Mood Board

Magazine Placement

The placement of magazines can help with the selling of them. The way in which magazines are placed on the shelf is crucial for their targeted audience.

If the magazines are aimed at kids below the age of 5/6 then having the magazines on the middle shelf out of the sight of the kids isn’t the best idea. The magazines should be at the right level for the age group or the people that they are trying to sell their magazines to.

Another way in which the placement of magazines is important is the way in which the colours are laid out, if all the bright colours are bunched next to each other and all the dull, dark colours are bunched next to each other than people would go for the brighter colours. If the magazines were mixed between bright colours and dark colours then there would be and equal purchase of bright and dark colours.

Having magazines that are different genres is also crucial, if the fishing magazines were mixed amongst the women’s magazines then people wouldn’t be able to find the magazines that they wanted. The magazines need to be sorted and organised so that anyone coming in to buy one would just find it and buy it instead of rummaging around trying to find one.

Front Cover

I have chosen to use the background image of a guitar as I feel that it is relevant to the music magazine, I have used the background as black and white because it makes all the other colours stand out from the background.

I have used the blue foreground because it is eye-catching and contrasts against the black of the font and the colourless background.

I have used the same layout as the front page because I feel that it gives a consistent theme running through the magazine, I have also included headlines in which people may be interested in. For example, one of the headlines reads "Paul McCartney reveals that the new song with Rhianna and Kanye West has improved his musical career dramatically". By giving a headline which interests readers would want to come and buy the magazine for them to read.

Magazine research

This magazine has a picture of Kanye West as the main image, Kanye is a big music icon and would catch the audiences eye when it is in the shops. He is situated in front of the title which means that he has dominance over the magazine company.

The facial expression shows that Kanye is serious about his music and any music in general. The magazine also gives other subtitles of intrusting facts and brief insights into what is going to be in the music magazine.

This magazine shows Eminem standing in front of the ‘Vibe’ title, this shows that he has dominance over the title. His posture and his facial expression shows that he is serious, this shows that Vibe only picks the artists that take music seriously.

The magazine also features different subtitles that give an insight into the life and the build-up of Eminem’s career. One of these titles says “I literally almost died, Eminem comes clean”. This shows that Eminem nearly died if it wasn’t for the people around him to help him in times of need and help him in his career.

This magazine shows the picture of the lead singer from Green Day, they have only used the lead singer instead of the whole band because it gives more emphasis on the lead singer. The singer looks like he is on the stage, this gives the impression that he is still on the stage. This magazine has other headlines, such as ‘New Albums’ which means that they are trying to promote a new album within the magazine.

The magazine has used a picture of Katy Perry to interest the audience into buying the magazine. They have used a picture which shows Katy Perry wearing a bra/top made from shiny silver material and the picture is from the waist up. Her facial expression is shocked. 

This magazine has used the image of a famous musical artist to say that there magazine is about a musical artist. The magazine title is ‘rolling stones’, this is typed in big red font that stands out from the shelves at shops. There is only one image used on the front cover and that image is relevant to the magazine, there are side articles that give you an insight into what is within the magazine. ‘The Bomber’ is a story with in the magazine that tells you about a student who failed school and was able to become a musical artist.

The magazine has used the image of a famous musician (Macklemore), this is to say that this magazine is about music. He is standing in front of the ‘Rolling stones’ title, this indicates that he is more important than the title and has a higher status than the magazine. The magazine has side stories within the magazine. This gives an insight into what is within the magazine. The title of the magazine is bold and red which can stand out from other magazines.

This magazine shows Eminem on the front cover of a ‘Rolling Stones’ magazine, this magazine shows all the gossip and events happening within the music world. Eminem is on the cover, this shows that the magazine is using relevant pictures of musical artists. He is shown behind the title which shows that he isn’t as important as the title but still a big influence in the musical world. The title is in big bold white letters that make the magazine stand-out from the other magazines on the shelf. The side titles show an insight into what would be in the magazine. The title on the side says ‘Low down and dirty white boy rap – Eminem’s twisted life story’, this gives an insight into Eminem’s life before his musical fame.

Target Audience

I conducted a survey to find out some information on my target audience; I wanted to find out what they would like to read within my magazine. I wanted to find out how often they listened to music, how they spend their money on music and what magazines would they buy or subscribe to.

This is what my questionnaire looks like:

The strengths with the way that I have chosen to do my questionnaire is that the name box has been left out, this is because then the questionnaire is anonymous. Another strength is that the use of a questionnaire over the internet is that you can use the internet all over the world; this allows me to get information from different places across the world which gives me an insight into the interests of the people on the other side of the world.

I have a few weaknesses with my questionnaire; one of these could be that my questionnaire could have only just been spread across my friends on social network Medias. This means that there isn’t a wide enough spread of people reading and answering the questionnaire. Another weakness is that I could have hand-picked some people to complete the survey, this would have allowed me to have slightly different results and a slightly wider variety of answers.