Research and Planning: Exsiting artists props

• This is an existing drum and bass band called "Pendulum". They use props and equipment that may feature on the cover of my magazine for example :

• mic
• Speakers
• mixing desks
• drum kit
• strobe lighting
• keyboards/synthesizer
• lasers

This is basic equipment and props for a dance music band, as they use all this equipment to make their genre of music.

Research and Planning: Colour scheme for music magazine

This is a dance CD cover, I have chosen this cover becuase I will use the same colour scheme on my music magazine as this is a conventional colour scheme for this genre of music.

I like the use of one colour as the dominent colour and then layers of other colours in small sections to make it stand out more and make more of an affect of the person who is looking at at as it is more eye catching due to the bright colours.

I may use the same colour scheme on my music magazine as they are relate to the main story and also will make the images i have taken stand out more. If i choose not to use these colours I will still use the same style s i think it would work will with the genre of my music magazine.

Research and Planning: Ideas for double page story

As the theme of my magazine is dance I plan on using the time of year (winter) to give the main story "Adam Hilton, hottest DJ of 2010" I have chosen this idea to reflect the past year in dance music.

The story will consit of how he has come from nothing in the music world to the biggist name in the business. I will then go on to the question part of the article where I will ask question like, what will he be doing for the rest of the year and what do you do when you are not working in the clubs. This will keep the theme of the magazine consistant and make it easier to follow.

Research and Planning: Existing artists for content page

This is one of the existing artist already working in the dance music industy. I have chosen to feature Darren Styles on my content page as a dance music would include his tours and gigs around the globe and also see what he is doing at the time. i will aslo use other existing artist from the dance music genre such as breeze and scooter as these are some of the biggist names in dance music and would be are included in other existing dance music magazine.

Research and Planning: Preliminary content page

This is my preliminary content page i have designed and made in indesign in class.

I started the page by chooseing my background colour so so I could then choose images that work well with the colour. I used black as it is a easy colour to use and make other images stand out and make it more eye catching.

I then started with the text so I could place it and then move on to th text colour the text layout is basic but is easy to see and read. I had made the text on the page white as it would make the text stand and and also make it easy to read .

Research and Planning: Target audience

The target audience for my music magazine are people:

Ages 21- 35. I have chosen to make the magazine for this age group because this is the main age people go out to clubs and like dance music.

Gender: The magazine will be targeted to reach both male and female as both genders are interested in dance music.

Occupation: The magazine will be aimed at young professionals as the magazine will be more sophisticated

Wealth: this magazine will be aimed at people who are in work and have a bit more money then most as paying for night clubs and other gigs is expensive and these are the people I will try to target.

Interests: The audience has to have an interest in dance music to buy the magazine they must also have a good interest in gigs going on throughout the country.

Outlook for future: the magazine will be aimed at people who want a good job in the future but want to go out and enjoy life at this time.

Research and Planning: Plans for the magazine

By the end of the day I hope to finish my content page and my front cover for my magazine. As there is no more time in lesson, to finish this work I will have to do it in my free time. This is not a problem as I only have some images to place on my content page and a small amount of text on my content page.

Research and Planning: Plans for front cover

After having to delete the original background for my main cover page image I have decided that I will give the image a new background to fit into the theme of dance music. I will use a laser machine effect from a previous picture I have taken from work to make the image more realistic then I will simple photo shop my model into the image to make it look like he was there.

This will hopefully make the magazine more believable and give the front cover a better feel to it. the only problem I may have is that the background image may look a bigger scale to the original photo and I may have to play with the scaling of the image to make it look as natural as possible.

Research and Planning: double page spread story

For the double page spread of the magazine I will be talking to the the main person that is featuring on my magazine I will talk about how he has progressed and what he plans to do.

I will then give an interview to make my magazine look more genuine and make it more interesting to read.

I have choesn to call the article "The Winters Hottest DJ" as it ties in with the season and it will tie some of the other pictures featured in my magazine better.