organisations

As mentioned before i will now give out the questionnaire for the names of the support artists in order to get the opinions from the younger girls which are my target audience.I will be giving out this questionnaire to some of the girls in my school and some which are outside of school. I do think that doing questionnaires will allow me to gain a little bit of information from my target audience and therefore this should also help me when seeing their own opinions. The questionnaire will look something like this:

Research and Planning.

I have been able to do a little more research to do with the front cover of the pop magazines. These magazines are only a few examples of what i mean by the main  artists not being too serious with their facial expressions as well as the way they are dressed. The Girls are pretty much showing off their smile and looking very innocent, young and full of energy. This is something which i have to take into consideration as its important to make sure that i attract the right audience with my magazine. I have also been thinking about the different colours that the artists wear as this is also very important.
      

I have decided to compare these 3 magazine with 3 pictures i have took of Deanna just to show that there is a bit of this serious attitude that i get from Deanna.

Drafting & Planning.

When it comes to making the double page spread, it is important that it looks attractive aswell as being full of interesting facts and answers the audience want to know about my Main Artist.  I think the articles have to based on what the audience would like to know the most, this will encourage them to buy the magazine and receive the exact answers they want from any musical artists. It is also important to remember these little details as its exactly what attracts my target group because they do like little things which shows a lot of interest in how its presented. Presentation sometimes can affect how someone feels about reading something. Especially a double page spread filled with a lot of information, it should be easy to pick out what is interesting from the rest of the text on the page. A lot of the times, on any interviews pop magazines like to pick out interesting quotes and make them standing out from the text to make sure that the girls see what question was asked to get this specific answer.

I think it will always be easier to  have boys on the double page spread interview because girls have a lot of crushes on young artist. However because my main artist is a girl this doesnt mean that she wouldnt get as much attention as any boys as girls will see her as a role modle. It also important to use a easy to read font aswell as different sizes and colours to underline any bits that can interest the girls even more.

I find this quite a good example as its very easy to identify the little think that the producer has done to make little bits of the article stand out. I think the way the background is grey makes all the colours match in a certain way. There are things in pinks and purples which straight away stand out and they are the point that the reader will notice first.
The pictures are also very important because you're able to observe exactly whats going on. In this double page spread its clear that the group must be talking about the importance of keeping fit, training and working out. I havent even read anything and can already tell from the picture.

Drafting & Planning.

Ideas for track lists:

I have been a bit more creative and actually placed the first 5 songs onto a CD cover. I think i have only just started with the first 5 for her. As obviously she is new to the music industry therefore she would not have as many songs as others would. I think because this is her first album, its always quite good to start with only a few songs to introduce her voice to the public.

When coming up with some of these song names i have tried to have a bit of a link with her artist profile. In the previous posts when describing this girls past and the way she succeeded so much, these song names match some of the things she has been through as well as having an exciting future. I think this is quite important as it already sort of allows you to see why she has made these particular songs and why she has given them some of these names. It always something which young girls look into as the song always gives out quite an influential message.

Research into Similar Products.

I have started a Questionaire which i will soon give out to some younger girls. This questionaire will basically influence me to pick what name to use for the support artist. As mentioned in previous posts, there are only around 5 names which have really made my decision difficult.
The 5 names are:

• JME

• The Krystals

• A Vision

• 3rd Generation

• The Code

Obviously each of these names will have their own font and style to make it even more interesting. However i will be designing the type of font and colours as soon as one band name gets picked.

The reason why i think this could be a really good idea for me is because i feel that ill be able to get a bit of information from my target audience of what name particularly interested them the most. It's also beneficial because  i could then receive feedback to see if there are any other options, which my target audience have in mind, that i have not yet thought of.

Having this opportunity, after collecting the results from this questionnaire, i will be able to see any problems i could have had with the names if i did chose them myself. This is another thing which is great as it allows me to see how much more audience i could gain and loose.

Organisation

Here are a few more photographs which i have taken of the girl which will be on my main cover of the magazine. Thee lighting in this drama room has given the picture a bit of a pink colour to the photo, however i think that its is quite nice as i have said before that pink is a colour wich attracts girls attentions especially when the whole magazine will have a bit of pink theme throughout most of it.

I have been able to show how different positions work best.I have tried to tell Deanna to face different directions to see if there is a certain photo which could look better than the other one. In this case i think it look good facing both left or right. I also asked her to smile because i mentioned previously that a smile can be very important as it is a welcoming feature, its something which could draw the audience even more to the magazine.

Deanna is also not wearing any make up which can show a lot to younger girls. It can be something which girls can look up to as there is a huge natural look going on in this picture. Little things like this can get easily noticed by younger girl who are inspired by certain people and therefore that is something to also take notice of when taking some photos.

The clothing that Deanna has on are very simple yet match her features very well. Even though the colour black can be seen as quite boring and dull, i honestly think that it can also make a girl come across quite sexy and elegant. Deanna has dark hair, dark eyes and eyebrows and also dark painted nails therefore wearing something dark shows this connotation and makes everything look perfectly matching.

Planning

Research and planning

My next step is probably to find a really interesting name for my main artists as well as the support artists. I would like the name to be catchy and unique, one which will be easily remembered and notice by the young girls.

It's important that I do my research and see what sort of names catch my eye, I could also do a survey of the name I choose if I ever found it difficult to pick because then it would be easy to see what is popular throughout the teenage age group.

Organization Research and Planning.

In today's media lesson i was able to use the drama studio to take a few photos to try out what sort of idea i want as the ones i use in my magazine.

As mentioned in the previous blogs my support artists are Elliot, Jae and Millie.
I havent chosen the name for them yet however i have some photography that could be very suitable for my magazine, and therefore if i do decide to take any more pictures these will be used to show the improvement or how they differed from each other.

research and Planning.

I've been making more research on more pop magazines. And have been particularly looking at how much they use the colour pink. And this could mean that the colour pink must be something which is important to them, making it easier to identify that this magazine is aimed at girls. I will most definitely use the colour pink in my magazine. I feel that pink is easily identified with girls. And therefore it'll be another reason why my magazine is aimed at girls.

                                                  

Artist Profile

My Main artist profile:

The  main artist will be a female teenage girl which shall be someone who will be an inspiration to young girls.

The name of the Artist will be Deanna.

Deanna is turning 17 in September and she started her career at the age of 13/14.

The background will is all about  her wanting to be involved with music and the whole idea of  her dream coming true as she inspires many through the way she came into the music industry. She worked very hard and began to post videos of her singing on YouTube receiving many comments and views from the public. This became global as soon as she got noticed by a music involved manager. This is when young people would be able to recognise her face on the street. It all began from there. 

She had many inspirations, 2 which have been her main ones since the age of around 12.

Selena Gomez was one of her main inspirations as she followed her life being one of her biggest fans. She was inspired by Selena's performances and her songs. This when she began post videos of herself singing every single one of Selena's songs from her albums. Deanna was not the richest of girls and could be seen as one which was not able to have as much as some of the other girls, therefore being noticed by people on the street was something amazing for her.

Some of the things she had made when she was younger were things like posters, fan pages, blogs and even fan books filled with her inspiration Selena.