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.

Big Cheese Contents Page Analysis

This contents page from the magazine 'Big Cheese' is aimed at an older audience aged seventeen to twenty one, you can tell this by the language being used such as the cuss words. It leans more toward a male audience because the colours are all dull that have been used on this page, red; black and white, and due to the age the target audience are probably all single, and class C2 individuals. The four pictures which have been used are to reinforce what the text is saying, to give a kind of 'sneak peak' at what the magazine will contain. It has one of the usual subheadings which is Regulars and the others are obviously changed in each issue. The pages have been separated by different coloured backgrounds which could mean they are all in the same category.

Top of the Pops Double Page Spread

This is a double page spread fromt he magazine 'Top of the Pops' which is aimed at an audience of young female teens, they would probably be D class and are mostly individuals but there may be some aspirers too. The article on this double page spread is an interview about a movie with the main characters. The magazine uses 5 different colours, red;; pink; yellow; black and white, they have picked these bright colours because it seems to refer to imaginative things and the audience are young imaginative people. There are six images on the double page spread, but only one is quite a large scale so these do not take up too much room but there are just enough to keep the audience's attention. The title is in bright bold colouring and the font being used changes when it reaches the movie title to make it more pronounced. Across the bottom are a few of the characters and in the text boxes is an explanation of the character, who the actor playing the character is and what the character is like.

Kerrang! Double Page Spread

This double page spread from Kerrang! is an interview with a singer, it has one main picture so that the audience's attention is not distracted fromt he article but so they have something interesting to look at. They have used four colours, white; grey; black and pink, this is effective because they are all subtle colours apart from the pink and this makes it stand out more. Above the description of the article is a quote pulled from the text to try to catch the audience's attention with a 'taster' of what they will read in the interview, the text gets larger to emphasise on the more important parts. In the article the interviewer's questions are highlighted with a white background so the person's answers are easier to tell apart from the questions. The pictures of lights placed around the boarder of the double page spread give it an appearance of a dressing room mirror to make it more interesting that it just being plain.

Music Journalism Practice Piece

Paranormal Activity 2

The prequel to the original movie Paranormal Activity will have you jumping in your seat and leave you wanting to know more! We still have the familiarity of Katie and Micah from the first film and we get to know how the unfortunate couple ended up being taunted by the demon when we meet the newest character; Kristi (who is Katie’s sister!) and her family. The film expands on the first film’s storyline and was obviously thought out well, I think the fact that they used actors who weren’t very well known helped to make it seem more realistic. The film made a huge total of $163,134,618 worldwide! The footage is filmed in the style of surveillance cameras and hand held cameras making it appear more like a documentary which made it appear more real.

When things get strange the family put up surveillance cameras through the house, and the weirdness starts out small, shadows made by nothing and the pool cleaner somehow keeps getting out of the pool by itself and thanks to the cameras we can see that the unnatural happenings are all targeted around Hunter, the dog is always by the crib when the baby is in it ,which makes her the ‘protector’ in the movie. This starts to make the tension build up in the audience who are all bracing themselves for something extreme to happen and believe me when I say, they aren’t disappointed!

The experience in this film is more eerie due to the fact that the dog growls seemingly at nothing which makes us jump to the conclusion that the dog is seeing the demon, so throughout the movie we hold our breath waiting for the dog to give us a sign that something is about to happen. What makes it worse it the toddler – Hunter – is the most affected character by the demon’s presence, he looks across the room at nothing and will start crying in some cases which also makes us think that he can see the demon!

This film is definitely not suitable for people who have heart problems! And if the first film kept you up all night, then you're gonna require a lot of caffeine, because you'll never be sleeping again! A must see even if you missed the first!