Final Magazine Proposal

Final Magazine Proposal

The genre of my magazine will be indie alternative, adhering to the results of my survey as the majority voted for this particular genre. The title of my magazine will be called ‘White Stripes’ named after a popular indie band itself, naming a magazine after something familiar that the indie genre audience knows will allow them to acknowledge, from solely the title, that it is an indie alternative magazine. My ideal target audience will be of the ages 16-24 of the female gender who will be in current education in either college or university. My magazine will be published monthly to keep to a manageable budget that students can afford at a price of £2.

I have decided to create my magazine as the audience I am targeting does not have a wide range of indie alternative magazines for females to chose from as it is a niche genre; by having a niche magazine I will attract regular customers who will chose my magazine to purchase constituently as there is not another magazine that offers similar contents. I have composed an outline of a possible double page spread which will focus on a new up and coming band in the music world of indie alternative, that way my magazine will not only give my audience news on already existing bands but also new bands that that are the future for indie alternative. My contents page will strict to the main house style of toned down blue, lilac and white colours to show a professional consistency; it will include a brief introduction to what will be on each page for example; ‘page 16: interview with one of indie’s fave artist Florence Welch’.

In order to attract my target audience I will use familiar language to their age group so it is easily comprehended by them and to show my magazine is specifically aimed at that particular age group. I will publish written links for social networking sites that are about my magazine as a means to include cross media in my brand to attract an even larger audience.

My magazine will be glossy as due to teenagers and young adults they tend to be messy, so if they spill drink when ready the magazine it will not damage the print as badly than if it was made from a newspaper material. 

The Changing Faces of Jennifer Lopez Analysis

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Denotation

Connotation

Picture A: White background White and red text Models hair slicked and tied back Model is half smiling Dress style Red lipstick Picture B: Red colours and red costume Warm lighting Revealing costume Picture C: Bikini costume Sanded floors and blue background Pouting facial expression Picture D: Two twin babies Smile revealing teeth

Picture A: A white background is used to allow the main model, Jennifer Lopez, to stand out and be the main focus on the front cover. White and red font is used throughout to adhere to the house style of the magazine to allow the magazine is be visually professional and tidy throughout. Jennifer Lopez’s hair is slicked and tied back to prevent any imperfection to allow her to look sophisticated and professional like the fashion that is being advertised throughout the magazine. The model’s facial expression is a half-smile to show both her fun yet classy side in a single pose.  The model’s dress reveals only her shoulder and chest as a means to appeal to the male audience in an appealing way yet the dress still appeals to the female audience as they wish to dress similar to her. Picture B: The entire front cover uses red and orange colours to follow a consistent house style which is also repeated in the costume of the cover model to further show consistency. The red and orange colours also give off a warm lighting effect that causes the lights to reflect of the model’s body like that of the sun; this connotes a beach setting. The dress Jennifer Lopez is wearing exposes her cleavage as a means to appeal to the minority of the secondary audience, being male, who will see her as being sexually attractive. Picture C: The cover model is wearing only a bikini top and pants which allows the male readers to visualise her in similar clothes to that of her underwear; this presents her as a sex icon to this side of the audience resulting in them purchasing the magazine purely for the visual side. The floors are sanded and the background is blue to make the set appear as a beach to relate back to the costume of the model herself as she wearing a bikini. The cover model’s facial expression is fixed into a pout as means to appear seductive to the male audience. Picture D: The cover model, Jennifer Lopez, is cradling two babies, one dressed in pink and one dressed in blue (to connote one is a girl and the other a boy) and is smiling into the camera using direct mode of address. The model’s smile reveals her teeth to show her genuine happiness with her new babies and the use of direct mode of address shows that she is appealing directly at the audience to project her happiness. White lighting is used to emphasise a new, pure tone given off from the arrival of new born babies.

 Analysing the tools and effects used on the front cover of magazines will allow me to adapt these skills for my own magazine front cover, however, a suitable adaptation for my target audience. 

Focus Group

Analyzing Magazine Survey Results

Planning a Music Magazine

Kerrang! Double Page Spread Analysis

Kerrang! Magazine Contents Page Analysis

Researching Contents Page Conventions

Magazine Cover Analysis

Analysing Kerrang! Music Magazine Cover

Conventions of a Magazine Front Cover

I researched the typical conventions of a magazine front cover and below have listed them on an existing music magazine.

Magazine Cover and Contents Page: Student Life

I have created a magazine cover with a student target audience. I have chosen a 16 year old teenage boy as my cover model to relate to the target audience who are aged 16 and above. I took pictures of two teenage boys and a school building; I edited all three photos on Adobe Photoshop. I created both my front cover and contents page on Adobe Illustrator where I added text relevant to each page (i.e. puffs). Using the shape tool I created star shapes as a background basis for my magazine puffs and price tag. I created multiple copies of the word 'college' in order to create a background. I edited the cover image using brightness and contrast tools.