Fonts

Font ideas for Titles

I like this font as it has a good look about it, although it is still quite simple it can attract you in a good way.  It is also looks similar to the Band hero for xbox

 font, this could also be recognized by it.

This 2nd font is really good, as it is bold and easy to read.  I like the border around each of the letters and also the parts where it is fading makes it look interesting and different from the others.  this would look good for the genre of a rock magazine, so i may use this one as it matches my magazine style.

This font is good and different, its not in a straight line which makes it unique as well which i like.  The scratching on all the letters brings out that rock look again which is what I'm looking for.  This is the one i will most probably use as it matches my genre of magazine well.

This font is ok, it is not the best as it is quite bold and I don't think it really suits the style of magazine.  Where it is so bold it may take up a lot of the page and will make people look more at the title than more than the actually front page, and that wouldn't be good.

I like all these fonts as they are quite modern and funky but i think any of these certain ones would look good on my magazine front cover anyway.  Also i think that the fonts that would best suit my magazine style of my magazine would be The Birth of a Hero, Action of the time, Hard rock.

These font styles are quite rock looking and suit the rock/indie genre so i think that they would contrast quite well together.

Font ideas for Text  

These are some of the fonts that i am thinking of using for my text inside my magazine.  The font of Impact is the font that i am going to use as this is a good bold font and draws your eyes to it most.  So this would be most useful when using this inside my magazine.  Also it is quite rock looking although it is still very simple.

Story Ideas

Here are a few rough story-lines that I thought of, I could use these and develop these as headlines towards my magazine.

(Name of celebrity) has first number one!

(Name of celebrity) at the Brit awards 2010!

(Name of celebrity) reveals all about her latest album!

Go behind the scenes at (Name of celebrity) latest concert!

I will have to put lots more in my contents page, which would fill a whole magazine up, i will also include sections of the magazine into different parts of the magazine like, competitions, quizzes, gossip on artists, and torso of the month.

These will look to a professional standard and will include pictures taken by myself.

Magazine Titles

To help me with some magazine titles i have drawn out two mind maps, one with the word "Music" and the other with "Rock/Indie/Neon". With these mind maps i have come up with words that i think relate to the type of genre i am doing. They will help me for when i look further into this so that i can get a clearer picture on the different thoughts i can use in my magazine.

Photo Ideas

Here are some photos which i quite like, some are from www.pixielott.com and also some are from images on google. I really like these photos and each one of them has something different about them, i would like to add something like these pictures of my front cover on my magazine.  

I like this colours and effects in this picture, i think its clever of how the colours have been made more bright.  The angle of the picture is good as you can see the crowd in the picture and you can still clearly see the DJ himself.  i think this picture would be ideal for my front cover as the colours would match my ideal colour scheme that i am wanting to use.

 In photograph 2, I like the way how Pixie Lott has been placed in this position, as this adds glamour to the picture with the disco ball.  This prop could be used in one of my pictures as it really brings the picture out to being unique and interesting.

This photograph is really good as this is what i was hoping i could get my pictures to look like.  I like the position Kate is in with the guitar and the props in this picture are linked well to the target audience i wanting to aim for like the guitar relates to the rock part of it.  How she is styled in this picture is kind of a rock chick look which is good for my style of magazine as it gives it the right look.

In photograph 4 i like this photograph because it is a really clever picture and quite cool.  I like the colours in this picture it makes it look interesting, the movement with the DJ arms are good as it still captures the DJ decks without any blurring.  This would be my ideal picture for my front cover, as this is what i would really like to get a picture of.

Target Audience

This is girl is an example of my target audience her name is Laura and she is a 18 year old teenager! She lives in North London in Islington.  She has very different hobbies that she is very interested in.  She is currently studying a media and photography course at college, she really enjoys both of these as she has quite an imaginative and creative personality.  

Laura usually listens to indie/rock & dance music, when driving around and she hasn't usually got her Ipod she would listen to radio stations like Capital FM and KISS.  Both of these stations usually play a variety of music including all the latest music around.  Her favourite artists are Pink, Pixie lott, Avril Lavigne, The kooks and Scouting for girls, and any re-mix's which would be played in clubs.  She likes to attend neon raves at nightclubs and loves to wear the luminous colours on these nights out, she is very interested in the DJ-ing side of the club and would love to master it one day.

Laura buys magazines quite often and usually purchases NME magazine and also Q magazine, as these favour her preference on the different type of genre in music that she likes.  In her spare time she also likes to search the web, with checking up on the latest gossip and searching for any latest gigs and concerts.

Laura is also a hyperactive girl and always has to be doing something. She loves playing sports like Netball and she also enjoys swimming.  She can also play the piano and is an excellent player of the guitar, she loves spending time with her mates and likes to attend the regular party and the top nightclubs.

She is very outgoing and loves spending time with her friends and family, she loves going to the park for a kick about, and talking with her friends about all the latest gossip, she loves being in the open fresh air.  She can also drive which makes her journeys much better, as she often visits mcdonalds and goes out on different journeys.

She enjoys going shopping and buying the latest trends, in shops like Topshop, H&M, New look and River Island.  Her favorite films to watch are Harry Potter, Twilight serious and the SAW films.  When she does watch Tv she likes to watch Hollyoaks, Eastenders, Shameless and most of the programs that appear on E4.  

I think that my music magazine would appeal to Laura as the music style is featured in the magazine will be mainly indie/rock which is the genre of music she tends to listen to.  When thinking of producing this magazine i have to keep it cheap as my example of my target audience is currently unemployed and so it will have to be possible for the target audeince to buy the magazine so that it will fit in with the Maslows hierarchy of needs.