The name of the music magazine will be The beat; the genre of the magazine is R&B and Hip Hop.

The reason I chose to do “The Beat” as the masthead was because it’s short and snappy and easier to remember, also it portrays a music magazine.

The target audience for the magazine is teenagers – young adults.

The main publications I plan on using are Photoshop – for the front cover and InDesign for the contents page and the double page spread.

The type of artists my magazine will include will be artists that wear new style clothes which is casual with an edge. I think what makes my music magazine different is that it will include articles about real life music careers and opportunities of every average person such as the reader.

The title itself “The Beat” will be in bold lettering and the colour of it will depend on the colour scheme based on that issue coordinating with the artist.

Publishers that publish magazines like billboard may be interested in publishing the magazine also an issue will be issued each month and so it will be regular; my main target audience is mainly teenagers -adults.

Proposal

POTENTIAL MASTHEAD DESIGNS:

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These are the potential masthead designs that I am going to use. I wanted to keep it simple so it stands out. Also I plan to add a image on beats corresponding with the masthead.

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I plan on using this as my masthead as it looks unique. I will change the colour to match my magazine

Front cover

MASTHEAD

barcode

Image

Competitions

Artists name

Articles Inside the magazine

Cover lines

The image will be a close up shot

Their will be a quote underneath to grab the readers attention

Contents page

Image

Contents

Subheading

Subheading

Subheading

The image will be full length

The contents will be split up into categories so it will be easier for the reader to pick what to read about

House style

Double page spread

Image

Title Logo

pull - out quote

The image will be mid shot, and it will take up one whole page

The title will preferably be a pull-out quote

There will be a logo in the corner to remind the readers what magazine they are reading

The interview will be written in columns with a pull-out quote in the middle

Colour Scheme

The reason I chose these colours are because they work well together and will stand out against each other. I will use theses colours on my masthead o n the lettering and also correspond them with my contents page.