Flat plans

Masthead ideas.

Front cover flat plan.

Contents.

Double page spread

Photoshoot plan

Photoshoot Plan Model - Kieron Mackeny Props – Drum sticks Location – Photography room / graveyard Camera: Height, angle, Distance – Long distance low angle shot looking up towards Kieron Details of editing- Greyscaled/ black white image with an eerie background (graveyard/forest)

Double page spread mood board

These are some of the double page spreads that I hope my magazine double page spread will be as successful as. All have a similar layout with quotes written on the main image and the text that seems to be anchored around the image.

Front cover design mood Board

I have chosen these 8 magazine front covers because I feel they reflect the sort of front cover I want my magazine to be. The general Theme of the 8 front covers is to have the artist/ group as the main image. All the images are medium close ups with a very serious look to them and all eyes staring straight towards you. I feel this sort of front cover is perfect for my target audience.

5 line paragraph of my magazine!

iMusic is the new generation of magazine for all your rock needs! iMusic Features all the styles of rock metal, punk, hardcore, emo, indie and darkwave, every issue of iMusic magazine will bring you the best in-depth interviews, the most reviews and the best new acts. iMusic aim is simple to bring you the best of all that is rock!

Photoshoot Ideas for my music magazine

All the images that I have included in my photoshoot ideas have either been greyscaled or are totally in black and white. I feel this is the best way to potray the genre of the magazine being rock. Also all the pictures have been taken in quite gory places such as graveyards, creepy woods and churches, I am going to include this in my main image. Something else that is instantly noticable is that all the images are taken at a low angle whic give the impression of authority and strength.

Description of audience

The audience that I am aiming my magazine for would be people who are into rock and indie music. Majority of whom would have been to at least 1 concert in their lifetimes and also be very into technology such as iPhone and iPods so that they could listen to their favorite music on the go. A generalization of the appearance of the reader would be long hair with torn shorts/ jeans and a t shirt with old gigs and bands they are into. The audience that I am targeting my magazine to is aged between 16-24 and mostly male. The attributes of this type of audience would include clubbing, technology, partying, games, drinking and music. Another key aspect of the age group of 16-24 year olds is that they do not earn a large amount of money, therefore my magazine will have to be prices efficiently so that they will be able to afford to buy it. The readers should also be highly influenced by music so much so that it affects there dress sense for example, therefore it is important to show what the bands and singers wear. Because of my target audience i will use fairly informal language so that it feels like the magazine is talking like a friend but also talking personally with things like interviews.

Surveymonkey analysis

I asked in my questionnaire what other magazines my readers where into and due to the fact the magazine im making is targeted at the male gender. Some of the other magazines they read included things such as nuts and FHM. This represents an audience that like things explained simply and not in complex language.

In my second question I asked how often my readers buy magazines, this is so that it gives me a rough idea of whether the magazine should be a daily,weekly, fortnightly or monthly magazine. The results showed that on average they bought magazines moderately often. Therefore my magazine will be produced fortnightly

I then asked if they go to gigs however the majority said no, this may be because they keep up with their bands and music via using magazines or radio.

I then asked the type of music that they listen to and I got a very broad variety from pop to deathcore. This means to reach a large target audience the magazine needs to reach a wide variety of music genres When looking at the age of the people that answered this survey I found it ranged from 17-22

I then asked where they find out about new music and put it as a multiple choice answer Tv was top closely followed by friends, radio, internet and lastly magazines. This could help as to advertising the actual magazine itself as well as it is now apparent as to how the people gain information about new products. My last question was about other products and interests they had and this is represented partially in the moodboard.