audience feedback on proposal

'Your proposal is good, you clearly know what you are writing about and who you are writing for, this leads me to believe that you will not have many if not any problems while making your magazine.'

I believe that i have enough on my proposal to start making my magazine therefore i have not changed anything.

my presentation

My magazine proposal

DRAFT COPY OF DPS

Jay Anti is an up and coming rapper who is set to take the UK rap scene by storm. His name is going to be remembered for a long time. The hype over him hasn’t gone unnoticed; underground kings such as Ghetts have described him as ‘one of the best around’ and Krept and Konan believe he could ‘compete with anybody in the rap game’. I caught up with him to see how he’s coping with bursting onto the scene.

What’s your aspirations for the future?

I don’t want to settle for second best. I believe I can go all the way. There’s a bit of a gap in the scene at the moment, with a few rappers stepping off the pace, but I’m going to make sure that I can grasp at the opportunity to work my way up. Once people start recognising my talent, they will realise that I am not one of them joke rappers that come on the scene for a bit, diss a few people and step off again. I’m here for the long run. 

Who are your role models?

I look up to a few people. Someone that I believe has done a great job is Skepta. Not a lot of people know but he went toe to toe with Kanye at one point. Lyrically, Skepta is on a different level. I see what he’s done and I think if I go all the way like he has it means I have done well. Obviously, Kendrick is up there. I liked the way he brought something new to the rap game. His verse on control killed the rap game and he wasn’t afraid to speak his mind like some of the rappers today. That’s how I am. Jay Z and Kanye are the kings in hip hop. No one can touch them because of the power they have. Both of them are outspoken.

Has 2013 been a good year or bad year for hip hop/rap?

When you think about all the album releases that have were going to come out this year, A$AP ROCKY, Jay Z, Pusha T, Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Ferg, J Cole, Drake and so on, it looked it would be a big year. But to be honest, it wasn’t all that. Pusha T’s album in my opinion was album of the year but no one even recognised it. It was a good year for the critics.

How would you describe yourself?

I’m anti, that’s where the name comes from. Don’t get on my bad side because if something is going to happen, it will happen to you. I am determined to keep myself in this game and make sure I conquer it, there is nothing or no one that will be able to stop me achieving it.

How does it feel to be recognised as such a great player in the game?

I don’t let myself become light headed with compliments like some of the fake rappers would do. That’s the difference between me and them, I don’t need someone to tell me that I’m great, because i’ve always known that myself. All it is, is that someone big has heard me and it does feel good; knowing that someone who I’ve been listening to is doing the same thing back...but that’s it, that is all it is.

What’s next for Anti Jay?

My EP is coming out in March, and it’s going to be big. There are big name collaborations on it. Original songs, remixes, you name it. It’s going to be the biggest step of my career so far, and I’m looking forward to it. We’ve nearly completed it but we just have a few finishing touches to put on it.    

magazine newstand task

 

I went to a newsagents and took a picture of how the music magazines are laid out. i realised that the magazines were ordered according to their genres. for example the country magazines are together and the rock ones and so on. this makes it easier for you to see the competition between them and allows the reader to pick out the one that stands out more or appeals to them better. 
I can also see that the popular magazines that have large mastheads are placed at the front whereas the other ones are placed at the back. this shows the lest popular magazines at the back need something to catch the readers attention as they do not get as much publicity as other magazines. they need that extra edge to their magazine to attract the audience because the magazines at the front which are more recognisable find it easier to persuade the buyer because of their company name.

MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION
All magazines have publishers. they deal with the shape and design of a magazine. they also work on how the magazine should be advertised. advertising your magazine is a big part as it is what attracts the reader to notice your magazine from the rest.
Music magazines also can be ezines. Ezines are electronic magazines which are like normal magazines but just online. they are different from normal magazine websites as the viewer can turn the pages in the magazines, see all the adverts e.t.c.
Most magazines today have apps that you can find on your phones and tablets such as Iphone or Ipad. they can be linked to the magazine by having features on them such as games, freebies and so on.
Most magazines today have social networking accounts on websites like twitter and facebook. this allows them to appeal to a younger generation and it is easier to share something with the world on these sites. it allows further development for the magazine.

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College magazine evaluation feedback

'I think that the cover lines are creative and if it was a real magazine I would pick it up. The masthead is bright and bold which makes it clear what the magazine is about. However, I think that the cover lines could have been colourful and you could have included the price of the magazine on the front cover. I also think that picture could have been resized so the image was clear.' Billie Casimir on my college magazine front cover

I believe that the good things about my magazine is the fact that the cover lines i have used are very realistic and they attract the readers in the right way. the masthead clearly attracts people as it is big and bold. however i do think that i need to make it more professional as i need to edit my picture and include more things on my front cover. One thing i changed due to the feedback was putting the price on the front cover, as it is only 99p this means that it is very affordable to my audience who are tudents.

3 key points i need to develop for my music magazine are:
- make sure i have more colourful cover lines that attract the reader's attention more
- make sure i edit my pictures properly
- do not forget to put the price on my magazine. 

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College magazine front cover