Video diary

G321 AS media video diary: http://youtu.be/2Y51SuiZ-Xo

Proposal feedback

Recently I asked a few people I know about what they thought about my draft proposal. Some were good critiques and some were bad. However from all of it I did take on board what they said and will use it to write a better and clearer proposal next time. The categories they were presented with to give feedback on were the following, ‘Target audience’, ‘Purpose of my magazine’, Contents of feature article’, ‘Contents of magazine’ and ‘Business model’.

 Target audience

I was told that maybe the target audience age group may be too narrow and may need to make the difference in between 14 – 21. The target topics may need to be of a bigger range in consideration of my age groups. However I was told it was good that I knew my target audience and what I wanted to present to them. I was also told that some of my vocabulary could have made a little more sense. On the other hand the description was good as well. 

Purpose of my magazine
As for the purpose of the magazine, I was told that I could add more detail and explain in a little bit more detail what the real purpose was. Other than the not so good aspects of it, I was told I have got the purpose description precise.

Contents of feature article

The feature artists should incorporate other genres and artists that will suit all needs not just the age range that I have chosen and people who enjoy pop music and magazines.

Contents of magazine

Include new and upcoming artists, not just popular big names in the industry. I was told to add people who are on the verge of becoming famous, such as, years & years. I was also told that I should have included the names of the artists that would feature in my magazine.

Business model

Create a specific colour scheme according to gender and make the colour of the writing more vibrant. I was also told to make the text of the front cover different to draw people in as well as to have big bold headlines.

Mood board

Cover lines

Best female artists...
Whitney Houston, Celine Dion,
 Mariah Carey and many more

Disney Stars...
Where are they at now?

Jingle Bell Ball 2014
What's this years line up?
Any of your favourite artists?

Nikki Z...The Tour
Behind the action with the queen herself

Draft Proposal

Production Diary 10

This week I have been gradually finishing off the tutorials for my magazine. So far I have reached the front cover and I am designing the title, and cover articles and where I would like to place them on the cover according to the picture that will be placed for it. As for now I have placed a random picture from the internet there just as a rough template of my layout. The main colours I have chosen for my magazine are turquoise as a girly colour and a purple/blue as boys colour, this is two make the magazine unisex and not a one gender based artefact. When I get back to the lesson this week, we will most likely be finishing off these drafts and p0lacing everything into place and as there aren't many lessons left we might have to carry on after Christmas; the first week back.

Analysis of Covers

Names Ideas

PUMP IT
HITS!
MM (music matters)
1
Curve
Spark
Beat
Shuffle
Tune

Image Ideas

Promotional Method

Promotional methods is a technique in which magazine companies can gain more readership by advertising their magazines at places where posters of the magazines can be seen every day. I have come up with a few ways of promoting my magazine.

As my magazine is new, I think it is always best to give out freebies, promotions, special editions, download codes etc. This will give the audience a good first impression and will target the industry. The advantage of having freebies, will give the audience a good impression and will hopefully encourage them to get the magazine. In my opinion I think the first of the freebies for the magazine should be a free download code (song/music videos), which can be accessed by the public through mobile apps. QR codes may also be a great source for the audience to download these freebies as it may be quicker and easier to access rather than through a mobile app.

Another method of promotion of the magazine is through social media. For example, twitter feeds and competitions, Facebook pages, Youtube channels etc. There could also be radio/ TV adverts and maybe even posters around popular social places e.g. shopping centres and gyms. The artist that will feature on the front cover, which is also another great way of promoting us and the artist themselves. Other artists that will feature in the magazine can promote themselves in the magazine on their social media pages, this is another way for the artists to promote themselves as well as promoting the magazine as fans of the artists will buy the magazine due to the artists featured and this means it can boosts the sales of the magazine.  

Social Media

Social networking sites allow people to interact in online communities, such as Facebook, to share thoughts, status updates, stay in touch, and upload photos and more with members of their own personal networks. Most social networking sites affect the magazines in similar ways, with the exception of what their own sites allow.

 Facebook is an online social networking site that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet. The way businesses can use Facebook is by definitely by posting the latest feeds, photos and even advertising for the magazine in order to get more people to subscribe and read it.

 Twitter can be another way for businesses to connect with the social society. Similar to Facebook and many many other social networking sites, Twitter also allows people and businesses to share feeds, stay in touch, etc. This site also allows the audience and readers of the magazine to interact with the producers of social media withn the magazines, directly by posting on their wall and by direct messaging them (DMing).

 

Youtube Channels can be used to connect with the audience through vlogs, channels and even by subscribing. Youtube never used to be a popular way to watch and upload videos to, however over the century, this social media site has allowed people from the public all over the world to become connected and closer to many different aspects of life, whether this be watching films or tutorials or generally in this case how a magazine is produced and all the different factors of it.

 

 

Feature Article

NIKKI Z

After a period of relative silence, Nikki Z has swept into 2014 to claim the throne of pop music and has claimed the biggest fandom in the world.

