Proposal Plan

Magazine Proposal plan –

The masthead of my publication will be named, BLACK HEART the reason for naming the masthead black heart is because it reflects on the genre of the publication, it also sounds edgy and rock like and gives a mysterious and distraught atmosphere. The publication is a mixture of 2 words but combined. The word black detonates darkness, emptiness and desolation, and the word heart, suggests life, energy and vitality. The words combined gives a binary oppositional contrast between the two words within the masthead, as if it’s a heart of darkness

Contents page – In my content page, I’m going to include a wide range of both featured and regular sectors which provide information on the double page spread, as well as this the magazine will have its own section called Black blood, as it related to the contents magazine content page. The magazine contents page, will contain an alternative rock band called “Demonic felines”or "Demonic Cats" (My cover stars band name). What will make the magazine stand out is that it would have a collage of images, of the featured rock band, a section of features displayed on the contents page, a font style which is the same as the masthead.

Masthead – The masthead is going to be called “Black Heart” as mentioned above, the masthead resembles the genre and reflects upon it, as “alternative rock” is stereotyped, to have a menacing title which tends to be edgy and slightly rough, this also stereotypes the audience itself, as it gives the audience to be seen as “rebellious”, The stereotype is used to emphasise the genre in a neutral way as it is neither positive nor negative.

Cover stars – The cover stars of my magazine, are 3 females, the reason being this, is because there aren’t many females supported in the rock genre, yet there is a lot of female rockers in society, my cover star is a band and will consist of 3 members, all have piercings to promote the genre, as it is stereotyped. I am also going to make sure they wear clothing relating to the rock genre, and have props which make the

Genre - The genre of my publication is a mixture of JRock (Japanese rock) and alternative rock, I did this because I wanted to have a more diverese and larger audience, as rock music is already mainstream, I wanted to mix it up with a bit of Japanese rock, to give the target audience a different taste in music and also to meet the target audiences needs