Monday, 5 March 2012

My Music Magazine Synopsis


My text will be a pop music magazine called Sound Wave, which feature pictures and articles about artists that appear in the charts, such as Rhianna and BeyoncĂ© and also some ‘classic’ artists and will include interviews with popular artists. It is inspired by Q magazine, but my magazine will be aimed at a slightly younger audience, of about age 16 to 25, both male and females. The contents page will contain articles such as top festivals and concerts to go to in the summer and top rated albums of the month etc. The main artist that will be on my front page and double page is a new, young female singer whose talent has recently been recognised through videos of her singing on YouTube and she has just recorded her first album. The interview on the double page will contain questions about her album and her response to her sudden fame. The format of the article will be similar to an interview with Lana Del Ray taken from an issue of Q magazine. The colour scheme will be quite simple and not too overpowering, similar to the style of Q and NME magazines, which generally stick with 2 or 3 colours.


I have decided to use the artists Florence from Florence and the Machine and Birdy as inspiration for the style of artist that will go on my front cover. I chose Florence because of her bright red hair, which my model, Clara has, and is the reason I chose her to be my model. I liked the two magazine covers with her in, as there is no background, just her face and hair, which I really like, as it more eyecatching and the eyes are bigger, meaning the viewer can connect easily with the image. I chose Birdy as inspiration, mainly because of her young age of just 15. I also loved her youthful style and natural style of photographs of her taken outdoor settings. I choses other images that I could draw inspiration from, such as the image of Lana Del Ray, as I liked the flowers in her hair, which I might include in my photos. My colour scheme will include reds, purples and blues. Like Q magazine, it will mainly include reds, because this colour is very eyecatching and assossicated with music magazines.

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