Aims

By the week ending Sunday 21st April, I would like to:

• have designed and scanned in my new album covers for my double page spread
• have taken at least 2 new photos for my contents page
• decided on a new colour scheme

Rough Cut

[There are still photos to upload onto my contents page]

[There are three album covers still to be uploaded onto the right hand side of the double page spread, and an album cover for the artist to be placed in the bottom right hand corner of the left page]

Colour Scheme

Although still undecided on my colour scheme, I began creating my music magazine front page with an open mind. I wanted my magazine to be unique, and so I thought using red in the colour scheme was a bit predictable, as it is the main colour of Q magazine, which has been my main influence. Once I'd chosen the image for my front page, I realised that I could use the purple of my sitter's shirt as the colour scheme, so everything would tie in on the front page. Though I was a bit apprehensive due to my survey showing that purple was the 1st option for only 3 of the respondents (blue being the first option chosen by 14 people), I am hoping that my target audience will warm to the colour once they have seen the finished product. My decided colour scheme was black, white and purple (with bits of grey due to the colour of the background). I liked this colour scheme because I don't think purple can be stereotyped as a typical girls or boys colour - as it is a mix of both of red and blue - resulting in the appeal of a wider audience.

Photo/Editing Powerpoint

When I was not taking photos in locations outside of school, I was using the studio:

The studio is available for all students to use, equipped with tripod, lights, umbrella, and reflector (which is not in the photo above). When taking my photos, I used all of these pieces of equipment to enhance the quality of my pictures. In particular, I altered the aperture setting on the camera and the intensity of the lights to make sure that the light didn't create any shadows on my model.

Editing from yelrevebeverley

Magazine name

• Decide chosen magazine name and explain why
• Write it in the 3 different fonts
• Upload video of 10 people from target audience deciding which font they prefer and why
• Analyze

Using the wordle I created and with a bit of thought, I have come to the conclusion that my magazine will be called

INTRO

This name has a double meaning. It can be the introduction to a song, or it can be the introduction of new music, which defines the focus and aim of my magazine. I'm proud of the name because although it doesn't sound like a typical music magazine, the reasoning behind it has a lot of thought. Also, the shortening of the word 'Introduction' should appeal to the younger part of my target audience because it's short and easy to say. The word itself is smooth, rolling off your tongue when you say it, and the 'o' sound is powerful and striking, making it memorable.

Target Audience
The target audience for my music magazine will be roughly people between the ages of 15 and 25. My reasons behind this include the results of my questionnaire, when the majority of people to responded were in their late teens, and teaming this with my knowledge of teens being very up to date with new music, I decided this was the right age to aim my magazine at. Also, the fact that I wanted to include some explicit language meant that I couldn't target people of any younger age than 15 because it would be inappropriate. I expect my target audience to be a range of genders and ethnicity who have a range of different interests and hobbies. However, I expect them to be well educated so the slightly more complex language will not be a problem to understand.

Wordle

The wordle below is made up of the words which sprung to mind when I thought of new music and music magazines. I will use the wordle for inspiration when I am deciding on the name of my music magazine.

InDesign plan

Front page

Contents page

Double page spread