FINAL PITCH

FINAL PITCH

The end of research has come! The decision for my narrative idea has been

reached! From combining Idea 1 and 3 to create the perfect narrative as both

proved popular through the opinions from the focus group, as well as

incorporating some of the ideas the audience members came up with, I am

able to create the main narrative idea to be used.

FRONT PAGE…

On the front page there will be an image of the

exclusive bands that will take up the majority of the

page and be the main thing that draws the reader’s

attention. The members will be cut out along there

outline using Photoshop, (Like Rolling Stones

magazine features Robert Downey Jr, insert right), and

placed onto a clear white background to give the

image dominance over the page. The Masthead will be

a full title rather than a single initial, and will be of

this font (insert below).

FRONT PAGE

As for the exclusive band image, it will slightly superimpose over the masthead. Around the exclusive bands there will be cover lines of well-established bands that proved popular in questions 6 and 9, such as The Rolling Stones, Muse and alternative bands of rock’s subgenre. The colour scheme will be conventionally (Q magazine) white, red and black. Similar to the narrative visual idea that the focus group audience members, other bands such as ‘Paramore’ will be featured at the bottom next to a teaser with the initial ‘N’ of the chosen font, known as ‘N Review’ as it will be treated as the magazine first launch.

The top of the page will also feature a banner of ‘The essential music guide’. Other teasers will be features around the page, such as a cover line on a music genre the target audience (English etc.) will appeal to, such as ’50 Greatest Brit Tracks’. The band’s name will be located beneath ‘The Novembers’, with text of ‘Novembers in November’ beneath smaller than ‘The Novembers’. The barcode will be conventionally placed at the bottom with the price above the ‘N Review’ banner as not to distract from the over features on the front page that have more importance.

CONTENTS PAGE

Influenced by Q’s contents page that I analysed, the contents page will be kept

pictorial with pictures of the exclusive band and other images, such as other

bands album covers. The page will be clearly named ‘Contents’ in the same font

as the Masthead and text will be in columns and conventionally each article

numbered. Text though will be kept to a minimum with large images, as to make

the contents page interesting.

The contents will feature 4 photos, one of an the exclusive band ‘The

Novembers’ album cover, one of a the Metallica Concert which will have to be

faked by using certain props/mise-en-scene. One image will be of a location

shot two of the members from the exclusive band and one of a made up band.

The double page spread will be an exclusive article on the page, with one page of a dominating full shot of all band members which will be for mise-en-scene, similar to the ‘Rolling Stones’ double page spread that was analysed. The other page will be information and details on the exclusive band, with the title of the band ‘The Novembers’, clear at the top, with a Question and Answer interview as the text. The page will conventionally have a similar colour scheme to the front page and contents page with some possibly differences.