Initial Ideas

Fonts

Below are some of the fonts that I believe may be suitable for the text in my magazine. My overall favourite is STENCIL as I like the shape of the bold lettering and find that it resembles that of a sign, drawing the eye in and making a statement. I think that this style of font would be particularly suitable for the magazine title or coverlines. Georgia and Franklin Gothic Heavy also stand out to me as being suitable, possibly for text on the contents page or double page spread.



Colour schemes

Here are 4 possible colour schemes for my magazine. They all contain red however in each combination the other 2 colours differ. I have been finding it hard to come to a decision on what cobination will best suit the overall impression I want my magazine to portray. I am planning to use the same colour scheme throughout all 3 pages as I have seen done with other music magazines. I want the colours I use to scream out, giving a loud appearance (much like the genre of music), yet still appear classy and mysterious. I think that the colour scheme that could really create this desired impression is yellow, black, red.

Potential Titles

- LFM - (Live, For, Music)
- Rockbox
- R
- Juke
- AMP
- Quake
- Chase
- Casparian
- Nude
- Ban
- Raw
- Beat
- Shout

Above are some of my ideas for the title of my magazine. I have really struggled to come up with a title that for me really fits the vision I have for my magazine. Titles that stand out to me as having potential are Juke, AMP and Quake - Quake being my favourite. I wanted the title to have a clever hidden meaning and after much brainstorming I came up with Quake. This idea came from the fact that indie/rock music is often loud and involves instruments such as guitars and drums. The thought of these sorts of instruments being played at a high volume lead me to thinking of the ground beating or pulsating to the tempo of the music. This then reminded me of the effects an earthquake has on the movement of the ground and so I decided to take the second syllable of the word earthquake and use that - Quake. For this reason I'd say that Quake is my favourite title and is likely to be the one that I use.

Stories

I want the magazine to portray a sense of darkness and so I decided that the main story needs to be edgy and create a feeling of rebellion. Here are some of my initial ideas based around this aim:

- Band gone bad - This story would be about a rock band that got arrested and had to spend a night in jail after unexceptable behaviour at a gig they were playing at.
- 'Artist' returns - This story would be about an artist that had previously had a serious alcohol/drug addiction and after being in rehab, unable to produce music, they have returned clean from their addiction!
- Band back - This story would be about a band that have had difficulties within the group in the past, but are now returning with a new album as well as a new image.
All of the above stories are ideas for the main cover story, that will also be used on the double page spread.

+ Other stories (cover and contents)
- Top 10 Albums 0f 2010
- Top 5 new releases
- Battle of the bands
- Quake's fight for festival of the year!
- 'Artist name' brand new album
- Exclusive images
- Exclusive interview