Proposal

I will create the front page, contents page and a double page spread of a music magazine. The magazine will be called ’Noise’ and will be aimed at eighteen to thirty year olds, as through research I have found out this age group are mostly likely to buy music magazines. The magazine will focus on the genre of modern rock, this means I can cover the such sub genres as punk, alternative, indy, emo and metal. Hopefully this would attract a larger audience. To make my magazine more recognisable I will stick to a house style. This means I will use the same fonts, colours and general layout through out the magazine. I will use a plain and easy to read font for the main bodies of text but will use a bolder font on headings to make them stand out. The main colours I will use are red, grey and some Black. These colours go well together and are related to the theme of rock music, and have been used before in music magazines and other music related products. The magazine will be released weekly at the competitive price of £2. I think having it at this price would attract more customers. The front page will include a masthead, feature article, and various other subheadings. The front page is the most important as it is the first thing people see on the self. The contents will contain a list of the articles with accompanying images. And finally the double page spread will include an article with images, it will most likely be an interview which I will write myself. After researching audience theory I have realised that using lures would make more people buy the magazine, such as an exclusive with the first magazine, this could mean including a free CD. Another way to attract even more people to the magazine and make it more memorable would be to twist conventions a little bit. Overall using these simple ideas I plan to make a professional looking front page etc that could be made into a real magazine.