Planning-Revised Publication Plan

Task three

Price: £4.00

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Issue size: 160

Regular content:

Final Beat – inside back page question and answer with an R’n’B celebrity (the celebrity each month will change)

For the record – With an artist in a recording studio (artist will change with each issue)

Horoscopes

Feature content:

Young soul rebels – Can music solve all?

Whitney Houston – The true price of fame

Planning-Original Publication Plan

Task ten

Title: Bling

Positioning statement: The UK’s first R’n’B magazine

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Price: £3.20

Distribution: Newsagents, supermarkets and music shops

Rationale: R’n’B magazine for the UK. It will cover British and American artists. All articles and regular content are what the people want to know about

Style: Relaxed and informal style. The magazine is for all R’n’B fans so will use a limited range of vocabulary that everyone can understand and simple sentence structure.

Regular Content

• Your R’n’B - Fans Letters
• Gig guides
• N-dubz monthly column
• puzzles and competitions
• Celeb for a day – Coverage of a day in the life of a celebrity ( celebrity will change each issue)
• Final Beat – inside back page question and answer with an R’n’B celebrity fan (the celebrity fan each month will change)
• For the record – With an artist in a recording studio (artist will change with each issue)

Feature Content

• West Coast VS East Coast – who won?
• Stars on the rise - new artists to look out for
• Beyonce and Jay Z- the most powerful couple in R’n’B today
• Can Cheryl (Cole) go it alone?
• Guns and gangsters – Does rap influence violence
• Rapping wars – Best MC’s to date
• Just beat it – Best dancers in R’n’B
• 10 years on - best music from this decade
• Bootylicous – the biggest women in R’n’B
• P Diddy - The story behind his fame
• Tupac and Biggie
• Young soul rebels – Can music solve all?
• Whitney Houston – The true price of fame
• Tagged – The best art around
• A life in pictures and music – Michael Jackson ( regular feature celebrity will change each issue)
• Icons - The icons of the generations
• Hip Hop or R’n’B? – You decide

House Style

Coverlines: Arial Black

Headlines: Berlin Sans FB Demi Bold

Standfirst: Berlin Sans FB Demi 14pt

Captions: Berlin Sans FB Demi 8pt

Features first paragraph: A drop capital Arial Black Bold 7 lines deep and then first two lines in bold

News first paragraph:

Body Text: Times New Roman 11pt

Colour Scheme: Purple, Blue and White

Planning

Decide on front cover images

• Solo female artist sitting on a chair backwards
• Low angle full body shot (tilted frame?)
• Background is red curtain behind
• Lighting is dimmed with white light coming in from above right side or up lights
• Wearing a dress and heels with smokey eyes. Hair will be up with a quiff

Write the coverlines for the front cover

• Main coverline to go with picture – Who died and made R’n’B queen?
• Young soul rebels
• Guns and gangsters
• Cheryl (Cole)
• Mr and Mrs
• West Coast VS East Coast
• Plus: Rhianna, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, T-Pain

Write the text for the contents page

Regular Content

• Your R’n’B - Fans Letters
• Gig guides
• N-dubz monthly column
• Celebrity for a day – Coverage of a day in the life of a celebrity ( celebrity will change each issue)
• Final Beat – inside back page question and answer with a R’n’B celebrity fan (the celebrity each month will change)
• For the record – With an artist in a recording studio (artist will change with each issue

Features

• Person of the month - Celebrity interview
• West Coast VS East Coast – who won?
• Stars on the rise - new artists to look out for in 2010
• Beyonce and Jay Z- the most powerful couple in R’n’B today
• Can Cheryl (Cole) go it alone?
• Pimp my ride – Celebrity cars
• Guns and gangsters – Does rap influence violence?
• Just beat it – Best dancers in R’n’B
• 10 years on - best music from this decade
• Bootylicous – the most powerful women in R’n’B to date
• P Diddy - The story behind his fame
• Tupac and Biggie
• Young soul rebels – Can music solve all?
• Whitney Houston – The true price of fame, is it really worth it?
• Tagged – The best art around
• Icons of their time - A life in pictures and music Michael Jackson ( regular feature celebrity will change each issue)
• Icons - The icons of the generations
• Hip Hop or R’n’B? – You decide

List the images for the contents page

• More pictures of the main cover image – one full body shot standing up holding chair leaning forward, another medium close up sitting sideways on chair legs swinging and wearing same clothes, shoes and make up
• Image of a boy in a hat and hoodie facing away from the camera
• Girl in heels and normal day clothes on stairs

Decide the article you are going to write for your double page spread and photograph you will

need

N-Dubz: Rise to Fame

Double Page Spread sketch

Front cover sketch

Contents page sketch

Research-Music Magazines

Task three:researching music magazines

Price: $3.99

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Issue size:

Regular content:

Feature content:

Price: £3.90

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Issue size: 164

Regular content

New to Q

Q Hero

Q50

Q Quiz

Last Requests

Access all areas

Feature content:

Interviews with bands

Feature content

Gig guides

Celebrity interviews

Price:£3.75

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Issue size: 140

Regular content

Editorial

Letters

X Rated

Show and Prove

Doin’ lines

Feature content

Interviews with artists

Album review

Word Play

Price: $4.99

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Issue size:

Regular content:

Feature content: