Images for magazine

 

These are my images i have took for my magqazine. These images will be used on my front cover, contents and double page spread.

When taking the photos i tried to use of wide range of camera angles and movement. Ive decided the i would like a full body shot for the front cover, a close up for the double page spread, and a medium close up for the contents page. I tried to develop my idea of doing this when taking the photos to make sure i had lots of different poses.

 

 

Masthead fonts

These are some fonts that i may use for my front cover, contents and double page spread. I like these fonts because theyre all bold and stand out, and that is what i am aiming for.

The font i have chosen to do for my front cover is 'C.O.D.E.R' i have chose this one because it stands out a lot, and will be very noticable on my front cover.

Contents page mock up

This is my mock up of what my contents page may look like. This will help me when creating my contents page.

Mock up of front page

This is my mock up of what my front cover page will look like. By doing this it will help me put everything together on my magazine when creating it.

When doing my first draft of my magazine i will change the font and colour, because i do not like the colour of this, i think its a bit too bright and the font makes it a little less readable. When taking the photos i will also not do a close up like this because the photo takes up a lot of the magazine so the coverlines will appear over the image making the image not look as good. Instead of doing all the coverlines on the left hand side i will spread them out between the left and right side, but still having the main coverline on the left hand side.

Focus Group- Audience Research

This is my go animate video of the questions i asked a member of my class too find out what they would like to see in magazine.
From doing this i found out useful things that will help me making my magazine, for example what they would like in the magazine and what they look for (images, interviews). It also helped me decide when i would publish the magazine, and how the context would change if the magazine was published monthly rather then weekly.

Focus Group Questions

These will be the questions i ask in my focus group. Each answer will help me develop my ideas when creating and planning my magazine.

1. Do you read music magazines?
2. What do you look for in music magazines?
3. What things would you expect to see in a music magazine?
4. Do you buy them weekly or monthly?
5. If you were to buy the magazine monthly would you expect to see a glossy cover and interviews with bigger artists?
6. Do you like them to include free downloads?
7. Do you like them to include posters?
8. How much would you pay for a music magazine including all these features?

Magazine masthead name ideas

Aura
Steeze
Breeze
Vibe
Deja Vu

I have decided to go with the name 'steeze' becuase i think its quite a catchy name for a magazine and its very unusual and unique.

My Reader Profile

The typical age of the reader will be from 18-25, the readers of my magazine are 70% male and 30% women. My readers like going out and consuming music, they also purvey fashion and lifestyle. My readers will be either on the interent, in clubs or shopping. My readers weekday nights consist of sitting in bed listening to hip-hop through their dr dre headphones or through hq speakers. Whilst doing that they will be on his macbook looking for new tracks and download them through youtube converter or utorrent. My readers also enjoy looking through specific site too see what his favourite artist is up too, and also enjoys going on twitter too tweet them.