Photo Planning

For my front cover, I will use a medium closeup. I would like one similar to this as it is simple, yet the makeup, and outfit is bold. The image consists of 2 main colours, Navy and red. This will set the colour palette for the rest of the magazine. I will do this with my front cover image and incorporate the clothing colours with my colour palette. I like the angle of this image also, because it is unusual.

This particular image, is more natural and less posed. I would use an image like this for my contents page. I will use more than one picture on my contents page, to break up the text. This image would go well with the one of Adele (above) as it also includes the colour red, fitting with the colour palette  The background colour could be easily changed to navy too. This image features a low angle shot. I like the way this image comes across and i feel the angle makes Taylor Swift look powerful. 

The image above is very simple and perfect for a double page spread, it is and eye-level shot showing the model as they would be seen in real life to the naked eye. For my double page spread, I will use one main image like the one above, or one like the one to the right. The image to the right shows a wide shot with a slight low angle view. Most double page spread articles which include the same artist as the one on the front cover, usually keep the same colour palette used in on the front cover image.  Double page spread images tend to take up a whole page, usually the page on the right hand side. The article to go with the image goes on the left hand side.

This image shows the music side of things, yet is more posed, I could use an image similar to this as a contents or double page spread image. This is a long shot, it shows the model's whole body, this would be a good image for a double page spread or contents page. My contents page should feature 2-3 images. However, I may challenge codes and conventions by using only one main image.

Main Artist Profile

The main artist profile for my double page spread/front cover will be a new, young, successful artist. Around a similar age, maybe older than my target audience itself. I will use class, age, gender and ethnicity to help build my character to fit my magazine style and it's audience. This will help create the perfect artist for my magazine. The artist I wish to create will be aged 17-25 and most likely female. This is the perfect age range for my target audience to be interested in, also the correct gender of interest too. My artist will be social grade C1-E class. Ethnicity will be British, this is because that is the type of artist most voted for in my survey. I would like my artist to be represented in a good way, instead of the bad stereotypical way that young adults are seen in. My artist will be just like any other young adult who has worked their way to the top and earned what they have. My artist will be mature for their age, creating a positive representation of young people and intriguing adults, making them change their opinion on teens and young adults.

An example of a young British artist is Rita Ora, I would like to base my artist on someone like her. Another artist I like is Willow Smith, however she is not British, but she is young, therefore fits the representation I want to convey.

Double Page Spread Flat Plan

Contents Page Flat Plan

Front Cover Flat Plan

Title And Font Notes

Title:
Out of my 3 possible magazine titles I chose LOUD to be my title. I chose this because I feel it is suitable for my audience as music is best listened to loudly. My double page spread titles include: 'How my encounter with Rita Ora changed my life' 'Her private life away from the spotlight' and 'Being famous isn't as great as you think it is'. After asking people of my target audience age, I found that 'Her private life away from the spotlight' seemed to be the most popular voted headline. I feel this fits accordingly as my target audience is made up of mainly females and this will appeal to them. Feedback: "This would be a good headline, as it leaves you in suspense and you want to know what's happening to her and why."

Font Notes:
I will use serif for all text except particularly important details. For example artists names and other things I want to make stand out. Having done research I have decided that my text needs to be bold to be recognised. Title fonts will be in bright bold colours to make them easy to read and able to be seen from a distance to catch the audiences attention. After having done research and asking my target audience, I have come to the conclusion that serif font is used mainly and san serif is used to highlight particular details. This can be seen in all main music magazines. I have not decided on a particular font for my magazine yet.

This magazine cover shows an example of the artists name and extra details in a different font (serif). I would like to do this for my magazine. I feel it would create a nice effect that would appeal to my target audience.

Initial Ideas And Institution

Initial ideas:

For my magazine, I chose 3 possible titles. These were: Music Blend, LOUD and Noise. After collecting my survey information it was decided that the magazine title would be 'LOUD'. I think that the name will be in capitals as things that are either shouted, or said loudly are put in capitals through media. I think I will also use serif font this title. My magazine content will include mainly 'new' artists, however the content of my magazine will feature all kinds of pop artists. Articles will be about artists and what they are doing with relevance to latest tours, new looks and family life etc. My double page spread topic will be about and artist and how they came to fame, their background and who helped them along the way. The style and design of my magazine will be very modern. Bold, bright and attractive to the audience. Colours will match that of the artist on the front cover and create a theme for the magazine. Existing products that have influenced me include Billboard magazine, and we <3 pop.

Institution
The institution who would publish my magazine are Prometheus Global media. I chose this institution because they publish Billboard, another popular music magazine of the same standard and genre I wish my magazine to be.