Design Brief.

1.    After analysing the results from my questionnaire I have decided to call my magazine ‘Vinyl’. I chose the name vinyl because it is retro and cool, it indicates that the followers of this magazine are very into their music.

2.       The genre of music which my magazine will focus on will be indie. Indie rock is a genre of music which is made up of a unique mixture of instruments and majority of indie rock musicians write their own music. I chose this genre as their aren't as many popular indie rock music magazines on the market and so I wanted to be original.

3.       The results show that the majority of people want for my magazines house colours to be black, white and orange. These colours put together will give the magazine a unique retro and vintage style look and also help my music magazine to stand out from existing magazines on the market.

4.       My feature article photograph will be of a single model (artist) and will be the main focus on the front cover. The model won't be holding any props as I want my music magazine to be about the music and so I feel by making the feature article photograph black and white with a musician standing in front of a natural setting it will connote to the reader that this magazine is solely about the music and the musicians story behind their own music.

5.       My magazine will have a formal presentation and the mode of address will also be reasonably formal. I want for the presentation of my music magazine to be formal and organised so that it looks professional and is artistically eye catching to a reader. I feel that the text within my music magazine must also be formal to some extent yet not so formal that it is unwelcoming or off putting for the reader.

6.       My magazine will include articles about band interviews and album reviews. The bands interviewed within my magazine will be mostly upcoming artists and the public can request the albums they want reviewed within each issue of the music magazine. 

7.       Although the results from my questionnaire indicate my audience would like a picture for every article included in the contents page, I have decided to include on a background photo of a live performance as it will give me more space for information about each article and it will help it to look more professional.