Reader profile research

Understanding and defining reader profile:

Demographic Information:
Hard data is not questionable.
Age, gender, income, location.

Psycograohic Information:
What genre music do you like?
What bands or artists do you like?
How much money do you spend on music concerts per year?
Whats your favourite brand?
How do you consume music?= download, stream, liten to the radio, CD, vinyl
How many hours per week do you listen to music?
Which technology do you use to listen to you music?= phone, CD, radio

What is a Reader Profile?
A Reader's Profile is a reflection of who you are as a reader. It is important to consider this is order to recognize your reading strengths and weaknesses. With this knowledge you can work on bettering your reading abilities. Reflecting on your reading also allows you to consider the different types of reading you do in like. By considering the different types you can also consider the genres and types you are missing out on.
It is also to show how successful the magazine/advertisement is by showing the gender percentages and social class brackets for the magazine so then when people read it they will see how good the magazine is for them.

What i think my Reader Profile will need.
My reader profile will need to show the gender specifics and will need to show the class divide on who will be more likely going to read my magazine. I will need to include information about the magazine and maybe some pictures to give the reader an idea of what i'm going to be producing. Maybe try to identify different ways to connect with the readers and maybe by knowing information like what your readers currently spend money on, what their needs are, what kind of income they have at their disposal will give me all kinds of ideas for the types of advertisers you can find, the type of affiliate promotions you could do and the types of products you could develop.

How will a reader profile help sell my product?
I think it will help as it will show the different percentages on the gender of who reads my magazine and will also show the social class. There will also be questions for people to answer which helps make the reader profile more interesting. Also there will be mentioning of age, gender, location and the different incomes.

Genre research

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Summary of conventions

Front Cover:
Masthead: Is the main title of the magazine/newspaper normally placed at the top of the page and has to be big, bold and clear for the reader to undertand. It can also be very colourful so it will draw the readers attention.
Skyline: This is normally placed at the top of the magazine and is a teasing content for the reader.
Plug: This is showing if there is any competitons or any prizes to win in the magazine or anything for free which also helps pull the reader to the magazine.
Main Image: The main image is normally based on what type of genre the magazine is based on. For exaple, in a music magazine there is going to be an image of an artist/singer-songwriter. These images are noramlly Medium shot but can be a long shot or close-up ect.
Color Schemes: Every magazine has a color scheme to show different undertsandings and to help draw different types of people to the magazine. For example, if the music magazine is 'Rock' then the color schemes will be quite dark, whereas if the magazine is 'Pop' then they will be a mixture of quite bright colors representing the different types of songs.
Main Feature Story: Is normally the one that has a bigger, bolder font for the reader to notice and to show its the biggest story around. Also the main feature story usually fits in with the main image.
Feature Stories: The other stories that are shown can be in many different fonts to help show the many different stories.
Also on the front of the music magazine or any magazine there is always a barcode with the price and date to show the details.

Contents Page:
Title Contents: Shows the page quite clearly and is shown to be very big and bold at the top of the page.
Sub-headings: These are placed usually down the side of the page and are page numbered so that the reader can go straight to which ever story they want to read instead of having to go through the whole magazine to find the story. These are mainly the focal point of the contents page as they are the ones the reader is more likely to read first.
Main Image: This is normally linked to one of the featured stories at the side of the page.
Page Numbers: These are shown clearly next to the featured stories and is shown clearly  to help the reader find out what page they want to read.

Double Paged Spread:
Title: Is clear, bold and big for the reader to draw the readers attention and the title is normally a pull quote.
Main Image: This usually takes up one side of the double page spread and it allows people to see what the article is going to be about.
Stand First: This summarises the article and helps have an idea of what the rest of the article will be about.
Drop Cap: This is the big letter at the beginning of the article which takes up the width of the lines and is shown in nearly every magazine.
Main Article: Tells the main storyline of the page and the magazine.
Page Number: Is noramlly at the bottom of the page in a small size and font with the masthead of the magazine.
Pull Quotes: Are a brief, attention-catching quotation taken from the main text of an article and used as a sub-heading/title.

