What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

I would use IPC Media to distribute my magazine, they are one of the UK's most successful producers and they have subcategories for which they target their magazine audiences. They do not already distribute a magazine like mine, so far their music magazines target classic and contemporary music. They are one of the biggest companies in the world which could help to expand my selling point, using IPC would not affect the managment significantly so there would be no drastic adjustments. There will probably be an online version of the magazine which will be more convenient for buyers who would otherwise have to go out of their way to a store to buy the magazine. Also there would be a radio station (and an online version) which would play the genres of music shown in the magazine and this would attract listeners as they would not have to wait like they would with more diverse radio stations.

Hearing Damage Front Cover Evaluation

My media products front cover has a colour scheme of 3, white, yellow and black. The masthead is in bold capital letters which helps it to seem quite loud which is the idea as it has been named Hearing Damage. I have used only 3 images on my front cover and I took the main picture myself and edited it. I have put a pull quote under my main cover line because I want to give my audience a little sample of what is inside to capture their attention. My main sell line Get your band signed! was used because the audience I am aiming for consists of young aspiring musicians and they will take any chance they can get. I used the caution tape behind my text because I think that it also directs it in the correct direction of my audience, they like risks and danger, breaking the rules, so by passing the caution tape they have gone into a danger zone.

Original Photographs

These are the un-edited versions of the pictures I took for my magazine

Hearing Damage Contents Page Evaluation

I have brought in the caution tape from my front cover as my double page spread is supposed to pose as the dangerous zone. I have included the usual subheadings features, feedback, news, album/film reviews. I didn't to include any more than four subheadings because I think that it would be more than is needed especially as under the subheadings are what's actually found inside. I have included an editors note like many other magazines and up the left hand side in the bottom left hand corner I have given photographer credit. I have stuck to the same font for the larger text on my contents page but for the smaller writing I used a softer looking font. Again I only used three images because I didn't want to use less than what I had used on the front cover, but I did not wish to have more than I would be using on my double page spread.

Interview Research

In order to make the interview for my double page spread appropriate, I looked up some interviews with the kind of bands who would be featured in my magazine so I would know what knid of questions are asked and what kind of mood there is during the interview.

Here are a few sites I found the interviews on.
http://bluelead.livejournal.com/65730.html
http://www.metalunderground.com/interviews/details.cfm?newsid=8242
http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=prettyreckless

My Music Magazine Audience Moodboard

This is my audience music magazine moodboard. They are individuals who can be considered 'emo' or 'scene' because of their clothing style e.g Skinny jeans, dark make-up, volumized hair, body piercings ect. They like to buy expensive things and wear things that will be different to everyone else so they stand out such as the Vans with the watermelon design on them.

They'll have either very dark or very vibrantly coloured hair and like to eat and drink sweet things hence the picture of the lollipops and the starbucks, also the brand names they buy from have to be well known so people know that they have a lot of money.

My target audience will have an online blog so they can express themselves to the world with pictures or just post what they're feeling on websites such as 'tumblr.' They like to watch animated cartoons because the way the characters have been designed captures their attention and entice them into buying books and t-shirts with these characters on them.

Magazine Contents Page Analysis

This contents page is aimed at a more mature, male audience age around twenty two to twenty eight, probably single and are at a working class of C2 or C1, mostly aspirers and a few succeeders. The contents page has three main colours, red; white and black, and the most vibrant colour is the red which makes it not too over powering but there's still a good block of colour there. It has 2 subheadings features and regulars which then are broken down into smaller categories to make finding the section of the magazine the audience wants to read simple. There are six pictures used on here, and the main one is to reinforce the title Drummer, and also so does the picture to the right of the title of the drum kit. There are page numbers in the top left hand corner of the pictures to indicate where they will be found which is a useful feature. Right at the top in the left hand corner is the date that the magazine was released which also is helpful as the audience is able to know how long there is left until the next issue will be released.