Planning. (Genre/Target Audience/Initial ideas)

Ryan Ward.

Identifying my Genre and Target Audience. • My Music magazine will focus on the genres Alternative/Indie,

Punk, and Metal, basically any music that uses general instruments (Vocalist, Guitar, Bass, and Drums).

• My Target Audience will obviously be people who like/listen to the genres of music that I stated above. The magazine will also aim to be for more ‘intellectual’ people, as it will contain a lot more writing than it will ‘fancy’ pictures and large, bright text.

The (specific) Codes and Conventions of a Music Magazine.

Feature Article Photograph – Would most likely be a large image of a band/solo artist that take up the whole of the front cover.

Feature Article – Would most likely be a big, long interview with a band/solo artist.

Other Articles – Tend to be interviews with bands/solo artists, album reviews/previews, concert/tour dates, equipment reviews, competitions, instrument lessons.

Write-in sections – Customers of the magazine send in ‘letters’ and images to be hopefully published in the following issue of the magazine.

Pictures – Tend to be staged and edited.

Magazine Ideas.• Name of Magazine. – “Crash”? “RMM (Real Music Magazine)”? “Real”? “R”?• Genre of Magazine. – ‘Real Music’ (Music that contains Vocals, Guitar, Bass

Guitar, and Drums).• Feature Article. – Question and answer article with either a band, or a solo

musician. Contains review of a new album released by them. Profile on the band or solo musician. Large picture, with a few small pictures as well.

• Feature Article Photograph. – Large picture of the band or the solo musician that takes up the whole of the front cover.

• Other articles. – Reviews of new albums. Upcoming Tour/Concert dates. Guitar reviews. Competition to win a musicians guitar and equipment. Other interviews with other bands.

• Editorial will be contained in the contents page.

Mock Layouts. – (Front Cover)

Masthead + Motto.

Feature Article Photograph. (Takes up the whole page)

Main Cover Line.

Plugs.

Date/Issue number.

Cover-lines/Plugs.

Barcode.

Barcode.

Masthead + Motto.Date/Issue number.

Cover-lines/Plugs.

Main Cover Line.

Mock Layouts. – (Front Cover)

Plugs.

Feature Article Photograph. (Takes up the whole page)

Mock Layouts. – (Front Cover)

Masthead + Motto.

Cover-lines/Plugs.

Plugs.Barcode.

Main Cover Line.

Date/Issue number.

Title.

Editorial.

Editorial Image.

More of an ‘Image half’ of the contents page.

More of a ‘Text half’ of the contents page.

Large image relating to feature article.

Mock Layouts. – (Contents Page)

Mock Layouts. – (Contents Page)Title.

Editorial.

Editorial Image.

More of a ‘Text half’ of the contents page.

More of an ‘Image half’ of the contents page.

Large image relating to feature article.

Mock Layouts. – (Contents Page)Title.

Editorial.

Editorial Image.

Large image relating to feature article.

More of a ‘Text segment’ of the contents page.

More of an ‘Image half’ of the contents page.