Preparation for my music magazine

Having chosen your genre of music magazine, how does it represent anyone associated with the genre?

For my music magazine, I have decided to have the genres that range from alternative punk and alternative rock. Bands that fall into this genre include:

Ø  All Time Low

Ø  Paramore

Ø  Muse

Ø  Tokio Hotel and

Ø  30 Seconds to Mars

For my magazine, I have decided to use the title of: Rebel, as many people stereotype people who listen to the alternative rock/punk genre to be a bit rebellious, and not in to the ‘norm’ of music. The connotations of the word ‘rebel’ are: people who rebel against something e.g. the government, society and patriarchal values.

For my magazine, I will use the colours red, black, and white, dark blue and grey. Red will be used because the colour red can be associated with anger, rage, leadership, longing, and willpower, which is what people could associated with what alternative rock bands sing about. The colour black will be used as the colour black has the connotations of: death, evil, mystery and the unknown. Also, the colour black is also considered as a colour associated with this genre of music. The colour white will be used as it is the binary opposite of black, and suggests that there is simplicity of the music and is just as pure as music in the genres such as pop or R&B. The colour dark blue will be used because the colour represents seriousness, which shows people how serious the genres of alternative punk and rock are. The colour grey will be used as it has connotations of modern, futuristic (meaning that this genre could be more popular in the future) and fresh.

For the cover lines, I will do one that is associated with a new band, who will be the main picture on the front cover, which will be about a worldwide tour, their music and how they are doing and their plans for the future. Other cover lines will include: 1. About an artist and their new relationship to another artists, 2. Tour dates for another band, 3. A chance to win two free tickets, 4. Interview with a famous band such as Paramore and 5.  An interview about bands breaks up.

For the masthead, I would have the words bold, which will be in the colours red or grey, with a black outline. I would have the masthead in a 3-D type of text type, as 3-D is more modern and futuristic.

For the layout of the front cover, I would have the main picture in the middle right, according to the rule of thirds. I would then have the cover lines on the left hand side of the page, as this would look more professional. I would have the free win cover line on the bottom of the page, with a picture of what is to be won. I would have pictures to accompany the cover lines.