Friday, 6 December 2013

Publication Plan

In this lesson, with help from my questionnaire, I chose what initial ideas I wanted to use for my magazine such as title and price.
Title: Plectrum

Positioning statement: Indie rock never sleeps

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Price: £2.50

Distribution: Newsagents, Supermarkets, HMV, Magazine’s website, Publishers website, WHSmith, Bookstores, Events such as gigs and festivals across the country 

Rationale: This magazine will be based around the music industry’s perspective. With articles based around the new stories and also looking back on the history different industries and artists. My magazine will be heavily based on the semantic field of music, and not going off track to gossip which I believe will be irrelevant to the fans.

Style: I want my magazine to come across relaxed and not too forced to the audience, I will achieve this by aiming to use jokey terms and interviews which include some banterous questions. Some content will be factual, just approached in a more informal way.

Regular Content:
2. Upcoming gigs
3. Reviews
4. New music
5. New music videos
6. New/old artists
7. Music Quiz
8. Posters
9. Letters from readers
10. Music prize givaway


Featured Content:
1.Interview with artist/band shown on the front cover
2. Gig guide
 3. Join a band on tour
 4. Look back on music history
5. Win backstage passes to an upcoming gig
6. James Skelly names his top 10 favourite albums
7. HMV Discount Card
8. Key ring of an indie-rock band/artist
9. Preview of an upcoming single
10. ‘Alex Turner tells us his top 10 favourite Beatles songs
11. ‘Kings of Leon ‘tells us the real truth’
12. ‘Miles Kane – ‘’for me, music and life are all about style’’
13. ‘Oasis – ‘Rumoured reunion’
14. ‘Are the Brit awards becoming too boring to watch?’
15. ‘Ronnie Wood, best friends with pop sensation Harry Styles?’
16. ‘In memory of Kurt Cobain ‘’I’d Rather be dead than cool’’
17.  ‘Reasons why the North is the best for music’
18. ‘The strokes are set to release a new album, unlike any before’
19. Radiohead’s Yorke – ‘’
I am actually going to have to have a break’’
20. ‘What have Coldplay got under their sleeve to follow up from their Mylo Xyloto Tour?’


House Style:

Cover lines: Haettenschweiler


Headlines:  Arial Rounded MT Bold


Stand first: BrowalliaUPC


Captions: Calibri (Body) 14pt.


Features first paragraph: Drop capital, Berlin Sans FB Demi, Indenting paragraphs


News first paragraph: First word in bold capitals


Body text: Sample text 12pt


Colour scheme: Red, White and Black

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