This research will help me decide  on what fonts I should use for my front cover, contents and double page spread.

MUSIC MAGAZINE: Magazine Moodboards/Market Research

The above pictures present my research on 4 different music magazines from different music genres. The reason why I conducted this research was to give me an idea of what is included in a music magazine and what magazine conventions I should include when producing my final piece. 

MUSIC MAGAZINE:Genre Research

MUSIC MAGAZINE: Magazine Deconstruction

This is a post to show my deconstruction of a music magazine. Deconstructing the magazine was helpful as I realised what conventions and what different USPs magazines have so that consumers are more likely to buy their magazine.

MUSIC MAGAZINE: Audience Research General (Results)

I decided to ask this question as I would like to know what my target audience would be willing to pay for a magazine. Another reason why I asked this question was because I wouldn't want to overprice my magazine, this might lead to less consumers buying it. The majority of the people I asked chose the option '£0-£2', I will use this to help me decide on how much to price my magazine.

The reason why I asked this question was because I wanted to know what to focus on the most when designing and creating my music magazine. The option that most people chose was 'The model'. This means that I will most likely focus on the model as I would like to deliver a music magazine successfully while catering what they would like in a music magazine.

I asked this question as I wanted to see what type of magazine my target audience would go for as different magazines are styled differently, this gave me a rough idea of what and how the layout of my magazine should be like. Most of the magazines are for different genres of music, this helps me know what music genre I should base my music magazine on.

This question was a general question I asked to help me know how many times people bought magazines and if magazines were still frequently bought as a lot of music information is online.

I chose to ask this question as I wanted to know what my target audience mostly liked reading so I know what to use for my cover lines which incorporate both music information and the other things that were chosen the most.  

MUSIC MAGAZINE: Brief Outline and Intro

My name is Nidhi Patel and I am a media studies student. This prezi will display my thoughts and ideas on the music magazine project.