Magazine Front Cover
When beginning on this task I used a number of existing magazines to base my assignment on and also see how magazines should be presented. Certain things seen when looking at these media texts gave me ideas on how to target my chosen magazine audience. Firstly the magazine masthead at the top of the page is a convention; this convention is typical of a magazine, all magazines I can think of have their magazine name (masthead) at the top of their page and I thought it would be a good idea to put it their also to distinguish this as a magazine. The use of some of the conventions already established allowed my magazine to look more existent. An important method of a typical music magazine is a large masthead at the top of the page and most times to the centre. This helps to make the magazine name stand out and be noticeable showing extra significance to the other writing on the page. The font used in the title was downloaded from dafont.com and chosen to be prominent on the page and also attract customers when on display in store. I used a sans serif font these have no flick parts to them and generally suggest current, which I wanted my music magazine to have.
In my magazine I chose to use a pop-up this was an Idea I picked up from a music magazine I analysed. Inside the pop-up it says "the mega music facts issue", this done many stuff including confirming that it is a music magazine, showing what a main focus would be in this issue, as well as being a way of promotion in order to attract the selected audience even further when they see that the magazine will include additional information on their favourite topic.
A magazine will have a barcode on the front page possibly in the bottom left corner. I put the barcode here as I believe it stood out, it also fills the blank space and it is another principle of a music magazine which helps recognize it as that type of media text. Although not visible above my date was placed above the barcode to stand out on the shelf as the newest or most up to date product right now.
Cover lines were also a way of attracting trade, cover lines are an obvious convention for music magazines and without these a front cover would look bland and without features. These cover lines give an insight into what will be featured in the magazine with these we can see exactly what will be included in the magazine when at the same time adding colourfulness to the page. The same font was used for all cover lines although I changed the colour of the main cover line so it could stand out more. The image and the main cover line need to be central in your media product as this is what is selling your magazine, if your audience isn't happy with the image or what will be a main article the customers are very unlikely to buy. Like most magazines the cover lines are arranged vertically down the sides of a cover this could be left or right depending on choice, I chose to put cover lines down the right side, as the music magazine I analysed did so and It came of well and I also decided in putting the main cover line lower down the page and making it larger to other writing, meaning attention wasn't taken from the image whilst as always it stood out. Everything on this page is spaced out making each line independent and all lines grab the attention of its audience.
When learning about creating a magazine I was told that most magazines use medium close up type images. I didn't want that sort of shot and when analysing a magazine cover I saw that not all magazines used these shots and does without these looked eye-catching. Therefore I decided in using a medium long shot of my model here you can see more of the model including the posture which will attract readers even further.
My contents page also took ideas from real magazines although it allowed me to experiment with a few original ideas also. This magazine included one image placed central on the page. The image is a medium long shot the person on the contents page implies that other issues will be discussed in the magazine and it also is another way in making readers continues reading. In order to fully attract my audience I used an attractive model like the front page which showed consistency. My contents page like the content page I examined had a symbol representing the masthead shown behind it. This not only lets the model stand out but adds extra interest to the page and fills blank space.
My actual content is broken into two categories, features and fashion I believed my audience would like a music magazine that also focuses on other popular fields. The vertical arrangement of my writing made it look both neat and organised the writing doesn't cover or warp the image and all writing is written around it, so all attention is on the image and everything around it is separate making it clear in itself.
Magazine Double Page Spread
As always my double page spread used and developed recognized conventions of a music magazine. Here I used the same background colour to the set on my front cover this is because the article is about the same person on the front cover. The colour scheme I used creates a modern/ professional look to it, as the background allows the font to be clear. These two colours really boost each other and come together to make a stronger expressed page. The title is larger and has a phrase written underneath to attract the audience and make it more eye catching. A familiar convention of a magazine is the larger first letter which enhances the page slightly and also makes it more presentable. I used the original idea of using another image under the writing for extra attraction.
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