AS Coursework Proposal Table

Type of Magazine (fashion, music, etc)	My magazine will be a music magazine and will include clothing fashion.
Name of Magazine	I am going to call my magazine ‘Kosher’
Audience (male/female)	My target audience will mainly be males, although I will have certain articles and fashion articles that will appeal to females. My age group will be more like students going up to the age of late twenties.
Audience (attitudes and interests)	My target audience will be interested in gigs and festivals such as Creamfields and Tomorrow Land. They will also like a pumped up mood when reading and not feel bored.
Outlet (where it can be bought from?)	My magazine will be sold from successful supermarkets and all top newsagents. Since the drop in magazine sales, I will also create a app where you can have it there and on the website as well.
Necessary Information	The Necessary information is the same with every magazine no matter what type. The price, the date of the issue. The masthead so you know what magazine you are actually buying. Lastly the barcode as well.
Selling Point	My unique selling point will be giving away codes that you can enter onto our website and that will make you able to download the free song, this will be in each issue.
Theme (article)	My main article will be on Knife Party and Skrillex, sort of a battle of the bands but with DJ decks instead of instruments. It will be who is better out of these two and why.
Images Front Cove	The image on my front cover will be one of Skrillex on the right hand side, then Knife Party on the right hand side and between them will be an electric bolt which connotes electric music which is there genre.
Images Inside	The images inside, which will be on my double page spread. The images will again be of Knife Party and Skrillex. It will continue from my front cover and go into more detail. It will have them staring at each other so it will appear like a competition.

The one below is the one Neil marked, from this I will take his advice and this will show development through this.

Music Magazine Contents Page Inspirations

The first inspiration I have chosen for my contents page is the contents page form Q magazine. I think in this particular contents page spread is very effective here, by the fact that it is a double page and the contents in not text led, i would say it was image lead, and that is what i want my contents page to consist of. Since the text is on either side of the page and the images are placed in the middle of the two pages, this creates a organised look, compared to if the images and text were all over the place and this would create confusion with the reader/audience. The colour scheme follows the conventional minimalistic colours used in most music magazine, the red, white and black. The contents page follow the consistency with using the same colours throughout the magazine, with the red heading and the white background, in my magazine i will want to be following the same conventions. When you normally turn the page onto the contents page you will find they only there will nor ally only be one image, and this way it will be effective, i do not want to do that. i want to have images. I want to have one big image which will be the main article and essentially the double page spread. Then I will have little images as seen above to explain each other little story. My opinion is that this evokes more interest from the readers, as they have a sneak preview from the imagery used of what the feature may be about. What I like about this magazine contents page is that the images are not all one size and that they are all placed through the middle of the double page. Even though there are spaces with this page it still looks stylish and professional. For my magazine I would like to replicate the banner at the top of the page, I will place my logo at the top left hand side of the page and then put the date of the issue at the top right hand side. I chose this as I feel it would allow the contents page to be consist with the front cover. If my logo or front over got damaged or ruined in any way it means that all they will have to do is turn over the page and they will see my logo and they will know it is my magazine. I would also like to replicate how the pages within the contents page, are split into two categories features and regular pages. I think this would benefit the target audience and the readers as they would know what they are going to see every issue and what is just going to be inside a certain issue. It allows readers to see the new and exciting stories which will be featured this month, aside from the regular features.

The second inspiration I have chosen for my contents page, is a contents page from Mixmag magazine. I chose this particularly as this is the same genre and type of magazine as I will be doing. The other reason I choose this was because of the background colours. The way they have used the black makes the images seem more appealing and come across to they audience more. Not only the images but the text is easier to read if you use the right font and colour of the font which they have here. I will try and aspire from this layout and resemble it in my own contents page. I do not find the layout of the text an inspiration though as it is shown in a list format. To a reader, like myself, i found this boring and uninteresting to read and therefore not good for the reader, furthermore the magazine for not doing its job, which is entertaining people. 

This above is a contents page of Empire magazine, the reason that this has inspired me is because of the layout, regardless of the genre of the magazine. The way that the pictures are laid out is what I aspire to do in my final product. 

