Aims and Introduction

As I created my questionnaire in college, the people that I asked were of my own age (16-17 years)- as well as getting a better understanding of my target audience  I can use myself as a good judge to my designs.
   6/10 people that did the questionnaire were female which is close to a 1:1 ratio and makes the results more fair. I did this to ensure it wasn't only from one and would get ideas and feedback from both.
   A younger age range normally has a lower charge rate which means I would need to make the price both reasonable for the makers of the magazine and people the people buying it. This is why I chose the magazine to be £2.99. 
   When doing my research, I looked at a wider range of genres but from my own personal favourite and the most popular answer, I chose Indie. I researched it further by looking at secondary images, fonts and clothing and made a mood board of what I'd found. I like bright, energetic colours so I found the images interesting and appealing. By looking at the colours and different fonts, it allowed me to imagine mastheads and cover lines I could use, Although I did look at other magazines looking at variety of genres, I found the most personal interest in Indie; I want to make my magazine unique, which is why I want to make the name for my magazine 'Unique'. The magazine will look at independent artists throughout so I thought that this would be both relevant and straight to the point. Making the magazine based around Indie music, the cover lines wont necessarily be about artists from 'UK's top 40 chart' and very well known nation wide, but be well known within the genre. 
   The base idea of this issue will be to promote a new artist/band that's only just go into the industry. I wasn't sure weather to do this or do an article on a already known artist and about one of their gigs or so. I asked a question about this in the questionnaire and most people said that they'd rather real about a new artist. 
   I plan to 3 shoots of iconic photos to get a wide choice of images. I want to either use 1 model for my cover page and double page spread and another on my contents page or 1 model throughout all 3 pieces. I want to use the photos I take to experiment this idea. In my contents page I will use an instrument, even though it will be a posed shoot in the studio, as it will make the photos symbolic as well and immediately relate to the topic of my magazine (music). In one of my shoots I want to use different scenery to the studio so I will use a female model at a lake. Although the denotations will be a lake, the connotations will represent peace and independence as in the photos they will be alone. I will use a guitar to relate to music as I will make the model (if I use her in the double page spread) an acoustic artist.
   When editing the photos, I want to make the ones at the lake colourful but soft and 'pretty'. I want the ones from the studio to have a larger contrast and be more dramatic and posed. In these photos, I want to use props to make them look fun, wacky and relate to the 'independent' genre. I will ask for feedback after each shoot as I want to know what other people think of the ideas I've expressed and why they like/dislike them. If more people say they prefer a different one to my own favourite, it will allow me to see why other people like different photos so could make the pages better.

Cover Page:
I want to make the main image posed and dramatic but the props, make up, hair and clothing to be colourful, fun and funky. I want to make the masthead bold, clear and unique and use a colour that's in the photo to compliment something in the photo and tie  the whole cover together. I want the cover lines to be a different font and colour so they stand out.

Contents Page:
I want use a variety of different images so that it gives a better show of what's in the magazine. I want the page to be dark and the images to be bright.

Double Page Spread:
I want to make one of the pages a full image of the person I'm writing about. I will use the same colour as a colour in the image from the heading and the subheadings.