Initial Ideas for Music Magazine

Regular Features

• Reviews on Albums

• Information on Gigs

• Interviews

• iNTENSITY• iDENTIFY• Loud• Rise

Title

Secondary Stories

• Artist makes a comeback to the music industry

• 1 Top music accessories • Latest ways to download songs directly

from the magazine website

Target Audience

Images Main Story

Typography

• Artist who is the main attraction of this edition of the magazine

• Image of people having an interview

• Images of Previous gigs

• 15-18 aged teenagers interested in mainstream genres like Pop, Interested in partying and getting the latest music from YouTube. Has a genuine interest in music. Enjoy social media and celebrity culture.

Simple and Bold

• Upcoming artist rise to fame, slowly becoming used to the ‘spotlight’- South London female artist- brought up in bad living conditions.

As my target audience’s interests include going to parties and music and enjoy reading up on media, I believe these

features will appeal to them and they will be able to identify with these features,

especially with the information given on album reviews.

Not necessarily music magazine names that suggest the Pop music genre, however, the ethos of the magazine can be seen through a bold font type and vibrant colours which give off a Pop genre mood.

When looking through other music magazines, these types of images came up very often, therefore I want to use these types of images as I feel it is a convention that would suit and conform to my music magazine’s contents.

Many of the sample I used for my questionnaire adhered to these interests so I believe it is easier to attract this audience as I have analysed their interests and preferences

From the audiences preferences, I believe that these stories conform what they would like to read about

From what is common on Pop music magazines, an artists success is what is focuses on, therefore I believe this main story will work nicely with my music magazine

Bring a matureness to the magazine through the typography, however other elements such as the colour of the font can be colourful to adhere to the pop genre.

Drafts of my music magazine’s front cover, contents page and

double page spread

Masthead/Title : Colourful and bold to alarm reader- links with Pop genre which also stands out.

Headlines surround the key image which is conventional, not overbearing the main story as the main story and key image are the focal points of the magazine.

Puff added to add validity to magazine, makes audience aware what type of magazine it is.

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Artist Name and Main Story alongside Key image are the focal points, this is why they take up a big portion of the front cover.

Magazine familiarity with magazine logo- only an initial shown to not bombard the reader of remembering the magazine, but inviting the reader tot remember the magazine subtly.

Contents in simple and bold typography.

Three images giving the audience an insight into the magazine. Page numbers on the bottom right corner directing the audience to find out more about the images.

Features neatly arranged- doesn’t appeal to an immature audience so audience can identify with its organisation.

Regulars with page numbers directing audience to read more about their monthly regulars.

Key image is biggest image on contents page, again reminding the audience that this is the focus point of the magazine.

Key image on left side of double page spread with cute pose, gives off an impression of her demeanour and conforms to artists of the Pop genre.

Quote gives reader an insight into what is in the text of the double page spread.

Three images of the artist, again reinforcing that she is the focal point. Also show her personality further.

Introduction to artist to make audience aware of who she is and her success in the music industry.

Website and page number for audience to find out more information on artist and even the magazine. Raises magazines familiarity.

Interview with artist, insight into artists music, personality and success.

TITLE PLANNING When doing my reader profile, I was experimenting with colours on Photoshop and layered 3 different colours of my title to achieve the top title (combination of 2nd and 3rd masthead), which I believe adheres to my music magazine as the title stands out through the vibrant colours which links to Pop as a popular and well-known music genre.