Mission Statement

POP STAR is a female based magazine. Music led with features of gossip, news and interviews.

POP STAR is aimed at female teenagers who like to hear the latest news and gossip.

POP STAR will help fullfil it's readers knowledge of music.

POP STAR's role in it's readers lives is to entertain and inspire.

The first issue will arrive between November 2010- June 2011

Music Fan Profile

*TEEN POP GIRL*

AGE : 13-19 years old

WHAT IS SHE WEARING: The latest high street fashion, dolly shoes or boots, styled hair straight or curly

LISTENING TO: Girl bands like The Saturdays, Solo artists like Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus, but also male artists like Justin Bieber

WANTS TO BE: The next big thing in music and fashion

FIND HER: Either in her room singing and dancing of gossiping with her friends about the latest news

Reader Profile

Female: 95%     Male: 5%
Average Age: 17 years old
In school/ college: 85%     Working: 10%     Unemployed: 5 %
CONFIDENT: in what they want to do
INTO: POP 
FAVOURITE RADIO STATION: BBC Radio 1
LIKE TO KEEP UP TO DATE:

• 79% say it's important to keep up to date with the latest music
• 97 % are passionate about music

COLLECTION:

• 100 CDs in collection
• 90 DVDs in colllection
• 1000+ downloads
• Average time reading music mag: 1 hour

TOTAL SPENT IN 20 YEARS:

• CDs £7m
• DVDs £6m

• LIFE EVENTS £5m
• DOWNLOADS £3m

Questionnaire Analysis

My target audience is mainly female. The magazines which they would be willing to pay for a magazine will range between £1.50- £2.99.
The most prefered masthead was POP STAR. The most prefered slogan was The BIGGEST pop mag!
The topics chosen were EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS, CHART TOPPERS, ALBUM REVIEWS and NEW MUSIC out of the choices given.
The colour scheme chosen was bright colours.
The prefered main image was a solo female artist.
The prefered subsidiary image chosen was of solo female artists, girl bands, mixed gender bands and solo male artists.

Conclusion of music magazine front covers.

I have found that not many music magazine front covers have alot or not any subsidiary images.
Many music magazine front covers us mostly sell lines on the cover to get the buyer to read  the magazine to see the story inside.

The pose is good it i slanted so it fills the page better.
the mashead is ssimple font and just one colour the person is standind in front of the masthead so this magazine may be think that the masthead is well known to the puplic.

This type of magazine masthead is very simple it is has only 3 different colours and the writing is very bold but simple.
The pose is very simple, there is one prop used in the shot, it is at medium close up and not very different colours have been used.

Examples of music magazines covers I like

I like this magazine front cover because it is bright and colourful. The person on the cover seems very confident, this is shown in the type of pose she is doing.

Examples of music magazine front covers

Aftre researching different types of magazine front covers I have examples of the front cover and why I like them.

Media Studies

Music Magazine Front Cover Questionnaire

1.    What gender are you?

Male

Female

2.    How old are you?

13 or younger

14-15 years old

16-17 years old

18-19 years old

20 years or older

3.    How often do you normally buy magazines?

NEVER

SOMETIMES

OFTEN

WEEKLY

FORTNIGHTLY

MONTHLY

4.    How much would you buy a magazine for?

£1.49 or under

£1.50 - £2.99

£3.00 - £4.49

£4.50 or more

5.    What masthead do you prefer?

POP

HEAR NOW

REAL MUSIC

POP STAR

STARSTRUCK

EXCLUSIVE

Other (please state)

6.    What slogan do you prefer?

The BIGGEST Pop Mag!

MORE FOR YOU

EXCLUSIVE to you

REAL music

TOP of the CHARTS

Other (please state)

7.    What topic do you prefer?

CHART TOPPERS

ALBUM REVIEWS

DOWNLOADS

NEW MUSIC

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

EVENTS COMING SOON

Other (please state)

8.    What color scheme do you prefer?

Warm colors

Cold colors

Bright colors

Neutral colors

Florescent colors

Other (please state)

9.    What main image would you prefer for a front cover?

GIRL BAND

BOY BAND

MIXED GENDER BAND

SOLO GIRL

SOLO BOY

Other (please state)

10. What subsidiary image s would you prefer for a front cover?

EVENTS COMING SOON

BOY BANDS

GIRL BANDS

MIXED GENDER BANDS

SOLO GIRLS

SOLO BOYS

MUSIC SHOPS

CONCERTS

Other (please state)