Pop music videos (2014)

LLIAR analysis of music magazines

Language: The mast head and all the text on the front cover match either white or yellow to keep within a colour scheme, the writing is also an appropriate colour so it can be read over the colour of the background and the main picture . The main picture of the celebrity is covering the mast head but the masthead of the magazine is the same on every magazine and is a well known title for magazines and is easy to recognise. The model in the main image is looking straight forward at the camera, she isn't smiling or pulling any expression on her face under the picture of her it says her name in bold white writing so it is easy to see who it is underneath her name it says 'the queen of teen grows up' so she is stood looking straight at the camera to show she has grown up and she is more mature and dominant. She is also holding an M because her name begins with M.

Ideology: The ideology of this magazine is to attract their target audiences attention to buy the magazine over any other similar magazine. The ideology of this magazine is to attract teenagers who are interested in pop and R&B music to buy their magazine issue after issue. The colour scheme of the magazine is bright colours that relate to the genre of music the magazine is about. Purple is a good colour for the background because it isn't suited to just boys or girls it can appeal to both.

Institution: The company that owns this magazine is Prometheus Global Media, this company also publish 6 other magazines as well as Billboard. It is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. The magazine is devoted to the music industry.
Information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)   

Audience: The target audience for this magazine is young teenagers interested in pop music and pop singers.

Language: The masthead and the font on the magazine match to the colour scheme of pink, white and yellow these are all bright colours that would be associated with young teenagers. The models on the front of the magazine are a well known pop boy band, they are all stood so they can be seen easily by the camera and are all looking straight into the camera smiling. It doesn't actually say anywhere who the boys on the front are but assuming most people who would be interested in this magazine will know who they are they are quite recognisable. There is an arrow over the picture of the band that says 'wow! topless 1D inside' which could give an indication to who they are and why they are in the magazine. There are also pictures at the side of the magazine of different pop artists with their names and why they are in the article as well as the main band.

Ideogology: The ideology of this front cover is to attract young teenagers who are interested in pop to buy this magazine, the main picture on the cover is of one direction a popular pop band so they are trying to attract teenagers by using a picture of this boy band on the front cover. This magazine cover looks like it is more suited for girls as the colours are quite feminine and more suited for younger girls.

Institution: 
Top of the Pops magazine is a monthly publication published by Immediate Media Company. It features chart information, star gossip, fashion and beauty advice, quizzes, song lyrics and posters. It is a supplementary magazine for the TV show Top of the Pops until the latter was cancelled in 2006.
The magazine was launched in February 1995 and is famous for giving girl group The Spice Girls their nicknames^{[citation needed]}. Alongside a revamp of the TV show, it was originally marketed as the missing link between Smash Hits and NME, but its format was gradually changed, with less music content and a demographic shift to young girls. It is still in publication despite the cancellation of the TV show.
Immediate Media Company Limited (styled as Immediate Media Co) is a combined publishing house, combining the former assets of Origin Publishing, Magicalia and BBC Magazines. It was created in late 2011 following the clearance by the Office of Fair Trading of the purchase of BBC Magazines from BBC Worldwide by Exponent Private Equity. It publishes over 50 magazine titles including 23 BBC Worldwide titles under long-term licence^[1] as well as over 30 websites. It employs 750 staff^[2] in its offices in Hammersmith, London and in Bristol.^[3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops_(magazine)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immediate_Media_Company
Audience: The target audience for this magazine is young children/teenagers ages around 11-16 It is clear it is for a younger audience because of the artists on the cover, the sell lines used and the colours used.

Test shots

Two shot

Long shot

Posed shot

Medium close up

Close up bad framing 

Close up bad framing

Posed shot

Group shot

Group shot

Group shot

Pop artist moodboard

Interview

Target audience

Target audience




Main target audience: what to expect:

My music genre is pop, my recent research of pop music showed that the main target audience of pop music in general is teenagers and young teenagers about 8-17 years old. Most pop magazines are also aimed at that age audience so i am going to follow that and have my target audience as young teenagers aged 13-17 so the audience will be a bit older so i can target it at people my own age to make it easier to design and relate to. By going onto the magazines websites you can also see what the target audience by the way the website is laid out.

I can see from this magazine's website the target audience is young teenagers. I can see this from the colours used on the page in the header. blue, pink, yellow and green are all bright, eye catching colours and will appeal to a younger audience as well as making it clear that the target audience is a younger audience. Also the pictures used they are all pictures of young artists/bands that young teenagers will be interested in.

