Risk Assessment

Before I take my photos this weekend, I must undergo a risk assessment. As the majority of my photos will be taken at home there are loads of potential dangers. My first shot is of Martin in my room which is messy and scattered with things all over the floor. The danger here is that Martin can trip and fall, to prevent this I will tidy up my room. When I go to take the photo of the area I want to include on my contents page I will look for any risks such as slippy grounds or rain. As I cannot prevent this happening I will have to be extra careful. The Other photos of people I'm taking will be downstairs in the living room which has no risks as they will just be standing there.

Shot Lists

Costume for Front Cover

Audience Focus Group

My focus group is built up of people who I think have some knowledge in the area or genre of music I am basing my magazine around, I have created a Facebook page outlining what I need them to do for me, mainly giving feedback but I have also stated that I would like there ideas too.

Martin Welsby: 17 Years old. Close friend of mine, interests in the same music genres and artists. High aspirations, enjoys simple things as well as complex and deep meaningful things.

Tom Baldwin: 16 Years old. Close friends with Martin and also likes similar music genres and artists. Well spoken and highly opinionated.

Helen Franklin: My Mum, she has a lot of music knowledge and life experience, in which I trust her opinion and input within this area.

Marco Conway: 17 Years old. a diverse and smart person, who also likes the same music genres and artists, I have put him into my focus group as I think he can offer the best feedback.

Joanne Evans: My godmother, in the same shoes as my mum, someone whose opinion I value highly and someone who also has a vast music knowledge along with life experience.

Billy Francis: 17 Years old, a budding musician who also delves in the similar music artists as me, as he himself is trying to break into the music industry his opinion would be very helpful.

Jasmine Jackson: 18 Years old. My brothers girlfriend, she's taking a game design course so she clearly has creative skills in which i'd like her to show and help me with my magazine.

Joe Havas: Someone I met at college who I find similar to myself, shares the same ideas, interests and way of thinking. As I haven't known him long, by getting his help would be very appreciative as well as interesting.

Detailed Profile of my Target Audience

My target audience will be hard to pinpoint but would be categorised as radicals or utopians. I'm not specifying an age or gender as I feel that I can try to make my magazine available to everyone within my specification. However using the Jicnars scale I'm aiming to keep my audience based around C1's or B's. These are the type of people to prefer Courvoisier rather than Jack Daniels, the type of people to smoke Marlboro over Sterlings. They're also more likely to chose an unpopular holiday destination instead of a popular one. My target audience would appreciate finding some bread for a cheap price instead of being given £500.

Detailed Research into Forms and Conventions 2

The Find Magazine:

This magazine is very different in terms of conventions and how it looks compared to 'DJ Magazine'. The audience has also changed, instead of listening to heavy pumping beats, the listeners to the music advertised and supported by this magazine prefer slower, richer and more aesthetically pleasing sounds. The title 'The Find' gives the impression that all the music within the magazine is yours to explore and simply allow you to 'Find' your taste. The colours used are seemingly to represent culture and the music itself, they're are rich blues and reds mainly. The content of this magazine would be expected to be long articles, interviews and future releases, many of the features are smartly presented, making the magazine more sophisticated. Also the language used is normal maybe verging on a more a sophisticated sense, but I'd say that everybody could read it which is clever from the writer of the magazine as he hasn't generalised his audience.  The cover uses animated drawings instead of pictures, which attracts the audience as it creates a verge of imagination. whereas in something like the double spread there are photos of musicians with quotes and an article. The contents page keeps some of the colour scheme, and the contents is set over a double page spread, the two pages are split containing different subjects, I prefer the design ideas and layout of 'The Find' magazine as it seems more sophisticated and specialised in the music rather than anything else. It also seems easier to read as there isn't so much going on, thus focusing on the artist or the music, it allows you to actually read the content instead of seeing big headlines and coming to a conclusion about the article without even reading it. So after analysing two different magazines that fit the same genre to some extent I have decided that a more low-key but underestimated magazine like 'The Find' is the best choice and basing my magazine around electronic/alternative music genres would be a good decision.

Detailed Research into Forms and Conventions

DJ magazine:

DJ magazine is an electronic, dance and club genre magazine, it has a typical and renowned title in which would draw a typical 'rave' audience into reading it, these are the type of people who prefer simplicity rather than complexity but that simplicity of a different culture or 'world' the colours used are typically splashed everywhere or in block colours, the font for the title itself is bubbled and the text on the cover is normal block writing, the contents page portrays the same functions as the cover but a bit more low-key and smart. The features in the magazine are simple, the pictures are used for the audience to relate and feel a part of. the colours are only blue and pink the two colours associated with boys and girls. the text used are mainly abbreviations, and the adjectives are occasionally put in all capitals to emphasise the affect. There's a central photo of a seemingly famous DJ which the audience would notice. The contents page contains an editorial and  a bi-line with the publishing details at the bottom, the page is split in two with the actual contents information on the right it has reversed out cover lines with '0' in front of the page numbers to make it more sophisticated. The double page spread has some interesting designs, two large photos in the centre of the spread with two large articles.

Main Task: Magazines

My task is to recreate a magazine of one specific genre, producing the front cover, contents page and two page spread. The magazine will show typical conventions however introduce a new angle to one genre of music in which hoping to draw people in and make them read through and interest them.