Institution Research

Institutional Research

 

Institution	Details	Publications
Future PLC	Future plc is a media company; in 2006, it was the sixth-largest in the United Kingdom.	It publishes more than 150 magazines in fields such as video games, technology, automotive, cycling, films and photography. Magazines include ‘Maximum PC’, ‘Imagine FX’ and ‘Windows the official magazine’.
Prospect	Prospect is a monthly British general interest magazine, specializing in politics, economics and current affairs.	The magazines include, ‘The Big Issue’ and ‘The Guardian.’
IPC Media	IPC Media Ltd (formerly International Publishing Corporation), a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year	Published magazines by IPC Media include, ‘Chat,’ ‘Pick me up!’ And ‘Now’ magazine
Imagine	Imagine Publishing is a UK-based magazine publisher, which publishes a number of video games, computing, creative and lifestyle magazines.	Imagine publish ‘Xbox360’ and ‘Play.’
Hearst	Hearst Corporation is a multinational mass media group based in the Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings have subsequently expanded to include a highly diversified portfolio of media interests.	Magazines include ‘ELLE’ ‘Cosmopolitan’ and ‘Woman’s day.’
Dennis	Felix Dennis started out in the magazine business in the late 1960s as one of the editors of the counterculture magazine OZ. In the mid-1970s, Dennis Publishing was born, beginning with a kung-fu magazine, Kung Fu monthly	Magazines ‘Dennis’ publish are ‘Health and Fitness’ and ‘EVO.’
My choice	The magazine publisher which I will be choosing will be IPC Media. I have chosen this because they publish other popular mainstream magazines, which my magazine will be. They also publish very popular magazines which a lot of young people will recognize.  After having researched other magazine publishers I think that this would be the most suitable publisher for me to choose, due to my target market audience, who will be young to late 20’s, which is similar to the readers of the magazines which IPC publish.

Photoshop Skills

This is something which I completed on photoshop in order to develop my basic photoshop skills. I have placed the masthead behind the image as this will be similiar to what I will be doing on my magazine front cover. I was able to add text onto this photo by layering the photo and the text ontop. I also edited the hue and brightness to change the asthetics of the original photo, finally adding on a barcode on the bottom left corner.

Inspirational Music

Inspirational Text

This is a moodboard I have made, which features artist and types of artist that will be included in my magazine, overall, showing the type of genre which my magazine is.

Magazine Proposal

Magazine Proposal

Type of Magazine This music magazine features popular music in the current year. It will look at current music trends and pop/urban artists. It will include artists such as Lana Del Rey and Lady Gaga, aiming my music at a very varied audience.


Name of Magazine

Audience The target audience will be late teens to early 20's. The audience will be interested in popular music, and music trends, giving a larger and more varied audience, tending to be within the working class.The audience will be interested in popular music and trends, with a lot of urban chart music featured within the magazine

Outlet This magazine can be purchased at local corner shops and large supermarkets. It will also be available for a cheap download for Iphones and Kindles.


Neccessary InformationOn the front cover of my magazine, there will be a issue number available, issue date and barcode with the price of the magazine next to it. This will make it easier for the reader to recognise which issue number the magazine is, the price and make it easy to purchse.

Selling Point
The music in this magazine are all recent aritst, with a lot of urban popular aritsts included within. It will be targeted at a subgroup in soceity, as it includes modern music as opposed to a more alternative genre.

ThemeThe theme of this article will be up to date. It wil feature a interview with a popular female artist, and what influenced her music and any future albums, with sneek previews and insights.

Images on front coverMy front cover image will cover the whole of the front page of the magazine, and it will be the main cover story, e.g the actual interview with the popular music artist.

Images insideThe images inside will inlcude other popular artists who will be featured in the magazine, and other cover stories/sub headings, to allow the reader to have a understanding of what the magazine will include.

Update Diary

 Today I have selected music inspiration videos for my magazine. I have chosen music that is popular amongst young adults and is very mainstream. This is because my magazine will involve mainstream music artists that is popular in the charts with young adults. Here I have print screened how I copied the Youtube clips into my blog. I have also linked the

completed music inspiration page below.
Inspirational Music

Update Diary

Today, I began de-constructing my front cover examples. This task has helped me gain knowledge and understanding of what certain features of a magazine are for, and how to make them stand out. Here I have print screened my finished version of my magazine front cover deconstruction, I will link my other deconstructions to this post to show my development.

