Thursday, 13 October 2011

Initial Ideas for music magazine

Initial Ideas
We decided on creating a magazine to help young, aspiring musicians, who wish to start to learn a musical instrument. We decided that the magazine should be aimed at 13-16 years olds, however, different age groups were included for the 'clients' to choose, which they would think to be suitable so if we must, we shall change the age group.
The magazine might include, depending on the survey results, interviews with rising stars, easy learning chord sheets (different instruments), freebies (such as guitar strings or CD's), monthly competitions and handy tips, puzzles and reviews, are some of our ideas we have come up with.
We've also come up with some masthead ideas, and, again, depending on the survey results, will choose one of the following: Musimag, Newstar, Atune and musicmadness. We think that all of these are catchy and all relate to music. Coming up with title was probably the hardest task, as we knew it had to link in, but be catchy and non-cheesy at the same time.
We wanted to aim at both gender groups, so increase profit sales etc. So we wanted a suitable, unique colour scheme that would appeal and look attractive to both gender groups, and fit in with the theme. We also put our chosen colou schemes on the survey in order to analyse and find out which colour schemes suit this magazine, and for its intended purpose. The colour schemes we though up are the following: Brown and Pink, Brown and blue, purple and yellow, green and purple and finally, burgundy and cream. We chose, contrasting colours to immediately make the magazine eye catching and fun.
If the magazine were to be printed on a large scale, then we would want it to be glossy, which is very expensive, and so, the price range would have to be right. We came up with the following price ranges: £1.50, £2.50 £3.00, £3.50, £4.50, and £5.00. we needed to know what our clients would pay for a magazine, so we will decide on an appropriate price once our surveys are completed. 
Lucy Marshall 

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