Draft Contents Page

I liked encorporating my new colour scheme into this contents page, and think it worked well with just a splash of colour- especially running down one edge as this is ironic with the cmyk coulour palette as when magazine's go wreong, these colours appear down this side. I also liked the use of a textured background, to make the magazine look more professional and stand out instead of being boring and one toned. The use of black and white photo helps keep to my colour scheme in an artistic way and I used my orignal font for the title to tie into the front cover effectively.

CMYK colour model

The CMYK colour model is made of the four colours used in colour printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself. CMYK refers to the four inks used in some color printing: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.

While making my mock contents page and double page spread I found my colour palette very hard to make look good, so I looked at the CMYK colour palette used in printing. Using these colours would add an ironic edge to my magazine as these colours only normally are seen if the magazine is printed wrongly, so using them would make my magazine edgy and different.

New Mock Covers

I like this cover as the dark clothing works well with the grey colour I am using as my background. I also like this font much more than the one before as it's simple but interesting aswell instead of just simple and boring. The pose on this cover also works as it is differnet and unique, though I think a pair of chunky headphones would not only make it more interesting, but also add a musical side to the cover. One fault of this pose is that she is looking down, whereas in a real one to keep it looking professional I would have her looking towards the camera- at it or in the general direction.

This cover works as she is looking at the camera, plus the pose is different and quirky. I don't very much like the clothing used, as the darker palette works much better with the colour scheme.

This pose is incredibly different to other magazines, which makes it unique but may also be too risky. This photo is more appropriate for inside the magazine as her body is turned away from the camera and so is her face. The necklace as a prop does look effective at making the photo interesting, along with the dark clothes working with the colour scheme.

Editing Mock Photos

The original photo (on the left) I found way too dark, so I played around with it in photoshop by adjusting the lighting- both the contrast and the shadows. Though this has improved the photo, it has made me realise I will need to use more lighting and maybe backlighting on my final pictures to improve their quality before editing.

Again this picture is too dark, or under exposed, so when taking my final photos I will add more lights or extend the exposure of the shot. For this photo I have colour corrected on photoshop and added more light and contrast to the picture.

Test Shots.

I found from my last test shots that the model I used did not fit my genre properly, so I have tried a different model, Katie. She fits my genre much more and will hopefully be my model on my final product.

We tried different clothing,

poses,

and even props.

Mock Front Cover

This is one rough draft of my front cover, though the model I used does not fit my genre and her clothing does not fit my colour scheme so both will be changed for my final piece. I also do not like the font I chose to use for my title so would change it to something a bit less simple as it looks a bit boring. More coverlines will also be used to make my cover more professional and more interesting to look at.

Artist Profile

Name: River Valentine
Age: 19
Recent Song: faith and order.
Album Released: Something soulful, nothing shallow.
Gigs/Concerts: Has played at many small-town festivals, but will headlining for the first time this year at a bigger venue.
Philosophy: The name of her album was inspired by her philosophy in life, 'something soulful, nothing shallow.'
Favourite Bands/Artists: A Fine Frenzy, Biffy Clyro, Lenka, The Kinks, Regina Spektor, White Lies, Marina and the Diamonds.
Sounds like: All and none of the above, the briliant and relateable lyrics of many but with a bit of a difference when concerning similarities to others- especially her unique voice.

Mock Cover Outline

This is a simple flat draft of my magazine cover, but obviously is a bit too simple to look effective or professional. All the writing just runs down one side as well so lacks variation and excitement.

I prefer this cover due to the title running down the side, and breaking a typical magazine convention- adding variation and uniqueness to the cover. But this also makes it awkward as to where to put the coverlines without looking messy or jumbled.

Magazine Name 2

Amplified.

