Country Questionnaire results

I asked my target audience what artists are you most interested in and the majority picked Justin Moore. This means that I will have an interview with Justin Moore in my magazine.

I asked my target audience how much you they pay for and they choose £0-£0.99. This means that my magazine will be priced between these prices.

I asked my target audience what title most attracts them and they choose (TCB) Take country back and (GAC) Great American Country. This means I will have to choose between the two.

I asked my target audience what colour scheme most attracts them and they said white, black and red. This means that white, black and red will be the colour of my magazine. 

I asked my target audience what most interests them to buy a magazine and the majority said free stuff. This means that I will give away free stuff with my magazine.

I asked my target audience would they like to access my magazine online and the majority said yes meaning that my magazine will be online as well.

Results for questionaire

LInk to my country music Questionaire

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Magazine Proposal

The genre of my magazine will be country

The type of content I will include in my magazine will be Interviews from country artists, reviews, charts, promotions, country music updates and a tour guide

Possible titles for my magazine:

·         Music

·         Listen

·         Country

·         (TCB)  Take country back

·         Country Live

·         (BINTC) Back in the country

·         Back in country

·         (GAC) Great American Country

The ideologies that my magazine will be promoting will be that you can only be successful if you focus on your goals and work hard to achieve them. I will show this by having interviews by artist say how hard they worked to get to where they are today.

I have never bought a music magazine before but I have chosen to do this magazine as I listen to country music and there is currently no country music magazines on the UK market aimed at my type of audience.

My target audience will be men and women aged 17-21 who are studying at college or university and listen to country music and don’t have a high paying job.

Character profile:

Makie Male 20 He is at University and has a part time job at Waitrose that doesn’t pay that much. He would fit into the life style category of being a rebel as he goes against the mainstream with his niche musical taste. His motto in life would be ‘Own it, Live it, Love it don’t be ashamed of who you are’.  He loves listing so country music especially by artists like ‘James Wesley’, ‘Rodney Atkins’ and ‘Luke Bryan’.   Wednesday Female 17 She is getting ready to go to university doesn’t have a high paying job as her family live on farm and she only get the allowance her parents give her for helping out. She doesn’t care about what anyone thinks of her and doesn’t complain about life. Her life style category would be a rebel as she has a niche taste in music. Her Motto would be ‘Be you’    She listens to country music often and likes to buy music magazine with her favourite artist’s in, her favourite artist’s are ‘Justin Moore’, ‘Kenny Chesney’ and ‘The Band Perry’

Title Block Analysis

The title is music row which shows that this is a place where we can go and get country music updates as it sounds like a place in the country, the title is also grey and black which gives it a black and white effect this gives the magazine a serious feel to it. The fount of the title is in capital letters and is in a kind of block/ bubble writing format this gives it a country theme as the colour of the letters get darker this would appeal to the target audience more and make them want to buy the magazine the magazine is also set in Nashville which is a place where country music is often played this shoes clearly who the magazine is aimed at. I would say that the target audience for this magazine aimed at people in the music industry that are in to country music or folk music. The ideologies for the magazine would be to fine new artist that are making it big in the music industry, and others in the music industry who want to make their music big and share their music with others, this is shown by the puff in the sweet spot saying ‘Artist Roster the 2011 report’.

The title is classic fm which shows the genre of the music is going to classical music, the format of the title are in capitals and are in no specific style but look classic as they are spaced out and are not really bold it is thin the colour used is black which is a simple colour and is sophisticated however the colour of the f in fm is red and is in a kind of calligraphy writing and is like the symbol Forte which is often used as piano to indicate contrast, which shows how different the magazine is in contrast to all other music magazines.

The title XXL could possible stand for Extra Extra Large as the title is also quite big and it could say that the magazine has the biggest interviews and best music update, the title is also in a red background and the letters are capitals and in the colour white the tells me that the magazine’s target audience are men aged between 18-25.the ideologies of this magazine would be to see lots of interviews from male stars and music updates from the music genre R&B.  

 

The title sugar is the name of something sweet, the title is also blue with stars on in this says that the target audience for this magazine could be girls aged 10-13 as the starts on the title seem very childish and the fact that the title is sugar which is sweet show that its defiantly for girls as people say that girls are made of all things sweet. The stars on the title also show the genre of the magazine which is pop this is shown as people in the pop industry are called pop star. The ideologies for this magazine would be to see lots of interviews from pop stars and lots id information about what’s going on in the pop world.

NME main article analysis

NME uses pictures to show what is happening on each page/section of the magazine, the pictures that have been chosen are pictures of the main articles in each section of the magazine. The magazine seems to be well organised and put in a certain order with the main article’s picture being first, and the picture for live gig reviews being the biggest the magazine designers have probably done this because this the gig reviews are probably the thing that interests the target audience. The magazine is probably done in an organised way because its target audience is men.

The type of font used is a straight forward and simple text there are no fancy effects used this also shows that the magazine is for a mature audience. The colours used are orange; black and white this matches the fount cover which shows that this could possibly be the house style of this band as it is used throughout the article.

On the first page there is an article about the gig almost like a review, but when you turn over the page there is a break in the middle of the review and there is bit about a member of the band then there is the review continued then another piece about a member in the band. Under the review and pieces about the band there is a tour evaluation. This tells me that this magazine article is possible for readers that don’t like to just read the same thing for a long time as they might get board but it is also for an audience that likes to know what the band is thinking and what they are up two.

There are no promotional features used in this article showing me that this magazine’s aim is to maybe draw in a crowd that loves the band and not the free stuff that comes with them.          

The logo is place at the bottom of the page by the page number and the date that the magazine was published the title of the magazine is also very small showing that it is not really important that the important thing is the band.                     

Contents page analysis

The magazine uses one big picture that is to the side and is involved with competition, there is also a small picture at the bottom of the editor and to guys form different bands, this shows that there are not really and pictures scattered around the page instead it is very organised this supports the idea that the target audience are mature men aged 18-25 I can see this as there are only 3 pictures on the page.      

The colours used are black and white there are also hints of red used as well this goes with the target audience as the target audience is men and they don’t like lots of pictures. This supports the front cover as there are not many pictures on the front cover there is just one big one and then some small ones. There is a house style as the same colours have been used on the front cover and the contents page.

The information is organised so that everything is in order and is in different sections. The different sections are Feedback, News, Live reviews, Posters, Features, Albums, Gig guide and the ultimate rock star test. This tells me that the magazine likes to real their audience in and the section get more interesting as the magazine progresses. There are promotional features used in the contents page they are computations.

The magazine logo is placed at the top of the page and is dominant as it says ‘Kerrang! Contents’ this reminds readers that they are reading a Kerrang! Magazine and everything in it was done by the people who work with Kerrang!