Time Management

I have fallen behind in some of my post, but magazine process is going well. I will be updating my blog shortly with post including photography and time process of magazine.

Coverline Ideas

Here are some Coverlines that I might use for my magazine, the colours work well together and the font works well with the masthead I have created. The font I have used is 'Playbill', comparing it to the masthead I have used it works well as this smaller and the serif help give it a more structured look.

Masthead Ideas

These are some ideas for the masthead style. The last two I feel work best and look best for the Pop Music Magazine I am creating. They both connote bright colourful energy which is need for my magaizne. The bright pink and blue helps makes the masthead standout. 
I have used the font ' Berlin Sans FB' and made the letters taller. 
I perfer the bottom two because they are simple but effective.   

Mock-up Double Page Spread

Mock-up Contents Page

Mock-up Front Cover

Style Sheet

Typography

Tracking is the spacing between each letter in a word.

Summary of Pitch Feedback

I asked a group of 4 people that gave me a range for my feedback. What I have took from this is that my target audience wants bright colours, lots of information and interesting images. This has helped me get on the right lines to what I want my magazine to look like and what content to put in. My aim is to make the magazine bright and lively to appeal and catch the eye of my target audience.

Pitch Feedback

1) Which name do you think is most appropriate for my magazine and why?

·         I think shout is a good name for the magazine because it is catchy and appeals to a younger audience.  

·          Selfie because it fits with teenage language

·          Fusion because it sounds cool and catchy   

·         I like Know It and Selfie because they just go with the magazine. Selfie is a younger generation word that will fit with the target audience

2) What sort of content should I include in the magazine?

·         I think the magazine should contain interviews with bands and/or celebrities and possibly pull-out posters for teenagers to use around their bedrooms. 

·         Everything you have put in the pitch, think you have hit all the key points   

·         Review on songs and videos. Could contain interview with celebrities about their favourite songs    

·         include content that's appropriate for 15-17 year olds, like all of the new music and singers, keep everything up to date

3)  What colours do you think would be suitable for my magazine colour palette, please state three?

·         I think bright colours should be used such as pink blue and green. 

·         Blue, Purple, Green 

·         Sunshine yellow, baby blue and lipstick red

·         If it's a unisex magazine, I think colours that would suit both genders would be appropriate. For example, blues, black and whites, red

4)  Do you thing taking an informal approach to the audience is suitable? or should it be more formal?

·         I think an informal approach to the magazine will be more suitable to draw in the younger audience. 

·         Informal because it will fits with today’s society 

·          Informal because it connects with the target audience   

·         I think it's best to keep it informal, it would suit the target audience a lot more this way 

                                 

5) Which images would you prefer to see? Professional images or images of the band performing live? Why?

·         I think that current images are important to be used whether that's professional images or the band performing live but professional images will be more appropriate for posters   

·         Professional it will look better    

·         Bit of both, images of live performing does not focus on them focuses on the music but a professional image does which some teenagers will like.   

·         I think both images would be good in my opinion, if it were me I'd like to see both.

6) Do you prefer the majority of the magazine to be images or writing? Why?

·         I think it's important to have a balance of images and text. Text makes it more interesting to read  

·         writing because you would  want something good to read about in the magazine 

·         50:50, if there’s too much writing it would be like reading a book. But if there is too many images you would not get enough information

·         I'd like most of it to be pictures but still quite a lot of writing as well so that the pictures don't swarm the pages. 

Pitch

Contents Page Analysis