Conventions analysis double page spread

Conventions analysis of a Double Paged Spread of a music magazine. 

The title is shown clear, big and bold to show the reader what this page is about and is shown big to draw the readers attention to the article that is on the page to make then read which is normally a pull quote. The main big image takes up one of the pages and allows us to see what the article is going to be about. The Stand first summaries the article and helps us have an idea what the rest will be about. The drop cap is the big letter and the beginning of the article which takes up the width of the lines and is shown in many other magazines. The main article tells the main story line of that page and of the magazine. The page number is normally in the bottom corner in a small size and font with the masthead of the magazine. Pull quotes are a brief, attention-catching quotation taken from the main text of an article and used as a subheading or graphic feature.

Conventions analysis contents page

Conventions analysis of a contents page of a music magazine.

The main focal point for the content page is the stories and features that are listed on the side with the page numbers. It gives the reader a idea of what the magazine is going to contain and a brief idea of what they are about. The list down the magazine is shown very clearly and includes a little bit of information about each story that if going to be in the magazine. This then helps the reader see what they want to read or not and the page numbers so they can go straight to that page and read the featured story.

They have used the plain background and have kept the idea of the color read from the title 'Q', this shows the reader that there is a color theme (Red) and it is going to be shown throughout the magazine (mainly the titles) as it is a 'Q' magazine. The whole contents page colors consist of red, white and black for the theme of this magazine.

The contents page helps the audience find what they want to read about and are interested in with the page numbers for help so that if they don't want to read about one but want to read about another they can just go straight to that page. Also in the contents page it has a main image that is normally the main, big story that most people are interested in and that most people have heard about but just not heard the full story.

Conventions analysis front cover and Main Brief

Brief:
To design a front cover, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, a minimum of four images must be used.


Conventions analysis of a front cover:

Language: The main focal point for the front cover magazine is the medium shot image of Lana Del Rey. It shows the reader that it is a music magazine as the artist Lana is the main image and it also has featured stories about other interesting artists. The magazine shows quite clearly the different stories, prizes, what the magazine includes and the title and if this wasn't shown clearly at the top then no one would really know anything about the magazine.

Ideology: They have used a plain background with the different color schemes as a mixture of strong and quite pale colors, this shows the reader that the colors connect with the artist Lana as she is very delicet and quite a plain, simple artist. The magazine has very clear text shown and explains to the reader about the music industry and the different stories that are going around at that time that is big in the media and are interesting to read, also to find out a little more information.

Institution: This magazine is a music magazine and is shown very clearly by the image and the featured story lines of the many different artists and it gives an update on the new releases. The company for the magazine is called 'Q', this magazine is a very popular music magazine which is published monthly in the United Kingdom.  The founders of the magazine are called Mark Ellen and David Hepworth who were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CD's. 'Q' was first published by the EMAP media group in October 1986, setting itself apart from much of the other music press with monthly production and higher standards of photography and printing. In the early years the magazine was sub-titled 'The Modern Guide To Music And More'. Originally it was to be called 'Cue' (as in the sense of cueing a record, ready to play) but the names was changed so that it wouldn't be mistaken for a snooker magazine. Another reason, cited in 'Qs' 200th edition is that a single-letter title would be more prominent on newsstands.

Audience: The audience for this music magazine is aimed at people aged 20 upwards , however it can be read by younger people and this is because it gives the variety of different music/artists for different ages and for the different people who are interested in a variety of music and just in general the people who like music. The first thing the audience will notice is the medium shot image of Lana Del Rey who is a artist and will draw people who are interested in music to the magazine.

Representation: The main idea representation for the magazine is all about music and is clearly shown by the image on the front cover or the singer Lana Del Rey and the different featured stories shown on the front of the magazine.