Main Task

Now that I know what genre of music and what type of images I am going to be using to help influence my own magazine, I have now started to plan other areas of my magazine, such as;

Genre- as I have previously posted, I have decided to focus my magazine on pop music as I prefer it myself and therefore I will enjoy creating a pop magazine and I will be able to put more into it as I am more aware of this genre. I also think that my magazine will attract a large audience as pop music is very popular as it is the main genre of music in the charts now days.

Weekly/monthly price- I have decided that I am going to be selling my magazine on a monthly basis at the price of £3.60. I have decided to sell my magazine monthly rather than weekly as I do not expect my audience to spend on their money on my magazine every week as they may not be able to afford it. I also think that if I do a monthly magazine it will give me a chance to find out more gossip and information so that when the time comes for a new magazine it is filled with interesting information that my readers will love.

Audience-as pop music is popular and very well-known both male and female would enjoy reading my magazine. However as I am basing my magazine on female artists my magazine is going to consist of fashion, gossip and maybe beauty products so it may fall onto a female fan base over male. My magazine is going to be targeted at people from the age of 15-30. This is because any younger than 15 would prefer to look at a magazine with mostly pictures and I am planning on having a lot of text throughout my magazine so it may not be to their taste. I also find that the younger audience prefer to read about the new hot boy bands and as I am focusing on female artist I don’t think that they would be as interested. people over the age of 30 seem to fall into a different category of music as they would have chosen the genre of music they like when they were younger and followed through with it rather than staying up to date with all of the new songs and artists. My audience is going to mainly be people of the working to middle class.

Audience profile- my audience is going to want to know that latest celebrity gossip and the new upcoming artists and songs so my magazine will provide them with this. My target age group would also like to know the dates of concerts and festivals that they can attend as well as where to be for a meet and greet with a pop artist.

Name- as I am focusing on female artists I am going to have lots of gossip and fashion photos and advice so wanted to try to come up with a name that fell into each category. I decided on the name GLOSS for my magazine as it can be associated with lip-gloss as a beauty product and also a mixture of gossip which fits into it. I like this name for my magazine as it is short but catchy and also very relevant for my target audience.

House style- I am not sure on what colour and font that I want my text and background to be yet as I haven’t experimented with any. However I do know that I want to have my font large so that it stands out and becomes a well-known name.

Images- for all my; front cover, contents page and double page spread I am planning on having a; large image with text on top of or around it. I think that this looks effective as it helps to attract my readers and it also helps to show them which artists are going to be inside the magazine. However I am not sure on what camera shots or poses that I am going to have on my magazine yet.

Double page spread- I am planning on basing my double page spread on an interview with a new pop artist in the charts. I will be interviewing them and asking them interesting questions so that my readers can get to know them. I am not sure on what I am going to be naming this artist yet as I have not came to a final decision.

Inducements- I am going to have an inducement on the front cover to attract my reader’s attention. I am planning on using competitions such as winning concert tickets and meet and greet sessions. Throughout the magazine I could also advertise free music downloads for certain artists so that my readers are satisfied with my magazine.

USP- the unique selling point of my magazine is that I am going to have exclusive interviews with celebrities that no other magazine has had the chance to meet. I am going to constantly keep them up to date with all information that they will want and need to know about their favourite pop stars.