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.