liiar analysis of the brief (music magazine)

Front cover, contents page and double page spread

L- My front cover should contain:

 A masthead which is dominant of the page and easily recognisable

a main image the brief does not specify what type of image it should be (e.g. mcu,cu,ecu)so I will find this out when I research other music magazines, it should also be clear and easy to see and also facing the reader

The colour scheme depends on the genre of the music because different colours can represent different things like for a rock magazine dark colours such as black red and dark blue would work but for a pop magazine bright colours would work better as they fit with the genres style and this house theme should run through all the pages in my magazine

There should be some thumbnail images on every page of the magazine as they lead to other articles and can tease the reader when they pick the magazine up/at most two thumbnail images on the front cover as this would distract away from the main image, up to five on the contents page so that enough information can be displayed appropriately and neatly on the contents page while making it easy to follow , the double page spread should have some but I am not sure if it should just be one main image rather than a few smaller ones this will become apparent when I look at other magazines

I thought the price of the magazine should range from £1.00-£2.50 as this makes it seem affordable but this can be adjusted to coincide with other more conventional prices when researched, I will include a bar code as it is more professional and gives a place for the price to be presented and a logo of the institution the magazine is being produced for.

There will be some tease lines on the front cover of the magazine as these reinforce thumbnail images and tempt the reader into buying the magazine even more

I will include a competition in the magazine as I have noticed that other music magazines do this and it can act as a way of getting more people to buy the magazine

The main article i will advertise on the main cover of the magazine will relate to the main image because the main image would be pointless if it didn’t relate to actual magazine it will also relate to the double page spread

I-i will use “future” as the publisher for my magazine as they publish other music magazines such as metal hammer and are a recognised publisher and this will make my magazine more professional I will put it on my bar code as mentioned previously

I-i could include moral issues like the death of a band member in the magazine as it has been done in other magazines before which would help make the magazine more realistic and appeal to a wider audience

A-my target audience will be mainly in their 20`s as from looking at other magazines audience statistics they are more likely to go to gigs and buy the magazine because they have more money to do these things

R-i intend to represent my target audience, the magazine and the bands in the magazine to be represented positively and accurately because if they are not represented accurately the magazine will give of the wrong impression to the target audience