PUBLICATION PLAN

Title: DEVIATE- Arial Black

Positioning statement: music for your eyes- Calibri (Body) italic
Price: £3.99
Frequency of Publication: Monthly
Distribution: Music stores, Newsagents, Supermarkets

Rationale: I want this magazine to be for people who are really into their music. I want everyone who reads my magazine to enjoy reading the long articles as well as the short. The audience will feel relaxed and satisfied with information. I want people to be able to get everything they want after my magazine yet be left wanting more for the next issue.

Style: Informal and colloquialism style humour, and not afraid to say strong and controversial things. I want all opinions and views on things to be honest, because that is what real life things are like. Slang and a variety of short paragraphs to in depth long paragraphs.

Regular content:

• Live gig reviews
• New music releases
• Album reviews
• Chart Lists
• Up and Coming Artists
• Good Month for...Bad Month for
• Hidden Artist of the month
• Fan mail

Feature content:

• Sex, Secrets, Scandals- With the smiths
• Rihanna Talks Dirty- Rihanna talks brutal on her world tour
• Joey Morton- The story so far
• Zane Lowe, Low Down- Zane Lowe tells all you need to know on the music of today
• Bombay Bicycle Club- Why their new album is worth the wait
• Ben Howard Biography- The rising fold artist from Devon
• The Real truth about Lykke Li- Deviate discovers the hidden truth behind Lykke Li's lyrics
• O2 Academy- Why everybody wants to play at Liverpools O2 academy
• Danny O'Donohgue Stripped- Danny O'Donohgue bares all in the exclusive interview with Deviate
• Tinie Tempah- Tells all on his secret love for indie music
• The Kicks Revieled- On-the-road from their new blog
• Fearne Cotton- On the rise
• Vampire Weekend Bite Back- Vampire Weekend speak out on visious rumours
• Beyonce- From Glastonbury to now
• Coldplay Comeback- How Coldplay pulled off the best comeback yet
• Arctic Monkeys- Special Tour Review
• EXCLUSIVE!- Interview with the Wirral's best produced band GUARDIANS

House style:

Cover lines: Arial Black
Headlines: Cambria (Headings) 14pt
Stand first: Cambria (Headings) 14pt
Captions: Cambria 8pt
Features first paragraph: Drop capital in Arial Black 4 lines deep in maroon.

News first paragraph:

Body text: Bell MT 11pt

Colour scheme: Maroon, white, dark blue and grey.

PLANNING PRODUCTION

Here is my Publication Plan for my music magazine. I looked back at my questionnaire results and research and was able to make my final decisions for my music magazine.

Front Cover Image

• Joey Morton
• Looking Laidback and cool
• Dressed in an indie style

Cover lines

• Ben Howard New Talent
• Guardians Real & Raw
• Rihanna Talks Dirty
• Joey Morton- The Story So Far
• Worst 10 band blow outs of 2011 (in circle)
• The Smiths SEX SECRETS AND SCANDALS 
•  Zane Lowe, Low Down
• Top 10 Worst Band Blow Outs
• Plus! Tour Dates, Reviews, Gig Guide

Text for Contents Page


    Regular-

•          Live gig reviews
•          New music releases
•          Album reviews
•          Chart Lists
•          Up and Coming Artists
•          Good Month for...Bad Month for
•          Hidden Artist of the month
•      Fan mail

Feature-

•      Sex, Sexrets, Scandals- With the smiths
•      Rihanna Talks Dirty- Rihanna talks brutal on her world tour
•      Joey Morton- The story so far
•      Zane Lowe, Low Down- Zane Lowe tells all you need to know on the music of today
•      Bombay Bicycle Club- Why their new album is worth the wait
•      Ben Howard Biography- The rising fold artist from Devon
•      The Real truth about Lykke Li- Deviate discovers the hidden truth behind Lykke Li's lyrics
•      O2 Academy- Why everybody wants to play at Liverpools O2 academy
•      Danny O'Donohgue Stripped- Danny O'Donohgue bares all in the exclusive interview with Deviate
•      Tinie Tempah- Tells all on his secret love for indie music
•      The Kicks Revieled- On-the-road from their new blog
•      Fearne Cotton- On the rise
•      Vampire Weekend Bite Back- Vampire Weekend speak out on visious rumours
•      Beyonce- From Glastonbury to now
•      Coldplay Comeback- How Coldplay pulled off the best comeback yet
•      Arctic Monkeys- Special Tour Review
•      EXCLUSIVE!- Interview with the Wirral's best produced band GUARDIANS

