Music Magazine Draft

Music Magazine Draft (1)

Proposal

Existing Names and Mastheads

Having a look at existing names and mastheads of music magazines helped me a lot as I now have a great idea of what I want my magazine masthead to look like. I also realised to having an acronym may make the magazine a bit more re-memorable to the audience as it will be a shorter word and catch their eye straight away. My font will also have that 'rough' edgy look to it for one of the front covers however for the other front cover I have decided to make it simple and use the colour red and white.

Props/Costumes

Having good clothing which suits the genre of your magazine is very important. For my own magazine I have decided I will be making two front covers as it's a 'rival' between two R&B divas. One of the costumes for the model included a white dress with high heels as she is one of the more angelic pure characters in the magazine. On the other hand my other front cover of the magazine will have more of an edgy look as the pictures of the model look edgy and have a slightly darker tone to it. This includes ripped jeans, heavy makeup and darker shirt including high heels with spikes. These all have connotation of edginess and a powerful diva look! However the other model was wearing a white dress, heels, a lot of jewellery and Jeffery Campbell heels. The props that were used in the photo-shoot included an iPod to highlight that it is a music magazine and other little bits such as headphones which are a big part of the music industry.

Promotional Methods

Promoting my magazine will be one of the most important things in order to make it a successful magazine. I will be promoting and advertising my own magazine through online websites. This will include new media and websites such as Twitter, Facebook and even Instagram. I believe that the information I want to get  through to my target audience will easily be achievable this way due to most young adults using the internet to find out things they are interested in. I feel that the internet is used very frequently by my target audience and it will attract more readers online. I will also have a website for the magazine www.brokenrecords.co.uk in case the target audience want to subscribe or even just find out any information they are interested in.

New Media

New media is everywhere and it is the newest way to get information across to the entire world and to even promote a product. I have decided to use Twitter and Facebook for my magazine as I believe they are the two most popular types of new media. Twitter is one of many great examples in which we are able to do this so therefore my magazine has its own Twitter account where I will be sharing information with the entire world about new magazine issues, websites, chances to win tickets and keep them updated with anything upcoming. Twitter will allow us to follow anybody we have interest in and it will also allow other people to follow us, people who are interested in reading what you have to say.  New Media