Planning

Target Audience:

• Age/Gender

The target audience for a rock magazine would be teens, adult-teens, and adults, of any gender. This is because people of these age ranges usually listen to rock music.

• Music tastes

They would listen to different sub-genre of rock music, e.g. : Indie-rock, punk-rock, heavy metal etc.

• Image/dress

Their Image would be very gloomy looking and emotionless, they would also have a violent feel to them and that they are very free beings.
The audience would have a very dark fashion, they would wear dark clothing and many piercings and possibly have tattoos. They would also wear things such as leather jackets, big boots, sneakers and ripped/studded clothing etc.

• Behaviour/Interests

The behaviour of the audience could be both energetic and violent or emotionless and 'dead' depending on the sub-genre of rock music they listen to.
They would be interested in piercings, tattoos, the dead, horror related things and spikes/studded clothing. They would always try to be out and hang around with friends in places such as graveyards or either they would stay in their house and seclude themselves from everyone being very anti-social.



Magazine Title:

• Ideas

Supernova - A supernova is a star that suddenly increases in brightness because of an explosion that eject most of its mass. This relates to the music of rock as it is a sudden increase in volume and the rock 'stars' express all their feelings in their songs.

Skream! - This is the way the music is spoken to the audience. The music screams out emotions and feelings. It could also relate to the audiences fan screams.

Electric Funk - The word electric represents the electric guitar used in rock music and how these guitars are used to create a 'funk' to the base music.

Hard Rock - Rock music is known to be very 'hard hitting' as it is very powerful and intense.



Content:

• Editor's choice - This will show what the editor think is the best story in the magazine, making the reader want to look at that story first.
• News -This will include what bands are doing and latest updates. Giving readers the latest news and what to look out for.
• Reviews - Reviews of songs will be included, to show ratings and how good the song is. This will show the readers what are the good songs and what other people think of them.
• Features - Features will show which band are included in the magazine, drawing the audience's attention by them reading about their favourite bands.
• Albums - This will show the latest albums that have come out.
• Posters - Mini posters of the latest and best bands, or the bands included in the magazine.
• Gig guide - A guide on when and where new gigs and concerts will be held. 
• Contests - Contest the audience can enter to win prizes and tickets to gig/concerts.