Double Page Spread

Soul Contents Page

Soul Front Cover

Magazine Proposal Presentation Feedback

Audience Feedback about My Pitch

The audience feedback was mostly positive as they enjoyed seeing my presentation of my layout, the seemed very impressed. However they did not understand why my magazine was called ‘Bang Tidy’ and told me to change my magazine name, so I decided to call my magazine ‘SOUL’ as it is a very unique magazine name and will fit in with the artist who will be in my magazine.

Magazine Proposal On Word

Anisha Miah

Magazine Proposal

 

The title of my publication will be “BANG TIDY”. The chosen musical genre will be R&B.  The artists I will include will be the world’s famous artists Lulu, Rezwana and Shunara. My magazine will be different compared to all the other magazine is because as their will be different types of quizzes for the audience who can win as many prizes for example 2 tickets to go to a concert and a gift card where you can download music from the internet for free!!  The regular items which I will include is the interviews with new artists, it will be weekly news as well as there will be album reviews.  The masthead will be in a big bold font in the colour of red as I think it will attract the audience as it is a bright colour as well as being powerful. The colour scheme of my magazine will be black red and purple as them 3 are very attractive colours and will catch the reader’s eyes quickly.  The target audience of my magazine will be teenagers from the age of 14 – 18, females and males who enjoy listening to R&B.

Front Page

·         Masthead

·         Magazine Plug

·         Background Image

·         Main Article Cover Line

·         Barcode

·         Date and Price

 

Content Page

·         Content Title

·         Text (Magazine Content)

·         Image

·         Magazine Plug

 

Double Page Spread

·         Main Article Title

·         Main Article Text

·         Page Number

·         Image interview related

Magazine Proposal Presentation

The advantange of haveing different masthead designs is so you can have an idea and a choice to choose on what your masthead design should be and it is more creative and the disadvantage is that the audience wont know which magazine industry it is from.

Audience Feed back and evaluation - preliminary task

Audience feedback and evaluation

 

 

For the student magazine I was asked to design a college magazine cover and contents page for Leyton Sixth Form College. I gathered audience feedback and comments which I will be talking about now.

 

My college magazine I believe that the front cover was very good, it looked like there was a lot going on, and felt like the magazine did the audiences eyes, as it had a lot going on informing the audience what the magazine topic is. However I think I should have used another image at the front page as by using only one image makes the magazine look very plain.

 

In my music magazine I am using eye catching colours which may appeal to the audience, not the dull boring colours as it may make the audience feel that the magazine is not interesting. I also I will make my music magazine contents page brighter and more interesting to look at, as well as putting more columns on what the magazine is going to be about, so the audience are aware of what the magazine will be about.

 

What I need to improve is when I make my music magazine I should put a bit more images in the front cover, use brighter colour to make it look appealing and make it look interesting by adding more slogans and add a bit of comedy to make the audience feel as if I’m talking directly at them.

Preliminary Task - LSC Magazine

Research Case Studies

Billboard is a very popular and well known music magazine, consisting of R&B, rock and many other genres. The target audience for this particular issue may be teenage females and boys from the age of 13 to 18.

The masthead is in front of the main cover image which may suggest that this brand wants to catch the audience eyes and make them see that it is a very popular magazine. And also it may be at the front of the magazine so the audience are familiar with it and recognise it. The masthead conforms to the rule of the thirds as the Billboard logo and tag line take up the entire spacing. The billboard logo is simple and iconic coloured circles in the lettering. The blue may connote the main cover line the colour may be used because it is a bright colour to grab the audience attention. On the logo the letter ‘b’ is filled with red this is the regular appearance of the logo so this same exception resumes for every issue.

The cover image is of Shakira a female singer, the picture of Shakira is very close up as this shows that the magazine is based on Shakira, whereas Shakira is looking directly at you which make the audience feel in contact with the artist. As you can see there are 2 Shakira as this goes with the cover line ‘Shakira times two’ this connotes

The colour theme for the magazine is yellow, orange, green and blue. Every magazine has its own colour theme usually 3-4 which is a convention of magazines. This is so magazines become recognisable straight away from its theme colours.

 

The page is clearly set out into sections for the different types of article; there is also a column on the left side of the page with a separate section which contains the music charts at the time the magazine is released. The page has four photographs from different pages of the magazine, this is effective as the reader can look at one of the photographs and immediately know which page the corresponding article is on.

The word ‘Contents’ is written in stencil – esque font which makes the letters look like they have been split up or broken, which could suggest that billboard are trying to be different from other music magazines and want to be a ‘break’ in the music magazine world and want to be unique.

The layout of the page is quite complicated as it is sectioned into three sections, the photographs, information and the top charts list. This is a very good way of representing what is inside the magazine, because if the buyer of the magazine does not like to read a lot they could just look at the picture see who is on it and they want to look at it they will be directed straight to the page by the numbers on the bottom corner of the image. The font is straight to the point. Has a bold black font to show subtitle and blue font to what is featured.

 

 

This double page spread is from billboard magazine whose target audience is mainly females of late teen to young adult age. The feature on this double page spread is of Shakira who is a popular artist with this target audience. This double page spread has a lot of writing on it telling you about the concert Shakira performed at. The way this is set out I common layout often used in all magazine to help the aesthetics of the page. There is a quote middle of the page in a yellow text box which stands out in the page. The colour scheme of the magazine is black, white and yellow, the colours which are used stand out the magazine which then grabs the reader’s attention. The medium shot used of Shakira dominates that the page will be about her.

 

 

The picture of Beyoncé is the main image at the front of the magazine. It is a close up picture which is very eye catching and will attract to the male audience as she is very beautiful. The pose has values issues as it is a very strong pose and gives the vulnerable look towards the audience. The Billboards logo is very simple with the iconic colour circles in the lettering. As the logo fills the masthead from the left to right it enables the magazine to be immediately recognisable on the shelf and stand out against other magazines. The central image stands out as part of the masthead which suggests it is already a recognisable magazine.

The logo is same as the mast head, which makes the magazine look organised and sophisticated, and the magazine uses different fonts and colours to make it look more organised. It also has banners with headings in them so the reader can locate their desired article easily. The background is grey which is different from the main background to draw attention. The colour scheme which is being used is blue green and black, this is good and effective because 3 colours keeps is clear and stops it from looking cluttered and confusing. The main article is featured at the content page, as well as it has a different fonts, bold and italic writing are used to highlight the important parts. The multiple images which are used with page numbers is clearly showing what page the reader would have to go in order to read the article about the particular magazine.

 

 

 

 

The medium shot image of Beyoncé on the right page shows the reader that the main topic is going to be about her. Also her wearing a pink dress may connotes excessive femininity and super girly which then also connotes that she may be trying to attract the males. Beyoncé looking directly at the camera which may make the audience feel included and feel that the artist is looking directly at them. Also the background on the right page the colour white may connote purity.

The left hand page looks very busy as there is lots of different types  of pictures of Beyoncé, this may be because the artists wants to let the audience know what she been up to. The writing on the page has been written in different colours such as red, black and green, this may be because there are 3 are 3 different storys and don’t want them too clash together.

 

 

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