2. The title of the magazine
It took me long time to find an appropriate name for my music
magazine. Finally I came down to BASS. I have chosen this name as
everyone knows that bass is a guitar used by musicians while they are
creating their music. People are also familiar with a word bass itself. It is
something catchy and they will be able to quickly remember it. Bass
also links back to genre of my magazine-ROCK. It may suggest the
audience what kind of genre the magazine is if it is difficult for them to
recognize the genre by pictures or the text included on the front cover
and contents page. The title is big and bold. I have used black Tahoma,
100pt., strong font.
It is conventional because a lot of music magazines look for a name that
would represent music for example NME –New Musical Express.
3. The Key Image
First of all I have decided that the background of my image will be just
blank. I have made this decision to make the image look more
outstanding. Any different background of the image would make
impression that there are too many things on the page therefore they
will not concentrate on the main, most important thing- band on the
picture. However, it does not help people find out what is the genre
of the magazine. It is conventional because a lot of different
magazines also make the background of the picture white.
While preparing to take the pictures I was concerned about the
clothes that my models will use. I have asked them to dress up very
fashionable but not too formal so that they will signify rock. I did that
because it is very conventional. Every time when we look at front
cover of a magazine the clothes of models- stars represent their
music. For example Lady Gaga will always be dressed up in innovative
sometimes crazy clothes that signify her as best as it is possible.
I have also asked one of the boys to have headphones hanging down
from his jacket. I wanted them to be visible so it will appeal more of
the audience and link back to the contents of the magazine-music.
4. While making the make-up for my model I thought about making it very light. It is because
Hayley Williams used to make her lips more outstanding by using a red lipstick. I have also
used a bit of mascara to make the eyelashes more visible.
As I have mentioned before my magazine is mostly about ‘Paramore’ that means that I had to
find people that could present the band as best as they were able to. I have chosen them
because in my opinion they were the most similar to the band members. Their characteristics
such as hairstyle or their posture decided whether I should choose them to place on the cover
of my magazine. The main problem that I have met was that the front woman of Paramore has
red hair. In my college and local area I could not find any girl that would have similar hair
colour. I have decided to choose this girl because her face brings bare similarities to Hayley’s
face. But I was still left with the hair colour problem. Finally I decided that I will change her
hair colour in Photoshop so it looks more similar.
5. On the picture both of the boys look straight to the camera what is
conventional because we can see it in almost every magazine. On
the other hand the girl is looking on one of the boys, like she was
passionate about him. That shows how I have challenged the
conventions. Because on the front cover of the magazine I would
not expect anyone with his face turned to a side. I did that
because I wanted to show something different that is not usual for
magazines.
6. Contents page
In my primary research I have found out that people are more likely to see a lot of
pictures on the contents page rather than just text. That means that they will be more
attracted if I use a lot of pictures. Based on those results I have decided to place 5
pictures on the contents page. People on the pictures are also wearing clothes that
signify rock. As I have mentioned before particular style of clothes will signify particular
style of music, therefore it is conventional. It also links back to the contents of the
magazine. They also help people to identify the genre. Through the Front Cover and
Contents Page I have used the same colour shame to keep the house style of the
magazine.
7. On the front cover I did something not conventional. I have divided
the page into 2 sections. On the first section we can see the key
image, the title of the magazine, main cover line and the selling
lines. Under the key image we can see a picture of a bass. I have
done it because it links back to the genre of my magazine and to
the title. We cannot observe it many magazines. I also have not
showed the whole guitar because it did not look interesting and
professional.
8. Written content
In the article I have included a lot of interesting My magazine:
information about Paramore. The interview is
very informative and everyone is able to
understand it. I made sure that the article will
also represent the genre of the magazine. The
font of the article is 11 Calibri (Body).
On the Double Page Spread I have also expose
some quotes from the questionnaire. It is very
conventional and we can see it in many
magazines. I have done that because it makes
the pages look more professional and
interesting.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER MAGAZINES:
Q MAGAZINE NME MAGAZINE
9. The colour shame
The colour shame does not really represent my
genre-rock. I have chosen green as I though it
will appeal to wider range of audience-male
and female. If I have chosen blue or pink it
would make the magazine be addressed to one
gender particularly therefore I decided to
choose something in between that- green.
Throughout the entire magazine I have used
the same colour shame to keep the balance
and the house style of the magazine clear. All
the writing is whether in black or green so it
does not mess up the house style of the
magazine. It is conventional and we observe it
in all magazines.
