Due to the responses i got from my questionnaire, i found out that there was a gap in the market for a new childrens pop magazine. Similarly to Top of The Pops, and Smash Hits, my magazine will include stories on and interviews with current pop stars admired by children.
I have also decided to include a gossip page, music and film reviews, a letters page, and a horoscopes page. This is because these are the most likely aspects to appear in a music magazine aimed at a younger audience of children.
front cover
my front cover will have a main, midshot image featuring a new and upcoming artist. this will be a picture i have taken and organised myself and will feature a friend who is willing to help me out. Below this picture i am having an eye grabbing headline including the artists name and a quote from their interview (see double page). i feel this will grab the readers attention and make then intriged to read the magazine. also on the front cover, i am going to have a section featuring the latest fashions based on well known and liked artists and bands of the readers. additionally, i am going to have a few more small headlines along with pictures on latest stories and gossip about the reader's favourite artists. finally, my front cover will have its title at the very top and will also feature a small barcode section which will provide the area for the issue number, date and price.
Contents page
my contents page will have the different page topics and sections down the left hand side of the page with the page number following soon after. the page topics will include some very typical ones of this type of music genre. For example, i am going to put in a horoscopes page, simple children's film and pop music reviews, fashion section, gossip page, exclusive stories, and an interview page. the house sytle and colour scheme of this page will be the same as the front cover, this is to show continuity.
double page spread
my double page spread will be an interview with the artist featured mainly on the front cover. this interview will be made up and will include more pictures of the artist taken myself.
You are brave to go into this market, but music fans are getting younger and females get into music quite young (usually because they fancy the singers.) Now keep working on developing your ideas.
ReplyDeleteErin, you haven't posted anything for April.
ReplyDeleteYou need to do all this:-
- upload your completed front cover, DPS and contents pages
- upload your 7 bullet point evaluation using all the different methods from your booklet (your evaluation is worth the same as your research and planning).
You need to get cracking as you will run out of time.