Main Task Initial Ideas

Sam Gallacher-Bright

Aim & Purpose

→The aim of this slideshow is to effectively

present my initial ideas for three possible

magazine covers, contents and double-page

spreads

→I would like for you to give me some constructive

feedback so that I can come to a decision on

what genre I should choose

→The three genres I have chosen are R&B, Indie

and Dance

Idea One

→ My first idea was the R&B genre, this magazine as going to be aimed at 60% boys and 40% girls with an age range between 14 to 24 year olds

→ The typical lifestyle of these people was either students or working class, people who like to socialize with friends and attend parties etc.

→ The artists I would be similar to, and including, Frank Ocean, Drake, Beyoncé and Wiz Khalifa

→ The features I would include would be stories such as ‘A day in the life of…’ or just a simple biography and background about the chosen artist, I would also like to include maybe a UK top 20 Urban chart

The magazines on the side are similar to the layout and colour scheme I would do for my magazine cover

Idea One

→The language style I found suitable for this genre was informal and humorous

→I thought a simple black, white and gold colour scheme would fit with the genre

→Finally, the images I would use would be just of artists and bands standing together, singing or dancing etc.

The magazines on the side are similar to the layout and colour scheme I would do for my magazine cover

Font Styles – Idea One

SNAP

Idea Two

→My second idea was to do a magazine of the dance genre, this would be aimed at 30% boys and 70% girls with an age range between 16 to 24

→Their typical lifestyle would be either students at college or university who like to socialize and party with friends

→The language style I found suitable was informal and humorous

The magazines on the side are similar to the layout and colour scheme I would do for my magazine cover

Idea Two

→I found the colour scheme would be suitable if it would be quite random, for example a range of colours such as, red, yellow, purple, pink and blue

→The images I would include would be of people at concerts and of artists

→The artists would be similar to, and including, Chase & Status, Calvin Harris, David Guetta and Laidback Luke

→The features I would include would be reviews of festivals, stories of artists doing tours and maybe a UK top 20 dance music charts

The magazines on the side are similar to the layout and colour scheme I would do for my magazine cover

Font Styles – Idea Two

SHAKE

SHAKE

Idea Three→ My last idea was to do a magazine of the

indie genre, aiming at 40% boys and 60% girls between the age of 14 and 26

→ Their typical lifestyle would be students at school, college or university, some working class and hobbies may be sports such as skating

→ The features I would aim to include would be stories about artists doing tours, getting out of hand, maybe a biography

→ The artists would include or be similar to Friendly Fires, Florence& The Machine, Two Door Cinema Club and Ellie Golding

The magazines on the side are similar to the layout and colour scheme I would do for my magazine cover

Idea Three

→The colour scheme I would like to have consist of red, black, white and maybe yellow

→The language style that conforms to the genre is informal and I would talk a lot about bands getting out of hand

→Images would be of bands, artists, people singing and playing guitar etc.

The magazines on the side are similar to the layout and colour scheme I would do for my magazine cover

Font Styles – Idea Three

Peer Analysis

→ My peers said that idea one had good colour scheme ideas but would like to see a bit of red added as the magazines I would like mine to be like, had red in their colour scheme. Also the font style they liked the best for the R&B genre was the middle one but they thought the name didn't have enough power which names for this genre do

→ For my second idea, which was a dance magazine, they liked the idea of having stories about the artists backgrounds but thought the idea of having a UK top 20 dance chart would be to difficult to do, they also liked the name and font style but thought the colour was too girly and should be of a deeper shade

→ Finally, my third idea was to do a indie magazine, they thought that the idea of having a story about artists getting out of hand was a bit to extreme considering the age range, they liked the font and colour style I chose and thought it fitted well with the genre but said to spice up the name by spelling innocence like this ‘innosense’

Conclusion

In conclusion they said they liked the idea of an indie magazine, as they all liked the colour scheme, language style and the idea of seeing images of bands and artists singing and having a good time. However, they said to maybe decrease the range of the age range and not to include stories of artists getting out of hand. One of them also suggested another name: ‘RADAR’ which I like also.