Planning

What I plan to call the magazine: AMPLIFIED
I have chosen this name because: it reflects the rock, metal and alternative/indie music as these genres of music use amps for their guitars and by being called amplified it suggests that it's the loudest,, and it's amplifying all of the bands it features (raising awareness and promoting them)

Reader Profile

Age: 16-25 year olds

Gender: Both genders but slightly more towards males

Hobbies: My reader would like going to concerts and festivals, listening to music, playing music, watching TV (music channels/MTV/E4), photography, watching films (Kickass, Get Him To The Greek, Paranormal Activity), going out with friends, going on social networking sites (facebook/twitter)

What they eat/drink: Energy drinks such as Relentless, Rockstar, Red Bull and other drinks such as Pepsi Max, Dr Pepper and powerade. Sweets like Twix, Mars Bar, Skittles, McCoys crisps, Doritos.

Where they go: My audience would probably go to music festivals such as Download, Reading & Leeds and Sonisphere, local gigs e.g. Battle of the Bands at bars and clubs, places like Camden Market.

Where they shop: H&M, Topman/Topshop, Superdry, American Apparel, DistrictLines.com Doc Marten, Game, HMV, markets, eBay, and smaller individual shops that sell band merchandise.

Music They Love: You Me At Six, Paramore, The Pretty Reckless, Ed Sheeran, Rise Against, All Time Low, Bring Me The Horizon, My Chemical Romance, New Found Glory, Enter Shikari, Korn, Nickleback, Linkin Park, Metallica, Muse, Foo Fighters etc. Mainly Rock, Alternative, Heavy Metal and Ska music.

What they wear: Skinny jeans, band t-shirts, dark clothing, doc martens, converse, vans, harringtons, parka's, beanie hats, studded belts, eyeliner, black nail-varnish, bracelets and festival wristbands.



Front Cover

Coverlines:

The Best of Download 2011 - the years biggest festival in photo's

Becca Ford - "You Should Know Who I Am!"

You Me At Six - talk tour bus tantrums, crazy fans and more mischeif

We Go Festival Crazy! -Download, Sonisphere, Reading & Leeds

EXCLUSIVE! Aaron "Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll? No Thanks!" - Aaron talks about how he turned down a million dollar record deal!

Free CD - Louder!'s guide to summer 2011

COMPETITION - win VIP tickets to see some of the biggest acts of 2011

Also in this issue: Paramore ~ The Pretty Reckless ~ Skillrex ~ Ed Sheeran ~ Rise Against ~ Hadouken! ~ LMFAO + many more!

Masthead:

I may change the colour of the masthead as I need to see what colour goes best with my colour scheme

Tagline:

Plugged in on all the latest rock & roll

Image:

My model for my front cover is going to be my friend Aaron Presswell, he is 17 and he is similar to my target audience so he would appropriate to use as a rock artist. Also his hair, lip piercing and dress sense is similar to the sorts of musicians that would be in my magazine or magazine similar. This is what he looks like:

Contents:

features:

ON THE COVER

Aaron

Download

Becca Ford

You Me At Six

Festivals

REVIEWS

Paramore

Skillrex

All Time Low

Muse

Hadouken!

INTRODUCING

Ruby McCaffrey

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

LMFAO

Ed Sheeran

A Thousand Lights

BACKSTAGE PASS

Bring Me The Horizon

New Found Glory

My Chemical Romance

The Pretty Reckless

REGULARS

Posters

Competitions

Gig Guide

Time Off

Born on This Day

The Buzz

Images:

The images I need to take are:

Photo of Becca Ford singing

Photo of Aaron

An album cover

Concert Tickets

Photo of Download stage

Double Page Spread:

Feature:

AMPLIFIED EXCLUSIVE!

Aaron

His album's gone platinum, he's playing all the biggest festivals, but he didn't always want a music career. Rebecca Fagg finds out the story of his sudden success and what he has planned for the future.