Initial Ideas

I have chosen to produce a music magazine with the genre Indie/Rock. My target audience is aimed at mostly girls aged around 16-24 years old. It will also have things in it to suit boys so they can also purchase the magazine. By offering my magazine to the both male and female audience it allows more sales of the magazine not just limiting it to males or females. I have chosen to aim my magazine at mainly girls because most magazines are aimed at boys and often have boy bands on the front cover or male solo artists hardly ever girl bands or solo artists. On my front cover i will be using a picture of a young female solo artist new to the music industry promoting her and the magazine. The colour scheme of the front colour of the front cover will be either red, black and white or red black and grey. On the cover it will also include smaller headlines informing about other artists. I have chosen to use these colours because red is a very bold colour which stands out against the black, white or grey background making the magazine more appealing. This will be my USP (Unique selling point). I will be looking at magazines with a similar genre such as karrang and NME for ideas on how to make my magazine sell. I will also be doing research like questionnaires to find out what seems popular with my target audience. By doing this it will allow me to adapt my magazine to what the audience wants to read. My magazine will be bold and eye-catching so it will stand out from the rest and not blend into the background like every other.