Music Magazine Checklist

CHECKLIST - MUSIC MAGAZINE – COURSEWORK PORTFOLIO

Research –By 16th January (Tick number when complete)
Using 3 music magazines or your choice


1. Annotation/Deconstruction of front covers of 3 music magazines.
2. Annotation/deconstruction of at least 3 contents pages of music magazines.
3. Notes on blog about background to magazine, how long it has been produced and who owns it. (eg IPC website)
4. Notes on content and approach to music. (What genre of music? Who reads it- reader profile? What is the style of the magazine?)
5. Notes/bullet points on reader interaction. Is there a letters page? Email? Readers’ polls?
6. Analysis of double page spreads (1 for each magazine or 3 from one magazine – 3 in total) – Layout, content and language.
7. How else does the magazine promote the music industry? What else to they offer or advertise? Eg radio, website….
8. Read Kerrang and Smashed Hits articles about music magazines and write a final research comment on what you think the future of the music magazine industry is. Will people still be able to afford music magazines? Will they read them on line?.......

Planning of product – During Christmas hols.> Deadline 30th January

1. Flat plan x 2
2. Sketch in rough x 2
3. Type of music
4. Individual or group
5. Mock up on computer on by hand x 2
6. Reader profile for your magazine(as IPC example)
7. Questionnaire or focus group to feedback on initial ideas for cover, colours, fonts, title, contents.
8. Analysis of feedback.
9. Organisation of photo shoot(s) to include camera, actors, costumes, props, location, lighting (take more photos than you need).

Practise on Photoshop (Remember Tuesday sessions in CR2 after school)

Make use of the holidays and daylight to set up photo shoots and get your initial ideas for copy written.

3. Magazine Construction- Deadline 13th February

1. Layout of magazine in Photoshop,(Minimum of 4 original images per candidate) – Front cover, contents page and double page spread from each student. Remember all images in your magazine must be original – produced by you or your group.
2. Audience feedback of your product – focus group or sample audience
3. Completion of evaluation questions.

You will have January and the first half of February to complete your work in class.