About the Magazine

My music magazine will be priced very reasonably at £3 and it is monthly so the audience will prefer it to weekly because they wont have to buy it every week for £3 and will save them money in the long term. Another reason for it being cheap is that it is aimed at young adults who may not have a lot of money and may not be able to afford it buying it every week.

Go animate - music magazine

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Music genre

The music genre I am choosing to use for my magazine is rock to be associated with bands such as Oasis, Arctic Monkeys, The stone roses etc. I have chosen this genre because this is the music I enjoy listening to and thought it would be easier to do the magazine cover on the genre I find most enjoyable to listen to. My magazine cover idea came from the NME magazines which also associate with rock music. Another reason why I have chosen the genre of rock is because it has a wide range of different types rock which more people will like and hopefully buy the magazine because they like the genre of music and can tell what genre the magazine is from their first glance. I am going to do this by doing the cover in black and white with bright, bold colours for more emphasis.

In my music magazine cover I want it to have the same sort of style as this magazine because it has bright colours which stand out to the audience, a big bold masthead so the audience can easily identify what magazine it is. There are many different sub headings on the front cover to make the reader want to look inside by reading the information on the cover. The main image takes up the whole magazine cover more or less because there are two musicians; Alex Turner and Miles Kane back to back, both looking at the camera lens to make the reader think that they are making eye contacts with them. There is a lot of small pieces of information on the magazine cover to make the reader want to look inside and see what is going on with teasers such as 'Rolling Stones exclusive...Collaborating with Amy Winehouse?' Rhetorical questions on the cover of the magazine makes the audience think and want to know more about it and find out the answer in the magazine itself.

The colour scheme of this magazine is very consistent and precise with only 3 different main colours - red, white and black. The yellow colouring on the cover is for important information that most people will want to hear about. This makes it stand out because there is no other yellow on the cover and so it can be easily spotted.

Market research

Lower down in my posts I have analysed a music magazine (same age group) and also a different college magazine to show the comparison between the two. The College magazine and the Music magazine are two completely different types of magazines but still look to sell to the same age group. They are still similar in the fact that they both have a main image, both have a big, bold masthead and have information on the front cover to show what is inside the magazine to make the audience want to read on in to the magazine.

LIIAR analysis of the breif

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Masthead - Magazine title, larger font so it is easily noticed on the front cover.
Bright colour scheme - consistent colour scheme with 2 or 3 main colours.
Main image - a medium close up (face and shoulders) students eyes must make contact with the audience for extra effect.
Price and Barcode
Main article - featured stories must be relevant to the front page.
Teasing contents along the bottom - makes the reader want to look inside.
Thumbnail images - other articles needed.
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Make different things up to make the magazine sound more professional i.e. Could say it has been published by an existing publisher which have something in common with mine.
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In my magazine the message I am trying to get across is that Wyke is a good college with good values and that everyone at the college get along and enjoy their subjects they have chosen. The target audience is for the students at the college so they can be informed at the end of each month about what is going on in the college.
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The target audience i have chosen is all students at Wyke who want to be informed about what is happening around the college. Also, this gives the magazine more chance of sales if it appeals to all students.
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I intend the students to look happy in the image to show that everyone at the college is happy, enjoying themselves and is a friendly environment. Wyke college will be shown positively in my magazine cover because it will be in bright, vibrant colours to stand out and not be dull.