Producers of music magazines

On my design for my front cover I have my DJ at the front with the decks in front of him. This will automatically give the audience an idea of what the magazines about, I then have people in the back dancing with strobe lights shooting all over the page. I have decided to put my cover lines on the outsides so it doesn't distract people from the picture but they are noticeable. My Masthead covers most of the top left corner and it will capture the audiences eye straight away. My main story is above the DJ and I want this to stand out so the audience have an idea about what they are going to be reading about. On the top right corner I have a small cover line but it looks like its on a sticker. This is because I want it to look like its been slapped on there as its urgent and people need to look into it. My next steps will be to start developing my magazine by taking pictures.

My design for my front cover

Photoshop example

This is an example of how I hope to use photo-shop to develop my images to make them look more detailed and interesting. This will drag the audience in closer as there will be more objects and items to look at.

cover image ideas

 These are some of the types of style of photos I would like to feature on my cover page and inside my magazine.  From my focus group I found that the target audience care about the appearance of who's on the cover so I will work hard to achieve a good, sophisticated look. I will achieve this my having a serious facial expression, good fashion, hairstyles and show some of the artists personality. My artist will be the main feature on the front cover but I also want a lot going on around them so it gives the audience a lot to look at. I want the audience to feel as if they are in a night club or at a music festival when looking at the front cover.

background scene ideas for my front cover

Front cover photoshoot plan

Shot- I will have a medium close up of my main character with decks in front of him

Pose- I will have my character looking into the camera with a serious facial expression

Location- I am going to have a plain background so I can Photoshop a nightclub scene into the back with strobe lights and people dancing.

appearance- My character will be wearing a white t-shirt or shirt with black jeans, watch and headphones. Their hair will be messy side parted.

After doing research on mastheads and finally coming up with a name for my magazine I have come up with this final masthead. I have linked my name 'pulse' to the electronic pulse passing through the word. I have decided to use the font 'MUSICNET' as it is very modern like my music genre. I have used the electric blue pulse as it strikes the eye when looking at it and it suits the music genre as strobe lights are often electric blue. For this Masthead i used photoshop and powerpoint to get the look i wanted. When it comes to shaping my magazine i will have my masthead in the top left corner as it is the first place a viewer will look when searching for the magazine they want. It will also leave space for extra headlines/pictures.

Maslows Theory

masthead breakdown

Font style for my masthead

I have narrowed the name of my magazine down to 'PULSE' and 'FUSION'. I have chosen these name as they are very modern names, they are catchy and they suit the genre of music. I have to choose between these four fonts, I have chosen these fonts because they are very futuristic and modern just like my genre of music which is house.

Music magazine name ideas

For this piece of work I listened to house music and picked out lyrics and sounds to help give me ideas to what to call my magazine. Above is what I gathered.

 I will be using these two colors for the background of my magazine. I am using dark colors because they don't stand out and with the bright neon colors below on top of them it supports them to stand out. The brighter colors gives the magazine a nightclub feel to it as in nightclubs strobe lights and disco lights are extremely popular. So when you are reading the magazine it puts you In a setting. I used the information from my focus group to publish my color schemes.

 

Colour scheme for my magazine

Colour scheme

From my Focus group I have learnt the colours that I need to be using in my magazine. I have been advised to use a dark back ground with bright colours on top. E.g. Black or Navy background with bright colours like electric blue, lime greens and neon pinks and yellows on top. The Bright colours should be thin so they strike you and are very noticeable because they are so bright. I should use a bright white with a dark outline for my masthead.

 

The next steps to my blog

Next step-

Colour scheme for magazine

Representation of focus group

Evaluate focus group

Magazine name

Plan photoshoot

Photoshoot                                                                                                                                               

Focus group on house music

Results for my questionnaire

The other in the last question asked if the magazine could include a CD

House music questionnaire

• Are you male or female?
• How old are you?
• Have you heard of any of these people/groups? If yes state who.                                                     

Oliver Heldens
Calvin Harris
Disclosure
Kygo
Duke Dumont

• Have you listened to any of these songs?
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcZMCMI24gs – overdrive- Oliver Heldens
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqUJOudrcM – How deep is your love- Calvin Harris
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB63ztKnGvo&list=PLwOfq4TgJILgHMGZuftCKB30DJAgs8k_9 – Omen- Disclosure
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sc-ir2UwGU – Kygo- Firestone
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnJIb4A-DuY – Need U 100- Duke Dumont
• If you were to buy a house music magazine what would you like it to include? Tick as many as you wish.

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