2. My Magazine I want the genre of my magazine to be indie, particularly aimed at people who have a passion for music and what’s going on in the local music scene. I live in Reading, so my magazine will be about the music scene here. I will include things like gigs that are happening, and features on new bands that are up and coming in the area. My magazine will have monthly editions because as it is local there will be less content for the magazine.
4. Magazine Name As my magazine is going to be a local music magazine, I want it’s name to have some sort of relevance. From my list I have decided to take the word ‘Reading’ however to make it more catchy and appropriate I have shorted it to ‘Ding!. I feel this is a good name for a local reading music magazine as it is a slang word used for Reading and will appeal to my target market.
6. My Photo Shoot For the images I am going to use on my front cover and my double page spread I am going to take pictures of my friend Robin. The photo shoot will take place on Tuesday 15th February at my house. This is because I want to create almost a studio setting for my images as I feel this will create a more professional look.
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8. Location Recce I wanted to do my photo shoot in a studio, but I couldn’t. Instead I decided to use my summer house because it has plain white walls. This was the closest I could get to a studio.
9. Props I decided to use an electric guitar as the main prop for my images. This is because I wanted to make it feel more realistic and give the impression that my model was in a band. This is also quite a conventional prop to use as many music magazines use guitars as props in their photos.
12. Colour For my front colour I am going to use the colour red. From my magazine analysis I found out that this is quite a popular colour to use. This is probably because it is very bold and also it is quite a male colour which is the gender at which most music magazines, including my own, are aimed at. The other colours I will use on my magazine will be white and black. This is because I think they are good bold colours and will contrast well against the red. Also, white and black are conventionally used on music magazine covers.
14. Flashes For my flashes I have decided to use plus signs instead of stars or other similar shapes. I found out from my magazine analysis that many magazines do this and so I want to follow this convention and use it in my own magazine.
15. Mode Of Address I want the mode of address for my magazine to quite formal but with a small amount of slang used. I feel this is the most relevant for my target market and that they will appreciate this more than total queen’s English or total slang. Also, I know that most music magazine use this mode of address when writing.
16. Images On my front cover I only want to use one main image. To advertise the other articles in my magazine I will use headlines as I feel this will make my front cover less cluttered and easier to read.
17. Front Cover Mock Up Cost Issue info Barcode Main image Headline Headline Headline
