The Pitch

By Victoria Moult

Who its aimed at/Genre

My magazine is a hip hop magazine aimed at young adults aged between 16 – 18 with the average reader being 17 years old.Due to our generation using the internet to buy music and rather than CD’s we use our phones or music devices to listen to music. I am going to have my magazine being able to be bought on the newsstand in the Itunes store therefore I believe it will appeal to not only my target audience but a much wider audience to. As my target audience are all about there phones they will be more interested in being able to read it on their phones rather than going to have to go to the store to buy it. I will also have a Facebook page, Twitter feed and Instagram page this will be great advertisement and will appeal and engage my target audience.

KEY STATITISTICS:The average age of our readers will be: 17 with the female audience being 77.27% and the male audience: 22.73%. The readers are interested in a hip hop genre. The average readers are 55% working full time 45%part time and 79% are students. The reader would be of any race as our magazine has no prejudice and our society is multicultural.The reader likes to download music using sites such as iTunes, and listens to music for over 9 hours a week therefore they are interested in the magazine to know about upcoming music, tour dates and what’s ranked in the charts. The average reader is a C1 Earner and has an average income of 20,000. Therefore they would be able to purchase my magazine and it would be within price range without affecting their bank account.

Reader profile

Cost and Publication patternThe publication pattern will be monthly therefore my magazine will be a long length in order for the reader to be content to last a month until the next issue. Also my magazine will have to be of good quality so that the target audience will keep buying it every month as one bad issue could drop sales permanently.Using my audience research again I have found that my reader would spend £1.55-£2.00 on a magazine therefore I have decided that the cover price of my magazine will be £2.00. I have chosen this price because it is cheap enough that my audience will buy it and it just enough in order to make a profit and not break even. The price is different to other music magazine that have a more expensive price but I believe this is why the sales of music magazines have decreased.

Style and coverage of the magazine

The magazine will cover the latest trends of the hip-hop music genre such as: the newest/upcoming artists, the upcoming songs and albums of known artists, reviews of what was the best of the month and upcoming music the reader should listen to and what to avoid. It will cover these areas by interviews with upcoming artists/ already known artists. It will also feature articles of album/songs, reviews on songs/ albums, it will also have an article on the top 40 music of the month. Furthermore it will have detachable posters for the younger generation to take out and use or just to look at, we will also have mini competition and giveaways to the first 100 people to promote upcoming artists. The magazine will have an equal amount of pictures and text to appeal to the target audience with the pictures and texts equally spread out i.e. not cramped into one small page. The photos will compliment the text and engage the reader and the colours used will be bold, attractive and eye catching to make the page interesting and engaging for the target audience.

The TitleSelling lines on the cover will be – The latest music here.This is possible titles of the magazine I will make, I think I am going to go with the title sound.

Possible magazine

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Soundisound

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Mission statementSound is a music magazine that reveals all of the most up to date information on current and upcoming hip-hop music, we include the newest artists that matter and a mixture of artists already out there which reaches out to our younger readers. Every issue features exclusive interviews of the biggest music or artists of the month before it is revealed elsewhere and articles on everything our readers will need to know in order to stay on top of their interest. It also features our own Top 40 ranking the best music of the month so it will appeal to our audiences needs. Our critical summary on upcoming music at the end of every issue will let our readers know what to listen to and enjoy and what to avoid.

Sketches of front coverstitle

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These are some sketches I did of my front cover, so I could see which design/ arrangement of the magazine I preferred I have decided on the second one as it has more going on, secondary images and looks more like covers of hip hop magazine I researched.

Sketches of contents pagesTitle of magazine contents

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These are mock ups of content pages when I make my magazine I will make mine like the first one I prefer the layout and I think its unique compared to other magazines of the same genre.

Sketches of double page spreads

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Back cover cover

Example of cover linesBuzzwords: exclusive and free Cover lines examples: 1. Top greatest songs of this month.2. This months newest artist reveals all.3. Free posters inside.4. Exclusive Leeds Fest 2015 line up inside.5. ‘artist name’ gives details on upcoming

album.6. Interview with U.S. biggest star Jason

derulo.I am going to use on my cover 1.,3.,4.,6.,

CopyThe double page spread will be an article on Jason Derulo it will feature photos from his latest tour and gig picture of his album's and tour giveaways in the bottom right hand corner. It will also feature a brief interview from him and description about his tour and about his latest album. The interview will have a side bar giving a brief history of his music and discography to fill new readers in about his past.