This document outlines a student's media coursework assignment to create a music magazine. It includes conventions of magazine covers the student has researched, potential questions to ask people featured in the magazine, example responses from two people interviewed, and a timeline laying out the planned process for completing the assignment over several months. Research on magazine cover conventions and preliminary tasks will be followed by a photoshoot, planning, post-production including using Photoshop, and final evaluation.

1. Media Coursework
Music Magazine
Deanna Dunn
Main task: A new music magazine cover – min
amount 3 pages.
A front cover, contents page and a double page spread
of the music magazine.

2. Contents Page
• Research
• Main task

3. Front covers I have studied

4. Conventions
I. All the magazines have a load of colours that contrast that
anchors the reader.
II. Each magazine has one main image.
III. All the magazines have more than one sub-heading.
IV. They have a mass head/doesn't move, its always at the top.
V. All the magazines have a issue number/date/year it was
published.
VI. They have a particular theme ( colour).
VII. Secondary headlines.
VIII. The main picture is always taken during the day-natural light.
IX. Cover lines.
X. Barcode.
XI. Main artist photograph contrasting with the background to
appear more visible.
XII. Short memorable magazine title.
XIII. Cover stories.
XIV. The text is normally brightly coloured.

5. Questions
1. What type of music do you listen to? How come you like this type of
music?
2. How often do you listen to music?
3. If you could be a artist that’s in the music industry who would you
be? Why?
4. Who is your idol?
5. Who is your favourite artist?
6. What is your favourite group/band?
7. If you were famous what type of car (s)/bike (s) would you have?
8.What type of music/artist/bands did you grow up listening to?
9. Which artists/bands have you seen live?
10. If you could live anywhere in the world, were would you go? Why?
11. What other things do you do when your not listening to music?
12.If you could put together a group with 5 members, what artist would
you include?

6. Person 1
Answers
1. What type of music do you listen to? How come you like this type of music?
Pop, because they usually have a good chorus
2. How often do you listen to music?
Everyday, it’s the one thing that gets me through my day
3. Who is your idol?
Whitney Houston because I grew up listening to her and come on everyone knows her
and we hope that our music will do the same in a few years.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
Michael Jackson I mean who wouldn’t agree with me, Jacko all the way.
5. what type of car (s)/bike (s) do you have?
Ferrari F430 I just think they are amazing cars.
6.What type of music/artist/bands did you grow up listening to?
Wham, Spice girls, S club 7, they were on the tele when I was growing up
7. If you could live anywhere in the world, were would you go? Why?
California baby hell yeah, sunshine all the way.
8. What other things do you do when your not listening to music or doing tours.
Catch up on a bit of gossip in some magazines and Facebook, everybody loves
facebook.
9.If you could put together a group with 5 members, what artist would you include?
Shaggy, you gotta bring back shaggy, Will.i.am, J Lo, Nicole Scherzinger and Jessie
J, how amazing would that be.

7. Person 2
Answers
1. What type of music do you listen to? How come you like this type of music?
R&B... because i like the beats.
2. How often do you listen to music?
Everyday because it helps me get through my tough and busy days.
3. Who is your idol?
Jessie J because she has a great style and she has a great singing voice.
4. Who is your favourite artist?
Ed sheeran because he is brilliant.
5. what type of car (s)/bike (s) do you have?
Mini sports because there wicked
6.What type of music/artist/bands did you grow up listening to?
Akon Eminem peter Andre because that’s what used to be one the television
when I was young.
7. If you could live anywhere in the world, were would you go? Why?
America because iv always wanted to live there and its such a beautiful place
8. What other things do you do when your not listening to music or doing tours.
my two other favorite things are doing Art and texting friends and family
9.If you could put together a group with 5 members, what artist would you include?
Jessie J, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, will i am and Iyaz

8. Mood Bored

9. Timeline
1
Week
Prelimin
ary
Task
2
Week
s
Photosho
ot
3
Weeks
Image ideas that I may
use for my front cover,
contents page and
double spread page.
Planning 2
Weeks
Evaluation 3
Weeks
Research
2
Months
Post-Production
This is when I will be
using photoshop for my
pictures to put in my
magazine.