Abida

I have created a mood board on the different fonts that have been used in a pop music magazine which has helped me differentiate my fonts from other magazines and enable me to experiment with the different fonts that will attract my intended audience.  The font that really attracted me was the XXL magazine font as it was something original and unique also the choice of colours helps make it look attractive and added contrast to the font. The name is very quirky as well and puts off a 'cool' vibe to the magazine just by looking at the name and the font this informs me that you can guess what kind of vibe a magazine may put out to be. This is effective because a font should be bold enough to stand out alone and intrigue a specific target audience.  By doing this mood board it helped me understand the importance of having a different font to other magazines as each aspect of the magazine should cooperate to attract the intended audience.

I have created an artist profile to help me portray her through my model as she will be representing how the artist is seen within the pop industry. The artist profile helped me a lot as it gave me an idea about the way I should present the artist through the model and how the layout of the magazine will link to the artists music and her persona. Keeping in mind that they way I present the model should be in sync with her profile and her music so it has mentally set me a borderline of what I can use to link her and her music through my magazine and how it will come off to the intended audience.

Within my post I have included what I have planned out for my magazine to look like and what it should consist of, this is a draft plan as some aspects can change such as the colour scheme but as a whole this plan is what I will be following during the course of making my actual magazine cover and content page. It also features my sketch of what hopefully will look like my actual magazine that has been deconstructed into the reason why I have chosen specific elements.

In this post, I have included key shots that I may use in my magazine by playing around with these different shots it gave me an idea of what will make my magazine stand out, the use and purpose of the angle of the shot as well. I also understand the importance of the main image on a magazine as it is the sole feature that will attract the intended audience. This is one of the reasons as to why in the magazine/media industry the point of being unique and different is a key feature to draw the most attention.

In this post I have decided on all the aspects of what my magazine will feature and be based on, this was very helpful as it allowed me to gather all my thoughts and decide what I wanted my magazine to have, the colour scheme and fonts that will all become uniformed together. Deciding the name of my magazine was a tough choice as I wanted something to catch my audience' eye and attract them towards my magazine.

Within my focus group I had a mix of genders as my participants as I felt that it would give me a more accurate answer as I have opinions of what a female may think vs what a male may think as many of my target audience could include males so I wanted it to be inclusive. My focus group is where I receive information about what my participants think about Pop music , what they view the music and media industry as and what elements on a magazine would they be attracted to. These are all information that will help me construct my magazine which is tailored to my target audience as I am taking on board the crucial information I have received.

Within this post I have put together a questionnaire which will let me understand my target audience and have mentioned the feedback that I had received from the questionnaire by a classmate of mine. This will inform the type of genres, artists and musical interest they like and will benefit me when constructing my magazine making sure it will attract my target audience interests. I have also put up what my 'ideal' target audience member would be currently doing and how he/she may be attracted to my Pop magazine. Please click here for the ideal reader profile

I have attached my model consent form in a way that outlines what the photos will be used as and the purpose for them which will reassure the model and answer any questions that he /she may probably have.This will make me feel a sense of comfort knowing that when I am taking my specific shots that they are approved of and the model herself will know that she has a part of creating this magazine and at all time can leave the process as well. Model: Sabah Khan 

My deconstruction of the magazine cover page and content page will contain my option and explanation about how I viewed the magazine that I picked which I analysed and deconstructed every aspect and explained about. each element of the magazine pages had a different meaning that all came together to create the objective of the magazine weather it was the cover star, the colour scheme or anything else. To view my deconstruction of the magazine cover and content page click below

Below are some magazines that have caught my eye and have given me a sense of idea about what I would like to create and the format of my magazine. Between these front covers of the magazines there are some cross overs in terms of layouts and formats as some have similarities and differences between them. The magazines that I have put together aim at different target audience which can be seen from the magazine cover and has helped me understand how I should attract my audience through my design and format.  For my content page the ones that I have put together vary in terms of layout and design which is what I wanted to achieve as it gives me options on how I should construct my content page so that it eliminates the ones that I have viewed.

Here are my initial ideas to the brief and my opinions about what I presume is going to be my favourite and least favourite aspect in this project, this project for me is seen as a break through as it will allow me to express my taste of ideas and the way I will present it. The brief is very creative and I acknowledge the fact that many people will make sure that their layout is different to others which motivates me to make mine original and unique.