MAIN TASK INITIAL IDEAS

By Natasha Newton

AIM AND PURPOSE

The aim and purpose of this slide show is

to collect my three initial magazine ideas

so that they can be shown to my peers,

who can then give me feedback on what I

have shown them. This then allows me to

see the most popular initial idea, which

will then be used in my magazine.

IDEA ONEGenre: Rock genre Sub Genre: Alternative Rock. Audience: Teenagers and

Adolescents Age: 14 - 21 Aimed at both males and females. House Style: Darker colours

(Black, Greys, Dark Reds and Purples) on a white background. Bold fonts, distinctive type face to grab readers attention.

Including: Album reviews, gig review/experience, new tour dates.

• Images: Natural lighting, black and white.

• Front page: Large photo of the band in colour, taking up the whole page, coverlines along the left and right hand side explaining what is inside.

• Double page spread: Each band member will have their own image, and one of the band as a whole.

• Contents page: Images will be placed along the right hand side of the contents page with list of contents along the left side.

IDEA TWO Genre: Alternative Rock Sub Genre: Indie Rock Audience: Young Adults Age: 20 – 30 Aimed more at males than

females. House style: Lighter

colours such as Greens, Blues, and Greys. The text will be mainly in Italics. Lighter backgrounds, same font used throughout.

Including: Free gift, about the band, behind the scenes info, making of the album.

Images: Black and white and high saturation images.

Front page: main image will be in black and white and the masthead will be at the top of the page, coverlines will mainly be one side of the page.

Double page spread: Band image will be in the middle of the page and the text will be around it. There will be smaller images placed around the page.

Contents page: Medium side images along the bottom of the page, list of contents will going down the middle of the page.

IDEA THREE Genre: Folk Age of audience: 30 – 40 Aimed at both males and

females. House style: Brighter

colours, such as Greens, Blues, Purples and Reds. Regular fonts will be used.

Including: Competition to win to see the band, album review, about the band

Images: Brightly coloured images used on all pages.

Front page: One large photo of the band in the centre of the page, coverlines will only be on the right hand side of the page, masthead will be positioned at the top of the page.Double page spread: Band image will be positioned on the right hand side of the page, and smaller images will be scattered across the page.Contents page: List of magazine contents will be along the left hand side of the page, with small images running along the right side.

TITLE

FEEDBACK

From the peer feedback on my initial idea’s the most popular music

genre for my magazine was folk.

They preferred this genre because they believed that this idea was more

developed than the others, and I had a better idea of what I wanted to

do.

They also said that I needed to change the audience for my magazine to

more females because of the feminine features of the magazine, they

also suggested that I lowed the target age range of the magazine.

Another thing which they suggested needed changing was the colours

used in the house style to more lighter pastel colours because they

believe that those colours suit the genre of music better.

FINAL IDEA

Genre: FolkAudience: Females aged between 27 and 34House style: Pastel colours with a regular font used throughout.Including: About the band, Album review and various competitions.Images: All images will have a black and white or sepia effect.

Front Page: One large band photo will take up most of the page, with coverlines on either sides of the image with the masthead at the top of the pageDouble Page Spread: Large band photo on the right hand side of the page, with smaller individual photos on the left and scattered across both pages.Contents Page: List of magazine contents will be positioned along the left hand side of the page with smaller images related to the listings along the right hand side.