Magazine genre research

I admire NME and Q magazine to base my own music magazine on. They do not base their magazines on one genre, this is what I intend my magazine to be like. Both NME and Q magazine logo's are simple and recognisable as well as both the magazine house colours involve black, red and white. I may follow this into my own magazine such as the simplicity of the logo or some aspects of their use of layout such as bold simple fonts and banners striking the top or bottom of the cover.

School cover and contents page

This is an idea of how I would lay out a school magazine. I wished for the target audience to aim towards the whole school, including 6th formers and teachers. I included a Masthead, date line, edition number, a medium shot/ blocking of school children, a main cover line and cover lines. The masthead 'schoot' not only links to the word 'school' but it also  reflects on the symbolism of owls. Owls are believed to be knowledgeable and wise animals which works well with the school theme. The colour sheme involves red, black and white which are the school uniform colours, this stamps the school motif which allows it to be recognised as a perticular school. The children in the image used direct address, this connects the reader to the magazine, uniting them with the school's secrets. In addition, the smiles on the childrens faces displays a positive message towards the magazine and it's content. I decided to include key adverts and events on the cover relevant to the school. This could encourage the readers to discover or relieve their curiosity when they read futher.

The contents includes the title, chapter names/ pages, images and adverts. The house colours involved are red, black and white which is the school colour scheme. By titling the contents page "What's going on!?" provides daily school confusion as well as a teenage attitude. The simplicity of the background allows the text and the images to absorb the attention. The heading font is clear, simple yet displays a young image. Behind the heading includes the school moto, it fades into the magazine as if what is contained fufils the school's criteria. I tryed to make the school logo have the same effect as an arrow to encorage the reader to 'turn over' to find out what the magazine reveals. Through my research I discovered various magazines who include adverts appropreate to the magazine theme. I also produced this by promoting the school app which not only reflects on the modern times, but also a way to make the school exceedingly popular. 

Magazine cover peer- assessment

Film_X magazine:

1. I like the way you have stuck to the house colours of the magazine; it makes it look very realistic.
2. I also like the way you have clearly included the mast head in one of the cover lines ('X_clusive').
3. You should explain in more detail why you have used certain fonts and colours.

Freedom magazine:

1. I like the fact you have stuck to the house colours.
2. I also like your reason to put the other cover lines in horizontal position to make them stand out.
3. Expand your reasons more.

M magazine:

1. I like your reason for using red to enhance Lady Gaga's lip colour

Pitch magazine:

1. I like the way you have brought out the colour blue from the background of the image for the cover line.
2. Expand on your reason.
3. Font of main cover line possibly makes it less realistic.

Magazine covers

First magazine cover is of Film_X. I tried to keep with the red, black and white house colours, as well as the bold text and the movie theme. I included some cover lines, a main cover line and a banner at the top.

The black, white and purple house colours to the magazine Freedom is used for the cover lines, the pug and the main cover line. I changed the vertical line theme with horizontal lines to make the cover lines stand out better to the rest on the background.

 In the magazine cover M, I added some cover lines, a pug and a main cover line. I emphasised the the red from Lady Gaga's lips and used the colour for some of the text instead of using black and white. 

The magazine Pitch includes various colours including blue, purple, black, white and red. I used blue for the main cover line to make it unique and stand out from the rest of the features of the magazine. In addition, I also added a pug and cover lines.

Vibes Main Cover Line investigation

In lesson, we rated the cover lines depending whether it suited the cover (1) or if it didn't (6).

The cover line 'E' in my opinion suited the theme of the magazine because the font seemed clear, bold and almost looks simular to the Master head font. 

Cover 'D' was the worst for the font did not read clearly and it did not suit the theme of the magazine.

InStyle magazine cover analysis

In lesson, we selected features of a magazine cover including: Cover lines, Main Image, Main Cover Line, Masthead and Left-third. By doing this helps us to recognise what makes a magazine cover, as well as the use of components which helps it to stand out and to be recognised as a certain brand magazine.

Magazine content pages

These magazine covers have inspired me how to layout my own music magazine contents page. Most of these contents pages include a bold, big image, most likely an image on their main story. On the top displays their contents heading, these include large text, clear fonts and a date of the edition. The chapters are layed out on either the left or right hand side, which allows the images to stand out as well as the main story. Chapter titles are bold and bright which makes them recognisable to the reader. Some contents pages include advertisements about deals or offers which entice the reader to purchase more of their magazines.

Overal, for my magazine, I'd like to include a large image based on the main cover story; large, bold contents title; chapters displayed on the left or the right side of the page as a small sized, clear font; house colours involved in the contents page and lastly, I'd like to include pugs to encourage the reader to keep reading and to make the magazine feel different and special.