Saturday, 28 November 2015

Planning-colour scheme

I have believe a colour scheme can really be effective to portray a certain message that wants to be achieved by a magazine company. So far the only colour that has been popping out to be through my chosen research was Red, this is because of a rebellious and dangerous stance that indie rock has taken. Therefore I have chosen to stay clear of red and make my magazine a lot more unique, I am a huge fan of black and white therefore this is a huge contender for my overall colour scheme. This will connotate the dark and edges feeling of indie rock, I also believe it will add a vintage theme which is what I am looking for. I also belive blue would be a good option because of the coldness of indie culture.

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Planning-Names

Through conducting my research into simalar magazines of the genre indie rock one thing has become apparent to me. This is the name of the magazine, magazines such as NME are famous for their catchy name and have even been featured in many tv shows based around that type of genre of music. The names of these magazine are very short and catchy which makes me want to do this as I am a strong believer in less is more effective than more. Some of the names I have came up with are:
Tut- this is because it resembles a rebellious student getting told off this follows the ethos of a magazine as it doesn't follow what society wants it's very individual. 
Riddle- I have chose this name because I believe indie magazines have a very questionable theme which makes it confusing to follow the latest trends.
Reform- this also is linked in the rebellious nature because of the idea of prisoners being reformed.
I- just like q one letter can be all more effective therefore I chose I as I belive I can manipulate it to make it fit in with a theme which will later be chosen. 




Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Research into Simular Products-Colour scheme


Colour scheme is effective on magazines as it is one of the first assets of the magazine that grabs the audience's attention, I believe Q have achieved this by the sanding out of the hot pink. This vibrant colour not only sands out but it attracts people by its warming tone. I believe the black and white creates a great contrast as the coverstars are holding flowers therefore this could portray the bright emotion behind the magazine. I believe it is useful to think about little things like that when doing my magazine as it would give my magazine character. 






Tuesday, 24 November 2015

Planning- what to have In my magazine.

 
As we see here, these two magazines are from the same company however they're very different in their own way. this makes me wonder of if my magazine should be a cross between two type of sub genres within the one genre for example indie rock but with indie pop in it as well, this idea originated from seeing a NME magazine with Lana Del Ray and Mumford and sons as cover stars. This I believe is effective as indie rock has a huge market with different stars appealing to certain markets. This allows me to have diversity creating maximum popularity to my magazine.