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The front cover of my magazine
The front page of my magazine will have to have a masthead which is the name of the magazine displayed in the typeface in which it is designed. This is the visual branding of the title and is usually done in a unique typeface and to be very recognisable.
The font page of my magazine will also need a dateline. This will show the month and year of the publication, often with a price.
My front page will need to contain a main image, usually the main image of a magazine is a medium shot.
My magazine front cover will need cover lines, they are usually distributed around the main image but without detracting from it too much.
The front cover of my magazine will usually contain a barcode.
Also my front cover will need a selling line, This is a short sharp description of the titles main marketing point.
Contents page
My contents page will have Page numbers, this is so the reader knows what page a certain article is and can find there way around the magazine easier.
my contents page will have to contain images that relate with the music and genre, This is to get the audience hooked they will want to read the articles to discover what the pictures are about, the images through out my magazine have to be original.
my contents page will have to relate to the font cover, to do so it will have to have the same house style, colours and masthead.
There needs to be captions with the images on my contents page, this is so the audience can understand what the pictures are of, and the relevance of the pictures.
The topics on my contents page should be Separated into subheadings for example, news, regular stories ect. This makes it easier for the audience to find there way around.
double page spread
Double page spreads usually have a main picture, this inclines what the article is about. The main picture is usually of the subject of the article.
The pictures on the spread usually have captions this is so the audience understands the relevance of the picture, and what the picture is.
A double page spread usually contains enlarge quotations, This is something interesting that main subjects of the article are saying this is to get the audience more interested.
the double page spread usually has a main title, this is to indicate to the audience what the article is about.
The double page spread of the magazine usually has about 3 or 4 columns of writing this makes it look more professional.
My magazine will have to follow the conventions of a real magazine as the aim is to make it look as realistic and as professional as possible.
Institution
Kerrang magazine, is published by The Bauer media group. They are a large publishing company in Germany. The Bauer media group also publish Q. Q and Kerrang are both best sellers, but different genre's of music. Kerrang is rock music whereas Q magazine focuses on more serious iconic music artists, but both are published by the same publishers.
Kerrang and Q are both different magazines and focus on different genres of music.
I will produce my magazine for this existing publisher, as they focus on a range of genre's, other than only one type of magazine, or type of music.
Ideology
My magazine will fore fill it's purpose of entertaining, Although the subjects in the magazine will be shown positively as it may be frowned on if otherwise, and if i want people to purchase my magazine, it will have to have a positive effect on my chosen target market.The messages conveyed through my magazine will depend on it's genre, for example rock is usually associated with drugs and alcohol, but as my target market are aged from 14-25, it is illegal for the majority of my audience to take drugs or alcohol, and drugs and alcohol have negative effects on the human body. But music genre's such as rock do not show this. They shows them as "cool" whereas a music magazine focus on classical music would not be expected to show things such as drugs and alcohol, this is because it aims at a different type of stereotyped audience.
Audience
The target market for my music magazine is 14-25 years old, as from carring out research i found out that these are more likely to read a music magazine as they are more interested in music. My magazine will also be aimed at both genders as most professional,real music magazines are aimed at both male, and female audiences, this will also give me more flexibility whilst making my magazine as i will not have to set everything around one gender.
These are the social classes my magazine is most likely to appeal to:
C2 - The C2 class is known as the skilled working class for example the Plumbers and Electricians etc.
D - The D class is known as to be the working class, for example this can be people such as the Shop Workers (Shop Checkouts) a worker working in retail.
E - The E class is also known as the under class for example the people such as Casual Labourers, Students and Pensioners etc.
My magazine is going to appeal to these social classes as rich, high people do not have time to read a magazine, whereas my magazine provides a diversion, which is a form of escape or realise from everyday pressures, it also offers personal Identity, which allows the person reading my magazine to reflect on other peoples life's making them feel better about there own. My magazine isn't going to be too expensive, so that my chosen audience can afford the magazine. these are also the social classes my chosen demographic audience are most likely to fall into.
Representation
I intend my audience, my music genre and my artists that feature in the magazine to come across positively. This is so the audience of my magazine See's my magazine as positive, this will allow them to want to purchase the magazine, furthermore if my magazine was seen negatively my audience would not want to buy my magazine.
My magazine will be stereotypical to it's music genre, and will follow the theme of that genre. This is so the genre is clear to the audience. The artists in my magazine will also be stereotypical of my chosen genre.
A double page spread usually contains enlarge quotations, This is something interesting that main subjects of the article are saying this is to get the audience more interested.
the double page spread usually has a main title, this is to indicate to the audience what the article is about.
The double page spread of the magazine usually has about 3 or 4 columns of writing this makes it look more professional.
My magazine will have to follow the conventions of a real magazine as the aim is to make it look as realistic and as professional as possible.
Institution
Kerrang magazine, is published by The Bauer media group. They are a large publishing company in Germany. The Bauer media group also publish Q. Q and Kerrang are both best sellers, but different genre's of music. Kerrang is rock music whereas Q magazine focuses on more serious iconic music artists, but both are published by the same publishers.
Kerrang and Q are both different magazines and focus on different genres of music.
I will produce my magazine for this existing publisher, as they focus on a range of genre's, other than only one type of magazine, or type of music.
Ideology
My magazine will fore fill it's purpose of entertaining, Although the subjects in the magazine will be shown positively as it may be frowned on if otherwise, and if i want people to purchase my magazine, it will have to have a positive effect on my chosen target market.The messages conveyed through my magazine will depend on it's genre, for example rock is usually associated with drugs and alcohol, but as my target market are aged from 14-25, it is illegal for the majority of my audience to take drugs or alcohol, and drugs and alcohol have negative effects on the human body. But music genre's such as rock do not show this. They shows them as "cool" whereas a music magazine focus on classical music would not be expected to show things such as drugs and alcohol, this is because it aims at a different type of stereotyped audience.
Audience
The target market for my music magazine is 14-25 years old, as from carring out research i found out that these are more likely to read a music magazine as they are more interested in music. My magazine will also be aimed at both genders as most professional,real music magazines are aimed at both male, and female audiences, this will also give me more flexibility whilst making my magazine as i will not have to set everything around one gender.
These are the social classes my magazine is most likely to appeal to:
C2 - The C2 class is known as the skilled working class for example the Plumbers and Electricians etc.
D - The D class is known as to be the working class, for example this can be people such as the Shop Workers (Shop Checkouts) a worker working in retail.
E - The E class is also known as the under class for example the people such as Casual Labourers, Students and Pensioners etc.
My magazine is going to appeal to these social classes as rich, high people do not have time to read a magazine, whereas my magazine provides a diversion, which is a form of escape or realise from everyday pressures, it also offers personal Identity, which allows the person reading my magazine to reflect on other peoples life's making them feel better about there own. My magazine isn't going to be too expensive, so that my chosen audience can afford the magazine. these are also the social classes my chosen demographic audience are most likely to fall into.
Representation
I intend my audience, my music genre and my artists that feature in the magazine to come across positively. This is so the audience of my magazine See's my magazine as positive, this will allow them to want to purchase the magazine, furthermore if my magazine was seen negatively my audience would not want to buy my magazine.
My magazine will be stereotypical to it's music genre, and will follow the theme of that genre. This is so the genre is clear to the audience. The artists in my magazine will also be stereotypical of my chosen genre.
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