Task 9 formal proposals
- 1. Nathan Green Task 9 Formal Proposals Masthead I’m going to call my magazine ‘Tonic’ purely because it’s short and straight to the point. In addition to that Tonic has a ring to the word and I can quite easily see my target audience remembering the name of my magazine. Furthermore Tonic is a music term s the first scale degree of a diatonic scale and the tonal center or final resolution tone. The triad formed on the tonic note, the tonic chord, is thus the most significant chord. More generally, the tonic is the pitch upon which all other pitches of a piece are hierarchically referenced. By having the word Tonic as my masthead, those who are into music theory will understand the term and could possible relate it the magazine as it’s briefly could be seen as the first to break the rock news (first note)/ the start of something new. Genre Rock music is quite widely ranged in terms of what actually is ‘Rock’ as Classic Rock and Nu Rock are two completely different things. That is part of the reason why I have chosen rock as my magazine genre purely because rock has such an open choice in artists and music. Another reason being is I quite enjoy listening to rock music myself as do my close friends so it would benefit me if I was choosing something I know people will enjoy as I can understand what they enjoy reading whilst knowing first hand what rock magazine should include. Target audience profile Age: 16+ Gender: Mainly male but also female Lifestyle: Someone who listens to Rock Music or is open minded to new music and can afford spending money and time in reading new articles on new bands. Front Cover For my Front Page, I’m planning to have one/ two models posing whilst showing the difference in rock music. I’ll be showing this throw mise-en-scene mainly as I will get my models to wear different types of clothing. One being very plain and simple which will help show mainstream popular dress sense, where the other will wear a band t-shirt to show a classic stereotype into what people think people whom listen to rock wear. This will decide segregation and help those who wouldn’t normally listen to rock being shown the different types of rockers style. In terms of backgrounds for the front cover, I would either have a dark backdrop or a white backdrop as I’m aiming to keep it simple. I want to create a simple laid out front cover, which doesn’t give off a messy feel/ cluttered. Personally I feel that by doing this will help organizes the magazine
- 2. Nathan Green and make it clear for the audience to understand the sheer content and whilst not being put off the front cover due to it being cluttered. Contents Page On the contents page, I will include three different columns to section out the page making it easier for the reader to read the content and understand quickly where to find a certain section in the magazine. I will be including grab quotes with pictures that are featured on both pages. From what I’ve learnt previously, I will make sure I don’t use a simple colour on the contents page and make it look too simple. In this contents page I will add more colour and section out the columns into more organized sections. Double Page Spread On the double page spread I will have an image blended into the text as from my primary research, I’ve learnt that my target audience prefer it to having one main image on one page and text on the other. I will also make the picture have more meaning to the text as most magazines that I’ve read tend not to link in mise-en scene with the text that’s included. For example, if the article talks about alcohol problems I will have small pictures as part of the main picture of empty bottles to show that they’ve overcame the problem and probably a tap leaking with water to suggest new beginnings and a fresh start.