photoshoots-planning

For my magazine i am going to use a single female solo artist because i think this is more effective and will also attract both the female and male attention. I have based my artist around Cheryl Cole, Rhianna and Pixie Lott as i have found that these female solo singers are more popular on magazines for young adults and these will appeal to the audience that i am studying. My model Amanda will be wearing fashional and bright coloured clothes as people between the age of 16-25 prefer to wear clothes like this, which will make them stand out from the crowd. Her outfit will be trendy to get the readers attention, i will not be using any props because i want the magazine to focussed on the artist herself rather than the equipment i used.

Moodboard

This is my moodboard it will have the images and text that i would like to have representing my magazine. The fonts are soft and delicate which will appeal more to a female audience. The images that will be on my moodboard are the images similar to the sort of images i would like to have on my magazine.

calendar

i am going to make a calendar so i know the dates for my own deadlines and when things need to be completed by

7th-11th Feburary- finish research and start planning
8th-15th Feburary- finish all of the planning (decide front cover&content&double page spread, models, name of magazine)
16th-18th- photoshoot

magazine name

i have decided to call my magazine 'Solo', as i think its fits more with the age range i have chosen but also because its means individual.

Feedback 9.2.11

Abigail, you are working well on this. Please ensure that you complete the planning by the start of next weeks and have organised your photo shoot/booked the studio. Next week you should be taking photos and writing the first draft of your feature article. See me if you need further clarification.

Mrs A

equipment/technology

The equipment/ technology that i will be using to complete my magazine are:
Camera
InDesign
PhotoShop

The pictures that i will be taking will be mostly done in the photostudio at college, as they have got professional lighting but also use of props and tripods

readers profile

The readers of my magazine will be young adults mostly girls aged between 16-25. They will have the latest new and goss about their favourite celebrites and bands but also they will be able to find out new fashion ranges and to look at what their fav celeb likes to dress like. The girls that will mostly buy the magazine will have either saturdays job which will supply them will money or they will be in a full time job so either way they will have money to buy the brand new range of clothes and my magazine. They will also beable to go on my website for free to check when new release of my magazines will be produce and the top music that is being produced. She will be the mature girl but also the party animal that will listen to music when she goes out, but she will also listen to it in her spare time.

contents page

my contents page for the magazine for my perliminary task

analysed journalist style

i have chosen to analyse the journalist style and structure of this article from 'heat' magazine, it based on an interview with Dermot O'Leary.
The article uses blue soft text so that it stands out but not right in your face but it certainly catches the readers eye as it is different colour from black but it is a soft and delicate text so its nice and easy to read but also catches readers attention. The background is plain white which means the images of Dermot and his kid stands out as well as the writing which makes it easier to reader but if people like looking at images it will be better to see as they stand out.
in this article it is mostly for older women as Dermot has his top off so that women a look at his lush body but then also says at the start of the article  reason for going gooey over Dermot O'Leary which will attract women eye so it will make them want to read all about him.
The article uses very persuasive text to make the women what to read all about him and is new born baby 'his top off and lovingly cradled his friend's baby in his arms' which makes women know that Dermot is looking out and caring for his baby, but they will also want there husband/boyfriend to be the exact same.
The writer also addresses it to women readers by saying: Just in case the ladies of Britain (and some men) which come across as the writer knows that women will want to read the article as soon as they see dermot's name and pictures of his body, but the writer has done this to make it more formal and to involve the reader.

I have added a picture of dermot so that the audience can see that he loves his new born baby very much, and doesn't care if paparazzi is there watching him.

media theory

My target audience is mostly for older teenager aged 16-24. the magazine that i am going will be a fashion and music magazine combined in one as i find this age group would prefer something like this. My magazine is mostly for the female audience but i dont think it will affect the sale because there is plenty male magazine that assosicate with the similar thing as in my magazine. My magazine will not be too dear as most people dont like to spend massive amounts of money on a magazine so i dont think they will have a problem buying it, but also because  most people have either a saturday job or in a job so i dont think they will have any problem. i think every girl will be able to read this magazine as it will assosicate with every girl in some way.

analysed band images

here i have chosen a picture of girls aloud as they used to be a very popular group and they was very popular with girls but also lots of boys too. they are all wearing dresses of different kinds and colours which if on front of a magazine they will get the readers attention because they are very colourful, these relates to my magazine because they produce music but they are also wearing fashion icon dresses, which means girls will want to buy it because they will want to be like girls aloud. 

