Introduction and Aims
For my
magazine I have decided to stick to one sub-genre of music, classic rock. This
is a popular genre that I feel I know most about as I have always looked up to
the artists and grown up listening to them. Through research I feel there is
only one main magazine that targets classic rock in particular which is the
magazine ‘Classic Rock’ so I feel it would be good to try and venture into
making a magazine similar to this which I hope will be just as successful. I am
going to be aiming the magazine at age 16-40 years, this is because the bands I
am going to be showing in the magazine are bands that will appeal to an older
generations but younger generations also appreciate the genre of music, which
makes the age range quite wide. I will
be aiming this magazine at both genders as I feel both males and females
appreciate this genre of music and will want to purchase this magazine. My
vision for the magazine is to have dark colours on the front, so that it stands
out from other more colourful magazines, I want to stick to a strict colour
scheme, so that it becomes part of what people look out for when they see my
magazine, part of the magazines brand image. I am going to be aiming the
magazine at all ethnicities as I feel ethnicities shouldn’t define what kind of
music you’re expected to listen to, the magazine will be offering interviews
and information from a range of different sounding rock bands so I feel it will
appeal to most people, even if they only like one certain rock band. At the
back of the magazine there will be a whole page that includes websites and
dates on up and coming concerts so that people reading can easily find out when
the bands that are of a classical rock genre are next playing as well as when
new albums are being released. My socio economic model would be C2-DE, this is
because my age range is 16-40 and because teenagers don’t have as much money
the price will have to be made quite low in order for them to afford it,
especially if they intend on getting a subscription, as the aim is to get
regular purchases of the magazines from regular customers in order for the
magazine to succeed. From my research, I can see there are a lot of bands I
could include for my issue. For my magazine I have decided to call it, ‘That’s
Rock!’ as it’s a simple name and tells people what the magazine is about before
they even open it. The two artists I am planning to recreate for my double page
will be; ‘Anthony Kiedis’ from Red Hot Chili Peppers and ‘Axl Rose’ from Guns
‘N’ Roses. For the first shot of ‘Anthony Kiedis’ I will be using the stage in
the hall, which ‘Anthony Kiedis’ will be standing on, looking out to the crowd,
I might put a dark sheet behind him to act as a background colour, that will go
with the magazines colour scheme. For the second shot, it will be of ‘Axl Rose’
For this shot, it will be shot outside, having him in mid-walk and inside will
have a page about what he’s doing with his life at the moment to keep readers
up to date. For my double page layout, I will have bold fonts at the top, but
normal fonts for the rest of the page. The colour scheme of the whole magazine
will be black and white, this is because I think it relates to the image that
goes with classic rock music and fits with what the majority of readers will
prefer.