This magazine's website appears to be more mature than the other website and I can see that this magazine is aimed at an older audience perhaps older teenagers maybe 16+ although the genre is still pop the target audience is just older than other pop magazines. I can tell the magazine is pop from the website alone because of the pictures used. The artists on the home page are all pop artists. Also although there is a lot less colour on this page there is still some bright colours, in the logo for example. Showing it is a more mature pop magazine for a slightly older audience. This is sort of what I want my magazine to be like, I want a slightly older audience simply so I can relate to it more and it will be slightly easier if I aim it for people of my own age.

Target audience questionnaire

1. Are you male or female?

2. How old are you?

3. Are you:

• single
• In a relationship but not living together
• Living with a partner
• Married
• Widowed/Divorced/Separated

4. What is your current work status?

• Working full-time
• Working part-time
• At school
• At college/ Uni full-time

5.What is your approximate annual personal income?

• £10,000 or less
• £10,001 - £20,000
• £20,001 - £30,000
• £30,001 - £40,000
• £40,001 - £50,000
• Over £50,000

6. What is your approximate annual household income?

• £30,000 or less
• £30,001 - £50,000
• £50,001 - £70,000
• £70,001 - £90,000
• Over £90,000

7. Who are your three favourite bands/artists?

1.   ...

2.   ...

3.   ...

8. How many gigs/concerts have you been to this year?

9. Which festivals have you been to this year?

10. Which do you plan on going to next year?

11. What is your favourite music genre?

12. What magazines do you currently read?

13. What is your favourite food?

14. What is your favourite drink?

15. What are your hobbies/interests?

16. Where do you shop for clothes?

17. What supermarkets do you shop at?

         Tesco

         Morrison’s

         Asda

         Waitrose

         M&S

        

18. Do you buy music from iTunes or do you buy hard copies CD’s etc?

Male model moodboard

 

Female model moodboard

 

 

 

Colour board

 I am planning on using bright colours for my colour scheme on my magazine because my target audience will be teenagers and I want it to appeal to them and stand out. Also by looking at examples of existing pop music magazines the colour scheme includes bright colours as well as using black and white. However I don't want my magazine to look too childish as well as not looking too grown up.

General mood board

Font cover picture ideas and inspiration

Music genre prezi

Music magazine genre

Animation link:

Music genre by s0017162 on GoAnimate

Evaluation

College magazines

LLIAR analysis 

Language: The shot used for the magazine cover is a medium shot of a college student to show what the magazine is about/who it is for. The title is college which shows what the magazine is about. 

Ideology: The young girl is smiling to show she is happy at college and she enjoys it to appeal to college students.

Institution: the colleges involved in the magazines and the magazine itself. The house style is that the colour of the title is the same colour as the t-shirt that that the girl in the picture, all the font is the same style.

Audience: College students, young people, parents.

Representation: the girl on the front of the front of the magazine is smiling to make show she enjoys college and since the target audience is college students and young people if it has someone their own age on the front it will appeal to them. The main things on the front of the magazine (the girl and the title) are red to stand out.

Language: The name of the magazine is college which shows clearly it is a magazine about college for college students. the picture of the celebrity on the front appeals to the target audience because it is a popular celebrity that young people will know about. The shot used for the main picture of the magazine is a medium shot of the celebrity.

Ideology: The celebrity is well known to students and will attract young people, he is smiling and looks happy just like the students should be happy at college.

Institution: The college involved in the magazine and the magazine itself. The house style of the magazine is blue, black and yellow, the title and the text on the magazine are both blue. the rest of the writing on the cover is yellow. The background is a dark blue wall, the clothes the celebrity is wearing are black which doesn't take too much focus away from the main text and front cover but you can still notice the celebrity. 

Audience: college students, parents, young people.

Representation: The celebrity on the front is smiling and stood casually, it makes you wonder why there is a celebrity on the front of a college magazine which then entices you to either read the front cover or buy the magazine and read the whole thing. 

Language: The name of the magazines are all college so it shows they are all about college designed for college students the girl on the front looks like a young college student and is smiling to show she is happy and enjoys going to college, to appeal to the people reading the magazine. The shot used of the girl is a medium shot so you can see her emotion on her face.

Ideology: The young girl of on the front cover is young and represents a student at college she looks happy and confident.

Institution: The institution is the college involved in the magazine and the magazine itself, the house style are bright colours to appeal to the young audience and grab the readers attention also the name of the magazine is in red to show it is important. 

Audience: young people, college students, students, parents.

Representation: The girl on the front of the magazine that looks like a college student is happy and looks confident, a bit like she is posing for a school/college photo.

Moodboard - Genre and target audience

The target audience for my magazine is young people at college interested in sport in and outside of college. All sports but mostly; netball, football, rugby and dance. The magazine genre is a sports magazine but will only include sports information based on the college.