Q Case Study

How mainstream retail magazines are distributed

How mainstream retail magazines are distributed Mainstream retail magazines in the music industry such as Q and NME are distributed through retailers such as newsagents and some music shops. By selling in music shops, the magazines are taken to their audience as certain people who are buying something music related or are in a music [...]

What are the forms and conventions of real music magazines?

Here is a link leading to a word document containing research into the forms and conventions of existing music magazines in comparison to mine. What are the forms and conventions of real music magazines

Stuff To Do

OK, so I’ve been inactive for a little while, so I have made a list of stuff i need to do/ change this week: Contents page is terrible so: Leave the header as is, Get rid of festival logos, get rid of grey and white partition,  get more photos as well as Leo and Elliot, [...]

Music Magazine Covers

Here I have added magazine covers from different companies such as Q, NME and Clash and added them to a photobucket account so that they can be viewed easily without taking up all the space on my blog. I have chosen them as I find them interesting due to the way they are designed depending [...]

The Marking Criteria for the Foundation Portfolio

Level 4 48–60 marks Construction There is evidence of excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:  framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;  using a variety of shot distances as appropriate; Excellent understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions in relation to production. Excellent understanding [...]

Music Magazine Contents Page Analysis

Here is an evaluation of an actual contents page from Q magazine