Stage 2 Planning

 

Proposal Form

Describe your idea for the brief: My magazine is going to be popular R&B music. Therefore, my magazine will be targeted at young adults/teens. A lot of the music featured in my magazine will be from popular chart music, allowing my reader to easily identify and relate to the artists featured in my magazine. My magazine will be kept up to date with the most popular R&B chart music. It will feature interviews of the most talked about artists of the current chart, and have also feature exclusives making my magazine exciting and different. My magazine will be called ‘NOIZE’ and the colour scheme will flow throughout the magazine making my magazine eye catching and easy to identify.

Genre/ sub genre: list similar texts which have inspired your thoughts A magazine which has influenced my style of magazine is, ‘Vibe’ as this magazine features similar types of artists which I hope my magazine to feature. The layout of this magazine also caught my eye, for example the main image covers the majority of the front cover which I hope to do with my magazine, with the main image over lapping the masthead. This is a technique I have demonstrated and practised on photo shop.

Target audience: gender/ age/ characteristics/ behaviour My target audience is young adults/teens, both male and female although typically those interested in popular R&B music compared to the more alternative scene. I will design my magazine to attract the attention of those who are interested in popular main stream magazines such as ‘Vibe’ and ‘NME’ which are both magazine which have influenced my design/style of my magazine.

Major conventions I will use The layout of my magazine will be similar to the layout of ‘Vibe’ magazine. I will have my masthead positioned at the top left of my magazine with the main image covering the majority of the front cover and over lapping the masthead. The masthead will stand out due to the bold font which I hope to place on my magazine. The main cover line will be positioned in the middle left of my page, surrounded by other cover lines and sub headings

Conventions I may subvert/ change/ not use I however may change the position of the cover lines to fit around the structure of the main image. I may not excessively use sub heading to attract attention to my magazine. Everything else in terms of general layout and structure (main image covering the front cover) will remain the same as presented on my flat plan. My images may differ in the idea that I may use more than one model to feature in my magazine.

Original images: what/ where/ what I will be taking and using photos of a friend located both in college studio and outside of the building. These images will be used for my front cover and throughout my magazine. I will have a variety of photos to use to allow my magazine to have a selection of style of images.

Potential difficulties/ Plan B: The potential difficulties that I may face are trying to take images in a variety of locations, with different styles, due to facilities/materials available. It may also be difficult to place my image on the front cover of my magazine with the masthead behind it in a professional manner. Although with the practice of photo shop I will hopefully be able to overcome these issues.