Thursday, 4 February 2016

How research will inform planning

The research I have carried out will be useful in my planning stage. The analysis of existing music magazines will be helpful in understanding the concepts of a magazine, and any ideas that will influence my design.

For example, with this type of magazine, I like how the cover photo is normally a singular close up shot of the featured artist, with pugs and stories around it. I like how simplistic the cover is, so it’s not in your face, giving a classy and tasteful impression. Whilst the colours are bright and noticeable they are not too distracting. These examples of music magazines therefore help me to generate ideas of what style my magazine will be.

The analysis of my target market has shown me the most popular market among magazines, and those who are most likely to interact with and purchase magazines. The age range will also be suitable for the locations that the magazine is sold in and the stories and artists featured on it. Extensively, my analysis of existing publishers showed me the massive scale on which magazines can be published and interacted with, 50% of all US Males interact with a Time magazine each month. This shows that my magazine needs to have an attractive design and interesting stories, as well as the availability to be accessed or read online, as with the ever increasing use of Web 2.0. This not only shows the massive audience my magazine may be able to reach, but the risk of the market being so large that the magazine fails to be a success.


Links to Product Placement and Magazine Plan

http://prezi.com/hilhh8yyvzwx/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy-Product Placement

http://prezi.com/l4vsq2qraqob/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy-Magazine Plan