My proposal

The genre of my magazine is Rock, which would include its basic codes and  conventions, that are most rock magazines follow a dark colour theme and present their genre in an obvious manor. The front cover image would normally be of a high statues, well known attractive looking band, the lead singer will always be in the middle or if not centre of attention. the colour theme would be basic, and stick to two colours however a third could be introduced if necessary. The mast head should be considered to represent the genre, bold, Gothic, in your face and attacking. Then the related tag lines show follow on with the jargon of rock readers, and colloquial language in which they understand according to their idiolect. My genre would present its self in the most stereotypical way in which its readers will understand and acknowledge imminently. I propose to follow these all through when making my magazine, sticking firmly to these guidelines, however throwing in some of my own ideas to make it original.

My audience in which my magazine is targeted at would be, young to old teenagers who are 14 to 21 of age. They would mostly be girls, however they do have a fair share of boys. The reason that i have chosen to target an audience of teenagers in that age range is because, i have found the minim age to go to most top end gigs would Be 14 and readers of existing magazines come from all ages from 14 and above. I have also found that people who would buy a rock magazine would defiantly be interested in bands, gigs and what's new, so my readers would be in a young age range as they are always on their feet, out and about. 21 seems to be an appropriate end age as it signifies the final age before you have to take on full responsibility of your life, it is an age in which people would still be finding themselves and having a Good time.

Their specific psychographics would be people who have a wild passion for music and enjoy reading about it. They would also be deeply involved with bands, their lives and also music related news. As teenagers like to save money where they can, my audience will be drawn into my magazine as it will offer something in return regular, my target demographic spend their time playing instruments, listening to music, writing music, watching tv, games, drinking energy drinks, like going to concerts a lot, wear drop dead or a lot of band merch, skate or bmx, have right coloured hair, like piercings and tattoos, are different from the normal norms, are interested in band members lives, are a bit of a fan girl, eat KFC, fast food, energetic, outgoing, festival loving, people who like spending time with their friends and people who have a similar passion as them, is what unites all these hobbies as passions. Judging from my mood board, these are the kind of things that my readers would find as interest to them or things that they already do.  This then reflects on the genre of my magazine as they all support and back up the ideal of what rock is seen to be and how they are presented in their visual look as well as their personal look. These people would me A,B,C,1 manly men.

The uses and gratification theory are important to my magazine as all the elements would be placed for a reason in which my audience would react on. The main purpose for why people buy rock magazines is because they, them selves desire to once be in a band, meet a band, go and see a band live, interview a band, or just fan girl over them. The main word here is band, everything revolves around them and their music. If I chose a young, new and upcoming band to star in my magazine, then I will have used one of the gratifications, as self desirability, as they themselves would think that they could do what my models are doing because they are so reliable. Maslows hierarchy of needs also plays a part role in this, as you will see how close my audience can relate to each stages of the pyramid. There will be elements in which my audience will feel like they can connect with. To target my audience even more directly i have made a survey for my audience to answer and tell me more about what they like. (http://surveys.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?id=3303151 )

The success for making a good magazine is that the readers need to enjoy reading a very close relationship with a magazine in which they want to read.  it is a very hard relationship in which media tries to replicate. The publishing company which i feel that would make this more successful would be to uses IPC as it is a British company which is liked to other American publisher. They have a large profile which sell over 30 million copies every year which is a lot of for a publishing house. They are also largely associated with newspapers as well.

I will represent my artist in the stereotypical eye of my audience to reinforce my genre and make it clear to my audience on what I am showing them. I will do this buy using a main model of a focus band that I have chosen who are a starting out rock band. They will be dressed in typical everyday casual clothes in with other band members but also teenagers wear. They would consist of baggy vests, long t shirts, hoodies, skinny jeans, a denim jacket and a beanie hat. They will be posing in their nature habitat which would be at a gig and they would be performing live. Their poses would be wild and active as the band would be performing a lively show full of energy and connecting their music with the crowd. I will then also get the band back again to do another shoot that would be used on the front cover and some double page spreads. I would set the setting for these shots to be in a field, woods or large open spaced park. Somewhere that is deserted, slightly mysterious or run downed like. I was also thinking of using a blinding setting of a busy city to show the hecticness of the band and how busy their lives are, if I can find these settings or nice views then i would use them for my photo shoot. I will always make sure that the lead singer is placed in the middle or focused on more, as this is a trend in most bands photo shoots. This will reinforce my genre because I have looked at many exsisitining bands as they have used a similar setting to show their difference and how they are fresh meat to the world. the style of clothing, pose, and facial expression in which i will capture in the shots i will take.