Music magazine Mock up.

Music magazine mock up.

My music magazine identity and ideology.

My magazine is going to be called Motion. My magazine is going to be a music magazine that covers all types of music, which could be for all audiences as its for all music, but the way its laid out is mainly targeted for younger ages, ages like 15-25. The front cover of Motion will be fun and lively which will draw viewers attention and be eye-catching. Im making the magazine about all music so that there is a wider range of people who read the magazine. Im going to keep he colours mainly the same on each magazine unless its a limited editions magazine. Im going to add headlines of big artists that feature in the magazine to get different people to buy the magazine, this is good as it will increase the overall audience. 

Music magazine front cover ideas.

Music magazine masthead feedback.

Music magazine masthead feedback

I asked Dan what he thinks of my music magazine mastheads.

Dan’s answer: ‘I think the mastheads are good I like the different colours you have used in the various different mastheads. I personally prefer the first one you did, as I like the use of green and like the simple design to it, I also think the sans-serif font you used created a more simple but professional feel to the masthead’.

I asked my dad what he thinks of my mastheads.

Dads answer: ‘I really like how you have made all your mastheads for different genres of music, personally my favourite one you made was the black one which to me shows rock, I like this because my favourite type of music is rock and think you have done a nice simple design that really shows the genre rock within the masthead’.

I asked my mom what she thinks of my mastheads.

Moms answer: ‘I like the second masthead you made as I like how it resembles dance music and I think the use of bright blue and the font you chose really works well this the genre of dance music’.

I asked my brother what he thinks of my mastheads.

Brothers answer: ‘In my opinion the orange one you made with the white ‘M’ in the circle is my favourite as it’s a very simple design and is really eye-catching, another reason like this is due to how simple but effective it is, it’s a very simple design but really draws viewers attention’.

I asked my sister what she thinks of my mastheads.

Sisters answer:  ‘I like the one you made that has very posh font as it reminds me of ballet which I do and really reminds me of the music I have to dance to, I also like this design as I like the colouring and font and it really fits that genre of music and really works well together’.

Music magazine photography plans.

Photography for the main image.
Look of the person: The person needs to be looking confident, as he will be posing as if he was an artist. Showing confidence shows that dan (my model) will look professional. I want the model to be Dan and want him to replicate a pose i saw on the billboard magazine front cover of 50 cent, i want Dan to look serious and pose the same as 50 cent did in the image i saw.
Background: The background can be simple and plain colours such as white, black and other plain colours as it will make the main image stand out  due to the masthead colour. The background could be plain green with the masthead colour changed to either black or white, which are the other two colours that should be the main throughout the magazine. I will make the man image in good lighting as the image will stand out from the background.

Brand identity and ideology of billboard magazine.

Billboard magazine:

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events and style. Billboard is also known for its musical charts Billboard Hot 100 and billboard 200. The magazine is in all different genres of music. The target audience of billboard for Billboard magazine varies from young teens, from the age of 16, to young adults, at the age of 26. This is because the magazine provides its readers with the latest updates from the charts, but of different and various types of genres appealing to a wide audience. On their front cover they mainly promote well known artists which fans will easily see and draw attention.They keep the colours on the front cover fairly the same as they use around 3 colour tones on the magazine. They use cover lines to interest the reader which has information about other artists. They value their audience as they produce magazines which people will be interested in reading as their favourite artist is on the front cover.