Mock up drawings- contents

Mock up drawings- front page.

I have drawn these designs for the front cover of my magazine and have decided to go with the name 'THE LOOT'. Any feedback would be helpful :).

Mock up example.

Whilst I was making my mock up for my magazine, I looked at a book with magazine covers in it and took a picture of one that I liked and may use inspiration from.

Review on my Pitch.

Overall, my pitch went really well most, if not all, people understood what i was doing and could tell by the data that i had provided the types of artists i was going to use, the colour scheme and what type of magazines mines could relate to. The feedback i got by people was brilliant, better than i had expected it to be. Many of my peers told me that my pitch was one of the best in the class; the questions people asked me let me give abit more information about my magazine but it wasnt a lot. Questions that i was asked were: What the name of my magazine may be, why i chose the price of my magazine to be at the top end. I answered these questions in a straight foward manner and let people understand the name and pricing of my magazine.
Forunately, the teacher came up to me afterwards and told me that my presentation was one of the best in the class. I can look at other peoples blogs to see what they've written on their blogs about my magazine and pitch; this allows me to get aa clearer idea of what people like about my magazine and any drawbacks in it. This will be very useful for when i start developing my magazine.

After i had done mine, several other peers had done their's too and there was a great variety of different types of music genres however i noticed that indie and rock and pop. I am eager to start designing my magazine because i have got all my research and audience and feedback so i think i am quite ready to get on a start making my music magazine.

Magazine Pitch.

Analysis of publishers for magazine.



VIBE
Vibe is not a Hip Hp magazine as much but it is still as music magazine and uses some Hip Hop artists on it who of which suit the genre of my magazine. I like the way they use their images to show power and make the artist look big and strong, i would like to use the same type of style of image on my magazine. The big mast head is placed is always placed on the top of the magazine and in big font, the artist is also placed infront of the mast head which again shows power and links the the image of the artist. I will also use these types of techniques on my magazine and is why i have chosen to use Vibe as a publisher for my magazine. However, there are some draw backs with this magazine style which i won't use on my magazine for example the amount of text on this front cover does not suit the style i want and so wont use as much and just keep it abit more simpler.



XXL
I have used this magazine a lot for my reasearch and the genre and their target audiences they use and have are almost identical to the ones i intend to use for my magazine.They mostly use Hip Hop artists on their front covers and write articles about them. My magazine will also be about Hip Hop as this is my favourite style of music. I will take ideas from their exsisting magazines and try use them on mine. I really like the styles of fonts, pictures and positionings of the elements on used on their pages of the magazine. 
My magazin can relate to ones XXL have made and so i think it will be good to use them as publishers of my magazine. They don't have much on the front cover of their magazine and it is quite plain but it still stands out so well and attracts the audience with the big picture and their clever use of words for The lead (this gives the reader information about what is going to be in the magazine). The colour scheme XXL use is very contrasting and they all go well with each other. I will keep my magazine cover quite simple and use the colours well on them so it's clear and eye catching; XXL does this and is why i would like this instituion to publish my magazine.   


 

For my magazine i will use a mixture of techniques from these magazines to develop my own and as my magazine will therefore link to them both, i believe they could both be eligable to produce my magazine.

Glossary for Key Words.

I found these key words on another peers blog and thought they'd be very useful for me to use, so the praise really goes to him because this is very helpful.

From Stephan Hare's blog:
Masthead – The name and logo of the magazine.
The Lead – the introductory paragraph of an article. Usually written in bold or capitals.
Body copy - refers to the text of your written articles, which should be produced as a printed presentation to accepted industry standards, e.g. correct use of language, font size, word limits etc. Usually written in columns.
Serif font – fonts like Times New Roman, or Baskerville Old Face, which have little bars (serifs) on the end of the letters.
Sans serif font – fonts like Impact, or Agency FB, which do not have little bars (serifs) on the end of the letters.
Drop Capitals – Really big letter, which start off an article.
Cross Head – Small sub-heading used to split up a large block of text.
White Space – white parts of a page other than text or pictures.
Mode Of Address – How the magazine talks to the audience.
Sell Lines – Text on the cover that helps to sell the magazine to the audience. Kerrang!’s sell line is “life is loud”.
Banners – text, which stands out because its on a coloured background.
House Style – a magazines distinctive design that distinguishes it from its competitors.
Borders – the gaps at the edges of the page.
Gutters – the gaps between the columns of text.
Leading - the space between lines of text.
Kerning - the space between letters.
Strap Lines – a smaller headline, printed above the main headline.
By-lines - name of the person who wrote the article. Picture Credits - where did the photos come from, or who took them.
Anchorage – The way in which text helps to pin down the meaning of a picture and visa versa