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Thursday, 28 January 2010

Magazine Name Making


I wanted to make the title of my magazine bold and simple. As the 'Vogue' and 'You' magazines were like this. By doing the title simple, the readers attention is drawn straight to the photo of my model. I wanted to use the title all in lower case as i believe it looks much more effective than being in capitals, as then attention is drawn to it which i do not want.



This is my second font. I have changed the font only. This font is extremely bold and stands out which will hopefully work well with the picture of Becki. My aim is to place the font behind the image of Becki. This will mean that Becki will stand out even more.






This is my final title for my magazine. I have kept the same font as the title before, however i have made it a gradient effect with the red and black. This will hopefully work on a white or grey background which i will try out.

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Ideas

As my magazine name, is quite sophisticated and adult, i want to go for a basic front design on my front cover. This is so the front cover will not look to in your face and tacky, i believe less is more on the cover, which will make it look more professional.

This 'You' magazine this is the kind of effect i want to have on my front cover. The idea of using one colour as the background and fading it out, so that it is darker and lighter in certain places, works well. The fact that the photo of Rihanna is infront of the magazine name, draw my attention straight to the photo, this i what i want to do for my photo so that attention is at my model. Also the idea of not cramming in the magazine front cover with text, i think looks professional as only important information is on the front cover. The way that all the colours have been used and contrast to Rihanna's dress work well, i would try and do this on my front cover.













This magazine; 'Vogue' again uses different colours as the 'You' magazine but the basic layout is used. Again i like the way the photo of the model is on a plain background, which makes it stand out even more. The clothes that the model is wearing contrasts well like the 'You' magazine to the magazine name. I hope to achieve this when making my magazine.














This is my mock layout. I want my magazine to have to the same layout and theme as the Vibe magazine. The magazine name works well with the grey background. However i will try out a red magazine name as i believe this could stand out more. The fact that this magazine has only used red, black, white and grey, works really well. I want to use this idea on my front cover otherwise there will be to much going on. I also want to use the idea of having a quote from the interview on Becki, which will hopefully influence the reader to buy the magazine.

Monday, 18 January 2010

Magazine Name and Target Audience





Above is different magazines names and fonts, i am just experiementing to see what looks good. However I have decided to call my magazine 'música', this means music is Spanish. I choose this name as it is catchy and punchy. Also i believe that it is a sophisticated name and sounds more mature. I also think that the name will work well with the contents of my magazine itself. This is why i have aimed my magazine at 16-21 year olds. I have choosen to choose this age catergory as i am in it, which i will be easier for me to write my artcile as i can relate to the magazine, and be able to judge what i would expect to see in a magazine. The magazine itself will iclude music, fashion and cebritiy gossip, buut mainly focussing on the music.