To Do List...

* Scan My Scetched Out Front Cover & Contents Page
* Upload My Interview For Doublepage Spread
* Take Photots & Play Around With Photoshop To Edit & Enhance Them
* Do Mock Up

Potential Colour Schemes

Im planning on using black and white for my photography so would like to inlcude a similar colour scheme - black and white are bold and strong colours but alone could look boring so i am planning on using a minimal amount of a very pale shade of pink so it specifies to my target market of girls also pink connotes the "pop" music culture. I am only planning on using the pink for headers and only very minimally as i think it has the potential to look very tacky which im not aiming for. I also am considering about using a very dark grey that is almsot black for my headers but i dont want to risk using more than 3 colours and without the splash of pink the black,white/grey is very minimalistic and can look very basic.

Ideas For Names Of My Magazine

Pulse

Primal

Varnal

Idol

Void

Live

General Audience Feedback From Pitch

Positive Comments
* Like the minimalistic idea
* Like black & white colour scheme
* Like sophisticated pop image that I'm aiming for
* Like the classy nudity idea
* Unique idea

Negative Comments
* Too basic looking
* Could only appeal to females
* Need an eyecatching title
* Could be difficult to make pop look non tacky

Advice/Suggestion
*Think of a good name
*Include a good article for double page spread

Target Audience

Age: 16-24

Background: Mainly aimed at females who are into finding out about celeb gossip and pop music but who are more sophisticated in looks and personality.

Occupation: Into fashion or the Media, or still in Education or University

Gender: Specifically females but can be for males too

Likes:
Shopping, Pop Celebrities, Fashion, Clubbing, Socializing, Girly things, Heels, presenting themselves nicely and taking a lot of time to look and feel good, facebook, twitter

Dislikes: Goths , dirty and grubby looking people, Heavy metal music, Bebo

Ambitions: To be someone, Famous, Fashion designers, Pop Star, Model, Actress

Musical Preference: Cheryl Cole, The Saturdays, Pussycat dolls, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Girls Aloud – pop music and some dance music.

Looks up to: Kate Moss, Cheryl Cole, Rihanna, Blake Lively, Kylie Minogue, Victoria Beckham, Katie Price, Beyonce & Megan Fox

Media Consumer Habbits:

Watch: Gossip Girl, Americans Next Top Model, The simple life, 90210, Hollyoaks, The Hills.

Magazines: Glamour, Vogue, Cosmo, Heat, OK

Films: Mean Girls, Sex & The City, White Chicks, The Notebook & P.s I love you. All girly films “chick flicks” & Comedy Romance.

Ideas For Location & Photo

These are shots that one of my friends has taken for her photography classes, i am going ot use these photos for inspiration as i like how the model is posing and especially like the black and white colour on some of the photos. I love the location and know where abouts it is so am consiedring going to this place to hold my photoshoot. My favourite location is the one with the tyres. Although im not too kean on the side shot in the last photo in particular i love the colouring and lighting effects and would consider doing this by using photoshop for my magazine.

Decisions

I have just realised that for my front cover it is neccesary that i must only have one person modelling, which does not work with my original idea as i was going to have a couple on my front. I have now changed my idea to fit with the spec, so my new idea is a black and white photo of Leonie Holder (The Photo), she now has dark hair though with extensions, so i've decided i want it loose curls like cheryl coles hair style. i want to take a mid shot or a long shot with Leonie posing in skinny jeans, boot heels but topless with her holding an LP disk to cover herself so nothing is exposed, she has agreed to do this. I also want the background to be inside a derelict building which my stepdad has arranged to sort out for myself. It is similar to this photoshoot above/below, which i think looks up to date yet very rustic and simplistic which is what im aiming for, i also like the pose and style of this photo.

This is a magazine that is universally known as a "pop" mag, it is aimed at young teens probably aged between 10-14, its also aimed at females. I want to make my magazine alot more sleek and sophisticated than this as my target audience is females aged 16-24, i want my colours to be very neautral of black,white & grey, I'm also having a black and white photograph of my "upcoming couple". To appeal to my target audience i have decided on baby pink or hot pink headers so it still relates to the pop genre. I like the idea that the picture is in the centre of the page on this magazine so it draws all the attention to the photograph, i think i want to do this for my magazine. Unlike this magazine i dont want to have any more photos on my front cover as i want all the focus to be on the centre picture. I also like how the "free" is in bold so this also appeals to teh audience, i may use this to attract the reader.

Inspiration For Magazine Contents Pages

I love both these photos as they are very powerful and take over most the page, i defiinitly want to use these as inspiration for my contents page or double page spread. I like the second contents page layout and really like the pose of the woman lying on the ground with her feet up in the air.

Explaining Moodboard

I have chosen various artists and bands for my moodboard who produce pop music, these people include singers like Beyonce and The Saturdays. I've included a variety of different TV programmes and films that relate to the sort of people who are likely to read my pop magazine these are things such as 90210, Mean Girls and The Simple Life. The H&M and River Island logos represent the sort of shops these females are likely to purchase from. I've also included the pink limo and perfume as these colours are very feminine and also represnt glamour and fame, which is the pop cultures lifestyle. All though i have mentioned that my magazine is stereotypically aimed at females, i have also put in a picture of Justin Timberlake who is a male pop artist so my magazine could be suitable for both genders, Justin Timberlake is also stereotypically viewn as a young females dream man, so even if he didn't appeal to boys, females would still read the magazine.

Moodboard

Pitch And Moodboard

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The Things I Have Currently Decided Upon

So far i have decided to do a music magazine in the genre of pop music as i have found after plenty of research a gap in the market, that there is currently no music magazine that feature the "pop" music culture. I am going to aim my magazine at teen girls aged between 16-24 who are interested in the latest pop music and the latest fashion that all the "pop" celebs are wearing.
I have also decided on my models for the front cover its going to be a picture of an upcoming couple in black and white topless but not exposing anything. On the double page spread im planning on doing an interview with the couple, talking about what sort of response they get from the public.

Planning and Research

Media Magazine

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