Task 9 formal proposal
- 1. Task 9 Formal Proposal By Jessica Perry
- 2. Title of magazine I have chosen to name my magazine “SYMBOL” this is because it’s short and catchy, it has a double meaning one sounds like cymbal on a drum kit which is used a lot in indie rock music, and the other meaning as in a little design symbolising something. I thought this was a relevant name as the target audience often wear symbol jewellery, clothes or even tattoos like hearts, crosses, triangles and peace symbol signs. A cymbal from a drum kit also has the connotations of being quite loud and sharp, to represent my magazine being attention-catching.
- 3. Choice of Genre I have chosen indie rock as my genre, as I already have background knowledge within the genre, also as it is my personal interest in music. This is since I have always been influenced by indie rock, as it reflects my personality and style. Therefore I would know what would be expected in a indie rock magazine. I think there is a gap in the market for a indie rock magazine for a magazine aimed towards males and females.
- 4. My Target Audience Indie Rock stereotypical target audience would be students or a bit older white males. I am choosing to challenge this with my magazine by aiming my magazine towards females as well. I have also decided to use a female to be the front cover rather than a male to show my magazine is aimed towards women, this is because females are starting to listen to more indie rock bands like Arctic Monkeys, so the magazine can be used to attracts all different types of readers.
- 5. Initial ideas for Front Cover For my front cover, I am planning to use a medium shot of a female artist, who is dressed very vibrantly, also the image to reflect attitude rather sexuality, to show females can be as powerful as males in indie rock. I have also decided to colour the title of the magazine dark purple, gender stereotypical people think purple is a more female colour however I think it will look good and use it as the house style colour throughout the magazine. Furthermore for the sell lines, I would like it to be related to the artist on the front cover, latest fashion trends and current indie rock artists and bands.
- 6. Initial ideas for My Contents page For my contents page, the masthead will be in the top left of the contents page saying SYMBOL and CONTENTS will be at the top right in a different colour to stand out, following by contents underneath which will be categorized. Whilst on the other side, there will be 1 dominant image of the cover girl, followed by 3 smaller images, to show other features in the magazine. I will also be adding an editor’s note to my readers.
- 7. Initial ideas for my article For the double page spread, I intent to do an interview with the cover girl (but I’ll make sure she looks very different to the cover image(clothes, background, type of shot etc) and it will be based on a female artist in the indie rock industry. It will not be dominantly text based, as I will use the page to devote to images, this way readers are able to find out her personality by giving a visual representation. I will do this by using 4 different pictures with 4 different shot types.
- 8. Initial ideas for photographs The front cover photography, I have decided to use a medium shot of my female artist. For the contents I will use the dominant image of an MCU shot of the artist. However I have also chosen to have 3 other images, which will be close ups of different features of the magazines, I will use a mixture of males and females to show the magazine can also attract males. Lastly for the double page spread, I want to use 4 different camera shots, to express the artist in the interview, I have chosen to use a close up to reveal facial expressions, a long shot to show her whole body language, a medium close up to focus the attention on her. And lastly a medium long shot to reflect what her style is like. Furthermore I have used these shot types, as they most commonly found within hip hop magazines. I’ll probably go for a plain background-maybe black with pink? for the cover, but would like a fun, funky feel for the background in the article with some music props such as a microphone, amps etc-not sure yet