LIIAR of the Brief

L: My product will need to be eye-catching, look professional, look new and up to date and also meet what is expected of it in the brief. There will be a big bold Masthead like most of the music magazines out there; it will need to be recognizable and also short and Sweet! For example something like ‘NME’ which is short recognizable and one of the best Mastheads in the business! The colours I will use must be bright, eye-catching and make a good house style. A house style is needed in order to make the magazine more professional and attract a bigger audience. The house style used must be consistently used throughout my product. The main image on my front cover needs to be a medium close-up (MCU) you also need to be able to see the person's face and they also need to be showing eye contact. Including the eye contact will bring in a larger audience, this image will also show what the main story is for this issue at the bottom of it. My main image will be the main selling point of the magazine as it will be the anchorage. So therefore it must be clear and show what the story is about, or who the artist is because if the audience doesn’t understand it then they will be less reluctant to buy it. I will also have little pictures and headlines all over the front cover showing other stories in this issue to interest the audience more, and also there shall be teasing content across the top to show other stories and tease the audience with the stories. As all of the other good magazines, mine will include a price and a barcode. These are needed to make the magazine more professional. The barcode must be clearly visible and the price can’t be too expensive or too cheap, because if it’s too expensive people won’t buy it and if it’s too cheap you’ll make no or little profit.

I: The institution the magazine would be representing will be one created by me. I will use other institutions that sell music magazines such as ‘NME’, ‘Q’ and ‘Vibe’ to give me ideas on what sort of layout and structure good music magazines use so I can use them in my product.

I: I want the magazine to give information on what upcoming gigs there are, what artists are up to, give interviews with the favourite artists along with a few Exclusives! It will also show young aspiring artists in a good way rather than them all being ‘hoodies’.

A: I want to aim my magazine at 16 - 24 year olds; the S.E.G group I’ll be aiming it at is C1 to E. I picked this target audience because the younger generation are very into music and also get inspired by it.

R: I would like my magazine to represent music in a good way and promote artists. Rather than being the reason Teens are considered dangerous and intimidating. The magazine will show the artists in a good way and make people inspire to be like them.