Music Magazine-Researching magazine companies

I researched 6 different magazine companies:

• Conde'


• EMAP


• National magazine company


• BBC worldwide


• IPC


• Future

• I researched information about these 6 companies. Launch dates, what they've produced and other fact. I researched these to give me a better insite into magazine companies and what they consits of and how they influence magazine production and marketing.
  

Conde'

• conde' produce magazines like : Vouge, Glamour, Vanity Fair, GQ and Tatler.
• The company was launched in 1907.
• They produce hand bag size magazines that appeal to many women including busy buisness woman and the traditional housewife.
• The comapny was one of the first internet publishers in 1995.
• They have a US pariet company which controls UK subsidiary of the conde' comapny.

EMAP

• The company was formed in 1947
• They have both UK and US officeses
• They own their own media companies such as CAP and planet retail.
• They produce omega, computer and video games and magazines.

National Magazine company

• They are nicknamed-"Natmag"
• They are based in London
• They were esablished in 1901
• They produce magazines like: Bazzar, country living, cosmo, mens health, goodhouse keeping, reveal, real people nd many others.

BBC worldwide

• Partially government funded
• They have offices throughout the world.
• They have published: Good food, Radio times and the top gear magazine.
• The top gear magazine has been published in 30 different countries
• BBC worldwide is the UKs third largest consumer magazine company.

IPC

• This company is the leading UK magazine publisher.
• They are an international publishing comapany.
• They were founded in 1963 and are based in London
• They own over 80 magazines including : NME, now, woman, nuts, world soccor, instyle and many more.
• They sell over 350 million copies each year.
• They are owned by Time Inc. who are part of the Timewarner company.
  

Future

• They were founded in 1985
• They are based in bath.
• They produce: games, films and music magazines.
• Their top 5 music magazines are: Xbox 360 official, Total films, T3, classic rock and official playstation.
• They have over 100 magazines and over 70 websites.
• They have official titles for microsoft, sony and nintendo.

Music Magazine-Making "BIGGA SOUNDZ"

My task was to creat a fornt cover, contents page and double page spread feature for my very own music magazine. I made a mind map of my ideas to help me see a little clear about what i actually wanted to produce. I decided:

• My target audience.


• Possible magazine names


• A description of my made up band


• The tree main colours on the front cover


• The over all theme of the magazine.


• A possible design layout

I stuck mostly, to the initail design that i produced of the magazine, making a few minor changes here and there.
The most difficult part of creating my magazine was deciding what to include on the front cover and how to fit it all in, lay it out and make it look realistic. I had to make various decisions and develop on ideas to make the magazine look how i wanted it to. Organising the photo shoot was difficult as i had to decide who i wanted to pose in my photos and where to shoot the photos.

I believe i managed my time very well and included everything in my magazine that i wanted to include. It was a difficult task, but fun at the same time. I belive that my final design is realistic and looks like a real R'n'B music magazine.

Music Magazine- My target audience

Whilest making my magazine i had to base most of my ideas on the target audience. I had to choose who and what age i wanted my magazine to be aimed at. I decided that my typical target aundience is someone in their early 20s, who loves going out clubbing, partying and socialising. My target reader love music (mainly R'n'B) and people who love the same music and things as them. They like knowing all celebrity gossip ad new songs and albums that are being released and they always have to be at the centre of every party and event. BIGGA SOUNDZ is aimed at both males and females.

Music Magazine-The photo shoot

When doing my photo shoot for my magazine i had to think about a few crutial things:

Mise-en-scene:

Location, Lighting, Make-up, Costume and Props. Here are some of my picture that i took:

Music Magazine-Questionaire and its feedback

I created a questionaire for my magazine so i could get some feedback of what a variety of different peole thought about my magazine. I printed out a picture of the front cover of my music magazine and attached it to the questionaire and then handed it out to a variety of people of different ages and different sexes.