Pitch

My Pitch

Genre- Indie

Target Audience- Genre neutral Age range from 16-25

Name of magazine- Rocky, InDCost-£2.99

Fonts-• Jailbird JennaSize- 32 (Masthead)

• Fleix TitlingSize- 12 inside magazine - 14 on the front page

Frequency of Magazine-Once 2 weeks

Pages-Front page -Contents -Double page on artist on the front cover

Images of artists

MY PITCH

Title-InD

Target Audience-16-25, gender neutral

Cost-£2.99

Genre- Indie

Frequency of magazine- Every 2 weeks

Images-High quality images of the artists. Studio images

Pages-Front page, double page, contents

MAGAZINE PITCHMy magazine is going to be an Indie genre full of information about indie bands, festivals and new

music which is what I found out in my interview research; what people like to read about. The magazine

will be gender neutral from the age range of 16-25. I found this out from my primary research of the

online questionnaire. I chose to relate it to everyone as it will sell more and I can introduce male and

female models to inspire to each other. I have found out that magazines which are out every 2 weeks

are at the price about £2-£3 so I have chosen to use the price of £2.99. I have chosen to name my

magazine InD as when it is said together it sounds like my genre of my magazine; Indie. The ‘In’ stands

for what is in the crowd now and what people want to listen to. While the ‘D’ stands for Demand for

music. I did think of using the word Rocky for a magazine name but when I told people this they said it

reminds them of a Rock magazine, (in my feedback).

The images are going to be mostly studio based with the artist either playing a guitar or looking into

the camera. I would like a few images to be in the nature of the county side to show the quirky nature of

the indie genre.

Looking at existing magazines they use black and white and a bold colour to stand out throughout the

magazine. I have decided to go with this theme and choose black, white and a dark purple or green.

Main Image

Masthead

Banner/Plug

Barcode and

price

Subheadings of articles around the main image

Date and issue

Headline

Plan: Front Cover

Mastheadlogo

Image

Subheading

Text

Subheading

Text

Image

Plan: Contents

Main Image

Subheading

logo

Large Headline

Large font for first

letter

Blobs

Pull Quote

Text

Plan: Double Page Spread

Banner/Plug

Subheadings of articles around the main image

Date and issue

Taylor SwiftNew artist on the block

Plan: Front Cover

Masthead

Subheading

Text

Subheading

Text

Plan: Contents

Subheading

Subheading

Large Headline

“Pull Quote”

Text

Plan: Double Page Spread

Text

T

STYLE SHEET

HeadlineHeadlineHeadline

FONTS AND COLOUR

HeadlineHeadlineHeadlineI have chosen earthy colours

as it is calming and related to the indie genre with the colour of clothes they wear. The brighter purple is to highlight main information and make pull quotes stand out from the text. The gradient white will be used as a background colour for each page to show the connotations of indie starting out on the street.

A simple font for the textso it doesn’t drag the attention away from the image or pullquotes.For the masthead I have used a font which looks a bit messy butstands out from all of the other text. It also looks like a traditionalFont for a music magazine in theUK.

FEEDBACK

Positive- • Every 2 weeks is good and original.• Original colour scheme.• Love your idea of the linked cover and double page

spread.

Negative- • Find a better name.• Name sounds too metal, not very unique or

appropriate.

What are the strengths of my pitch? The strengths of my pitch is that I explained my idea for my cover and double

page and how they will link together. People thought my timing for when my

magazine is going to come out is original and will make people want to buy it when

other magazines are not out just yet.

What are the weaknesses of my pitch? The first name I choose did not fit with my genre therefore people said I should change

it so it relates to my magazine.

What are the strengths of the planning?

The strengths of planning are so I can improve on my idea and the people I pitched

my idea were in my audience target audience so I can ask their opinion and

change things that do not fit. Also it gives my an idea of what to follow for

my magazine.

What are the weaknesses of the planning?

The weaknesses of the planning was that the contents page was not really explained

as much as the front cover and double page spread.

What are the strengths of my magazine design?

The strengths of my magazine design is the colours stand out but also go along with the

usual music magazine colours (black and white). The layout of the magazine will be easy to understand, not too busy but still

interesting