Planning and pitch By Kelsie Hatton

Drop Intro

The genre of my music magazine is house/upbeat dance music which is a bit of a mix. I chose this because I think it is different to other magazines and is quite unique as it has some variety in it. It will be published monthly at £3.00. Even though from my research is said readers would prefer it priced between £1.50-£2.50 they didn’t take into account whether it would be published weekly or monthly. As my magazine is monthly pricing it at £3.00 is acceptable for the content.

Flatplan

The working title for my magazine is ‘Drop.’ This is because it associates with the genre of music that it is about and designed for. I’ve flipped the ‘R’ in to add it something different and show that it has a unique point about it.

This is the font I am going to use. It is called Venus Rising and the colours I am considering for it will depend on the theme of the issue for that month so it can vary.

This is the design that I am going to go for as it in cooperates my colour scheme of my magazine into the masthead. I felt that the neon green showed the theme and genre of the music as it looks electric. By having the backwards ‘R’ in that colour it highlights the different feature.

The Mission Statement:

Our mission of Drop is to make the reader as involved with there music as possible, keeping them up to date and engaging with them throughout the

experience. Each issue will include content that appeals to the readers and will cover a variety of

topics to keep it remaining fresh and new.

For my contents page I think I am going to use this font. I think this is the clearest and simplest one out of them but isn’t too boring to appeal to my audience.

I like this text but I don’t think it would work very well with my genre. I think that it has a horror effect to it which is not what I want for the theme of my magazine.

I really like this font but as it is italics I think it would be harder to work with and fit onto my contents page or use as the title for my double page spread.

HEADINGSI like this text as well as I think that it is different and has an edgy effect on it. However I don’t think that it would suit my style of magazine as it looks more like a game or movie font and not suitable for my genre.

I think I am going to use a text font like this for my text on my pages as it is quite simple and easy to read.

I like this font as it think it is electro and would suit my genre of music on my magazine. However, I think it is too strong for the normal text in my magazine so I think I will find another use for it

I think this font is a bit too much for the texts in my magazine and I think I would overcrowd I if I had all my texts in this font.

This is my colour scheme for throughout my magazine as I think it all blends well together. The black and white keep it simple whereas the electric green shows that the magazine has electro music as well as adding a brighter element to the two contrasting colours.

Front Cover Mock Designs

I like this mock design as I think it will suit the whole style of my magazine as it allows to show what's inside the magazine.

However by having a long shot in the middle of the magazine it makes it look like she is the main focus and that the magazine is all about her when I want mine to show the rest of the context inside.

I really like the masthead laid out across the whole of the page as I want it to be the main focus of the front cover so the audience are aware of what it is.

I don’t think I am going to use this design as I don’t want my front cover to be too crowded and look busy.

As the genre of music of my magazine isn’t so much of the celebrities but rather the type of music in it, making the image of the celebrity the main focus of the front cover it just wouldn’t suit idea.

Due to the image being so empowering, it needs little text around it else it will be too busy. I will in cooperate this into my magazine and not have much text around the page.

I like this mock design and I think this is the one I am going to base mine on. I like how simple it is and not overcrowded it is with smaller images.

As the medium close up shot takes up quite a lot of the page it doesn’t make it necessary for smaller pictures on it keeping it simple yet full.

I also like the angle the main image is at, toward s the side so I will have the leads ant texts along the left hand side giving it a structured order.

Again, like the other designs it needs little text on the front due to the background and busy image.

Double-Page SpreadMock Designs

I like the medium close up shot going across the double page spread as it shows the article is all about her.

I like the title in the corner as well as I think it fits along side the main photo and doesn’t stand out more.

Framing the text around her adds something different to it however I don’t want the middle of the pages lining between her face so if I was to use this design the main photo would have to be shifted more onto one page.

This one is similar to the first however the text is laid out differently and it also features a smaller image.

I prefer the text all to one side as it then doesn’t enclose the photo too much and allows it to be the main focus and not all text.

Preferably I would like a smaller image of e.g. festival in the corner of the page but I think it could look odd if there is too many colours being used on the picture.

This design I think would be the easiest to do however I think that it is quite boring and I don’t want that as it wont appeal to my audience. I think that it looks too simple having the text and pictures separate and I think it looks better layering the m together.

Contents page Mock design

I want my contents page to be quite simple just consisting of the important information and small pictures of what's inside the magazine.

I tried out my colour scheme and used it as the background on the pages but I think I will go for white as it won’t look too crowded and be easier to read for the audience.

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