Magazine Action plan

1)Create the magazine logo
2)Plan what my front cover photograph is going to be
3)Take the photograph and editi on photoshop
4)Begin to plan the magazine front cover design
5)start making front cover including all of the conventions of a magazine front cover
6)Start to plan the contents page
7)Include the logo and other stories in the contents page start lanning
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My magazine's Representation

Magazine name : Amped
Magazine audience : 16-25
Magazine gender : Mainly male possibly female
Magazine price : £2.99
Magazine music genre : Rock/Metal

Magazine front cover terms

• Masthead title peice
• price
• date
• issue number
• barcode
• teaser
• main feature:headline
• subtitle
• smaller feature
• images
• fontcolour
• graphics
• ther/adverts blurb

Alternative Genre

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. Alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980. Here are some examples of current Alternative bands;

• New wave
• REM
• The Cure
• Coldplay

Metal Genre

Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music[1] that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States.[2] With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Here are some examples of current popular metal bands;

• Metalica
• Katakalysm
• Iron madien
• AC/DC

Indie genre

In popular music, independent music, often generally abbreviated as "indie", is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing. Some indie bands that are welknown now include;

• Artic Monkeys
• The Kooks
• The Klaxtons
• The Killers

Possible magazine cover stories

My magazine cover story(main title on the front cover) needs to be intresting and shocking. if the viewer is shocked then he/she is intreaged to read on. I have personally chosen to have i much less subtle aproach. This is because i want my magazine to be the truth and intrest the readers not shcok them. Here are some several stories that i have come up with;

• *name* tour dates revealed

add more cover stories..

What genre of music would i like my magazine to cover?

For my magazine, i have thought about many different genres of a music magazine. I have looked through genres such as;

• Metal
• Rock
• Indie
• Jazz
• Folk
• Old time musicians

For my particular magazine i would like my to be a rock magazine. I have chosen to do this because i think the aggressive look of the darkness of other rock magazines, attracts audiences very easily and the dark tone creates an eye catching look.

Possible images that could be used on my magazine front cover

I would like my image to be simple yet attracting. Some ideas i have had in the past are;

• A guitarist holding a guitar in the air
• A drummer with the full drum kit in dsplay.
• A Saxaphone player
• A flute player.

All of these ideas for images representate a different genre of music. For example the guitarist could represent any genre of music and the same with the drum kit. The saxaphone could representate jazz music and the flute would representate i much softer alternative genre of music.

Second image placment ideas

This is one of my second ideas. This would probally include a drummer and a drum kit to fill up the wide space.

The advantage of this image would be that it takes up a large space and attracts people because its large and eye catching.

The disadvantage is that since the image is so large not much space is left for things such as sub storys, titles, logos and other magazine essentials.

Possible front cover images

This is one of my ideas. it uncludes what will be placed in the image and how big and how much space the image will take up.

The large box represents the front cover of an A4 magazine and the smaller one represents the image area.

I have left a large ammount of space at the top and sides. This gives me more space for sub storys, logos, titles and other necessaties.

These are almost identical to the codes and conventions of a normal magazine or any other magazine for that matter. These include the obvious conventions such as;

• title


• image


• barcode


• 1-4 sub stories

The difference between a normal magazine and a music magazine is that there are several different conventions. Musci magazines are themed more to suit that magazine. Music related, like the logo and cover story.