College Magazine Pages (Practice Task)

 This is the front cover of my college magazine.

This is the contents page of my college magazine.

Research For College Magazine

I decided I am going to create an art edition and to go for a creative but professional look for the magazine. I wanted to do a more punchy graphic front cover with an edited photograph as part of the contents would be how to use Photoshop. For the contents of the magazine I am including a quick guide to Photoshop, local gigs and events, prior clubs and activities, the available student discounts and equipment for the new term. I decided to use this for the contents as in my questionnaire most people said they wanted a music section in the magazine and their favourite subject area was the arts but I also decided to add a few generals interest pieces to catch the attention of the audience in general.

Audience Questionnaire Conclusion(s) for practice task college mag

Questionnaire

Gender:
Male □ (3)
Female □ (2)
What is your favourite genre of music?
Rock □ (3)
Metal □ (1)
Pop □
Dance □ (1)
What are your religious beliefs?
Don’t have any
I don’t believe in God
Catholic
None
Christian
What is your ethnicity?
Caucasian
White British
White
Caucasian
White
What would you define your clothing style as?
Emo □ (1)
Punk □
Chav □
Normal □ (4)
Which class would you say you are?
Upper Class □
Middle Class □ (5)
Lower Class □

What are your hobbies?
Listening to music, watching movies, gym, out with friends
Music, films
Stuff
Sports
Playing guitar, listening to music
What is your favourite subject area?
Arts □ (2)
Maths □ (1)
Sciences □
English □ (2)
What is your nationality?
British
English
English
British
English
What political party would you vote for?
Labour □ (2)
Conservatives □
Liberal Democrats □ (2)
BNP □
Other □ (1)
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Go to the gym, movies, games, music
Be with friends and family
Don’t know
Play sports
Sing, dance, play guitar
Which of the following is the most important to you?
Success □ (2)
Friends □ (1)
Status □
Respect □ (2)

Do you feel driven by the need to succeed?
Yes □ (2)
No □ (3)
Would you mind telling me what job(s) your parents do and what you aspire to be?
Plasterer & shop owner. Unsure what I want to do.
Cleaner and steel worker. Unsure.
Something to do with money in Tarmac. My mum us something to do with kids in the council. Programmer.
Sports coach
Graphic designer
What information would you most like to read in a college magazine?
Music section
Just information about the college
Good info
Sports section
Music section
Do you want to go to university?
Yes □ (5)
No □
Do you prefer to be?
Alone □
In a small group of friends □ (5)
Centre of attention □
Who is your biggest influence/ inspiration?
Probably a band I like such as: Johnny Cash or Iron Maiden
I don’t know
Juninho
Don’t know
Don’t know
Don’t know
When you go shopping do you always buy the same brand?
Yes □ (2)
No □ (3)
Do you feel the need to belong to a group of friends?
Yes □ (5)
No □

Do you care about the environment?
Yes □ (4)
No □
Other (Please Specify) □ (1)

These are my questions and results. All readers will be 16-18, all of them like being in a small group of friends and feel the need to belong to a group of friends. Most of them care about the environment, all of them want to go to university but most are unsure what they want to work as. All of them are social grades B, C1 or C2 and all are British. Also they all mostly belong to either the Belonger or Emulator Achiever psychographic profiles.

I decided on what questions I would ask based on the subjectivities which are: Age, Gender, music taste, what they find funny, Hobbies, Interests, Activities, Clothing style,Ethnicticity,Nationality,Religion,Location,Education,Lifestyle,Personality,Politics,Class,Self-image,Family,Income,Tastes,Psychology. I tried to produce questions that covered all these subjectivities in my questions. Also these questions are quite subtle at finding out information to categorise them into social groups.

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Juxtaposition

This is the first blog of my music magazine coursework project. Over the course of this blog, I will show you how I have been building up ideas for my music magazine.
I am particularly interested in the Indie / screamo genre. In perticular, Bing me The Horizon and Bullet For My Valentine.The most natural choice of magazine for me to study is Kerrang.
Kerrang magazine is a magazine for people who like rock music in gereral, focusing on both old and new bands.
These are the best-selling magazines Kerrang followed by NME.
Here are Links to existing Magazines, music fanzines and webzines.
NME http://www.nme.com/home http://www.nme-magazine.com
Kerrang http://www.kerrang.com
Metal Hammer http://www.metalhammer.co.uk
Q http://www.qthemusic.com
Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com
Mix Mag http://www.mixmag.net
Rock Sound http://www.rocksound.tv/index.php
Mojo http://www.mojo4music.com/blog
Smash Hits http://www.smashhits.net
Uncut http://www.uncut.co.uk
Vibe http://www.vibe.com
Myspace www.myspace.com
www.spotify.com
www.grooveshark.com
Music Blog http://www.musicbyday.com
Fanzine http://www.fastnbulbous.com