Appendix 5 - ideas for a magazine?

In order to fulfil assessment objective AO3, which is the ability to plan and construct media products using appropriate technical and creative skills.

I have three ideas for a music magazine, the first idea is a metal magazine. It will be called "Nailstorm" because it's quite harsh and sounds gritty. The target audience will be a mainstream audience, but specifically a demographic audience of someone who likes heavy music. If this magazine was my choice, it would be a conglomerate one as there would be a website, along with a radio station. The age of the target audience will be around 16-24, I may raise the age slightly to 16-34 because I will be using really sophisticated language throughout the magazine. The gender will be specifically male but female readers are welcome. The sub genre of the magazine will be death metal, or maybe more than one such as thrash and heavy metal. The main idea for my front cover is to take an individual shot with Jonny (band member I will be taking an image of if I go through with this idea) stood infront of a black background. I have figured out how to arrange the lighting to make it really effective. The subject will be positioned in the middle and I will be using three point lighting including key light, back light and fill light. The main article will be an individual interview with the frontman Jonny (I am going to look at some interviews online and compare them then produce my own) and the contents page will be generic in the sense that they will have an alphabetical list of the bands that are in the magazine and any reviews. It will also have a subscription on it to make it look as stereotypical as possible.

The second idea for a music magazine is a drum and bass magazine. I will call it "Ghetto" as there are connotations of a black audience when we think of the word "Ghetto". The target audience will be aged 16-24. It will be a niche magazine and gender specifically male. There will be a radio station, but because it will be underground it won't have many listeners. The sub-genre will be dub-step. Dub-step is a very odd drum and bass mixed with elements of ambience etc. The idea for the main cover will be someone who likes the music, who dresses in the way to represent their taste such as a parka, Timberlands, heavy jewellery, NY caps and etc. The article for the double page spread would be an article about the whole scene of dub-step and how it's risen with an image of someone who's high up in the ranks of 'dub-step'. Contents page will be generic as well in the sense there will be page numbers of different articles and etc.

The third idea for a magazine will be Strummer, which will be an indie magazine. Strummer has connotations of a guitar, and most indie bands have guitarists, if not every band! The target audience will be 25-34 and it will be a mainstream magazine with a website and radio station. The gender will apply to both sexes. The main cover would be someone dressed in a suit looking smart holding a guitar. This would represent the fresh style and sophistication. The article would be the best 100 bands of this year (with images). Contents page would replicate Q quite a lot, it would be laid out very concise and simple.

Please vote and choose one because I think the metal magazine will be better to do for me because it'll be easier and I'll know more on the subject.

Thanks.