Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Possible Front Cover Images

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Planning Production

Front Cover Image
The image of the front cover of my magazine is going to be of a band 'Pentagon Psychosis' in a low angle medium long shot.

Coverlines for Front Cover
The Beginning of Power for
PENTAGON PSYCHOSIS

Sum 41
Stevo and Deryck show us what they're about

Descendents
1978-2010

Punk Rock Pioneers
Blink-182

Top 10 Bands to See Before you Die

NO EFFECTS
NOFX from the start

Text for Contents Page
Regulars:


For the Fans
Fans' Forum to have your say
Gig
The music scene at a town near you!
A Different Spin
Mark Hoppus on music, bands, and your dad
Win!
Win the chance to own vintage Ramones merchandise
Tabbed
Guitar and bass tabs from your voice
Review
What the gang at Distort headquarters are listening to
Fresh
Get a look at the newest artists with the freshest sounds
Band of the Month
Punk rock and new wave legends, Blondie win over your hearts this month


Features:

What's My Age Again?
The Mark, Tom and Travis Show is back with a bang
41 Days into Summer
Stevo32 and Deryck 'Bizzie D' Whibley give us the down low on Sum 41
Dead and Alive
Legends of Punk Rock from Sex Pistols to Green Day
Milo's Trip to College
The era of Descendents 1978-2010
Guitar review
The greatest guitars for making your tunes rock even more
Beginning of Power
Pentagon Psychosis and the start of their journey to the top
Unsigned
A first look at upcoming artists exclusive to Distort
Top 10 Bands to See Before You Die
The Line Up
Strictly No Effects
Where to Go
The Aquabats
The Legacy of Punk Rock
Riding in Vans with Boys
Jimmy Eat World
Punk Rock 101
The Best Fest'
Reading festival 2010, the best bits!

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Publication Plan

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Positioning Statement
Making music a little louder

Frequency of Publication
Monthly

Price
£2.40

Distribution
Newsagents, supermarkets, music shops (eg. HMV), gigs of the same genre as the magazine, instrument shops

Rationale
The approach of the magazine is what the fans want to hear, rather than the record companies and management teams want us to know. This will include exclusive interviews, gig reviews and honest opinions and critisms of aspects of punk rock.

Style
The style will be informal and light-hearted, using humour and controversial statements about the latest events in music. It will reach out to a wide range of readers with different abilities meaning that the language used won't be extremely sophisticated, allowing the readers to understand everything. The presentation of articles will resemble those belonging to red top tabloids, using slang and short paragraphs.

Regular Content
Fans' Forum
Letters sent in by readers of the magazine.

Gig
Gig reviews of the past month.

A Different Spin
Mark Hoppus' monthly column.

Win!
Chance to win limited edition merchandise.

A Day in the Life Of...
Step by step daily routine of a punk rock band.

Tabbed
Requested tabs from readers for guitar and bass .

Review
Reviews of the latest singles and albums.

21 Questions
21 questions asked by fans for a different artist every issue.

Fresh
A review of new artists.

Band of the Month
Readers' choice of the best band of the month.

Posters

Feature Content
Example of feature articles which will appear in the magazine:
Interview with Blink-182
Interview with Sum41
Article about punk rock legends
Article about Descendents
Guitar review
Interview with Pentagon Psychosis
Article about new, unsigned bands
Article about 10 bands to see before you die
Article about festival build ups
Article about NOFX
Article about different venues
Interview with The Aquabats
Article about the punk rock genre
Article about the history of Vans
Interview with Jimmy Eat World
Interview with Bowling for Soup
Reading festival review

House Style
Coverlines
SEGOE UI BOLD

Headlines
FRANKLIN GOTHIC DEMI BOLD

Standfirst
Franklin Gothic Demi 14pt including byline

Captions
Franklin Gothic Demi  8pt

Features first paragraph
Drop capital Franklin Gothic Demi, 4 lines deep, first line in CAPITALS
News first paragraph
First word in bold

Body text
Georgia

Colour scheme
Black white and red

Followers