My photographs

I will be taking the photographs for my magazine tomorrow at around 4pm; the photographs will be taken in my house and I will be using my sister as a model for my magazine.
I will be using two cameras, I will be using my Iphone camera as the effects you can do on an iphone are good and will work well with my magazine e.g. I can make the models face smooth as though it has been air brushed. I will also be using a professional camera; purely because this camera will take good quality photographs.
For the background of my photographs I will try to use plain coloured backgrounds, my original idea was to use a white wall or put a white sheet up but as I can erase the background I will not see this is as a major priority.
I am going to take my photos in my house; first of all I will take them downstairs against a white wall but as that is an small palce I will take my other photos upstairs in my room against a red wall.
I will want my model to wear a tight black dress, with her hair down perhaps,  as it will outline her figure and will catch the eye of the audience I am targetting my magazine at. I will also want my model to wear high wasted shorts, with a bandoe/boobtube top and heels, with her hair either up or down; having her wear this will show her skin tone off and show her legs.

echo with backgrounds

I have uploaded this to my blog to show I have tried out different backgrounds for the front cover of my magazine. The idea of having a block colour or a fading colour in the background came from my research of vibe magazine, e.g.

However, by trying this out I can see that I do not like a block colour in the background and I'd much rather have a faded background. I tried the faded background in different colours also...

Although the background on the left has a different style of font for the masthead I can still get an idea of what it will be like on that background. Nevertheless, between these two backgrounds I prefer the grey one as I feel its a more subtle colour therefore I can put more brighter colours on top of it.

Backgrounds

I have been playing around with some backgrounds using the colours I suggested lower down in my research.

This is the background without any adjustments to it. I like the colour as that's the colour I suggested earlier on in my research, however I think its too obvious with the colour contrast which makes it look unprofessional, also the dark colour might dominate the page...

... I then adjusted the brightness and contrast level and this is what it turned out like, this is slightly better than the first one however I am not sure of the colour, the pinkish colour makes it look more of a 'pop' magazine rather than an R'n'B one.

I started to play around with the 'grey' colour for my background. I used word to do this as there are fill affects on there that would be useful. This one has the grey coming rom the bottom which would make the masthead and anything else that is towards the top of the page stand out...

... I then changed it to the opposite way so the grey is coming from the top rather than the bottom, this would make the cover line and anything else at the bottom stand out. 

'Echo' Fonts

I have been looking at different fonts for my masthead and these are some examples of what I have looked at...

I chose to try out this font because I think an italic font suites the word 'Echo' itself, however I don't know whether this font would stand out to the audience as its a common looking font and it wouldn't be dominant on the page.

I chose this font because I've looked at other magazines and their font seems to be a simple one yet it stands out a lot. I might play around with this font and space out the letters across the page to see if it adds a unique style to it.

These are the magazines I saw that gave me the idea of doing a simple font ...

This is another example of a simple type of font however it is slightly different to my last one.The letters seem to be slimmer and do not look like the 'norm' so this could be a good font to have, however I will need to make sure it still stands out as it is a thin font so it might blend into the magazine.

This is a font I doubt I am going to use, simply because its a see through font so it wouldn't take much for it to blend into the background, however saying that it is very different to any other font and may draw attraction as long as it is dominant on the page so this is one I am going to think about.

I chose this font because I like the way the first letter is extended, I think this would be a really good font to use for a magazine; it is unique and stands out. I will be trying this font out to see if it is the one I want to use for my magazine.

I really like this font also, as I can see it being used on a magazine. The line above it would make it fit perfectly at the top left corner of my magazine so it looks as though it is a part of the page. This is one I will definitely be trying out on different backgrounds.

I like the line across this font; it makes it different and almost fits with the R'n'B genre of my magazine as it has an edge to it and it is not the 'norm'. This is another font I will definately be trying out as I like it alot.

I chose this font because I thought it was rather unsual and different. I dont quite know whether it is something I'd use in my magazine and personally it looks like it suites a 'pop' magazine rather than an R'n'B one, however I do think it is quite a nice font.

