MAGAZINE PLANmusic magazine

The Pitch The name of my magazine is something that took time to decide on, I had two options that I thought would be a good title. The two options were either “STAGE&SPEAKER” or simply “SPEAKER”, I decided to go with the first title “STAGE&SPEAKER” as I thought its more of a direct related title to a music

magazine. I experimented with both on Photoshop however to decide for definite which one would look better on a page layout. The music genre of my magazine is acoustic/ indie music as I think it’s a very current style of music that me

and lots of other people my age like. The cover price of my magazine will be £3.00 per monthly subscription of my magazine. I decided this price and frequency of publication because on my audience survey results a large percentage said they would spend this

amount and would prefer a monthly subscription. The magazine style will have a spacious, clean cut layout with a

minimalistic colour scheme and lots of good quality images throughout. The context within the magazine wont be a huge amount so that there are huge pages on block text but I will make the context relevant to what my target audience are most interested in such as new releases and upcoming events.

CLASH READER PROFILE-Age range: 18-30

-Both male and female readers-Rents cheaply, not much debt, tend to live in student accommodation-Like the magazine because its about pop but in a less childish format like other pop magazines

such as ‘top of the pops’.

Lifestyle:-Socio economic demographic-D/E

-Mostly students -Have part time jobs-Older audience

-Tend to be creative or have creative interests

-Not married -On Minimum wage

-a large % live In London/cities-75% of readers have smart phones

LOUD&QUIET READER PROFILE-Age range: 16-25

-Both female and male readers-Students/ living in student

accommodation or flats with little possessions

-Interested in new upcoming artists and events

Lifestyle:-Socio economic demographic-D/E

-Mostly students -Have part time jobs-very creative people

-Enjoy going to concerts/ events-Not married

-Don’t have a large disposable income

-Large % live in urban environments /cities

Have good technology that they can access on a daily basis

SURVEY READER PROFILEThe reader profile of my magazine

based on the results of my questionnaires and surveys is that

there is a large percentage that would be female between the ages of 16-19

year olds.

They’re most likely to buy a acoustic genre, monthly subscribed magazine

costing around £0- £5. There are most interested in new

releases of bands and artists such as Ben Howard or green day.

There preferred layout of magazines is spacious with a neutral colour scheme and lots of images with not a lot of text, therefore these factors I will use to relate my music magazine to there opinions and interests.

Survey reader profile summary

-Female-16-19 years old

-Would buy an Acoustic genre music magazine-Would like to see ben Howard or green day

style of music -Would like a monthly subscription to

magazines-Will spend £0-£5 on a magazine

-New releases in music magazines interest them most

-Like a spacious layout, neutral colour scheme,

lots of images and not a lot of text in magazines

-Like photographs taken outside of a studio and little editing to the images

-Like bold, colourful large fonts or dainty small minimal fonts

From questionnaire results:The reader profile I gathered from my

questionnaires are that they all use social media platforms such as Facebook, instagram, snapchat, Tumblr and Twitter. This therefore means that

magazines advertisement would be very successful if they used social media as a large majority of

the target audience will use it. The majority of the people I interviewed

described their friends as been funny, nice and caring however when asked how they would describe themselves they weren't as confident answering the

question. This could suggest that with the majority target audience being young females it would be good to use language or articles that

would make them feel confident or advertise events that a lot of people like them would go to and

inspire them. I could do this by writing an article that portrays an iconic young women that would inspire the young girls reading the magazine.

QUESTIONAIRE READER PROFILE

QUESTIONAIRE READER PROFILE

The majority said they trust brands such as apple or clothing brands like Top shop or urban outfitters which are all very fashionable in current trends and are valued

brands within young people. Therefore in my magazine to address my target audiences trusted brands I could use models dressed in the current stylish trends topshop and urban outfitters display

in their stores and social media. They also said that in there spend time or when they go out they like going to cities shopping or for meals and coffee, I could use this and make my magazine include a very urbanized city lifestyle theme with events based in Leeds or Manchester where people like to go for a day out in the magazines distributed

areas. It could feature events or new exciting places that would attract a younger audience within their interests that are easy to get too.

With all this information I can include and try and interpret their interests and trend in my magazine.

QUESTIONAIRE READER PROFILE SUMMARY

-Use social media such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Snapchat-Their friends are nice, funny, caring -Brands they use are companies such as

apple-Spend their money on clothes

-Music is very important to them and is part of there life that has some meaning

to them-Would describe there selves as been funny, caring and nice but aren't

particularly confident -Particular style is comfortable

-Like to go to cities, shopping, go for coffee or meals or been with there

friends somewhere-Would like to ideally go to restaurants or outings into cities like concerts or

small gigs-like brands that are current, stylish

and new.

ORATOR STDCALIFORNIA FBPERPETUA TILTING

COLOUR SCHEMES

These are all different colour schemes I really like and would like to use in my magazine.

