LIIAR Analysis of the Brief

Language

Front Cover.

The front cover of my music magazine must contain a number of items, to make it stand out and look like a real magazine which people would want to buy. Such as, a masthead which must be short and memorable, also a leading icon which illustrates the masthead has to be noticed, with some magazines such as NME and Kerrang their icon is their masthead as this is what they’re known by. The main image which has to cover the full page and be a medium close up, showing the face and shoulders, the image must be clear and making eye contact with the audience. There must also be a usage of a bright colour scheme with a clear house style, of two or maybe three main colours which will run continuously throughout the magazine. Also I will make sure the layout of the coverlines is aligned to the left therefore they will follow the convention of the third left. A few important pieces such as an anchorage, price tag, barcode and an issue number need to be included, the issue number will be in the dateline, and the barcode will be issued into the third left, I may also include a selling line which will be seen underneath the masthead. To attract the audience, there has to be some teasing contents in the skyline, the skyline could possibly include competitions and/or free gifts; also the main cover line must relate to the main image being portrayed on the front cover. However I may choose to challenge some conventions to make my media product stand out from other music magazines which are of the same genre. 

             Contents Page

The contents page to my music will be simple however interesting; they’ll be usage of the clear house style issued from the previous page, which will need to run continuously throughout the magazine. There will be thumbnails which will illustrate certain articles, these articles will also have a small description or quote which will allow the audience to have an insight to what each article will be about. Also the contents page will include information on the competitions and/or free gifts shown in the skyline from the front cover, there will be a letter from the editor which can reassure the targeted audience that the editor wants to have an involvement with them, and how they feel about the magazine. 

Double Spread Page

The double spread page must appeal to the audience, therefore it must include an interesting image of the musician it relates to, the shot could either be a medium close up of themselves, or a long shot of a gig which they have recently performed at. There will be evidence of the same clear house style, which will have run continuously throughout the magazine. Also this page will include thumbnails of the musician on the photo shoot, and clear text. If the musician has an icon then this will be inserted onto the page. The headline from the front cover will also be the headline of this particular page, this ensures the audience that there is a connective between the two. 

Institution
Due to my media product focusing on both major and independent musicians I have decided that the institution itself will be distributing the magazine to reinforce its true ideology. Having a major distribution institution distribute my final media product could clash with the ideology, as it would seem my institution are only creating the magazine to create a profit and not to give the audience the information what they want to know about the musicians, and want they need to know if they have any hope of entering the music industry. 

Ideology

The ideology of my media product isn't to make a profit, but to share up to date information with the audience and give the ways of getting noticed within the music industry as it gets harder each day for musicians to be taken seriously without having to upload their music digitally such as using YouTube. Also the ideology is to keep the magazine an in-expensive price, including all new information and feedback from the audience ensuring they have their own input on the magazine. 

Audience
The target audience for my final media product would be both male and female within the age group of 15-24, having a high interest in the rock genre to purchase the magazine on a weekly basis. This topic will be covered more in the upcoming posts to my blog. 

Representation

I’ll be representing the music industry accurately to show the target audience that everyone is the same whether they are famous or not and that anything is possible if they try their best. The magazine won’t be pushing people into believing that the music industry is for everyone, and that it’s hard work to be involved in. The musicians within the industry will be represented accurately because it will give them good publicity, and that way the target audience can have an insight to what the musicians are like naturally.