Planned photo shoots etc

I have decided that on my front cover there will be a close up shot of a young girl. You will not be able to see what she is wearing, her face will fill the front cover and the background also will, which i think will be a very light colour, either white or lilac! I am using my friend Claudia Fergurson to model for the pictures i will take for the front cover, although she is seventeen I intend to make her look a little younger, by doing subtle make-up, so that it reflects the age group the magazine is aged at.
Around the sides of the front cover, there will be smaller pictures of the 'band' featured in the magazine. I will take several pictures of the three boys i have chosen to create the band. They will be posing and looking at the camera for some, and on others will be playing instruments or singing, using teh mircophone and possibly a guitar and the drums as props. As the look of the band is very important, they have to appeal to young girls, i decided that there would wear shirts, skinny jeans and either boots or pumps on there feet. As they are a boy band i thought they should all be wearing the same colour, which i think will either by grey or black whilst the back drop behing them will be white or blue.

The name of my magazine

I decided my magazine name based on the audience questionnaire I created. I then made a spider diagram of different names I had come up with for the magazine. My final decision was made on the fact that i thought it should be simple and short and also should be straight to the point. To show that the magazine I decided that the name of the magazine which will be 'POP!' will be in flourecent pink and a significant font, also to direct this magazine at young girls and to show that it is fun the letter 'O' will be replaced with a love heart.

moodboard

The mood board I have created shows colours, celebrities and other pictures that fit the genre of my magazine. These will be the kind of things featured on the front cover and throughout the magazine, such as on the contents page. This mood board i believe sums up the kind of things young girls can expect from the magazine!

Equipment And Technologies To Be Used

Equipment and technology used is very important as every aspect helps create the quality of your magazine. The computer will be used to design the magazine with text using Indesign, we will also use high technology cameras to take pictures for images featured in my magazine and on the front cover, we will then use Photoshop to upload and edit pictures taken

Current music

As magazines are always focusing on what is the 'latest' it is important that music featured in the magazine is kept very current and the readers are seeing artistis they are interested in, to make them want to buy the magazine. I have researched the current, top 40 and see there is a lot of pop and dance in the charts at the moment, teh artists in teh charts are those that the audience are going to want to know about and read about, thefore as a magazine the editor should be able to interview, have pictures of those currently in teh charts!

Band images

Band images are very important when creating a pop magazine. They have to be someone that the audience admires,a dn can look up to. For example, Girls Aloud are a pop group that all girls can look up as they are attractive, young and creat pop music that is in the charts. The bands have to be recent and relevant, so that readers want to read about them and will be attracted to them if the band or solo artist is on the front cover.

Target audience research

To find out what young girls want to get out of reading a pop magzine i have created a questionnaire which will help me on my way to make the perfect magazine. The questionnaire will help me find out what type of music they like to listen to and what they expect to see inside and on the front cover.

Feedback 2.2.10

Good Amelia. You seem to be making reasonable progress with this. You need to complete the audience research to identify for certian the intended target audience etc. You must have all your research and planning complete by half term so that you can take all your photos over the holidays and be ready to start the production when we return.

Mrs A

Journalistic style and structure of an article

An article must fit the genre of the magazine, for example there must be some sort of link between the two and must be suitbale for the audience. So that the story is told understandly it must include detail of the person/people and locations etc. Sometimes pictures are used at the side to create a clearer picture for readers. The story is being told directly to the reader therfore th style of writing must fit the age group, therfore if the magazine is aimed at young people, inappropriate information would be appropriate but may be told from a younger point of view and then therfore th readers can relate to this.The article will be set out in columns as most are, with surrounding images to make it easy to follow, quotes written in bigger writing will catch the readers eye in hope for them to ontiue reading the article right to the end.

Unique selling point

As my product is aimed at young girls, it personally think it should be on sale in all news agents and shops such as whsmith and woolworths. I also think that my magazine would sell paticualrly well in 'claires accessoires' because as the shop is also used at young girls, it will attract the same age group.