Music Magazine Front Cover Inspirations

The first inspiration I have chosen for my music magazine front cover is an issue of Mix MAg and the artists on this issue are Disclosure. The layout of this magazine why I choose to use this magazine as a my first inspiration. The masthead is placed right across the top of the page, yet not the very top as the tag line is there "The world's biggest dance music and clubbing magazine" I found this very effective as it is very appealing and engages the audience, therefore will allow readers to easily identify the magazine whilst it is on the shelf. However the main image is over lapping the masthead and on my front cover I will not do this, even though I think this looks professional, and they must feel like they do not need there whole name there as the magazine is big and known enough. It also signifies how popular the magazine must be. The main image was really why I choose this magazine as my first inspiration as I feel like this is most likely the biggest pulling point as people would buy this issue of the magazine just to read about Disclosure. The fact that the main image takes up to majority of the page tells something about how big the artist is and how much of a pulling point they are. In my magazine I will follow the conventions of the main image. The heading "Disclosure" which introduced the band and the font is in white which stands out from the rest of the font and also engages the audience. The sub heading "Bringing the heat this summer" which expands the headline and explains more in detail what the main article is about. The unique selling point in this issue of this magazine is the the free CD you gain when buying this issue. My magazines unique selling point would be exclusive interviews with bands and artists and I would give away free posters.

Music Magazine Double Page Spread Inspirations

The first inspiration I have chosen for my magazine double page spread is all about Justin Bieber and why people are "crazy" about his body. Although this is not why I have choose this double page spread. The reason I choose this double page spread is because of the layout. My opinion is that this looks very professional. The fact that Justin Bieber is spread put throughout the middle of the page draws the readers attention towards him and not necessarily the heading or the actual article itself. Although, the writing itself, since its in all pinks box's each describing all the parts of the body his fans are mad about. This will stand out a lot and I like that idea of the actual article standing out because that what the readers want to see not pictures, even though they are essential, And I might set my double page spread out to be similar to this. Since the text is broken into small sections, which again appears easier to the reader and more appealing, then if the entire page were to be top to bottom, full of text. What I particularly like about the is the title featured at the top of the page. It is placed in a much larger font and unlike all other text featured on the page, is placed in a more stylistic font. The style of the font is aimed at the target audience, which for this magazine is seven to fourteen year old females. And this will appeal to them because it not so formal and from this I will want to do this, but obviously for my target audience, not for little children.

In this double page spread there are three columns containing a different sort of article style. An interview was conducted with the artist Rhianna which is made obvious by the bold text used in the questions asked by the interviewer. In my magazine double page spread I am going to follow the same conventions, as I think it is easier for the reader to understand the article and enjoy the article more. Similarly to the other articles you can see that the text starts with a larger first letter to show clearly where the article begins. I will most definitely be using this idea as i think it is effective because it is clear for the audience to focus on. On this double page spread the photo of Rhianna is on the left hand side, in fact it takes up a  whole page, and the actual article on the right hand side. In my opinion I think this is very effective because it just shows how important they feel she is, so they need to show off her face. The reason for wanting to show off her face is becasue people find her so attractive people just enjoy looking at her.

Deconstruction of Contents Page Q Magazine

Feature	Description
Masthead?? How is it positioned? Font Style? Colour Where on page is it positioned?	The masthead like all mastheads is placed right at the top of the page; although it is small you still know where to find it, and its eye catching. The font style is bold, tall and in black colouring. It’s black next to the logo of Q so it stands out.
Necessary Information?? Date? Issue Number? Page number? Where are they positioned? Website info? Links?	The issue date is not on the contents page so from this I presume that the date will be on the front cover next to the barcode and/or the price. The issue number is in a red circle and is underlined and placed below the slogan of the magazine. The page numbers are placed next to each article, in white font in a square red box, the reason for the is that it will stand out to the reader so they know where they are looking to find the article they want to read.
Text?? What is it? Form of address? How much text? What is its purpose? Subheadings? Order? Layout? Use of numerical features?	The text within this contents page all are within the boxes and they just explain the stories and the images within. The purpose of the text her is to simply explain the images and the headings and what the whole article is going to be about. The subheadings are placed blow all the headings. The order and layout of the text is placed on the left hand side and there is no text on the right hand side. The number are
Font?? What font is used? Are there different font styles? Why is this? Colour? Are italics used? Where? How? Bold text?	The font used for the contents page, headings and slogan are all in capital letters, the reason for this maybe is that this is important part of the page, Q have consistently used this throughout the contents pages. So this compared to the subheadings are not in capital letter and are in a smaller font. And in the main article they use read font which they only use for the main article.  The number are always placed on the bottom of the image.
Images?? How many? What size? What are they of? Are the images anchored? (i.e. by a caption?) Is there writing over any of the images? Positioning of images?	There are four images on the page. Three of them basically take up the full right hand side of the page. The main picture doe not have any headings or subheadings on, as well as this the picture is very dramatic, it is a extreme close up with blood dripping down her face, the effect this has is that this makes the reader want to read on. I would say that this contents page is probably image led. The sizes of the pictures are not all the same, although three out of four are the same size.
Colour?? How many colours are used for text? Colours of images? Effect of colours?	There are only two colours used for the text, red and black, the effect of this is that the red text stands out from the rest of the text, therefore Q have done this for a reason, they want there readers to read this first. The colour of the images differentiates on what picture and what the type of story it is. For instance the image about Lana Del Rey will be serious as they are quite bold colours, the colours of her pale face and the blood streaming down her face. On the other hand there is a photo of Professor Green what looks to be a bright room and him in casual clothes and what I would say is normal colours, nothing that stands out. A plain and simple photo with simple colours.

