Planning Task 5 : Mock Up of Cover 1 and 2

 I have roughly imagined the images I would like to include for my front cover pages. My first plan for my image shows how a drum and bass event will look like, with the DJ being the focus is exemplifies the main focus of these events. However, my second image plan is a singular person, this connotes a deeper meaning of people finding peace by themselves with something they love, having this image I believe will stand out to many as its a unique way of advertising music, other than being in large crowds. 

Planning Task 4 : Front Cover Design

 

Independent Research Task : Familiarisation with Wix.com

 

Wix.com is a website that enables easy use for all users of the website, by having an accessible website, it will ensure that users who don't have much design experience can create their own things, for example, my music magazine front cover. Furthermore, Wix provides templates, including some specifically for print magazines which you can customize and fit to your specific ideas. In addition to this, Wix comes with wide range of editing and typography assets, this allows users to create unique designs tailored to their wants, making Wix a very popular website for those who are new but also familiar with design websites. 

Due to Wix providing easy to read, step by step instructions, like shown above, it is an easy website for new users to understand how to create their wanted designs to add into their work. By having these clear instructions it maps out clearly how to get your desired fonts, images and editing. 

Planning Task Three: Masthead Design

 

I've designed my masthead and strapline to be bold, allowing my magazine to hopefully stand out to readers when looking for a magazine. I believe all of these mastheads have an eye-catching effect, however, my chosen design is the bottom design, this is because I believe it stands out to readers without an overly harsh effect which may draw more attention. As the strapline is a thinner font, i think it connotes an element of class and subtleness, allowing readers to deeply recognize the vast range of artists and songs that can be found within the drum and base genre. 

Planning Task Two : 60 Second Pitch

 Script:

Hello, my name is Maisy and I am here to pitch 'BEATZ', a new music magazine aimed at a 16-25 year old mainstream audience. This is a magazine focusing primarily on the drum and bass genre, this is due to drum and bass being post popular as I analysed my target audience research. 

'BEATZ' will first be launched at £3.50 to encourage my target audience to buy the magazine, starting in January 2025. However, this price will increase to £4.50 when the second edition launches. 

The strap line to my magazine is, 'Enter the new realm', which would hopefully encourage my audience to introduce themselves to a new genre. The readers of my magazine can expect to find interviews with names known world wide, including Hedex, dates to upcoming events including festivals/DJ sets and many competitions to win things such as free tickets or discounts to your chosen event.

I will make sure that my content is appealing to my audience through using bright colour schemes and images featuring well known artists and events to encourage my audience to buy each edition.

Thank you for taking time to listen to my pitch. 

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Planning Task One : Magazine Title and Strapline

 For my music magazine I have chosen the masthead 'BEATZ', this is because from my target audience research, most of the replies submitted were more interested in the drum and bass genre. For the target age group, this is the same opinions as many other people, I know this because of social media. Many people are interested in new and upcoming artists such as Pawsa and Sosa. In my opinion the masthead 'BEATZ' reflects the young and exciting music that my target audience may be enticed by. Furthermore, I have chosen 'Enter the new realm', I feel like this is not only an intriguing strap line but it also describes the introduction of a newly popular genre.

Research Task Nine : Target Audience Research And Analysis

In order to conduct my research and analysis, I completed an online forms questionnaire for both my friends, school mates and family to complete, this allowed me to gain an understanding in what they would not only expect in a music magazine but also the genres, artists and events that they are most interested in. As I was able to send it out to my friends and family, I have gained information from a middle-market audience with a range of ages, from 16-25. This allows me to have a wider understanding about the type of music particular ages prefer, finding specific trends of music, genre and events depending on a younger or older age demographic. 

My results have allowed me to infer that the slightly older demographic, ages ranging from 20-25, listen to more chill, easy listening to music. this can show trends within the ages as this age group may have grown up listening to this genre of music. Furthermore, the response show that they find out more about music through sources such as radios and TV, this follows the generic conventions of this age group as they are less likely to be on social media compared to the younger audience. In addition to this, statistics show that 99% of 16-17 year old's used social networking sites in the last 12 months compared to a slight decrease of 87% 25 year old's using social media. This adds a further understanding that younger ages are more likely to find out about music through social media instead of other factors such as radio and Television. 

Moreover, from my research I have understood that not many people buy music magazines, this is because they either simply don't want to but also they can find the information that they want to know about on social media. This links to the fact of print magazines' circulation slowly decreasing due to digital platforms gaining more popularity. However, my responses cover the same topics, if people were to buy editions of a music magazine they would want upcoming artists, famous artists and events to be included. Therefore, my research allows me to gain an understanding that people are interested in new topics in music, but also, they would be more inclined to buy a music magazine if the front cover and contents pages entice readers and stand out to audiences. This includes bold typography, eye-catching images and colours, allowing magazines to stand out from others. Leading on from this, people decided they would pay a price ranging from £2.50-£5.00, this follows the generic conventions of prices when comparing to other magazines. 

In conclusion to this, my research has allowed me to discover the differences between a ranging age group and music interests. It has also given me advice on how a specific target audience would feel more inclined to purchase a magazine based on the appearance. 

Here are my results: