Cover 2- initial moodboard

 

This is my initial mood board for cover 2 which focuses on my friend Amelia as a pop star and uses a fisheye lens shot as a vinyl record on the cover to reference the vinyl revival recently. I will include cover lines about sexuality in mainstream music with an LGBTQ+ on the cover which relates to the zeitgeist and progressive target audience and has a pink/silver playful aesthetic to draw attention to the cover. The Vogue Portugal cover inspired me because the shot type made it look like she was spinning.

Cover 1- initial moodboard

 

This is my initial mood board for my first cover of my magazine, including the model Kat who will be dressed inspired by Britney Spears as an intertextual reference to her and the 90s/2000s but reimagined with bold and messy glitter makeup to suggest that the newer eras of pop is edgier and more creative. The backdrop will be silver cds to catch the light and adhere to the common theme of physical copies of music rising in popularity and will possibly include a flip phone as another 90s element. I was inspired by this Vogue masthead which was written in jewellery which might be used for the title of my magazine ‘Replay.’

Initial mood board for magazine

 This is a mood board for the inside of my magazine which captures elements such as photo booth style photos and digital drawings on top of images that give it a scrapbook vibe that creates a more creative and personal style. I’m also thinking of including photoshopped elements similar to the stacked TV image.

Audience Profile

 

Audience Research: Focus Group

Name: Belle Webster

Age: 17

Interests: music, films

What genre of music do you listen to: indie pop

What music magazines are you most likely to read?: Mojo, Rolling Stone, Dazed

Have you recently bought a physical copy of music?: yes I buy vinyls regularly 

What other eras of music (if any) have you seen influencing media today?: 80s for artists like Chappell Roan and 90s for pop

What 3 artists do you listen to most?: Phoebe Bridgers, Faye Webster, Chappell Roan

What music streaming service do you use?: Spotify 

How often do you go to concerts/festivals?: pretty often like once a month usually

How often do you use online magazine sites?: sometimes if they include a celebrity or topic that I like

Are you more likely to purchase a magazine if it includes a physical insert such as a poster?: yes definitely 

Name: Georgia Baker

Age: 17

Interests: singing, piano, reading

What genre of music do you listen to?: pop, indie, rock, jazz, old soul, hiphop

What music magazines are you most likely to read?: Rolling Stone or Dazed

Have you recently bought a physical copy of music?: yes a cd

What other eras of music (if any) have you seen influencing media today?: 2000s

What 3 artists do you listen to most?: Arlo Parks, Taylor Swift, Amy Winehouse

What music streaming service do you use?: Spotify 

How often do you go to concerts/festivals?: 3x a year 

How often do you use online magazine sites?: occasionally 

Are you more likely to purchase a magazine if it includes a physical insert such as a poster?: yes!

 Name: Alexander Blackstone-Cobbe

Age: 17

Interests: sport, planes

What genre of music do you listen to: pop, indie rock

What music magazines are you most likely to read?: Rolling Stone

Have you recently bought a physical copy of music?: no

What other eras of music (if any) have you seen influencing media today?: 80s

What 3 artists do you listen to the most?: Tom Grennan, George Ezra

What music streaming service do you use?: Spotify

How often do you go to concerts/festivals?: Once a year at most

How often do you use online magazine sites?: never

Are you more likely to purchase a magazine if it includes a physical insert such as a poster?: yes

Name: Marni Azeem

Age:17

Interests: football, video games, music

What genres of music do you listen to?: rap, hip hop 

What music magazines are you most likely to read?: none

Have you recently bought a physical copy of music?: no

What other eras of music (if any) have you seen influencing media today?: 80s/90s

What 3 artists do you listen to the most?: Drake, Future, Playboi Carti

What music streaming service do you use?: Spotify

How often do you go to concerts/festivals?: a couple of times a year

How often do you use online magazine sites?: never

Are you more likely to purchase a magazine if it includes a physical insert such as a poster?: yes

Brief- initial thoughts

 I am initially drawn to the magazine brief as I enjoyed creating a magazine for my NEA in GCSE’s and I have some ideas on which magazines I would like it to be similar to. I am more confident on Photoshop than IMovie and have used Photoshop a lot more.

Test Music Video- 4/3/24

 I have learned how to shoot and edit part of a music video in this task and next time, I would take more time in getting more interesting shots and try out more effects when editing such as opacity.