coursework

1. Conventions
of a
magazine.
Masthead: The
title used so
people can
familiarise
themselves with
the magazine.
Cover image: The
Person or object
that is the main
feature of the
main article or
magazine.
Cover lines : are the
essential articles
inside the
magazines that are
stated through sell
linesMain cover line.
Cover story.
Barcode.
Tags: The word is used to
engage the reader the word
‘excusive’ shows that the
magazine has high
compliments
Background.
Website & Price.

2. Market
research.
From my research I found out that magazines such as clash
and i-D are not just magazines based on music but they are
also based on fashion, this is a good way to get people to
appeal to a music magazines as fashion plays a huge part
into our society.
Clash
Clash is a UK fashion and popular music magazine. The brand's
content alternates between modern bands such as The Horrors,
Florence & The Machine and Jamie xx they also show content
from hip-hop artists like DJ Shadow, Kanye West and the Beastie
Boys.
Billboard
Billboard is a American music. Billboard keeps up with
several internationally recognized record charts which track
the most popular songs and albums across several
categories on weekly basis.
i-D
i-D is a British music and fashion magazine. Madonna, Kanye
West, Raf Simons, Grace Coddington, Karl Lagerfeld, Kate Moss, Carine
Roitfeld, Naomi Campbell, Selena Gomez, Victoria Beckham have all
appeared on the cover of i-D magazine.

3. Audience
Profile.
Name: Amanda Steele
Age: 17
Location: California, United States.
Hobbies: listening to music, blogging, styling clothes and doing make-
up.
Favorite music genre: Popular music
Favorite artist: Iggy Azalea
Favorite music magazine: Clash, V and Billboard.Amanda Steele would buy my magazine because
it’s for younger generation who are also mature
for their age, which describes Amanda a lot. As
well as my magazine focusing on the music
genre types that Amanda adores; it also focuses
on fashion and the latest trends which is perfect
for Amanda as she loves styling outfits together
and keeping up with the latest trends. My
magazine will also include the latest gossip
within the music industry. This would be a good
music magazine choice for Amanda as she is a
teenager and graves the latest news and gossip
on her favorite popular music artists.

4. Conventions
Of Popular music
magazine. Masthead
Barcode, price
and website.
.
Cover lines : are the essential
articles
inside the magazines that are
stated
through sell lines
Main feature
headline
Incentives
Tags: The word is used to
engage
the reader the word
‘excusive’ shows
that the magazine has high
compliments
Main cover image
Background
The magazine has a lot of use of
bright colors.

5. 0
5
10
15
20
Age11-13 Age11-14 Age11-15 Age11-16
How old are you ?
Series 1
0
20
40
What genre of music
do you listen to?
(Choose as many…
Hip-hop
Rap
UK Grime
0 5 10 15 20
None
Once
Twice
Three times +
How often do you read
music magazines a…
How often do you
read music
magazines a week?

6. Are you male or female ?
Male
Female
Have you ever bought a
music magazines ?
Yes
No
What music magazines
do you buy?
I don’t buy any
Billboard
Vibe
Kerrang!
Rolling Stone
Q

7. 0
10
20
30
£0 £1-2 £3-4 £5+
How much money are you
willing to pay for a music
magazine ?
£0
£1-2
£3-4
£5+
What features do you like to see in
a music magazine ?
Interviews
Reviews
Upcoming music
Gigs
Stories/Gossip
Fashion