waves draft cover

This is my first attempt at a cover of my magazine, i am happy with the fonts and barcode placing. However i have realised that it is a long shot and this does therefore not look like a typical magazine cover, I have also found that i am missing an issue number and a price. 

magazine publisher

After some research of magazine publishers I have found a company called IPC media that publishes music magazines. It is also currently the leading costumer magazine and digital publisher, it is the owner of NME magazine, as one of the leading indie magazines I thought that this would be helpful as I am hoping to produce an indie magazine. It is also a publisher for more than 60 iconic brands, so therefor it shows that it would be a good publisher to get in with. From these 60 brands they engage with 24 million adults so it would mean that it would be in trusty hands.

questionnaire results

language used for magazine

 The genre of music I have chosen is indie, so therefore it is quite casual, therefore the language I will be using will be fairly informal. The reason it is quite informal is because the age range is going to be aimed at 16 to 21 year olds, also it is quite a typical ting for indie artists to be quite informal. And example of this is mainly on social media but they also speak more informal than formal. As the genre is heavily based on informal language readers would expect the magazine to include informal language instead of formal language. I have found out this information from watching interviews and reading articles, I however found that watching interviews were better because articles could change the way it sounds sometimes.

3 indie mastheads

These three mastheads are from 3 respected indie magazines. All three of them look very similar, as they are all written in capitals and all in white writing. The top two ‘CLASH’ and ‘DIY’ are both bold and stocky with very close letters, whereas ‘INDIE’ is still kind of bold but it is more spread out.

fashion moodboard

this is my interpretation of the indie clothing style.

25 word pitch

I’ve decided that my magazine will be indie genre. It will keep up/ set the latest trends aimed for both gender’s between sixteen and twenty-one.  

deciding on style of music magazine

After some research on different styles of music magazines i have decided that I am going to go ahead with the indie theme. The reason for choosing indie is because it is a music genre that I enjoy and like to keep up with. I feel like my knowledge on indie music is a lot better than any other genre. I also feel like indie could be a lot easier for me to create a professional looking magazine, this is because my friends share the same interest in indie music, therefore I can use them as models. I feel like having an interest in my chosen genre is also helpful, because it means I could self asses to see if I would honestly buy it. after some research on different styles of music magazines i have decided that i am going to go ahead with the indie theme. 

audience profile

Audience profile

After some research I have decided to go ahead and focus on the indie music. I have decided that my magazine should be aimed 16-21 year olds. My magazine is going to be largely aimed at males but I will try to keep it as gender neutral as possible, therefore it will relate to a wider crowd.

My interpretation on indie is the kind of feeling of a don’t care look, the clothes can look worn in and an unusual outfit put together. I see the style being very similar to baggy skate wear. However there are sub genres of indie that do include slightly different styles, but I think this is the style that I will be going for. A lot of indie clothing is also classed as ‘vintage’ clothing. 

fonts

These are my chosen fonts, in the end i chose 12 fonts. I like them because they are all different in their own ways. I have also tried to make them all readable fonts as well. I think my favourite font would be "STYLEWARS2011" however I would be happy with all of these fonts. 

colour palette

mood board