Since her new single ‘One Night of Broken’ topped the 2014 charts, Nikki has been owning the spotlight and rolling out the fame carpet in front of her. Her feature on Jessie J’s “Bang Bang” quickly set the record for the third – largest first month download count of 2014. Billboard and Q magazines pronounced her as “the hottest female on the planet”, even before her latest single was released and topped the charts. However none of this would have happened if Beyoncé hadn’t offered to step down and support Nikki in her upcoming fame. We caught up with the pop sensation in our latest interview to find out how she’s feeling about becoming the next big queen.

First of all thank you for taking time out to talk to us and your incredible fandom, considering your busy schedule after being pronounced the Queen of Pop. Speaking of your fandom, how do you feel to have so many people supporting you and looking at you for inspiration, does it make you feel good or…?

From the bottom of my heart I’d like to say thank you to all these amazing people who have been through with me in and out of hard and rough times and supporting and not giving up on me, all the way. Not only do they make me feel good, they make me feel like I’m actually getting somewhere in life, it’s like they are the extra boost you need in order to succeed. Although some may claim I am the inspiration, they are wrong. To be honest if it wasn’t mainly for them, I wouldn’t have produced a new song or wouldn’t have got this far, so in the end they are the ones that should be looking in the mirror of inspiration, not me.

What would be your advice to any young and upcoming artists who would like to be a part of the world of music?

Do whatever you want to do. Be whoever you want to be. Don’t let anything hold you back or get in your way. Be yourself. Along the way there will be a lot of people who will criticize you – believe me it’s a scary world out there, but what you have to do is forget about them. This will be hard no doubt in that, however despite who they are, including family and friends, you have to focus on your needs and dreams and not theirs. Evidently there will also be many people who will support you – don’t let them pressurize you into doing something you don’t want but do let them help you. You get out what you put in, believe me you have to work damn hard to get where you want to be in life and it certainly will not be easy at all.

So who influenced you to pick up music, write songs and go on tour?

Before I could even think about becoming a worldwide international pop star, obviously like many new artists I didn’t really have a goal just a dream. I think the people who influenced me the most was probably my friends as they heard me sing before in school, although at this point I was very shy, anyway not getting into any of that (laughs) um I think the well yeah my friends influenced me most to start singing and really all my thanks and praises go to them. To write songs well I think it was more of an inspiration from situations not all good, there was definitely some bad times too, but getting back on track, um more of an inspiration rather than an influence of somebody else’s back. To go on tour was an influence from a bit of everywhere, for example, friends, family, fandoms, songs, other artists I’ve worked with etc.

Have you got any specific favourite songs on the album and are there any other artists you would like to possibly work with on future albums and chart toppers…?

 

My favourite song would most likely have to be m new single, ‘One Night of Broken’ by far. It’s not lively but it does have quite a few morals and I think that’s just inspirational to everyone including me. In the future I would like to hopefully work with Ed Sheeran, Cheryl Cole and maybe even a boy band like The Script or a girl band like Little Mix. 

 Omg, talking about the tour, you got any details on it and how was it to work with Jessie J and Taylor Swift?

 Omg working with them was AMAZING!! Never in a million years does anyone get this same opportunity that I got, felt to so special. They are both extremely lovely and I guess well it was definitely a dream come true. To be honest I’m still in shock myself even though it’s been a few months now. My tour…WOW that was an experience of a life time, just you know to be on stage and having fun and loving it and seeing the smile on the fans faces and WOW. Just incredible honestly. Could never forget the moment when I walked on that stage and felt the warmth of the screaming fans and my name being mentioned and yeahh' it was a great... great time. I think I’m just pretty glad that I got pushed and inspired to achieve my dream all the way and I really do owe it to everyone who played a part in my life at that time. And yes there are some details but I have to keep my mouth shut for that, maybe just maybe you will find out from a little birdy, but who knows…? (laughs)

 What’s next for you then, away from your music of course?

 Alongside everything like my tour and taking time out for family and friends, next to be honest I’m not really sure. Actually there is an album coming out, however that’s being kept zipped up. Maybe another tour, maybe in another country, who knows? Fingers crossed if this tour goes down well then yeah sure I’ll for sure do another sure maybe featuring some cheeky chums as a surprise, for not let’s just keep our fingers crossed and let nature take its course.

 Damn we are all out of time Nikki, it’s been the greatest pleasure speaking to you and I’m sure this won’t be the last, best of luck with your tour and hopefully an album release soon?

 Awhh that’s a shame was really getting into this, your welcome anyway hopefully next time we can do a game sort of thing like spin the bottle with another group or something and let’s keep our fingers crossed everything will go according to plan. Thank you anyway, was nice meeting you. So as she leaves the building, we wonder, will she go on to become the pop sensation she wants to be and will she remain as the queen of pop with her lovely and vivid attitude towards music? Who knows? We’ll find out next time she’s on, when we start to talk about other parts of her life…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Production Diary 9

During this week we have been again looking at tutorials on how to complete our final magazine. So far I have got up to writing the article for my feature page. On Friday, I stayed behind school with a few of my friends and did a photoshoot on the screen for my magazine. Not only did they help me with mine but I also helped them with theirs. Most of the pictures were taken on the screen however I also need to take some pictures outside of school in a natural setting with natural backgrounds. These pictures will not be of friends in school but friends out of school creating a bigger variety within the genre. All of the pictures would have been taken on a Canon camera and a sequence of pictures were being taken with another camera but the same type during our photoshoot after school on Friday.