Main task: Introduction

My name is Shakell Rattray-Samms and I am currently an AS media studies student. I am working toward creating a front page, content page and double spread for a new music magazine. My target audience will be young people aging ranging roughly from 16 to 21. My music magazine genre may be all genre. The colours included will prove bright or suiting the style of music and would therefore appeal to my target audience as youths respond to colours that refelct to the genre the magazine is presenting. which is all genre. In addition to understand what my audience request and prefer I will complete my planning research which will include:

-Introduction of brief

-Textual Analysis of existing text

-Magazine mock ups/designs/layouts
Creating sketches of ideas of what my front cover, contents and double page will look like, including themes, colours, different masthead etc. I will draw different photographs to see whether they go with the writing and colour and main genre I will trying to portray

-Case study of a publishing house
Identifying a website and stating features such as: Examples of target audience and extra features on the website and why they have added this feature.

-Mood board
I will make a collage including main influences on all the different genres I’m going to feature. Adding colours and images reflecting the genres. For example black for rock bright colours for pop. Also presenting things that symbolise music in that specific type of music e.g. Instruments,

-Unmanipulated photos
Pictures taken that will not use and also will us in my magazine. I will express why my picture went wrong and how I rectified my mistakes in future photos taken. Also explaining why I have included specific within my pictures. E.g. Costume, lighting.