Proposal Forms

Proposal Form (Basic)

Describe your idea for the brief: The cover will include a main image which will be a photo of a band/artist, all the essential information, and the cover-lines will list the articles included inside the magazine. The contents will also list some of the essential info like the issue number and the website, and all the different articles will be put into different categories such as reviews or interviews which makes things easier to find.

Genre/ sub genre: list similar texts which have inspired your thoughts The genre of magazine will be music, and the genre of music will be mainly pop, although will occasionally sometimes include other genres. The magazine that has inspired me the most is Kerrang!, as even though the music genre isn’t the same, they clearly show what is included in the magazine, and use bright colours and appropriate fonts to attract the target audience (early teens – mid 20s)

Target audience: gender/ age/ characteristics/ behaviour The target audience will live in quite a busy place with supermarkets nearby, and will be in a middle class family and area. The magazine will hopefully attract a male and female audience who are in their teens, with a fairly normal and enjoyable upbringing, and are close with their family and friends.

Major conventions I will use The masthead each week will simply be the name of the magazine, the main sell-line will be the reviews of the new music and concerts, the essential info like the release date, price and so on will be in the bottom right corner.

Conventions I may subvert/ change/ not use I will probably use most of the conventions of the magazine, although I will slightly change them so the magazine doesn’t seem too cluttered. For example, the colours and fonts will complement each other so they don’t clash too much, there will only be one image on the front cover, and not too many other images throughout the rest of the magazine.

Original images: what/ where/ what If possible, I will get some friends together and book out the studio in the college so I can take some photos and pretend my friends or music artists and I will use the photos for the images through the magazine.

Potential difficulties/ Plan B: If creating a physical magazine is too much of a difficulty, I can find a way to make a digital version and distribute them online instead of in newsagents.

 

Proposal Form (More In Depth)

Type of Magazine (fashion, music, etc)	The type of magazine is going to be a music magazine.
Name of Magazine	BEATS
Audience (male/female)	It’s going to be mainly a female audience, although hopefully we can attract a male audience as well.
Audience (attitudes and interests)	Of course the audience will have a liking to music, probably around 16-19 although some younger and older people will also enjoy the magazine. They use social media quite a lot, have their phone out constantly, have a fairly good behaviour in school and have a good education. They are a part of an average family with enough money to get by, and they enjoy following all the current trends.
Outlet (where it can be bought from?)	Although they can mainly be bought as a physical copy in local newsagents and certain music shops, digital versions will also be available on their website, which will be advertised using social media such as Twitter and Facebook.
Necessary Information	The amount I will charge for the magazine is around £2 - £3 as most of the target audience won’t have a part time job and don’t have access to a lot of money, so it’d be better to keep it quite cheap. The issue number, date of release, website, price and bar code will all be located in the bottom right corner of the front cover.
Selling Point	The magazine will include reviews of things like new songs, new albums and concerts, including some reader-submitted reviews and ratings, giving the readers some participation in the creation of the magazine.
Theme (article)	Each week the main article will be about the most popular song/album of the week, and will include colours and fonts that will change every week, and will relate to the certain topic.
Images Front Cover	The image on the front cover will be of the band/artist that the main article is about.
Images Inside	There will be various images all through the magazine, mainly photos of bands/artists, or single/album covers for the reviews page.

Proposal Form (Potential Problems)

Potential area where there might be a problem	How I will deal with this problem
Front cover images	If any of my friends aren't available for a session in the studio, I will have to find an acceptable image that I have took of a band I saw live and use that as the main image instead.
Article Inside Magazine	If there are no topics to write about in an article for the week, instead there will be a special article about the music popular song/album of the year at that point, or an interview with a artist/band.
Images to accompany article	If I can’t find any suitable images for the main article, I will just use the cover photos of the album/single of the artist/band that the article is about.