Planning - Photo Shoot Poses

I have looked at some photo shoots of celebrities by the photographer Terry Richardson. I used his style for inspiration because his photo shoots are known for their eccentric and sometimes controversial poses. So I think a photography style similar to Terry Richardson's would suit my magazine because it will appeal to my younger audience because he uses themes like sex, humour and fashion.

Planning - Double Page Spread Flat plan

Planning - Contents Page Flatplan

Planning - Front Cover Flatplan

Planning - Contents Page Articles

• Kanye West under investigation for assault
• Boomtown festival line up
• Fraser Watts, going solo
• Alexandra's new single free download
• Future album releases
• Future gigs
• What's the impact of illegal downloads?
• Brit award nominees
• Competition: guess the next number 1
• Feature interview with Elle Aderson
• Festivals in 2014
• 2013 Review:
  Biggest selling singles and albums
  Remembering the festivals
  Breakthrough artists
• Posters
• Contact us
• Exclusive posters of artists
• Merchandise shop
• Win gig and festival tickets

Press Release

IPC Media’s Inspire division is producing a new mainstream music magazine, GOODMUSIC.  It is a magazine similar to NME, also produced by IPC Media, but this magazine is different in the way that it is aimed at young people around the age group of 15 – 25 and focussed mainly on music that is popular with this audience such as contemporary rock, hip hop, electronic music and mainstream popular music.

As well as information on gigs, album reviews and releases and up and coming artists, the magazine features a lot on the fashion, interests and culture of the younger generation, being the first music magazine on the market to cater to this age group as a whole.

The magazine will be available to download online, it will have a website for further information and loads of extra content and it will be interactive on sites such as; Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.  This will help boost the magazine's buyers and subscribers because of people increasing use of the internet especially the young and it will ensure the magazine's contemporary reputation due to the multiple platforms it will cover and the way the magazine will continue to evolve it's use of different platforms as technology evolves.

Planning - Double Page Spread Interview Questions

What have you been up to recently?

Can you remember what sparked your passion for music?

Who have been your biggest influences and inspirations?

What moments in your career so far have stood out the most?

Were there ever times when you thought that you wouldn't have gone mainstream?

You are gathering quite a following in the US and across the world, how is the increasing international fame affecting your life?

What can you say about the rumours of you making your acting début?

Planning - Masthead Designs

Here I have experimented with a few different fonts, colours and tried using drop shadows on some of the designs. I decided to go for a red masthead to stand out and I didn't choose a font with serifs to make it seem more modern and attract a younger audience.
The 'GOODMUSIC' designs are what I will use for the front cover and the 'GM Magazine' designs will be at the top corner of the contents page.