Proposal Form

Describe your idea for the brief: my magazine will be called ”Printed Beats” it will be based on music with bass in it so will have lots of images relating to speakers and headphones in it. The colour scheme will be black, white and a light blue, this is because it is a fresh look and is appealing to the eye. On the double page spread I will have an interview of an artist or band, it will be on one side of the page and on the other will be a large image, the text will be in a smart font with a white background.

Genre/ sub genre: The genre of my magazine is going to be a mixture of a few, mostly genres with bass in it, such as, drum and bass, dubstep, R&B and rap. This will effect the composition and the colour scheme, as it will have to be sharp and modern as the music genres are. An example of a magazine similar is spin, it is a dubstep magazine and looks modern with bold colours.

Target audience: the gender l for the magazine is aimed at everyone boys and girls, this will be reflected in the colour scheme, and the composition, also the font and images. The age range is teenagers, but anyone can read it, as long as you like the types of music, even people in there 20s can read the magazine.

Major conventions I will use: I will have the masthead behind the main image on the front cover of the magazine; this is to give significance to the main image on the front cover. I will use strap lines and headlines to draw readers in and also fill up the page more. On the double page spread I will have quotes and strap lines in front of images on one side, and text on the other side, to draw readers in.

Conventions I may subvert/ change/ not use: I may not use the classic layout, I think I will use something different to make it stand out from the rest, like putting some text in places that It wouldn’t be placed, for instance across the main image.

Original images: what/ where/ what: I am going to take my own pictures in my photography class, with a white background, this will make the image easier to edit, also it will be taken with a high megapixel DSLR camera to make them high quality, I will have someone posing with headphones on and make them look as if they are listening to music, this will draw my target audience in.

Potential difficulties/ Plan B: potential difficulties for the magazine are finding the correct font to suit the magazine, if I cant I will use the plainest font so it doesn’t look bad.