1: A music magazine based in Sheffield This magazine would inform readers on what artist were playing and where, the magazine would also have exclusive interviews from small artist to help promote them
2:A fashion magazine that focused on sustainable shopping in Sheffield, the magazine will also have easy to follow tutorials on upcyling.
3: Magazine about the food and drink around Sheffield, the magazine will contain reviews of new cafes and restaurants the magazine will also contains reserpines and helpful tips to use while cooking.
Genre, Form and purpose:
For my magazine I will be the editor, graphic designer and photographer. For creating this magazine, I will need hardware such as: a computer, monitor, mouse and keyboard. This computer setup will be important as the computer will be where I do all my written work and most of my preproduction and planning. This is a must have for creating and completing the documents, without it I cannot produce barely any of the magazine. As well as this, I will be using a laptop to complete any of the same work outside of lesson. I will also use a pencil, ruler, paper and pen to create other preproduction documents such as visualisation diagrams for each page of the magazine. Software I will use includes: ‘Photoshop’ for creating and editing the pages themselves, ‘Blogger’ to store and organise all my work in one place, ‘Edexcel’ to create gantt charts and production schedules, and Word/PowerPoint to create and edit written work before uploading it to blogger.
Content:
My magazine's purpose is to inform and promote events and artists in Sheffield, which will be centered around music and pop culture. The magazine will be comprised of 3 pages. The first page is my front cover, The main cover image is a photo taken in a local venue of a riot band and the colour scheme for the front cover will be colour that has been sampled from within the photo, so it has a cohesive look. The cover lines will talk about where to find a vent and the band name on the front cover. I will use a serif to contrast the Moden style of the photo.
The second page will be the contents page will used the same photo as the front cover but washed out so the information is easier to read, I will use a serif sans font to make sure that the information I easy to read and the letters are clear but for the heading I want to use a Newspaper clipping style of font to refiled to messy and raw style of music the band create . The colour scheme will follow on from the front cover, The models will be wearing plaid trouser larger shirt and platform boot
The Double page spread will use the same colour scheme and front as the rest of the magazine to ensure that the magazine has an easy flow. The double page will include close ups of the band on the front cover and an article about how they got into music and their opinions on the Sheffield music scene The headline will read 「Harlot give us the low down on Sheffield music」 I will use less formal language as it is aimed at a younger audience and an informal topic.
My reader profile/target audience:
Alex is a 19 year old student who is living in Sheffield, they are studying media at Hallem uni. They have a passion for film and music, they are extremely sociable person who enjoy spending all their wages on gigs and concert tickets. Alex is always up to date with the latest trends but also likes to stand out from the crowd.
I will be responsible for the editing, photography, and graphic design for the whole magazine. I will use photoshop to edit photos and to put my magazines together.
I will use a MacBook air and a DSLR camera to create my magazine, This will allows me to create a professional magazine to an industry standard.
I will be using a band as my models, the photo will be my cover image and and they will be individual photos on the double page spread.
I have chosen to use a band for this as they are a local band to Sheffield and are not widely known.
I would use social media posts to promote my magazine and create synergy, I would choose to use social media because my magazine is aimed at a younger audience so are more likely to see the post whereas a radio advert would be less affective because a fewer number of younger people listen to the radio.
Distribution and specifications:
The circulation of my magazine will be 600 and this is to keep costs down as the magazine is independent and because as it is a first issue it is got to have people that follow the magazine or know about it. The readership will be 1200 and I hope the people that get the magazine will pass it onto at least one other like-minded person.
The measurements of my magazine will be 252mm x 305mm for single page, 498mm x 305mm for a double page spread 208mmx 127mm for ½ page. This will be the same for advertising. I have chosen these measurements because they are like Rolling stone magazines which is like the magazine I want to create.
To market and distribute my magazine, I will position posters and copy of my magazine in commercial spaces around Sheffield example of these are vulgar vintage clothes store, the steam yard cafe, laundry for hair and record junkie. I have chosen these place as they attract the target audience for my magazine as they are all small business which are important to support and that are more ethical that large chains. These are business also attractive more of an indie crowd that enjoy discovering small bands. If these business where to stock In the know want each to have a poster of the latest front cover in the front window to notify costumes coming in that these magazine can be found there, By changing the poster to the newest front cover this will allow previous readers to new that there is a new issues out. In return for the shop and businesses that are willing to stock my magazine and put posters up I will put adverts in the magazine to help market their business as well.
I will also place posters in high traffic area so that there able to be seen by a large volume of people example of this would be bus and tram stop in the city centre but also Sheffield where people who don't live here my want a copy of the magazine to find out about event while they are here.
