Double page spread draft

Double page spread draft

Contents page draft

Contents page draft

Name designs

Name designs

I came up with this design as it stands out using a simple colour scheme and block capital text. I feel that this will be in keeping with the magazines theme and music genre. The word 'Overload' constitutes the excessively loud sound of rock music, it gives off signals that the magazine is in keeping with times, it is young informal and fun.

Target audience research

Target audience research

A survey took placed to ask people of different age groups if they listened to indie/ rock music. The majority of people that said they do listen to that music were aged 16-25, also there was hardly any different in the gender of people who lisiten to indie/rock. 

The music magazine NME claim their target audience to be aimed at 16-24 year olds. Their audience is 66% male and 34% female, showing that males are more likely to be into this genre of music.

People who read such magazines are likely to be students, socialise with friends and go to gigs, own an ipod or mp3 player, feel that music is a large part of their life, wear skinny jeans and logo t shirts, shop and topshop and HMV, or like to play an instrument.  





Proposal

Proposal

Type of magazine

my music magazine will be based around the genre of rock n roll/ metal.

 

Frequency

It will be a weekly magazine

Possible stories/ Content

Sub focus new single

Upcoming gigs

Top ten list

Photoshoot - poster

Mood

Laid back yet exiting

Fun yet informative

Positive criticism of bands

Style

Unique features

App/ website

Interviews with bands

Readers thoughts - readers can post in their say about the events of the previous magazine

Marketing methods

Freebies such as CD's with exclusive tracks and artsit interviews

Discounts on festival tickets

Target audience

My target audience will be of both genders in their teenage years up to around 40. This is the widest spread of people who listen to rock music. The writing style will be fun for the younger generation but not too immature for the older generation.

Key images

Famous artists
New bands
QR code
Photo style images
Text boxes

Main feature
Mechanical evolution - the main band for the magazine in which we will use images taken from our photoshoot.

Audience, Representation, Intitution

Audience

All magazines are genre specific, and each genre has a certain target audience. Mainly it is categorised by age or gender. For example NME is read by more men than women. The reason why these people read these magazines is usually because of their social class/ background or peer group that may also listen to the same music. Fans of bands featured in the magazine will be more inclined to purchase it. however, people who are not fans will be more likely to read it online and not have something physical to keep. Websites are infinite and contantly updated therefore magazines just cant compete.

Representation

Eveything about a magazine will signify its genre. We can tell the attitude of the atrtists by looking at the photos. for example in a rock magazine the artsits will usually have blank faces and not looking at the camera, representing a laid back/ emotional attitude. Artists are ranked on what they wear, where they perform, and the awards they recieve. If a well known artsit is playing at a big venue like glastonbury, readers will be more inclined to buy the magazine to read about it. Awards like a grammy is considered to be a higher status of award than say NME music awards. Fans of bands love awards and are especially more likely to read about it if their band has recieved one. The more impressive it sounds the more readers will read.

Institution

As magazine companies cannot compete with the online world, they must join them. Nowadays magazines will have a facebook account where people can keep up to date on the companies movements. Also they may have a twitter feed so they can be followed. The magazine will have a website with all the news which is constantly  updated. Fans who are loyal to the brand will follow their movements and buy their magazines.