My Front cover so far...

I am planning to get rid of the highlighted text on the right and will make the writing within the circle on the bottom right hand side smaller. I will do this by making the stroke smaller.

Photo Shoot Ideas

Here are my photoshoot ideas of what style and clothing I want my model to wear.

Just a thought...

When looking at other music magazine's I figured that most if not all of the mastheads correlate to the meaning and content of the actual magazine. I therefore have done the same. I feel as though my masthead "popular" suggests very simply that I intend to produce a magazine whereby the music involved is appealing to the masses or in other words "popular", simply liked by the general public. This will mean the music that will be included in my magazine could be quite diverse ranging from singers such as Taylor Swift and One Direction to rappers such as Jay Z and Kanye West.

Front page layout of Glamour magazine

I am aware this is not a pop magazine, however I love the layout of this magazine and will consider producing a similar format on the front cover of my magazine.

2 x Double Page Spread Flat Plans

Here are the double page spreads I have created to give me a rough idea of what sort of layout I will create for my magazine.

2 x Contents Page Flat Plans

Here are my contents pages which I will consider using for my music magazine.

Flatplans (2x Front Cover + 2x Contents Page)

Photoshoot Plan

Photoshoot ideas

I love these poses on the front cover of these magazines and may consider referring to this when shooting for my pop magazine!

2 x Front Cover Flat Plans

Here are my front cover plans which give me a rough idea of what kind of layout I am aiming for.

Masthead Colours

I was unsure on what colour scheme to use so I narrowed it down to my first and second colour scheme. I have made a short questionnaire and asked 10 students what colour scheme they preferred. Here are the results. The majority have chosen the first colour scheme so I have used that.

Masthead Designs

Here are my masthead designs I will consider using for my magazine's front page.

Colour Schemes

These are the five colour schemes I have created. From this I will choose one and apply it to my magazine.

Readership Profile

Readership Profile

The audience for my music magazine are mainly between the ages of about 15-20 year olds. Although the students that filled out my questionnaire were between 16-19 I believe that teenagers of a slightly younger and older age would also enjoy what my magazine has to offer. My audience take an interest to pop music and the majority of people questioned were female. A lot of these students spend their spare time on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter which implies they have a strong connection with their pop idols and are easily able to check out the latest information and gossip in Pop culture. However the male audience took an interest in the magazine also and as a result I have decided my magazine will be aimed predominately towards females, although I will also consider including some material for males in my magazine as well. For example when asked what my audiences interests were, 75% answered either music or sport which appeals to both males and females. Also the fact that such a big proportion enjoy listening to music, this suggests to me that my readers would enjoy keeping up the latest news in the Pop world. When asked what star my readers would like to see on the front page of a pop magazine most people said Miley Cyrus and then Jessie J. This means that when creating my front page I will merge the two and produce a look that will appeal towards my audience.

The demographic of my target audience would be for the aged 16-19 year olds who are currently perhaps in education such as school, college, university who thoroughly enjoy music and catching up with the latest gossip from behind the scenes. I would not necessarily expect my magazine to relate to older people or people who do not show an interest in pop music.

The psychographic of my target audience would be that they are very dedicated to the sport and music industry as these are the students main interests so there is a suggestion that they may keep up with the latest scores in sport or enjoy attending concerts regularly. 20% of my audience say they would look for free samples in my magazine so it may be a good idea to put free tickets inside the magazine or perhaps the chance to win some.
My target audience would purchase the issue on a weekly basis and others said yearly. Many may buy is yearly due to the fact that they do not have disposable income to buy a issue therefore I will not make my magazine too pricey. The majority of my audience said the price they would pay for a magazine is £1-£2 so I will charge £1.50.