The Production Plan

Publication Plan

Title: SOLO

POSITIONING STATEMENT

FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION: Monthly

PRICE: £1.99

DISTRIBUTION: Newsagents and supermarkets

RATIONALE: The approach of the magazine is from a journalists perspective. They will offer a few opinions and insights and the articles and interviews will focus on what their recent work is such as album releases and their interests outside of playing music.

STYLE: Informal and reverent, using a range of simple and not as simple vocabularly as it is for young adults and possibly critics. It will also have short paragraphs and some slang where appropriate.

Images will be the dominant feature of layouts.

REGULAR CONTENT:

• Editor's letter
• Cover artists is main interview
• Forums for different artists
• Concert reviews
• 'Gig guide' - Upcoming performances e.g. award shows, concerts, charity shows etc
• Sams monthly collumn - writes about concerts he's been to that month and new album releases/singles
• Article on who to listen out for
• Competitions
• Subscription extras e.g. subscribe and get £5 off magazine merch store
• Collage of cover artist photos

FEATURE CONTENT:

• Small articles on different artists
• Free Posters
• Advertisements - merch stores, album releases etc
• Article on fanbases
• Returning artists - if any
• Free CD
• Artists tips
• Revisiting old artists albums
• Where are they now?
• 'Legends'
• 'Blast From The Past'

HOUSE STYLE:

Masthead - Calibri 80pt Orange

Main coverlines - Calibri Bold 20pt Orange, Brown or Green

Feature articles - Main text: Calibri 8pt

Features first paragraph - Drop capital, 4 lines deep

Features standfirst paragraph - Calibri bold 14pt

Photoshoot Plan

Photographer: Charlotte Martin

Date Of Shoot: November 18th

Call Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm

Title Of Shoot: SOLO cover and feature article, November 2012 - Danielle Littler

Theme: In season - Danielle enjoying the morning at a park

The aim of this photoshoot will be to capture Danielle enjoying a brisk walk through woodland areas and having a go at things in the park such as swings, climbing rock etc in Autumn. Danielle has finished recording her second debut album and the photographs aim to show her in a relaxed state messing on a guitar before other interviews and her tours.

Location Of Shoot: Runcorn Town Hall Park

Meeting Point: Town Hall Car Park

Wardrobe: Warm clothing

Hair: Down and wavy, some hats

Make-Up: Natural look

Props: Wooden guitar

Necessary Kit: Canon PowerShot SX210 IS, Tripod and Gorillla pod.

Others Present: No other people present.

Reference Images for photoshoot

The photographs that I have found here are inspriation of how I may want to to my own photoshoot. These help me on how to decide how I want my model to stand or if to act natural