Design Update

This is a design update on what I’m currently doing, this is what the front cover of my magazine. l had some class feedback, and they like my house styles and the way layout but l need to add a picture and a barcode. I would also like to experiment with the font styles since it looks a little too formal for my target audience, so l could experiment with different fonts. Once l have uploaded my images onto the front cover it will look more professional.

I think that it does have aspects of a music magazine - since I’m filling a gap in the market, I’m trying to find out what works best for the audience I’m trying to achieve.

This shouldn't take too long to complete.

Masthead experimentation

 

This is the font that l will experiment with and see if it suits the rest of my magazine. It will be for my masthead. I chose it because it looks appropriate for my target audience and it could work really well with the images l have planned to go on the front cover.

Cover line Ideas

 

For this lesson l decided to think about whatt coverlines l want to include in my magazine. I started to look at what fonts l wanted to use for my masthead-but it took a while to decide so l moved onto creating the coverlines. After l got potential coverlines l picked one and started to edit it on InDesign. I experimented with colours; then got feedback from a fellow student (who is also creating a pop genre music magazine), and she like the position of my splash. 

Sans-serif and serif definition

Potential Locations

Photography Ideas: Potential Models

Potential Models 

The first person l decided to be a potential model was my friend, Katie. She's 17 and she is also in my media studies group so l thought that would be a great person to choose. She enjoys and listens to pop music frequently so l know she would represent my genre. Her fashion sense suits my magazine and l believe she would connote the youthful and vibrant message i'm going for. I also went for Katie because we have the same college timetable and it felt suitable to go with someone who also had availability to do the photo-shoot. 

The second potential model l have is Mollie, Mollie like Katie also listens to various pop artists and is perfect to represent my music genre. She is a very naturalistic model, which would suit my magazine perfectly. She is very used to the camera so she'd be able to take a good photo for my magazine. Mollie is 1, so therefor shes in the age range which l am targeting my magazine at. However she does go to a different college, so finding the time to do a photoshoot before the dead line may be challenging but I'll try and get it done. 

My third potential model is Callum. He's 17, and like me does media studies. His interests are pop music which although isn't clearly portrayed he could still gain interest from my target audience (females,16-20). I've decided to pick Callum because l think he represents a young male artist who's new in the scenes of the music industry, so the idea will fit into my magazine. Also I've gone for him because l don't want to have just girls on my magazine, l want there to be a equal mix between boys and girls. 

My fourth potential model is Georgina. She suits my magazine perfectly as so photogenic and she has that youthful glow about her. She's interested in bands such as One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer making her perfect to go on my magazine. She's 17 and goes to my collage so her availability to take photos is fine. She has a unique style which would suit my magazine since i'm trying to differentiate it from other magazines. 

My fifth possibility is Nick. He's 16 however pop music, isn't so much his interest. However I've thought about this and in my music magazine l wanted to push my target audience into trying other music tastes and l think Nick's perfect for portraying a more rock music style. This won't be a dominant factor in my magazine just something l think would refresh the look of the overall magazine. Also like Callum, he portrays a single artist figure which would help promote new upcoming artists. Which is one of the main themes in my magazine, therefore l think nick would suit it perfectly. 

My third potential model is me. Purely because l know what l want to get out of my models so l know how l should be photographed. I am heavily interested in the pop music and l already have possible outfits to wear for my magazine. Also l am obviously available at all times to do photography.

I am unsure on which models l will actually pick, but it will be within the images I've selected above. 

Photography Ideas: Photo Shot Ideas

My Front cover

My front cover will be a posed picture with the model looking directly at the camera. This allows the audience to be directly addressed by the model on the front cover/ The above picture is a perfect representation of how i want my front cover to look. Bright make up to make the face stand out. The hair and make-up will be done precisly but the skin and weight of the model etc will not be changed. As l want to have real life models, instead of airbrushed ones. This front cover picture will be a busy, medium close up.
Overall the front picture will be a bright, high key photo that has been taken in a stuido to make my magazine look professional and appeal to my target audience.

My contents page 

In my contents page i will have 2-4 images of a live band/artist singing. This will be a naturalistic image. The shot type will be mid-shot. It will be on the familiarity a stage, and shall be busy shots to keep the consistency of the front cover image. Other images on my contents page will be things like band pictures and various artists within my magazine. This image type will also accompany the cover lines on my front cover.

Double Page spread

For my double page spread i will use a image similar to the one above. Since these types of images are common in pop magazine double page spread articles. I will use a plain background to emphasize the image of the model. The simplistic colour background compliments the rest of my magazine and the article will overlay the background, the simple colours also connote a fresh, new magazine.