Initial Ideas

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Hello Everyone,

            I have been thinking of some initial ideas I could base my magazine on and I’ve came up with a few that I like. I want to create an indie magazine in the style of something like NME or MOJO. I listen to indie artists anyway (since that’s my favourite type of music) artists such as; Jake Bugg, Arctic Monkeys, Noel Gallagher, Ellie Goulding. I’m thinking of taking the idea of a solo indie/Singer-Songwriter and creating “lily Rose” this is just my first idea it may change but hopefully I will go ahead with Lily Rose.

This is my original spider diagram showing all the initial ideas I have before I start my project.

I chose a specific Target Audience of people like myself who enjoy indie music and want to read about upcoming bands, artists or catch up on interviews with their favourite artists.

I already explained what my main story for my front cover is but with my model “Ellie Harkins” I would like to take images in forests/woods for my double page spread then either a close up or a mid-close up.

I wanted to take quite a few photos in different locations, like clubs or near the beach. I think a range of locations will look a lot better than just a load of pictures in a forest. Also I want to take photos of other people not just Ellie to put either on front cover or on contents page, as I don’t just want to same model. I might ask my friend Hilly but I would like a boy create someone like Jake Bugg. Since all the pictures in my School Magazine were girls I think I defiantly need a mix in my music magazine.

Some of these ideas I probably won’t use however thinking about things I could put into my magazine really helped me develop my understanding of the codes and conventions of a music magazine and understand what kind of things are in real magazines like NME.