I used Canva to make this poster which I was using to research genre, a brief overview of what genre is and why it's good to research it. This will be helpful when choosing my genre because i'll have gained a better insight into what i'm looking for in terms of a 'genre'. Also in researching genre I came across how unlucky one can be if they don't have a genre set in stone before they start there production because without it your stories, colour schemes and overall agenda can go a little off course as you have no firm basis to work on.
I chose to research these six music magazines to achieve a better insight into the main looks and general knowledge of producing a piece of media like these. In researching I found out mainly that these magazines are based in America where most media companies will have the offices to facilitate how they produce these magazines and also if the frequency of a magazine is rare: e.g. 6 issues per year, then an easily noticeable title and picture on the main front cover is definitely needed to ensure their target audience purchase it. This Piktochart however will help when looking at the differences and similarities within these six magazines because the similarities are the things to consider when applying this knowledge to the construction of my own magazine. The differences however will be the things to research because they could be good ideas to add into my own magazine that could possibly make it more unique than my competitors. The similarities and differences sections will help me the most in post-production as I can focus on the differences as an area to take a risk in and the similarities to adapt as my strengths.
I chose a variety of music magazines and put them into a Wordle bubble to show the work of music magazine publishers/companies around the world. Most of these magazines are sold in the UK but made all over which shows the diversity in both language and audience. This will help when finding a music magazine to follow and mask (but not copy) when i'm designing my own, but as a whole this Wordle will remind me of the diversity out there in the media and that when looking for an eventual genre that it may be easier to follow a more niche type of music than a more generic kind or it can show to me that the gaps in the market aren't right there yet and it'd be beneficial to follow the genre's, flour schemes and connotations of some of these well-known brands.
This Slideshow will hopefully give more information on the work of Haymarket. Specifically to Stuff magazine as well as portraying how I hope to use Haymarket media group's ideas and background to help with my magazine's publication and design. As a media group Haymarket publish thousands upon millions of magazines today and they will always look out for faults; I will be sure to look back to this powerpoint when I'm near completion with my end product and look out for possible faults and the little things that could be seen as threats to my magazine if it were to be published properly.
My first Video is to introduce you to the current research I've been doing for my music magazine. A small powerpoint will follow to sum up any extra information that may not of been clear. This video will help me in the long run to hear from myself, what I've found out about the connotations of a magazine in general in such early stages of research. This was also a great chance to look at how a magazine is formulated together as a finished product, which is beneficial to me when creating my end product because I can make connections between the two and look out for all the things that I've copied in terms of connotations so I know that my end product will be successful.
