Magazine Proposal: Colour Scheme

The colour scheme i will use for magazine will be Green and Black. I have decided to use green, because it connotes "Freshness" which ties in with the name of my magazine. The colour green also connotes "Growth" which could represent the growth of my magazine and how Grime has grown to become a genre that is well respected and recognised. Black is a colour that connotes strength and mystery and i want a element of mysteriousness about my magazine that the target audience experiences, instead of the common predictable magazines. 

Both green and black are associated with the grime scene and the colours date back to the origins of the genre. i want to continue that traditional theme on in my music magazine with the aid of Adobe Color. Adobe color allows me to mix the the colours i want to use for my magazine and also gives me recommendations of what colours to use.

Magazine Proposal: Publisher.

My Publisher for my Grime music magazine will be Bauer Media. I decided to use this publisher as they are well established and have a range of platforms which they publish, however they currently do not publish a grime genre magazine therefore leaves a gap in the market. I believe that by using Bauer Media it will give me a competitive advantage as no other grime genre is published by the company.

Bauer media also have a range of radio stations, tv channels and other magazines which they publish, so advertisement and publicity isn't an issue as a range of people will be able to access and see my magazine.

Practice On Adobe Illustrator

Today in lesson, we had a practice using Adobe Illustrator. We had a go at creating a masthead for our music magazine as part of task 6, This will gave me an understanding of the programme and will make it easier to use the software, when we come to creating our final peice.

Magazine Proposal:Content Ideas

Content Ideas for Grime music magazine: 

• Exclusive interviews between two 'beefing' grime artists. 'Chip' and 'Bugzy Malone' to get too the bottom of the rivalry. This interview/story, i'm sure, will be of great interests to the readers as the conflict between the two artists is well acknowledged by those who follow the grime scene. 
• Competition opportunities to win tickets to grime festivals and tickets to artists of the moment headline world tour 'Stormzy'. Also important upcoming dates within the grime scene such as; festivals, tours, meet and greets etc. 
• Pictures of artists and groups. Also adverts e.g JD Sports new release. 
• Website links to purchase tickets and merchandise. 
• Information on how to access the magazine via social media platforms. E.g Facebook. Instagram & Twitter as it will make it much more accessible for target audience to access the magazine, As i am aware that many of the target audience don't purchase magazines.

Magazine Proposal: Target Audience

My Intended target audience for my Grime music magazine will be: 

• Male and Females between the ages of 16-25. Due to prior research i found that grime music is common among people between these ages, so it will make sense to target this age range. 
• The psychographics of my target audience would be the Explorers and the Aspirers/Succeeders, as the majority are young and still may be in education or have just began their working careers. The lower end of my target audience would be the Explorer's, as they are considered to be materialistic and image and appearance are important to them, which is why i believe my magazine will apply to them. The higher end of my target audience are the Aspirers as they will have just finished higher education and beginning their steps into the working world and possess strong goal orientations. 
• According to social grading my target audience would come under the grade 'C1' and 'C2' as they may have just left higher education. This doesn't apply to the lower end.

Magazine Proposal: Magazine Name

For my music magazine i have chosen to call it 'Fresh'. I decided upon this name because it is common word used among those within the urban/grime scene, As my magazine genre is Grime. I have decided to do a grime music magazine as it is a popular genre that emerged out of the 2000's, and is primarily a development of UK garage, drum and bass, dancehall. 
Grime music itself is commonly associated with those between the ages of 16-25 and i believe that because I am within that age bracket and also enjoy grime music, it will be easier to create the magazine.

Preliminary Task: LSC Magazine

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Using PhotoShop we created a college magazine front cover and contents page including images taken in and around school.