This is the rough sketch that I made of my contents page, and what I would like it too look like when it is finished.
Production
This is the rough sketch that I made of my contents page, and what I would like it too look like when it is finished.
Planning Production
Front cover image(s):
My front cover image will be a female artist with a plain background. It will be direct address and the main article will be about the artist’s new album that she is releasing.
Coverlines:
- Ed Sheeran – Lego, Guitars and Touring.
- Backstage Pass – V Festival Weston Park
- Snow Patrol – The Empire is growing
- Florence and the Machine –Exclusive
- The Wombats – From Liverpool to the Big Apple
- Lauren – Breakthrough artist of 2011
- The Killers – Glamorous Indie Rock n Roll
Contents Page (features):
- Ed Sheeran – Lego, guitars and touring. Rupert Grint and new album ’+’
- Florence and the machine interview
- Kaiser Chiefs – Predicting riots since 2005
- V Fesival – Review of one of this year’s headliners Rihanna
- Snow Patrol – The empire is growing
- You Me At Six - On festivals, rivalry and new song ‘Loverboy’
- Essential 50 - 50 top tracks that are a must have download this month
- Uncut – Musicians at their most revealing
- Strum and bass –This month’s best guitarists voted by you
- The Killers – Glamorous Indie Rock n roll
- The Wombats – From Liverpool to the Big Apple
- Top 20 unsigned bands
- 20 years in the industry – Manic street preachers reveal all
- Coldplay – Myloxyloto
- Lauren – Female breakthrough artist of 2011
Regulars:
- Reviews (reviews carried out by other artists and bands)
- Access all areas (backstage photos and interviews from a variety of festivals and gigs
- Welcome to my world (a personal interview with a different indie musician every month)
- Gig guides
- Talk to AIM (readers letters)
- New Artists
- AIM Questions and answers
- Alex Turners monthly column (the indie hot’s and not’s for this month)
- Kill time! (competitions and puzzles)
- Free gifts e.g. CDs, posters and merchandise
- New albums
- A-Z - Best Indie songs in alphabetical order
Images for contents page:
- Contents Main image to anchor with front cover main image
- Festival pictures – Crowd
- Pictures of guitar
- Ed Sheeran
Article for Double Page Spread
Review of the headlining artists and bands from V festival 2011 at Weston Park, Staffordshire
Photographs
- Large main image
- Will bleed across the page
- Image of one of the headlining artists
- Other images of other smaller acts
My front cover image will be a female artist with a plain background. It will be direct address and the main article will be about the artist’s new album that she is releasing.
Coverlines:
- Ed Sheeran – Lego, Guitars and Touring.
- Backstage Pass – V Festival Weston Park
- Snow Patrol – The Empire is growing
- Florence and the Machine –Exclusive
- The Wombats – From Liverpool to the Big Apple
- Lauren – Breakthrough artist of 2011
- The Killers – Glamorous Indie Rock n Roll
Contents Page (features):
- Ed Sheeran – Lego, guitars and touring. Rupert Grint and new album ’+’
- Florence and the machine interview
- Kaiser Chiefs – Predicting riots since 2005
- V Fesival – Review of one of this year’s headliners Rihanna
- Snow Patrol – The empire is growing
- You Me At Six - On festivals, rivalry and new song ‘Loverboy’
- Essential 50 - 50 top tracks that are a must have download this month
- Uncut – Musicians at their most revealing
- Strum and bass –This month’s best guitarists voted by you
- The Killers – Glamorous Indie Rock n roll
- The Wombats – From Liverpool to the Big Apple
- Top 20 unsigned bands
- 20 years in the industry – Manic street preachers reveal all
- Coldplay – Myloxyloto
- Lauren – Female breakthrough artist of 2011
Regulars:
- Reviews (reviews carried out by other artists and bands)
- Access all areas (backstage photos and interviews from a variety of festivals and gigs
- Welcome to my world (a personal interview with a different indie musician every month)
- Gig guides
- Talk to AIM (readers letters)
- New Artists
- AIM Questions and answers
- Alex Turners monthly column (the indie hot’s and not’s for this month)
- Kill time! (competitions and puzzles)
- Free gifts e.g. CDs, posters and merchandise
- New albums
- A-Z - Best Indie songs in alphabetical order
Images for contents page:
- Contents Main image to anchor with front cover main image
- Festival pictures – Crowd
- Pictures of guitar
- Ed Sheeran
Article for Double Page Spread
Review of the headlining artists and bands from V festival 2011 at Weston Park, Staffordshire
Photographs
- Large main image
- Will bleed across the page
- Image of one of the headlining artists
- Other images of other smaller acts
Publication Plan
Title: AIM (All Indie Music)
Positioning Statement: Outstanding Music.
Frequency of Publication: Monthly
Price: £3.00
Distribution: Newsagents and Supermarkets; Music shops (HMV etc.), Gigs, Online
Rationale: The approach for this music magazine is to emphasise the style of Indie music in a way that the fans would appreciate. We will offer a vast range of interviews, reviews and articles and focus on up and coming tours and festivals that various bands and artists will be attending.
Style: The magazine will be informal, with sarcasm, humour and offer a wide variety of artists’ opinions. The magazine is for Indie music fans, so will use a unique but simple vocabulary and syntax following an individual style of writing and presentation, with slang to make the reader feel more involved.
