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, snap

chat, Tumblr and Twitter which would mean that a magazines advertisement would be very successful as a lot of the target

audience will use it. They would describe their friends as been funny, nice and caring and also described themselves like the same however when asked how they would describe themselves weren't as confident answering the questions. This could suggest that with my target audience been 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.

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 on trend currently.

This could mean that the models I use in my magazine could dress in the ways that urban

outfitters of Top shop are selling and styling to make it more current.

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.

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 to cities

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: Long shot

Angle: eye level

Mise-en-scene:Characters:

Singer from the ‘kooks’Costume:

casual clothes, White shirt that’s not buttoned up fully, shoes untied, no

jewellery, relaxed, casual style, doesn’t care about appearance as much, still

makes effort by wearing shirt.Location:

Not studio shot, natural lighting.Props:

Cigarette, background area

PLANNING PHOTOS: CONTENTS 2Shot: long shot

Angle: low angle

Mise-en-scene:Character:Wolf Alice

Costume80’s style clothing,

fashionable, casual/smart clothing, little jewelry.

LocationDeserted area, rough environment, natural

lighting and out of studio shot.

Props: None

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 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 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 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