Set Project Brief

The assignment set for my Media coursework consists of producing a replica music magazine aimed at a specific target audience. To do this i will need to research into similar media products such as an existing music magazine which shares the same genre of audience and music. The magazine i have chosen to research is Kerrang! this is because i hope to have made a mock magazine of a simular demographic readership to this.

To help me make my music magazine, i will have to learn how to use professional publishing software such as Adobe Photoshop Elements and Quark Express. I will use both software to develop a front cover and a contents page of a college magazine, which will be good practice for when i do my music magazine. To demonstrate my knowledge of using such software, i will produce camstudio videos as evidence of using them.

After the production of the college magazine, i will produce an essay on Bauer and IPC, two media conglomerates which produce mainstream and niche magazines of all genres. Then it is a case of producing resewarch and draft copies for a provisional music magazine front cover, contents page and a double page spread. The provisional magazine will have existing bands and artists within them, however my replica magazine will have original photos and graphics. To chose a front cover, i will ask for feedback from my peers and tutor to help me decide on what to use on my draft front cover.

Further reearch will help massively, so i will be doing font research, article research, audience research and photography research. This will help me narrow down a specific demographic readership.

All that is left to do is to produce my own magazine using original photographs, and to evaluate using evaluations, conclusions, treatment plans and production schedules to finish of my project. I hope to have all this completed by May 8th 2009.