preliminary task

Questionnaire for my music magazine...

  1.) Are you male or female?

  •Male

  •Female

2.) How old are you?

  •17-19 years old

  •20-22 years old

  •23-25 years old

3.) How often do you buy a magazine?

  •1-2 times a week

 

  •3-4 times a week

  •5-6 times a week

  •Everyday

  •Never

4.) Would you prefer the magazine to be monthly or weekly?

  •Monthly

  •Weekly

5.) How much would you pay for a music magazine? ( if you choose weekly then the amount you would spend on a magazine a week and vise versa)

  •£0-£1

  •£2-£3

  •£4-£5

6.) What would you prefer to see on the main image?

  •Girl band

  •Boy band

  •Solo artist

7.) Which masthead would you prefer?

 • Baseline

 • Spin

 •Step

 •Rhythm

 •Crunk

 •TuneTrippin’

 •Any other idea’s (state)

 

8.) If you were to buy a music magazine what would you expect to see?

 

My analysis of my school magazine front cover....

My school magazine roughly took two and a half to three hours to produce and complete.

I think my masthead ' New's weekly' is an appropriate choice as it seems precise and formal.

The only thing that I thought was, it didnt really related to KingHenry, and if you were to see

it on display you wouldnt no that it was a school magazine. The word ' Weekly' states that it

would be an issue that is sold each week. The Masthead is in yellow which stands out off the page, it also has a black highlited background which makes it look more like a magazine. The colour of my masthead is also associated with King henry's new uniform colours. I orginally had my masthead so that The 'N' of News was a capital letter and the rest was in lower case, and the 'W' in weekly was a capital letter and the rest in lower case, but I looked at it and noticed it didnt really look right so i decided to put all the writing in capital letters because it stood out more and fitted the page better.

     For my main image I used three 6th formers. I said for them to have folders as made them look more intellectual and studious. I used 6th formers not only because it was easier because they had free's and it would mean desturbing lessons, it was because they were the age range of my target audience.

     The slogan across my main image said ' New 6th formers seettling down to be the best year so far!' I wrote it in yellow as all my other stories were typed in red so i thought it would look better if it was a different colour to the rest of them. Looking back i don't think it really worked although it worked well with fitting in with the colour sceme it didnt really stand out if anything it blended in.

     The first of my slogans was A picture of three 6th formers holding their results. I don't think

i took enough time with taking this subsidary image as it could of been alot better. The story

matched my photo, the story being ' A level exam records reaches new records '. I decided to

put a yellow outline around my picture as it made it stand out. I also did the same to my other

subsidary image because of the same reason. My second picture contained Year 7's playin rugby, in the picture they were practising line outs. I really liked this micture becasue the rest of my magazine was based on the more intellectual side of school and then this picture shows the sporty side of the school.

    I had one more sell line to put on. Originally I put it going across the bottom but i thought

it didnt really look right so i decided to move it to the top of the page. The sell line was

'Ex pupil rises to fame due to commonwealth glory'. The writing was wrote in white because i put a red high lighted block behind it was red and the white really stood out.

   If i had a chance to go back and change my magazine i would change the sell line going across the middle of the page because admittedly i didnt spend enough time on it. I would also retake the one subsidary image that included the three 6th formers and take it were there is better natural lighting.

My rough draft if my front cover....

Photography planning...

Shoot Date & Time : 18/10/10 11:00

Description: Two groups of year 7's were out playing football and
                   rugby.

Where:        King Henry VIII School field

Models:       Year 7 boys and Mr Jenkins

Props:          Rugby balls , footballs

Shoots:        Action shoot of a group of year 7 boys pratising their
                   scrums and line outs. Then there was two teams of year
                   7 boys playing a game of football. All of them dressed in their
                   full pe kit.

Results of my questionnaire....

The questionnaire was given out to 10 pupils which had a range of ages and gender.
   One of my questions was ' how much would you be willing to spend on a magazine?'
The most popular price was £1-£2 and then the second popular was £0-£1, I thought i
would price my magazine at 80p as i think thats the appropriate price for a school
magazine.
   The most common masthead that was choosen was Henrys gossip, picking up 6 votes.
News weekly picked up 3 votes and King henry's herald with 2 votes. Although News weekly
wasn't the favourite one,I think it is alot more formal and appropriate.
   For question 8, 'what subsidary image would you prefer' Pupils playing sport was the
 favourite, 8 pupils picked this option. The remaining 2 votes went to 6th formers with their results.
 So these two pictures will be featuring on my magazine cover.
   For question 9, ' What headline would you prefer ' The most commonly picked one was ' Ex pupil
rises to fame due to her commonwealth glory.' This picked up 9 votes the 1 remaining vote went to
' Year seven's survival guide'. Ex pupil rises to fame due to her commonwealth glory' will defiantely
be published on my front cover because i think its an intresting headline, it stands out and also
makes you want to read on.

My questionnaire..

Questionnaire......( Please circle if applicable)
1.)  Are you male or female?
 
Male
Female

2.)  What year are you in?
Year 7-8
Year 8-9
Year 9-10
Year 10-11
Year 11-12
Year 12-13

3.)  Have you ever bought a magazine?
Yes
No

4.)  How often do you buy a magazine?
1-2 times a week
2-3 times a week
3-4 times a week
4-5 times a week
5-6 times a week
6-7 times a week
Never

5.) How much would you be willing to spend on a magazine?
0-£1
£1-£2
£2-£3
£3-£4
£4+

6.)  What topic of magazine do you prefer?
Gossip
News
Celeb
Home and Leisure
Sport
Health
Other (please state)

7.)  What masthead would you prefer for a magazine about King henry VIII?
Henry's Gossip
Henry's News
King Henry's Herald
KHS Weekly
News Weekly
Other (Please state)

8.)  What subsidary image would you prefer?
Pupil's playin sport
Pupils in the art rooms
6th formers with their exam results
The mess of the bulding site
Other (please state)

9.)  What headline would you prefer?
Ex pupil rises to fame due to her commonwealth glory.
Year seven's survival guide.
Dangers in the school due to building on site.
Other (please state)