Plan For Magazine

From the feedback I have received This is the plan of action for my music magazine, The magazine will be called Encore !!! The colour scheme for my magazine will be blue and red inside the cover shall be black and white. The magazine will cost £2.00 and the magazine will contain indie and rock music. The magazine will be weekly and it will be aimed towards a mixed gender of the age s 16 to 19. Now I have to decide what layout I will use for the magazine and go out and take pictures for Cover page and double page spread, I shall take at least 7 photos and decide on which 3 or 4 I want to use.

Layout plan 2

This is my second plan, I have sctetched it out quickly but this is more of the style I would like to use as it is more organised, I would like to use this as the layout as it is set up well the cover colour should be black and white as that is the style and theme I am looking for.

Layout plan 1

This is a scetch of my first idea for a cover layout, i need to choose a layout before I can think about my pictures etc..

I think this layout could work but I would prefer just to have one picture on the cover, I think the cover should be more professional and more detailed. I have done two other layout which i will post i will then post all three and then do a poll on which people think are the best the one which get the most positive feedback will be the one used.

Treatment Sheet

Magazine: I have named my magazine Encore !!!

Target audience: Encore !!! is a magazine which is aimed at students, boys and girls between ages 16 and 19, it is a music magazine with unsigned bands that are getting popular included. It is a fantastic magazine because it has gig dates, competitions, interviews ratings etc. The magazine includes indie music, so it is targeted at indie fans. The magazine will be weekly, it will be stylish and crisp also it will be eye catching with vibrant colours.

Form and Style: Encore !!! is an A4 full colour magazine that contains unsigned bands, interviews and music news it will sometimes include famous bands as well. The unsigned bands in the magazine are all around the same age of the target audience, they are all trying to spread the word of there band, a lot talk to us about their musical experiences so far. There will be cover lines on the front of the magazine to attract attention to engage readers into what sort of things will be covered. There will be mention of offers and competitions. The font style will be big, bold and punchy to make magazine attractive. The magazine will cost £2.00 per week which is affordable for students.

Themes and Typical Features: Magazine will look at music related topics and will include guitar tabs etc. It will also include interviews each week with the cover artist, there will also be competitions, bands, news also there will be teenage topics, like fashions opportunities, teen issues and will explain how a band can be created. There will also be famous band included which will talk to us.

Potential Advertisers: There will be a range of brands that will advertise in the magazine each week, particularly music related advertisements for example guitar and drums advertisements from Fender and Ddrums etc. Also album releases and maybe some music inspired fashion.

Editorial Team: The editorial team for Encore !!! will be made up of people from the ages 16-22 similar to the target audience. The Readers of the magazine will also regularly asked to contribute ideas and views via text, Facebook, and Letter. The aim is to cover something new each week.

Double Page spread: Ian Dury (mojo)

There is a large picture of Ian Dury and the Blockheads which the article is on. The picture is in black and white, the band look scruffy and a bit rough round the edges, I think the picture is in black and white to give the retro old look. There is also lots of text which starts large and gets smaller. The is also a picture of Ian and his father which overlaps the other main picture it is a picture of Ian when he was young and it is also black and white, it looks like a Polaroid picture as there is a white border around it, it has a caption to explain what is happening in the picture. At top of the fist page is a large drop cap which is eye catching, it also breaks up text to make it more readable, as it is space out. There is a also a quote from the article which is placed over some kind of wall paper which is in colour which could mean he was from a working class background, I think the colour is also added to contrast to the other pictures and text to make the piece more visually interesting, it could also be put into colour to show the importance of the quote which really makes Ian Dury sound like a very interesting and deep person. The ratio of picture to text, is 55 to 45 with there being slightly more picture than text.

Q magazine contents page Textual Analysis

The Q magazine contents page has a lot of pictures, the pictures that are smaller are in colour, this is to make them more attractive to the reader. There is also a large black and white picture of Cheryl Cole who is in fact the cover artist, she is again looking very glamorous, and sexy which again will appeal to a male audience. 80% of this contents is picture and the other 20% is text, this is because they tell there own story plus i think it is done like this so it does not give away to much about the articles. The contents page is actually split into two, but it is separate as the page i have looked at covers the features and the other covers just the regular bits and bobs.

