Mock up using pictures

To improve my second mock up I think I need to be careful of the colours I use, as in this there is a lot of pink shades which could attract more women to this magazine then men. Also the colour contrasts between the colours I have picked do not complement each other well and make the magazine look tacky. I have stuck to the conventions of a magazine with a selling line etc. I think this works well as it draws your attention to what is inside a magazine. Although I have other things in on this cover that stand out more and draw your attention to the wrong place.

To improve my mock-up of my magazine using pictures from the internet, I think I could off made my fonts more bold and noticeable and have more interesting things on the cover lines and the main cover line story to be better. I stuck to the conventions but I didn’t have a lot of features on like other stories and quiz’s etc. My magazine wouldn’t attract the people who I intended too because it seemed quite dull and the colours do not contrast each other well. Although my picture does represent the picture I am showing because it shows a picture of a main singer out of one of the largest bands that would be featured in this magazine. I also need to add a barcode and make the date more visable.

Mock up of Music Magazine

I want my magazine to feature the bands i have picked to help me with the mock up of the front page and the contents page. i like the colour themes that they have chosen and the way the clothes they are using are matching that too. With the title on the front page, it goes behind the artist and that is how i would like mine. and with the contents page i want it to be really simple and only have a couple of pictures on, i don't want a lot as it will drive the attention away from the main artist. I will have my main artists picture, larger then the others that will be advertised aswell. i will also need to make sure that if i mention a page number on the front of the magazine then it will need to be the same on the contents page.

Name Idea's for the Music Magazine;

ELB

FY

S&B

VLV 

Script

Aim


XYX

I chose these fonts because i thought if they are short and snappy and my target audience would like it better. In the end i chose 'XYX' because i thought the letters really stood out and when you say the letters they role of your tongue better. I didnt want to pick the 'script' as i thought there is a band called the script which would clash and my audience might think it the magazine was only about them. I chose blod fonts to use on my cover so the headlines stand out more and the coverlines are readable.  

 

This is the colour theme that i want to try out and one of them i will use. I am keeping the colour scheme plain and simple but also so it looks attractive and lively. i didn't want bright colours since the target audience that i am aiming at will not look at that to read. I think out of just looking at these i will most probably use the middle colours since i think it doesn't look to bright but then it doesn't look to simple and boring.

 



This is what i am using for the title of my magazine, I wanted it to be bold and really stand out. My first idea of a title was to be short and snappy. My title isn't initials for anything, it mainly like that because with the font it looks good. I am keeping it black because the colour theme that i am using is other colours and i feel it will stand out better then and people will recognise it more. I want to learn how to put the title behind the artists head slightly so its still clear enough to see but then the artist on the front page is still the most important thing and stands out the most. 

The Social Grade

The social grade that I am aiming my magazine at, it between B, C1,C2, D. As I think the bands that I want featuring in my magazine have been out for a longer amount of time then people who might be in the pop industry or indie. Because of the bands being older, the music that they have out previously over a few years, they people in these social grades might off listened to it when they were younger or were a big fan of them. For example, Coldplay have been out for years and all types of ages like them, which shows that older people remember them from when they were younger and maybe have their children listen to them which gives them more target audience, I would also look at Coldplay to be middle class themselves which maybe suggests why people who are middle class or under listen to them.

 

Audience Research

 I found out from my poll on my blog that more people like indie and pop, the majority of people that took the poll were between the ages of 16-25. This is more teenagers who are taking the poll so they are more into the music that might be popular at the time. Also more females took the poll then male did which shows that the music genre that is picked might be more emotional songs then what males would pick. Also I found out that people buy there magazines every two weeks, which means they are looking for more information that is new or interviews from famous people every two weeks, it means that they won’t want to spend that much on a magazine if they are buying it every two weeks too.  Most of the votes on one of my polls is that they wanted pictures and posters in the magazine, was mainly yes as they obviously like more posters in the magazine which suggests they want famous on them to keep the posters. Also I found out that they wanted 3-4 interviews in the magazine.

Why should people read my magazine?

I think people should read my magazine because it is for a people of different ages and also the the groups that are in this magazine are for people who like different genres of music even though it is based on rock alternative. The colours i am using will also attract different people, and depending on who is on the front will attract different people too.

Mary J. Blige, U2 - One

Coldplay - Yellow

Coldplay - Fix You