Evaluation question one for A2 Media Studies

1. Masthead:
I took inspiration from other magazines to decide what I
wanted to do with mine. I chose to go for the traditional
block writing across the top that quite a lot of magazines
also do. I think the font that I used is quite a girly font
and this is what I wanted to achieve because I would
like this mainly to aim at women rather than men.
I chose to write ‘Music |Fashion |Film’ at the
top of my magazine because I saw it on
‘Clash’ magazine and thought it looked nice.
It also makes my target audience stand out
more clearly for the readers. When they see
the word ‘fashion’ they are more likely to
think that it’s a woman’s magazine rather
than a man’s, which is what I wanted.
Photo:
I took inspiration for my cover photo from different magazines. I decided I
wanted my model to be doing something rather than just sitting/standing like
other magazines. I then edited it to make it black and white. At first I wasn’t sure
if it was going to work for the front cover of a magazine because I knew I also
wanted to use simple black and white font colours instead of bright ones.
However, I think I made it work.
Features:
I think I’ve
included just
the right
amount of
colour for my
cover not to
be boring, but
also just
enough for it
to not stand
out massively
and take
attention
away from the
other aspects
of the cover.
I think I have
also made the
right choice
with what
colour I used
for this. I
firstly chose
red but it
stood out
from
everything
else too much.
In contrast, I
think the
purple
compliments
the cover
nicely.
Features:
I needed the
artist’s name
and the cover
line to stand
out to the
audience
because she’s
the main part
of my
magazine.
That’s why I
chose to use
a block capital
font and black
colouring for
the cover line
and a fancier
font in white
with a black
outline for her
name.
Other
magazines
also do this to
make sure
that the
readers notice
the main
aspect of their
magazine.