Textual Analysis Contents Page (Kerrang)

The contents page is a half page with the top half being a picture and the bottom showing what is featured. It is organised into different sub heading which is easy to use, it is however a bit cluttered as it is aimed more towards students than adults. There is an editor’s column which just gives a few thoughts from the editor. Within the actual contents there are small pictures to relate to the text and there is a bit in the corner that mentions about subscribing to the magazine which is a clever way to advertise the magazine from within text is in black and yellow which is a good effective way to tell what is where. There is a distressed text to give a cool stylish looking effect. There is also mention of competitions as early as the contents page to attract the reader to have a go, as it is a good way for the magazine to make more money.

Questionnaire

What would be a good name for My Music magazine ?

NOISE
The Alternative
Mixer
Reverb
Encore

What colours should I use for my Colour Scheme?

black and White
Blue and Red
Blue and Green
Red and White

What Price would you be willing to pay for a new weekly Magazine?

80p
£1.20
£2.00
£2.50

What sort of music should be added in my Magazine ?

Alternative and metal
Drum n Bass and Dubstep
Indie and Rock
Pop and Chat toppers

Should my magazine be weekly or monthly?


What age group shouldf magazine be aimed towards?

16-19
20+

What gender should it be put towards?
male
female
mixed.

Textual Analysis 3 Kerrang

I have looked at Kerrang Magazine,The Masthead is Large, it is black and white and has a shatter effect which gives the idea of Loud music. The Strapline is bold, with puns and Plays on words. There is a Headline which states '50 Albums You Need To Hear In 2009' which has straplines with which Bands are included, with coloured group pictures of bands to relate to text. It has lots of pictures to attract attention, it also ,makes it look like you are getting more for the money, the music in this magazine is mainly alternative . Kerrang is a magazine that runs weekly and is very popular in its own right but i would say it is a student style magazineas it is made of paper and it is cheaply made. The magazine has a scruffy jumbled fell as if the magazine is saying' Its Music, Its affordable.

Textual Analysis 2 Q magazine

I have also looked at Q magazine, it is a smart , well presented magazine, on the cover is a picture of Cheryl Cole, the picture is an extreme close up and she is looking very Glamourous and Sexy, which will atrract attention from a male audience, in the picture Cheryl is licking her ring which will suduce you into buying the magazine. I believe the magazine is for die hard, it is a professionally magazine,with many well known known bands in such as Muse, Snow Patrol, Paul Weller etc. The Strapline on this magazine has there catchphrase on it stating they are the uks biggests music magazine. There are also Coverlines on each side to make you feel you are getting your moneys worth for the magazine . Also on the left at the top has the famous Qlogo in the famous red and white colours. At the top bottom of the page is the page is the the headline of the magazine which is related to the cover artist Cherly Cole, it has a play on words to make the title interesting.

Textual Analysis 1 Mojo

I have looked at Mojo, it is a very stylish music magazine,it looks to me the way it is portrayed, it has been professionally set upand looks like an interesting Magazine for educated people. The bands which are in the magazine are very proffesional bands that have had great success and have hughe fan bases. There was a free cd with the magazine which will make the audience think they are getting more for there money. The picture takes up the whole page, the cover picture is of Jimmy Page out of Led Zeppelin, the picture is in black and white and gives a retro feel as it is a picture of Jimmy Page as a young man in Led Zep. There are coverlines on each side to make it look as though the magazine is worth the £4.50 you would pay for it. There is a strapline at the top of the cover which indicates there is a free CD and has topics of interest included to. The masthead is large and bold and white to show it is the name of the magazine.

Action Plan

I need to do a plan to help to construct my music magazine, we have 10 weeks to complete this task, in the first week i need to look at magazines to see what sort of music i want to do mine on.

In the second week i need to do 3 textual anlysis and some internet reasearch to look at how to construct my magazine, i also need to look at effects to help make my magazine interesting.

In the third week i need to do some audience research, i need to have a think about what my target audience is and i need to have a think about what colours and font I am going to use.

In the Fourth week I am going to do a photo shoot for the cover picture for my magazine and I also need to draft layout of magazine.

In the Fifth And Sixth week I aim to construct cover of magazine.

In the seventh and Eighth week I will construct Double spread contents page.

In the Ninth and Tenth week I shall do any bits of finishing off and complete 7 questions for evaluation.

Plan Of Action

We have been asked to create a Music Magazine, with a double page spread, before i can do this i must look at some music magazines to influence ideas for my own, I also need to do some textual analysis, where i need to look at stlyes, colours and font size etc. And explain what effects they are giving.