Supercurricular

Monday, May 13, 2024

Audience Research: Focus Group

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Name: Lily Pavitt
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
What are your general interests? Music, fashion, and films.
How often do you use social media? Every day
What social media do you use? Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat
How often do you read print magazines? Every month. I have a Vogue subscription.
What music magazines are you most likely to engage with? NME or Rolling Stone
What would make you want to buy a magazine? A strong sense of branding and an interesting cover.
How often do you listen to music? Everyday
What music streaming service do you use? Spotify
What genres of music do you listen to? Mostly pop
Who are your favourite music artists? Beabadoobee, Faye Webster, and Sabrina Carpenter
Where do you hear/ talk about new music? Mainly on TikTok and other social media platforms or through friends.
How often do you got to concerts/ festivals? Every few months
What was the last concert/ festival you went to? Arlo Parks concert






Name: Georgia Baker
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
What are your general interests? Singing, Piano, and reading
How often do you use social media? Every day
What social media do you use? Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat
How often do you read print magazines? Never
What music magazines are you most likely to engage with? Rolling Stone
What would make you want to buy a print magazine? An interesting coverline
How often do you listen to music? Most days
What music streaming service do you use? Spotify
What genres of music do you listen to? Pop, Rock, old soul, jazz, and hiphop.
Who are your favourite music artists? Loyle Carner, Taylor Swift, Adele, Billy Joel, Queen, Arlo Parks, Norah Jones, Rihanna
Do you collect vinyl/cds? Yes I have some older records
Where do you hear/ talk about new music? My friends, parents, instagram, and TikTok
How often do you got to concerts/ festivals? Three times a year.
What was the last concert/ festival you went to? Arlo Parks concert






Name: Lilac Benney
Age: 12
Occupation: Student
What are your general interests? Music, films
How often do you use social media? Every day
What social media do you use? WhatsApp, TikTok, and Snapchat
How often do you read print magazines?  Never
What music magazines are you most likely to engage with? I don’t know of any
How often do you listen to music? Everyday
What music streaming service do you use? Spotify
What genres of music do you listen to? Pop
Who are your favourite music artists? Billie Eilish, SZA, and arctic monkeys
Where do you hear/ talk about new music? Spotify emails and TikTok.
How often do you got to concerts/ festivals? A couple of times a year
What was the last concert/ festival you went to? Glastonbury




Name: Maddy Veitch
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
What are your general interests? Music, and films.
How often do you use social media? Every day
What social media do you use? Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat
How often do you read print magazines? Never
What music magazines are you most likely to engage with? Ones that are aesthetically pleasing and reflect the current landscape of music or reflect my own music taste
How often do you listen to music? Everyday
What music streaming service do you use? Spotify
What genres of music do you listen to? Pop, indie, rock, rap, R&B
Who are your favourite music artists? Mitski, Sir Chloe, Chappel Roan, Little Simz, Adrienne Lenker
Where do you hear/ talk about new music? With friends, recommend me things, social media, looking at Spotify playlists and accounts, films/tv. 
How often do you got to concerts/ festivals? Around 5 a year 
What was the last concert/ festival you went to? Little Simz in November.





Name: Belle Webster
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
What are your general interests? Music and film
How often do you use social media? Every day
What social media do you use? Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat
How often do you read print magazines? Not very often only when there is someone I like in it
What music magazines are you most likely to engage with? Mojo and the Guardian one
What would make you want to buy a print magazine? If there is someone I like in it or an interesting cover.
How often do you listen to music? Everyday 
What music streaming service do you use? Spotify
What genres of music do you listen to? Indie pop
Who are your favourite music artists? Phoebe Bridgers, Lord, Chappel Roan, Wolf Alice.
Do you collect vinyl/cds? Yes I collect vinyl.
Where do you hear/ talk about new music? Social media or my friends
How often do you got to concerts/ festivals? Quite often around once a month 
What was the last concert/ festival you went to? Arlo Parks concert





Name: Alexander Blackstone-Cobbe
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
What are your general interests? Cricket, golf, football, aviation
How often do you use social media? Every day
What social media do you use? Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat and Twitter 
How often do you read print magazines? Not very often 
What music magazines are you most likely to engage with? ,,
What would make you want to buy a print magazine? If there are pictures that I like
How often do you listen to music? Everyday 
What music streaming service do you use? Spotify
What genres of music do you listen to? Pop 
Who are your favourite music artists? George Ezra, Tom Grennan
Do you collect vinyl/cds? No
Where do you hear/ talk about new music? Friends and social media
How often do you got to concerts/ festivals? I don't 
What was the last concert/ festival you went to? N/A


