Summary of My Research into Existing Magazines

I have made plans initially from the most basic concepts of research that I have carried out.

• I plan to create a magazine based on a Rock genre, due to the fact that there are so many artists within this genre which could be included.
  
• This means that the target audience would be for teenagers and young adults, of ages 15 - 25.
  
• Following on from my research that I have carried out previously, I plan to take certain aspects that make different magazine front covers unique, and manipulate them into my own idea, though carrying out the same concept.
• Therefore, I can imagine having a colour scheme consisting of colours which are not bright. I want the colours to compliment each other so that I can achieve a complete overall look.
  
• The colours are to mainly be red and black.
  
• I am going to use magazines such as Q, ART ROCK, KERRANG and NME to give me inspiration regarding my own magazine. This is because these magazines have the genre and style which I intend to use for my own magazine.
• In every magazine that I have previously researched, I have realised that they all have mastheads, cover lines, splashes, puffs and main sells etc. These are the basic conventions of magazines.
• This magazine is mainly targeted at men, because it is a pure rock magazine, and according to my research, men are the main target audience for this genre.