Thursday, 10 December 2009

Planning

To help out with my final front cover I planned out what sort of things I wanted. I came up with 4 different names to give me a variety of choice when I came to my final decision.

Names



Decision


Colours


Logos

Now that I had decided what colour scheme I was going to use I came up with these ideas for my logo. I decided to use the colour red because the magazines names in both Q and NME were red therefore it follows the trend on other music magazines.

This was the first idea that I came up with for the logo. I used the red to go with the red theme of the rest magazines. By using the star I thought that it tied in well with my target audience as this is teenagers and young adults. It ties in well because teenagers/ young adults like to wear such patterns as stars.



The second logo that I used again fits in with the colour scheme and the colours that the other magazines use. I used the music notes to signify what the magazine is about. By not using to much colour or making it too bold it gets the readers attention but doesn't attract the reader away from the other issues on the front cover.


The final idea that I used when planning out my magazine was this one below. I adapted the one from above to see which one would look better and help me make my final decision. By adding the bold black around the logo of the magazine I thought it would make it stand out more and therefore get the readers attention. However after I created it I thought that it may be to much and drag the readers attention away from other issues on the front. Again I used the red and black colours to tie in with the rest of the themes and tie in the colours from other music magazines.



Decision
I decided to use this logo for my front cover as it was both my favorite and my friends favorites.
I asked them which one they would look for on a music magazine and this seemed to be the most popular. This showed me that as their age group is the target audience of the magazine then this is what will attract them to it. I also chose it because it shows the reader what the magazine is about and signifys music well. By using this one it sticks to the colour scheme well and will tie in well with the rest of the magazine.






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