Rosie Rudd is pitching a new pop music magazine aimed at readers aged 16 to early 20s. The magazine will include interviews, album reviews, and charts. It will have a casual yet sophisticated tone and balance photos with written content. Rudd believes the magazine fills a gap by targeting an audience slightly older than those served by existing teen pop magazines.
2. My Music Magazine…
• After lots of research I’ve decided my magazine is going to be a mature
pop magazine.
• Through my institution research I have identified that there may be a gap
in the market for my type of pop magazine. I have noticed that currently
most pop magazines seem to be aimed at an audience of young teenagers
(12-15 years old), therefore I want to produce a pop magazine which is
aimed for a slightly older target audience of the age 16-early 20’s.
• I aim to create a magazine which is a mix between ‘Top Of The Pops’ and
‘Billboard’. This will have the some of the sophistication of Billboard and
the fun and excitement of Top Of The Pops.
3. The Institution…
• I think these institutions may want to produce my
magazine, this is because these institutions produced
Top Of The Pops and Billboard and my magazine is a
mix of them both.
4. My Target Audience…
• Age:16-early 20’s.
• Gender: appealing to mostly females.
• Interests: Pop music, fashion, gossip.
• Personality: My magazine is aimed at a target audience who are cheeky,
gossipy and reasonably mature. These people are generally laid back and
enjoy listening to pop music.
• Shops: High-street shops such as Top Shop, New look & River Island.
• Occupation: Students at college/uni. Adults with an income of letter
codes: E, D and C2.
6. My Magazine…
• Informal, laid-back, chatty mode of address-however still
reasonably mature. I’ll try and include some puns like they did in
‘Top Of The Pops’ to keep my audience amused.
• Colour palette of contrasting colours (so my text is clear and easy
to read.) The colours I am going to use will connote sophistication,
yet amusement.
• Images: 50:50 text to picture ratio of posed and natural images. I
want to use images which intrigue my target audience resulting in
them wanting to read my article.
• Tone: Welcoming, cheeky tone. I’m going to make sure I don’t over-do
the cheekiness because that may not be as suitable for my
audience due to my audience being at a more mature age.
7. Possible names…
• Pop To The Top
• Pop Around
• Turn Up The Pop
• Pop Beat
• The New Pop
• Pop In
• Pop Up
8. What will my
magazine include?...
• My magazine will cover pop music.
• I will include interviews with fresh, new
celebrities (This will take up the majority of
my double page spread.)
• I will also include reviews of new pop albums
and I’ll also include a chart update of the top
charts.
• My magazine will also include many pictures
as from my previous research I found that
pictures are extremely important in attracting
an audience.
9. My double page spread….
• My double page spread will consist of an
interview with a new upcoming celebrity.
• I will also include an album review of a new
pop album (this will relate to the interview.)
• I will have 50:50 text to picture ratio so it’s
more appealing to my audience.
• In the centre I will have a large image which
bleeds onto the second page. My interview
will surround this image. I will place my album
review and chart update on either side of this
interview.
10. Questions…
• Which name best suits my magazine? Why?
• What 4 colours do you believe look
sophisticated together?
• Do you believe my magazine would attract
an audience of people aged 16- early 20’s?
• On my double page spread, do you think one
large image bleeding across the two pages
would look more professional or multiple
images bleeding in the centre across the two
pages?