Practice using the programme Adobe illustrator to create a masthead

The programme was used to practice and help create and design the masthead of the music magazine by using different tools and effects such as drop shadow, zooming in to select on one letter to make it look different such as pulling the anchor at the corner of the letter to either make it longer or shorter.

Magazine Proposal

Magazine proposal

The chosen musical genre of this magazine is rock. Which is aimed at teenagers both male and female aged from 15-21 who are into rock and like to do hobbies such as drawing, listening music and shares interest into being creative and open with themselves. There social class would be around in the middle class. The colour scheme that would be featured in the magazine would be red, black and white. These colours would be used to emphasise how the readers/target audience would be attracted to the magazine as it would stand out and me more appealing as these colours would indicate how they would be more likely to read it and these colours have been also mainly used in the rock magazines such as rock sound and kerrang. The lettering of the magazine would be preferably quite big as the teenagers who would be reading this magazine would most likely be reading a magazine that has a bigger size font than a smaller size. As, this would more appealing towards them because it would stand out more. The mast head would be including the title of the name of the magazine, and would also contain on the front cover what other rock artists that would be mentioned within the magazine which would appeal towards the target audience. The preferable design feature which would be used to design the music magazine is adobe InDesign. The type of artists I would include would be bring me the horizon, fall out boy, neck deep, we came as romans and etc. The regular items that would be featured in the magazine is some posters, features of some of the next performances (gigs, tours and etc.) one of the most important things which makes my magazine different from others is that I would contain few samples/previews of upcoming bands singles, Eps or albums also the top rock charts and which singles would be future hits on the rock charts. The magazine would be doing regular issues each month. The rock magazines mainly feature male artists on the front cover. Within this magazine is going to also feature female artists as well regularly. In order to appeal to both the male and female. The title of the magazine that i was thinking of is flava rock or inclusive rock. This would be in a quite informal style of writing as it will be able to relate to my readers, there would be included interviews, and loads of articles about the bands with information as to whether they are going to be touring with other bands that are similar within the category of the rock genre. The main reason why i chose to use red, black and white as the colours i am using for the magazine is because these colours show a sign of aggression, violence and danger which is closely linked to the rock magazines connotations. So, they would appeal to the audience. Also, all these colours are contrasting to each other, so it would stand out. The content page which also include the same colours as it would be used to create a house style, so that it would be recognisable to the readers. Even the double page spread is going to contain the same colours to create a regular house style and appeal to the audience. The images of the magazine would be medium shot images so that it would look more appealing and professional towards the reader.

How the case studies helped

The case studies were helpful as it showed what genre i would be doing for the music magazine and who the target audience is/aimed at. Which will indicate to us what type of colour scheme,font,captions and images to use on the front page of the magazine. In order to grasp the readers attention.

Continued from distribution of magazine

Distribution of magazine

Evaluation

Content page of college magazine

Front cover of college magazine

Rock sound magazine, main artist featured on the magazine

Double page spread of kerrang magazine

Front cover of rock sound magazine

Textual analysis-rock sound mazagine

Rock sound's audience has a medium age of 21.So it mostly attracts the target audience of teenagers from 15-21. This magazine contains a lot of information in music,fashion,gaming,film and technology sectors within the magazine. 78% of the audience of the rock sound magazine mainly discover new music and trends. This magazine has been the voice for over 12 years, which shows how many people are into this magazine as it allows the target audience to know more about what is happening within the rock music industry (giving information about upcoming singles,albums and etc). The magazine trys to provide the best by letting music bands know and get access to the best new bands and the biggest names on the scene alike.The images of the magazine rock sound is mainly medium shot and the framing is quite bordered, the lighting of the front cover is quite bright as this could allow the audience to be more aware about the artists and other artists within the category. So, the audience know more about the music that the artist is releasing. The mast head of the front cover is very effective as the font style of it is very big and graphic. So, it would attract the younger audience and more people would want to read it. As, the use of the mast head would stand out. The cover lines and use of pull and close quotes are highly effective as they mainly contain of lyrics of the artist's new single or line from their music or words of which they say when they are being interviewed . The sky line indicates what would be in the magazine such as other bands or artists. Puffs are used to give an emphasis of the inside details of the magazine. The relationship between the image and the text is that it lets the audience know about what is happening or what is mentioned within the rock magazines(the artists mentioned,singles,tours,concerts and etc).The tone used in this magazine is casual and not so formal because the use of the language of the magazine is meant to attract a younger audience. Therefore, formal language wont be used or it wouldn't be attracted to teenagers. The group mentioned in this magazine is a rock band called sleeping with sirens and this is meant to let rock music fans know about their music. This could connote how more music fans are into this band as they are the front cover. This helps with my layout and structure of the magazine as it would contain a lot of information which would be useful towards the readers as it would include informal language(mainly slang term to appeal to the readers.

Layout of kerrang magazine

Textual Analysis-Kerrang magazine

Kerrang magazine
The spot images are usually taken at a medium spot/angle. The images are mostly framed at a border. For example, it would say the front cover at the top with an medium shot image on the magazine with puffs and quotes of which would be included within the magazine. The use of the lighting of this magazine is that it is mostly shot/reflected at the main artist, the costume is the rock bands such as bring me the horizon mainly wearing graphic shirts and black jeans. This could suggest that this type of magazine would potentially attract the younger audience(of teenagers aged from 14-18). The props mainly used in this magazine is rock album cds, microphone and etc. The makeup used in this magazine is quite light, to make sure the main artist is not too bright. The use of the mast head is very effective as it adds emphasis of how important the artist is by putting the mast head in a graphic font, which will capture the audience attention.. Pull quotes and close quotes are very effective in this magazines as these quotes mainly contain lyrics or words from the artist/band interviews or upcoming singles. The main use of text boxes and captions are highly effective as it mentions other bands or artists that will be mentioned within this magazine. Which lets the audience know about different artists coming out. The relationship between the text and the image is that it lets the audience know more earlier about more information about the artist and other artists within the genre of rock. Language used is not mainly formal, because this magazine is reaching a younger audience. Therefore, it will not use all formal language, in order to make it more effective towards them. The band bring me the horizon is portrayed in this issue of the magazine, there portrayed by having a big medium image of them on the front page. This connotes how the magazine wants them to be the main star. The use of how the cover lines are very helpful as they give me an idea of what to include about the artists and what would be also featured within the exclusive of the magazine such as the interviews, articles and designing the front cover, content page and double page of the magazine. This magazine would include loads of abbreviations such as omg and wtf as this would appeal and be effective towards the readers and also by using this it allows the magazine to sound more in style and fresh. As it would address the audience so that they can enjoy and feel the ease when reading the magazine. The high use of the colour scheme in the magazine which is red,white and black mainly as it is mostly used in most rock magazines. The mast head is very big as in the font and is in a graffiti style which appeals to the readers. As, it is trending towards teenagers.

Information about the magazine rock sound

Rock sound media kit