Callum BD as media

Audience Research

Because I'm basing the magazine's music genre on punk music, I have looked into where the different sub-genres of punk are accepted.

It turns out that punk Is very widely accepted. Pop-Punk is very big with the masses and the mainstream because it's a lighter and more catchy side to punk. Pop-punk is accepted in UK tribes like emos, skaters, scene kids, DIYers, indies, Tumblr kids, Trendies and so on.

Hardcore punk is mainly associated with the hardcore movement. A can-be very elitist side to punk. They like short one minute songs that are full of shouts and scratchy guitars and messy drums. However, because of a side to Hardcore known as DIY punk (Black Flag fit into this one) DIYers will also accept hardcore punk.

Classic punk like the Sex Pistols is pretty much accepted by most UK tribes. Everyone and their dads know who the Sex Pistols are.

The same very much goes for Grunge; Nirvana were the biggest band of their time, all kinds of sub-cultures and UK tribes liked them.

Magazine Title

My magazine title will be "LC PUNK!"

I chose this because the "LC" keeps the relation to the school. The "PUNK!" shows what kind of music magazine it is and I added the exclamation mark because it makes it look very in-your-face and shout-like, just like punk music. The exclamation mark is also inspired by "Kerrang!" because I thought it was a nice touch to a rock magazine.

My Magazine's Music Style

My magazine will be based on mainly rock and roll music, but leaning more towards the punk side of things. the adavntage of this is that punk is a very diverse genre and is widely accepted across a lot of different sub-cultures such as Emo, Hardcore, Skaters, DIYers and indies.

My magazine will cover a range of punk music like Pop-punk (Blink 182, Neck Deep), Hardcore punk (Black Flag, Counterparts), Grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam), Classic punk (Sex Pistols, The Buzzcocks, The Circle Jerks) and so on.

The colour scheme will include contrasts of green and magenta/purple. this is because they are complimentary colours and they are popular in punk so it will resonate with fans of punk music.