Style Model

This is my Contents page and NME's magazine contents page which i used as my style model. I liked the way NME used the black boxes to highlight the titles such as 'News'; and 'Features' because it brings more colour to the page rather than a page with most white and text. It has to be a white background because it can cost companies a lot of money to print the number of magazines that they do all in colour. Also, this magazine contains more pages than what mine does so there is more text and as there is a lot more information contained in the magazine which the magazine has to ocver. On the other hand, mine has the front cover, contents page and a double page spread meaning that not much information is contained in my magzine so i can only have a limited amount on my contents page without giving too much away. I adapted the subscription advertisment as it fills a big chunk of space and also can bring potential customers to buy the magazine as it's a simple way to advetise and fill space.

 

The text of the titles on my style model are big and bold and not the style of text that you could write chunks of text with therefore it makes the subheadings stand out more. Underneith they have used a traditional fontm, traditional fonts are fonts easyt to read which are used in texts such as newspapers, books, advetisments and other texts which contain a large amount of text.



Front Cover

Process of Development Contents Page

This is the start and basics to my media cover contents page getting the basics of what each page contains using a headline and a short snappy sentence an image the title ' Contents March 2013' and ID which is short for the magazine IDENTITY. There is a picture on there of Mel Lowe as she is the cover to the magazine and is the 'Headline' story. I contuined to use red as it's on the cover and also it is a bold eye catching colour.

 

After looking at some NME contents pages from different issues i have noticed many subscription adevertisments all in a black box with yellow and white text so i have adapted this into my own magazine also on the contents page using the same theme.

I changed the font of the subheadings to Tuer's Cardboard because it's a clear but more harsh unusual font then a times new roman whch is more formal. The target audience isn't older people because it's a music magazine for the younger generation so it can be done. I have highlighted the page titles with a black background as this was done in NME and i thought it was eye catching and made the magazine look more interesting rather than just lots of text on a white background with a picture on it, so it makes it moreunteresting for readers adding a bit of colour.

 

 



I have changed the picture which is on a slant as originally both pictures were took in the same location and as they was both blonde many people told me they look like the similar girl when they are both different. Also i've chosen pictures where both facial expressions of both girls are completley contrasted, one being happy and one being more serious, This gives to different moods to the magazine givin the reader a bigger sense of drama rather than a depressing mood magazine and i have also started to fill the gap at the top with a short letter to the reader testing different fonts.

 



Process of Development

 

This is my first idea into development of the magazine 'IDENTITY' in which I'm making. I have chosen black and white and she's a rock singer and therefore isn't singing happy cheery music which is related to colour and other things which would be colours such as red and pink. The girl used on the cover is mysterious to draw more people in and has a facial expression which hides a lot to want readers to find out about this girl.

An example of a photo used on a black and white cover from 'The Face' is the photo above. A picture of a girl giving the same facial expression making readers want to know her story and everything she is about.  The only difference between my photo and this photo is the type of shot and where its taken. This photo shows more of the background whereas the photo on my possible front cover is a closer shot so less background can be seen.

I have used a black and white theme as its more mysterious. The font I used for the title of the magazine was Uptown. This font is quite modern and not fulfilled just like the message the cover gives to the readers, that they have to read the magazine to find out the story so it is relevant. I also used this for the headline ' The naked truth as it is' this means a dark story just like the theme and again gives the audience a though of mystery engaging them in. The size of the title is 150pt using an inner glow as well because the title has to stand out more than the rest of the magazine and it is more blockish.

The size of the title of the story is 32 because it has to be made to also catch the readers eye and make them wonder what the magazine is about. I don't want to give to much away on the front cover because people wouldn't buy it if there was too much too soon.

 

The font for the price '£2.00' is in Franklin Gothic Heavy and in size 24pt as it's not the most important part of the magazine. It's in the bottom right had corner above the bar code as that is usually where most prices are on products including magazines.

 

I have put a circle blocked filled in red with white writing in the font stride di Fuoco size 35pt in front of the circle as its a competition and makes it stand out to readers that if they buy the magazine they have a chance of winning a T-shirt just for buying the magazine.

 

I have used red and black again for the contents page because they are primary colours and bold making the titles stand out.

 

 

 

 

 

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