analysis on own masthead

this is my design for my masthead of my magazine, i have called it 'AMP' this resembles the idea and characteristics of the magazine, for example my magazine look at local bands from potential bands becoming big and bands which are well know thought the south of England. amp came from the idea that in a band there would be a guitarist which would use the guitar with a amplifiers which amplifies the sound given from the guitar. the colour is plan and simple but the text style has the use of ware, this can be a effect of which looks smashed and cut. this gives the impression this is a rock magazine. This phrase also can stand for the type of music it represents (Alternative, Mainstream & Punk).

Masthead

THE FLY is free music magazine which in term the word represents how the magazine is used. it is to be carried everywhere as its A5 (14.8 x 21 (cm)). this is because it small and its easy to be able to carry around, this is where in terms FLY is is used as a deffinaition that the magazine gets around quickly and are everywhere, The image on the masthead represents a fly (inset) which is also has the same meaning as 'THE FLY'. the colour scheme has beeen used to be plain and simple. although this may not seem effective, the image has given the magazine its high amount of circulation. This is because the image has become the icon to spot the magazine.

Masthead

KERRANG! is to be seen as word which is spelt to be as it would sound, this is called a onomatopoeia. with word is to be make as a hard strike to the strings on a electric guitar, this gives the attitude of the magazine's Masthead. The font use in this Masthead, is in capital letters with a routh looking background inside the writing, this is things such as black stripes through the writing, this can reprsent strings, or to give it attitude, this could be seen as cuts or cracks through the writing as it had been smashed. the '!' is to represent how this word is to be said, loud and aggresive, this indicates how the magazine should be seen as.

Pre-lim Task

this is my preliminary task of a school magazine front cover. My front cover is based on Sport aimed at the school to read but mainly older readers such as sixform & year 11's who take GCSE PE, this is mainly aimed at a male audience. the plugs i used relates to the basketball accedemy with new reports of matches, team members and many more.

A Day In The Life

The typical reader for my magazine is a student at secondary school or college, Gender usually male. wakes up in a semi detached house located in Southern England, surrey. He wakes up too late to have breakfast, so on the way gets something i.e. a baguette. At school he always listens to music in his free time, usually different various categories of rock and dubstep. A subject he has taken in the past was music which has inspired him to play the guitar & learn to play simple drums referring to which they choose. today he still plays guitar as a hobby for when he is at school or at home. when he finishes school and goes home, he has to finish his work from school and completes homework set, whilst listening to music. Once all work has been completed. he will play his guitar for fun and practise, it also helps him learn new songs for which he plays with his friends at school. interest are music, instruments, girls, alcohol, smokes if nessesary i.e. parties gathering, sports & haning fun.  

introduction

My name is Max Young and I am creating a magazine for my Media AS coursework, 2010.
My coursework this year is based on a music magazine My idea is looking at potential and big bands which are to be located locally of the southern England, Target audience of students or people in there first career, mainly male, aged 16-20 with an interest in the current Gigs and Concerts. The magazine will feature the current Gigs along with reviews of album's and Bands.
the magazine will be called 'AMP' based on the fact of a audio divice used for amplifying guitar sound aswel as other instruments.

Mood board

Analysis (THE FLY)

Mainstream: Alternative rock, adult orientated rock, indie, mainstream music.

Owner: mama group (hmv)

Masthead: THE FLY

Launch date: 1999

Puff:

Price: priceless, can only be picked up in hmv

House style: back and white text, portrait photos

Advertising: hmv, barfly, the fly website, artists, technology, gigs, tours

Frequency: monthly

The Fly is a free music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. The magazine is published by independent music company Mama Group and has grown from its origins as a listings guide for Barfly venues to become the biggest free music magazine in the country.

The fly first published there magazine in 1999. it has always been a small A5 magazine in which is not good quality as some magazines such as Q with a glossy front cover, but has a bigger circulation than any other magazine. Mama group also owns other media brand extensions such as the fly website and barfly (club) located in London, Brighton, Cardiff and York.

Circulation is 105,212

The fly is aimed at a young age group of between 20 to 30

Analysis 1 (NME)

Mainstream: alternative rock, adult orientated rock, indie, mainstream music

Owner: - kinn 1952-1963

              - ipc media 1963 onwards.

             

Masthead: NME

Launch date: 7^th march1952

Puff:

Price: £2.20

House style: many uses of different colour schemes towards NME but in this magazine use red white and black

Advertising: NME (TV, radio, website & subscription), artists, gigs tours, new technology, high end phones, premium alcoholic drink

Frequency: weekly

The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the 14 November 1952 edition. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music magazine. During the period 1972 to 1976 it was particularly associated with gonzo journalism, then became closely associated with punk rock through the writing of Tony Parsons and Julie Burchill.
The later part of the 1960s saw the paper chart and the continued dominance of British groups of the time. During this period some sections of pop music began to be designated as Rock, bands like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles where being printed into most front covers. The paper became engaged in a sometimes tense rivalry with its fellow weekly music paper Melody Maker; however, NME sales were healthy with the paper selling as many as 200,000 issues per week, making it one of the UK's biggest sellers
In 1970’s the amount of issues being sold plummeted down to 60,000 and began to find itself on the verge of closure by there own publish house ipc
In 1981 the NME released the influential C81 cassette tape in conjunction with Rough Trade Records, available to readers by mail order at a low price. The tape featured a number of then up-and-coming bands, including Aztec Camera, Orange Juice, Linx and Scritti Politti, as well as a number of more A second tape, C86, was released in 1986.

The average reader for NME is around the age of 24, mainly male in which refer to as students or in there first career.