Sketches

 

Sketches

 

 

 

 

 

 

In order to give myself an idea of how I wanted to lay out my magazine, I designed some draft sketches which enabled me to gain a sense of how it would look once I created it on InDesign. I have made sure to design where I would place the text and where I would have images which allows me to balance the amount I have which would keep my reader interested and make the pages more appealing to them.

New Media

A popular example of New Media is Twitter. It is currently the most favoured social media with teenagers as they are able to follow their friends, make tweets, speak to friends and upload images. They are also able to follow their favourite celebrities and find out what they are up to and what they are working on. I think this is an important new media for my target audience because they are teenagers and are therefore likely to use it. This is therefore why I decided to create a twitter account for my magazine. I created tweets similar to those of another Indie Music magazine's twitter account in order to make the account as professional as possible, and I also took the data for the tweets, following and followers for that same account which displays the potential that the account could have. This analysis demonstrates that the social media would be the best way to connect with my target audience as it is a popular source of communicating with the magazine and also with their favourite artists likely to be featured in the magazine.

Masthead Designs

 

To create the masthead designs I used a variety of fonts that I think could be effective on my magazine front cover. I used fonts available on Adobe InDesign along with fonts from the 'Da Font' website to include a wide range of fonts to choose from. I used many different tools on InDesign to make the designs unique, for example I made the letters closer together, furthur apart, bold etc. I did this in order to gain an idea of what kind of typography I think would be effective. I want to use a font that is bold so that it catches the attention of the reader and draws them into the magazine, increasing the chances of a potential sale. I also want it to be clear so that the readers find it easy to read what it says from a furthur distance which will also help to entice them. Chosing the font is an essential part of my magazine as it will be associated with it for the rest of its existance, and if any other media was to evolve from my magazine e.g. radio,music channel,stage name - I would have to use the same font so that people are able to recognise it. The fonts that I have displayed can also be associated with the genre of music I am focusing on - Indie. This is because this particular type of genre doesn't include anything too 'over the top' and they focus mainly on the music rather than glitzing up their image - therefore I feel that a basic, clear font will be effective as my Masthead design.

Promotional Methods

Model Release

In order to use the models that I did for my photo-shoot, they had to sign this release form which displays that they are happy for me to photograph them and for me to use these photographs in this school project. It also signifies to them that if more photos are needed that they are happy to comply with this and take part in another photo-shoot.

Colour Schemes

 

The colour scheme that I want to have for my magazine revolves around a green/blue/turquoise kind of colour. I think that this would be successful as my target audience is both boys and girls, who would both be attracted to these colours. They are also bright and bold colours which would be able to attract readers making them want to buy the magazine. The colours also connote peace and tranquility, and I want my readers to feel peaceful and relaxed when they are reading my magazine, so i feel that these colours would be successful to use.

The colour blue connotes the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability and can symbolize trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. All of these aspects relate to the Indie genre of music as they are people that are well respected for staying true to their love for music instead of getting carried away with the fame lifestyle and the over the top image.

The colour green is the color of nature and symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility. Green has strong emotional correspondence with safety. This also can be associated with the Indie genre as they are stereotypically thought to be very interested in nature and the environment - and are also perceieved to be calm and full of tranquility.

Moodboard

I created my moodboard in order to gather all the ideas that I want to incorporate into the making of my magazine. I included things like outfits (clothes that my models could wear in the photoshoots and also that my target audience tend to wear), potential artists that could be included in my magazine, and existing magazine logos that I could take ideas from for my own masthead. I created it as a video to include different types of media on my blog and also to showcase my ideas indidually, and then all together.

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This week, we continued to work on our magazines by coming up with some ideas of names that we could call them. I created a spider diagram to display the variety of names that I had come up with, and developed these further by adding connotations of a few of the names in order to come up with more options. I chose my three favourite names, and wrote a short paragraph about why I like these names the best and how they are effective and associate well with my magazine. Also this week, we created a few masthead designs using Adobe InDesign to visualise what we wanted our magazine name to look like. We used the various text options available on InDesign to alter the fonts and make them unique. We also used the website 'dafont' to download more fonts that we thought would make a successful typography for our mastheads.

Contact Sheet For My Photoshoot

This is a contact sheet of all the photos that I took duing my photoshoot. As displayed, there is a variety of props and costumes used to include a variety of images which would make my magazine more interesting for the reader. I also used a variety of camera angles to establish different views of the models.

Backstage of my Photoshoot

Last week I had my photoshoot for my Magazine. I wanted to use people that represeneted the 'indie' genre well, and that I could photograph successfully so that my magazine looks as professional as possible. I chose to use Claudia as my main artist (feautured on my front cover, contents page and double page spread)and Ruth as someone featured as a seperate article (featured on the contents page). They both have really unique, indivdual looks which I thought would be perfect to display my magazine. I used a variety of props including a chair, a guitar and a microphone - to accentuate the subject of my magazine (music) and give the photos individuality so that they didn't all look the same. My models changed outfits and hairstyles a few times in order to further individualise the photos and make them as unique as possible.

Name Ideas

My three favourite names would be 'Emerge', 'In-D' and Echo.

Emerge - I like Emerge because it connotes artists breaking through and becoming known and successful for their music. It would allow me to focus on both upcoming and current artists which would create a wider audience base for my magazine.

In-D - I like this compound name because it is unique and can be created to look extremely professional on my magazine front cover. It connotes my genre 'Indie' in a shorterned down version, and it also looks like ID which suggests to my reader that they will be able to create a personal identity with my magazine, which is what music is all about.

Echo - I like Echo because it is a catchy phrase that can be well remembered and recognised. It also connotes the loud sound of music being repeated which can be associated with gigs and festivals which play major parts in my chosen genre of Indie/Alternative.

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Photo Shoot Ideas - Makeup, Hair, Costumes & Props

Existing Magazine Names

Existing Magazine Mastheads

Key Concepts

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In the lessons this week we tidied up all the tasks that we had previously been working on. I added to a few of the tasks in order to improve them and gain a higher mark from my teacher. My Survey pages had the lowest mark, so I decided to print screen the questions I asked along with the results that I received from the people that gave me feedback. I felt that this would make it more interesting to look at and it would give a helpful insight into the questions I asked. I included the answers and results in order to display the different opinions that people had in answer to my questions, and to present the most popular choices.

I also started adding to my audience profile. I added an image to the post as I felt that this related to what I was talking about and would also make the post look a lot more pretty and appealing visually. I also chose to write about a female audience character as well as a male as this displays that my target audience is not bias to one gender.