Page dummies and photograph planning

2. Medium Longshot used for the cover in order
to incorporate the props and full costume of
the model. It will be a high angle shot. Shot in
a photo studio.
The costume will consist of black jeans and a
leather jacket to match the ‘rock’ theme of the
magazine.
The photo will be shot in a studio for easier
editing and for a simple background for the
front cover.
The props will be a bass guitar.
Equipment: Digital camera with transferrable
memory card. Studio lights.

3. Photos that will be used within the
content of my magazine will be live show
photographs I have previously taken at
shows. As the double page spread will
contain a review and article about one
show in particular.
Any other shots that may be used will be
other shots taken of my front page model
as part of contents in the feature.

4. Title ideas:
Illicit Rock- Attracts the young audience with the idea of
forbidden and then the music genre is explicit.
Transmission- As it relates to radio and therefore music
whilst having a cultured flair.
Bedrock- Playing on the word for foundations which
suggests that the magazine is the basis for good music and
explicitly has the genre of music in the name.

5. The Genre:
From the results for my survey, Rock was the genre most
popular, and therefore will be the genre that my magazine
is based on. I will use magazines such as Rocksound and
Kerrang! For inspiration.

6. The Pricing and Publication Pattern:
My survey’s results showed that monthly magazines are
preferred, therefore this will be the publication pattern for
my magazine.
Looking at the prices of other monthly rock
magazines, they are roughly between £4.00 and
£5.00. I noticed that the newer magazines where
around the £4.00 mark and therefore as my
magazine would be new it will be priced at £3.99 also
in order to stick to the prices of the market.

7. The Reader Profile:
Using my survey and focus group, I am able to get a generalised reader survey
for my magazine.
Age: 15-20
Lives: Around Yorkshire and the Humber
Preferred Brands:

8. Colour Scheme:
Following my experience for fonts from similar
magazines, the font and colour scheme will be gender
neutral however fit the theme and genre of the
magazine.

9. In order to prepare for
the photo shoot and
designing of my front
cover, I created a
dummy page as a plan.

10. Left hand
page will
be split
into two
columns
with one
feature
photograp
h which
teases the
double
page
spread.
Numbers and
the header
will be
bolder than the rest of the
text for easier navigation.
The right hand
page will give
greater detail
into some of
the main
articles within
the magazine,
using images
to break up
the text. This
side, as it will
have
generally
smaller text
will be split
into three
columns.

11. Feature
photo
will be
the
largest
of the
photos
and fade
to black
before
the text
begins
at the
bottom.
The text will be split into three columns on
both pages to give the article consistency
and follow the conventions of other
The right
hand side will
continue the
three
columns of
writing whilst
having boxed
filler
photographs
that will be
used to break
up the text.
Overlapping
photos create
a sense of
busyness
that works
with the