This is a mood video I made on Final Cut featuring icons, artists and fans with a relevant backing track. We did this task to gain more information on what our chosen genre is like and possibly get ideas for our magazine ww will be making in the near future.  

I have made a word cloud on my competitors for my music magazine. These are music magazine with the genre of electronic dance music. After my research, I have learnt the style of dance music and have identified the similarities and differences of the styles of the magazines. This will help me when I produce my own as I now have a clear idea with what comes up in avery dance music magazine.

This is my Pow Toon i have created on my chosen genre, Electronic Dance Music. I have done some detailed research on the history,  the development, the fans and the style.

Summary

So far I have learnt the skills how to analyse a magazine. I have also learnt how to state the similarities and differences. I have learnt the four key concepts when analysing media products (Genre, Institution, Representation and Audience).

• Genre- How media groups are categorised
• Institution- Who produced it
• Representation- In society, how is it represented
• Audience- Who is the media product aimed at (target audience)

In addition to this I have learnt that within music genres there are sub-genres both niche and mass. We have looked at different genre research and the key points on why genre is so important.

This topic of my research and planning will influence my future work because in order to make a successful magazine, I will need to take all these things I have learnt into account. This will ensure that my magazine is well made due to the successful research and planning done beforehand.

This is my PowToon on a niche magazine that i chose. Niche is the term used to describe something out of the mainstream. We looked beyond the mass/common genres and into more specific genres such as Blues, House and Reggae. The genres are for a small number of people who enjoy one specific type of music.

Making these wordle's has helped me to understand the difference between a niche and a mass genre. Now i can choose if I would like to choose a niche genre which is more specific or a mass genre which is mainstream and can be very broad. A mass genre is one which is mainstream and well known. These are genres like Pop and Rock. On the other hand niche genres are more specific and aimed at a unique target audience. Niche genres are the way that music fans can find their style.

Here is a mind map on the key, iconic images that feature within music genres and sub music genres. This will influence my work because it conveys that every music genre has a sub genre. Within sub genres there are icons which represent each one. This helps music fans to distinguish between genres. This research has helped me to know that sub genres help people to be different and find a niche passion which is unique. Main music genres help people to find something that is more mainstream to enjoy. This will influence my magazine for when I make it because it has given me an idea of what different genres are all about and what famous artists are linked to which genre. Knowing  about famous artist will help me as on the magazine I create I want to have a well known artist of my chosen genre on the cover line to make customers in my target audience want to read that certain page.