Magazine layout draft

Rough draft ideas for music magazine cover

I like this image because he white 'E' stands out and associates with the artists name. It also represents the indie-pop genre because it is quite different. Although I think that it is a bit too girly for my target audience who are almost all boys.

















I like this image because it reflects the genre of music im targeting well and the models look is like one of the few girls that would buy my magazine. I think the image will stand out as it is bright image which will attract the target audience.

CHOSEN IMAGE

Photos for magazine front cover

Date and time.	14th November
Image Description	Solo indie-pop artist
Shot location	Bedroom with white sheet for background
Props	white letter 'E', costumes, chair, jewelwery
Plan of shots	^^^^^images^^^^^

Mission Statement

Jukebox

Mission statement

Griffiths' new project  Jukebox is a magazine which gives the reader an insight into their favourite bands lives and tells the reader things about bands they have always wanted to know and keeps up to date with them and the music industry.

Jukebox will be unique with its language by addressing the reader personally using humour and slang to associate and connect with its target audience. It's uniqueness also comes from it being a magazine of two types of genre mixed together- indie and pop music. Lots of images will be used creatively in layout and content to attract the reader to the articles within.

Jukebox is aimed at the age when people tend to become passionate about music which is between 15 and 25. The readers are dedicated to their favourite bands (indie-pop bands/artists) and like to keep up to date with them. The are innovators and aspire in life by working hard.

Jukebox is a friendly magazine aimed at a specific audience to give them a more in depth view into the indie-pop genre bands and artists. 

Reader Profile

Jukebox

• Male- 87%
• Female- 13%
• Average age - 17
• Still studying- 97%
• 90% are passionate about music
• 98% have an iPod
• Have bought an average of 200 songs off iTunes
• 92% do not buy CDs- they find it quicker and easier to download
• 8 out of 10 readers have bought a song or album advertised in the magazine
• Readers go to concerts on average once every 2 months- spending an average of £150 on concert tickets in one year
• The average reader buys Jukebox weekly
• 90% say they "listen to songs from the 60-70s"
• 93% say they "could not live without music as it is a part of their life"
• 78% are in a band
• Jukebox readers only buy Jukebox music magazine
• 60% go to the cinema once a month 

 

 

Music Fan Profile

Student Skater

Age- 15-25

Male

Wears skinny-ish dark jeans, Adidas branded trainers, t-shirt with favourite band name on it which he got from the bands concert and a grey zip up hoodie. Straight hair covering one eye slightly- not much effort gone into his appearance but overall doesn't look scrubby.

     

In his spare time he goes to concerts, skate park or town. Likes to hang out with his small group of mates watching comedy shows like the Inbetweeners or YouTube videos and having a laugh. Also practices playing the guitar for the band hes in.

Listens to bands like the Klaxons, Muse and The Script on his ipod loud- enough for everyone around him to hear. Prefers indie music with different variations of it including indie-pop but also likes retro pop.

Bedroom is covered with posters of bands he likes, their concert tickets and pictures of him and his friends. It is quite messy but the majority of the floor is still visible.

In education- high school or university and is quite academic is an innovator and aspires but likes his social life and free time as well as studying.

    

Questionaire results

The favourite masthead was 'Jukebox' with five votes. The most popular slogan was 'Lose yourself in the music' with six votes. When I asked people what would attract you to a music magazine? they responded with things like free items a good main images and masthead, posters, ticket sales and information on gigs.
     Number six results were that they would expect on the cover a masthead, famous artists names, a photo of famous people and information about that issue. The people I asked mainly wanted an image of a boy band on the cover.
     The favourite colours for the colour scheme were black with white and either blue or red. Black with six votes. Number nine votes became equal with five votes for a monthly magazine and five for a weekly. The top four stories that people wanted to be covered were info on concerts/gigs/events, new songs/ albums out, interviews and music reviews.

Questionnaire for music magazine

Questionnaire

Music magazine

1. What year group are you in?

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Year 12

Other (please state)

2. What gender are you?

Male

Female

3. Which masthead do you prefer for an indie-pop genre music magazine?

Ace

Bade

Indop

Defeat

Jukebox

K-now

Rapid

Other (please state)

4. Which slogan do you prefer?

Indie-pop is re-born

Lose yourself in the music

Magnificent music

Fans Focus

Check out this shizz

Other (please state)

5. What would attract you to a music magazine?

6. What would you expect to see on the front cover of a music magazine?

7. What would you want the main image to be of?

Boy band

Girl band

Female solo artist

Male solo artist

Mixed band

Other (please state)

8. What colour scheme would suit an indie-pop magazine (pick one or more)?

Red

Black

White

Blue

Gold

Silver

Grey

Pink

Purple

Other (please state)

9. Which would you prefer?

A weekly magazine

A monthly magazine

10. What stories would you want to be covered in the magazine?

Artists/band secrets

Info on concerts/gigs/events

Music reviews

New songs/ albums out

Reader profiles

Interviews

Backstage info

Other (please state)

Magazine covers I like

 I Like this front cover because I think the image is good as it is the right size for the magazine and the masthead is a nice font, colour and size.

                                   

I also like this cover because the colours go well together and theres not loads of information swaping the main image.

Magazine Research

From looking at current magazine front covers I have learnt that the main image is purposely overpowered the masthead because the image is more important and regular buyer/fans can tell which magazine it is by the magazine layout and colour scheme which magazine it is even is just two letters are shown.

I also found out that music magazines each have an individual colour scheme which represents their magazine so colour on a magazine is important.

On all of the magzines which I looked at each one had the name of the band/ artist who was the main image in big bold writing next to or on the main image to highlight that they are the main focus in this weeks/months magazine.

I noticed that there wern't many subsidairy images and the sell lines etc. were all around the edge of the front cover so that they didnt obstruct the main image.