Font Selections

As you can see above is a variation of different San-serif  fonts that I have selected to use on my Front magazine cover, Contents page and Double page spread. From the fonts above I have chosen three different fonts that I believe would suit my theme/house style of my magazine and give my magazine a professional finish to it.

The three fonts that I have chosen to use on the different pages are Bebas Neue, Primetime and Coolvetica. To me these three fonts stand out the most and also looks like a common fonts that have been used on Hip Hop magazines, which is the genre of music that I am going for. Furthermore these three different fonts has a sort of elegance to them, which I believe would make my magazine stand out among other Hip hop magazines and other magazine.

The other fonts I didn't select were not selected for use as they didn't look like the type of font you would commonly find on/in Hip hop magazine's today or ever, moreover these fonts did not fit the style that I am aiming for in magazine and therefore were not selected as they did not appeal to me.

Kuler colour Palette

Above are the colors that I will be using on my Music magazine, I selected these colors as they are mainstream colors that are typically used on Hip-hop magazines, and usually make Hip-hop magazines stand out. Furthermore these colors in a way represent the themes of Hip-hop, allowing my magazine to be recognized as a Hip-hop Music Magazine by a Hip-hop audience.
The top row, consisting of the colors white,black, dark grey, red and dark red are the colors that I am planning to use on and in my magazine design. I will be using this set of colors to create an urban house style in my magazine.
The others rows of color schemes are similar to the color scheme that I chose, but to me the other colors are either to dark, or the opacity of the color is low and does not appeal to me, which would also not appeal to my target market/audience. Finally the other colors to me are boring and look lifeless. 

Hip-hop Mood board and summary

My Mood board aims to show the features in my Hip hop magazine, it also aims to show the different kind of shots I would like to use for my magazine cover page, the pictures of soulja boy, Rick Ross and Lil-Wayne, are camera shot/angles I would want to use on the cover of my music magazine.

Furthermore, the other pictures on my mood board shows the different features that i am going to include on my magazine, such as interviews with mainstream artists, new album releases and other Hip-hop related issues.
Moreover, the image with a close up shot of lil Wayne, Is the type of shot, I want to feature on the front cover of my magazine, I like this image as the model's posture and body language reflect the different themes of modern Hip Hop, which is what I aiming to do for my magazine, so that my audience can see that I am similar in the way top tier magazines design their magazines.
Furthermore, I chose the bottom image as want to feature stories about break dancing, which was inspired by Hip Hop music, which is why I would want to include it, also this is the type of shot/image that I would feature or include inside my magazine as it gives a feel of how Hip Hop music brings people together and creates an exciting environment.
Furthermore, the type of body language that I am aiming for in my shots are feelings of aggression or body language that shows superiority, also I aim to have  

Questionnaire Results from Hip-Hop Magazine Survey

Hip-hop magazine survey

Please find the link to my survey here

House style between front cover, contents and double page spread_case study_Classic Rock

Above is a collage consisting of the magazine cover, the content's page and a double page spread from the magazine 'Classic Rock', issue OCT 2012. The cover page consists of links to the rock band Iron Maiden.  You can see this through the use of images of pharaohs and pyramids and text stating 'United States of Maiden' and 'In Maiden we trust' creating a sense of collective identity between the pages.   They make a big play on the national identity of the group with America being a theme across all pages.  They have used a variety of images from the live concert, big effects with the smoke and pyrotechnics and yellow lighting create a fiery ambiance which reflects the rebellious nature of rock.  The use of a dollar bill background underpins the theme of patriotism and ties together the front cover and the double page spread (cover story).  The front cover challenges the conventions of a typical magazine front cover, they can do this as they are a very well known magazine, a main music genre that embodies individualistic attitudes.  Classic Rock have chosen an image of a band member from Iron Maiden to use on the contents page, its importance is represented by its size, taking up 75% of the page emphasizes the focus on the cover story.  They also have a quote and the name of the band of the cover story on the image in quite big font to draw the audience's attention to it.

Music Genre Research

Final Contents page

Final Magazine Cover

above is my first magazine cover draft, I have placed a few conventions, but the rest are missing. On my magazine draft I included my masthead, Bon's Times, which I placed at the top of the magazine, also I have my sell lines on the left, my bar code at the bottom and my Qr code as well, I also attempted to put a puff on my magazine, which is at the bottom right of the page.

Pictures I Rejected

Pictures that I Liked

Magazine pictures

above are pictures I took to use for my magazine cover, furthermore the pictures on the left is the ones I chose to use for my magazine design, whereas the ones on the right is the one's I chose not to use, this is because the angles that I took the picture in, do not appeal to my magazine and would not make my magazine stand out like I wanted it to, also the models pose's did not relate to the type of magazine that I am trying to show and also the pictures i didn't really like.

Institutional research On XXL

Above, shows research of my music genre I have chosen, it talks about who publishes the magazine, where they are published and the different convergent links they use to promote their magazine.

Music Industry Magazine cover Analysis 3

This is my 3rd Music Industry Magazine cover Analysis

Music Industry Magazine cover Analysis 2

This is my second Music Industry Magazine Cover Analysis 2

Music Industry Magazine cover Analysis 1

Sketched magazine design front cover for college magazine

This is my second Sketched magazine design with annotations, this design shows the typical conventions of what should be on a magazine contents page and where it should be placed on the page, above is a common design of how a contents page is structured.

Sketched Magazine design contents page for college magazine

This is my first Sketched magazine design with annotations, this design shows the typical conventions of what should be on a magazine contents page and where it should be placed on the page, above is a common design of how a contents page is structured.

College magazine survey results analysis

Above are the results that I received from my college magazine survey, my survey received a higher male response than a female response, which shows that my magazine should maybe be aimed more at a male audience, but should have a few female appeals inside.

College magazine primary research

Here is a link to my survey, which I would appreciate if you answer it. Many thanks,

Click HERE

Contents page conventions

This is a design that we created in class, which consists of the different conventions that are featured on a Contents page.

Magazine Cover Analysis 2

Above is my 2nd detailed annotated magazine cover, which I completed for homework. This explains and analyses what a magazine has and how it appeals to a specific target audience.

Magazine Cover Analysis 1

Above is my 1st detailed annotated magazine cover, which I completed for homework. This explains and analyses what a magazine has and how it appeals to a specific target audience.

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Intro To My Blog

hello there, my name is Darran Henry and I will be uploading my coursework to show.