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My front cover consists of a large image of my featuring artist,  a mid close up shot. the colour scheme of my front page is purple and black. The masthead "rock-her" will also follow this colour scheme, this means it would be easy to locate my product on a shelf. My front page also consists of a list of sell lines down the left hand side, this would make the reader believe they were getting value for money by purchasing my magazine. The sell lines are accompanied be page numbers so the reader can locate the articles that would interest them most. The front page also features competitions that the reader would be eligible for by purchasing my magazine. My front cover will also feature freebies such as posters to entice the reader.

My contents page would consist of a list of upcoming gig that the reader may be interested in, it would also include a list of artists featured withing the magazine and accompanying page numbers. The colour scheme would match that of the front cover. Further details of competitions that  the reader would be interested in would be shown at the bottom of the page. the contents page would need to look busy and it would be full of information to interest the reader and make it look as if they are getting value for money. My contents page also consists of a number of images of different artist this would appeal to the reader and attract their attention.

My double page spread would consist of  a large image of the featured artist on the left hand  side as this would be the first thing that gets the readers attention. It would also feature a shot paragraph about their current and up coming performances, the reason why i wouldn't feature a large block of text on the artist is that being a consumer of similar  products and research into similar products have shown that  a reader would become un-interested in the article and not complete reading it all. My double page spread would also feature smaller images of the artist at different gigs, this makes the reader feel as if they are close to the artist. I would also feature quotes form the artist about the gig making the reader feel as if the artist is speaking directly to them. Another key point would be the production process of the artists latest release, shown below the main article.

In conclusion, I feel that my magazine would be successful as there are no similar products that have a female only target audience.I also believe that my magazine would look professional as it would have a similar structure to published magazines on a relating topic.  

Research Into Target Audience- Primary

Audience response power point  

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The research onto my target audience has shown that a similar layout and coulour scheme for my magazine would be affective as  it reflects the genre of the music included.
The images also used have shown to be affective by attracting the attention of the audience on numerous occasions.

A few people gave the same response to he front cover as it reflects the genre of music, through the colour scheme and layout. Therefor i think a similar layout and colours would be effective to attract my target audience

Audience Profile

Kerrang! Aim their music magazine at a target audience is . . .

Kerrang! is actually really young with a median age of 22. Having a younger profile is a big advantage as traditionally this age group is elusive (and expensive) to reach. As well as music releases this makes Kerrang! perfect for film and games, and also mobile technology and government messages.

readers are the heaviest music consumers purchasing over 6 albums per month on average (53% more than the national average) and 8 times more likely to spend over £200 a year on albums. The readers are also 5.5 times more likely to attend a rock gig.

My target audience, I am going to aim my music magazine at a target audience aged around 15-25 but mainly based towards females. As there is no Music/ rock magazines that focus on a female audience. I think that creating a magazine aimed at females will help to open up the rock genre as it is a male dominated, creating a magazine to help attract attention from a less mainstream audience.

Imagery such as this will help inspire  my magazine content as house style as colour schemes would be slightly different, more pink/ purple. It would also have more content of up and coming female artists which is more appealing to females that may aspire to be like their favorite artists.

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My Ideas. . .

I so far have decided to do a music magazine, based on rock and metal music. I plan to look at similar products such as Kerrang and NME magazines, to gain ideas of house styles and features within these magazines. I will also research other genres of magazines to show the differences in how the producers of the magazines try to cater for different target audiences.

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Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally candidates must produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the program.

Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine.
All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate, minimum of FOUR images per candidate.