ACTION PLAN

10 precise pictures: 4 double page feature pictures: live style: 1 Front cover picture, live potrait, 5 contents page: random intresting pictures, lives/portrait+landscape.


for my double feature im either going to do a live review or an album review focusing on one specific band,  so i can write enough, i will  organize it in a U shape around the pictures.

evaluation of my college magazine.

With my college magazine, a few things didnt work out. my contents page has the most problems, for example: the background colour didnt blend, the colours for the textboxes did not suit, and the pictures were rushed and don't suit the design i hoped for. also the illustrator font was a bit unreadable.

I was delayed by rushing pictures as i didnt have opportunities to do college related photos, as i was focusing on photography, and my lack of skill in InDesign was a burden.

I would of added more pictures and a better layout.

The front cover picure worked well as it was unique and arty, as it was aimed at art students, and the simple font cover font for cover lines also worked.


Some areas were professionalized but it was sort of an amateur magazine, and it had potential.


I would make a more precise layout and make sure my early pictures are more arty instead of some last minute throwups. and improve my indesign skills.

magazine comparison

I compared my magazine to NME.NME has a similar attitude and audience, so it is similar as our writing styles and articles will be similar. My magazine will be different as I will not just focus on music I will add clothing companys and other things.

I compared my magazine to smash hits. Smash hits and my magazine have one similarity and that is that they are both informal writing aimed at teens, otherwise It is different as it is aimed at younger girls and a completely different jumper.

I compared my magazine to Front. Both are similar audiences, writing styles and attitude. The difference is fronts main idea is about naked women and boobs and some music and my main focus is music

my music magazine

My music magazine is called 'Homesick' which gets its name from one of my favorite bands albums and is relevant as it focuses on UK bands.
For my logo I am going to use a common tattoo font as it is recognisable and easy to use,
I will include a 50's style baseball motif as it will attract people's attention.
My Unique selling point is that I will give underground bands coverage who normally wouldn't get coverage in a standard magazine. My magazine is for a less covered area: 16 - 29 year olds who like the underground UK hardcore scene

If I compare my magazine to NME as I will be using a similar layout so things are easy to find in the magazine,

eyecatching?

the main aim of the front page of a magazine is to catch the readers eye. they can catch a readers eye with many things : Pictures + Text. They use different fonts and pictures to appeal to their audience. For example, Front magazine use bright colours and sexy pictures of women to attract their audience which is young adult men (18-30) as the font and picture draws them towards the magazine and convinces them to buy it as its in their interests.

Using this eyecatching idea, for my college magazine im going to use a classy arty picture as my magazine is aimed at the arts side of the college, and use fancy and eyecatching fonts, and use appealing words to them such as, art, music, photography. x

week 5

this week in media i continued producing my contents page, i used illustrator to createmy logo, nc student AND contents, i then summarized what i wanted to put on my contets and then left t at that x

WEEK 4

in this week i completed my magazine cover then turned it into a pdf so it could be printed. also in theis weeks lesson i did some research on contents pages for my college magazine, and learnt about the layout + effectiveness, i also started my plan for my college magazine contents page, and selected where i wanted my things to go + decided on some subjects for it x

week 3

ths week i continued with my magazine cover. i added a title, a masthead, another picture designed like the original cover i copied and overlayed things, i almost completed it and added a barcode. it just needs to have 3 pictures added and then it is complete. i also learnt about ghgh' which is used  to show the text box can handle ascending and descending letters.i already knew how to rotate and overlay pictures and kerning which is the space between the letters. x

WEEK 2:

we learnt about serif and sans serif typefaces, and the differences, and i cropped my magazine cover, and fitted it into the bleed, margin etc. , and i found the NME typeface, arial black, which was the sans serif and most similar, made it red, addeda white border and aligned the logo to where the magazine i based it on is.

AS MEDIA: Week 1

in the first week, we had our mac induction,  and we learnt how to use indesign on a picture creating a 'health weekly' magazine, and got an assignment to take a photo for our magazine cover, our first task x