Magazine Plan

The magazine genre I am going to base my magazine on is indie rock, so the content will be like gigs, events and festivals etc. Also I will feature music artists and albums.

I am aiming my magazine at boys and girls, teenagers to young adults so around 14-25.

Ideas for cover lines:

• Up coming gigs and festivals
• Festivals and there line ups
• Artist and bands we reckon will be big this year
• Reviews: albums to buy or not to buy

The original title I came up with was… Ova-tone, however I changed it half way through creating my magazine, because I  thought it sounded and looked better as Ovatone. I chose this because it relates to the term of music like the tone of a voice. Also I like the flow of the title and it sounds realistic. Other titles I had were; The High, Radar and Vibe. I rejected these titles cos I didn't think they suited my genre of magazine nor flowed as well as the one I have chosen.

The date I have chosen to publish this is Spring/summer as this is the time where most of the big events and festivals are happening, also summer is a time to get out of the house enjoy the outdoors as well as blaring out loud music! Also all the children are of school, so will be looking for something to do. My images and cover will be festival themed with grass, festival/indie clothes and will be of a young artist as my model etc. To fit in with the time of the year its being published as well as the genre of my magazine and to fit in with my target audience. I would like to publish my music magazine every two weeks, however I think it is much better as a month is too long and a week is too frequent so every two weeks would be satisfactory.
 

The kind of image that will be on my front cover is going to be simple like my magazine front covers I have studied with a plain white background, it is going to be of a person, wearing indie fashionable clothes to relate to my magazine genre and I don't think I am going to use any props, because the magazines I have been looking at don't use any props. Also props will take up room and area for cover lines.

There is going to be one main image featured on my magazine contents page like the contents page out of The Fly as it is simple, effective and it looks professional and has a good layout. My double page spread will have one main image with a main story, with other featured images and articles on the side.