INITIAL IDEA FOR MUSIC MAGAZINE

By Elena Fulea

TARGET AUDIENCEMy music magazine is going to be aimed at young, teenage females.

In my music magazine questionnaire this was the most popular age group that answered and there was a larger percentage of females who answered, so I know that most of the answers I received would correspond with what they were looking for.

Some of the results I received have really helped me to see what my target audience would like to see in a pop magazine, for example it was obvious they would prefer Sans Serif font throughout as that received 29 answers whereas Decorative font only received 9 answers. Also, when asked about what colours they would like to be present throughout my magazine the colours purple and pink formed 92.9% out of the 340 answers I got for that question, so I will definitely be using these two colours a lot. When asked about the sort of content people would prefer to see in my magazine there were high answers of 34 for a Gossip Section. 39 for Interviews with Celebrities and 43 for a Chart List, these are all stories that I will include in my magazine as I know for a fact that they will appeal to my target audience as they were the most popular answers.

CONTENT OF MAGAZINE

In my music magazine questionnaire the most popular answers were interviews with celebrities, human interest, gossip section and a chart list so I will include all these topics.

COVER LINE IDEAS:

Gossip 101, Oops! Total Fails, 10 FAB Makeup Tips With Kim K’s Very Own Makeup Artist! Inside One Direction, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry and MORE…, Summer Tunes

CONTENTS PAGE IDEAS:

A-Z guide to the perfect party look, Katy Perry reveals all about her breakup, Harry Syles and Rebecca Ferguson SCABNDAL!, “I don’t want her anywhere near me” – trouble amidst Little Mix, Not sure what to wear this summer? 5 gorgeous and easy summer looks, We talk to Justin Bieber about his new album, his love life and more…, This weeks Top 10, Upcoming singles and albums that are about to blow up!

GENRE CONVENTIONS

IMAGERY:

The results I received from my questionnaire and after looking at magazines of my genre I noticed that my target audience are interested in pictures of artists they like messing around and having fun, I would also think to include some quite large pictures that would take up a whole page so the readers could cut this image out and stick on their walls, also I would include some close up images so girls can look at the make up that their favourite celebrities have on.

In my images I will try to have bright lighting to highlight the artist’s face as these will be what my target audience will want to see and as my target audience is teenage girls they won’t really be interested in dark images. I will also try to have my artists and celebrities dressed in bright or pastel colours which again will appeal to my target audience and stereotypically people who enjoy pop wear quite bright colourful clothing compared to dark and black clothes which more people who listen to rap or rock would wear. I will conform to the expectations of my genre by applying bright colours and poses that I have seen in many pop magazines.

EXAMPL ES OF IMAGERY THAT INSPIR ES ME

GENRE CONVENTIONS

TYPOGRAPHY

Once again I feel like I will conform to the typical expectations of the types of fonts you see in a pop magazine as this is what my questionnaire told me that my target audience want. Also after other research when I was look at other pop magazines the type of Sans Serif font that was so popular in my music magazine questionnaire results is what appears most in teen pop magazines and it works really well.

The less formal font type creates a much more youthful and modern feel to the magazine, it looks cooler than formal font which will be appreciated by my target audience.

I think at some points I will include some Script font maybe to write an artist’s name so it looks as if it was handwritten and also perhaps could look more girl as well, this I think would also appeal to my target audience.

EXAMPLES OF FONT STYLES I WISH TO INCLUDE

GENRE CONVENTIONS

COLOUR SCHEME

The usual colour scheme you would see in a teen’s pop magazine is pink and purple which are stereotypically seen as girls colours and these also received really high results in my music magazine questionnaire.

By choosing to use these typical colours I am conforming to the expectations of the teen pop genre but I feel it represents the genre best and it was what attracts my target audience.

COLOUR SCHEME IDEAS

PHOTOGRAPHY

MISE-EN-SCENE

Costume

In my images I will dress my female celebrities in brightly coloured, up to date yet slightly quirky outfits. Any male artists I have in any images I will have them dressed fashionably in slightly darker colours so they appear more mature, by making them look more mysterious by using darker colours they will appeal more to my target audience.

PHOTOGRAHY

LIGHTING

I will like to use bright lighting in all of my images so that it will create a brighter image, this will appear more fresh and vibrant to the reader creating a happier look.

I do think that it would work for some photographs to have slightly darker lighting maybe for some pictures of boy bands to create that ‘cooler’ feel.

PHOTOGRAPHY

MAKE UP

For different female artists I would picture I would have different make up styles.

If there was a girl band or younger artist I would most likely have them wear quite colourful make up that really stood out, however for mature artists I think I would go for a more natural look.

PHOTOGRAPHY

PROPS AND SETTING

Setting wise I think I would have most of my images with male artists outside, and any images of female artists inside a studio with different, quirky backgrounds.

DIFFER EN T IM AGES THAT IN SPIRE ME