Evaluation Q.7

Evaluation Q.6

Evaluation Q.5

How did you attract/ address your audience?

The way in which I did attract/address my audience was look at other professional magazines which we’re R&B magazines; however I also incorporated feedback I received from my audience research.

This is one example of a professional magazine I looked at. It is from the magazine XXL; things I looked were the use of the photography, language techniques and layout design.

The artists are in focus and are looking directly at the camera, so I took this idea and used it for my own front cover. Also in terms of language techniques, there aren’t much sell lines with long descriptions as it allows us to focus on the main image itself so I decided to illustrate this idea with my front cover.

 Besides from looking at other professional magazines for ideas and inspiration, I went back to my audience research to gain some ideas.  Most  of responses were from younger demographic of 16-25 so I had to make sure that the type of language could be relatable to them and they would find the articles and sell lines intriguing. In terms of colours, responses varied, some wanted dark colours whereas some thought a bright colour would look best so I tried my best to illustrate this within my media products. Costumes was something I did take into consideration and most of my responses showed that edgy, street clothing is what helped to represent R&B so I made my made my models wear these.

Evaluation Q.4

Who would be the audience for your media product? from maureen97

Evaluation Q.3

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

 A) What magazine publishing house might own your computer? IPC, EMAP, CONDE NAST?

The company I would want to publish my magazine is called Townsquare Media. Although they are an American firm, they have been highly successful with r&b/hip hop magazines such as XXL; monthly sales are about 300,000 per month both distributed online and physical copies.

B) Where might your magazine be distributed?

 For my own music magazine I would want mine to be distributed online mostly as my target audience are young & they mostly use their devices compared to actually buying the physical copy. However I will be selling them in music stores & book stores so that I can cater for the percentage who like to read from paper.

C) How frequently will be the magazine be circulated? Will it be available through subscription?

 I decided to make my magazine monthly as that allows me to talk about content much more easily & broaden it more, also each month will give me the opportunity to talk about different topics. My magazine will be sold for £2.99.

Evaluation Q.2

Evaluation Q.1

FRONT COVER FINAL

CONTENTS PAGE FINAL

DPS FINAL

First draft for front cover

Sketch for front cover

This is a rough sketch for my front  page. I made the masthead 'sync' as that's what I want to name my magazine. My models will be both a male and female to show more gender equality from the magazine. In terms of sell lines, I wouldn't want many, maybe just a maximum of 3; this is because I want the focus to be on the artists and their main story.

process of second draft

Second draft screenshots

First draft for contents page

Rough sketch for contents page

This is a rough sketch of how I wanted my contents page to look like. I would include 3 images and place them in the centre and the bottom would contain the writing.

Process for draft 1

DRAFT 1

DPS photoshoot analysis

Sketch of DPS layout

This is a sketch of my double page spread. I created this outline as I wanted to make my layout different from conventional magazines. Reasons for images were that I wanted one main image of the girl group leaning across the wall, each giving a different pose then I would add three sub images of each individual girl doing different poses which best represented their personalities.
The title DMC: Second time lucky was to give a taste of what the article is about, I had changed up the phrase 'second time a charm' to second time lucky.

DPS story

Second time’s a charm 

 Remember DMC, the girl group which took the UK by storm? Well they’re back! This cute teen group are back from their 5 year hiatus and are fiercer than ever.

Once upon a time, three 12 year olds were on a school trip where they decided to sing an acoustic version of ‘Baby Cakes’ not knowing they were being filmed by a bystander. The video went viral, achieving more than 10 million views on YouTube in less than a week. Fans were asking for more music, more covers. This was very overwhelming for the three best friends, Chelsea, Delilah and Michelle but their passion for music is what made them release their first single ‘ Girl’s best friend’ which landed itself in the number ones spot in the UK’s streaming chart. They were stars overnight, their innocent look and angel-like voices is what made them unique and appealing to different record labels. However as their fame rose, the critics started complaining about how young the girls were and that they wouldn’t be able to survive the music industry. After a long deliberation with the girl’s family members, they decided to put their passion on pause so that they could focus on their education. The girls remember that sad day, it was a rainy afternoon and decided to meet up at Forest Gate McDonalds; they then tweeted the sudden split on their twitter page.

 ‘It was a tough decision, we didn't want our dream to be put on hold’ – Delilah 

Throughout the five year hiatus, the girls were much focused with their studies and kept their names out of the public eye. Five years later, the girls received their GCSE grades and all achieved 20 A*- C all around. The girls talked about secondary school being a once in a lifetime opportunity and they wanted to experience it before they started making music again. On December 19 2014 the girls announced they were back from their hiatus via twitter. News of this spread and the girls started trending, fans tweeting news such as ‘I can’t wait to hear more music from them’` a girl’s best friend… oooooo*music note* can’t wait for the album’. Sitting down and talking to DMC was interesting, I don’t think I’ve ever met a more passionate group before. Most of the girl’s background are from the rural streets of East London and they all come from diverse family units however this hasn’t stopped the girls from pursuing their dreams.

‘I think God’s gift to us was our voices, we always knew deep down this was what we was put on earth to do’ – Michelle

 DMC also talked about their upcoming album ‘3’ being a different sound to how they were originally portrayed. They have transformed from sweet, innocent girls to fierce, strong women and I think this will be shown beautifully in their debut album. I’m looking forward to seeing these girls progress within their music career, maybe second times is a charm indeed.

Audience Research