Price

When I looked at 3 existing magazines, they all came out between every fortnight and every month and were all priced between £2.50 and £3.50, so I will publish my magazine every fortnight because after doing audience research I found that this is how often people would like to see a music magazine this is what the majority of people said.  
My price for my magazine will be around £2.50. When we did our focus group (posted on the 22nd November 2012) we found this is the price that most people would be willing to pay for a magazine that comes out every 2 weeks and this is a reasonable price that my target audience can afford.

Box Plan Layout of my Front Cover

ICT Mock Up Front Cover

Photoshoot Planning- Double Page Spread

Whilst I was looking for inspiration for my photo-shoot and how to arrange the photos on my double page spread I found this image, and I really liked the idea of having several different pictures and then the main image centered around these smaller ones. I like the idea of the photo's been one of the main focuses of the double page spread, rather than just a small part of it, I would like to do something like this with my double page spread, except because I will have a band that has 2 people in it I will have to feature both these people in the pictures. I quite liked the idea of having them in similar poses and looking at each other even if they weren't actually stood together when the picture is being taken. I also like the background and lighting used on this double page spread as it is very plain so there is no diversion from the main story, the audience can look at the pictures then read the article without getting distracted by the features of the photo shoot. I like the fact that the lighting is quite bright as it gives connotations of upbeat and happy music and that the artist is happy to be making the music and to be sharing it with this magazine's audience.

Photo Shoot Ideas- Front Cover

Because I am trying to mix together rock and 60s rock together, I thought if I have modern people wearing 60s style clothes then I will successfully be able to mix these two genres together. 
I used this as my basis for the photo-shoot, but when I ended up taking the photos some of my initial ideas that I wanted to do were a bit unrealistic so I had to rethink how I wanted my models to look and the make-up they were going to have, but I managed to think of some new ideas to do and make it work.

Target Audience (My Reader Profile)

My target audience will mainly be both males and females from the age 17-45, however, because I will be using a female on my front cover as my model then I will probably attract mostly female audiences as the colour schemes will probably be reds/pinks that will attract female readers more than male readers. The reason I am doing such a wide age range is because I want to attract readers who were around at the time this music was popular and can really appreciate it and will enjoy both the 60s rock music side of it and the modern rock side of it as well. I want to do it for a younger male audience so that I can get the readers who are interested in modern rock (such as Foo Fighters and U2) and if they buy my magazine it could get them interested in the 60s rock music as well (bands like The Beach Boys and Cream). 
The reason I want to do both these time eras is because many people know of popular bands from the 60s such as The Beatles, but are not aware of all the other bands that were around at that time, and if they enjoy The Beatles then they will enjoy  other music from that time as well, but I realise that if I only did 60s rock then I would not attract a very wide audience as it is quite a niche audience, therefore, by joining 60s and modern rock together it will attract many different audiences.
I will feature both modern rock and 60s rock on my front cover to attract both of these audiences, for example, I will place my model in a sixties style pose (maybe based around the iconic 60s theme such as Twiggy or patterned clothing that really stands out- that will represent the psychedelic theme of that time).

Focus group