Initial ideas and proposal sheet

1. Initial Ideas:
Music Magazine
Colour Schemes
Country: Natural Colours, browns, greens, yellows,
colours from the wilderness and the stereotypical
countryside
Pop: Vibrant and eye-catching colours
that stand out and are appealing to
youth rather than naturalistic colours
Dance: Contrasting bright colours,
maybe the primary colours, or
neon colours which are bright and
stand out
Indie Rock: Retro vibe, Union
Jack flag and baby colours
Audience
Pop: Appeals to teenagers, and
youth stereotypically girls
because of boy bands, people
who enjoy upbeat music are
related to pop ,music
Indie Rock: Young
adolescents and a
mixture of gender
Country: Ranges in age from
teenagers to the older
generation, depending on the
artist: generally quite calm and
sentimental musical lyricsDance: Mainly for those
who like to go clubbing
Genre of Music
Country: Natural Colours, Wilderness and countryside
quite calm and sentimental, The main instruments
included In country music are generally the
guitar, drums, fiddle, mandolin, banjo,
piano, harmonica and the harp
Pop: Vibrant and eye-catching colours, appealing to youth. The main
instruments used to produce pop music are guitar, bass, piano, and
drums
Dance: Contrasting bright colours, fun
and lively, the main instruments are
guitar, keyboard and drums with little
vocals.
Indie Rock: Retro vibe, Union Jack flag and baby
colours, acoustic and/or electronic based. Usual
instruments include the Guitar, Bass, Drums , and the
Keyboard
Main Story
An interview with the main artist, including their background
history and new and upcoming news surrounding the artist
Breaking news about an artist, including the occurrences and why
they happened
Concert reviews and information about the concert itself

2. Initial Ideas:
Music Magazine
Regular Features
Articles about the mainstream or most popular
artists of that specific genre
Interviews with new
or popular artists
Upcoming news related
to the music genre
Tour Dates
Country: Natural Colours,
Wilderness and countryside,
potentially someone sitting in
a field playing guitar
Potential Titles
Typography
Possible Artists
Mandolin
Harmony
Cincinnati
CM
Pink Bullet
Macie Gray
Ronnie Lambert
Miranda May
AMGDT
Chaparral Pro Light
Hobo STD
Minya
Nouvelle
Bookman Old Style
Interviews with other artists/bands
that are relevant and popular
Upcoming tour dates for artists and
information about the tickets
New album release from artists
and an insight into what the song
is about
Corbel
Eurostile
Shades of Opal
Infinite Cult
Forgotten Mandolin
Culture Lake
TeardropLost Paradise
Submerge
Heartland
Golden
Joys
An interview with a new artists who’s
just been discovered and released a new
album or single
Pop: Bright eye-catching colours, party
streamers and light effects. Picture of a
solo artist posing with a white
background and could include picture
of a singing group or band having a
laugh sitting on a sofa
Dance: Contrasting bright colours and
neon colours which are bright and stand
out, pictures of people in a club partying
or of people dancing in a dark
atmosphere with the use of colour
lighting
Indie Rock: Retro vibe, Union
Jack flag. Generally a solo
artist wearing vintage
clothing
Mandolin CM
MCM

3. Mandolin
A mandolin is an instrument related to country music.
Therefore this would be a suitable title as it reflects upon
the magazine as being about country music
Harmony
This would have relevance as
all music contains harmonies,
as well as having a double
meaning of peace which
relates to the countryside.
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is located in the
United States, this is a suitable
name for the magazine because
the US is largely related to
country music, the music genre
I want to create my magazine
for. However, this magazine
would be distributed in the UK
and thus would not be a
suitable name for the magazine.
CM
Stands for country music so is suitable
because it directly names the music
genre of the magazine.
Submerge
This title would suggest that the reader
would become submerged into the
magazine. However this isn’t a suitable
title as the word ‘submerge’ has no
generic relation to music.
Heartland
This is a suitable name
because ‘land’ relates to
the countryside and
heart suggests that
everything in the
magazine is true and
from the heart.
Golden
This would be a suitable
name because the colour
golden is related to the
countryside.
Joys
This name would be suitable
because it is suggesting that
it is a joy to read this
magazine. However, this title
has no contextual links to
country music and therefore
would not be a suitable title.
Mandolin CM
Mandolin CM is a suitable
title for my country music
magazine because all of
the words
MCM
MCM stands for Mandolin Country
Music – this is a good title because
all of the words are related to
country music, thus the potential
reader would instantly know what
the music genre is about from just
seeing the title.
Initial Ideas For Titles

4. Target audience:
(age range, interests)
My target audience is people who enjoy listening to country and western music.
Possible title ideas:
(masthead / title block)
What is your magazine going to be called?
My magazine is going to be called ‘Mandolin CM’ – Mandolin being a highly appreciated musical instrument in country and western music and CM standing
for country music.
Main image:
What will be the focal point of your front page, remember, your work
As my front cover I would like to have a girl sitting under a tree holding a guitar as if she is playing it. I want to have this style of image as my man image
because the acoustic guitar is a main element that generally symbolises country and Western music and so fits with my genre.
Main cover line:
What will be the main story?
The main cover story will be an interview with a new and popular music artist that is from the country and western music genre in order to appeal to my
target audience.
Additional key images:
What other images will be on your front cover?
On my front cover I would like to have a smaller picture of a group of people who are a potential new music band or harmonising group.
Additional cover lines:
Other features, stories or selling points which will be inside the magazine,
these need to be audience appropriate.
Articles about new album releases and what he songs entail.
Information about upcoming tour dates
Small interviews about new songs and ideas with smaller scale artists
Typography:
(style, size, colour of copy)
Think about the writing and the style of the writing on your front page.
ScriptMTBold
Grey coloured writing
Background colour/image:
What will be in the background, remember you don’t want to take the focus
away from the main image.
The background colour will be light blue because the colour blue reflects country music as it’s a calming and mellow colour just as the genre of music is calm
and mellow. The main image of a girl with a guitar will be the main background image also so not to take any focus away from it being the main image.
However, there might be a countryside look to the background, for example trees or fields.
Technical considerations:
(equipment, setting, props, costume, lighting)
Be realistic and creative, think about what you have access to and how you
could use it.
My main image will include a naturalistic setting that is easily accessible to me because there is natural light and settings all around. The main prop will be a
guitar and I would like for my artist to be dressed in a check shirt and denim jeans/dungarees and potentially a country style hat.
Double Page Spread:
(what will be the main article in your magazine?)
This will need to be the main story on your cover, what detail will be
featured inside?
My double page spread will be an interview of a popular artist about themselves but also about their new album that they are releasing and what inspired
them to write the songs on the album. There will also be pictures of them on the double page spread so that people know who the article is about if they are
not sure who the artist it.