Images Needed For Contents Page

• Joey Morton
• Lykke Li
• Up and Coming Artist
• Danny o'Donhgue Live

 

Double page spread article and images

•      Images- One main one of the band, Guardians
•      A fun one of the band

ARTICLE RESEARCH

After planning out my front cover and contents page I conducted out some research to prepare me for my interview. I looked at websites and other interviews to help me how to set up mine.
The band I am going to be interviewing for my double page spead is The Guardians. Guardians are a well know band around the Wirral area, having multipul inbterviews and articles about them. They were currently known as Hippys on the Hill until september this year, so most articles and interviews that I have found in my research are under their previous name.

Searching through the internet I found various interviews and artciles on them. Here are a few amongst many that I thought were the best articles:

http://www.last.fm/music/Hippys+On+The+Hill

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/music/music-news/2011/10/28/guardians-sign-up-for-wirral-international-guitar-festival-100252-29674837/

Guardians also have pages of there own;

http://www.facebook.com/GuardiansUK

I want my double page spread to consist of one whole page taken up of a picture of the band, then on the opposite page, three columns of text on the interview.

Here is an example of what I want my double page spread to look like. I think that the layout of the cloumns and where the drop quote is positioned looks really intriging and could reflect on my band well. I want my picture to cover one whole page like this double page spread, I also like the idea of a controverisal quote layered onto the picture as it makes the page look more interesting. People will go straight to these quotes as it is the first thing they will see on the page, this should make them more intriged to read the rest of the article.

AUDIENCE RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS VIDEO AND AUDIO

Here are two pictures for evidence of people filling in my questionnaire. I used an over the shoulder shot on both photos, so it could be clearly shown the person filling it in.

This is my questionnaire analysis on video. This is one someone filling in my questionnaire vocaly.

Here is a voice recording of somebody answering my questionnaire.

MUSIC MAGAZINE QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

Analysis of my music magazine questionnaire results

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Here are my Questionnaire results and conclusions on a slide share powerpoint.

QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS SPREADSHEET

Here is a screenshot of the spreadsheet which I put all of my questionnaire results on to. I did this so I could view my results before I put them into charts and graphs and did all of my conclusions. This made it easier for me to organise my results into charts and graphs.

MY MUSIC MAGAZINE QUESTIONNAIRE

Here is a copy of my music questionnaire. I chose these certain questionnaires so I could get an overview of what people really want for their magazine. I asked how often people would buy a magazine and how much they would pay so I dont over charge or undercharge, and that I dont publish my magazine maybe too much that people wouldn't look forward to buying it. I asked general questions about what people do in their spare time and what type of magazine they would usually read, to help me with some feature articles that I could use which could be on what people are interested in. Because I will want to have gig reviews ect, as regular content, I asked where people would normally go see an artist and what their favourite artist is so that I know what bands people would be really interested reading about. At the end I asked for age and gender so that I can see what audience I need to focus on and what age group are really interested in my music magazine.

1.       What is your favourite genre of music?

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2.       Who is your current favourite artist/band?

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3.       Do you like reading music magazines?

Yes

 No

 I don’t read music magazines

4.       How often would you buy a music magazine?

Weekly

Fortnightly

Monthly

5.       How much would you pay for a music magazine?

£1         £1-£2         £2-£3         £3-£4         £4-£5

6.       Would you buy a magazine with a free gift in it?

Yes

 No

7.       What type of magazines do you normally read?

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8.       What do you do in your spare time?

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9.       What is your favourite TV Programme?

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10.   What is your favourite colour?

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11.   What three words would you use to describe indie music?

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12.   Where do you enjoy going to see bands normally?

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13.   How old are you?

16-20         20-25         25-30         30-35         35-40         40-50         50+

14.   Gender?

Male

Female

Thankyou for filling in my Questionnaire.