Planning photoshoot

Font

These are some sample fonts that could be the masthead of my magazine. The font needs to relate to my target audience and genre of my magazine.

Front cover mock up

Font:

Imaginary Entity

Imaginary Entity

 

Natasha is a 19 year old, university student from London. She enjoys a mixture of different music genres but genres like hip-hop and rap as well as electropop and synthpop, these satisfy her music taste the most. She loves everything old school including 90's rap! She likes going out with her friends and clubbing. She also attends music festivals during the summer and likes to discover new artist and bands that are more alternative rather than mainstream. Natasha is quite trendy and stylish, she likes to set her own trends and her fashion is inspired by the 90's. Her favourite artists include A$AP Rocky, Tupac, Charli XCX,Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea. Natasha has recently developed a taste in synthpop due to her friend’s influence. She likes music magazines that don't cost much as she is a student and prefers to spend her money on clothes. Because she likes a wide range of genres; she likes magazines that tick most of the boxes, she needs a magazine that keeps her updated about the events going on around her as well as information about what her favourite artists are up to during the year.

Target Audience

Target Audience

My magazine will be created for a unisex audience ages 18-24 but mainly females. It will be directed at young adults who enjoy listening to synthpop, electro pop, hip hop and rap. The main focus of the magazine will be artists and bands that fit into hip-hop and pop orientated genres. .

Key Demographics

The magazine that I will be making is going to be aimed towards electropop, hip-hop and rap and  music enthusiasts who like to listen to a mixture of these genres. Since the audience will be mainly students, the magazine will be in the price range suitable for people in the working as well as the middle class. The price of my magazine will be around £2.50-£3.00

Lifestyle

I would like if my magazine appealed to people who like all the electro orientated genres as well as hip-hop and rap, people who enjoy solo rappers, hip-hop groups as well as people who would like to become future artists themselves. I think this magazine would be enjoyed by people who know exactly what artists they like and are opened to discovering new artists and rappers.

NME Music Magazine Analysis

School Magazine Front Cover

Semiotic Analysis Magazine 1

Photoshoot planning

Planning a Photo shoot

The Photos for the school magazine that I will take will be linked to the theme.

I will take photos of students around the school to show the uniform with the school logo. The photos may also be taken in places like the reception because it displays the schools logo clearly and it is the main part of the school that you first see.

The chapel is also a good place for photos since St. Gregory’s is a catholic school, the chapel links well with the religious points of the school and it symbolises it well.

 

This magazine is from the hip hop and pop genre. Unlike magazine like CLASH, this magazine is far more mainstream, you can tell this buy just looking at some of the artists featured inside.

Ad Analysis

GLAMOUR Analysis

This magazine is targeted at working to middle class women aged 21-35.

The cover model looks right at the reader which makes the magazine more attractive and inviting to buy.

The bright pink is significant to women as it automatically draws them to it, since pink is stereotypically a feminine colour. The colour of the model's make up allows her to stand out against the grey background. 

The cover lines and the masthead all link the same colour schemes. The masthead is in capital letters to stand out more. 

The puff is an extra to give the reader another reason for why they should buy the magazine so that more are sold.

School Magazine front cover plan

School Magazine Analysis

This Magazine is targeted at the school’s students as well as their parents. 

The Masthead is at ninety degrees to make the magazine look more professional and upper class. The colour of the font used in the mast head is gold to go with the logo as well as making the magazine look more expensive. 

The main cover line is bold to attract more attention to the school’s latest news.

The tag line is small but it very cleverly boasts about the schools achievements.  

The Main Image ties in with the tag line to show the latest and most important article inside the magazine, the picture is relevant to the article. The people in the photo look proud and inviting.

The colour of the text and puff are bright to attract the reader and also make the magazine more exclusive. The puff itself mentions what the students in that school achieve therefore it attracts parents to place their children in that school.

The large amount of text on the front cover make it look more like an article that would be inside the magazine rather than on the front of it.

The layout of the text is too small and too close together which makes it difficult to read.

XXL Magazine Analysis

This magazine is based on Hip Hop music; A style of popular music of US black and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing. This magazine is targeted at male audience in the ages ranging from 17 to 25. The name of the magazine (XXL) is very short yet catchy which male magazine Masthead's tend to be, it also suggests this magazine is 'big' as in it's popular. The colour red used connotes danger, passion, importance and action which automatically ties in with the short snappy title as well as the central image and the genre of the magazine. The model on the cover used (Lil Wayne) is from the rap music industry which shows the reader what genre this magazine is. The model used looks like a gangster because stereotypicaly the two are always put together but it also relate to the origins of this music genre. He is also looking intimidating and straight at the reader to draw them in. The tattoos could also suggest he was in prison or belonged to a gang. The cover lines tell what other rappers are featured inside and uses big names to show how exclusive this magazine is.

Magazine Techniques

Front Cover: Functions to attract the reader. Sometimes the reader won't pick up the magazine if the cover doesn't attract them. The front cover tells us everything the magazine is about and about what's inside. 

Masthead: The font style and colour will have been chosen extremely well to sell as much magazines as possible. It has to be catchy to stand out so that its the first magazine the reader spots in the stand.

Central Image: This is one of the most important parts of the front cover. The image has to be related to the genre of the magazine and attract readers. The central image is also usually connected to the main article or spread of the magazine. For example if the main/exclusive spread was about a new Ferrari in a car magazine, the central image would be of that new Ferrari.

Cover Model: The cover model is usually connected to the magazine genre or target audience. If the magazine is for women the cover model would be someone they envy or aspire to look like and if the magazine is for men sometimes the model would be a female with stereotypical features to again attract and please the eye. 

Anchorage: Anchorage is used in media to attach meaning to something through either the matching of words to images or the juxtaposition of two images which construct a meaning. 
For example in advertising, an image is open to a range of interpretations. To clarify what the image means and to make the image relevant to the purpose of the advert, text can be added. Thus the image serves as the 'hook' while the text anchors meaning. This can be said also for photographs attached to newspaper articles. The same photograph takes on different connotations with different accompanying texts. 

Secondary Images: They may be used on the front cover to help promote other features.

Cover lines: These are located on various points on the front cover, telling readers about magazine's contents. 

Mode of Address: The way magazines communicate with the reader. Using words such as 'You', 'Your' etc makes it more intimate and personal with the reader therefore drawing them in to buy and read the magazine.

Puff: As in "puff of air", this is a short snippet of text which helps to draw attention. An eye-catching graphic to advertise what else can be found inside the newspaper

Pugs: Pugs are the 'ears' of the magazines and are usually placed on the top left.