16. My website would be similar to the magazine: weekly charts from
every genre and latest story's on musicians. It would create a more
interactive way for the fans to enjoy the magazine as we could put on
links for things we spoke about in the magazine
17. I would use social media to distribute my
magazine because my target audience are the
biggest users of social media also it allows my
magazine to be seen on a wider scale. It also
allows my magazine to be interactive and go
the extra mile by giving readers and update
daily.
18. Promotion
Billboard
Will interest more people to find out
about the magazine and it will be
advertised to a wide range of people
Tent at a Leeds
I would sponsor a festival at a popular like Leeds
as it would promote my magazine to people who
like music
This Week:
Joanna Allcock
9/01/14
19. I would publish my magazine with ‘Hearst’ who publish
magazines such as Elle, Company, Bazaar and
Cosmopolitan so they publish magazines relating to
fashion and with similar target audiences. They also
publish magazines such as reveal and inside soap relating
to the gossip side of the magazine and they also publish
sugar scape; for the younger audience.
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24. Billboard magazine who are aimed at a similar age range than
my magazine usually don’t have a great deal of things on their
front cover. I tried to use this as I didn’t want my cover to look
cluttered or too busy. Also I think the more articles and
pictures it has makes it look more like young girls pop
magazine which I was trying to avoid.
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27. Double page spread
I used similar colour
schemes to these two
double page spread as it
makes the image stand
out and it also matched
my house comment
I used the big letter behind my text
because I think it broke up the page
and looked more visually interesting
I also used the
technique of putting
the picture large on
one side because it
attracts the readers
and they wont be
put off by the
amount of text
28. Q5; How did you attract/address your
audience?
29. How does the front cover attract the audience?
Bold
masthead
Features
Main image
Colour
scheme
Range of
content
30. Age
As the magazine is aimed at older teens I
have used a cover star which is a similar
age therefore they can relate and also
included articles they would be interested
in. I have also tried to use a more mature
colour scheme of black and white.
Gender
As this magazine’s primary audience is
girls as it is a hybrid with fashion I have
contrasted the black and white with pink
to attract readers attention.
Genre
The main image is of a girl smiling and
looking happy therefore it suggests it is a
pop magazine straight away because
mainstream music is normally upbeat
and light hearted. Its also a welcoming
image in comparison to if she was
frowning for example.
31. Ambiguous titles may attract
audiences attention and
persuade them to buy the
magazine to read more.
Use of pink
makes the black
and white
colour scheme
not look
miserable and
makes the
articles stand
out more.
Weekly
segments
encourage
readers to
repeatedly buy
the magazine
Masthead font is similar to those of a
fashion magazine so highlights it unique
selling point of being a hybrid magazine
and also helps create its brand identity.
Use of other celebrity
names in case
audiences don’t like
the cover star.
32. The colour scheme
continues through the
magazine and so does the
use of pop related
secondary images
The use of the three
category's of articles shows
the versatility and range of
the magazine
The ‘G’ is would be repeated
through the magazine and is
used with all my
distribution products as a
logo. This creates brand
identity.
33. I big ‘W’ breaks up the
page and makes the big
chunk of writing not put
people off as it is looks
more appealing to read
Another happy picture
of the artist is used and
makes the black and
white colour scheme
not look miserable
Pull quote interests the reader
and makes them want to read the
article especially if they like the
artist.
34. Q6: What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
35. Photoshop
I used Photoshop to use some of the text on my front cover
First I created a new document
Then I picked the size I
wanted my text to be
36. I typed the writing I wanted
I went through all the fonts and
picked the one I think suited best
Finally I saved it without a
background
37. To take the photos for the front cover we used DSLR camera’s to make it
better quality and make the covers more realistic. Also the use of studio
lights made it so we didn’t have to edit our photo’s as much
38. Blogger
We also had to put
all our work on a
blog through the
website:
blogger.com
39. Survey Monkey
We used a website
called survey monkey
to create surveys to
see what our target
audience wanted to
see
40. Q7: Looking back at your preliminary task
(Aquinas College magazine), what do you feel you have
learnt in the progression to the full
product?
41. Firstly I think the colours on my music magazine correlate much better
that on my college magazine. All the pinks are the same pink whereas some
of the reds and blues are different on the Aquinas magazine.
42. My college magazine is missing
some conventions such as a
strapline:
Whilst
doing my
music
magazine
I realised
that it
would
look
better
and
neater
without
secondar
y images
I included text in my
banner as it looked
more relevant
On my music magazine all the
articles are on one side of the
page which I think looks neater
that the Aquinas magazine where
its on both sides
I think the fonts on my music magazine
are much stronger as they are bolder
and look more like an actual magazine
43. The photo on my music magazine is much better quality. This
makes the magazine look better as it is the main focus point. Also I
cut around the main image on my Aquinas magazine and put it on a
white background whereas I kept the natural background and I
think that leaving the natural background looked much better.
44. Even though the title on
my music magazine is
black it still stands out
more as it is a more
interesting font and
would grab a readers
attention more. Also the
top of the college
magazine looks
cluttered.
