Magazine Research

I have researched magazines in general to help me decide and give me ideas on how I would like my magazine. I have researched a variety of different kinds of magazines from r&b, Rock and to girly kinds of magazines.






















This magazine is also an r&b magazine, but is mainly aimed at females. Beyonce is a massive r&b solo artist. The magazine itself doesn't really look like an r&b magazine, because it seems to be too girly. The target audience for this magazine I would say would be from ages 16-30.






I was thinking about producing a country magazine, and having the whole theme to do with country music, so i researched some country magazines. The country front covers i found were showing families like this one here I have an example of, or just ones with women on, which are showing either fashion or a life story. Every women which are shown are dressed to look like they are from the countryside or are from the country. The magazines themselves are quite simple, the reason I think they are created like this is because they have real life pictures on the front and have a busy background (e.g. The countryside.) The target audience I think are for older people. 30-50. The country magazine I was thinking about producing wouldn't be at this age range, it would be for a younger audience.



This magazine is obvious that it is for a younger audidence. It is plain and simple which I think will draw teenagers in. The image itself has drawn me in, because I think it is really interesting and suits teens. The name 'pop' makes the magazine obvious it's also aimed at a younger audience. The colour of it being pink also indicates it is for females. I think that the age it is for is from ages 11-15.

My research anayisis on music magazines

To get some ideas for my music magazine, I have done a lot of research! I have researched normal magazine covers just to see what most audience like and what magazines generally look like. I have research music magazines to see what they are layed out like also. I have researched many different genres to see what the differences are between them. I figured that many music magazines are quite simple becayse of the pictures being over the top.

I like this magzine cover because it is well colour co-ordinated and simple. I think that simple magazines look good because they look more professional. The bright pink used goes well with the black and blue added. The front cover has made it obvious to the audience what the magazine is actually about, and has made this clear. The audience to this magazine I think are teens, but can also go up to the age of about 19. Of course this magazine appeals to Rihanna fans also.

I like the way this magazine is laid out. The reason for this is because I like the way the fonts are laid out. The title of the magazine is very bold because of the colour red. The celebrity used makes the magazine appeal to a younger audience because of the age of the artist. This issue will also be popular for girls because of who the artist is. This is also obvious because of the way the magazine cover is presented (the kiss marks.) There are bold subtitles used which shows what the magazine involves. Underneath the subtitles they have used rhetorical questions which will also appeal to the lovers of this magazine. It also looks professional because of it being simple.

This magazine is very unique. There are not many magazine that look like this. They have used a variety of artists which indicates interest. They haven't included much writing or subtitles on the magazine because of the image itself. I think that if anymore were added, it wouldn't make the magazine look as good. The title used is big and bold and really suits the picture. I think the audience age is a variety, especially for this magazine as it includes a mixture of different artists.

This magazine cover stands out a lot. Magazines which stand out like this and have a lot of use of bright colours, really draws readers in. The colours that are used, are the reason for the magazine standing out because the colours clash. Because the magazine involves a lot, just by the colours and image used, there isn't much text because then otherwise the magazine may look over the top and won't be as interesting. I would say this magazine has its own way of being unique, as they have taken a normal photograph, and just added their own graphics. This makes the magazine creative, and this is why I think the magazine is quite unique. The audience for this magazine I believe are females. I think this because of the colours and the artist themselves. Even though boys can also relate to Lady Gaga, I just this magazine is purposely created for females. The audience for this magazine I think are teens.

My Contents Page!

This is my finished contents page. The design I wanted was to make sure you could see the text clearly enough, but also see the image I have as the background. The contents page hasn't really turned out the way I wanted it to. I wanted to add a image I took myself but all my pictures wouldn't look right because of the front cover. My contents page doesn't match my front cover which I didn't like. My magazine is an October issue, so I wanted to have a halloween theme. My front cover I thought was an success with that, but my contents page wasn't. To make my contents page match the theme a little bit, I tried to get a font for the title which has an halloween affect to it. On the other hand, in most magazines, they only have a theme on the front cover then the rest of the magazine normal and not following the theme of the front cover. I used dafont for my 'Contents' title, and normal text on photoshop for 'October.' The image I have used demonstrates that this magazine is a music magazine. The pages I have created includes everything to do with music in Chew Valley and also includes quizzes and competitions. I would have made this contents page a lot better if I had put more thought into it and done a lot more research. Now that I have finished it, I have thought of 100 more ideas. That will be my target for next time. Overall, I believe I achieved this quite well as contents pages are always simple.