Diverse- Japop magazine Issue Plans

November Issue - Natalie:

-Editors note
-MAIN ARTICLE: The first Japop performer;
Lucy Arday and Zack Gold ‘Our inspiration behind Japop’ Lyrics to one of their new song included. Their one off collaboration.
-Royal S- Being a single act. Wearing- Black Dress and Pink leggings
-What it takes to be Japop
-Competitions



December Issue - Sophie:

-Editors note
-MAIN ARTICLE- Charlie and her Japop Christmas Album. Wearing Purple top with white/blue Jeans. Including Lyrics to one of her songs.
- Jasper Jones- Jazz- Saxophone Pop- Keyboard in image
‘How his musical talents got him far in Japop’ Wearing black shirt and Jeans.
- Competitions

January Issue - Anisa:

-Editors note
-MAIN ARTICLE- Alex ‘New year, New artist’ Wearing black and white top and denim skirt.
-Lillah and Lola- Lillah- tambourine and singing Lola- Guitar and singing back up. Lillah wearing Purple dress and pink lipstick
- Competitions

February Issue – Emma:

-Editors note
-MAIN ARTICLE- Jess and keyboard player. Her valentines single ‘My Gorgeous Valentine’ ‘Who is the inspiration for this song?’ Including the lyrics. Jess wearing black top black jeans red hair band. Keyboard player wearing check top and jeans.
-Lucy’s big return ‘ Hey I’m not a one hit wonder
-Competitions

We want our magazine to be different form the rest because we are introducing a new genre of music (Jappop). Therefore we wanted our magazine to be different from the rest and we are going to do that by adding a lyrics column. The lyrics column will have the hit Jappop songs of that month. If we are going to make a lyrics column we will have to make the songs up ourselves. We have an idea, which is to make the songs according to the month. For example in Decembers issue we can have a song related to Christmas, and for February’s issue we can have a song about Valentines Day. The lyrics column is going to be on the left side of the Double page spread.

Michael Buble - Haven't met you yet

Harry Connik - It had to be you

Ella Fitgerald - Lady is a Tramp

This is the questionnaire that we gave out to our target audience, so we know what they would like in our magazine.
Music Magazine Audience Research Questionnaire


How old are you?
9-13
14-17
18-20
21+

What gender are you?
Male
Female

What ethnicity are you?


Where do you rank in social economics?
A
B
C1
C2
D
E


What music genres do you enjoy?

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How much would you possibly pay for a music magazine?
£0-£1
£1-£2
£3-£4

Would you read a magazine which included more than one genre of music?
Yes
No
Maybe

What colour schemes do you enjoy the most?
Violet/ Pink/ White/ Black
Red/ Light Blue/ Black/ White
Midnight Blue/ White/ Purple/ Black
Yellow/ Pink/ Black/ Purple

What most attracts you to buying a music magazine?
Star Persona
Competitions/ Free gifts
Colour Scheme
Features
Other (Please state)

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How often would you buy music magazines?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Seasonally
Yearly
Never

How many magazines do you buy in a month?
0
1-3
4-5
6+

How many images should occupy the front cover?
1-2
3-4
5+

These are the big four main music institutions in the industry.

This is the main layout for our magaizne, every issue will be based on these two flat plans.

As a group we have done some research for our magazine. The genre of our magazine is Japop which is a mixture of jazz and pop. We have given out questionnaires so we what to do for our magazine. For example we will know what colour the audience will be most attracted to, using results like this we will decide on how to construct our magazine. We will also be relating our magazine to existing Jazz and Pop magazines so the audience is able to see and tell what genre our magazine is. At the moment I am making a PowerPoint presentation on the different music institutions.

In our group we are all doing different editions for the magazine, each edition will be based on different months. The four months we have chosen are November, December, January and Feburary. We have chosen these months in particular because in November's edition we can include something about bombfire night. In Decembers edition we will do a christmas special. January's edition will have new something for the New year, and lastly Feburary's edition will be related to Valentines day. As a group we have decided who will be doing each edition. At the moment I am doing a PowerPoint on music tribes.