Coursework Stage 2 Planning

Describe your idea for the brief: Make a music magazine, mainly consisting of indie and chart music, including a front cover, contents page and double page spread complete with an article. There will be a main cover line with four others and subheadings below them. The article will be three columns so there is plenty of information but the page does not look overcrowded.

Genre/ sub genre: list similar texts which have inspired your thoughts NME Q Billboard Mojo

Target audience: gender/ age/ characteristics/ behaviour Teenagers-early 20s Both genders People with a broad interest in music People who like chart music as well as indie music

Major conventions I will use Bold masthead in the top left corner of the front cover Large main image of the artist on the front cover Advert at the bottom of the cover to win concert tickets Cover lines about popular artists with subheading underneath to add more information about the article Smaller photos of artists/music equipment/awards on the contents page Column saying which stories are on which page on the contents page Large image in double page spread of artist in black and white with smaller ones on the other side in colour Three column article with questions in bold to separate them

Conventions I may subvert/ change/ not use Page numbers in triangles just above the bottom of the page

Original images: what/ where/ what A student modelling as an up and coming artist for the main cover image. A large black and white image of the artist on stage for the double page spread. Smaller images of the artist with others for the double page spread.

Potential difficulties/ Plan B: Getting enough high quality photos Getting access to cameras when necessary Environment outside could affect the ability to take photos outside