OFC Draft 1 and annotations

Here are some photos of the OFC i drew, and the annotations.

Ideology

All genres of music have an ideology. An ideology is a set of ideas that suit a particular genre. Claude Levi Strauss' theory of binary oppositions applies here. In western cultures we often think in pairs of ideas that oppose eachother. E.g love/hate, war/peace.

Here are some stereotypical ideas of these genres:

Rock

• More rebellious
• Rawer, less over-produced
• (pretend to) Care less about image
• Sexual
• Violence
• Open drug/alcohol references
• Anti Social
• More aggressive
• Self indulgent, more about the artists self expression
• Niche audiences, outside mainstream
• Swearing

Pop

• More conformist
• Slick, better produced
• Conscious of 'good' image
• Less obviously sexual/ euphemistic
• No drugs/alcohol references
• More passive
• Universal messages
• Mass audience, mainstream
• Non-violent
• Don't always swear

Questionnaire Results

I got 12 people to fill out my questionnaire. These are the results:

1) What is your favourite genre of music?

Rock/Metal - 5

Indie - 2

Dance - 2

Pop - 2

Other - 1 (Classic Rock)

2) Do you read magazines about your favourite genre?

Yes - 6

No - 6

3) If yes, Please state which magazines you read and why you like them.

- Kerrang! - It features all my favourite bands regularly

- always has free posters

- speaks 'my language'

- NME - It focuses on my favourite genre

-Q - It features older bands

4) How much would you be willing to pay for a magazine?

- £1.50 - £2 - 2

- £2 - £2.50 - 6

- £2.50 - £3 - 4

- £3+ - 0

5) What kind of things would you prefer to find in a music magazine?

- Tour dates - 2

- Interviews with bands - 6

- Posters - 7

- Free gifts - 3

- Other (please state) - 4 - Reviews

6) How often would you prefer there to be a new issue?

- Weekly - 9

- Fortnightly - 3

- Monthly

From these results, I have decided to do a magazine on Rock/Metal music. It will be priced from £2 - £2.50. I will include on the OFC that inside the magazine it has posters and interviews. Seeing as reviews have been requested, I shall include reviews also. It shall also be a weekly magazine.

All of these results collected seem to be conventional of a music magazine.

Questionnaire

Over the past 2 days I have been asking people to fill in this questionnaire. I will put the results in another post.

1) What is your favourite genre of music?

-Rock/Metal
-Indie
-Dance
-Pop
-Other

2) Do you read magazines about your chosen genre?

-Yes
-No

3) If yes, please state which magazines you read and why you like them


4) How much would you be willing to pay for a magazine?

-£1.50 - £2
-£2 - £2.50
-£2.50 - £3
-£3+

5) What kind of things would you prefer to find in a music magazine? Choose 2.

-Tour dates
-Interviews with bands
-Posters
-Free gifts
-Other (please state)

6) How often would you prefer there to be a new issue?

-Weekly
-Fortnightly
-Monthly

Kerrang! Panel

Just thought I'd mention, recently I became part of the Kerrang! panel. Kerrang! sent me an email asking me if I'd like to become part of the panel - I jumped at the chance. This means every so often, I will help out Kerrang! by giving them my thoughts and ideas. I will be asked to fill out surveys to help improve the magazine, help promote Kerrang! and test out new ideas of theirs. All of this will be in aid of the magazine to make it the best it could possibly be.

Possible Photos To Use

I still have yet to choose which photos I will use, but here are a few I have considered using. I know there is A LOT but I will narrow them down.


I know Becky Tye and I went to the same My Chemical Romance concerts and used the same camera, but we took blank photos inbetween our turns of using my camera so we knew which ones were ours to use.

Just for the record, I have taken ALL of these photos, none borrowed from friends or anything :)


Gene Simmons:


Paul Stanley:


Zacky Vengeance:


Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance:


M. Shadows:


Synyster Gates:





The Rev Tribute:


Synyster Gates:


Synyster Gates:


Synyster Gates:


Corey Taylor:


Mikey Way:


Frank Iero:


Gerard Way:


Gerard Way:


Mikey Way:


Gerard Way:


Frank Iero, Mikey Way, Gerard Way, Ray Toro:


Ray Toro:


Gerard Way:


Sean Smith:

Shooting Schedule - When, Where, Who

Some of the photos I will be using were taken last year before I knew of this music magazine task. I've had it confirmed that it is still okay to use those photos. I have recently taken more photos, most for my personal collection but some for the magazine's purposes.

The dates and locations the photos will be taken/have been taken are:

• Hammersmith Apollo - 31/10/10
• Wembley Arena - 12/02/11
• Birmingham LG Arena - 13/02/11 and 05/05/10
• Nottingham Trent Arena - 19/02/11
• 02 Arena, London - 26/06/10
• Wembley Stadium - 11/09/10

The people who might feature in my magazine are:

• Gerard Way ~ My Chemical Romance ~
• Mikey Way ~ My Chemical Romance ~
• Frank Iero ~ My Chemical Romance ~
• Ray Toro ~ My Chemical Romance ~
• Corey Taylor ~ Slipknot/ Stone Sour ~
• M. Shadows (Matt Sanders) ~ Avenged Sevenfold ~
• Synyster Gates (Brian Elwin Haner Jr) ~ Avenged Sevenfold ~
• Zacky Vengeance (Zachary Baker) ~ Avenged Sevenfold ~
• Johnny Christ (Jonathon Seward) ~ Avenged Sevenfold ~
• Paul Stanley ~ KISS ~
• Gene Simmons ~ KISS ~
• Sean Smith ~ The Blackout ~
• Matt Bellamy ~ Muse ~
• Simon Neil ~ Biffy Clyro ~
• Jon Bon Jovi ~ Bon Jovi ~

I obviously dont have their consent for these photos being used...seeing as they are celebrities. But then again, they are my photos so it's okay :)