Contents Page

My Contents Page:

Double Page Spread

My Double Page Spread:

My Magazine Front Cover

My Magazine front cover:

This is my cover for my magazine NBM

Flat Plans

Before I produced my final product, I created flat plans to give me an idea of what my magazine would look like. These are my flat plans:

Front Cover:

My Flat Plan is only slightly different than my cover; I changed the picture at the top to the best indie rock songs. I did this because I feel my audience would appreciate this more than a picture, and may attract a wider audience, because they know for certain that the genre of the music featured is indie-rock.



My Contents flat plan:

This is slightly similar to my actual contents page, but I changed the main contents, and made it shorter, so I could put information on more exciting things such as competitions and live gigs to show my audience that there was a wide range of things to do with my magazine.

Double Page Spread:

My actual double page spread turned out very similar to the flat plan. I liked this layout, and I also asked my target audience about this page, and they commented on it:

"I like it, because it's conventional, but it's not at the same time. It looks like a double page spread, but there is only one picture, so there's more of the interview with the artist, and I'd rather read their article rather than look at too many pictures."

College Magazine - Front Cover

This is my college magazine front cover:

College Magazine - Contents Page

College Magazine Contents Page:



Secondary Research - Audience Research

Audience Research

Secondary -

NME:

In general, NME is aimed at a younger audience; people in their 20s. The genre of music this magazine covers is mostly contemporary music, as well as a ‘regular look back through the magazine's incredible 58 year heritage’, so it also features older artists. This magazine also gives a guide to new upcoming artists. NME's readers are of both gender, but I feel that it appeals more to males.

NME statistics:

Male:                           74%

Female:                       26%

Median Age:               23

Student:                     42%

ABC1:                          68%

Circulation:                33,875

Readership:                325,000

-here is a link to NME's media pack, for more information on it's readership: http://www.ipcadvertising.com/resource/hvcjivb3x8p8oqk9bw285ffu.pdf

Kerrang:

"Individually minded, independent of thought and musically experienced, an audience defined by attitude, passion and loyalty."            

The target audience is 16-25 year olds and specifically aimed towards rock music fans. However in recent years, the age of the audience has dropped and it is more 14-17 year olds who tend to buy and read it due to its featured bands being more poppy.

Total Circulation Sales:                     52,272

Age:                                                     16-25

It is a weekly music magazine of the rock genre. 

Mojo:

Discerning and passionate music aficionados, the MOJO audience is predominately male and affluent (36% AB). These heavy consumers of music see their passion as discovery without boundaries, genre and decade being secondary to quality. This magazine is generally aimed at older audiences, as it features older artists, such as The Doors, The Beatles etc.

‘we like to think it's the music magazine you go to when you've grown out of all the others.’ – a quote from the ‘About us’ section of Mojo.

Male:                           72%

Female:                       28%

AB:                              36%

A link to Mojo's media pack: