Initial Ideas:
Music Magazine
Colour Schemes
Country: Natural Colours, browns, greens, yellows, colours from the wilderness and the stereotypical countryside
Pop: Vibrant and eye-catching colours that stand out and are appealing to youth rather than naturalistic colours
Dance: Contrasting bright colours, maybe the primary colours, or neon colours which are bright and stand out
Indie Rock: Retro vibe, Union Jack flag and baby colours
Audience
Pop: Appeals to teenagers, and youth stereotypically girls because of boy bands, people who enjoy upbeat music are related to pop ,music
Indie Rock: Young adolescents and a mixture of gender
Country: Ranges in age from teenagers to the older generation, depending on the artist: generally quite calm and sentimental musical lyricsDance: Mainly for those
who like to go clubbing
Genre of Music
Country: Natural Colours, Wilderness and countryside quite calm and sentimental, The main instruments included In country music are generally the guitar, drums, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, piano, harmonica and the harp
Pop: Vibrant and eye-catching colours, appealing to youth. The main instruments used to produce pop music are guitar, bass, piano, and drums
Dance: Contrasting bright colours, fun and lively, the main instruments are guitar, keyboard and drums with little vocals.
Indie Rock: Retro vibe, Union Jack flag and baby colours, acoustic and/or electronic based. Usual instruments include the Guitar, Bass, Drums , and the Keyboard
Main Story
An interview with the main artist, including their background history and new and upcoming news surrounding the artist
Breaking news about an artist, including the occurrences and why they happened
Concert reviews and information about the concert itself
Initial Ideas:
Music Magazine
Regular FeaturesArticles about the mainstream or most popular artists of that specific genre
Interviews with new or popular artists
Upcoming news related to the music genre
Tour Dates
Country: Natural Colours, Wilderness and countryside, potentially someone sitting in a field playing guitar
Potential Titles
Typography
Possible Artists
Mandolin
Harmony
Cincinnati
CM
Pink Bullet
Macie Gray
Ronnie Lambert
Miranda May
AMGDT
Chaparral Pro Light
Hobo STD
Minya Nouvelle
Bookman Old Style
Interviews with other artists/bands that are relevant and popular
Upcoming tour dates for artists and information about the tickets
New album release from artists and an insight into what the song is about
CorbelEurostile
Shades of Opal
Infinite Cult
Forgotten Mandolin
Culture Lake
Teardrop Lost Paradise
Submerge
Heartland
Golden
Joys
An interview with a new artists who’s just been discovered and released a new album or single
Pop: Bright eye-catching colours, party streamers and light effects. Picture of a solo artist posing with a white background and could include picture of a singing group or band having a laugh sitting on a sofa
Dance: Contrasting bright colours and neon colours which are bright and stand out, pictures of people in a club partying or of people dancing in a dark atmosphere with the use of colour lighting
Indie Rock: Retro vibe, Union Jack flag. Generally a solo artist wearing vintage clothing
Mandolin CM
MCM
Target audience: (age range, interests)
My target audience is people who enjoy listening to country and western music.
Possible title ideas: (masthead / title block)What is your magazine going to be called?
My magazine is going to be called ‘Mandolin CM’ – Mandolin being a highly appreciated musical instrument in country and western music and CM standing for country music.
Main image:What will be the focal point of your front page, remember, your work
As my front cover I would like to have a girl sitting under a tree holding a guitar as if she is playing it. I want to have this style of image as my man image because the acoustic guitar is a main element that generally symbolises country and Western music and so fits with my genre.
Main cover line:What will be the main story?
The main cover story will be an interview with a new and popular music artist that is from the country and western music genre in order to appeal to my target audience.
Additional key images:What other images will be on your front cover?
On my front cover I would like to have a smaller picture of a group of people who are a potential new music band or harmonising group.
Additional cover lines:Other features, stories or selling points which will be inside the magazine, these need to be audience appropriate.
Articles about new album releases and what he songs entail.Information about upcoming tour datesSmall interviews about new songs and ideas with smaller scale artists
Typography: (style, size, colour of copy)Think about the writing and the style of the writing on your front page.
ScriptMTBoldGrey coloured writing
Background colour/image:What will be in the background, remember you don’t want to take the focus away from the main image.
The background colour will be light blue because the colour blue reflects country music as it’s a calming and mellow colour just as the genre of music is calm and mellow. The main image of a girl with a guitar will be the main background image also so not to take any focus away from it being the main image. However, there might be a countryside look to the background, for example trees or fields.
Technical considerations:(equipment, setting, props, costume, lighting)Be realistic and creative, think about what you have access to and how you could use it.
My main image will include a naturalistic setting that is easily accessible to me because there is natural light and settings all around. The main prop will be a guitar and I would like for my artist to be dressed in a check shirt and denim jeans/dungarees and potentially a country style hat.
Double Page Spread:(what will be the main article in your magazine?)This will need to be the main story on your cover, what detail will be featured inside?
My double page spread will be an interview of a popular artist about themselves but also about their new album that they are releasing and what inspired them to write the songs on the album. There will also be pictures of them on the double page spread so that people know who the article is about if they are not sure who the artist it.
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