Font Testing

Different fonts for magazine NAIHA

Ive picked these fonts by thinking about what my audience would be interested in and what font they would like. Personally i like the fifth font as its kind of simple and would go with my magazine. iI is also quite bold so it wil be eye catching and it has a very simplistic look to it and it isnt too fancy. Fancy writing tends to turn out to be unreadable. The second one is kind of similar to the fifth one but i still prefer the fifth one as it is bigger and bolder.

Names for my music magazine

Here are some of the names for my music magazine:
1. Wavelength- i think this name is sort of boring as it has appeared in many magazines

2.Sound waves- this name came across my mind first and at first i thought it was good but then started to dislike it

3. Resinance- this is a very clever and smart name but i don't think many people will understand it

4.Base- base is a very common name and is going to be crossed out from my list

5. Bass- this name is quite common so i don't think i will use it

6. Mellow- i think this name is a decent name and is unique so i shall maybe use this name for my magazine

7.Rouge- i also like this name very much and when i thought of this name i was thrilled because it suited my magazine a lot

9. Yout- this name is too informal therefore i will not use it

10. Basement- this was one of the first names i thought of too but i am sure that i will most probably not use it

front cover sketch 2

Here, you can see that i have a better sketch of my music magazine and is a bit more detailed than the last sketch. This is a rough idea of how my own magazine will look like and what i am going to include in the front cover. As you can see my magazine name will be underneath the big image and the rest of the image at the bottom will be underneath the sell lines so you can see the what the sell lines are

front cover sketch

I did a very rough sketch of my magazine front cover here but this is not a really good sketch as you cant really understand the concept of it. That is why i have made a new better sketch to make you have a clear understanding of how my front cover will look like when i make my own magazine

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Double page spread 2

This is a double page spread from a magazzine called NME. like in Kerrang and MixMag this is also the first double page spead of the main story on the front cover of the magazine. This article is about how the womon in the picture (Florence Welsh) has conquered the USA with her new song 'you've got the love' but she is very angree with her self. like in mixmag they have only used one picture that is spread over both pages as an interpritation of the article. The picture is of a women sitting on what looks to be a US flag layed over some stacked up boxes. i think that the message that they are tring to imitate with this is the conquuring part of the USA. the stacked up boxes act as a podium and the US flag over it astablishes that it is the USA. she is dressed wearing all black- to wear black is kind of a gothic look and the steriotypical view of goths is that they like to berry thier feelings inside them. this could be them trying to imitate her feeling through what she is wearing. also her hair is all over her face and her expresion is very dull this also helps to show the reader that she is hiding her hair and is quite unconfortable. in the back ground behind her it has a big 'USA' and then infront of it over the A it has, 'got the love.' i think that this picture works very well with the picture and the article. once again like in MixMag they have used play on words to create the name of the title. as Florence's new song is called 'you've got the love' and the article is saying how she conquured the USA with it by putting them together it cleverly creates the title USA got the love. the picture has been cleverly taken so that there is a gap in it with a white background designed forn the text to be added over. this is a very good technique as it helps to blend the writing with the opicvture but by having black text on a white background it also helps to make it stand out.

The layout of this double page spreasd is very simurlar to MixMag it has the title in the top right hand corner and the start of the article in the bottom right hand corner. also it has a brief summery of what the article is about under the title and like in Mix Mag they have wrote it like a question. finally they have used a big D to state the start of the article. this was also done in Mix Mag and NME. in the bottom right hand corner it also has the page number, date and the NME logo. to put the logo and the number in my magazine on each page could be a good idea because then it get people familiar with it helping to boosdt the identity of the magazine. the writing has been layed out in colums and is the smallest text on the page. the font used for the main text is very easy to read and simple. this is a good idea because it then doesnt draw the attention away from the picture and also it makes it easy reading for the reader. i need to be carful that i dont use a to confusing font for my article because it might put the reader of reading it.

over all i think that this double page spread is alot like how MixMag layed thiers out down to the pictures and the text. i like the way they have used a double meening on the title and tried to mix the picture and the text together by deliberatly leaving a gap in the picture for the text.

Double page spread 1

The Double page spread has a large picture which takes up lots of dead space which shows that the artist is important. In the top right of the second page it says 'Access all areas' this is an alliteration so easier to reader for audience and also that Q has an exclusive conversation on the artist and it methaphorically means they are a VIP which implies they go and get information which fans normally dont get, therefore people may want to read the article more because of this. The heading 'Danger! Shakira at work' is a play on words from danger buliders at work, this implies that the article Shakira is producing music and the picture highlights this.

Her pose is unnatural and she is clearly posing for the camera, she looks made up and glamorous and also quite vulnerable yet sexy. This contrasts to the more natural, laid back and everyday typical Shakira in the main picture. This particular article appears to be aimed more at women as it shows Shakira as an admirable powerful woman and the second picture, although she is naked, she is not exposing herself or trying to be particularly sexual therefore she does not look subservient and seems to stand up for women.

The commanding word ' Danger!' Gets the audience attention and may suggest that watch out competition and haters, Shakira is making brillant music that you should listen to. Most readers will just flick through the pages and only digest the pictures and headings, soo by showing a quote from the article it attracts the reader to the article due to the quote identifies the main, interesting part of the article. The picture has a large depth of field which shows the audience production material in the background which demonstrates and implies she is hard working at her job, and indicates what the text is about. We can tell that this article is aimed at the female audience due to they can relate to the teaxt because the smaller picture is her in a more glamourous photoshoot whilst the other, main photo is here at work this contrast shows that sterotypically women have to sides to them, working at their day to day job and getting dressed up to party on a night out.