Magazine Proposal 1

Proposal Form

Describe your idea for the brief: My magazine will be a music magazine designed for teens who enjoy the rock/alternative music genre. It will keep people up to date with the latest music, charts and soundtracks (movies). It will also address serious issues that teens may face. My front cover will be mostly neutral colours such as red, green, yellow, black and white which will be carried throughout the magazine. It will be quite cluttered to appeal to the target age group and promote many features within the magazine. The contents page will be predominantly images to appeal to teens but will also include a text contents list. The double page spread will be of an upcoming artist or band and it will be a debut styled article.

Genre/ sub genre: list similar texts which have inspired your thoughts The genre for my magazine is rock/alternative. Similar texts that have inspired me are Kerrang (magazine, website and music channel) and Scuzz (music channel).

Target audience: gender/ age/ characteristics/ behaviour Both males and females Teenagers aged 14 – 19 People who enjoy rock music People who are at school/university, have a part time job Live in the city

Major conventions I will use: Pull quotes Rule of thirds Direct mode of address Enigma codes Puffs Masthead Main sell line Main image

Conventions I may subvert/ change/ not use I would not use drop capitals as it does not engage me personally to the article.

Original images: what/ where/ what I will take images of people I know in a band or an artist and I will book a studio at college to take the photos so they will look professional for the magazine. I will use images relating to the main feature on the front page. The images on the contents page to link to text in the magazine.

Potential difficulties/ Plan B: Some difficulties I may face could be losing my work. I will overcome this by making sure all my work is backed up in multiple places. I could also have problems with the photos but I will take multiple photos of each pose to make sure I have enough photos in case anything goes wrong. I will also make sure that the photos are backed up on multiple computers and memory sticks.