Double page spread analysis

In this double page spread Katy Perry is the main image, mise-en-scene is used as the whole theme of it is black and white making it look original, simple and vintage.  Having it in black and white also makes it look professional as so does the columns makes it look professional also.The clothes that she is wearing relates to this as well as they are vintage and appeals to the audience. The lighting in the image is very bright enhancing the star. The main star is very big and takes up half the page showing how important she is.

The main title is bubbly and round which suggests that it may appeal to females more than males as it would be more bold if it was. The darkness of the colour contrasts with the white background making it stand out more. It emphasises it and makes it stand out so you know that it is the main title.  Straight away in the sub heading you know who it is about with Katy Perry in bold, using the word 'Hot pants' links with the image as that is what she is wearing.

I would like to do something like this in my magazine as she does relate to the genre i want to do which is pop and is quite girly. I like the colours used as they are professional and make it look better. Its makes the star look more important and the way she is standing looking at the camera shows the direct address that she wants between the audience and her making you feel like you have an insight to her life.

Preliminary task

This is my school magazine that i had to create, I had to create the cover page and contents page as my preliminary task. 

As i did some questionnaires on school magazines and what people would like to see in them, the colours on them and information i took that in and tried to make a magazine that would suit what most people said. I used a medium close up image for my main cover star with him looking at the camera creating direct address with the reader. It suits the main cover line as the way he is standing shows he has a good structure which the head boy would have so they link together.

Most of my questionnaire people said they would like to see achievements which is why i included it in my front cover as a cover story to attract the reader to go inside. Including the achievements also big the school up making the school look better and showing off what we can do.

Showing on the front cover clearly that prom photos are inside shows the audience that it is just not going to be loads of writing but also some pictures as well to even the magazine out and make it appeal to more audiences as most people said they would want to see loads of pictures. If we included pictures younger years would also want to see the magazine as they would not just have to read it.

Based on what i have learnt about magazines putting 'Win an Ipad' in a star drags the readers attention as its such an easy win for you and a big prize. If i didn't put this on the front people wouldnt know and therefore wouldnt enter or may not even read the magazine. If people are eager to enter the competition i have put it on the 7th page of my magazine so if they did they would have to flick through all of the pages so they would end up reading it and not letting the magazine o to waste and just putting it in the bin.

The font writing all links together as all of it is the same and it would run through my magazine making it look more professional. I also have made it look professional by using a colour theme, using the colours white black and red link with the school logo and uniform making it look apart of the school and not some random magazine. This preliminary task has made me improve on my skills of making a magazine cover and will help me for my final one.

Target Audience magazine

Target Audience
I want my magazine to be popular so therefore I want my music to be pop style, like the big top 40.This appeals to loads of people as the people in the Big Top 40 have very popular fan base. The way I want my music to be pop/rock would attract both boys and girls unlike something like rap music. Examples of people that do pop rock are Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez. There look interests me and many other people and this is why I would like to use it. So my target audience is quite big.

Research

I have decided that with my cover star I don't want to do a band instead I would like to do just one girl. I like the look of this photo and I also like the music genre which is pop/indie. This photo on the front of my magazine would be good because it would appeal to my target audience and age range. It also shows direct address to the reader. It inspires me in my magazine and I like the pose and photography of it and would like to experiment with my model and do things like this. It makes me know who her audience is then as I did some research on her which is young adults. I would want the person for my magazine to be young so this is a good thing as it would get me that audience.

Research similar products

I would like to use a layout like either one of these on my magazine cover I like the way these two magazine covers as they are quite similar, the mast head and main cover line match with the colours which is really effective and would be something i would like to use. The colours are summery and girly which relates to the theme of summer, this has shown me how i should think carefully about the colours i need to use to relate to my music genre. I like the way flowers are in the hair and the look the girl has, i would like my star on my music magazine. The effect on the second one with the lighting has more effect on the first one even though it doesn't include direct address.  

Codes and conventions task

The 'Drakes Dilemma' is alliteration which reaches out at you, it makes it seem catchy and funny which would attract readers and draw them in from when they are reading the magazine from the shelves.

Having the colour red appear three times on the magazine cover makes it have a sort of colour theme to it of black white and red. This suits the magazine and the cover star as he is also wearing black. As I have use rap artists it would not be right if I used colourful colours as rappers are not seem to be jolly etc. so a colour like pink wouldn't go.

I put a headline in a black background with 'inside' going over. This draws the audience to look at this and think there is something interesting going on inside.

I used Chris Brown in another headline and linked them by knowing some information about them myself. I linked them because they are both in the same type of music genre and people most likely compare them.

I made the headline be about Rihanna, all the audience loves a bit of gossip so therefore i thought this would attract them.

Codes and conventions task

I used the name 'Dreamscape' for the band name as it fits the bang as they look very unique and fits the jazz theme. The light yellow in the title contrasts well with the whole light pink background making it stand out. The colour yellow normally associates with people being happy and up lifting which is why i used it. The whole jazz music fits into a happy / jolly type.
I put not only who they are put a headline under. I feel that i put that under because it was not important. The photo that was taken of them looks like they are a well known band and how everything is about them so i tried to suit this.

I put a picture of Lily Allen on the cover also, i feel like some of the old music she did could fit in and as it has not a specific type of music to it we could fit her in as there is not only a saxophone on the picture but a guitar which Lily Allen could play. I put her in the corner as she is nowhere important than the rest. 

Codes and conventions task

The main cover star of the music_x magazine is Bjork. The main headline is her name to show the people reading the magazine who she is, i kept it to a black and white theme to fit in with the magazine as if I added yellow it would look ridiculous. It stands out as there is a white background and not a black one as a black background would just fade with it.I also used white on the cover lines. I think this makes the magazine look like there is a theme to it and appeals to the right people that it needs to be appeal.

I think as an improvement i could of added red to go with the 'x' of the magazine title.

Magazine cover research

I like this magazine cover of the pop star Taylor Swift as it is not a typical magazine cover because it is not a head shot/ close up of the cover star it is a long shot, which allows more room for text and headlines. You would expect to see more girly colours on this magazine as there is a girl as the main image however the colours are more boyish this could influence me as it could mean as I could use a long shot picture on my magazine as I didn't realise how effective it looked before seeing this. 

Magazine cover research

I was looking at some different magazine covers trying to get ideas for what I wanted my own magazine to look like and what genre of music I would like to base it on. I come across a few magazines that I liked the look of and the first is Billboard magazine with Katy Perry as the main picture on the front. I like her sort of music which is pop and the type of look she has which is quite a girlish look. The black masthead contrasts with the light pink background even though it is not a girly colour, it still fits with the theme of the magazine cover.

Typography exercise