Today I had a 1:1 meeting with Harry so that I could find out more information about my client's needs and what he thought of my ideas. It was a great help as it helped me see what I needed to do and also what areas/topics I needed to change. As last lesson, I pitched my ideas, it meant that I did not have anymore paperwork to get on with this lesson. I extended my production schedule to include things such as creating my final product and also the deadlines for them. I need to create a mast-head and name of the magazine, come up with relevant images and create a QR barcode for my pages before next lesson.
The areas discussed in the meeting with Harry are below:
- Need name for magazine
- My front cover could include picture of students socialising in well-known Chichester places instead of my idea of a picture of the front of college.
- My contents page could contain images and topics that appeal to students, such as politics, cultural, role models, or university information.
- My text on my double page spread was going to be short and not too interlectual, but after discussing with Harry we decided that my target audience would rather read lengthy articles.
- Finally, we discussed that my double page spread would include places to go and clothes to wear for students. It would be a cross between fashion and lifestyle of students. I could even lay it out as if it is a daily routine.
Today we had a group discussion about magazine front covers and the layouts. We looked at a Vibe magazine front cover with Eminem. We wrote and discussed the layout of it such as how Eminem was infront of the title of the magazine because it was a well-known magazine and it could be recognisable even with some of the title covered up. We also spoke about the background gradient and how we could create this on Photoshop. We noted that the colours were mainly reds, blacks, and silvers, because of the target audience of boys and spoke about how we need to come up with a colour scheme for our magazine.
[1]The next magazine we looked at was called Amber. It was a gossip magazine aimed at a younger girls audience. You can tell this because of the colours that are used, such as purples, yellows and pinks. We spoke as a class about how different it was to the Vibe magazine, mentioning the colours, layout and detail. For example, on this magazine, as it is not as famous as the Vibe magazine, Jennifer love-hewitt is behind the title because if she was infront of it, people may not recognise the magazine. Things such as the price, was much more bigger probably because it is aiming to gain readers everytime whereas Vibe does not.
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The final magazine we looked at was Kerrang! This was a music magazine with a different target audience to Vibe. This magazine appeared more 'in your face' than Vibe because the people reading it would more than likely be rock and roll listeners and grudge people. This has a powerful image of Green Day on the front cover which is also infront of the title as with Vibe magazine because of it's popularity and identity. We noted that the colours were whites, greens, blacks and yellows. Each colour was aiming to catch the audience's eye, and collectively they made everything look cluttered and messy.
[3]Friday 25th March
Today we had Simon and we spoke about typography. We spoke about how each font would have a background to it, and a reason why and where it is used. I undertook primary researched in some fonts that appealed to me in Photoshop. I printed off 10 fonts that I liked, printed them off in 3 groups, a group of just upper case, a group of upper and lower case, and a group of just lower case. I then put them on an A3 sheet of paper, so that I could see them all together and find it easier to pick a favourite. I researched all the meanings of them and where they were used previously, I chose Century Gothic because it is used a lot in displaying information, and I thought this would be recognisable for readers.
[1] http://whollysblog.com/wordpress/eminem-vibe-magazine-real-rap-issue/
[2] http://www.antijen.org/amber/
[3] http://www.greenday.com/site/news.php?pageNum_NewsItems=86&totalRows_NewsItems=870
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