Desgin Brief

• Design Brief
  
  From my demographic research and competitor/market place research I will be able to create a design brief for my magazine. This will include what my magazine should and should not include, relating to my research. From this design brief and my research i will then start to design my magazine.
  
• The front cover of my magazine should be simple only including one or two pictures and there shouldn’t be a lot of writing.
  
• The colour scheme should be purples, blues, greens and blacks
  
• The feature article photo should be a posed shot
  
• The price should be between £3-£5
  
• The mode of address should be friendly, light-hearted but also serious.
  
• The magazine should have a gossipy style and an informal tone
  
• The fonts should be kept the same throughout the magazine, varying between ‘Bookman old style, Ariel rounded MT, Century gothic and Forte’
  
• The double page spreads should include 2 or 3 pictures, one big image and the others smaller
  
• The contents page should include 3 or more pictures
  
• The basic details of the front cover should be all grouped together at the bottom of the page
  
• The name of my magazine will need to be bold and stand out at the top of the page
  
• My magazine will need to include CD reviews, gig tour date, and gossip and information about country music stars
  
• My target audience think there should be a classified section in the magazine
  
• An issue of the magazine should be released month

• The size of the magazine should be 29.5cm long and 21cm wide