Initial ideas for my new music magazine

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Main Task Action Plan Recap

Main Task:
"The front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine"
-Initial ideas
-Focus and Pitch
-Mood boards
-Analysis of current music magazines
-Polls and quizes; market research and evaluations
-Photography test shots; different styles and moods.
-Research into fonts and colours for cover and contents.
-Create front cover
-Textual analysis of double page spread.
-Photos and manipulation for double page spread
-Double page spread created.
-Audience responses.
-Evaluation.

Feedback On My Mock Up

The mock Up

I changed a lot of the aspects that i had settled on as i found when actually creating the magazine cover things look more aesthetically pleasing that i hadn't originally considered. For instance, i changed the font of the mast head to "varsity" as I found it was a lot more college suitable and seemed to fit with the general theme of the magazine. I decided i would use the logo i had found as a sort of water mark on the front cover- I decided i would try and include it on every page as a sort of trade mark.


I also needed to create a mock up of the contents page; I used the adobe program Indesign as it's perfect for page layouts etc.

The "Quirky" Photoshoot

For the front cover i knew i wanted a picture that was some how related to schools and colleges however i wanted it to be really unique and unusual. It needed to be eye catching and needed to stand out on the shelf. I decided the best way to find and shoot the photo i wanted was to just get in the studio with a variety of unusual props and just get taking the pictures!
I knew a man who had a proffesional studio who had agreed to let me borrow it for a few hours, I chose a model of the right age range(16) and some slightly school like props such as blazers.
I took quite a few pictures which i put into a short presentation so it would be easier to view them.

Photo slideshow

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Initial ideas for the school magazine.

Here are the initial ideas for the school magazine:

Some of the names i was thinking for, for the name of the magazine:
Result, Crowd,Scatter, Mail box, Radical,Frank, First Degree, Mutter, Essential, Update, Advance,Radical,Scholar & Definition.

Mast head Ideas(For the name RADICAL):


The final ideas i settled on was:
Main Image:
A shot set in a studio, female model, around the age of 16 or 17. The image should portray a school look but not to blatant, also she must not be wearing any specific logos.
Mast head:
I have decided to call the magazine Radical, It is something slightly different and also the feel of my magazine is going to be something completely different to what is currently on the market and i therefore think appropriate. I will use either a bright or navy blue colour.
I used the font Harabara which I found on www.dafont.com


Thinking of ideas I decided i wanted to use a logo as a sort of running theme, I could use it lightly behind the mast head on the front cover and like a stamp on the contents page. I found the image through google and thought i was suitable.