Drafting and Finalzing House Styles, Drafts and Layout (Planing)

My questionnaire has been completed and it is quite apparent that the audience would prefer me to call my magazine ROGUE. Although I was having doubts I am going to stick with the audience feedback as it is very important in this project.

 

 Some of the feedback I got back was "it's original" "it sounds good, new and interesting, different from general pop magazines"

 

Upon this feedback I have decided to stick with the name ROUGE!

 

 

Drafting and Finalzing House Styles, Drafts and Layout (Planing)

Here is a screenshot of my Questionnaire, I am now going to get a couple of people to fill out this questionnaire so I can get a good idea of what the audience would much prefer and this will then help me with naming my magazine.dbhm
 
 
 
 



Drafting and Finalzing House Styles, Drafts and Layout (Planing)

Hi guys, 

So I have been having doubts on whether or not I should name my magazine 'ROGUE', as I am now getting further into the production of my magazine and I'm having cold feet about the name. The reason why I decided to go with this name is because it has elements of my name in it and also the name is associated with the fashion magazine 'VOGUE' so I feel as though this magazine would catch the readers eye. However, further researching POP Magazines I realised that the name doesn't really associate with a POP Magazine and I want my magazine to be an identifiable with its genre - POP.

I am going to create a survey/questionnaire of potential names for a POP Magazine, I am also going to include 'ROGUE' as I would like to see what the audience think of the name. I will post my findings on my blog so you all can see the feedback, but for now if possible I would love if you suggested any titles for my magazine - remember I'm creating a POP Magazine.

Feel free to comment.

Thank you :)

Media Tech - STUDIO TIME (Instructional Only)

 We recently had a Tech lesson here at the studio and to be honest it was sooo much fun, it was really interesting because I've never seen anything like it up close, i'm used to seeing these things on TV or better yet - America's/Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model, so it was nice seeing this in person. 

We were able to get familiar with the studio as this is where we will be taking the pictures for our very own magazine and spending quite a lot of time here. 

A couple things we need to be up to speed with is; there are white and black backdrops as you can see in the image. There are also thee really big flashlights called 'Trinity Flash' which unfortunately i wasn't able to get a shot of them but these Trinity Flashlights are covered in 'Soft Boxes' and this helps to defuse and soften the lights because they can get really bright. 

We also got very familiar with the sort of cameras we will be using to take the photographs for our magazine. There are two types of cameras we could be working with one would be the Nikon D40 with 7 million mega pixels with a 150 millimeter lense. The other would be the Nikon D7000 18 million mega pixels with a 155 millimeter lense. We were then schooled on how to use the camera - things of this nature. 

Our teacher - Scott then took these test shots. 

This session was very helpful to us in general as we can now have the confidence to produce professional images for our magazine. 

Planning - Drafting and Finalizing House Styles, Drafts and Layouts (Part One)

We was introduced to this new software called 'Adobe Illustrator' and this is where we will be constructing our mastheads for our actual magazine titles. I like this software as its really easy and straightforward to use. 

We was taught many things during this session and once we grasped onto the basics, we got to play around with our mastheads and here is 2 examples of what i came up with. 

Out of the many things i tested on the software, i'm just going to show you something real quick and simple. 
I'm going to show you how i got my 'R' to mirror itself. I firstly right clicked it, then i selected transform, and selected mirror - that's how simple it really is. There are also many different styles and choices you can make on this software which is the cool thing. 

Research/Case Studies (Part 2) - NME Double Page Spread (DPS)

Here is the DPS from NME Magazine.

Firstly I analysed the Image. I really liked this edition of NME Magazine because they took a different approach to what they are usually known for and from looking at this double page you will never guess that its a Rock/Alternative/Indie magazine, it looks like something out of a pop-girly magazine which is such the opposite of what the magazine truly is. I liked how they kept the image very simple there isn't much going on apart from the image they have used. Its in the same format at the image on the front cover was, they are still styled the same - just in a different pose. As its the same shoot to the image on the front cover the lighting stayed the same. They were styled in a way to match their personalities and also to go with that 'rebel look' which suits the image they're trying to give off. Altogether the image is very simple nothing complex, and they kept it with just the one. 

Conventions of Page Layout

The masthead used here is very big and it pretty much takes up the whole page, the font throughout is very simple and basic with not much going on, apart form the colorful drop cap used and the pull quote this just makes the article look less boring and stand out a little more. Here they have added a teaser whereby they give a little introduction as to what the DPS contains. The image and text relates as they describe each of the band members and there personal style and attitude shines in the image and all this helps you get to know them much better. 

Language

The tone of the DPS was adapted to the attitudes of 'Haim', they used a lot of pull quotes to describe their personalities and the tone was very inviting as when your reading it you feel like your getting to know the band. The text as addressed to there 'haters' their fans and there new audiences. I think it was well written as you read it and you feel as though you know them on that level ( when i say level, i mean as though your friends or associates and you go way back in the day lol)  i enjoyed it actually. The structure was well done as we was taken through a journey; from getting to know who they are as individuals and understanding their place in the music scene and just getting to know more about them in general so it flowed very well. 

This here sums up the DPS of NME Magazine. 

Research/Case Studies (Part 2) - NME Contents Page Analysis

Here is the Contents Page of NME Magazine. 

Firstly I analysed the Image(s) on the contents page, there are various images that are used here, most of which are medium-long shots.

Conventions of Page Layout 

The font that they have used throughout the contents page is fairy simple and bold, using colours like black and red.
They have used pull quotes from certain articles and have related it to the image take "40" for example. They have also used drop caps to highlight the more important featured stories in the magazine and this is a good feature to include in your magazine as there are many pages in a magazine so whatever story catches the audiences eye they can quickly navigate to the page rather than flicking through the whole magazines especially when people buy magazines just for a special feature included or their favorite artist is features for the DPS - i know this because i do this also! They have also added the features of this weeks DPS on the contents page "20" this is essential as whoever is on the front cover has to be in the contents page because they are the featured artists and also for their audience sake, so that they are able to flick to the article. On the contents page the magazine have added there own advertisement in subscribing to the magazine and you will mostly find things like promotional CDs , things of this nature here on the contents page. 

Language 

There isn't much language to be assessed on here as it is a contents page, there isn't supposed to be much writing its meant to be short and informative, but the language used here is all in relation to the images and whats going to be included in the articles. This particular contents page has used a lot of pull quotes and this is not always the usual way of doing a contents page but its a way of engaging the audience into further reading.