In order to produce a music magazine I needed to first plan all aspects of it, so I began by deciding upon the genre of my music magazine. As this would allow me to then establish a target audience and then continue to further plan other aspects. I decided to choose the genre of indie, because it is what I am familiar with and has aspects of the genre which I can relate to. Therefore, I had a starting point within the planning stages. I then began my planning through creating a mind map on possible names I could call my magazine , as this was a key element with the construction of the magazine, as it is what will give the media text a brand and get the audiences attention. The names were generated through researching into indie terms and song names from indie artists albums.
After creating a variety of names for the magazine I then decided to choose the name "VIDA. " as it sounds young and fresh for a younger audience and immediately will capture there attention. I took inspiration from the Coldplay song Viva la Vida.
After choosing this I then decided to draft some ideas of what the chosen text would look like so I could begin to picture what sort of text will be used on the front cover and begin to peice together the branding of my magazine.
I then researched into similar music magazines, such as kerrang and NME and then created an image which I wished to place on the front cover of my magazine. I chose this image as it was in the readers face and would catch their attention. An also connates commotion which is stereotypical of the indie genre especially at festivals.
Final Product
I have taken the images and edited them with the Photoshop 7.0 . I have added colour backgrounds to the texts to make the texts stand out similar to commercial magazines such as NME which I have researched. This colour theme I have tried to continue throughout my magazine media texts which I have produced.
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I then researched into similar music magazines, such as kerrang and NME and then created an image which I wished to place on the front cover of my magazine. I chose this image as it was in the readers face and would catch their attention. An also connates commotion which is stereotypical of the indie genre especially at festivals. 
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