AS Media Studies
Coursework Name: Rebecca Black
Proposal Form
Describe your idea for the brief:
My idea for my magazine is that it will be the
key source for new song/video releases and celebrity gossip. For example it
will have music couples (Jay-Z and Beyoncé), new songs behind the scenes, the
meaning of songs, prizes to meet celebrities, Arena Dates, Tour Dates, Arena
photos, Tour Dates and backstage gossip. This magazine will try and show the
true celebrity unlike others it wont break the privacy boundary but it will
actually have civilised stories with artist (celebrities) not lies. My idea
for my magazine will be an interview with a celebrity.
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Genre/ sub genre:
The genre that I will use for my magazine will be
Pop an example of who will be in my magazine: Beyoncé, Rita Ora and Cheryl
Cole. Their style of music will help attract many fans.
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Target audience: gender/ age/
characteristics/ behaviour
The target audience for my magazine will
generally be geared towards woman from the age range of around 16-25 and I
have chosen this, as people of that age range are interested in this style of
magazine. The style of music and the layout of the reader will appeal to the reader,
as it will have current stories with simple yet attractive layout.
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Major conventions I will use a masthead
that will be displayed across the top of the magazine behind the model's head and the reason why I
have chosen this is because most music magazines follow this convention. I
will also include sell-lines and main sell-lines and the reason why I am
going to do this is to attract the reader and to show what this type of
magazine is about. I will include one
image on the front cover and one image on the double page spread to act as
dominant images and for the contents page I will use a maximum of 3 images as
any more images on these pages will make the magazine will look too cluttered
and unprofessional. I will use a pull-quote on the front page to entice the
reader and to show the reader there will be an interview in the magazine. I
am also going to include a drop-cap and the reason for this is because I
think this is a good convention as if done well it will attract the reader to
the page and to the beginning of the article. I am going to have a minimum
colour palette of 3 because that is the conventional number and it also is
enough to entice the reader with the different colours. I am going to try and
have the article set out so that it doesn’t look too text led and disengage
the reader from wanting to read the magazine.
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Conventions I may subvert/ change/
not use
I will not be having more than one image on the
front page of the magazine and the reason for this is that it fits in with
the conventions and I think that magazines that have more than one image on
the front of the magazine looks unprofessional. I am not going to add a
kicker as I feel that there is no real purpose because as a reader I don’t
really take notice of it and so I am not going to use it. I am not going to
use too many different fonts as it is too much for the reader to take in.
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Original images: what/ where/ what
I am going to try and use original images where
possible. For example on the front page I am going to try and use original
images of someone smiling in a studio environment. For the contents page I am
going to try and get several original images of people close up (face) and
finally for the double page spread I would aim to get an original image of
someone standing (long shot).
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Potential difficulties/ Plan B:
There could be some possible difficulties with
the photographs as the quality of the images might not be good, there may be
difficulties with the layout of the magazine as there could be too little/too
much space, the text styles may not be professional enough for the magazine
and the obvious potential difficult could be finishing the magazine on time.
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