LO1 P1: Proposal

Introduction

I have been tasked to make a magazine and write down the information of the magazine work. For this document i'll be writing everything about the contents of the magazine, where it will be distributed and other information.

Proposal

The magazine itself is a combination of the game Doom and the metal music genre. The purpose of the magazine is to bring Doom fans more into the metal music genre and metal fans into the game Doom. For this magazine i will need to create a front cover, contents page and a double page spread. For all of the pages i will include myself for the photos. 

The target audience that i'm aiming for is going to be from 14-26 year olds. The reason for me aiming for such a young age is because around that age teenagers start to expand their taste in music and look into different genres, on their way they encounter these two genres which are rock and metal. The magazine is also a combination of the game Doom and the metal music genre. The combination between the game and the music fits perfectly together that it feels like the same thing. The purpose of the magazine is to let two fans meet something new and try it out.

Inspiration

The inspiration for making the magazine mostly comes from the game Doom with there going to be a lot of similarities to the Metal music genre. It will have dark colours and sharp letters by using the Doom font to give the effect.

Distribution

The distribution of the magazine will be in most newsstands and small local shops. One of the main places that it will be distributed through Hot Topic as it is themed around the metal genre.

My Audience Proposal

Contents of Magazine

Front Cover

For the front cover, I will be using a picture of myself as the main focus and will be so throughout the magazine. The Masthead will be sitting on top while being in front of me and the barcode will be placed in the bottom left.

Contents Page

For the Design and Layout of the Contents Page, I'll be using another magazine Contents Page as the design which is Metal Hammer. It will include two popular artists and two advertisements on this page in a form of bubbles and boxes. The contents will also contain what information is present within the magazine and on which pages are you able to find them on.

Graphics wise, I will be using pictures of old paper and planks to create the illusion as if the magazine is a bunch of scattered pages on a table. The reason for this design choice is so that it feels different to other magazines and make it stand out within the crowd. 

As for articles, all of them will be made up information which will be related to the game Doom in a way. Due to copyright reasons, I came up with this decision to avoid any issues with the internet law.

Double Page Spread

The Double Page Spread will be all about the "Slayers Story" which will be written by me due to the same reason that is listed for the contents page. The text will all be placed on the left page as it would be primerally for reading. If there are any distractions or interruptions while the consumer is reading, they could leave a bad review on the product. There will be one advert sitting at the bottom of the left side since it wouldn't disturb the reader.

Graphics wise will be similar to the idea in the contents page. There may not be any use of plank images as overdoing it could lead to the reader disliking the magazine. For each page it will have to look like something new and unique hence why this page wouldn't look exactly like the contents.

The only image will be me on the right page looking like as if 'm watching from a balcony. This also expands the idea of every page being something new, instead of just holding a bat while looking at the camera instead i will switch things up and bring something new.