Brief introduction

For my media cousework i have been asked to create features of a magazine that i have to do completely on my own without any help from anybody else or from uploading any images from the internet. All of the images that i use in my final magazine have to be taken and uploaded by me.
We have been asked to create a front cover of a magazine, a contents page and a double page spread, all in the chosen genre of your magazine.

Planning sketches

This is the sketch of my ideas about the front cover, the contents page and my double page spread feature.

This is the sort of thing that i am trying to capture in my final magazine.

Mood Board

This is my mood board. it covers all the aspects that i am trying to capture in my genre of magazine. I believe that all of these images suit my target audience and these are the things that they will like.

Audience Feedback

I can tell from my audience feed back that they feel that my mood board is suggesting that my magazine will be in the 'indie' genre. I have said initially that i wanted to make an indie magazine and because my audience realize this, i will definitely be using this genre for my magazine.

From the feedback, my audience have suggested that the mood board needs more colour so i will take this into consideration when I am making my final magazine.

I am not yet decided upon if the front cover of my magazine will be black and white or whether it will be in full colour. i believe that if it were in black and white, it will add the effect that i am trying to capture in the whole stlye of my magazine.

Overall Analysis

To conclude my magazine research I have decided that I will use an image that will stand out from the rest of the magazines on the market in my specific genre. I may use the image of a band of of one specific aspect that will link to the genre of my music. The name of my magazine i have not yet decided upon but again it will be short and bold and will have a catchy ring to it. The font style of the masthead will be bold and maybe a different colour to the background. I would do this so my magazine will be eye catching to mu audience and will stand out from the rest.
The colour that i will use on my Background image (main sell) will most probably be black and white. I will do this because i believe that black and white adds an effect that will suit my genre of music. The sort of thing that i am looking to do is to make it have a 'don't care' attitude to make my audience relate to the magazine.
From the feedback i am getting from my mood board, it is clear that people will want to see more colour in my magazine than i was showing on my mood board. I will obviously take this into consideration when i am producing my final magazine. I may choose to do the front cover in black and white and do the rest of the contents page and double page spread in full colour.
The font i am going to use on my final magazine cover i have not yet decided upon but again i want it to match the indie genre i am going for.
So i am trying to keep the magazine as a whole to a minimalistic ideal as i believe this will relate the best to my target audience. i will do this but still maintain a high standard of work with a professional style to It.