DRAFTING FOR

MAGAZINE

Possible Names for my

Magazine

Vocal – in most of the music I am looking at voice is used within the music therefore ‘Vocal’ symbolises their voice.

V - standing for volume, vocal or voice which are all words that are to do with music. This name uses similar conventions to ‘Q’ magazine, I quite like this name because it is simple and can look classy if I present it well on the page so that it still stands out.

Range – ‘Range’ relates to the range of music that would be in my magazine.Move - the genre of music I am looking at, pop, often you can dance to therefore the masthead ‘Move’ would

symbolise dancing)Beat – there is always a beat to music made through different types of instruments therefore ‘Beat’ connotes

this.Decibel – music creates sound and ‘Decibel’ is the unit that sound is measured in therefore I think this is quite a

good name for a music magazine and is not as obvious as some of the names I have chosen. I also think this name sounds quite feminine ,suiting my predominant target audience, because ‘bel’ at the end is French for feminine except it is spelt ‘elle’ there fore I would consider calling my magazine ‘Decibelle’ however my target audience does also include males so I wouldn’t want to single them out.

Drum – ‘drum’ is an instrument used in pop music and I would say it connotes tension because of the repetitive beat that the drum can make which would connote the tension or excitement that the audience hold to buy or look inside my magazine.

Bass – ‘Bass’ is the lowest beat in a song therefore it stands out in the song connoting my magazine to stand out .Speaker – ‘Speaker’ is something that music plays out of and therefore relates to a music magazine, it could also

connote that the audience can have their say as well, they are the speaker as well, which would show my magazine is open to prosumer contents which is up to date and in trend at the moment.

Mass – ‘Mass’ represents weight, therefore this masthead could connote the wide spread of music that is in there as pop is genre which has a wide spread of genres of music. The name also connotes the mass audience that it is aimed at.

Melody – ‘Melody’ is the arrangement of sound. I quite like this name for my magazine because I think it sounds good for a magazine name however the word ‘melody’ is not often used and could sound quite old fashioned. ‘melody’ is also a name for a female which would represent my female target audience however I feel again it could be singling out males too much.

Possible Designs for my

Masthead

Cheesepizza

zantroke

Kingthings Organica

Riven

itsadzoke

Clingy

Aubrey

Linu

x Li

berti

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Lauren Script

Har

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Will & Grace

Linux Biolinum

RiotSquad

FAVOURITE FONTS

Firstly, I feel capital letters looks best for a masthead after looking at all of the fonts on the previous page and from the research I have done, where the mastheads look better in capital letters. I think this font is very classy with the extra lines coming off of the letters making it more interesting to read but yet not too fussy. All the letters are the same size which will fit nicely at the top of a front cover.

I think this font is slightly less feminine and therefore seems more open to targeting men as well however, i still need to remember that my most predominant target audience is women so as long as the font isn't overly feminine then this shouldn't be a problem. This font is bold and clear to read which is important when choosing a masthead font as it is the masthead that people recognise the magazine by.

I want to use a strong main colour which gives the right connotations, so here are some colours I will consider using:

- Red, this will give connotations of a sexy attitude to the magazine encouraging men to buy the magazine and women because it looks classy to them. The colour red may also create an urgency to read the magazine because red is a warning colour. Red isn’t a colour stereotypical to men or women making my magazine open to male and female readers. Red also works well with black and white colours because all the colours stand out still therefore this will look good against paper and black text (which is easy to read).- Purple, this colour is becoming less stereotypical to women and is more commonly seen worn by men. If i choose this as my main colour this may show that my magazine is up to date with fashion however it may be targetting a younger target audience because purple is most commonly worn by the younger male generation.

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