Name: George Burnham
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
What are your general interests? Football, Formula 1, music
How often do you use social media? Every day
What social media do you use? Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat
How often do you read print magazines? Never
What would make you want to buy a print magazine? A cover/title that includes my interests.
How often do you listen to music? Everyday 
What music streaming service do you use? Spotify
What genres of music do you listen to? Alternative, Indie, R&B
Who are your favourite music artists? The Weekend, Bakar, Rex Orange County
Do you collect vinyl/cds? No
How often do you got to concerts/ festivals? Once every few months


Name: Marni Azeem
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
What are your general interests? Football, pro clubs, music
How often do you use social media? Every day
What social media do you use? Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat
How often do you read print magazines? Never
What would make you want to buy a print magazine? Probably nothing (never bought one) but maybe football.
How often do you listen to music? Everyday 
What music streaming service do you use? Spotify
What genres of music do you listen to? Rap, Hip-Hop
Who are your favourite music artists? Drake, Future, Playboy Carti
Do you collect vinyl/cds? No
How often do you got to concerts/ festivals? A couple of times a year






















Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Brief choice

 

I have chosen to do a magazine for my NEA as I have used photoshop before and produced a magazine cover for my GCSE NEA and feel confident doing this and I am more familiar with the conventions of a magazine. I am more interested in magazine designs than the other briefs. 

Monday, May 6, 2024

Magazine inspiration

 Dazed magazine

Dazed magazine, Magazine cover ideas ...artists regale 30 years of Dazed ...Dazed Magazine Analysis – fashion ...


I like how the masthead is very bright and bold most of the time and that there is a lot of contrast. The general colour scheme of most of dazed's covers is bright and bold and I would like to use a similar colour scheme in my own magazine. 

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Potential song choices


I would like to use a song that has a good beat that could help with cutting the video at certain points, have distinct instruments so that I can do close-up shots of Lola and Woody playing instruments. It also has to look natural for Lola to sing it so obviously no male singers and just something that makes it look like she is the one singing it. It would be good if it had narrative style lyrics however I think the performace part is more important.


 This is Why - Paramore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIYJ7VaSxYY

I think this could work really well as it has slower verses that can focus on instruments and lip syncing. It has lots of drums and this is featured in the actual music video, this would be good for my music video as I could do close-up shots of Woody playing the drums and Lola playing guitar. It has a faster chorus which would be good for musicality and cutting the shots on beat. I also really like the actual music video for this song and the types of shots they used.


Sinner- The Last Dinner Party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfVpq86tOw8

This would also work well with musicality, and the lyrics would be good to analyse a reference in the video. It could have a good narrative as well as performance aspects. 


See You Soon -Beabadoobee

Don't Get the Deal - Beabadoobee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-asbs8dHAOk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vytX29WEkZ8

I really like this song and I think it could have a good narrative. It could also have a distinct style and aesthetic that would be easy to get across with Lola. However, it is a bit short and also not very rocky.


$20 - Boygenius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvItjimKl4M

I would still like to reference BoyGenius in my music video through how Lola and Woody are dressed, but I don't think this song would work well as the lyrics would be hard to analyse and there are also three distinct voices in the dong, so won't match well with Lola's lip syncing


Here's Where The Story Ends- The Sundays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HV5KfE4xMA

I really like this and I think the lyrics could work well as well as the song matching Lola's voice and so looking more natural however, unlike some of the other songs, it has less of a significant change from verse to chorus and has less rock features. 


Models

 

Whether I do a magazine or a music video, I will be using Lola and Woody to take photos/videos of. They can both play instruments and are in a band together, so they can perform confidently. I also like the idea of them wearing suits, or shirts and ties. This is something they did at a recent gig of theirs. It could also be my intertextual reference to rock bands like Boygenius and Nirvana.  


Monday, March 11, 2024

Potential brief: Song choice


I had originally planned to do this song, Cherry Blue Intention by Special Interest, however, I think it is too fast and would be difficult to edit together as well as the lyric analysis being difficult as the words are not clear in the song, and for the most part have no real explicit meaning. 

Finished Magazine