Planning

Flat plan: 45 pages total

Fron

t C

over

Conte

nts

Conte

nts

Article

Article

Imag

e

Article

Ad

vertise

ment

Article

Imag

e

Imag

e

Ad

vertise

me

nt

Article

Article

Article

Ad

vertise

ment

Ad

vertise

ment

Article

Article

Lette

rs

Lette

rs

Imag

e

Com

petitio

n

Imag

e

Article

Doub

le Pa

ge

Sp

read

Ad

vertise

ment

Ad

vertise

ment

Imag

e

Article

Article

Imag

e

Article

Ad

vertise

ment

Doub

le Pa

ge

Sp

read

Doub

le Pa

ge

Sp

read

Doub

le Pa

ge

Sp

read

Doub

le Pa

ge

Sp

read

Doub

le Pa

ge

Sp

read

Ad

vertise

ment

Article

Article

Article

Imag

e

Ad

vertise

ment

Style sheet

I decided to use the ‘Back to heavy coat fat ground ’ font and then proceeded to develop it

I have decided to use these three colours and the concurrent shades of them due to their receding nature. Combined they give a cool breezy impression. I hope this will convey the nonchalant nature of the magazine and breed the informality between the writers and the readers.

This still from the gorillaz music video for el manana perfectly represents the style I am trying for a heavy reliance on the beat over the actual words while still being engaging.

Draft Pitch:

My goal is the create a glossy electroctronica/instrumental magazine with a fortnightly turnaround. This will make sure the magazine is on the cusp of all genre breaking news while still remaining at a high quality of production. I aim to sell the magazine at a £3.50 price point with a yearly subscription costing £60 pounds ,with a £24 pound price cut over buying each individual magazine. I believe this price model breeds a loyal fan base who become invested in the magazine after buying into the comparatively cheap subscription model. I aim to have my magazine published by Bauer media. This is solely due to their incredible prestige of music magazine spanning many genres . However, I also chose Bauer as there is no in-house compotation for the genre of magazine I am producing. While other groups such as ipc media have non genre specific magazines with a strong fan base. Causing both magazines to tread on each others toes. I intend to hit the 18-30 demographic who are constantly looking for the next underdog on the cusp of being a superstar. I will do this by constantly having the most up-to-date news about the genre and segments on up and comers. This will also be exemplified in my use of language which will be4 informal with light swearing. This will help perpetuate my magazines image of a chat between friends. The etymology of Liht is due to its resonance with the word light. this ensures the magazines memorability as it has a familiar sense due to the many words it rhymes with while simultaneously having a distinctive name amongst the magazine business.

Photography Planning: front cover When we first began the topic

originally wanted the picture to be taken outside in a similar pose and vein to the picture to the right. However are the magazine analysis I decided to follow the trend and have a studio set picture with a front facing character. This picture to the left is how I intend my front cover to look to a extent.I will however have added the mise en scene of a single light bulb place directly above the character illuminating the character from above whilst leaving the majority of the character dark. This will leave the acoustic guitar being fully lit up. I will also place it in the scene centred using the rule of three so that the guitar fits perfectly within the three centre squares. This will convey my magazines instrumental focus as it presents its self to the world as placing more importance on the instruments than the artists.

Photography planning : contents

For my contents page I plan to use a combination of close up shots of artists and faux album covers I have created. I have two close up shots planned. These photos will both be set in a studio with relatively typical posing and mise en scene composing of a femmine pose for one and a joyful for the other. I intend to also have three album covers in my contents page. While this shows my magazines preference for music over individuals it also serves to add alternative colours to break my colour scheme and instantly draw the eye towards them. Furthering my magazines intent to bring attention to the “underdog artists”.

Sim

ilar

colo

ur

sch

em

e

Photography planning : double page spread

I intend for my double page spread to use only one photograph with a large white sector to the right hand side. This divides the page into two distinct halves so the content is perfectly clear to read whilst also having the colourful nature of the photograph preserved. The photograph itself will be a midshot to close up of the characters head and shoulders. The photographs content itself will consist of the artist laying on the floor covered in a combination of pale & bright pearlised blue balloons, with the spread and masthead colouration being altered to match that of the balloons making the image even more visually appealing.

content

overla

p

Masthead