The Magazine Rationale

The name of my magazine is “Epic Music”. Epic has connotations of meaning great and amazing and it is a strong term, especially in a magazine. The word “Epic” is also a very teenage linked term, and since there are not many current magazines with this name, it makes my magazine more memorable. The audience therefore, is mainly teenagers. In terms of genre, I have mainly went for “New Acoustic” and “Pop”. My reason is I feel in the market at this moment, there many rock magazines, and I wanted to make a magazine that has a gap in the market and that there needs to be more of this type of genre magazines. An image for my magazine is a music artist (not professional) who is playing an acoustic guitar. It appeals to my reader because it is realistic and is typical of what you would see a music artist doing. Another image I have is of my mother holding a young child (my mother acting as a music artist). This image is beneficial and appeals to the audience because for my sub-headline I have said something along the lines of “Paula’s reaction of being a full-time mother”. It also helps link my magazine elements together. The primary audience is certainly anyone who is a weekly buyer of my magazine and anyone who is a fan of the music artist on the front cover. The secondary audience are mothers buying the magazine for their son or daughter. This leads to the gender of the magazine. The gender of my magazine I would say is females, yet it still as elements that would appeal to a male. The age, as said before, is teenagers. Similarly to the images I have used, the male music artist on my front cover is presented professionally and formal due to his facial expressions. All of my images have similar stereotypes in where their positioning and facial expressions are quite serious looking. On my double-page spread I will have on of the images taking up one of the pages. The other side of the page is a questionnaire I will be carrying out. It will include questions and answers and hopefully prove out to be effective.

3rd Version Of Front Cover

Here is the 3rd version of my Music Magazine Front Cover. Prior to this version I hadn't included as much as I would have liked, however, with this version I feel everything is starting to come together. I still haven't changed the main headline colour but it will be getting changed later on. On the left of the magazine, there is just a yellow box. This is because I am debating about whether I should included sub-images or sub-headlines. I am more swayed towards sub-headlines, yet I really feel that the sub-images will make it more appealing. Any ideas would be helpful, thanks :)

2nd Version Of Front Cover

Here's the music magazine front cover I have made so far. Am I happy with it? I think the background colour is very effective and the yellow bar along the bottom help bring the magazine to life. However, I am not too happy with the colour of the Main Headline. I feel it is too dark and doesn't stand out. I can see myself adding a different colour to that. I need to add barcodes, the price and more conventions to the front cover, but overall, I am pleased with the way it is beginning to shape out.

1st Version Of Front Cover

Here is the very first version of my music magazine front cover! Yes, it isn't very attractive but, I have a lot more to add such as, the Main Headline and sub-headlines, etc... Yet so far, I think it is a good background with an appealing image.

Images For Music Magazine

So, these are the images I am likely to be using for my Music Magazine. Some adjustments may have to be used yet, I am feeling confident withimages I have selected. The image of myself is for the Editorial Section. The picture of one of my family and the baby, is an image I will use. This is because I want to make it sound realistic and say that outside her music life, she is doing well looking after her baby. The image of my friend playing the guitair, will be used for my front cover. This is the most important image in my opinion. The picture of my family member (looking distressed at the desk) is likely to be edited, but I want to use and make a realistic comment about how she is coping with depression (Or something along those lines) The image of the man playing at a Live Concert, is something I know will help me relate to the music magazine I am making. The picture of my family member and friend in a room leaning over the desk is the image I most happy with. I will make a line which goes along the lines of "Epic Music go undercover to "TeamiRonic's new album" Or at least something like that :) These images may be changed as my blog goes on but for the moment I am very happy with the images I have took.

Edited Version Of Main Image

This is my normal version and edited version of my main image. As you can see, I have completely removed the background in the normal version as I feel it isn't necessarily suitable for a music background. I am extremely pleased with this new version, and I feel whilst doing it, I am a lot more confident with using Adobe photoshop.

IPC Media Institution

Here is my IPC Media analysis. I have included facts and informaton about IPC Media and talked especially about NME.