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Music Magazine

For my music magazine I have chosen to base it on the music genre: indie. I like the music in this category and I think it is a good genre and a good choice for a music magazine. Here are some examples of indie music and indie magazine covers:

 

Flatplan Front Cover and Contents Page

This is my front cover flat plan. This is what I want my front cover to look like. Also my Contents page, this is what I hope my front cover and contents page will turn out like with thee images.

What I did today...12/01/2011

Today I have researched more into the genre of music I am choosing to base my magazine on which is indie. I have created some outfits based on what stereotype we associate with indie. I need to add more to these and then I will post them onto my blog.

Reflection on Student Magazine

In my opinion my music magazine was pretty good for my first attempt at ever making a magazine front cover and contents page. I think I have done quite well in creating it. The magazine front cover doesn't look like a professional magazine, but i didn't expect it too, as it was my first attempt. I think i could of improved it a bit more but i ran out of time as i missed a couple of lessons and tried catching up, I think I did well in trying to catch up as i got everything up to date. If I had the chance to do this again I would as I would like to think about it more and put more into it. I would have thought about the masthead more and thought about the picture more, and taken a few more to add in my contents page, but we were a bit pushed for time. I enjoyed creating a music magazine it was very different to things I have done before. In creating this magazine I used a digital camera for my photographs and used photo shop to put it all together, and create my final pieces. For my flat plans I used word to put everything together as I didn't need to use photo shop with this so it wasn't as complex.

Proposal

Who are you aiming your magazine at?

For my music magazine I am aiming it 15-18 year olds, as this age are the most likely people to read music magazines as they like their music. Music magazines now are aimed at that range but they are available to anyone. I want my magazine to be like that as others can be interested too.

What will your magazine be about?

My music magazine will be about music; the genre I have chosen to base my magazine on is ‘indie’. It will include various things like upcoming gigs and festivals, interviews with different artists.

What are your ideas for cover lines?

·      Exclusive interview with Snow Patrol

·      Info on gigs inside!

·      Coming up festivals!

What title have you decided on and why?

For my music magazine title I have decided to use ‘iMusic’ witch stands for ‘independent music’. I have decided on this title as the ‘i’ stands for indie, as that is the music genre I am doing and music as it is a music magazine.

What fonts do you want to want to use?

What are your ideas of taglines?

·      independent Music, whatever you like.

            When in the year will it be published?

My music magazine will be published in summer, as it will be advertising festivals. I think the magazine will be best published in summer. My main photo will be summery so will have a slight theme.

What kind of image do you expect to put on your front cover and how will you go about getting this image?

For my image I will take a picture of a girl wearing summery festival type clothes, the type we stereotype as ‘indie’. I will take this photo on my camera against a white/plain backdrop.  I will experiment with the images when I do my photo shoot.

How frequently would it be published?

For this magazine it will be published every fortnight. It will then be able to let people know about new/old music, upcoming advents and various other things.

What are the dimensions of the cover?

The dimensions for my magazine will be A4 it will be clear, eye catching and the same size as most fonts, it will also be quite thin whereas if it was A5 it will be a lot chunkier as it would be double the page as its half the size.

What image/colour would you use on your contents page?

I will use various images of other bands/singers in my contents page and match the colour of my front cover to my contents page based on a colour scheme I have chosen. The colours I will use are reds, whites and black.