Thursday 24 February 2011

Pose Ideas

Colour Ideas

Colour Ideas

Production Log

I have now looked at some possible fonts therefore I am going to look at some colours which i can associate with my genre of music. This will help to develop my magazine.

Font Pratice -Sutra

Font Pratice - Thaal (rthythm)

Font Pratice- Desi Beats

Font Pratice- Dhool

Production log

Having now sketched possible layouts of my magazines front cove, content page and double page spread. I will now do some font development to understand which font will best suit my magazine.

Chosen Layout


I have chosen this layout for my Double Page Spread as it different from other I have previously seen and the idea of having one single dominating picture of my artist in the middle would be very effective as it would show my artist is the centre of attention. Whereas the other lay out is very plain and boring.




I have chosen this layout for the front cover of my magazine, because it’s more structured than the other. I hope to try and incorporate  the banner form my other idea, other than I am worried if it would make the front cover look too crowded as it would already have a large speech mark.

Ideas/ sketches Developed – Double Page Spread










After deciding upon a title for my double page spread I then re-sketched my double page spread. Allowing me to visualise how my finished piece would look, as a result I was also to incorporate features that were previously forgotten such as page number along with the month and year of issue.

Sketches/ ideas developed - Front Cover

After deciding upon a name “Desi Beats” I then re-sketched my front cover. This allowed me to visualise how my finish product will look. It also allows me to think of any changes an example of how the previous sketch allowed me to realise I did not have a website address which I then incorporated into this ketch as well as the magazines name and date of issue.

Sketches/ ideas





Above are some sketches of what a front cover, content page and double page spread should contain along with some ideas I had for the layout of my magazine front cover, content page and double page spread to look like.

Here I brainstormed possible names form my music magazine. I then took these names and asked my focus group which name they preferred.


Here I was unsure of the name of my magazine so have left these spaces blank. I have tried to use the typical convections of a front cover such as a mast head, sell line, barcode, price and issue date  I have forgotten to add one other key convention which is a website address however I will ensure on real cover it will be there. By constructing these sketches I am able to visualise how my final front cover would look.
The two sketches although following the same conventions are laid out slightly differently as one has a banner and the other does not, I then chose which layout I preferred and went on to construct my front cover.




Here is a sketched plan of my contents page. I have tried to use the typical convections of a contents page such; an editorial, images, date/issue, features and an image of my front cover. These typical conventions are used to attract readers, it also helps to encourage people to buy the magazine.













Here is a sketched plan of my double page spread. The features of a double page spread I have included are; page number with the issue date, an image of my main artist and the copy. I have looked through may magazine double page spreads to gain some ideas of what mine should look like. I hope to try and incorporate social networking as it is a growing craze.

Wednesday 23 February 2011

Production Log

I have now completed my focus group interview and I will now be using the information they have given me to develop a layout for my magazine.

Thursday 3 February 2011

Interview





Here is my fully edited focus group interview.

As a part of my primary research I carried out a focus group interview where I asked 3 people who are likely the target audience for my music magazine questions on what my magazine should contain and be called. I recorded this interview with a Dictaphone. I then took this recording and edited it, using adobe sound booth to take away any disturbance.

Production log

I have now completed my Questioner and have also analysed my results to understand the indented audience. I will now conduct a focus group which will include questions I was unable to ask in my questioner. It will also allow me to gain more personal detailed answers

Questionnaire Results


After collecting the results of my questionnaire I was able to convert the information in to graphs and charts shown in the slide. The graphs and charts allowed me to compare and analyse my results as the graphs were very clear and easy to interpret.

Wednesday 2 February 2011

Auidence research-Questionnaire



As a part of my primary research I carried out a questionnaire where I handed out these questionnaires to my target audience. The questionnaires were anomalous allowing the respondents to answer freely without any added pressure.

Production log

Now I have analysed 3 front cover, 2 content pages and 2 double page spreads this will give me a good insight of that to include in my own magazine. I will now send out questionnaires to understand what my target audience is interested in.