Front Cover Layout Drafts

Masthead Ideas

Questionnaire

Question 1)

What is your gender?

Male [  ]

Female [  ]

Question 2)

How much do you normally pay for a music magazine?

50p - £1.00 [  ]

£1 - £1.50 [  ]

£1.50 - £2.00 [  ]

£2.00 - £2.50 [  ]

£2.50 - £3.00 [  ]

£3.00 + [  ]

Question 3)

What type of music genre do you listen to? (More than one can be picked).

Pop [  ]

Rock [  ]

Indie [  ]

Electronica [  ]

House [  ]
Folk [  ]
Classical [  ]
Heavy Metal [  ]
Screamo [  ]

Question 4)

What features would you like to read in a music magazine? (You can pick more than one).

Reviews of singles and albums [  ]

Information about new bands [  ]

Music News [  ]

Interviews with bands [  ]

Concert listings [  ]

Music puzzles [  ]

Letters from the readers [  ]

Question 5)

How often would you be willing to buy a music magazine?

Once a week [  ]

Once a fortnight [  ]

Once a Month [  ]

Once every 2-6 months [  ]
Once every 7-12 months [  ]

Never [  ]

Question 6)

If any, which music magazines do you currently buy regularly? (You can select more than one).

NME [  ]

Q [  ]

Kerrang! [  ]

Vibe [  ]

Uncut [  ]

Billboard [  ]

MOJO [  ]

None [  ]

Question 7)

Would you use a music magazine to discover new and young artists?
Yes [  ]

No [  ]

Question 8)

Would you prefer a music magazine to have many short features, or longer ones?

Shorter [  ]

Longer [  ]

Question 9) 

Judging by the cover, what would persuade you to buy a music magazine?

The name/title of the magazine [  ]

The image on the front cover/artist that it features [  ]

The headline [  ]

The articles advertised [  ]

Question 10)

Would you prefer a blocky design (with many images and columns of text packed tightly together), or a neater, clearer design?

Neat [  ]

Blocky [  ]

Kerrang Magazine Brand Identity

NME Magazine Brand Identity

Brand Identity

I want my Masthead to be simple plain sans-serif font without being in any box or having a border around it. I want to have a big Visual Syntax of a close up of the featured person's face with a few Coverlines below the main picture. I want to have about 3 to 4 Coverlines and one main headline at the top of the page. I want to have a small sized Banner at the bottom of the front cover and it will include the names of other artists featured in the article and if I have enough room I may write a small summary about each article on the Banner.

Kerrang creates a Brand Identity by its Masthead being modeled off broken glass this creates the image that Kerrang is about loud rock music, the artists featured are all rock music artists, they are all fairly young artists and all wear dark Gothic fashion.

NME creates a Brand Identity by using a house style of red and white this creates a more relaxed feel as opposed to Kerrang's dark bold colours. This is due to NME focusing on new bands and less aggressive music. The artists featured on NME's front cover are are range of ages some young, some middle aged, some deceased.

Name Ideas for My Music Magazine

I am thinking of naming my magazine after songs.

• Radioactive
• Hear Me
• Astro-Mancy
• Electric Feel
• Crystalised
• Basic Space
• Elusive
• Everything Everything
• Body Electric
• Drain
• Silver and Gold
• Stylo
• Pumped Up Kicks
• Reflektor
• Lightning Bolt
• Tessellate
• Silver Rays
• Waveforms
• Default
• Paradise Stars
• Colour On The Walls
• White Noise
• Inhaler
• Ghost Town

Existing School Magazine Front Covers

I looked up existing School Magazines and looked at their designs and layouts and see what types of fonts they used and what photo they used for the Visual Syntax.

School Magazine Audience and Contents

The magazine I have developed is a magazine for Plantsbrook School. The news, topics and themes are all involved with Plantsbrook School. The Primary Audience for the magazine will be the pupils who attend the school they are aged 11-19. There may also be a Secondary Audience for the magazine which will be parents and possibly teachers who are aged 20+.