The first task that we were set was to make the front cover of our own music magazine. we were first told to decide on which genre our music magazine was going to on. we decided t make our magazine a pop music mag. then we went through any pop magazines we could find so that we had an idea of how pop magazinzes lay out their pictures and text. we also had to decide what colours we wanted to use and how these colours would appeal to the audience. And for this we had to think about who our target audience was, in our case our target audience was teenagers and young adults because these are the people that mostly read Pop magazines.
we then had to think about the colours we were going to use and the text font. we decided to use colours like pink, orange, red etc. we wanted to use bright colours so that it appeals to our target audience. we wrote the text that was important in bigger text with brighter colours. for example "EXCLUSIVE" was written in green writing in big text at the top of the page. we wrote the competition at the bottom of the page with little writting but it still stood out because we wrote it in black so it stood out because that was the only dark colour used in the front cover. Our magazine would be sold around the whole of London, we wouold advertise the magazine on music channels because the majority of our target audience would be viewing these channels.
We are aiming our music magazine at teenage girls. the way our magazine shows that it is aimed at young girls is that the freebie is a lipgloss also the music artists are people that teenage girls like for example artists like Jonas Brothers, Hanna Montana, Sugarbabes etc. the main cover image we chose was to attact the teenage girls attention also its a picture that teenage girls can relate to. The other pictures we took was of me and Tasnima putting lipgloss on, wearing sunglssses and holding a cat. all these images were selected carefully as we decided that teenage girls love fluffy animals, makeup and fashion. The reason we chose the front to be me sitting down is because teenage girls like to see other teenage girls and since i am a teenager it would appeal to my target audience. The reason we chose to put this picture in the front cover is because when the teenage girls see the picture they would want to know who the person on the front cover is so they will pick up the magazine straightaway. The background colours of the front cover picture was dull but the vest i was wearing in the picture was bright red so it balanced out the pictures colour and made me stand out. the text in the magazine was all written in capitals so that it tells the audience that there is important/exciting information written in the magazine. Me and my group decided to name/masthead of our magazine POUT as this name relates to a lot of teenage girls.
In some cases the picture didnt look exactly how we wanted it to look so we edited some of the pictures on photoshop. for example in one of the pictures Tasnima forgot to take her city and islington tag off so we blurred the writing on the strap. Photoshop helped a lot because we didnt have many pictures so if we didnt use photoshop then there would be one less picture that we could use because we wouldnt be able to blur the CNI tag.
we also used the internet to get pictures of celebrities as we didnt have many pictures of ourselves. for example we got pictures of Hanna Montana, Hilary Duff etc. if i were to make the magazine cover again i would change the genre to Hip Pop because this would have been more easier for me because i have a lot of props that i could use for Hip Pop and also i have a lot of Hip Pop clothes/ costume. i would also make the magazine more cheaper because i think £1.40 is too expensive for teenagers because this would be most of their pocket money so it would discourage them to buy the magazine. i would change the price to 60p. i would also take more pictures during the photoshoot so that i have a wider variety of pictures to choose from.
we then had to think about the colours we were going to use and the text font. we decided to use colours like pink, orange, red etc. we wanted to use bright colours so that it appeals to our target audience. we wrote the text that was important in bigger text with brighter colours. for example "EXCLUSIVE" was written in green writing in big text at the top of the page. we wrote the competition at the bottom of the page with little writting but it still stood out because we wrote it in black so it stood out because that was the only dark colour used in the front cover. Our magazine would be sold around the whole of London, we wouold advertise the magazine on music channels because the majority of our target audience would be viewing these channels.
We are aiming our music magazine at teenage girls. the way our magazine shows that it is aimed at young girls is that the freebie is a lipgloss also the music artists are people that teenage girls like for example artists like Jonas Brothers, Hanna Montana, Sugarbabes etc. the main cover image we chose was to attact the teenage girls attention also its a picture that teenage girls can relate to. The other pictures we took was of me and Tasnima putting lipgloss on, wearing sunglssses and holding a cat. all these images were selected carefully as we decided that teenage girls love fluffy animals, makeup and fashion. The reason we chose the front to be me sitting down is because teenage girls like to see other teenage girls and since i am a teenager it would appeal to my target audience. The reason we chose to put this picture in the front cover is because when the teenage girls see the picture they would want to know who the person on the front cover is so they will pick up the magazine straightaway. The background colours of the front cover picture was dull but the vest i was wearing in the picture was bright red so it balanced out the pictures colour and made me stand out. the text in the magazine was all written in capitals so that it tells the audience that there is important/exciting information written in the magazine. Me and my group decided to name/masthead of our magazine POUT as this name relates to a lot of teenage girls.
In some cases the picture didnt look exactly how we wanted it to look so we edited some of the pictures on photoshop. for example in one of the pictures Tasnima forgot to take her city and islington tag off so we blurred the writing on the strap. Photoshop helped a lot because we didnt have many pictures so if we didnt use photoshop then there would be one less picture that we could use because we wouldnt be able to blur the CNI tag.
we also used the internet to get pictures of celebrities as we didnt have many pictures of ourselves. for example we got pictures of Hanna Montana, Hilary Duff etc. if i were to make the magazine cover again i would change the genre to Hip Pop because this would have been more easier for me because i have a lot of props that i could use for Hip Pop and also i have a lot of Hip Pop clothes/ costume. i would also make the magazine more cheaper because i think £1.40 is too expensive for teenagers because this would be most of their pocket money so it would discourage them to buy the magazine. i would change the price to 60p. i would also take more pictures during the photoshoot so that i have a wider variety of pictures to choose from.
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