Price: £2.20
Frequency of publication: weekly
Questionnaire
Gender:
Age:
3 words you think of when you think of rock music:
………………….
………………….
………………….
Who is your favourite band?
……………………..
List 3 of your favourite colours
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How much would you pay for a music magazine?
£1.00 - £1.50
£1.50 - £2.00
£2.00 - £2.50
How often do you buy music magazines?
1 week
1 month
2 month
Less than once a month
What free gifts would you like to get from a music magazine?
What music magazine do you currently read?
With these results I will be aiming for my magazine target audience to be females as I asked more females then males to fill in my questionnaire.
3 words you think of when you think of rock music
- Metal 1
- Band 3
- Music 2
- Guitar 13
- Loud 5
- Mosher 2
- Drums 7
- Black 3
- Dark 1
- Air guitar 1
- Hardcore 1
- Amp 1
- Bass 4
- Festival 2
- Tattoo’s 2
- Aggressive 1
- Long hair 1
I asked this question to get ideas for the title of my magazine. The most popular words were guitar and drums, whereas the least popular words were metal, dark, air guitar, hardcore, amp, aggressive and long hair.
List three of your favourite colours
- Green 9
- Pink 6
- Purple 6
- Blue 9
- Black 9
- Orange 6
- Yellow 4
- Red 6
The three most popular colours where green blue and black. Therefore I will be using those three colours for my magazine front cover.
How much would you pay for a music magazine?
The most popular answer I got was £2.50-£3.00 and the least answer was £1.00-£1.50. I will be pricing my magazine between £2.50 and £3.00 because that is the most popular answer from my questionnaire.
How often do you buy magazines?
I asked this question help decide how often my magazine should be published. As there were 10 people who buy magazines less then once a month I will be publishing my magazine monthly.
What free gifts would you like to see from a music magazine?
- CD’s 10
- Tickets 3
- Guitar 1
- Drums 1
- Poster 2
- Wrist band 1
- Badges 1
- Free downloads 2
- Head phones 1
I asked this to help me with ideas of free gifts from my magazine. The most popular gift was CD’s and tickets. I will use free CD’s as that was the most popular.
What music magazine do you currently use?
I asked this question to see what kind of music magazine my target audience like. The most popular being NME and the least popular being Rock Sound.
Publication plan
Title: AGGRO
Positioning statement: Discover your rock
Frequency of publication: Monthly
Distribution: Supermarkets, Music shops, Newsagents
Rationale: My magazine is for teenagers and people in their early twenties. Also for rock music fans. My magazine will contain interviews with rock bands. My magazine will have information which the fans will want to on about gigs and bands.
Style: Informal, with jokes and opinions in interviews and articles. It will consist of many images and short paragraphs.
Regular:
- Gig reviews
- News
- Gig opinions
- Album reviews
- Live pictures
- Rocker of the month
Feature content:
- Interviews with band
- Album of the year
- Festival reviews
- Tyson Ritter’s health care
- Pete Wentz a close shave
- Foo Fighters release there new album
- Gig of the year
- Live with Enter Shikari
- Win a guitar lesson with Axeman Herman Li
- A day in the life of Fightstar
- Funeral for a friend take to the streets
- Fans - My favourite Riff
- 2009 killer events review
- Exclusive albums
- Fans talk their favourite gigs
- Changed our life – fall out boy
- Matt Bellamy talks guitars
- They saved my life- blink 182
House style:
Coverlines: Franklin Gothic Heavy
Headlines: Franklin Gothic Medium
Standfirst: Franklin Gothic Book 12pt
Captions: Franklin Gothic Book 8pt
Features first paragraph: drop capital Franklin Gothic Demi Cond, 5 lines deep and red
Body text: Arial
Colour scheme: Green, Blue and Black
Task 11
Front cover
Image:
2 girls and a boy
First girl (singer) forward towards the right with the other girl and boy to the left a little back.
Boy wearing a dark coloured t-shirt
First girl wearing a leather jacket with a blue top
Second girl wearing a black top
Background – Brick wall (
Coverlines:
Tyson Ritter close to amputation
Fans changed our life - fall out boy
Best and worst festivals of the year
Gig of the year
Foo Fighters release their new album
Contents:
News –
Tyson Ritter’s health care
Gig reviews –
Funeral for a friend street gig
Enter Shikari
Fall out boy
Muse
Album reviews –
Foo Fighters new album
Features –
Fall out boy are life changing
Fall out boy say they couldn’t without their fans
Festivals
The good and bad acts of these years’ festivals
My Favourite Riff
Fans favourite riffs ever!
End of the year gig review
Best and worst gigs of the year
Foo Fighters new album cover
Festival
Gigs
Someone playing a guitar
Double page spread
Interview with band
Large image
