Plan

Today, i have done a plan on my magazine and sketched out an idea of what i want to do. The sketch is not my final idea though, and i am expecting changes from it. I have also done a questionnaire on what people expect from a teenage magazine such as articles and colours. The questionnaire will be handed out to people in my class and people outside my class who are teenagers aged around 16-19.

Expectation

I have now gathered up my research and have an idea on what my Music Magazine should be on. The piece will be a general Music magazine on all types of genre. It will have a taste of reggae such as an interview on the first asian reggae artist. There will also be a taste of Hip-Hop which will be the main aim on the front cover.

Mind Map

I have made a Mind Map to get a better idea on what elements i should use within a Teenage Magazine. I have broken the ideas up into different genres such as -

• Music


• Games


• Relationships


• Gossip


• Cars


• Sports

After i have done that, i broke them up into Sub headings and wrote down what issues you find within each genre. E.g you find 'Hip Hop' in Music.

Here is my Mind Map

Today i have been advised to look at different genre magazines as i need to aim my target audience at teenagers... this has caused my ideas to go very narrow!.

Now i am going to look at Teenage Magazine ideas on the internet.

Here are some websites i have visited -

• http://www.netmagazines.com/categories.asp?cID=48
• http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=7789&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=5249

More to come, like Mind Map on ideas to help me decide what content i want on my Magazine!!!

Links and samples

Here are some samples of Music front covers that i have found during my research today -

Here are some links i have visited during todays research -

• http://www.nme.com/
• http://www.uncut.co.uk/
• http://www.reggaetimes.com/
• http://www.kerrang.com/

Research

Today i have been collecting examples of music front cover magazines as i want to create a "Music Magazine". I have front covers of different music genre magazines such as; 'rock', 'Hipe Hop' and 'R&B'.

Testing

TESTING!