Planning Production

Front Cover Plans

Contents Page Plans

Double Page Spread Plans

Planning Production

Front Cover
Magazine to be called SNARE
Positioning Statement: "Your Ultimate Review Guide"
POSITIONED UNDERNEATH TITLE
Bottom Right will have barcode, Issue Date, Issue Number, Price etc.
Main Coverline across centre of Page
Use of Buzz Words!

Main Colours: Red, Yellow, Black, White

Coverline Ideas:      Lost Prophets - Our Story
                             My Chemical Romance - What Turned our Lives Around
                             Paramore Rocks Scouse Style!
                             Motorhead 35 Years On - Key to Our Success
                             Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish 10 Years on
                             POSTERS INSIDE!!
                             Plus: Good Charlotte, BMFV, 30 Seconds to Mars, YM@6, Feeder

Main Image: Of Person, Medium Long Shot

WHITE BACKGROUND
TITLE IN BLACK
COVERLINES IN BLACK/RED - YELLOW OUTLINE

Contents Page
3/4 Images to be used
Issue number and Date included
Black background Text colour - White
4/5 Different Ideas wrote down for other sections (Just Text)
Album Review - Take Photo?
Gig Review - Photo at Paramore Concert, November 10th?

Double Page Spread
Big Main Image
Dark Background, White Text?
Band Name to be clearly shown
Drop Cap used
Summary of Article underneath Band Name/Title
Words/Photo/Thanks to - Left hand side (Verticle)
Magazine Title + Page number in both Corners
Section of Text taken out and placed in Middle of Article - Key Phrase/Information!

Publication Plan

Title:

Positioning Statement: Your Ultimate Rock Guide!

Frequency of Publication: Monthly

Price: £3.00

Distribution: Newsagents, Supermarkets, Media Stores (HMV, GAME etc.)

Arenas (M.E.N, Liverpool Echo etc.)

Rationale: This magazine is to inform people about the latest music in the pop/rock

genre. Including Interviews with big bands, Upcoming Bands, Information to do with

tour dates, gig reviews and album reviews.

Style: Informal, friendly to the readers. Relates back to the audience and has plenty of

feedback from the with regards to what they want to see in the magazine and their views

of what they think of things (such as gigs in local area and new albums)

LAYOUT WILL BE DETERMINED BY PLACEMENT OF IMAGES

      Regular Content

• Editors Letter
• Album Reviews
• New Releases
• Gigs in Each area of Country
• Gig Reviews
• Free Posters
• Competitions!
• Preview of Next Issues front cover
• Promotional Details for Magazine (e.g T-Shirts, Accessories etc.)

Feature Content

Some of the Content that could appear in the Magazine as a one off

• Exclusive Interview with big band
• Lost Prophets - Our Story
• My Chemical Romance - What turned their lives around
• Paramore - The Best Gig - Ever!
• Interview with one of the worlds leading  Rockstars
• Motorhead - 35 Years and still going Strong!

House Style

Cover Lines: Arial Black and Arial

Headlines: Rockwell

Standfirst: Rockwell

Captions: Rockwell 14pt. Byline to be included in Standfirst 

Features First Paragraph: drop capital Times New Roman, 5 lines deep,
only drop cap in Capital.

News First Paragraph: First sentence in Bold Capitals

Body Text: Times New Roman 10pt

Colour Scheme: Red, Black, Yellow, White