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3. Style Sheet
I want the colours of my magazine to be
similar to Q magazine and NME in the fact
that they have dull colours with one
contrasting colour that stands out to the
audience, in this case red being the
contrasting colour, this also suits my target
audience as it is aimed at both genders. I also
don’t want my magazine to look bright as it
will make the magazine look cheap this
would not suit my target audience as I am
aiming at upper to middle economic classed
people.
I will be using the top
underlined font for my
masthead. It is visible
from afar and it would
look good with the red
colour behind it.
5. Draft Pitch
My magazine is going to be a glossy style magazine, it is going to be called BUZZED, it
is going to contain magazine reviews as well as previews, news on all the latest tours of
bands and other artists, it will contain exclusive interviews with artist and it will
contain the latest music and artist. My magazine is aims to please all genres of music.
The title BUZZED resembles the noise electricity makes, I think as the magazine is
aimed at all genres, shock is to powerful and may seem to aim towards rock or heavy
metal, so BUZZED is a toned down version. BUZZED will be published by Future
PLC, as IPC Media already publishes a similar magazine to mine, NME, as does Bauer
Media, Q Magazine. My magazine is going to be released monthly and is going to be
quite expensive at £3.50, this is so the magazine contains more, than a weekly
magazine and, will have fairly recent news. The magazine is going to be aimed at
people around the ages 20-30, this means they will have enough disposable income, as
they are beginning to get full time jobs. The language used will be a modern day
English, meaning fairly informality of speech but still using the correct formalities. My
Magazine is aimed at middle to upper class of economical statured people, this is
reflected in the price, due to the price my magazine wants to be around one hundred
pages, so the audience feels as though they are getting what they’ve payed for. The
articles are going to be of an average length due to the page count.
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7. Models, Costumes, Props
The models I will use on my front cover and double page spread will be two males, wearing similar clothes
and styles, both will be acting silly doing a pose with objects such as posts or cloth rails hanging upside
down depending on whether I can get hold of such props. The clothes being worn will be beige chinos,
white t-shirt and a winter coat as shown below. For the models that won’t feature on the front page one
model will wear darker clothes with a slightly more urban look yet still with the fashionable side of things.
Whilst any other models will be wearing relaxed clothes.
8. Front Cover
For my front cover I want a Studio shot of
a band with a similar background, to the
NME magazine to the left, with a red bold
text for the headings and sub headings
alternating between black, red or white
like the picture to the right. The title
Buzzed, will be in a large red font. There
will not be any sub images as the I want
the main focus of the cover to be the main
image and article of the magazine,
however I will be using sub headings on
the outskirts of the cover to advertise
extra content within the magazine, the
front cover should have a glossy effect as
this a monthly magazine, so should have
better quality. Originally I wanted my
models to be stood side by side looking
serious, however my idea has now
developed so that the models are playing
around and posing doing something silly.
The models for my front cover are going
to be all males, and dressed fashionable.
9. Contents Page
My contents page needs to have multiple photos of
different things such as artists or bands images as
well as images of album covers or concerts, it needs
to be fairly packed with contents of the magazine, in
a fairly neat set out. The Kerrang magazine to the
left, shows the sort of layout I want my contents page
to compare to, the contents page layout will have the
word contents in the top left box labelled one in the
same font as my masthead, in box 2 there will be the
main image, that will also appear on my double page
spread, in box 3 and 4 there will be a small image on
other artists, a made up album cover image will
appear in box 5 along with its description in box 6, in
box 7 there will be the editors letter and in box 8
there will be the less important contents labelled
down, in the final box, box 9 there will be a
competition for tickets to a concert. My models for
the contents pages will be the same as the models on
the front page this image will be in box 2, whilst
images 3 and 4 will have models dressed for a
different music genres.
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10. Double Page Spread
The double page spread will be laid out, with the main image as
the background and filling the whole page however the model
will only be on the left hand side of the page with bold text in a
large font at the bottom of the left hand side with a quote from
the text, whilst the main text will be on the right hand side of the
page, similar to the double page spread taken from Q magazine
featuring Florence. It will feature the model band playing about
and acting in an immature fashion. The image will also feature a
white plain background, as this keeps focus on the models rather
than the background. Where box 1 is there will be the main
images of the models, box 2 will overlap box 1 and will have a
quote form box 3 the main article. Box 3 will be the main text
article.
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