Lana Del Rey front cover deconstruction
Kayne West front cover deconstruction

Front cover deconstruction

Contents page decontruction

Masthead	This masthead of the contents page from the magazine ‘Kerrang’ has a very similar layout to the previous contents page magazine which I have researched. The masthead itself is relatively small, however it is printed in yellow and framed with a black small background, allowing it to still stand out.
Necessary Information	This contents page includes an issue date positioned down the left side of the page running down. It also includes a telephone number of how to pre order magazines for a certain price a month, advertising this to the readers. It is printed at the bottom right of the page in a black box with red and yellow writing, allowing it to stand out.
Text	The text is positioned at the bottom half of the magazine, with red yellow and red being the main colours for this contents page, which is keeping in with the ‘rock’ theme which is the main theme of this magazine.  The text is all written underneath ‘Kerrang this week’ so the reader can easily find the page numbers and information which they need. There are many sub headings on this contents page, such as ‘feedback’ ‘news’ ‘gig guide’ and ‘features’ which allows the reader to easily navigate throughout the magazine. These sub headings are written in yellow with a black outline in order to stand out. There is also an editor’s letter down the left side of the page, with a picture of the editor, making this contents page seem very professional and organised.
Font	There is a running colour scheme featured on this contents page, as it is predominately black, yellow and red, which relates to the main colour scheme of the magazine and fits in with the ‘rock’ theme. The images are also labelled as to where certain bands will be featured throughout the magazine, making it quick and easy to navigate throughout. Underneath the features of the magazine, there are is a sentence which is giving a preview of the story featured on that page.
Images	The main image which seems to stand out the most is at the top right of the magazine, which is taken at a mid-shot angel. The model is wearing black which is contrasting with the white background.  Following the main image, there are varies other smaller images, some taken at wide shot angels to show what other bands are featured in the magazine.
Composition	This magazine has a balance of text and images, however there are slightly more images to make the magazine stand out more with small sub headings over lapping the images.
Colour	The colours of this magazine are very bold; making is very eye catching as a lot of the colours are contrasting to each other. The images used are also very colourful and bold.
Linguistics	There are a few linguistic features on this contents page such as sub headings, one of them being ‘swag’ which may give an indication of the type of age of the target market. There is also a competition to enter, for a chance to win a signed guitar by a popular artist amongst the youths.

Contents page decontruction

 

Masthead	This masthead of the contents page from the magazine ‘Drummer’ has a very different layout compared to the previous contents page magazine which I have researched. The masthead is printed in a black bold font, contrasting with the white background. It is positioned at the top left hand side of the contents page
Necessary Information	This contents page is very much image led, although the essential information for a magazine is positioned down the left side of the page, easily displaying what pages feature which parts of the magazine
Text	The text falls down the left hand side of the page, although there is few texts compared to images, it has included the essential information a contents page magazine needs such as what page numbers feature which parts of the magazine. Sub headings are also included to allow the reader to navigate where the ‘featured’ section is of the magazine. There is also a ‘regulars’ section and ‘exclusive’ parts marked on the contents page, which is eye catching to the reader.
Font	There is a running colour scheme featured on this contents page, as it is predominately black, white and red, which relates to the main colour scheme of the magazine. The images are also labelled as to where certain bands will be featured throughout the magazine, making it quick and easy to navigate throughout. Underneath the features of the magazine, there are is a sentence which is giving a preview of the story featured on that page.
Images	This magazine contents page is very image led. It features six images which five of them are labelled with page numbers. There does seem to be a main image surrounded by other images which may give an indication of which will be the main story in the magazine. The image angels range from a wide shot, to a close up.
Composition	This magazine is very much image led, with the text organised on the left side of the page.
Colour	The colours of this magazine are very bold; making is very eye catching as a lot of the colours are contrasting to each other. The main image is framed as a wide shot in order to see the whole of the artists and their drums.

                                                                                  

Contents page decontruction

Masthead	This masthead of the contents page from the magazine ‘Vibe’ has a very different layout compared to the other contents page magazine which I have researched. The masthead falls down the top right hand side of the page. It is in a white font, which is contrasting with the black/grey background, making the masthead stand out even more. The masthead is also tucking behind the main image, which is covering the whole of the contents page.
Necessary Information	Featured on the bottom right of the page, is the page number. This is presented in the same font and colour as the rest of the text on this page, making the page look professional and organised. There is also a website link placed at the bottom left hand side, which again is presented in the same font and style.
Text	The text falls down the right hand side of the page, although there is few text, it has included the essential information a contents page magazine needs such as what page numbers feature which parts of the magazine. Sub headings are also included to allow the reader to navigate where the ‘featured’ section is of the magazine.
Font	The font and style is very similar to each other on this contents page. There is a lot of black and white font colour which contrasts with each other allowing it to stand out much more. The page itself looks very organised and the style all fits together well with each other.
Images	The image covers the majority of the contents page. The image itself is very eye catching, with the most noticeable part being the models legs, which appear much more vibrant than the rest of the page. They are also shaped in a ‘v’ shape, which related to the title of the magazine which is ‘vibe.’ There is also a letter ‘v’ outlining the models legs in order to emphasis the shape of the legs. The tone of this magazine has very dark colours, which the model keeps by wearing a washed out white bodysuit. The image itself feels as though it is looking at you, as the model is looking directly into the camera, making the image much more enticing. The image is a full body shot.
Composition	This magazine is very much text led, even though there is not as great deal of text there is only one large image which covers the whole contents page. The main image is layered over the masthead as the foot of the model covers the corner of the masthead.
Colour	As previously mentioned the colours on this magazine are very dark but with the masthead contrasting to the background as it is printed in white.

Preliminary Task Front Cover Flatplan

I have kept my magazine cover very traditional with a simplistic layout, making is easier for the reader to identify where items in the magazine are located. The masthead is large at the top left of the magazine, allowing the reader to immediatley identify what genre of magazine this is and what the magazine is called, it will also be infront of the main image. My main image will cover the whole of the front page, giving the reader a further insight into what genre of magazine this is and who will be featured in it. Underneathe the main image is the main coverline, featuring what the main story in this magazine will be, this will be who is on the main image of the magazine. Following this will be any sub headings, to show other items which may be in the magazine which are not a main story, to interest lots of readers, not just one particular group. The essential information is located at the bottom right of the magazine,  this is where the reader is able to see the price of the magazine and able to purchase it with the barcode.

Lana Del Rey front cover deconstruction

Kayne west front cover deconstruction