The document provides initial ideas for the proposed indie/rock magazine titled "Radar". It outlines plans for the front cover featuring a medium shot of an indie male artist holding a guitar. The contents page would include a large "R" masthead along with images and short descriptions of featured artists. A double page article interview would use different photos of the cover artist to convey personality without being text-heavy. Photographs throughout would portray various artists in styles commonly found in indie magazines.

1. TASK 9 FORMAL PROPOSAL
Title of magazine
I have chosen to name my magazine Radar; this is because it’s short and catchy, also
can be referred as searching for new, original, and independent trends/artists/bands.
As many indie artists/bands/trends are not yet mainstream – not yet known, this name
can make the reader think that the magazine has all the information about up and
coming trends/artists/bands.
Choice of genre
I have chosen an indie/rock genre, as I already have background knowledge within the
genre; also as it is my personal interest in music. This is since I have always been
influenced by indie/rock music, as it reflects my personality and style. Therefore I
would know what would be expected in an indie/rock magazine. I am also a fan and
have just started buying the Kerrangmagazine
My Target audience
Indie/Rock stereo typical target audience would be males; however I am choosing to
challenge this by aiming the magazine at both females and males aged between 15-25.
Initial ideas for Front Cover
For my front cover, I am planning to use a medium shot of an indie male artist, who is
dressed very vibrantly, also the image to reflect mainly attitude rather than sexuality, I
have also decided to colour the title of the magazine a dark brown colour with a white
stroke to match the colour of the side of the guitar that is going to be used on the
front cover, and use it as the house style colour throughout the magazine.
Furthermore for the cover line, I would like it to be related to the artist on the front
cover, latest new and original fashion trends and current indie artist. The cover lines
are going to be coloured in a light brown colour to match the secondary colour of the
guitar. In the top right hand corner, there will be a little pug/puff of an artist that is
going to be featured in the next issue of the magazine. Along the bottom of the front
cover, I am going to have a footer with words that describe what is in the magazine,
these words will be ‘News, Reviews, Competitions, and more…’ these will be in a light
brown colour with a black stroke. The barcode and the price of the magazine will be
located in the bottom right hand corner, out of the way. The colour of the price is
going to be a dark brown colour. The sell line on the front cover will be in a light
brown colour and will be located underneath the masthead. The sell line will read
‘searching for up and coming indie artists’. The date published and the issue number
will be located on the right side of the masthead and will be flipped 90 degrees. All the
writing on the front cover will be in a MV Boli font because that writing stands out and
is an indie style of font as it is different.
Initial ideas for My Contents page
For my contents page, the masthead will be a large R to represent the name of my
magazine, following by contents, which will be placed in a contrasting dark brown
colour in order to stand out. I will also place all the features along the side which will
be categorized. Whilst on the other side, there will be 1 dominant image of the cover
artist, followed by 3 smaller images of different artists and bands and for each band
or artist, there will be a short description, to show other features in the magazine. I
will also be adding an editor’s note to my readers, this editor’s note will be coloured
in a light brown colour to match the colour on the front colour.All the writing on the
contents page, will be in a MV Boli font because that writing stands out and is an indie
style of font as it is different
Initial ideas for my article
For the double page spread, I intent to do an interview with the cover artist (but I’ll
make sure he looks very different to the cover image(clothes, background, type of
shot etc. It will not be dominantly text based, as I will use the page to devote to
images, this way readers are able to find out his personality by giving a visual

2. representation. I will do this by using 2 different pictures with 2 different shot
types.On the top of the left page, I am going to have a large title which is going to be a
quote from the artist, this quote will read ‘I don’t want to be the next Jake Bugg’. The
main image which will be on the right hand page will overlap the left page. The article
itself will wrap around the photos, beginning on the left page and carrying onto the
right page underneath the main image. The background of the double page spread
will be black with the main image having a white glow around it to stand out to the
readers. All the writing on the double page spread will be in a MV Boli font because
that writing stands out and is an indie style of font as it is different
Initial ideas for photographs
The front cover photography, I have decided to use a medium shot of my male artist
holding an acoustic guitar, the image will be located in centre of the page with the
neck of the guitar showing and part of the body showing. There will be an image of a
rock duo on the font cover as well, this photo will be of the duo pulling an angry rock
pose and the image will be located in the top right hand corner of the page and will be
relatively small so it does not draw the reader’s attention from the main Image. For the
contents I will use the dominant image of a full body shot of the artist. However I have
also chosen to have 3 other images, which will be close ups of different features of
the magazines, I will use a mixture of males and females to show the magazine can
also attract females. The images that will be used on the contents page other than the
main artist will be of other artists and bands, the first male artist will be looking
directly at the floor with the camera facing up, the image of the indie male duo will be
one of them sitting on a bench, one of them will be holding a guitar and one will have
an arm round the one holding the guitar. The last artist will be female standing
looking directly into the camera, looking menacing, it will be a midshot. Lastly for the
double page spread, I want to use 4 different camera shots, to express the artist in the
interview, I have chosen to use a close up to reveal facial expressions, a long shot to
show her whole body language, a medium close up to focus the attention on her. And
lastly a medium long shot to reflect what her style is like. Furthermore I have used
these shot types, as they most commonly found withinindie/rock magazines. I’ll
probably go for a plain background-maybe a dark grey colour as this makes the
figurestand out more for the cover, but would like a fun, funky feel for the background
in the article with some music props such as a microphone, amps etc-not sure yet.