AS Coursework Proposal Table – Stage 2

Describe your idea for the brief: My Idea is to fill my magazine with old Blues & Jazz because it hasn't really been done to its full potential. It also doesn't attract to the younger audience. I aim to change that.

Genre/ sub genre: list similar texts which have inspired your thoughts I have picked my genre of jazz and blues because I think there is a gap in the market when it comes to this genre of magazine. I have not seen any of its type on the shelf and I think it is a real opportunity to capitalise on the growing interest of Jazz

Target audience: gender/ age/ characteristics/ behaviour I aim this at all ages but hope to focus on teenagers-young adults. This is because I think the youth of today need educated in what music really is. I aim this mainly towards men but do not run women off.

Major conventions I will use The main conventions that I will use will be the most important conventions such as the masthead, cover line, main image and some of the essentials such as the bar code, date and issue number and also price on my front page, and for my context page I will use again a masthead and cover line along with context boxes.

Conventions I may subvert/ change/ not use Other conventions I may use could be things such as a sky line and bubble text box to help my magazine have a professional look and so that page looks complete and not so boring and plain. However I do not want it too look cluttered

Original images: what/ where/ who For my image I was going to take a picture of my brother playing the piano. He will be wearing a suit and hat and it will be in black & white to simulate it being in the past. I will take this picture in my house next to a white wall for easy cropping.

Potential difficulties/ Plan B: The biggest difficulty for me is trying to find a target audience, and which age I should aim it at. However I aim to make it attractive to the younger generation.