MAGAZINES PLANNING QUESTIONS

1. MAGAZINE PLANNING
QUESTIONS

2. WHAT WILL YOUR MAGAZINE BE
CALLED? WHAT WILL THE TITLE
SIGNIFY?
My magazine shall be called Bounce. The title signifies up beat music that
everyone can enjoy and links to the genre which is pop. The title also signifies
that the magazine is very modern and 'sharp' which would probably be aimed
at a younger audience.

3. WHAT GENRE OF MUSIC WILL YOU
COVER, OR WILL IT BE SEVERAL
GENRES?
The genre of music I shall be covering pop music.
The reason I will be covering pop music is because
it's the music I know the best so can follow the
forms and conventions of this genre effectively
and making the magazine look and be at a high
standard.

4. WHAT TYPE OF COLOURS / FONTS / IMAGES
WILL YOU USE? WHAT WILL THE OVERALL
FEEL OF YOUR MAGAZINE BE LIKE?
The colours used will be a mix of white, red, black and yellow which shall be
my house colours and the feel of my house style. I have chosen to use these
colours because I wanted my magazine to have a clean, sharp look towards it
and these colours will fit my needs. Also the yellow and red will stand out nicely
against the black and white but at the same time complement them very
well. The fonts will also keep to my house style of clean, sharp so they will be
very bold and cutting edge. By this I mean the text will not fade into any
backgrounds and shall have a modern font, kind of like the 'NME' font. The
images I will use will be a straight on portrait of a a young females face with
also the shoulders in the picture making eye contact with the camera. The
female will have black eye makeup one with dark red lipstick so again keeps
the constant house style continuing. The expression on her face will be very
sophisticated and confident which then appeals to woman.

5. WHO ARE YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE –
THEIR AGE, GENDER, INTERESTS, AND
WHAT WILL THEY GET FROM THE
MAGAZINE?
My target audience will ideally be young adults and
teenagers because the type of music appeals to that
age range. The magazine will appeal to both male
and female but mainly female. The reason that its
shall appeal to males as the average male is
attracted to females and a female is on the cover.
The reason it shall appeal to females because the
expression on her face will be very sophisticated and
confident which then appeals to woman because
they idolise people like that, for example Katy Perry.
To the left is a image of what I see as my “typical
reader”.

6. WHO WILL YOU TAKE PHOTOS OF? REMEMBER YOU
NEED AT LEAST 4, AND ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE
THOSE OFF THE INTERNET? WHERE WILL YOU TAKE
THE PHOTOS, AND WHAT COSTUMES WILL YOU ASK
YOUR SUBJECTS TO WEAR?
I shall take photos of Tilly Blakemore. I took the photos on a white background
with bright light to make the persons facial features stand out. I asked my
subject to wear a black low cut top with a green coat with a fury hoodie. The
reason I have chose these types of clothing is because they make the
magazine seem wintery and because its coming up to that season so thought
I would keep that feel to my magazine. Also trends is very important to music
magazine and because parker coats are in fashion at the moment I thought I
would keep to that modern music with modern style.

7. WHICH MAGAZINES DID YOU THINK
WERE ONES THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL
IN YOUR RESEARCH AND TEXTUAL
ANALYSIS?
I believe the magazines that
were successful in my research
included NME and Q as they
are well known music
magazines and when learning
about the forms and
conventions they used it
effectively.

8. WHAT MAGAZINES WILL YOU BASE
YOURS ON, OR WILL IT BE FAIRLY
UNIQUE? WHAT CONVENTIONS DID
YOU LIKE IN OTHER MAGAZINES?My magazine will be
based on the pop
magazines 'We Love
Pop' and 'Top Of The
Pops'. They are music
magazines that are
specific to the genre of
pop and appeal to
female teenagers. Even
though I will be
following the
conventions and
helping out with ideas
for my own magazine.

9. WILL YOU CONFORM TO
MAGAZINE CONVENTIONS, OR
GO AGAINST THEM?
I shall be mainly following the conventions of a music magazine because that
will therefore make my magazine professional and effective to the audience
which is teenagers, mainly females. Forms and conventions of music
magazines are shown on these following slides, showing them for a Front
Cover, Contents & Article.

10. COVER

11. CONTENTS

12. ARTICLE

13. WHAT TYPE OF ARTICLE WILL YOU DO?
WILL IT BE AN INTERVIEW, A FEATURE, A
GIG REVIEW, OR SOMETHING ELSE?
The type of article I will do will be a Question and Answer article (Q+A). The
reason I shall do this type of article is because it’s very engaging as there is
back and forth short snappy conversation, not just a boring piece of chunky
text explain what’s going on. It involves the reader as they feel they are
watching this conversation happen live and not just reading an article. I feel it
is the most interesting type of article and knowing that my article will be
focusing on how she “Freya Stratford” is adapting to the life of being a famous
pop star.

14. WHAT TYPE OF RULES AND AIMS
WILL YOUR MAGAZINE HAVE? WILL
IT BE A RISKY, EDGY PUBLICATION
OR A SAFE ONE? IS IT BIG OR SMALL
BUDGET?
The aims of my magazine will be to inform the reader in a fun exciting way about the
new star “Freya Stratford” and more stories about pop stars and gossip. It also has the
aims of promoting her music to the audience and making them see this new star as an
idol and therefore sell lots of magazines and music and tickets to go and see her. It
shall also focus on telling the audience of teenage girls all about the new gossip and
music surrounding the pop world. It shall be a fun upbeat article with lots of gossip but
I shall keep the content safe and PG as this magazine is appealing to teenage girls
and using inappropriate language and ideas about Freya may have a negative
affect on the over all magazine. The budget will be a middle of the way budget as this
magazine is new and if this were a real magazine I would find out how the public
reacted to it and if they liked it I would expand the budget in the future to make a
better magazine using more expensive techniques and prop, lighting ect to gain lots
of readers.

15. WHAT TYPE OF OTHER STORIES WILL
YOU MENTION ON YOUR CONTENTS
PAGE? WILL YOU INCLUDE AN
EDITOR’S LETTER TO GIVE AN OVERALL
FEEL OF THE MAGAZINE?
Other stories I will mention in the contents page will be
pop based as that is the whole feel of the magazine. So I
shall include pages for specific artists and how their
career is doing and then just other articles appealing to
the gossip about the pop world. I shall include an editors
letter as it makes it feel more personal to the reader and
give it a feel about what type of magazine this will be
and the content included.