Institutional Research

Institutional Research from sageodu

Title Block Designs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Design 1

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

                                                                             Design 2

Design 3

These are my 3 designs for my music magazine centered around the music genre known as grime with the results from  a pole on which title will be best for a music magazine about grime i will use that title in my music magazine.

After the poll the design that got the most votes was seen to be design 2. I have chosen design 2 as the title block and color for my magazine title mainly because of the audiences love for it shown with the mass of votes that were placed on design 2 as a suitable for a music magazine about grime music. i also choose design 2 because the design of it shows th genre of music grime so well through the scraped off lettering and miss matching colour which relates to grimes edgy appearance and sound.

Title Block Analysis

From looking and reading this title block you can tell that the magazine this title belongs to genre is rock and pop music. This is because the name rolling stone refers to a rock and pop concert held annually in the United States of America so it is obvious that this magazine genre may be rock and pop music.

The colours in the title block tell me that this magazine may be rated or have a target audience of people aged 17 and over. This is because the colour read is normally associated with sexual or red hot content unsuitable for viewing of minors.

The font used here tells us that the magazine is rather old and may feature old artists this is because the font he is really old a bit like 1970s font curved and slightly slanted which gives the impression of old content.

The title itself tells me that this magazine is a music magazine because of the style of the title and the title itself which gives the impression of 1970s music through the sheer appearance of the title itself.

The title gives me information that the target audience for this magazine might be young adults aged 22 to  30 who remember music in the 1970s or so and want to read a magazine which still features the classic bands and singers of the past the title gave me this idea through its 1970s style of text and font.

You can’t really tell what the genre of this magazine is from looking at this title mainly because the title is very concise an simple with only one letter and that letter is Q so to be able to know what genre this magazine is form just looking at this title isn’t possible.

The colours in the title tell me that this magazine wants to attract the attention of passerby’s this is because of the use of bright and vibrant colours such as red and white which really stick out in a magazine front cover and so catches a passersby’s eyes and interests them.

The font used here is a large white Q which really does not tell you much about the genre of this magazine or about the magazine itself as a whole so it really does not really create meaning other than that this magazine might be quite simple seen through the simple title Q.

The title itself does not really tell me anything about the magazine other than the magazine might be quite simple and its text might not be too complicated which is inferred by the simple one letter title Q.

The title tells me that the target audience for this magazine may be 18 to 23 year olds who want a simple magazine which is not cluttered with useless annoying text, big buzz words and fake competitions just a simple magazine containing simple yet well written stories and articles.

From the title I can tell that the magazine this title belongs to is a music magazine with the music genre known as heavy metal.

The colours in this title tell me that they have been used in order to make the white lines in the lettering stick out more in order to draw the attention of possible readers who may get attracted to the style of the title thus increasing the number of readers and purchases.

The font of this title is large and shattered this tells me that this magazine is a music magazine of the heavy metal genre as seen through the cracks in the lettering and the large font which can be associated with loud music through its style. I believe this title creates the meaning of heavy metal being extremely loud as seen through the style of lettering that shows various cracks implying that heavy metal music shatters windows or glass in general.

The title “KERRANG” itself tells me that this magazine is a music magazine centred on the loudest music genre known as heavy metal. The title also tells me that this magazine will have a lot of content about heavy metal bands or solo artists as well as a lot of content that figuratively jumps out of the page through the use of large font and style which can all be inferred from the title.

This title gives me information and tells me that the target audience for this magazine maybe 16 to 22 year olds who enjoy and listen to heavy metal music regularly and want a magazine specifically for the heavy metal music genre which suits all their needs in terms of finding out the latest news and albums from the favourite heavy metal bands and solo artists.

Final Magazine Proposal

In my final magazine proposal I have concluded that my magazine will be called Grime4Life and the genre of my magazine will be a mainstream magazine based on the music genre known more commonly in the East London as grime. I have chosen this genre of music because it is not well known in all areas of the world so it is a unique magazine with a rather unique and unknown music genre which sets it apart from all the other mediocre magazines already out there.

