Here is an example of some of the original photos i took to feature on my magazine.

I plan for the main image on my front cover to be an image of a girl band wearing appropriate clothes that fit in with the genre of the music i have chosen. They will also be on an old building background to make them stand out and make the photo interesting. I plan to call the band Domination because i feel this is a name which could work well for a girl band because its a word which could be memorable. I will also have titles either side of the main image telling the reader about what's inside my magazine. I will make the title of my magazine stand out by adding effects to it, i have learnt from researching similar media texts that having a title that stands out is very important.

I plan to keep the design of my contents page very simple so its accessible to the reader. It will feature a few main images showing a taster of what's inside the magazine and i plan to have three columns of features, they will be; every month, features and events. I think these three are appropriate titles as shown in my similar text research. My double page spread will feature one main image on the left hand side of the page. This will take up the whole page and attract the readers attention. I then plan to have an interview with the band domination on the right hand side of the page, in this i will include questions to the band asking them what life is like on the music scene etc. I will also feature two smaller images around the write up to make the page more interesting.

The genre i have chosen for my music magazine is going to be Pop/Rock. Also the target audience for my magazine will be males+females aged 14-25, i therefore are aiming my magazine at a target/niche audience as its a music magazine aimed at a specific age group.
This means that the design of my magazine will be affected by the audience im aiming to read my magazine. I will do a questionnare/poll to reserch into what the name of my magazine should be called. This will help to give me an idea about what to put on my magazine and will eventually meet the expectations of the target audience. Here is an example of some questions i asked people to decide what i should put in my magazine;

Which genre do you think would be best for a new music magazine?

• Hip Hop
  
• Rock


• Indie


• Pop


• Drum + Bass


• Dance
• All genres

After asking this question i found that the most people thought that pop and rock would be best for a new music magazine. I therefore thought i would combine the two to create a sub-genre for my magazine.

Would you be interested in purchasing a magazine to find out news and information about any these genres?

• yes
  
• no

Out of the 40 people i asked 28 said yes they would be interested in purchasing a magazine about the genre they chose. 19 of these chose the genre pop/rock.

How much would you be expecting to pay for a music magazine?

• 50p
  
• £1.00


• £1.20


• £1.50


• £1.75


• £2.00 or over

The majority of people said they would be expecting to pay £1.50 and £1.75 for a new music magazine. I think i will price mine at about £2.00 because researching magazines this seems to be a common price of music magazines.

How often do you buy magazines?

• everyday


• once a week


• once a month


• once a year

24 out of 40 people said they bought a magazine once a week. This would give me an indication about how often to release a new issue of the magazine to enable it to sell well.

The genre i have chosen for my magazine is pop/rock i will need to take appropriate pictures using colour design and mise-en-scene to fit in with the style of my magazine. I plan to take an image of a band or an artist to feature on the front cover of my magazine. I was originally going to have an image of a band with about 3 people featuring on the front cover but now i think i will probably only use one person for the front cover of my magazine as by looking at my research it works better than an image of several people because you only concentrate on one thing. I plan to call my magazine The Beat as i think its a good name for a music magazine and fits in well with the genre of the music magazine which is pop/rock. I will also stick to a colour design but use a few titles in colours which contrast to make them stand out to the reader.
My contents page will have several images on and will list the main features of the magazine. It will also stick to the same sort of colour design as the magazine front cover to keep in the same context.
I plan to have an interview of the band I picutred on the front cover as my double page spread.