Regular Content:
• Reviews (reviews carried out by other artists and bands)
• Access all areas (backstage photos and interviews from a variety of festivals and gigs
• Welcome to my world (a personal interview with a different indie musician every month)
• Gig guides
• Talk to AIM (readers letters)
• New Artists
• AIM Questions and answers
• Alex Turners monthly column (the indie hot’s and not’s for this month)
• Kill time! (competitions and puzzles)
• Free gifts e.g. CDs, posters and merchandise
• New albums
• A-Z - Best Indie songs in alphabetical order
Feature Content:
• Ed Sheeran – Lego, guitars and touring. Rupert Grint and new album ’+’
• Florence and the machine interview
• Kaiser Chiefs – Predicting riots since 2005
• V Festival – Review of one of this year’s best festivals - V fest
• Snow Patrol – The empire is growing
• You Me At Six - On festivals, rivalry and new song ‘Loverboy’
• Essential 50 - 50 top tracks that are a must have download this month
• Uncut – Musicians at their most revealing
• Strum and bass –This month’s best guitarists voted by you
• The Killers – Glamorous Indie Rock n roll
• The Wombats – From Liverpool to the Big Apple
• Top 20 unsigned bands
• 20 years in the industry – Manic street preachers reveal all
• Coldplay – Myloxyloto
• Lauren – Female breakthrough artist of 2011
House Style:
Coverlines: Georgia and Arno Pro
Positioning Statement: copperplate gothic light
Headlines: Bodoni Mt black
Standfirst: Book Antiqua 40pt and 60pt.
Captions: Book Antique 8pt
Features first paragraph: Drop Capital Bodoni MT Black, 5 lines deep, first word in bold capitals 12pt.
News first paragraph: First word in bold capitals and 12pt.
Body Text: Times New Roman 11pt
Colour Scheme: Front cover: Red, White, and Black.
Contents Page: Red, White and Black.
Double Page Spread: Black, White and Red.
Positioning Statement: Outstanding Music.
Frequency of Publication: Monthly
Price: £3.00
Distribution: Newsagents and Supermarkets; Music shops (HMV etc.), Gigs, Online
Rationale: The approach for this music magazine is to emphasise the style of Indie music in a way that the fans would appreciate. We will offer a vast range of interviews, reviews and articles and focus on up and coming tours and festivals that various bands and artists will be attending.
Style: The magazine will be informal, with sarcasm, humour and offer a wide variety of artists’ opinions. The magazine is for Indie music fans, so will use a unique but simple vocabulary and syntax following an individual style of writing and presentation, with slang to make the reader feel more involved.
Regular Content:
• Reviews (reviews carried out by other artists and bands)
• Access all areas (backstage photos and interviews from a variety of festivals and gigs
• Welcome to my world (a personal interview with a different indie musician every month)
• Gig guides
• Talk to AIM (readers letters)
• New Artists
• AIM Questions and answers
• Alex Turners monthly column (the indie hot’s and not’s for this month)
• Kill time! (competitions and puzzles)
• Free gifts e.g. CDs, posters and merchandise
• New albums
• A-Z - Best Indie songs in alphabetical order
Feature Content:
• Ed Sheeran – Lego, guitars and touring. Rupert Grint and new album ’+’
• Florence and the machine interview
• Kaiser Chiefs – Predicting riots since 2005
• V Festival – Review of one of this year’s best festivals - V fest
• Snow Patrol – The empire is growing
• You Me At Six - On festivals, rivalry and new song ‘Loverboy’
• Essential 50 - 50 top tracks that are a must have download this month
• Uncut – Musicians at their most revealing
• Strum and bass –This month’s best guitarists voted by you
• The Killers – Glamorous Indie Rock n roll
• The Wombats – From Liverpool to the Big Apple
• Top 20 unsigned bands
• 20 years in the industry – Manic street preachers reveal all
• Coldplay – Myloxyloto
• Lauren – Female breakthrough artist of 2011
House Style:
Coverlines: Georgia and Arno Pro
Positioning Statement: copperplate gothic light
Headlines: Bodoni Mt black
Standfirst: Book Antiqua 40pt and 60pt.
Captions: Book Antique 8pt
Features first paragraph: Drop Capital Bodoni MT Black, 5 lines deep, first word in bold capitals 12pt.
News first paragraph: First word in bold capitals and 12pt.
Body Text: Times New Roman 11pt
Colour Scheme: Front cover: Red, White, and Black.
Contents Page: Red, White and Black.
Double Page Spread: Black, White and Red.
Initial Plans for My Magazine
With the research I have on the marketing place of music magazine I am using the information to make decisions about what my magazine will include.
Price: £2.50
Frequency of Publication: Monthly
Average Issue Size: 100-120 Pages
Regular Content: Reviews, Interviews, Gig Guides, Free Gifts
Feature Articles: Exclusive personal interviews with artists, competitions,Icons.
Price: £2.50
Frequency of Publication: Monthly
Average Issue Size: 100-120 Pages
Regular Content: Reviews, Interviews, Gig Guides, Free Gifts
Feature Articles: Exclusive personal interviews with artists, competitions,Icons.
Initial Ideas
For my coursework I shall be producing an Indie music magazine. The magazine will be aimed at both male and female Indie music fans, aged 16 to 20 years old.
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