Deconstruction of a Contents Page NME

Feature	Description
Masthead?? How is it positioned? Font Style? Colour Where on page is it positioned?	The masthead is placed at the top of the page in the middle; normally they are placed at the top left hand side and kept there, as that’s where people start reading from. But NME is all about being new and different so maybe that is why they have done it.
Necessary Information?? Date? Issue Number? Page number? Where are they positioned? Website info? Links?	Just below the headline at the top of the page the date of the issue is there and is clear to the reader. The issue number is not on the contents page because it is normally on the front cover. Next to all the images on the page is the page number directing you to the page the image article is? There is no website info or links on the contents page.
Text?? What is it? Form of address? How much text? What is its purpose? Subheadings? Order? Layout? Use of numerical features?	The text within this contents page all are within the boxes and they just explain the stories and the images within.  Within the boxes there is not much text just a sentence or two explaining the image and the article.  The subheadings are below the majority of headings. The purpose of this is to explain the images and what the article will be about.
Font?? What font is used? Are there different font styles? Why is this? Colour? Are italics used? Where? How? Bold text?	Below the images is the text, and for the quotes the entire font is in italic, the reason for this is so that all the quotes will stand out from the rest of the page. The subheadings are all in bold and normal, modern fort. The subheading font is in bold and the reason for this is that it gives a variety to the page. The colour scheme for the font is black, to keep the contents page plain and simple so it is easy for the readers to know where to find the articles they want to read.
Images?? How many? What size? What are they of? Are the images anchored? (i.e. by a caption?) Is there writing over any of the images? Positioning of images?	There are seven images on the contents page and each of these images are images of the artist and each are the sizes are completely different sizes. The picture size depends on how big the article is, the bigger the article the bigger the picture, and vice versa. The writing is not over any of the images and the reason for this is that people will want to see all of the image and there is enough room for the writing to go below the image. The images are based right in the middle, one either side of this main image. And one of the bottom left hand side. The bottom right hand side is taken up by a advert which is promoting the annual subscription.
Colour?? How many colours are used for text? Colours of images? Effect of colours?	For the text there is only one colour used and this is black, the effect this has is that it makes the contents page appear to be formal and easy to understand. The colour of the images is bright and also dull. Depending on the final image itself and the type of music genre that they are.

Deconstruction Magazine Of Front Cover 1

Font	This font would appeal to the target audience because it is more than one colour and more than one actual type of font. The font is sometimes slanted to make it look less formal as they younger people wont read it if it does not appeal to them and look boing.
Text	With this magazine that is aimed at little girls around 7-14 you cannot really use mature and sophisticated vocabulary so you have to use language that would appeal to the younger audience and they would feel like they can connect to the magazine. So they use it like “Wow!” and “cool” which you wouldn’t see on things like Q for example.
Colour	Compared to the majority of music magazines on the front cover they are normal restrict themselves from putting to many colours on. Whereas on this magazine they pile loads of bright feminine colours. This appeals to there target audience because they will like a lot of pretty colours and things that stand out from the rest.
Body Language/Staging	The main image of Justin Bieber is just causally looking at the camera and does not have any body language as we can only really see his face. His facial expression is a gentle smile, there is no teeth shown but he is not got a blank expression.
Framing	The framing of the magazine front cover is cropped out so it is just Justin Bieber’s face and this would appeal to the target audience because young girls are really only attracted to his face and fans feel like they need.
Lighting	On this magazine front cover there is no lighting on any parts of the cover, there is no purposeful light on anyway. In fact the whole of Justin is in really bright colours and this will attract their target audience because it is easy to spot.
Composition: (overall design/ layout)	In this magazine you have enticements and they are four free giant fold out posters of teen sensation Justin Bieber and this makes people buy the magazine. This issue of this magazine is a Justin Bieber special so this would attract a lot of there target audience.