Title of my Magazine

Unplugged.

I thought firstly to have a name that would be different and attach attention to the reader. One word magazine names are fairly common, yet although I want to be original I think I would have to stick to a one worded magazine title because a long name would make it more complicated and 'un-catchy'.
I think a title with a link with the sort of style music to the magazine would be appropriate. The first thing I thought of was Acoustic which pretty much sums up what is in the magazine. Yet I found there was already a magazine with this name so I decided to think up more un-familiar names that would stand out. The second name i came up with was Unplugged which i got inspiration of an acoustic CD by Bryan Adams that was named Unplugged. This I think works really well and simple, yet it still gets the point across to the reader about what type of music would be expected.

Audience Profile

Age : 16-25



Background - studying either music, media, art, photography, English. Interested in acoustic music rather than 'heavy' music, or interest in both.



Occupation - Any, but mainly within the areas of music, media, photography ( above)



Gender - Female (mainly)



Likes - art, fashion, music, guitars/instruments, un-known artists/new bands, sports (such as surfing, snowboarding etc), gigs/festivals, seasons, jewelry


Dislike - faster/up-beat music, RNB+rap music


Music - soft, acoustic music, copied well known songs presented in a different way

Fonts

For my font I want a simple and clear title that is also eye catching. The fonts above are all fonts I found suitable for the magazine. The one I dislike the most is the second one down (Caffeme Blackout) because I found it to different for the genre of music that i wanted for my magazine. Although the font is unique I do not think it will work well with my magazine. One of my favorite fonts is the last one ( Maragarosa) which i think is quite good as it look hand written but is not messy. Also the one above this (Hand Of Sean) is similar to the bottom font. These two, I think would work well for my genre of music.

Front Covers

Colours
I think these bring colour to the magazine front cover and catches people’s eyes to attract them to the magazine.

Information

The information is clear and the simple font in the black stands out against the bright background and clear part of skin on the picture of Rihanna.

There is less writing on the cover compared to other magazines this because I think that the editors didn’t want to cover up all the bright colours on the magazine or to make it different to other magazines.

Mast Head

I like the font of the mast head as in blends in with the background yet you can still see the title clearly as well. The font is like a scribble which creates a ‘rushed’ effect to the magazine, yet it gives the magazine the sense of style.

Mast head

The masthead on this magazine is at the bottom of the cover page, which is very unusual for a magazine. The font that is used is similar to a newspaper, which conects with the title 'the New York Times Magazine'. This gives a simple clear effect the the cover.

Images

The images to this cover are very eye catching towards a veiwer. This is because there are so many differnet images that show a variety of people. The photos also seemed to be editing in some way to make the magazine stand out and differ from other front covers.

Colours

The main colours are black and white, yet there is a a bright wash of colour coming through the pictures. The pictures look to have been washed to make them lighter and not so bold, to creat a calm effect. This technique is simple, yet effective to the reader.

Coverlines

There is not much extra information given on the cover which could be could be an advantage to the magazine or a disadvantage. The advantage being people will be attracted to the magazine cover therefore wanted to buy the magazine to see what is inside. Although the advantage being that people will not know enough want the magazine is actually about and what is inside it,, so then they would not purchase the magazine.

This is an example of Amelias' Magazine front cover. It has a vintage vibe to it, due to photo editing and enhancement. This magazine had no main masthead, although it has mainly coverlines that are in black to keep the cover simple. This works well, as the picture takes up the entire page with colour, so having a variety of colour text would probably spoil the simplicities of the image.