Mood Boards

This mood board is for articles and magazines which I like and have helped me with the design of my magazine. I chose we love pop as it is based on pop music and is similar to the style I want however my magazine is for a different target audience.
I like NME's contents page as it is simple but there are a lot of images which is something I want to include in my magazine
I also like Vogue's colour scheme for this issue as the bright pink makes it stand out and it looks girly.

This is my first mood board - I found images which I thought the target audience might like, I have included pop artists and clothes which are suitable for 13-15 year olds. I used images like the lips and heart to make it look more feminine as my target audience is females.

Early Plans

This is my simple flat plan design for my magazine, there will be a lot more detail in the actual magazine but I was unsure of where I wanted things to be so I tried to keep it easy to understand and simple

Names-
Glam!
Sweet
Candy
Pastel Pop

Interview Questions

1) Hiya Rosie, how has your week been?
2) Whats the funniest thing that has ever happened in an interview?
3) Who inspired you to start singing?
4) How helpful have your family and friends been with your career?
5) Do you miss not seeing them as much now you are famous?
6) I hear you're going on tour! Where abouts are you touring?
7) When does your tour start?
8) Who's your celebrity crush?
9) What song are you loving right now?
10) Do you get a lot of alone time to listen to music?
11) What are the perks of being well known?
12) What are the down points?
13) Who are you're top 3 artists?
14) Do you like looking out for up and coming artists or do you stay in the charts?
15) What was the song of you're childhood?
16) What do you call you're fans?
17) What do you like to do when you aren't busy with work?
18) You seem like you work really hard, how do you manage to look so good?
19) What are your top fashion/beauty tips for teenagers?
20) Who's concert do you really want to go to?

Articles for my magazine

Regulars-
CRINGE!
Our favourite gig this month.
Where have you been? (Readers gigs and pictures)
Top 10 songs on shuffle!
Street Style - What have you been wearing?
A week with The Wanted
Weekly gossip
This week's top 5 freebies!
Whats going on in celeb world?
Agony Aunt Amy.
Horoscopes ( and all your fave celebs too!)
Features-
Double page spread artist - 'Rosie'
One Direction - never seen pics!
Cher Lloyd - how to get down on the dance floor.
Look Glam! in neon
Union J on leaving The X Factor (sob!)
McFly talk new album
Christmas pop gift guide!
Interview with our own editor Ellie May!
Want to listen to more pop? Win an iPod 5! IN PINK!!!

5 Line Paragraph

Glam is a funky, fresh pop music magazine filled with the latest cool tunes and up to date celebrity news. It is aimed at 13-15 year olds as there is a gap in the market for this age range.

Glam will stay colourful and interesting without looking tacky or similar to other music magazines, there will be lots of extras included in each magazine which will attract the audience, such as freebies and giveaways.

Glam is the latest on trend pop music magazine which will attract at least 3/5 13-15 year olds per issue.

Want to follow the latest trends in music? Get glam!, the ultimate young person pop magazine.

Photo shoot Ideas

Photoshoot Ideas;
My lead artist will be called 'Rosie' a solo pop singer.
I wanted the pictures to show a fun side of the artist so I have tried to make all the pictures look interesting so they grab the readers attention. I wanted the photo shoot to look fun as I want the readers to think that it is something they can do with their friends.

The 'R' is for Rosie, I might use the prop as part of the font in the lead line.

I like this medium close up as it shows the artists features and  I have highlighted the pink and red parts of the image to make it look more feminine 

Extreme Close Up -  may be good used in a small box, with a reader question as it is too close up for the front cover.

Masthead Design

This is my final masthead design, I have copied and pasted it from photoshop.

It is a pink glitter background used as the font colour. I have kept the edges a fine black and given the whole masthead a neon pink glow.

These are fonts which I found from dafont, which I thought were suitable for my magazine, I played around with them until I got to my final design.

Music Magazine Analysis

Q Magazine.
The pose represents the genre of music as the magazine is aimed at an older audience, so the pose is sophisticated and  simple, rather than a crazy young teenager.

Art Rocker Article.
The colours the models are wearing represent the audience of the music magazine as they are bright and colourful this means that the magazine may be aimed at a young teenager audience as they would be attracted to the bright colours.

NME Contents Page
Colour scheme is used with the text as well as pull out boxes.

Art Rocker Front Page

Art Rocker Contents Page

Analysis of Art Rocker

NME Front Cover and analysis

Q Magazine Contents

Q Magazine Contents

NME Double Page Spread

Q Magazine Double Page Spread

Q Magazine Double Page Spread

Music Magazines

*** I had scanned in these images but they have been deleted, I will replace this post with the proper images when I can get them. These images were taken by me but aren't of a high quality, Also on the scanned images you can see my writing clearer***

Music magazine analysis from RosaRMedia

How Women are Portrayed in Music Videos

Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls

In this music video, the first thing you see are women dancing in a club scene, they are dressed in tiny outfits and their dancing is provocative.
Then we see the band members reach the club, they arrive on motorbikes which makes them look powerful as well as their outfits which are dark and frightening.
They intimidate the other men in the club, this makes them look like they have power and authority.
In the lyrics, they say they want a 'toy' meaning a woman they can 'play' with, this objectifies women as small and powerless as it is the men who look after them and are in control.
The women are dancing specifically for the men's attention.




