Location Ideas

Location Ideas

Production Log #30

I feel that my work is actually looking really professional and if you haven't noticed I am going with a very classic theme on my tasks so that my blog is flowing and looks interesting. I added a lot of information with the amount of space I had for New Media, I then uploaded the presentation to scibd, but next time I should remember about using sliderocket! http://www.sliderocket.com/

New Media

Production Log #29

This month the Golden Globe awards took place, this award ceremony are best known for films, however they still appreciate musical talent. The nominations for best original song picture were:

As show in the image about, Adele the Rolling in the Deep singer won an award for her song "Skyfall" which was recorded for James Bonds last movie. Adele is a R&B and Soul singer, and in my magazine I am going to add an award ceremony of some sort as it is interesting for fans to know. Also, music magazines need to ensure that they know all of the latest news on artists that they are going to interview for articles to ensure that the information is current and exclusive.

Going back to the blog I just finished my Promotional methods and I created the ads on Photoshop and extracted op top of an ad, I was surprised how real some of them actually look. It was interesting to see how I would present my magazine if it was to create ads like that. My next task is New Media and this seems to be an easy topic for me as I indulge myself in too many social networking site, so lets see how I go!

Promotional Methods

To promote my magazine I have begun thinking about various methods. I want my magazine be a big hit when it first comes out, sales need to be high and the only way that will happen is it I promote the magazine well. As it's the first issue and it actually hasn't got a fan base yet I need to invest a lot of money into promotion such as billboards,social media,ect.


Another way of advertising my magazine could actually be placing an advert on the side of the bus. The bus itself travels a lot meaning lots of people can see them, as they are public transport everyone keeps an eye out for them so it would be a great investment for harmony and it grabs peoples attentions when the bus passes them. I could also use the underground/tube to advertise my magazine, this will probably be to advertise our older target audience. I could put posters along the escalators and also the big adverts on the tube tracks. Lastly this type of advert is rare but I could use some stairs, and when people are walking towards the stairs they will see our advert, each stair will have a slice of the advert and went seem at a distance it will create a poster. 

Billboards will be shown across the country as I need to let as many people know about this magazine. I will solely focus on my target audience of 17-25 years so that the adverts will actually grab there attention. I will do some research into my locations for my bill boards because certain areas in the UK could have a different genre vibe/feel. The Billboard will look something like the billboard to the right, it has a photo which illustrates the release date,website and name of the magazine and also includes a teaser photo where the artists face is darkened out due to shadows.

I will make sure that the adverts are to the point and fit to the audience ideas I received. I have to make sure that the adverts and content reach to the correct market. For some extra advertise I will start the first issue to meet Antonia and have a meal with the singer and a signed copy of her brand new single, some of the rules of the competition will be that the person who enters the competition must have be subscribed/connected/liked with all of Harmony's social networking sites. By doing this I can build an online following and gain more audience members interacting with the magazine, which will in turn rise sales. I felt that a meal with Antonia will be more interesting to fans and also that she is so brand new that there will not be a tour/gig any time soon as she is recording however due to this the competition will give a signed copy of her brand new single. 

Production Log #28

I created a cool looking prezi on Props and Costume with lots of images and went in too detail and why I needed certain things to create that R&B look. I will now be moving on to Promotional methods for my magazine and I really want to go back to the blog platform, so I am going to write it in blogger and add some  created JPEGs which I will create with photoshop.

Props & Costume

Production Log #27

After gathering some ideas for heading/sub heading I began thinking about my props and costume which I will need to create that classic R&B look, I have already thought about the different dresses and outfits and I have begun to think about what goes with one, and lastly I have already thought about that all important prop  the microphone.

Headline/Subheading/Pull Quotes

I have been thinking of a headline and subheading the past few days and after looking at other magazine I came to a conclusion that these ideas would best suit an R&B music magazine. My pull quotes are very engaging and the audience will instantly want to know the back story to them. If the reader is just flicking through the magazine they will still see a glimpse of the article as these pull quotes will stand out to them.  

Headlines

Production Log #26

The only big problem I had with writing my article was actually starting it, once I got that sorted the rest was easy, the only thing which was an issue was the time spent doing the article, lets just say I went to bed pretty late finish it off. I really wanted to do the article all in one go as I had really good ideas and finish the article would be faster then writing notes about it! At least I motivated myself to finish it, right?

Article

Article - R&B Magazine

Production Log #25

After reading so many article to get an idea I wrote my article really easily, all I had to do was have a bit of peace and quite and have a story in mind and the rest just came at an instant! I felt like I used that 1 to 1 tone in my article which really engages the reader with the magazine.

Contents Page Ideas

Contents Ideas

Featured
-Antonia
-Trey Songz
-Ne-Yo
-Beyonce
-Rihanna
-Top 50 albums of the year
-The Brits BACKSTAGE
-Beyonce UPCOMING TOUR

Fashion
Recent clothes which celebrities have worn
-THE NEW SCHOOL - Five menswear designers offer new perspectives
-Beyonces look - How beyonce gets her everyday look but still looks fabulous. 

Regions:
-Letters and emails: Write your letters and email and we'll them and get back to you, we might also feature it in the magazine.
-The Editor: editor bio
-Competitions
-Fan comments: messages sent from artits fans

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Editors Note:
Welcome to this months issue of Harmony. We have a lot of new things in this months magazine including an exclusive interview with pop sensation Antonia Strachan. A lot of gossip with other artists such as Ne-Yo and Beyonce. An amazing line up for this months upcoming gigs.Amazing opportunities to win tickets to see your R&B idol, just try out this months competition.     Johnny Fonseca, Editor

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Production Log #24

Transcript:
After looking through many magazine for sell lines I did a blog post about the ones which I thought were good and that I could use for my magazine. The next task for me seemed hard, I didn't really understand what it wanted me to do, but after discussing this with my class mates and teacher I found out its just notes on what I am planning to include in my contents! I looked at other magazine from all different genres and took pieces of each to make the one contents page fit for a R&B fan! As I am trying to engage other audiences in to liking R&B I have to include new stuff which magazines haven't added before such as upcoming concert pages.