Publication Plan

Publication Plan

 

Name of magazine: Zzzonked!

 

Font of name: undecided

 

Positioning statement: middle of magazine

 

Frequency of publication: every week

 

Price: £2.10

 

Distribution: supermarkets, shops, band websites 

 

Rationale: (what is the thinking behind the magazine - have you identified a gap in the market?) I have a passion for Enter Shikari and I have seen a gap in the market as there isn't many magazines that are targeted at one band and there isn't one which is targeted at Enter Shikari. Enter Shikari have a huge dedicated fan base around the world which is why I think that it would be a good idea to make my magazine based around Enter Shikari and their music.

 

Style: rock, grunge, alternative, hipster

 

Regular content: regular updates on Enter Shikari, news, compititions, merch, pictures, quizes and interviews.

 

Feature content in your issue:

 

House style: what font will you use? will it be the same for articles/headings/captions? I will use a big bold font for arcticles/headings and captions, the rests of the arcticle will be usually in italics.

Explaination

Before making my music magazine, I first have to consider what models I will use, what props I will use and where I will take my pictures.
I have considered to use Nicole Laloo, Lee Edwards, Luca Everett, David Jarvis, Conor Toland and Bradley Woods to model for my magazine.
I will take my pictures in the English room where we have photography equipment.
I have yet thought of what poses I will get my models to do but I know I will use props such as a electric guitar, amp and some band merchandise when I take pictures for my music magazine.

Comparing double page sprends

The ‘We Love Pop’ double page spreads is an interview with singer Tulisa. Most of the layout is kept very interesting and eye catching as the colours which are used catch the eyes of the reader. The title and subtitles is a quote from Tulisa which she says in an interview and it is written in bold, this catches the eye of the reader as it is a strong personal opinion which will probably encourage people to read the rest of the interview. Throughout the interview, whenever Tulisa says something either shocking or gossip, it is highlighting in yellow which also catches the eye.

In the Q magazine double page spread, the layout is a lot more basic than the We Love Pop’s double page spread. The colours used are a lot more basic (black, white and red), this could be because of the target audience which both the magazines are aimed at are different. We Love Pop would be aimed at teenage pop lovers, possibly female and Q would be more aimed at people who enjoy rock and alternative music, slightly aimed for at males.

The language used in both of the double page spreads is also different. In We Love Pop, the language used is quite general chat and friendly whereas in Q magazine, it involves jokes and sound more rock n roll.

Target audience research

Before starting my magazine, I have decided to make a questionnaire which asks a few questions which will help me find out firstly, who my target audience are, and what they expect from my magazine, so I am able to try and meet those aims to try and achieve the best magazine for my target audience. Below, I will attach what my questionnaire asked and what results I had received from my questionnaire.

The first question I asked was how old the person questioned was and I have made pie charts to show all of my results.

From this pie chart, I can clearly see that the main age I will be aiming my magazine at is 15 to 20 year olds. This will help me identify how to style my magazine and what types of tone throughout the magazine I shall use. I will keep my magazine in almost a banter tone, as Enter Shikari are seen to be a band which don't take life too seriously which is what their fans will expect to see in the magazine.

I also asked people what type of music mostly interested them. From the results, you can see a huge variety of mixture but people mostly prefer rock/dubstep. As I am planning to make my magazine about Enter Shikari, this will fit well as Enter Shikari don't want to label themselves with a genre but their music tends to be a mixture of rock and dubstep which fits the majority of results.

Out of interest, I also decided to compare two completely different styled bands to see which the people I questioned prefer. The results show a clear preference in Enter Shikari, showing that the people I question have an interest in the band I want to aim my magazine about.

As internet is growing especially in my identified target audience of people aged 15 to 20, I thought that asking whether people would rather buy a magazine or read about their band on the internet and surprisingly to some, most prefer to buy a magazine to read about the band meaning that my magazine has growing interest from my target audience.

Beginning plan for my magazine

I have been working on a rough plan for how I am going to order my music magazine front cover and contents page. This is the first plan I have made so it is not very detailed but it has a rough idea of where I want to place things on my front cover and contents page which should be useful when I start making my actual magazine. Below, I am going to included pictures of my first plan which I will follow when starting to make my magazine. As this is only a plan, I will probably consider changing a lot of the layout when finding out about my target audiences' wants and needs for a music magazine and also on peoples opinions.



 

Preliminary Task explination

On my previous post, I have uploaded pictures of my preliminary task of where I had to make a school magazine. I decided to make a magazine for sixth formers as I know the target audience very well and can relate to it, which made sense for me to target my magazine at it.
I used basic fonts to keep it simple as I know that teenagers don't want to have loads of different things thrown at them and prefer simplicity.
My contents page is kept relatively simple and easy to navigate as you can see every story easily, which is what most teenagers would like from a school magazine.
If I were to do my preliminary task again, I would make sure I have less empty spaces on my cover page as it doesn't look very eye catching or exciting which are words that teenagers would usually use to describe themselves.

Preliminary Task - School magazine cover and contents page

The image above is of my school magazine front page and the picture below is an image of my school magazine cover page.

 

Music Magazine Moodboard Homework

For homework, we were asked to make a moodboard with possible ideas which could be included in our music magazine. I have thought about making an music magazine based around one band, Enter Shikari, as I have a high interest in them and they have a very big fan base in their specific genre. Below, I have included a Prezi presentation including my moodboard ideas for this magazine, although it is very likely my ideas will change when I make my actual magazine.

http://prezi.com/wlbblfeyikfa/untitled-prezi/?kw=view-wlbblfeyikfa&rc=ref-33360141