Research Project

I was set the task to individually research into the history and publishing of a set magazine - mine being GQ. This research had to be collated together in presentation that I would deliver to a small group. I would then have to take notes on two other peoples presentations, as long as they had a different publisher to mine.

My presentation:


Speech Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pj14qwm9plx4wey/GQ%20Notes.rtf


Jess Mockler - Playstation Magazine

future plc - video games tech cycling films photography 

Niche market 

playstation brand helped sales 

launched in 1999 

Audience - ages varies 15-18 

male 

middle upper class price 

Heading at the top 

titles on left - read left to right 

dark colour scheme - yellow makes it stand out 

follows house style 

Facebook page and app - market research - listening to their reader 

expanded globally 

Magazine is a part of its own brand - people that play playstation will buy this 

Connor Barbor: Top Gear Magazine

Top Gear Mag 

Bbc worldwide publisher 

Automobile magazine 

1993 - £3.95 

History: 

1922 

6 companies coming together

First national operation operation 

Multi media - TV podcast 

Bbc worldwide is an a arm of bbc

Bbc focus on mostly 18+ 

They do try and aim for younger audiences 

100,000 hours of programming 

Most TV shows are magazines 

THE MAG

They have a website 

Promotes their magazine 

Dark and masculine website 

APP 

free app 

Cheaper 

PODCAST 

it's free

Promotion tool 

Speak of magazine in podcast 

EXPANDED 

show stared 2002 

After it started 

26 countries 

December 2007 200,000 copies sold 

Introduced a comedy section 

Analysis 

Symmetrical 

Masculine font 

Bold font 

No negative space 

The use of color helps 

Contents page - structured page 

Posh typography - gentleman 

Mclaren is significant - main attraction 

At the end if the presentations we were given scored out of 4 on our Presentation Slides, Presentation Skills, Research Detail, Use of key terms. 

1 = Excellent 

2 = Great 

3 = Okay 

4 = Bad

The aim being to have the lowest score. 

My scores: 

Myself: 1 1 1 3

James Michie: 1 1 2 3

Connor Barbor: 1 1 1 3

Jess Mockler: 1 1 1 2

Charlotte Fischer: 1 1 1 1 

Immy Welsford: 1 1 1 1 

Presentation Slides: 6 

Presentation Skills: 6 

Research Detail: 7 

Use of key terms: 13

From my feedback I have learnt that my slides were very effective due to the fact that they had minimal text on them and they incorporated different forms of media on them (video reviews). This enhanced my presenting skills as it meant that I was not reading off of the board or my laptop. The area that I need to improve on is my key terms. I did not include enough in my presentation - by including more it shows that I truly understand what I am talking about and that I am not repeating what other have written.