End of term progress check

Check the progress tracker to see what you need to complete to avoid catchup next Thursday.

Remember everything from the challenge target column to the coursework autumn grade column needs to be green.  Some of this is because you have started and not finished the post or just not uploaded it to the blog.

Time to get organised and get things sorted please....

Remember to see me when you have completed something so I can turn it green and update the tracker. 

Target audience homework

You now need to identify who the intended target audience is for your music magazine.

You need to identify what age range they fit into.  15-24, 25-35, 36+  or does your magazine appeal to more than one group?

Explain what gender breakdown they are in terms of the percentage ratio and why.

Explain what they are interested in doing in their spare time, where they shop, how they dress, what products they own or aspire to own.  How do they listen to music, do they buy music?  What format?  Do they stream music, what service do they use?  What social media platforms do they use?  Do they attend music events such as gigs or festivals? Which festivals? Who are their favourite artists/ bands/ genres of music?

You should also identify which socio-economic group or groups they might belong to using the JICNAR scale below
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Do elements of your target audience belong to particular social groups, what ethnic groups might they belong to?

Create a detailed profile of who your intended target audience is and post on your blog for our next lesson on Thursday.  

Photo shoot planning

Now that you have started to produce the mock-ups for your front cover you need to begin planning for the photos that you will need to take for the front cover in your own photo shoots.  These photos will need to feature people that will be convincing as musical artists. They will also need to feature props and costumes that will make them look relevant to a music magazine.   You will need to consider the location and how to light that location. Using a white sheet as a backdrop can be an effective tool to create the illusion of a photography studio.  You will need to try a few ideas for camera shots and try different costumes and looks.  You should aim to take 3 different approaches that you can then develop into mock-ups.  You should take many more photos than you need.  

Use the template below to help you plan these photos.

  

Homework

To complete 6 layout ideas for the front cover of your music magazine.

These need to be different to the designs you produced for your school magazine.

Please complete and upload to your blog for Tuesday 22nd November.

Mock-up for front cover of your music magazine

We are now going to start generating some mock-up ideas for our front cover for the music magazine.  Using a photo of a music artist that we source from google images we are going to layout the information for the front cover to follow the key conventions.  Select an appropriate font, colour and house style to suit the sub-genre of your music magazine. Make sure that you experiment and try things out.  When finished uploads the ideas to your blog.

NME brand identity, ideology and Q magazine