Reader Profile

Here is my reader profile for the magazine that I am going to make.

The Music Press

1950s -1960s 

- Magazines: Melody Maker (1952), New Musical Express (1926) and Rolling Stone.

- In the 1960s there were changes in society.

- Arrival of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

- Drug culture in the 60s changed the nature of music and music writing.

1970s

Early 70s

- Youth Sub Culture was 'Glam Rock'.

- Bands and Artists such as Sweet, Mud, Slade and T Rex.

Mid 70s

- NME embraces punk.

- NME starts writing about politics and philosophy etc.

- The music press becomes divided into Musicians' papers and Political papers.

Later On

- Youth Sub Culture became 'Prog. Rock'.

- Bands and Artists such as Pink Fylod, Emmerson Lake Palmer and Yes.

- Until the 'Prog Rock' bands became known the music papers were still largely uncritical of groups. This changed as 'Prog Rocl' began to spend too much money on staging, lighting and lasers etc.

Late 1970s - Early 1980s

- The style became Pop.

- Music becomes more important than content.

NME

- It changed its style to meet the Youth Sub Culture 'Punk'.

- Writers were recruited from the magazines own readership.

- Late 70s early 80s readers abandon NME as it no longer writes about 'normal' bands.

The Current Situation Of The Music Press

My Flat Plans

Front Cover

Contents Page

Double Page Spread

Images From My Photoshoots That I Will Not Use

I will not use this picture in my music magazine because my model has a red eye and I have also cut off part of her elbow when taking the picture.

I have decided not to use this image in my magazine because I do not like the angle that I have taken it at.

This picture will not feature in my music magazine, as the top of my model's head is not in the frame.

I will not use this picture because I do not like the position of one of the model's head. Also this photoshoot was set up so that I could take pictures for my front cover. Therefore I needed the image to be a mid-shot.

This image will not be used because I would of preferred it to be a mid-shot instead of a long-shot.

The reason I will not use this picture in my music magazine is because I do not like the lighting.

 I do not like the lighting in this image so I will not use it.

This image is not suitable for my magazine because one of my models is looking away. Another reason is because they are both crouching down in the picture, which makes them look really small.

Although I like the positioning of my models in this picture and how they are posing. I do not like how the light is reflecting off of them both.

My Photoshoot

Photoshoot 1
For my main photoshoot I wanted it to look like the photos had been taken in a professional studio, therefore i used a white wall for the background which helped to create this effect. Although there is a plug socket on the wall this does not matter as I can edit it out in Photoshop. I decided to put my models first of all in trousers, t-shirts, glasses and blazers as this gives the photos a 'Rock Chick' feel. I then changed them to evening, party dresses as this type of clothing is typically worn by female music artists that feature in magazines, therefore I chose to do this as it will make my magazine conventional. Both of the models make direct eye contact with the reader in all of the photos as this helps to attract the reader's attention.

Below is a slideshow of all the original photos that have the potential to be either on the front cover of my music magazine or on the contents page. However, some of the photos are long shots instead of mid shots, this means that if i chose to use one of these images, that is a long shot, as my cover picture I will have to edit it first.


Photoshoot 2
For this photoshoot I wanted to give the images an edgy more urban feel instead of making them all look like they had been taken in a photography studio. I knew of a local field so I decided to use this as the setting for my second photoshoot. I dressed my models in jeans, vest tops and military boots as this fitted in with the urban/edgy feel that I wanted to create. I also changed the model's hair by putting it in a side plait so that it wasn't styled the same as it was in the main photoshoot.

Below are pictures, from Google Maps, of where I took my photos.

Satellite View of the location.


Map View of the location.

Below is a slideshow of all the original photos that have the potential to be either on the double page spread of my music magazine or on the contents page. In some of the pictures I have used the technique of the Rule of Thirds by putting the models of the left hand side of the photo, this will then allow me to put the writing on the right hand side without it affecting the image by overlapping my models. It also allows the background to carry across both pages.

Photoshoot 3
The images that I took at this photoshoot are for my secondary solo artist which I will put on the contents page and maybe on my double page spread as they could be a collaborator  with my band. I started off by using a white wall to make my photos look like they had been taken professionally. However, I then changed to having a brick wall as my backdrop as this gives a different look to my images but they also fit in with the urban feel I created in my second photoshoot. If I do end up putting one of these images on my double page spread then this will fit in nicely. I dressed my solo artist in jeans and a pretty blouse as I want this clothing to signify a pop artist, who normally wears girly clothing, rather than an R&B artist who would dress differently.

Below is a slideshow of all the original photos that have the potential to be used in my music magazine. I have used a mixture of mid shots and long shots.

My Focus Group