SAMPLE STYLE SHEET

MASTHEADOrator std 77pt

HEADERS: perpetua tiltingHEADERS- ORATOR STD

COVER LINESAdobe myungjo std M 22pt

STRAPS AND CROSSHEADSAdobe myungjo std M 18pt

Colour scheme samples

PLANNING PHOTOS: FRONT COVER

Shot: Medium shot

Angle: eye level

Mise-en-scene: Costume:

Metallic short sleeved button up shirt, little jewellery, well dressed, fashionable, unique

style.

Location:Not studio shot, key lighting/ artificial lighting

used.

Props:None

PLANNING PHOTOS:CONTENTS 1Shot: medium shot

Angle: side angleCharacters:

The KooksCostume:

Fashionable on trend clothing that takes inspiration from 80’s style clothingLocation:

Outside, shot in front of old, battered wall. Lighting:

Natural and artificial lightingProps:

background area

Shot: close medium shotAngle: high angleCharacters: The kooksCostume:dated clothing, taken when they were younger, 80’s/ 90’s style of clothing.Location:photography studio shootLighting:artificial lightingProps: none

Shot: long medium shotAngle: eye level

Characters:The KooksCostume:

Unique, 80’s style clothing, on trend currentlyLocation:

Wooded area outsideLighting:

Artificial and natural lightingProps:

Background area

PLANNING PHOTOS: CONTENTS 2Shot: long shot

Angle: low angleCharacter:Wolf AliceCostume:

80’s style clothing, fashionable, casual/smart clothing, little jewelry.

LocationDeserted area, rough environment, natural lighting and out of

studio shot. Props: None

Shot: medium shotAngle: eye levelCharacter:wolf alice Costume: fashionable, current trend clothing that takes inspiration from 80’s and 90’s style trends.Location: photography studioProps: glasses and photography equipment

Shot: long- medium shotAngle: eye level

Character: wolf alice

Costume: casual clothing that’s on trend currently.

Location: outside in a city environment perhaps and with a mixture of artificial and natural lighting

Props:Glasses

SAMPLE DUMMY ONE

This was my first attempt at designing a page layout for my magazine, out of all the ones I experimented with I likes this one the best because its very simplistic and sophisticated.

SAMPLE DUMMY TWO

This was my second attempt and I wanted to see if how a less concise layout would look. I also quite likes this layout but not as much as my first attempt

because I would prefer to have larger photographs and less text.

SAMPLE DUMMY THREE

This was my last attempt and least favourite. I dislike it because it doesn't’t a logical order and to me looks un sophisticated and not thought out as well as

the previous attempts.

PHOTO PLANNINGI prefer the appearance of this font, this is because this font is more current and in a more modern style in comparison to

the other. I’ve also experimented with different colours of the banner and what

looks best. I prefer this type of text to the previous because It looks more modern.

PHOTO PLANNINGI did this on Photoshop as a trail of the kind of minimal appearance I want my

magazine to have and the type of photograph I want to have on the cover.

I wanted to see what a banner would look like and different colours I could

use.

PHOTO PLANNINGI wanted to see if it would look better

without a border as most magazines don’t have white borders. I do prefer this image without a border because as the picture is

dark already I thought that they white border didn’t have a nice contrast with

the colours in the photo.

PHOTO PLANNINGI tried different banners and different ways of presenting the cover and how the text and photograph interact with

each other on Photoshop. For this photo I like the cover without a banner as I

think it looked nice for a minimal look.

PHOTO PLANNINGI wanted to experiment with different way of presenting the title to see which looked best out of the previous design and this

one. I really like this design with and without the banner however think that the banner looks strange unless the image was

taking up the whole page.

PHOTO PLANNINGI experimented with the photograph not having a border however found that it was difficult to make the title stand out

with this sort of image because the subject is a large part of the shot and makes it difficult to fit the large title at

the top.

TRAIL FRONT COVER

This is my trail front cover I designed on Photoshop using a image of the internet of a musician

called Lucy Rose. I really like this style of magazine and wanted to see how it would appear with the sort of colour schemes I want to include in my magazine. I wanted to get a feel for what I could improve and what sort of photography I want to take so that when I’m shooting I know exactly

what outcome I want.

TRAIL CONTENTS PAGE

After doing this content page I have realised that I’m not as keen on the

layout as what I thought at first. I think that it looks

too plain and simple.I have also decided that I’m going to vary my text on the contents page and use more of the fonts from my style

font sheet.

MODELLING STYLES

LOCATIONS

Urban sceneWoodlandRiver

Studio shoot Steps

Fairy lights in background

COSTUMES

CONTACT SHEET ONE

CONTACT SHEET TWO

CONTACT SHEET THREE

CONTACT SHEET FOUR

EDITS