My target audience for my magazine will be youths aged 15 to 21 both male and female who can afford magazines that have quality well founded information within the pages. Also my target audiences overall socioeconomic place in society will generally be middle and lower classed people because they  are most likely to already be associated with grime music because of their place and class being so close to the grime genres heart.

I have also concluded that my magazine will be published and released to the public monthly. This is because it gives me enough time to gather enough information, facts and stories about artists and grime music so when I do publish my magazine it will have a good amount of information and text for my readers to enjoy. Also this lengthy time period also gives fans of my magazine something to expect and wait for so my magazine readers will wait anxiously for the next issue each month allowing me to keep my current readers who may also refer my magazine to their friends, peers and colleagues.

I have decided to create my magazine because the grime genre of music is not well known throughout the United Kingdom and there are few magazines out there that even have grime content within them, because of this I saw a gap in the market for a music magazine centred all on grime music, artists and news. I also decided to create this magazine because grime music also represents the lower and middle class of our society and I believe these classes are represented through grime music and deserve to have themselves recognized by the upper class and the rest of the world through any type of media.

In my music magazine I will include a variety of articles and content in order to ensure my readers remain interested in reading my magazine. In my magazine I have decided to include articles about existing and famous grime artists such as JME and solo 45. I have also decided to include competitions in my magazines in order to attract readers and give them a chance to win prizes such as gig tickets. I will also include freebies in my magazines which will also entice readers to read my magazine for the promise of free goods. I will also include double page articles in magazine which hold detailed information about topics that concern grime. Finally I will include a lot of buzzwords, title block, anchorage text, puffs and images for my magazines front cover in order to make my magazine look friendly and formidable for readers to see when they pass a magazine stand.

The ideologies that my magazine will promote will be that grime music is not as bad as it may sound by its name because when people hear the word grime they automatically imagine disgusting or filthy but my magazine will change that and it will change the opinion the upper class has on the lower class and middle class families who are most associated with grime music and are judged in the same way as this genre of music.

I will use a variety of techniques to attract readers to my first issue. I will use techniques such as buzz words and anchorage text the buzz words will attract people to my front cover with words like WIN and FREE in big title block in order to get people’s attention with a chance to obtain free goods, whereas the anchorage text will give information about different grime artists and stories within the magazine which may interest people when they look at the front cover.

I shall also use techniques such as the use of title block and images to attract readers to my first issue. The title block I will use will be large and brightly coloured this will attract people to the magazine when they see it because it is easily noticed and may lead to readers picking up the magazine via the interest in the bright colors and large font. While the use of images will attract readers because they may see artists on the front cover that they know or enjoy so this may soon lead to them buying the magazine in order to see if there is an article or section about that particular artist within the magazine itself. Below is a character profile of a typical buyer of my magazine.

-         Name: Jerome Holder

-         Age: 16

-         Occupation:  Student

-         Interests/Hobbies: Listening to music, playing Xbox 360, surfing the internet and watching television.
- Ideologies: Not all people that are lower or middle class are bad people no matter how they appear in the news or how the police portray them.

Focus Group Questions

This is the introduction to my focus group with the names of those who are present.

Here i asked the first question which was should a music magazine be serious or fun?

In this video i asked the question who should be the target audience for a music magazine about grime.

in this video i asked my group do you think that £3 for a music magazine is reasonable and everyone but Heera gave answer.

in this video i told my group that my magazine will be coming out monthly and then i asked for there thoughts on this.

Here is the final question of my focus group and the conclusion here i asked my focus group if my magazine should be accessible online.

My focus group gave me a variety of answers to my questions that i asked and some answers which contradicted the other answers they that have been given by other members. Overall the answers i got from my focus group has been very helpful during the first stage of creating my magazine.