Task 1
- 1. TASK 1 General questions about music magazines
- 2. What is a music magazine? • A music magazine covers the latest news in the music industry for specific genres. • Music magazines provide information and entertainment • Music magazine readers are music lovers or possibly aspiring musicians
- 3. What content would you expect in a music magazine? • Interviews • Tour dates • New songs/artists • Reviews • Giveaways
- 4. What images would you expect to find in a music magazine? • Artists • Upcoming event images • Pictures from concerts and festivals etc • Studios • Instruments • Merchandise
- 5. Identify general characteristics/ features that you would expect to find in all music magazines • Visual style- pictures from artists • Language – particular to genre • Frequency of publication – weekly, fortnightly, monthly • Cost - £2.50-£4.50 • Format – glossy, thin/or high quality and online presence
- 7. Identify the features/characteristics they all have • Artist images on all magazines • Masthead • Coverlines • Information about music
- 8. Why are these features present on all of the magazines? Why are they important? • To persuade - important so the customer wants to buy • To entice -also as a way to get the customer to buy • To relate –when consumers see a certain artist of the particular genre they like and instantly relate to the magazine
- 9. • Pop music magazine- title shows it pop, artists on the cover are pop singers • Audience- young girls (age 10-13 possibly)- artists appeal to young girls, colours used, male images and girly patterns.