OCR Media Studies A Level Coursework

1. I had a variety of different names in mind for my magazine. I
knew that I wanted to use a short word as I had looked at
fonts before and found that the fonts that I liked didn’t look
right with long words, so I was thinking of words that were
relevant to the ‘pop’ of colour that my magazine was going to
be based on and started looking at possible photographer. And
I found a photographer that used neon lights to light up the
models faces; I really liked this idea and decided that my
photographs were going to be based on her method of
illumination. Originally I came up with the name illuminate,
however I found that it was too long and would make the page
look crowded. I then looked for words that linked to the idea
of light and decided that ‘Neon’ would be a good magazine
name on the basis that I could incorporate the name with the
‘pop’ of colour that I wanted my magazine to include.
Magazine title…
Magazine font and
colour ideas
In order to test out whether certain
colours and font looked well together, I
downloaded the fonts in white and I will
experiment with them by adding a
coloured ‘glow’ in order to make it look
like a neon light.
I think that this font is my favourite
font, on the basis that if I added a
glow it would look like a real neon
light. The thin lettering also keeps the
font looking neat and tidy, unlike the
other two fonts where all of the lines
merge into each other. A bright font
colours would also attract the
consumer’s eyes, which is arguably
why the font is so effective.
Although both of these fonts are
effective, in the sense that they both
look like neon signs, I don’t think that
they portray the message that I want
my magazine to give off. As mentioned
before, I want my magazine to be clean
and sharp and instead these fonts do
not give off this message and almost
look cluttered and bold.