Questionnaire

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Questionnaire Results

Below there are a series of graphs showing the data which i collected for the different questions which were asked throughout my questionnaire.

This graph shows the results for the first question of my questionnaire, the results show that there was an equal number of males to females who carried out the questionnaire.

The second question which I asked was which colour scheme would they most like to see on the magazine, the most popular answer was red so I chose to have a red colour scheme throughout my magazine.

For this question I asked what magazines they frequently purchase, the most popular magazine which was bought on a regular basis was Look magazine.

In this question I asked how much they would be willing to spend on a magazine, the most popular answer was £5.00, but as I thought that not everyone would buy it for that price, I chose to sell my magazine for £3.00 as it was a more reasonable price.

This question asks

Questionnaire

Questionnaire

1.       
Are you:

Male                 Female          Rather not say

2.       Age:
         ________

3.       Who is your favourite band/artist?
_________________________________________________________________________

4.       What is your favourite colour?
_________________________________________________________________________

5.       What magazines do you frequently buy?
_________________________________________________________________________

6.       If you were to buy a magazine, how much would you spend on it?
_________________________________________________________________________

  7.       How often to you buy magazines?
Daily                      Weekly                                 Monthly               Hardly Ever 

8.       What three words would you associate with an indie magazine?
_______________
_______________
_______________


9.       What are your likes and dislikes about music magazines?

Likes	Dislikes

     10.   If you were to make an indie magazine what would you call it?
_________________________________________________________________________

11.   Which type of image would you put on the cover?
Long Shot of Artist
Close Up of Artist 
Mid-Shot of Artist

12.   If you could chose a feature article on a band, who would you chose?
_________________________________________________________________________

Video of audience research

Codes and Conventions of a double Page Spread

All magazine double page spreads must have:

• heading
• font size
• drop cap
• drop quote
• strap line
• byline
• main image
• stand first
• column

A heading is - the title of the text usually spread across the top of the page

The size of the font is normally between 9-12

A drop cap is when the first letter of the text is bigger than the rest of the article text

A drop quote is when a quote from the article is placed in a larger font on the page

A strap line is a short bit of text at the top of the page

The byline is where the name of the interviewer and the photographer is written in small text

The main image links directly to the content of the text

The stand first sums up the article with a darker background and a larger font

Most articles are usually structured in columns

Initial plans

For the initial plans we have to make decisions about:

• The price of our magazine
• The frequency of publication e.g. weekly, monthly, every two weeks
• Average issue size
• Regular content
• Feature articles

For my magazine I chose to price is inbetween: £2 - £2.75,
I chose this price as my magazine will be issued monthly rather than weekly because the issue size will be between 110-125 pages per issue.

The regular content will consist of:
'This weeks top 40'
'Ask us your questions'
'This weeks most downloaded'
'Contact your favourite star'

The feature articles for my magazine:
'An exclusive view of the King Of Leons latest concert'
'Most listened to song of the year!'
'Whats on'

Magazine Research

Title : Q
Cover Price : £3.99
Publisher : Bauer
Genre : Indie/Alternative
Issue Frequency : Monthly
Issue size : 115-132The magazine features: new releases , reissues , music compilations, film and live concert reviews, as well as radio and television reviews. It uses a star rating system from one to five stars; indeed, the rating an album receives in Q is often added to print and television advertising for the album in the UK and Ireland. It also compiles a list of approximately eight albums, which it classes as the best new releases of the last three months.

Title : Mojo
Cover Price : £4.50
Genre : Indie/Rock
Issue Frequency : Monthly
Feature articles-JOHN & YOKO: In a MOJO world exclusive, French journalist Henry Pessar unlocks his treasure trove of never-seen-before photos documenting John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s first days of marriage in 1969. 
ANTONY HEGARTY: He spent 10 years as the toast of New York’s underground art scene before hit records and critical acclaim brought his mesmeric music into the public arena.
PEARL JAM: From the grungy streets of Seattle they came, armed to the teeth with a sound that could flatten a building.

Title : NME
Cover Price : £2.20
Genre : Indie/Alternative
Issue Frequency : Weekly
Issue Size : 70

The Inbetweeners take a break from baring their gonads on the telly to do some work experience at NME with typically filthy results. We also speak to the actors behind the characters to find out what it’s like to be riding a wave of critical and popular acclaim (capsule answer: bloody great).

Evaluation

To complete my preliminary task i used two different programs, 'Photoshop' and 'QuarkXPress'. For me i found producing my front cover easier than the contents page as i am more familiar with the program as I have used it multiple tomes before for various different tasks throughout the media course.

When learning how to use 'QuarkXPress' it made the production of my contents page easier to layout and quicker to make. QuarkXPress can only be used to produce a contents page. When designing my contents page on QuarkXPress I used guidelines to make sure that when i inserted text and images that they were in line and so that it looked more like a professional magazine.

My magazine follows and deviates from the codes and conventions of original magazines as it has:

• mast head
• main image
• issue number and date
• bar code
• bold font
• a number of cover lines

My magazine doesn't have the following:

• tag line
• buzz words

Although these are compulsory for magazines I didn't think that it was necessary for my school magazine to have them.


This is what my front cover looks like:

For my front cover I didn't follow my sketch as when it came to producing my front cover I had different idea's as to when I made my sketch. Although I didn't follow my sketch I still followed the portfolio booklet with the way it should be set out and the cover lines.


This is what my contents page looks like:

My contents page follows the sketch with i produced for what I would like it to look like. Although I changed the bottom left hand corner so instead of having a section based on competitions I chose to change it to an image showing a 'keeping fit' lesson. The cover lines that were on the front cover of the magazine are all in a separate section to make them stand out and to make the contents page seem more interesting.

I found this task easy to complete and it was an enjoyable exercise to get us ready to complete our coursework piece. I preferred creating the contents page as I enjoyed using a new software and learning how to create a contents page the way that professional editors would. Overall I found the preliminary task and enjoyable piece of work to complete and the preparation for the task was easy to complete too.

Screen Shots

As we were completing our front coverwewere asked to take screen shots:

This screen shot shows when I imported the main image into photoshop

This screen shot shows my main image and the background

This shows my background image, barcode, price, issue date and cover lines

This image shows when I inserted my mast head

This was my final piece.

Preliminary Task - Front Page and Contents Draft

For our preliminary task we had to take photographs and edit them to create a front cover and a contents page for a school magazine.
During today's lesson we had to draw a sketch of what we want our front cover and contents page to look like. 
Here's the layout which I chose for my task:

• For my front cover I chose to spread the main image across the centre of the page 
• My cover stories are spread out across the main image
• The bar-code and price are in the corner of the page 
• The title of the magazine is 'PupilPerfect' 

The layout for my contents page:

• The main cover story is on the left hand side with a image
• All of the cover stories are along the right hand side of the page with the story headings with the page numbers
• In the bottom right hand corner there are 4 images of feature stories with the correct page numbers to go with the relevant story
• In the middle of the page there is a section where is tells you about stories that are featured on the fronmt cover of the magazine