Initial plans

Publication Plan

Title:  Live

Positioning statement: The truth of indie

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Price: £2.90

Distribution:  Music shops, Supermarkets.

Rationale:  The approach of magazine is for the fans that enjoy indie music; the magazine includes interviews, gig /concert/album reviews and competitions. This will attract my target audience as this is what they would want to know when they read the magazine.

Style:  My magazine will be formal to a certain extent for example the news or a professional review. But however in aspects such as interviews and articles informality will take place. My magazine will include humour to attract target audience and use simple vocabulary along with short paragraphs and slang.

Regular Content:

·         One on one with special guests

·         Same questions different answers

·         Gig reviews

·         Hot spot the pressure is on

·          Most listened to artist/bands this month

·         Interviews

·         Concert reviews

·         News

·         Album reviews

·         Make some noise

·         Concert/gig/album reviews

Feature Content:

·         Bombay Bicycle Club riding their way to the UK

·         Behind the scenes with Arctic Monkeys

·         MGMT hit back with an electric feel

·         Check out all the amazing people attending Glastonbury  2013

·         Snow Patrol coming to an end?  

·         A brand new band grabbing the hearts of thousands

·         Gigs and immense artists/bands including a surprise celebrity guest coming to you soon

·         Radiohead reveals their latest album

·         The Killers, what goes on behind closed doors

·         Winners of the Music Video Aw555ards 2012 what went wrong

·         Coldplay let us in on their secret

·         Two Door Cinema Club wow V Festival crowd

·         Friendly Fires becoming not so friendly towards fans

·         Most talked about performance this year find out who

·         Florence takes on a mind blowing world tour

·         Bigger sound. Bigger crowd. Bigger buzz.

·         Kaiser chiefs shock the world with their new sound

·         Get the chance to meet your favourite band/artist

·         Red Hot Chilli Peppers rock London

·         Hippies On a Hill journey

·         Rolling Stones aren’t finished just yet

House Style

·         Cover lines: 

·         Headlines: Rockwell

·         Stand first: Rockwell 14pt. By-line to be included in stand first

·         News First paragraph: First two words in bold capitals

·         Body Text:  Rockwell 11pt

·         Red, white, black  

Planning Production

Front cover images

My main image will be a young girl standing in front of the Liverpool skyline. She will be wearing indie like clothes for example skinny jeans and a shirt. Her attitude in the images will be seen as very cool-like, or even chilled. It might include some images of bands and artists around the page. Giving the reader a sense about what is inside.

Cover-lines

·         Bombay Bicycle Club riding their way to the UK

·         Behind the scenes with Arctic Monkeys

·         MGMT hit back with an electric feel

·         Check out all the amazing people attending Glastonbury  2013

·         Radiohead reveals their latest album

·         The Killers, what goes on behind closed doors

·         Two Door Cinema Club wow V Festival crowd

·         Friendly Fires becoming not so friendly towards fans

·         Florence takes on a mind blowing world tour

·         Red Hot Chilli Peppers rock London

·         Hippies On a Hill journey

Text for contents page

·         Regular content

·         One on one with special guests

·         Same questions different answers

·         Gig reviews

·         Hot spot the pressure is on

·          Most listened to artist/bands this month

·         Interviews

·         Concert reviews

·         News

·         Album reviews

·         Make some noise

·         Concert/gig/album reviews

·         Bombay Bicycle Club riding their way to the UK

A must see for dedicated fans

·         Behind the scenes with Arctic Monkeys

The loved Arctic Monkeys Show us what it’s like to become one of them

·         MGMT hit back with an electric feel

No one can miss the insanity of MGMTs latest feel

·         Check out all the amazing people attending Glastonbury  2013

Your chance to win free tickets to this once in a lifetime experience

·         Snow Patrol coming to an end?

Heart dropping news but is it true, look inside to find out more

·         A brand new band grabbing the hearts of thousands

Find out who it is that could be one of the all time legends

·         Gigs and immense artists/bands including a surprise celebrity guest coming to you soon

Win VIP tickets to chill with the bands and artist backstage

·         Radiohead reveals their latest album

Exclusive competition to be the first one to have their brand new album

·         The Killers, what goes on behind closed doors

Finally The Killers let us in on their rollercoaster of lives

·         Winners of the Music Video Awards 2012 what went wrong

The Music Awards set up? Read more to see if you agree with the biggest mistake made in music history

·         Coldplay let us in on their secret

The story that will shock the world

·         Two Door Cinema Club wow V Festival crowd

Witness images and stories about the crazy crowds experience during Two Door Cinema Clubs performance. Known as their favourite crowd this year.

·         Friendly Fires becoming not so friendly towards fans

Friendly Fires finally snaps at crazy fans, but did he go too far?

·         Most talked about performance this year find out who

Greatest performance of 2012 read more to find out why it was so mind blowing

·         Florence takes on a mind blowing world tour

Florence fans should be ecstatic be the first to read the tour dates

·         Bigger sound. Bigger crowd. Bigger buzz.

Find out what this crazy event is all about, it’s un-missible

·         Kaiser chiefs shock the world with their new sound

Why they changed their whole look and music direction

·         Get the chance to meet your favourite band/artist

It could be you

·         Red Hot Chilli Peppers rock London

Crowd goes mental London has never seen such a sight

The Guardians

Find out how they got to where they are now.

·         Rolling Stones aren’t finished just yet

We haven’t seen the last of The Rolling Stones read more about their last world wide tour

·    Text underneath images, for example if it’s an image from one of my feature article a quote from the article will be underneath. Or a sub heading will be underneath certain images giving a little more about the image to make it look more interesting and make the audience want to know more.

   Date, an issue number, maybe title of magazine.

·         An introduction, E.g. Inside this week.

Images for contents page

·         Instruments- a band playing them

·         Bands – The one I am interviewing.

·         A crowd at a concert

Article for double page spread

·         One main image of the band I’m interviewing.

·         Title bleeds onto both pages.

·         A quote from the article in the middle of page bigger and bolder than the rest of the text.

·         Drop capital on every new paragraph so it makes it look more inviting.