Masthead: this always goes right at the top of the page, its job is to catch the readers eye immediately so that it already grabs their attention, it should also be in a certain typography that makes the reader aware of what the article would be about, the magazine's well known style, and the overall genre of the magazine, it should always relate to a certain topic. It us usually bigger than the rest of the text on the page, as it is the most importance. On the contents page it would be more basic and smaller, yet it will still follow the colour themes and the typography However the double page spread maybe more different because it would relate more to the article than the magazines typography.
Example: "Kerrang" has very bold, capital and grunge font, for its masthead, this also follows into the contents page with the classically yellow and black colour theme, also their mastheads in other pages are quite aggressive and Gothic.
Buzz words: They are small words which are commonly found on the front cover of an magazine, these again are used to attract the attention of the audience. These words can add more excitement to the magazine and make it sound much better so the reader would want to buy it. It makes it seem more interesting. They are also used throughout the magazine with a bright colour, font, or box out to highlight that it is new and exciting.
Examples: "Plus" "Free", "Exclusive", "new" , "win" etc...
Cover Lines: Usually found on a double page spread or front cover, however can be on the contents around five lines which are related to the genre of music. There would always be a main image of the band or artist, where their body language, and image shot reflects this to the audience of the genre of music.
Tag lines: are used mainly on the front cover to attract attention as also to give the magazine a unique twist to its audience. They will all have different lingo which each ones audience will understand and relate to.
Background: On the front cover of a magazine the background is seen to be white, or plain in many cases, this just shows that is a blank page. It makes the other features on the magazine stand out more and also makes it look more professional. This also follows onto the contents page, however the double page spread is different. It always has a different colour, or the main image taking up the space as a background to show that this is important and needs to be in your face.
Model (main image): On the front cover this would only be one single person, or if a band, the whole group. However the main singer in the band would be slightly larger, or the main focus than the rest to show that their still is a main person holding the image together. A mid shot is the commonly used camera shot because it allows the audience to get into their personality by allowing them to see their clothes, body structure and posture. The contents page would have many images however the main one would be larger, and would not be as posed. This would be a picture of the artist/band live in action, a performance maybe. Then on the double page spread we would see a lot more, it would have a mixture of posed pictures, with live performances and a incite to their normal life, maybe them doing normal things. It is also crucial that the main image takes up one whole side of the page and even may carry on to the next to show that this is a double page spread.
Bar-code: This would be found at the bottom right or left corner of the page on the front cover. This is stereotypically used to actually purchase the magazine, it also would tell you the price, issue number, date of released, a little bit more of extra information that is not as important.
Box outs: These are a bright coloured box which is usually found on other pages rather than the front over however can be used in the contents. The aim of this is to catch the audiences eye and make the writing in the box clear and easy to read. The background colour of this would be a contrasting one, that makes the text stand out. This is usually used to separate texts and show that they are talking about a different topic on the same page, and loosely be related.
Sunday, 14 October 2012
Saturday, 13 October 2012
Friday, 12 October 2012
Production Diary 5
This week i have started on my mood board and spent a few days finding images that would match what my audience would like. I have done this buy looking at existing magazines such as Kerrnag, Rock Sound, NME, Q, they have all giving me these images that i want to present on my mood board. I have cut down on them and only picked the key images which stand out. The images that i have chosen are basses on their diet, social activity, what they like to do, interest, hobbies, and what grabs their attention. I will expand on my mood board when I have researched into what i want to use in my magazine later on, however these have given me rough ideas.
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Sunday, 7 October 2012
Production Diary 4
Finally I managed to finish my magazine research and find three last existing double page spreads to analyse.
I found a similar correlation between all the double page spreads all as well. Most had the main image taking up one side of the page, the main masthead(which was usually a quote and not a headline) spreading its self across the two pages, and then a short piece of text only talking up a small part of the other page. The double page spread is heavily picture based and hardly any text which I have found. I will defiantly take this into account and apply it to my actually magazine its self. They also tended to have three double pages. The first page was usually an introduction with a large main image and a small quote and a tag line, the next was more enriched in detail with the actual main article, and then the last page was usually just a single page finishing off the detailed story.
Taking all of this information into account as a group, we took on the roll to de construct a magazines main features together, the video below shows this.
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