More photos

I have took even more photos , however, i will only consider a couple of these to be on the main cover, the reason for this is because they don't fit in with the genre. i feel i need to take more versatile photo's before i can pick my final image. i also need to take a few photos for my contents page and double page spread.

Photographs

As you can see i have have took some photos for my main image on the front cover. These photographs are unedited so i will experiment with them to create a edge so they will fit with my genre. However, i will need to take more photographs before i can choose the mock up image.

Masthead ideas

I have made three mastheads , they are all different styles for "Unplugged". They have different effects , however i will experiment with all of them when i make the mock up of the front cover.

Magazine Draft

Front cover:

 

This gave me an idea of layout and spacing in for my front cover of my magazine.

Contents :

This also gave me an idea of spacing and layout, it showed me how much i could fit on the page.

Double page spread:

This showed me how much i could fit on the double page, it also gave me an idea of the layout i could use.

They are not detailed because i wanted to see how much i could fit on each page, it gave me an idea of spacement and layout for my mock up.

Masthead name ideas

I have decided that my magazine will be a indie magazine. This means i will have to create a name which will relate to the target audience.

My first idea was "Wired" , i felt that the name fitted with the genre well and it could associate with the type of music inside the magazine. However, a draw back from this is that people thought it sounded like a dance magazine and another magazine had a similar name. My next idea was "Unplugged", it got a great response of people and it sounded and fitted in with the genre perfectly.

Double page Article

I have been looking at the different types of double page spread that are featured in music magazines. After analysis some of the articles I have come up with some articles that come up in every magazine. These articles are:

Artist Feature

Artist interviews

Questions and answers

Song and Album Reviews

Live Music reviews

Adverts

Non music reviews

I have decided that my genre will be an indie magazine like NME; the reason for this is because I enjoy the music and the most people liked it from my primary research (questionnaire).

I haven’t finalised the article that I am going to use for my article but I have decided that I will choose from Artist feature, Q&A and Artist interview as I feel they will be most successful.

Questionnaire Results

How much would you pay for a music magazine?

15% said £1.00 - £2.00

30% said £2.00 - £3.00

45% said £3.00 - £4.00

10% said £4.00 - £5.00

Most people would be happy to pay around £3.00; I can conclude they would consider any think higher than £4.00 to be too expensive. From these results I would price my magazine at £2.50 to £3.50.

What type of music do you listen to?

15% said Rock

45% said indie

15% said RnB

20% said Pop

  5% said Dance

The most common type of music was indie, I will consider to create an indie magazine because it is of the biggest audience

How often would you buy a music magazine?

25% said weekly

20% said Fortnightly

50% said monthly

5% said annually

The majority of people would like to buy a magazine every month; this means that my biggest audience would be producing a magazine every month.

What type of articles would you like to see in a magazine?

15% said reviews

10% said music news

40% said Artist feature

30% said interviews

5% said fact file

0% said adverts

I can be versatile with the articles in my magazine because I can use more than one of them. However, the most common was an artist feature and an interview , I will consider in using either of these for my main articles