Zack Tooley NEA Blog: Magazine

Magazine Planning

sub genre - primarily a City-pop/future funk with secondary elements of EDM and electric mixed in to fit the audience and genre
Name - undecided, possible ideas = Mania, Euphoric, Dusk, Electro city, Blossom, Summer Days
The magazine focuses on an already somewhat niche genre of City-pop and future funk, which are both sub genres of pop and electro that mix the 2 in a blend, this leads to the magazine having rots in electro style with the presence of DJ and EdM style music being present in the magazines identity and content. The magazine will hold the values of uplifting new and upcoming artists, celebrating the genres history and aiming to build a community amongst likeminded people with the same interest and similar lifestyles, allowing for a diverse audience brought together by a similar interest, with a focus on diverse representation to appeal to the widest margin in the niche section of 16-25 year old people. The magazine will include content consisting of interviews, reviews, top lists, and articles that share information about artists or genre/events.

-Mood board for house style and front, some elements will be reserved on contents

-Contents board, the main themes will be the same as the cover with the layout taking inspiration from Mixmag, image style likely similar to the Electric Sound cover

Possible article subjects

Top 50 City pop songs of all time
Looking back at the forefathers and how they made the genre what it is today
Reminiscing on the greats, our list of the best hits
Exclusive interview with (artist name)
(artist name) and the story that brought them here
(artist name) and who were their biggest inspirations?
The rise of Future Funk and what it means
Looking back on Anri's 'Timely' after 40 years
The last tour by industry legend Masayoshi Takanaka
The best live shows in 2024
Our list of must see events for any British fan
How AI will revolutionise EDM
Drunken nights and the creation of (artist name and album)
The rising star and their trail (artist name)
the legacy of (artist name)
Man and the machine
The girl who revitalised the city
Is (artists name and album name) a contender for album of the year
Will (artists name) new album live up to the hype
The revival of a forgotten legend

Contents pages within the genre often do not contain direct headings for sections and rather are simply separated by layout , e.g likely having one section dedicated to top lists and then another dedicated to the artist interviews, with the page numbers simply just being next to the headings1

Layout drafts

Main cover layout drafts

Contents page layout draft

will be mirrored to be double paged

Photoshoot ideas

Setting - studio, possible use of outside with plants and sun, perhaps use green screen to place model into somewhere different, e.g a 3d background that resembles the city or futuristic style
model - likely use 2 female models for the front of the magazine, with models of any kind on the contents, undecided but will likely have the clothing be more casual to reminisce on city pop,
lowkey lighting with saturated colour
stylised

Magazine drafting

https://www.dafont.com/market-deco.font?text=Euphoric&psize=l&back=theme

Masthead ideas - genre uses very simple mastheads, often just bold white or black text in sans serif font, with the image and design carrying the actual style and design of the cover

-The colour may change to fit the covers actual style, blue is used as a temp background colour

-Brand name 'Euphoric' or 'Electro city'