Post on 23-Jun-2015
LOOKING AT MUSIC MAGAZINES.
The initial ideas, developments I looked at.
HOUSE STYLE
This is the “theme” running through a magazine,
looking at the thought process and the design
features required.
The house style can include almost anything, from
the Title and barcode always being the same, to
things such as the magazine only having one colour
scheme over all editions.
By looking at house styles it can help me develop
my own.
NME HOUSE STYLE
As you can see to the left, this is a typical NME magazine cover. The house style, is to have a central figure/band the title in the left top third the barcode in the right bottom third and to always have a colour scheme, this one is Pink, Black and White. The colour scheme will run through the magazine as will the fonts used. This is the old house style the new will be shown in the next slide.
NME NEW HOUSE STYLE
This is the new house style of NME, this has been completely changed as you can see. There is a colour scheme that involves the title as well as the rest of the fonts and colours. This particular example used the simple colours of red, white and black.
NME CONTENTS PAGE
This is a typical contents page for
the magazine, NME. This is the
old style, which uses the typical
colours of red, black, white and
yellow. There is a main image
with a little about it and an advert
in the centre to the left there is a
contents page with everything in
it, and to the left there is the
main articles people read.
KERRANG HOUSE STYLE
This is a typical Kerrang magazine cover. The title across the top with a banner along the top, there is usually stickers and a plus bar with the barcode and a special poster in each magazine.
KERRANG CONTENTS PAGE
A typical Kerrang contents
page. This week title, with a
list of the contents and to
the left a series of pictures,
that have a relevance to the
magazine and the article
numbers that go with them.
The name Kerrang is
onomatopoeic and refers to
the sound made when playing
a power chord on an electric
guitar.
http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerran
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The name NME stands for
New Musical Express,
giving the idea that the
focus is on new music and
that is comes to you quickly.
http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NM
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MAGAZINE NAMES
Kerrang NME
Independent
New Noise
Underground
Hipster
Indie Landfill
Alternative
LOOKING AT PRODUCING A NAME FOR MY
MAGAZINE
I
NGM
NCYDE
Words relating to the music scene; Indie rock
Single letters, or a series of them;
Out of all of these options I am most likely to go for Independent or I however I also really like NCYDE, because pronounced it sounds like Inside this is also and interesting name.
LOOKING AT COLOUR
For many music magazines a large proportion of them use red, yellow,
blue, grey, black and white. These can be all together or may take a few of
them and mix them.
This is a typical colour swatch in the colours used, I think these are used
because they are the basic colours found within a printer. Making it
cheaper to produce on a huge printing scale and they are easy to mix and
match with one another.
MY COLOUR SCHEME
I decided that in order to get my music magazine to look
professional, I will use the same colour schemes that the
professionals use, however I decided that I am going to use the
same sort of idea the new editor of NME uses, to include the
model in my colour scheme, and incorporate the colours of their
outfits & props with the ones I am going to use through out my
magazine.
The colours I am going to be using are; Black, Blue, Yellow and
White.
When developing a
magazine you need to look at
things such as the fonts that
are used, these are also
generally the same making
up part of the house style.
The fonts are usually easy to
look at and do not hurt
readers eyes.
LOOKING AT FONTS
The main fonts that are used in
magazines are;
1. Helvetica
2. Trajan
3. Garamond
4. Futura
5. Bodoni
6. Bickham Script Pro
7. Frutiger
8. Avant Garde
NME FONTS, LOGO & COLOUR
NME uses the font ITC
Avant Garde Gothic
Bold.
NME used to use the
colour scheme of red,
yellow and black.
NME now used a
variety of colours, that go
with the colours that the
model is wearing.
KERRANG FONTS, LOGO AND COLOURS
The font used on
Kerrang’s main logo is
very bold and has a lot
of emphasis on black
and white.
Kerrang uses the
colour scheme of
black, white, red and
yellow. However any
graphic stickers tend
to be in blue.
PHOTOGRAPHY – QUICK LOOK
Photography for music
magazines, involves the
members of band or the singer
that the main article is about
in a portrait style picture.
There are several pictures of
other bands/singers taken for
the contents page.
An image for a double page
spread is taken of the band
members or the singer.
NOW WHAT?
Need to pick a name for my
magazine.
Have to find a suitable house
style.
Need to look at a colour scheme.
Have to find a suitable font.
Need to find a logo that I can
use.
Need to plan a photography
shoot.