My Magazine.
Genre: Indie/other
Magazine: Front Covers.
There are many different types of music magazines, and this is my analysis on different genre's of music magazines.
For all my magazine ideas I am aiming the target audience at people roughly aged 15 and over. I have done this because That’s about the age people start to attend gigs and musical events with there own age group.
I mainly want to aim my magazines on some of the most popular musical genres or maybe mix the magazine genres up to widen the target audience and will possibly influence them to a new, extended music taste.
Layout
Genre: Indie/other
Magazine: Front Covers.
There are many different types of music magazines, and this is my analysis on different genre's of music magazines.
For all my magazine ideas I am aiming the target audience at people roughly aged 15 and over. I have done this because That’s about the age people start to attend gigs and musical events with there own age group.
I mainly want to aim my magazines on some of the most popular musical genres or maybe mix the magazine genres up to widen the target audience and will possibly influence them to a new, extended music taste.
Layout
The title must be at the top of the front cover so that the magazine is easy to identify.
There must be a dominant image on the front cover of an important article inside the magazine.
Text anchorage should be placed around the image, and not cover it and the background needs to be plain so that the images and text stands out. (unless the text is lower down and does not interfere with the image too much)
There must be a dominant image on the front cover of an important article inside the magazine.
Text anchorage should be placed around the image, and not cover it and the background needs to be plain so that the images and text stands out. (unless the text is lower down and does not interfere with the image too much)
I also think, for future reference, that the magazines colour scheme and design should be changed every week. This makes the magazine seem different, and never gets boring or, 'samey'.
What My Research Has Shown.
For the background, the colours need to be bright and standout, or dark to make the image stand out. It is like a mix and match design for different covers. This is so the magazine stands out and is eye catching to by passers. All magazine covers are very similar in styles and in the way they are designed, this makes it hard to have a unique selling point. So the only way to keep your magazine unique is to include the best artists of the chosen genre and try and go a little further than other magazines do during interviews or backstage information. (through research)
Also to include prizes that other magazine do not, for example, trips to exact destinations that over magazines have not covered. Or, large cash prizes and chances to meet famous artists as well as tickets to their gigs.
For the background, the colours need to be bright and standout, or dark to make the image stand out. It is like a mix and match design for different covers. This is so the magazine stands out and is eye catching to by passers. All magazine covers are very similar in styles and in the way they are designed, this makes it hard to have a unique selling point. So the only way to keep your magazine unique is to include the best artists of the chosen genre and try and go a little further than other magazines do during interviews or backstage information. (through research)
Also to include prizes that other magazine do not, for example, trips to exact destinations that over magazines have not covered. Or, large cash prizes and chances to meet famous artists as well as tickets to their gigs.
Masthead: The name and/or logo of the magazine. The mast head is in a fixed location, always to the top left. The font is always the same in every issue, this is what makes the magazine identifiable by customers.
Cover lines: the cover line is hook or an insight into the magazine looking to attract buyers. the cover line normally acts like a caption to the image it is covering.
Call out: A call out is a quote, or an edited piece of text from an article inside the magazine. The call out must be mind boggling, or extremely 'tasteful', to the buyer to make them want to read on.
Main Image: The main image normally runs over the side of the cover so that it is not visible. The main artist(s) normally look at you from the front cover, but others show artists looking away to the side of the cover.
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