The word 'Amplified' means to to pretty much make something louder, which taken in some ways is not the right connotation of my magazine. As this relates to a louder sound, to some people it may relate to rockier, heavier music whereas my defintion of this title for my magazine is that it is 'amplifying' unknown and lesser-known band's sounds to the people out there. So as not to give the wrong inspression through of my magazine, the font I use for the title is going to be a smaller and non-aggressive type face to help the right audience be attracted to the magazine and not be deceived by the name.

Audience Profile

Katie Smith, 17 years old and studies Media, Drama and English at A level. She isn't paticularly interested in any gerne of music more than others, but enjoys bands with a new type of sound not heard much from other bands. Although she enjoys some mainstream bands and music produced, she is always searching for new 'unheard' of bands and less known singers, mostly on the internet or through word of mouth. Not only does she listen to music on the go through her iPod, or at home, she enjoys regularly seeing live bands as she enjoys the atmosphere. She has a keen interest in art, and enjoys a unique sort of fashion, such as things that mix the different styles together. Her favourite bands are The Icarus Account, and the Rolling Stones, and she loves A Fine Frenzy and Erik Hassle's different sounds. Watching films is much more interesting to Katie than TV, which she rarely watches. Like many teens, she uses the internet regularly for twitter and facebook and does buy monthly music magazines to keep up to date with the up and coming bands.

Fonts

I wanted a more minimal and simple font so that it wasn't too garish or overbearing, plus I didn't want to draw too much attention away from the rest of the front cover. Although, I still wanted the name to stand out and be easy to see, I thought a bolder simple font would be effective. I very much like 'Star Avenue' and 'philosopher' for my magazine, and maybe 'Capsuula' as they have the sort of effective and connotations I would like.

Colour Palette.

I knew I wanted to use a black and grey in my colour scheme, with a livelier colour inbetween to make it less boring. I found the black and greyto work very well together and look professionalwithout using the common white and black mix, but needed the grey to be lighter to equal out the dark black. After testing out middle colours I found the pink work well and after look at some examples of pink, black and grey magazine covers found a brighter pink looked more interesting and targeted at not just girls compared to the baby pink. My favourite of all the colour palettes is number six, as i like the pink used, but would probably use the grey from number seven as it is lighter and helps balance out the black.

Magazine Idea Pitch

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Magazine Inspiration

Cliché Magazine.

Is a online magazine based in LA about fashion, music, culture and entertainment. This magazine is an inspiration for my own due to it's on the edge creative style, but also simple front covers- both the pictures, the fonts and the colour schemes all work together in both a simple but outstanding way. They music covered in this magazine is also an alternative genre so helps me see what kind of thing my target audience might enjoy.

This simple black and white photo, with only red and white writing is again very simple, but looks individual and unique due to the 'hand-writing' fonts and has a feel to it I hope I can achieve through my own magazine.

Both this cover and double page spread link due to the basic colours repeated through them both and I personally enjoy the three together. The layout of this double page also inspires me to keep my work organised in a layout, but with a few added creative pieces so as not to overwhelm the reader but makes it look interesting as well.

These two front covers are my personal favourites due to the first's muted but classy colours that gives the magazine a different feel every time a new one is released. The second is the sort of colour scheme I am aiming for and helps me see how the photo and the cover lines seem to tie in with one another and make it look professional.

Magazine Name.

When I first brainstormed my magazine name I started with just typical music-related words such as 'noise', 'play', 'beat' and 'pause' but i found that none of these were individual enough to make a statement. So I decided not only did I want it to target music, but specifically my own genre. As I am aiming for an 'alternative' music genre I tried words relating to it, and came up with 'P.O.A' (Pontential for Alternative), 'different' and 'unique'. Though as I personally find magazine titles that are short and just one word more memorable and powerful at targeting an audience so for my own magazine my title will be just one word. Eventually I decided on synonyms of Alternative, such as 'other', 'option' and 'preference'. I personally enjoy the title 'Other' as it's both unique and kind of appealing as you know it deviates from the norm just due to the name, but I will first ask others that fit my target group which they prefer and then decide.