Creating a colour pallet

I have created a colour scheme/pallet on fireworks, I took answers from my survey and some of my own thoughts to create something suitable for both genders and the genre.

 All of the colours have quite cool tones to them, and are quite dark/grungy except for the blue which I will use as an accent colour to attract the readers eye to various 'puffs' of information. I will use the black for detailed writing and outlines and the pinks/greens/purples for larger texts of image backgrounds. They are suitable for both genders as they re not too bright, they have a much richer colour than pastels of neon's, which I think look a bit tacky and suit a pop genre better

Final Masthead design

For my masthead I eventually decided to use the font 'blackout sunrise' from da fonts, it allows me to edit it easily and to overlap images onto it. I filled in the colour using adobe fireworks in a dark pink colour, this will provide colour contrast to the rest of the images and text as its quite bold.

I also tried a light blue colour as well, I'm still unsure which one I'll go for and I'll probably decide nearer the time of the first draft .

 

Coverline and secondary fonts ideas

I have actually decided on something for once, well sort of...
I have made a moodboard for font types for the covelines and secondary text on my magazine front cover. I wanted an unusual, almost handwritten feel to the text with many fun shapes and designs. I created my moodboard on adobe fireworks and sourced the fonts from DA fonts

Mise-en-Scene moodboard

I have created a moodboard on polyvore for inspiration for my main photo shoot. The theme will be quite quirky and nature will play a big part in the form of the location or props.

Mise-en-scene by ezharper on Polyvore

I also like the use of props and scenery in this image, i might do something like this for an indoor shoot.

FFFFOUND! (clipped to polyvore.com)

Action plan so far

Date	Task	Completed? Any notes?
17th December	To have completed all of my research, planning, questionnaires, mood board, font ideas, decided on name, image editing, layout plans and colour schemes	most completed, except the image editing, layout plans and colour schemes. For next time I need to work quicker. I will complete any leftover tasks over the Christmas holidays
21ST December	To have completed mock photo-shoot, draft ideas on blog	I havent been able to do any photoshoots due to my model being unavaliable, also I will make sure I do my layout ideas/colors/fonts and analysis within the next few weeks. probably by 10th feb.
24th February	To have completed my draft magazine along with real photo-shoot, feedback and how I will change my draft to the real magazine
24TH March	To have edited all photos and nearly finished magazine cover, contents and double page spread
10th April	To have completed my magazine and all 7 evaluation questions, check blog if any changes are needed

Music magazine title decision/ survey says?

I have decided on a title and to make the process easier I created a presentation on Prezi as it creates a thought flow, also its a bit more exiting for you guys. I have used some name ideas from Question 10 of my survey "what do you think would be a good name?"

Survey says?.........What colours do you look for in a music magazine?

For question 9 I asked "What colours do you look for in a music magazine?", this question could have more than one answer so respondents could pick various colour schemes .

I think I will use a mixture of red, blue, pink, green and black as they are really bold colours with many different shades.

Survey says?...........What do you look for in a magazine?

For question 8 I asked "what do you look for in a magazine?",  this just means what common features would you like to see, such as posters, interviews or album charts, this is basically the glue that holds the magazine together. This was an open ended question so respondents could have more than one answer.

 

Overall, the most popular response was 'album charts' this is important to my magazine genre as albums are often more important than singles or how many number 1's you have, also the album makes the band/ artist more popular, this links to the other most popular response of 'interviews' as you could interview the bands on their album. The interviews are important as they give the reader the 'inside scoop' on the band or artist in question. The second most popular answer was for 'concert guides', this is because bands/ acts of this genre often gain popularity through tours and concerts, the guide will also make the confusing task of finding bands/ artists tours easier.

 

 The least popular answer was for 'quizzes' as they often seem a bit too childish and something for 'tween' girls magazines. So. I will include a concert guide, album chart and perhaps advertise a free gift, my main article (double page spread) will be an interview. Obviously I wont actually make an album chart or concert guide, but I will display them as puffs or secondary leads on the front page. 

 

Survey says.......How often would you expect a music magazine to be released?

For question 7 I asked 'How often would you expect a music magazine to be released?', this is because I want to see what release date will suit everyone.

 Overall, most people wish for the magazine to be released monthly with 6 out of 13 responses, the second most popular answer was weekly with 4 responses. From my results I can gather that I will make my magazine monthly, as it still provides up to date storys in a easy to remember amount per year (12 isssues per year), daily magazines of this type would be impossable to produce and would suit a newspaper more, yearly magazines are more for special editions or large issues with more infomation.

 I will display the release date on the front cover and usually the 'norm' is to display on the cover  magazine covers a date which is some weeks or months in the future from the actual publishing/release date, this allows  magazines to appear "current" to readers/consumers even after they have been on sale for some time, also to make it convenient for newsstands when an unsold magazine can be removed from the stands and returned to the publisher or be destroyed