Lesson Targets

My targets for today's lesson 27/2/2014 are:

• To experiment with several different house themes (colours)
• To play around with possible fonts
• Sketch photograph ideas and concepts
• complete final research on target market

House Style

Throughout my magazine, I will follow a house theme so that there is a link between all of the pages, and this will allow the audience to recognise the branding of magazine. For my colour Palette, I have chosen just black and white, which although is very simple, this will allow me to attract attention to the main source of colour which will be my models face.

Also, I believe that as simple and bold black border would also compliment my house theme and design. This simple design will allow the artistic aspect of my magazine to take over, and to not overcomplicate the aesthetics of the magazine. Also just a simple border allows me to frame my model and the action inside the photo.

Social Media

In order to follow trends and to be able to connect with a modern audience. I felt that it was crucial to set up a number of social media sites for my artist. These accounts will become useful throughout the coursework. My reasons for choosing Twitter, Facebook and Instagram is because they are the most commonly used social network sites globally. They can be used by the age ranges of 10 years old to 80 years old, creating a wide market to spread the word about my artist, even if my target audience is not the large.

The Logo

For my magazine, I did not want a logo as such, but a big bold name that would be easily recognised by all audiences. With my colour palette of black and white, I wanted the overall look of the header to be as eye catching as possible and these two colours help this to happen. Also, with a more male dominated target market, I wanted the header to look as less feminine as possible. In order to find the header that I believed was the best, I had to play around with certain designs and fonts and this was pretty time consuming, however the finish product is basic but bold! I also wanted the 'Indie' culture to be represented in the header, so I experimented with ways to make it look more unusual and artistic. I finally decided to double up the font to give it an unique but still simple look. I then incorporated this into the headers of both my contents and double page spread.

My Artist's Name

When creating a name for my female artist, I wanted something that would reflect the 'Indie' image that I wanted her to portray. This meant I would have to choose a name that was simple but unusual. Choosing a name was a difficult task, and it was a crucial as she would be the main feature of my magazine.


Initial Ideas:

• Shannen Jones
• Shannen smith
• Kerry Smith
• Paloma Jones
• April Martin
• Summer Smith
• April Jones
• Mandy Pollock
• Rhia Summers
• Danni Hart

After going round my media class and asking friends and family, I found that the most common favourite name from the majority is 'Shannen Jones'. I like this name as it is simple, and the unusual spelling of the name 'Shannen' is the different aspect that I want, but it is just subtle and not outrageous. I also feel as though it suits my models face and personality very well.

Article Idea & Inspiration (NOT FINISHED)

When deciding the subject that I would write my article about, I struggled to choose a topic that would reflect my idea of my magazine being different from anything on the high-street. As my theme was indie, I looked back through all of my inspiration to see if  it once again would spark some ideas for my article. When looking through, it was clear to me that  the indie such a broad spectrum that it is often hard to categories what is indie and what is not. When people look into ways to make them selves more indie, I can understand that it would be hard to see what is classed as being indie, and what is classed as being a trend follower (Sheep). So I decided to write my article on the different aspects that make a person individual, and separates them from followers of mainstream trends. In order to write an article that I feel would be interesting, it required me to do some research into the things that other people believe are the secret to being indie.



Also, another idea that I came up with was the conc

Peer Feedback - 25 Word Pitch

In order for my peers to be able to improve and develop their work I gave them constructive criticism via their blogs. By looking at the work of others and evaluating it, this gave me chase to learn from others, and pick up certain words or aspects that I could include to improve my own work further!