FRONT PAGE PROCESS

I like the look of this ELLE magazine however it is not a music magazine, But i do want to use a similar text font.

Here are some screenshots i have taken whilst creating my front cover

Here i was editing the white bits out of the artists name on photoshop to decide which one i was going to use.

In this screenshot i am editing the featured articles on the page, Choosing fonts and colours and size too

I like the look of the artists names throughout the page being in bold,

FRONT COVER: DECIDING ON THE MASTHEAD. CLASS FEEDBACK

THE MASTHEAD

I have decided that the plain "VOLUME' does not fit in enough with the music theme therefore i am going to insert and try out some music icons to make it better.

PUTTING IN THE VOLUME SIGN INTO MY MAGAZINE.....

INSERTING THE VOLUME KEY

PUTTING IT INTO THE MASTHEAD

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I NEED TO DECIDE WHICH MASTHEAD TO USE AS I HAVE THREE THAT I HAVE TESTED AND TRIED OUT.

THIS IS MASTHEAD ONE: with both the signs: one replacing the O in VOLUME

THIS IS MASTHEAD TWO: VOLUME spelt correctly and the one of the signs at the end

THIS IS MASTHEAD THREE: No sign at the end just one music sign replacing the O in VOLUME

I ASKED THE PEERS IN MY CLASS 

and this was the outcome

Quite clearly the decision that was made was that Masthead 2 is the one to use.

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HERE IS A VIDEO OF ME EDITING THE MASTHEAD TO MAKE IT INTO MASTHEAD TWO

I used Quicktime Player to record the activity on my desktop.

HERE IS WHAT THE CURRENT MASTHEAD LOOKS LIKE..

NOW I CAN CONTINUE WITH THE EDITING AND DESIGNING OF MY MAGAZINE.

FRONT COVER: ARTIST NAME DECISIONS Focus Group Feedback

I have asked my focus group which name font they thought was best. I also asked whether 'Triggy' Or 'Bella Tregear' would be better.
I went onto the internet and got these fonts that i need to choose from

I have decided on the colour red as it stands out from the picture and will catch the readers attention.

The name they have chosen on is :

MY READER PROFILE

Questionnaire for my reader profile

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NME'S READER PROFILE

THIS IS NME'S READER PROFILE FROM A FEW YEARS AGO

I AM GOING TO CREATE MY OWN READER PROFILE FOR MY MAGAZINE 'VOLUME'

Youth subcultures- which are you aiming for?

Notes from powerpoints:

A Youth Sub culture  

A group of indiviuals who are united through a common value system and tastes eg. clothes,music,politics etc

History of the Music Press

1950s-1960s- 

melody maker- the beetles/the rolling stones

magazines= Musical express-1952

                    Melody Maker-1926

                    Rolling Stone- 1960s

1970s-

'Glam rock' eg sweet,mud,slade

then 'Prog.Rock' eg Pink Floyd

Magazines- NME

mid 1970s-

Punk!

1978-

Smash Hits

late 70's-early 80s-

Pop!

1990s-

MTV

Audience Profiling

Must include: Age, gender, race and sexuality, education, occupation, annual income, Disposable Income, current lifestyle, culture, media, interests, buying habits, loyalty to brands

Demographics: defines the adult population largely by the work that they do

Psychographics: the way of describing an audience by looking at their behaviour and personality 

Now i am going to create a reader profile for my magazine.