MASTHEAD NAMES

I have thought of names for the masthead of my magazine and these are what I have come up with...
Sound
Sound is a very basic name for my magazine but it gets the genre of the magazine across to the audience straight away. Although it is very simple and basic, it may be quite catchy as it can be easily remembered; a rememberable masthead is a good thing to have and may even make it sell more. However, I am not sure as it is basic but also it looks quite boring.
Bass
Bass is a good name for my magazine, as it links with music and its quite catchy. However I can't picture this name on my R'n'B magazine, perhaps because 'bass' doesnt really link with R'n'B.
Wave
Wave came to mind as I though of 'Soundwaves', I don't think I would use this masthead as I don't think its very rememberable and this would impact on how well it sells.
Motion
Motion is a word I found through googling the word 'sound' and I thought it was rather catchy, however comparing it to some of the other words I have thought of I don't think it stands out that much.
Echo
I really like this name therefore this will more than likely be the masthead I use for my magazine. It is simple yet catchy, and it is not an extremely common word so it would not sound as boring as 'Sound' would. Echo relates to music as music is a sound and echo connotes to sound.
Muse
I thought of the name 'Muse' through the word 'Music'. Muse is a good name for a music magazine and I think it'd be a rememberable masthead for my magazine. However, as 'muse' is an actual word, the audience might take 'muse' literal and not understand how it links with music

After looking through all of the names I came up with I have decided which one I will be using for my magazine. 'Echo' will the masthead for my magazine, as this is the one I liked best. Echo is related to music, it is simple however not boring, and it will be a masthead that is not hard to remember.

MAGAZINE COLOURS

These are all the colours I put together as ideas for my magazine colours, I made sure I put together a variety of colours so the decision I make is a stable one and so I dont end up thinking of other colours and changing it. Alot of the colours are basic block colours; I think these type of colours suite the R'n'B genre best as R'n'B is quite loud and noticeable, and so are the block colours. The colour I like the most is the burgundy, I like it mixed with the cream and grey and the tan colour. I also like the red with the white and black, however I think red with a grey may look nice also.



PUBLICATION PLAN

PUBLICATION PLAN 

My Magazine.
Selling Line; The selling line I am going to use is 'Britain's Award Winning Music Magazine' this will convince the reader that this is a great magazine to buy as it is 'Award Winning'. However I do not know whether I am going to include a selling line just yet, but if I was to include one that is the selling line I'd use.
Frequency of Publication; In my draft publication plan I said I would be publishing it weekly, however this has changed as my questionnaire shows that my target audience would buy the magazine more monthly therefore I will be publishing the magazine every month
Price; The price of my magazine will be £2.95p, I have chose this price as in my questionnaire I found out that my demographic audience would spend £2.50p-£3.50p on a magazine monthly, therefore I chose a price inbetween those two prices.
Rationale; My magazine will include a lot of information about R'n'B artists and other artists, it will also include fashion and information on music.
Style; My magazine will be aimed at teenagers up to young adults, simply because the older generation may not be interested in the music artists involved in the magazine. The much younger generation may not understand it or it could be inappropriate if the story involved in the magazine is quite personal and descriptive.
The Regular Content; The regular content in my magazine will be interviews with stars; I have chose this as a regular content as in my questionnaire my audience voted 'Star Interviews' as something they'd like to be involved in my magazine so I thought it would be a good idea to make it a regular content. Also the layout of my contents page will be kept the same each month so all of my issues can be easily linked together to know they are all from the same company.
Feature Content; The features I will be including in my magazine are elements like, fashion advice, interviews with stars, information on music e.g. top 10 in the charts, elements like horoscopes will be included for entertainment purposes.
House Style; I still havent managed to decide on what colours I am going to use, I am going to try out different colours together to decide what colours will suite and compliment eachother
Contents Page; I have many different ideas for the layout o my contents page so cannot fully desribe what it will be like as I have not chosen yet, I will be sketching out my ideas and uploading them to my blog to show the different ideas I have.
Double Page Spread; In my double page spread I will use colours that are in my front page and contents page to link it all together, I will also make sure the star that is in my double page spread looks the same as what she does on my front page.