my second draft for my front cover of the magazine.

here i have made improvements on the font size of the mast head and changed the effects to make it stand out more like it is piercing. i also came up with a cover line and changed the effects of it to suit the genre of the magazine.

my first draft for my front cover of my music magazine.

here is my first draft for my magazine front cover as you can see i am concentrating on the masthead and what font i will be using and the effects to help suit the genre of my magazine. for example for this masthead i have used the font bank gothic (light) as it suits the genre of my magazine which is indie rock, with a drop shadow and an inner glow. my chosen title for my magazine piercing helps describe the genre in one word it helps it stand out.

some improvements i could make are to change some of the effects around and make my font bigger. i want the effect of the name to be striking and piercing like the name.

Initial ideas

Here I have mind mapped my initial ideas for my front cover of my music magazine.

My proposal for music magazine.

proposal for my music magazine.

Genre- rock indie

My target audience is the youth teenagers and young adults age ranging between 16-24. I feel that this age range is perfect for the style of music and who is more likely to buy the magazine. I am also aiming this magazine at both genders as they can both like rock and indie music.

I am wanting to put an image of a band on the front cover of my photo as this instantly will tell you that it is an indie rock magazine. I will go about getting this photo by asking some friends to dress up for me in an indie rock look grab a guitar put them outside somewhere possibly down the beach and take photos.

My magazine will be about the music with interviews of band members and talk about why they wrote there songs and introducing new singers as well as advertising old. there will be posters of the artists or band of the week and a collection of guitar picks every now and then. my magazine will be about the music and not the gossip.

Some cover lines I will put on my magazine will be- interview with Paramore, and some puffs and plugs  on free tickets to concerts or how to win a recording studio for the day. 

The title I have decided to call my magazine is piercing as this really describes the style of the music. it also stands out from other magazine names. there was other magazine titles I came up with such as old is new and future is now (FIN) but they didn't have the power to describe the magazine unlike piercing. 

fonts that I am thinking of using are the basic magazine fonts such as serif and sans serif. I was also thinking of using bank gothic as this suits my music magazine well I also tried different fonts such as cracked 1 and black oak std but these did not have the same effect.

my magazine will be published every two weeks and with the four main season dates I will change the design of the cover as well is the colour theme and also when its a spatial action like the magazines anniversary, Halloween, Christmas and Easter.

I will have my magazine as the normal A4 size as it is small enough to fit in there bag or to hold but enough space with in the magazine for text, information and pictures that are still easy to read.

on the contents page I will use another photo of a different artist or singer that will be talked about in the magazine but is not as important to the band on the front of that weeks issue the colours i will use on the contents page will be whites and reds as it doesn't need to be as dark as the front page but still needs to be easily read.

the price of my magazine will be £3.00 as it is affordable to the age range I am selling it at.

flat plan magazine front cover

here is my magazine design flat plan for my cover page to my magazine.

my chosen target audience.

My chosen target audience

my chosen target audience is a rock and indie group of people with a age range of 15-25 year olds the youth in other-words and will be multi gender. i chose this as my target audience because a lot of people are into this type of music today and it is very popular so it will be easy to sell.

i have a few different mastheads to what i would call it such as, crushing or piercing, something that would instantly describe or give away my target audience and genre of magazine.

photography uses on a cover photo of a magazine.

photography uses

These two magazines (vanity fair and the source) follow the codes and conventions of magazine designs but on the other hand the photographic images show different.
For example if you look at the cover to vanity fair, wit lady gaga, you can see a clear use of lines and contrast. the lines if you want could say are breaking the rules they all join together and it helps show who lady gaga is as it looks a bit un-natrulistic. as well as the contrast helps make this image look un-natrulistic as it draws you to her face her hair and face are brighter and lighter then the rest of the image giving this as your main focal point. the main focal point of lady gaga face also draws you in as her facial expression is very seductive and hr eyes are looking at you if you were to put the rules of thirds into this picture you will be able to see that lady gaga is directly on the left line of the page with her eyes on the third line at the top crossing over drawing you in.

Now if you are to look at this second magazine again, the source, you can see the same use of lines and contrast and also the rule of thirds for at first you are drawn to his face which is scrunched up then by using lines your eyes then change focus point towards the gun as the lines of the person and of the white straps on his top (contrasting) help move your eyes down the picture. by using the rules of thirds you can say that his eyes are on the third row centre but were he does not give eye-contatatct it courses the viewer to change focus point.

to conclude both photographs are very strong and attract the audience and hold there focal point to at lest look at the front cover for 15 seconds before wanting to buy and read the magazine.

annotated magazine

prezi on codes and conventions on a genre of music.

how mastheads attract there target audience.

i have chosen a group of mastheads from different types of magazines. all mast heads differ from the other as they are attracting a different type of audience. from different representations of genre of music.



BEATZ is an urban based magazine. it focuses on the youth of our generation, targeting to the music in the charts. The masthead is plane and stands out towards the audience the name is simple and easy to read and tells you instantly of the kind of music expressed and spoken about inside. The colours used of red white and black draw the audience in the colour red attracts the audiences               eye the writing being in black and white makes it easy to read after it catches there eye. the bold text makes it easy to read with in a second instead of fancy writing causing the audience not to look by not knowing what the magazine is about the masthead is important to the magazine as it will tell you what it is about for example this one is called BEATZ MAGAZINE so you know strait away that it is a music magazine and that it is modern music, urban. the target audience will not look at this magazine and think it is for a classical magazine.

KERRANG! is a rock magazine. the target audience for this magazine is for people aged 14-26, as this is such a wide viraty of ages within its music. KERRANG tends to focus on rock music as well as metal and heavy rock. music advertised with in this music magazine tends to have a different age range on them as some bands are newer then others for example bring me the horizon is younger then Marilyn Manson but both are liked by different age groups. the look of the masthead appeals to there target audience as the writing is broken like it is shattered from the force of the rock music it has smashed the title like it would do to glass it is very stereo typical. And also the word KERRANG sounds like a guitar being plugged in to an amp the sound it makes relates to the title so the title gives a clear example of what the magazine is about.

NME (new music express) represents the rock and indie side to music. It is a best selling magazine and is easily recognisable. NME is for many different ages ruffly 16 and up as it includes more details about the music world then others. the masthead is very basic and does not help convey what the magazine is unless you know what NME stands for which is new music express but on the other hand if you know what it stands for the basic, bold short masthead it has been given can be easy to spot on a shelf as the letters stand out more then others.  NME is very similar to the magazine Q as they sell the same Intel on music and contain the same genre. if i were to look in the shop Q magazine would stand out more to me rather then NME as it is bolder and the use of the colour red draws you in as it is an attractive colour were as in NME the title is just on top of the cover picture which can sometime hide the name then having it on a bold bright background.



CLASSIC FM. this magazine has a completely different genre and different target audience to the once above this is more to the older generation in there late forties onwards. the title appeal to there target audience as it is not as bold as the other texts it is more sophisticated and shows what it is trying to sell.

from looking at these magazine titles i have found that most try to attract the younger generation, the youth as they are more likely to buy them so when i come to making my magazine it will be targeted at 16 years and over.

music genre mind map research

finale designs.

here are my finale magazine designs drafts for my front cover and contents page i used indesign to produce these pages and for my finale magazine cover and contents page of my music magazine i will be using the same process. as you can see i have showed my understanding of attracting the target audience and using Cretan magazine techniques. for example i have gave the magazine a mast head and plugs and puffs i used images to help drew people in and others.