2. This image is of my finished magazine, my masthead uses
two main colours. Red & black. The colour red stands out to
the target audience as it is a very bright colour, the
brightness of the colour puts an effect on my magazine that
makes it stand out from other magazines.
The colour scheme that I have used is red and black because
it is a good combination to make it stand out to the reader
more.
I have put some texts on the front cover of my magazine in
red so that it stands out more to the reader than the other
texts. The artists name ‘RAMZY’, has a bigger font size
compared to the other texts on the page, I have done this so
it stands out the most to the reader, they can tell straight
away that it’s the main story inside the magazine.
I have put a quote on the front cover to make the reader
aware of what they are going to find inside the magazine,
making them want to read more inside.
On the right side of the magazine I have written ‘Win Tickets
To See R&B Artists Live On Stage’, this is to get the reader to
buy the magazine in order to have the chance to win tickets
I have included a QR reader onto my front cover so that
smart phone users could get a copy of the front cover of the
magazine.
3. On my contents page I have used 1 image, the image is
of the main story inside the magazine.
I got the idea of my contents page from the magazine
‘VIBE’, I liked their layout of the contents page, this
made me layout my contents page like that.
When you look at my magazine, the first thing that
attracts your attention is the ‘U’ in red. The ‘U’ stands
for the name of the magazine.
The colour scheme that I have used here is red, black
and orange because it really attracts the reader.
On my contents page I have used a large image to
show the reader what the main story is about.
I have put a subheading and heading underneath it
with a little bit of information to encourage my reader
to read on.
4. On my double page spread I have used two images, I made
one large to fit half of the page to make it on the other half
I have made a questionnaire interviewing the R&B Artist
with a smaller picture.
My double page spread has two columns as magazines
normally have 3 columns maximum however I wanted to be
more unique on my double page spread and not make it
similar to the other magazine. I’ve done an interview of
three columns with the R&B Artist.
Here again I'm using the colour scheme of white red and
black to make it similar to the colour scheme I have used on
the other pages.
I have used page numbers on my double page spread so
that the reader would know what page they are reading, all
magazines have page numbers on each of their pages on
the magazine.
5. I have learnt a variety of different photography skills to help me make my
magazine that I didn't know before I started the course.
Conception: I made sure that in my photographs I had a white background in
order for it to go with my background for my magazine. I have used a white
background in order to edit it easily when using Photoshop.
Distance shot: when I was taking the pictures for my magazine, I used the zoom
button on my camera so I could have close up shots and other different shots. I
mostly used medium shot because in R&B music magazines they normally just use
medium shot in the front cover of their magazine. It also makes it looks more
professional like the other music magazines.
Framing and Composition: For my photos I have taken around 50 different photos
so that I could choose from a variety of different photos. I asked the individual to
mostly look at the camera because in music magazines you always see the artist
looking at the camera , so that it would feel as if they are looking at the target
audience.
Mise en scene: I didn’t really want ant props and background scenes in my photos
as it would make it easier for me to edit when I put it up on photoshop.
6.
7. I have learnt a variety of different skills using Photoshop at the beginning of the
course when we had to practice using Photoshop so that when we make our
magazine we have a basic idea of using Photoshop.
Crop tool: I used the crop tool to get rid of the edges I didn’t need so that it could
fit onto the page perfectly. You just had to drag onto the bits you didn’t want and
it would cut it.
8. I have made a questionnaire with 5 different questions, attached to it I had my
front cover, double page spread and contents page. This was so I could gain some
feedback from the audience. The 5 questions were:
1-Are you male or female?
2- Would you buy my magazine?
3-What type of music do you listen to?
4-How much would you pay for my magazine?
5-How old are you?
9. 1-female
2-yes
3-mostly R&B and Hip hop
4-£3 max
5-17
1-male
2-no
3-don’t listen to music
4-maybe £1
5-23
1-female
2-yes
3-R&B
4-£3
5-18
11. My magazine attracts my target audience because I made sure that the colours
attracted them, it wasn’t too dull. I used eye catching colours so that my target
audience would find the colours very satisfying in order for them to read on. I also
put in a competition so that they could win tickets to see R&B artists.
My magazine included R&B artist which the target audience would be interested in
because they are more familiar.
12. My magazine uses forms and convections of similar to the other music magazines
that are really popular, it informs the reader about R&B artist and the top 10
artists.
