Template for the front cover

This is a template for the front cover on my music magazine. The font is currently black, I think it stands out and contrast well with the red background however I think it would look better without the white background around the writing. I have chosen to use one main image on my front cover and use several over images on my contents page and double page spread. I am going to take my picture on a plain white background so I can edit a colour around it if I need to although most of the music magazines I researched had white or grey backgrounds. The colour scheme that my target audience chose was Red, White and Black so I need to make sure that I include these colours. The artist name needs to be a vibrant colour so it stands out to the audience and makes them buy the magazine.

Layout for photoshot

The location of my music magazine will be in the photography room as it has a very simple plain white background and once I have taken my photo I can edit a background in if I need to or keep it white like 'VIBE'.

My model for my music magazine is going to be a male, he is roughly 6ft and comes from London. He has curly hair with green colour eyes. He has a small built body which would fit in well with my genre. I have chosen to use the genre R&B therefore I want my model to be wearing a coat with a silver or gold chain round their neck with jeans and blazers (trainers) to portray that they are a rapper.

The positioning of my model would be direct address to the camera with serious facial expressions. After looking at several different R&B music magazines all the artist on the front cover have serious facial expression or seductive facial expressions.

Picture of my model -

Anaylsis of my questionnaire

After handing out 15 questionnaires to my target audience age 14+ to both men and female for an R&B music magazine, the date I collected was :

The name of my music magazine will be Manic I was pleased about this is it was what I wanted my music magazine to be called. The colour scheme chosen was White, Red and Black, after researching several different music magazines this was the one that stood out and looked the most effective so I was pleased about that choice. Looking back to my questionnaire there was a clear order of the articles people wish to see :
-Charts
-Upcoming Tours
-Reviews of latest releases
-Upcoming Artist
-Latest Downloads
-News on artist
-Pull outs

Most of my target audience choose that they only wanted to pay £1.50 for my music magazine personal I think this is to cheap for a music magazine but it was the most popular answer so therefore that will be the price of my music magazine.

On the double page spreed the two most popular answers were an interview on the artist and tour pictures after thinking about this realistically I'm not going to take any tour pictures as I don't think they will look effective enough or real so therefore I will just use an interview on the artist for my double page spreed.

On my questionnaire I asked if there was a free gift in my music magazine would this convince you to buy the magazine all of my target audience ticked yes therefore my music magazine will have a free gift as it was a very popular answer.

Over half of the answers for the style of writing was BOLD and harsh, the other two options were italic and soft or Verdana as bold and harsh was such a popular answer I will use this style of writing on my music magazine.

Questionnaire Analysis

The most popular name that my target audience choose was Manic.















White, Red and Black was the most popular answer to the colour schemes.

The most popular articles that my target audience chose were Charts, Upcoming Tours and Reviews of the latest releases.

















The most popular answer for the cost of my magazine was £1.50 therefore I will use this price although it is very cheap for a music magazine.












On my double page spreed I will include a interview on the artist with a few tour pictures as they were the most popular answers.

Most of my target audience choose yes for a free gift most of the suggestions were a toy, lip gloss, C-D single, nail varnish and eye shadow.

The most popular style of writing chosen was BOLD and harsh as it will stand out and draw my target audiences attention.

Questionnaire

Music Magazine Questionnaire.

My music magazine is aimed at teens aged 14+, the genre of the magazine is r&b.

What names do you like for the music magazine?

1. SMILE :D

2.Gizmo

3.Manic

4.Pluss

What colour schemes do you like the most?

1. White, Red & Black

2. Light blue, Yellow & Black

3. Purple, Light green & Black

4. Pink, Yellow, Blue

What articles would you want to see?

1. Charts

2. Pull outs

3. News on artists etc…

4. Reviews of latest releases

5. Upcoming Tours

6. Upcoming Artists

7. Latest Downloads

8. Other __________________

This magazine will be released on a monthly bases therefore how much will you be willing to pay?

1. £1.50

2. £2.50

3. £3.00

4. £3.50

What would you like to see on a double page spread?

1. Interview with band/artist.

2. Fact file.

3. Tour pictures.

4. Latest Music video pictures + information.

5.History of releases to date and forthcoming new releases

6. Tour dates.

7. Other ______________

Would a free gift encourage you to buy the magazine?

1. Yes

2. No

If so, what would you like?

_____________________

What style of font would you prefer?

1. Bold and Harsh

2. Italic and Soft

3. Verdana