I have been using this website to download different fonts. Its handy because you can choose a font that matches the style of your magazine. The ones i downloaded were called...
Learchitect
neou
ART POST
STENCILIA-A
Dymofontinvers
I thought these suited the style of my magazine the best and would make it look more interesting.
FRONT COVER
I decided to create two flat plan designs for my front cover and then use the one i think looks more professional. Design no.1 is very basic. The title is simple and doesn't distract the audience from the Artist on the Front cover. I liked the idea of my text being placed around the image in different directions and sizes. This makes it look more interesting and will attract my audience into reading about whats inside my magazine. Design no.2 is very similar, however i changed the style of my title to something that stands out more on the page. The black and white effect links with the 'DOMINO' title. Although i think i prefer Design no.1's title because it isn't as distracting and i like how simple it is, it also makes my magazine look more professional. I therefore think im going to base my magazines layout on Design no1.
CONTENTS PAGE
This is my basic flat plan of my contents page. I wanted to use the same font for the title "CONTENTS" as i did on my front covers title to link both pages. I liked the idea of featuring another image of my artist on this page to show that she is our main topic for this issue. However i also want to feature some other images on my contents page to make it look more exciting but haven't decided what yet.
I liked the idea of my title coming across both pages on my double page spread. This page is going to involve an interview with the artist (Alice Kenz), a short description about her style of music and the Top 10 charts for that month. I think it is important to still feature images in your double page spread so it doesn't look boring, so i have decided to use two from my photo-shoot. Also, i have decided to place the 'Top 10 charts' at the bottom of a page as this isn't the main feature.
I wanted to think of a title for my magazine that linked to my inspiration (Jessie-J) but also was catchy and bold. One of her current songs is called 'Domino'. I like how it doesn't sound like a typical name for a magazine but is still very simple. The word 'Domino' also represents the game that you play with black and white blocks. This would link well with the colour scheme of my magazine as all my writing is mostly going to be in black and white.
This is the music video for the song 'Domino' which has been my inspiration for the name of my magazine.
I questioned different people on what they thought of 'DOMINO' as a magazine name. Here is some of the feed back I received...
Anna "It's easily identified and striking"
Ellie "It's eye catching so people will notice is on the shelfs"
Jess "The name is intriguing and makes you want to read whats inside."
Sam "It's original and no other magazine has a name like it."
This research has given me further knowledge on music magazine prices and the type of audience I will be attracting. I picked two very popular magazines which both show that young adults are interested the most in the music magazine industry. The figures also prove that men are reading them more than the female population. This has motivated me to attract more women for a change and target my magazine towards young women. I think this will easily be done as im using a female model as my music artist and can interview her about her lifestyle and home life as well as her music because this is what women are mostly interested in.
