The magazine will be called "FRET" which references a part of the guitar and fits with the rock music theme. It will cost £5 per issue which allows for higher production quality given it will be monthly rather than weekly. The target audience is musicians and fans who want to keep up with their favorite bands and read behind-the-scenes stories. Articles will profile well-known and up-and-coming bands, including those from talent shows.

1. The magazine’s name is ‘FRET’
This is the name for part of a guitar and is iconic within the rock scene.
The theme of the magazine is rock, this is because research shows this is popular with a young demographic and
there is a definite gasp in the market
The cover price of the magazine is £5. This is because the majority of people who answered the survey are happy to
pay between 1-2 pound on a music magazine but because they majority of people who answered the questionnaire
were happy with how often they could buy music magazines, which is usually monthly, because of this not being too
often the price can be higher as the quality of the paper and other materials used are better as not as many
magazines are being made. The price of £5 is a good price as a reader will only be buying the product once a month
where as if it was published every week the price would be lower but materials used will be of lower standard.
The magazine is aimed at musicians and people who enjoy reading and keeping up to date about their favourite
bands, singers and instrumentalists. This is because these will be my biggest audience. Aspects that will encourage
people who don’t often read the magazines will be included to encourage them to read the magazine more as there
is contents that they will enjoy.
The magazine will contain images and information about well known bands and upcoming stars who have done
things like the Xfactor. Bands from talent shows such as these shows are widely watched, therefore people want to
read behind the scenes stories.

2. CostumesActors/Models
Location
Props
What the models where is important as it
tells the reader a lot about them. For
example someone who is in a rock band
wouldn’t wear a floral dress as that is
more related with Genres of music such
as opera. The colours of the costumes
that the models in my magazine need to
compliments the colour scheme of my
magazine therefore the colours will be
black, white, purple and turquoise. The
makeup that is being worn must also
follow the colour scheme so that it does
not contrast badly.
The props in which the musicians will be
using will be instruments as it
compliments the theme. These
instruments will involve things such as
guitars, microphones, drums etc.. The
use of instruments keeps the theme of
rock running throughout the magazine
as these instruments are used in Rock
bands therefore compliment the theme.
When deciding on the location of where my
pictures are taken I need to take into
consideration the running theme of my
magazine, therefore the background will be
places like stages, instruments and other
Rock related places. I will also ensure that the
background fits in with the article, for
example if the article is about a band who is
touring Paris then in the background of those
images may be a landmark such as the Eiffel
Tower.
The Models will need to be musicians as
the magazine is a music magazine
therefore the models should fit the
theme in order for the magazines theme
to occur throughout all aspects of the
magazine. The way in which the models
are dressed tells the audience that they
are musicians, therefore I must carefully
select people who are clearly into music
and play. I will have a mixture of soloists
and bands as people like to here a
mixture of stories on their favourite
singers and instrumentalists. It also
allows there to be a mixture of people
to talk about, therefore adding texture
to the magazine.

3. Style sheet
Colour scheme
I have chosen these colours because they all
compliment one another and can be used
over each other without causing text or
images to blend in with the background. The
colours of the magazine will help my reader
to recognise my magazine on the shelves.
‘48PT’
‘32pt’
‘18pt’
Sub headers will be in the colour turquoise, Black
or grey depending on the colours of the
model/background image.
Header will be in the colour turquoise through out
the magazine.
Masthead on the front of the magazine will depend
on the image used. If it is a dark image then the text
will be white but if it is a light image then the text will
be black
These fonts and colours will be the
same through out the magazine,
including the contents page. The
only pages that will have different
colours and fonts will be adverts.
The colours and fonts of these will
be decided by the company that I’m
advertising for.

4. Text box is circular to that it fits
in with the three images rather
than being square which would
leave large space. The colour of
the box will be in turquoise with
white text inside.
Thumbnail Images in a collage as
they all relate to one another.
Header in font ‘Lemon Yellow
Sun’ in the colour
red,turquoise or black
(depending on background
and box around text..
Sub header in font
‘LEMON YELLOW SUN’,
the colour will be black
or grey. Tells reader
about image or story
Thumbnail image for a
separate story to the images
collaged. This image will be a
medium long shot if one
person or a group.
MASTHEAD
Barcode and price of the
magazine will be on the
bottom right of the magazines
front cover.
Large image of a musician will take
up the whole of the front cover then
inside the main tory will be about
that person. The image will be a
medium close up of the musician
playing music.
Note: Design has slightly changed
throughout production process.

5. DUMMIES
Section Sub Header
categorises the articles
so that the reader is
able to easily locate
stories. The header will
be highlighted in
turquoise with the text
inside in the colour
white.
Sub Header tells the
reader the title of the
article that they are
about to read. The sub
headers box will be in
the colour red while the
text is black.
Informative text tells the
reader a bit about the
article. The text will be in
white so that it can be
read without the
background making It less
clear, also because it fits
with the colour scheme.
Header Will be
black and in the
font ‘Punk Rock
Show’ with a white
box around it.
Image at bottom left
of page. The image
will be related to the
large image on the
front cover so that the
reader can relate it
and locate it easily.
Title of article and some
information about it
will be placed over the
image rather than with
the rest of the contents
so that the reader can
directly link it.
Collage of Images at top right
of contents page with the title
of article and some information
about it placed over the image
so that the reader can directly
link it.
Header is in the font ‘Rocky
Road’ in size 92pt, the colour
of this will depend on the
image. If it is a dark image it
will be white but if it is a light
picture it will be black.
Large image of the
subject. The model
will depend on what
the article is about.
Thumbnail image of
whom ever the story
is based on so we have
a clear image of who is
talking. The image will
be a medium close up
so that we can clearly
see the face of the
person.
Text fills most of page but
leaves a gap so that we are
able to see the faces of the
people in the image.
Speech bubbles for
quotations from the
main text so that I
can highlight key
quotations .
Note: Design has slightly changed
throughout production process.

6. Sample
images

7. Advert Contents Page
Clothes shop
advert
Story
Advert
Advert
Full Page
Story
Car Advert
Full Page
Story
Advert
Full Page
Story
Music Shop
Advert
Band Tour
info
New Music
Download
info
Band
merchandise
Advert
Biggest
songs in rock
Advert Poster
Free
downloads
Band dates
and places
Gigs
Gigs Gigs Gigs Gigs
Front Cover
Advert
Double Page spread
Behind the scene
images (Four page
spread)
Behind the scene
images (Four page
spread)
Double page spread
Double Page Poster Double Page Posters
Feedback
on big
bands
Double Page Spread Double page spread
Spread
Double page spread Story Double page spread Story Design Competition
Bands
that have
Recently
played
My Magazine
advert