50 cent - Candy Shop

When he arrives at the building the first thing we notice is his expensive car and designer trainers, this shows us that he has a lot of money, and that his designer taste shows his identity and personality
There are women everywhere in the building, like 50 cent is attracting them, this shows he is a womaniser.
Women are in tiny costumes, very revealing, because there are so many of them it is offensive to women as they dont all dress that way.

Flat plan

Left- Cover            Right-Contents

This is the flat plan design for the cover and contents page of my college magazine.
I decided to design my flat plan on paint as I think it looks neater and is clearer to read then if it was hand drawn. 
Each box shows a certain area of that page, I have also added brief notes inside of these to show you what detail I will add to that area.

Mood Board

This is the mood board for my CD cover, the genre of my CD was soul/singer song writer. Most of my images on the mood board are black and white as this was the theme for my CD. The picture of Adele is to show that she was the influence for my CD and her style of music was the genre I wanted for my own CD. 
I added a broken heart as I thought that this was a main topic soul writers may sing about. I also included musical notes as the core music is a major part of gentle soul especially as some artists only use their voice and one chosen instrument for their songs.
I also wrote Singer Song Writer and Soul in the font from Photoshop that I wanted to use for my CD

Pre - Production Planning and Research

Pre production planning and research from RosaRMedia
For this task I evaluated 3 different artists CD covers, this has helped me developing my ideas when designing my own CD cover as I now know what looks good on front covers and what sells.
I have evaluated different text styles and images and I now have a deeper understanding of how the appearance of different CD covers are suitable for the genre of music.

Magazine Covers and Contents Pages I Like.

These are a range of different magazine covers and contents pages that I like. I found all these on Google images. 

 Both of these are from different NME Contents pages, I like how they include a lot of pictures so you are drawn to the image you like most.

 Vogue contents page - I like the mixture of images as it makes it look like a collage and more arty. I also like that it is clear to find the page or article you are looking for as it is set up clearly.

 Glamour Magazine front cover- This cover is very colourful and bold. I like the use of a range of different fonts and how the colours relate to the image and the time of year the magazine was sold.

 Grunge Magazine front cover - I really like how the background of this magazine looks like it has been water coloured as this gives it an artistic feel. The colours are simple yet eye catching and I think that the whole magazine looks very professional 

 Two Vogue contents pages - The name of the magazine is clearly stated rather than 'contents', again I think it gives this magazine a more professional look, it also clearly wants you to remember the name of the magazine  so you can buy it again. I like the high quality images which help with the professional look. 

Wire front cover - I like the minimalistic feel to this cover, the simple font and little writing draw your attention to the main image which is situated on a black background to help it stand out. The image itself looks like a work of art and is so intriguing that it grabs your attention. 

CD Analysis

This is my analysis of my CD covers which I made on Powerpoint and uploaded to SlideShare

Cd Analysis from RosaRMedia

COLLEGE MAGAZINE RESEARCH

College Magazines from issuu.com
Juniata Admissions Magazine
I like the front cover of this magazine because of the cover photo, it is a medium close up and the main image isn't central but slightly to the bottom right corner - this takes away some of the focus from the main image. I like this idea as the photograph hasn't been filtered of edited in anyway so it looks natural and easy to read.
I also like the idea of having a different font per topic on each page as each font is more suitable for the topic explored in the article following. This makes each page more appealing and interesting to read, I like this idea a lot and may use it for my own magazine.
Another thing I like about this magazine is the way each article is laid out, most of them are interviews so each question is clearly stated with the following answer underneath. There isn't too much content so it is easy to read and understand and you can easily scan through it.

Mount Saint Mary College
This magazine has a very clear front cover, there aren't any big pop up boxes or articles that stand out which I think doesn't make it look interesting to read. But I do like the idea of having 3 pictures as the main front cover, as it shows that there may be a lot going on at the college or lots of different articles within the magazine. But I wont be able to use this idea for my own magazine as you have to only have one image and not more.
You can tell that the photographs haven't been edited just set in a different format, this also fits with it being a college magazine as you wouldn't expect them to use any crazy filters or effects.

California College of the Arts
 My favourite bit of this magazine is the front cover as it fits with the style of magazine (art) because it looks like someone has coloured it in with a colouring pen, this links to the style of the magazine being art as it is very colourful and creative.
I don't think you would be able to tell that the magazine is a college magazine if it didn't clearly state that in the title. Because it looks too artistic and similar to museum or art gallery guides.
But I do like how colourful the front cover is as it is very eye catching and I would personally pick it up expecting it to be good. This is something I could use for my front cover as I want it to be bold and colourful so that people will pick it up and want to read it.