Research and Planning

5 FAVORITE MAGAZINE COVERS.

These are the magazines I liked and looked up to and somewhere in my final product used as inspiration.

SURVEY.

The survey helped me figure out that my genre has an audience and mostly teenagers buy or read classical music related magazines. According to this survey 64.9% people would buy an classical music magazine instead of any other genre magazines. The questions asked in the survey are as follows:

WHY THIS GENRE AND TOPIC?

Well I’m a musician so for me this genre was easy and interesting. Music is a hug platform of media and entertainment, so it has a large audience and according to my survey mostly people wanted to read classical music magazine. Further more, the social issue my magazine addresses the downfall of classical music. Also that musicians are not well paid and don’t get the admired. There is lack of awareness of classical which results in people not learning it. There should be professional institutes and music schools formed in order to spread the awareness and bring out the best in beginners/students who will to learn. In fact, all genres of music should be practiced that includes pop, folk and classical music.

MOODBOARD.

So I wanted to create a mood board to get a general idea of my colour schemes throughout my final project. For this, Google was very helpful by providing these images. A music magazine should be decent and artistic.

Model.

The model I chose for this project is a Pakistani musician, writer and composer as well, who plays the plucked string instrument SITAR. I know him personally, as he is the elder brother of my music teacher. I found him best to be worked with as he has been groomed in a musical atmosphere since his birth which regards him of having the best knowledge about classical music. Moreover, he is described as contemporary Pakistani musician. I chose Wajih Nizami for my magazine as he is a well-known face among the people for his excellent performance and skills, which would make this magazine more stimulating by attracting his own followers and other people. I am grateful for Wajih Nizami for helping me by being a part of my magazine as it is very intriguing.

Outfit.

When it came to deciding the outfit of my model, I wanted my model to wear something semi-formal and casual. Therefore I asked Wajih sir to wear something like that as the cover page was all about him, also because it was a big part of the mise-en-scène.