PROPOSAL

MUSIC MAGAZINE

I HAVE CHOSEN TO CREATE A POP MUSIC MAGAZINE . I CHOSE TO BASE MY MAGAZINE ON THE POP GENRE

BECAUSE IT IS INTERESTING TO ME AND I BELIEVE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE A DETAILED

MAGAZINE ON THIS GENRE OF MUSIC AS I AM FAMILIAR WITH AND LISTEN TO A VARIETY OF POP MUSICIANS .

CONTENT: MY MAGAZINE WILL FEATURE POPULAR POP MUSIC ARTISTS SUCH AS

ONE DIRECTION,

JESSIE J

KATY PERRY,

RIHANNA,

JUSTIN BIEBER,

SELENA GOMEZ

ARIANA GRANDE, AND OTHERS

MY MAGAZINE WILL ALSO FEATURE UP AND COMING POP ARTISTS SUCH AS:

FIFTH HARMONY , EMBLEM 3

NIKKI WILLIAMS , CARLY ROSE , AND OTHERS .

MAGAZINE CONTENT

My magazine will be distributed as monthly issues because I feel that this will enable me to produce enough reasonable content that will be satisfactory to my audience.

Regular Features: My magazine will include the following monthly content; interviews with up and coming pop artists as well as established pop music artists. Updates on the latest pop songs and album releases. A monthly insight into the latest music projects and pictures posted by pop music artists on social networking sites such as Twitter and Instagram. It will also include monthly competitions in which entrants can win music related prizes such as signed albums and clothing and concert tickets.

PUBLISHER

I chose to publish my magazine for Immediate Media Co because they publish a variety of brands. In particular I chose them because they publish Top of the Pops magazine which is one of the magazines I explored for my case studies. It is also a well established pop magazine.

TARGET AUIDIENCE

My target audience will consist mainly of young females between the ages of 12-16. I have chosen to target my audience mainly around females because I believe that the pop genre attracts a huge amount of female attention. I also noticed whilst carrying out my case studies that the audience for most pop music magazines were mainly female. There were only a small percentage of the audience that were male. Also the average age for a reader of Top of the pops magazine is 12 and this is why I have chosen to target young girls from the age of 12 and above. I believe that this is a realistic age range because at theses ages most young girls are willing to purchase a magazine which has information about their favourite boy band or a musician that they idolise inside .

COLOUR SCHEME

My chosen colour scheme is orange, pink and yellow . I have chosen to use these bright colours for my magazine because the pop genre is usually associated with the use of bright and vibrant colours. By using these bright and stereotypically girly colours I believe I will be able to appeal to my target audience of young females. Another reason for my bright colour scheme is because of the research I carried out in my case studies which were on Top of the pops and We love pop magazines. I noticed that for the front cover and contents pages of their magazines they had used bright colours such as pink, orange, yellow, purple and blue.

I think the use of these bright colours were effective in grabbing the attention of the audience and this is why I have chosen to use similar bright colours for my own magazine. I have chosen to use three colours for my magazine because I want to keep it consistent and also because in most music magazines use three colours.

DESIGN FEATURES & PRICE

MASTHEAD DESIGN: This is my chosen masthead design for my magazine. I chose to use this particular design for my masthead because I think that it is unique and therefore it will stand out amongst other music magazines and will appeal to my target audience.

The price of my magazine will be £2.99 per monthly issue. I think this is a reasonable and affordable price for a monthly music magazine and it is a price that is favourable towards my target audience.

OUTFIT CHOICES FOR THE COVER STAR

Since the clothing and appearance of the cover star is a very important aspect of the magazine and in gaining the attention of potential buyers of the magazine. It is essential that the clothing that I choose for my cover star is highly representative of the pop genre as they will be the main selling point of the magazine. Therefore I will have my cover star dressed in bright clothing and wearing bright make up.

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