The fonts I have chosen are mostly Block fonts which has a huge and quick impact as it instantly grabs and draws attention. It will also stand out from the rest of the texts/images on the page.
This is my second draft.
This was the third draft I created for my mastheads. I have a selection of different colours which are cohesive to the colours used on my front cover after my original picture was deleted. This is because the masthead above is not reflective of the house style.
My article is based on the newest winner of the XFactor, Tyler Thompson
Points to consider :
1) New found fame
2) Future plans
3) Xfactor journey
4) Relationships
5) Address rumors
6) Fashion sense
7) Family support
8) XFactor Winners single
9) Concerts/ Tour
10) New album
This is my plan for the pictures I will be taking for my magazine which will give me an idea of exactly what pictures I will need. This saves time whilst taking the pictures. 
I branched out words which could be associated with my magazine. This will help me create and chose an appropriate name for my magazine.
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This flat planning gives me an idea of particular content which may be included in my magzine. This allows me to create the content page with much more ease.
For the main feature of my magazine, I will be having a popular female solo artist called Tyler Thompson. She is relatively new as the winner of the XFactor.
She is aged 18 and is extremely easy for both young and teenage audiences to relate to.
My inspiration mood board for this :
Name of Band : Tyler Thompson (Lena)
Songs : Amaze, Little bit stronger, Wanted
How long has she been in the spotlight: 6 months
Plan for the future : New single ‘Blind’. Working on album, ‘Desires’ to be released later this year
Other features in my magazine for contents page :
1) Solo VERY popular, worldwide sensation
2) Girl band
3) Solo/Group of boy band
4) Concert pictures of Boy band (One Direction)
Bauer
– Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group.
– Worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations
– Closer, Grazia, FHM
– formerly called Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG, abbreviated to HBV and usually shortened to H. Bauer.
– Bella was H Bauer’s first venture into publishing in the UK
– Q started out as a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. The Q music brand has expanded to Radio and Television, with Q Radio and Q TV being music entertainment that specialises in indie, rock and alternative. Q also holds annual music awards in the UK, known as Q Awards
– Kerrang! is a brand that specialises in Rock Music.
Magazine Brands under Bauer :
COLOUR SCHEME : Colourful, Colours of the spectrum
IPC
– IPC Media is the UK’s leading consumer magazine and digital publisher
– more than 60 iconic media brands
– creates content for multiple platforms, across print, online, mobile, tablets and events
– owned subsidiary of Time Inc
Magazine Brands under IPC :
COLOUR SCHEME: Blue, White, Black.
Hearst Magazines UK
– UK is the largest digital publisher
– reach extends to 1 in 3 UK women and 1 in 4 UK adults
– portfolio comprises 20 magazines and 20 digital properties
– an American mass media group based in the Hearst Tower, Manhattan in New York City,
Magazine Brands under Hearst :
COLOUR SCHEME : Blue, Grey. Background is a picture of a woman.
This is the questionnare I have created for my target audience. I have printed off 20 copies to give a large group which would give me more basis to base it round.
Features of my magazine that are 100% : Name of the band, Pictures I will need, Genre, target audience
Features that aren’t set in stone : Article content, freebies
This is my analysis for the questionnaire that I have asked 20 people in my target audience to fill out.
– It is clear that the my magazine will be aimed at 15-19 year olds as they are 85% of those who responded.
– It is also apparent that there is a relatively larger number of females interested to males.
– Half of them are willing to pay £2.10-£3 with only 20% willing to pay above £3.
– Most importantly, this will be a monthly magazine with a similar content to picture ratio with slightly more content. This will be aimed at more intellectual readers.
– To calculate which is the most important convention for my magazine, I added up the number position for each of the 7. The ones with the lowest score (music reviews, gossip and interviews) will be the focus of my magazine. Likewise, what will attract my consumers will be this and therefore, supporting this, the cover lines they have chosen are interviews and gossip.
– The choice for artist on the front cover is a close fight, however one direction have 25% of the votes. As a result, I am choosing to disregard this question as what I deduce from this is that as long as the artist is well known, the magazine will be bought. Also, since there is a huge difference between the male and female ratio, clearly there would be an interest in a boy band / male solo artist at the time. This will therefore be featured somewhere in my contents page.
The genre of my magazine will be mainstream magazine which will appeal to a wide audience range. The name of my magazine is ‘Volume’ as it has connotations of being loud. The magazine will feature well known artists at the time, mostly will be chart artists such as Rihanna, Taylor Swift and One Direction as they are popular and well known worldwide.
The target audience will be wide however, it will be marketted to those aged 15-19 year olds (mainly females) most of them will most likely still be students with a interest in chart artists who are popular at a particular period. To cater to them, I will ensure the artists used are popular at the time, with interviews, gossip, new music,ect.
Adverts in the magazine will be fashion based on high street stores (such as Topshop, New Look) so that they can afford the magazine. There will also be adverts on new songs to promote other music which may interest the audience.
To find our how to cater to specific needs, I will gave to use questionnaires and interviews with the target group.
My main feature will be of a new solo artist ‘Tyler Thompson’. She will also feature in the double page spread.
Her style will be easy to copy and so it will be easy for my reader to relate to them.
She links in with the genre as she is a ‘hot-topic’ at the time and will be of interest to the target audience.
Inspiration : Little Mix. They are quirky, youthful and fun, similar to my target audience. They are mainstream as they have appeared on the Xfactor, a show with high ratings, therefore very popular.
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