i have also chosen a picture of the saturdays because they are another fashion icon because they are all wearing bright coloured dresses which will get the readers attention and make them want to read about them. they also produce good quality of music and are very high rated. they are very popular with the females because of them fashion and music but also very very popular with the boys. this relates to my magazine because my picture will be very colourful and bright.

i have chosen these two similar types of pictures because they are both girl groups and my magazine will be for girls, but they are also very well dressed and produce good music which my magazine is music and fashion combined in one so it will work really well.

institution to produce and distribute

i have decided to use ipc to publish my magazine as i have found that they realite to my magazine more. i am doing a fashion and music magazine combined in one which they produce both of these magazines individally. they have produced all the best magazine and the most popular for example: marie claire, look, nme which most people prefer to buy but they are also in a reasonable price range and i have found that most of the people will buy these magazines because they are colourful and have big and bright titles but they also have a picture of a celebrity on it which when i produce my magazine will have a picture on the front page like they have.

questionnaire

1.Gender? m,m,f,f,f,f,m,m,f,m

2.Age: 18,16,17,16, 18,16,16,17,17,18

3.how many magazines do you read in a week?
0=4, 1=3, 2=2, 3=1

4.what sort of magazines?
music=2, lads=4, fashion=4

5.would you buy a magazine if the front page was colourful?
yes=7, no=3

6.what sort of music do you listen to?
RnB= 4, indie= 3, pop= 3

7.do you prefer looking at the pictures rather than the article?
yes=8, no=2

8.how many do you spend on a magazine?
£1=4, £2=5, £3=1

9.would you buy a magazine if your favourite celebrity was on the front?
yes=6, no=4

10. do you prefer weekly or monthly magazines?
weekly= 7,. monthly= 3

in my investigation i have found that most people prefer weekly magazine rather than monthly because they prefer them on a daily basic. most people wouldnt pay anymore than £2 as they find that is dear enough, but the people that said more than £2 prefer monthly magazines which are dear. they prefer to buy a magazine if there favourite celebrity was on the front and most people would buy a magzine if it was colourful

investigated popular music

the top 20 downloaded songs are:

kesha- we r who we r

bruno mars-grenade 

adele-rolling in the deep

diddy- dirty monkey- coming home

chase & status- blind faith

jessie j- do it like a dude

wretch 32- traktor

britney spears- hold it against me 

rihanna- whats my name

yeah- 3x

katy b- lights on

jls- eyes wide shut

martin solveig & dragonette- hello

tinchy stryder- let it rain

adele- make you feel my  love

david guetta- whos that chick

taio cruz- higher

ellie glouding- your song

bruno mars- just the way you are

the black eyed peas- the time

these songs are related to the magazine that i am going to be doing because most of them are pop music which in my magazine i will be using, but the are also the most popular songs out at the minute. 

music magazine circulation

i have research the music magazines which are most popular now a days and the results i got are quite similar as the top 3 are mostly to do with rock which suggests that mostly boys buy these magazines.
Classic Rock 70,301 (70,188, 66,362)
Kerrang! 43,253 (52,272, 60,294)
Metal Hammer 46,004 (50,269, 48,540)
Mojo 97,722 (100,507, 106,367)
NME 40,948 (48,459, 56,284)
Q 100,172 (103,107, 113,174)
Uncut 76,526 (87,069, 86,925)

The fashion magazines which women mostly buy the most off are:
Allure magazine and they produce 12 issuses a year which means a issue every month
Cosmopolitan magazine which also produce 12 issuses a year.
elle magazine which produces 24 issues a year which is one every 2 weeks.
ensquire magazine which produces 12 issues a year.
glamour magazine which produes 12 issuses a year so one every month.
in style magazine which has 12 issuses a year.
marie claire magazine produes 12 issuses, so one per month.
teen vogue produces 20 issuses a year.
vogue magazine produces 12 issuses a year.
w magazine produces 12 issuses per year, so one every month.
 these are most favourites because there front cover are eye catching because they use bright colours but also use a big bold title so that it will also catch the readers eye.


i think my magazine will sell well in the market because it has got a mixture of these magazine because mine will have both fashion and music which is different from these as they have one or the other. My music will be different to the ones i found as mine will be mostly pop but i dont think it will affect the population that will buy my magazine.

USP- unique selling point

my magazine is going to be different from the rest because it is a fashion and music magazine combined in one normally the music magazine and fashion magazine are seperate but im going to combine them in to one. its going to be colourful so that when its on the shelf it will stand out from the rest and make people want to buy it because it will be eye catching. The pricing will be affordable to everyone so that everyone will be able to afford it, but it will also attract people cause of the unexpensive price. the pictures of my models will be eye catching because they will be dressed in bright colours which will attract the readers eye.