Hello, my name is Adam Shorthouse and I made a magazine.
Today I will be going through a few questions on how my
magazine came to be
This is my front page of my magazine
First of my style models, they
come in to categories , Q and NME are similar to mine in terms of content,. There target audience is a wider scale than
mine yet similar. They are the pinnacle
of music magazines in the UK, so codes and conventions start with them.
Also they have a history they are long running and they know what works!
Mojo is a magazine that runs a
different audience, but that audience is still rather niche. The music Mojo focuses on like classic rock for instance are
not majorly produced any more so fans are dying out or moving on. Mojo offers
an alternative perspective. The
contrasting themes also offer a unique perspective.
My magazine uses a lot of
conventions of this magazine Note, the slanted
text, black text backgrounds,
similar poses. Also the sticker, covered logo The colour use if you switch
white and black, the list goes on! I found that this magazine was highly representable as a indie music
magazine
I decided to change Q piece.
Having a face of an artist is a convention, I decided to go for an all body
shot for my artists as it suited their personalities I decided to move away
from font changes as I thought the background of my image might lead to it
being hard to read.
I developed on a few points in
this issue notably giving text block colour bacgrounds, as this added to the
pop out affect in my magazine. I also wanted to make this bigger, not blow it
up but text wise. The text was really small but I liked the sityle so I made it
bigger
Girls wanted to be represented
like actual girls . Research showed that indie girls are usually we dressed
plainly (research was google BTW) Pop stars seem to show a lot more skin.
People also wanted them to be. =I found that having more confident girls suited
the personality of the band.
For males I wanted a similar
approach, I needed ross to act likethe girls in Lunar parade, So to sem fitting
he mimics there personality. This is shown through he face (being confident)
and even mirrored in his clothing.
The band and target audience are
both young so representing youth as positive is a must. LP are represented as
being confident and successful, this is shown in images and text. Even the
other artists I made… Show that they are happy and full of life.
I did some research and I found
that markt force suited In-D very well. Firstly theey are UK based so outr
magazine could be hughly focused. This means deliveries won’t be delayed and we
could avoid high shipping cost. It deals with specialist, niche magazines like
one called VET, for vets. This means they understand each market for magazines.
For advertisement I woul focus on
these medias. Twitter and facebook are the 2 most overhauled websites.
Marketing on them would mean we hit the same audience of young people. This
kethord would also be free and easy to set up.
4 music and viva both focus on
the youth crowd. Both music channels are popular freeview channels and show
varied content everyday. People who watch will be interestd in music so it
seems like a grea market that isn’t very exploited yet by magazines.
These would be my ideal audience,
young, quirky and passionate about music!
To target my audience I used survey websites, specifically two SP and SM
these two website gave me multiple survey methods, Strawpoll allowed me to set
up a sing. SM allowed me to generate a professional survey. This survey I
posted on forums and to my indie friend. I got a plefera of resultsfor multiple
questions. I used online surveys for the accessability and the fact I could ask
different people.
This is how I changed my results
to suit my magazine.
PS was used I all my images to
edit them for the better. Here are all the tools I used
Here are two examples of
photoshop . My first is LPs main image.
Here is the space background and
how I made it
InDesign
asused to create each document and a few other things
For instance this sticker
(rightclick, effects, drop shadow, 90degrees)
He is my work made with indesigns
boxes, this is the skeleton structure of my front cover
(babble)
This is the camera
Explain Apeture and SS
Talk about noticeable differences
and simulates
Backgrounds
Images
-darkness
-shot
-photoshop
Mention colour scheme and
improovments
WWW
ABI
Talk about noticeable differences
and simulates
Backgrounds
Images
-darkness
-shot
-photoshop
Mention colour scheme and
improovments
WWW
ABI
Talk about noticeable differences
and simulates
Backgrounds
Images
-darkness
-shot
-photoshop
Mention colour scheme and
improovments
WWW
ABI
Hannah
Talk about noticeable differences
and simulates
Backgrounds
Images
-darkness
-shot
-photoshop
Mention colour scheme and
improovments
WWW
ABI
Structure
Content
Talk about noticeable differences
and simulates MENTION ADDING PG number and ect!
Backgrounds
Images
-darkness
-shot
-photoshop
Mention colour scheme and
improovments
WWW
ABI
Structure
Content
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