Proposal 1 shutters
- 1. Unit 30 – UK Media Publishing - Proposal Name: Candidate Number: Centre Number: 64315
- 2. Unit 30 – UK Media Publishing - Proposal Format: Magazine I am looking to produce a new indie/rock magazine with other sub genres of indie pop and lo-fi. I will create a front cover a double page spread as part of a project to launch the new magazine Shutters I will be producing. I am currently looking at creating my magazine as a monthly copy on hardback to start off with in year one and then look into expanding the hardback sales to areas such as Scotland and online digital download via app store and other distributors. I will be using the typical magazine dimensions of 8 3⁄8” x 10 7⁄8. Working Title: My working title is Shutters although this could potentially change. This is because if feel that when you find yourself listening to music commonly people like to shut themselves away from anything else that might be affecting them and can just concentrate on the music they are listening to. The colours I am currently thinking about are red white and the image background as it is for my front cover of the magazine. I will have red text for the headline which will be on the top of the page and spread across the middle of the page. The reason for choosing these colours are because red represents energy power and passion which is what my magazine is looking to do as I am looking for new indie record artists who have not yet been exposed to magazine. I have also chosen white because it is associated with purity which is what Shutters want to be as we produce an honest interview in our magazine with hard working musicians to get there story across. For my masthead I believe the best font style for my magazine will be Lemon milk from dafonts.com because it is very similar to the style of NME my magazine of inspiration and carries through the similar genre of the new indie different looking text which my magazine focuses on. Genre: As mentioned previously I am looking to produce a new indie/rock monthly magazine which focuses on upcoming and establishing British indie artists and bands to help them grow their reputation and get the media attention they deserve through my magazine. Content: For my magazine I have been analysing magazines of inspiration like NME and Q to see the content which they have in their magazines and can attract readers to my new magazine. From this research I have found out that they include content such as band/artist interviews that have that `star appeal’ (Richard Dyer) to attract the readers. Not only the star appeal but they also have exclusive content about upcoming music festivals and gigs that are upcoming and what to expect from bands and artists the reader may not have heard of before. Interestingly using secondary research at the mediauk website I have found out that 65.7% of their readers are male and this relates to adverts inside the magazine such as Dove men care and men’s suit tailors because their readership is also at 60.9% ABC1 socio economic groups. Style or Approach: When I was deciding in which colours I could use for my magazine I got inspiration from a similar genre of music magazine such as NME and Q. I thought the best colour scheme to follow would be red white and black. The presentation of the magazine has to have a professional finish to every page and must convey the conventions of an indie/rock magazine. One I had decided the colour scheme for my magazine I then created a masthead which had to be eye catching and represent what the magazine is about to the reader. I did not want to clash the colours I would be using for the puff promotions and masthead. The software that I will use to create the magazine pages will be Photoshop CS5. I have decided to use this software because of the wide variety of tools and manipulation you can do to work easily. Not only the easy use of software but the professional image the magazine pages will have from using this software is professional standard.